Chapter 996: S-Rank Water Storage Trait

"It's raining!" Tian Tian Yiwan said with an expression of surprise. "Is this the Rain Dance performed by the Ice Emperor Ram?"

The rain was heavy enough that it was clear the proficiency was high.

The crowd looked at one another, their gazes filled with confusion.

Although the Ice Emperor Ram also possessed the Water element, among the skills it had currently displayed, the Ice element was clearly its primary offensive force. Meanwhile, Wu Wu Tianjiao's Manatee Overlord was a pet beast everyone was somewhat familiar with; they knew it possessed the Water Storage trait and the Hydration trait.

If it were to rain, the party benefiting would definitely be the Manatee Overlord.

But right now, the Manatee Overlord was encased in ice, and it didn't look like it was in any state to perform Rain Dance.

Family seating area.

"Xun xun?" Little Treasure Hunter pointed at the scene of the rain on the field, made a confused expression toward Mikala, and let out a cry.

Last night, when its own Beast Tamer was analyzing this big guy, the Manatee Overlord, it had been listening on the side and knew that Lubao couldn't possibly make it rain.

Its Beast Tamer had said, if you don't understand, ask the teacher.

Mikala didn't understand what Little Treasure Hunter was saying, but relying on her rich experience with pet beasts, she still judged its meaning and explained:

"This Rain Dance was performed by the Manatee Overlord."

Ye Ye Xiangting and Liu Yao looked over at the same time.

"Xun xun?"

Little Treasure Hunter was stunned for a moment.

Wasn't that guy encased in ice?

Ye Ye Xiangting and Liu Yao's eyes gave the same inquiry.

Mikala patiently explained:

"When some skills reach a certain level of proficiency, the way they are performed can actually change. Like the Ice Emperor Ram's Ice Flower Seal, can't it now release energy outward through the gem on its forehead or just by standing still, at most with a bit of cold air leaking out, to perform it?"

"Just now, a crack was split into the ice shell on the Manatee Overlord's body. It performed the Rain Dance outward through this crack. I estimate it's the same method as the Ice Emperor Ram's current way of performing the Ice Flower Seal—just releasing energy directly from the body outward. It's quite secretive."

The speculation is reasonable; she really is worthy of being a teacher at the Imperial Beast Taming Academy to have spotted this so quickly... Liu Yao withdrew his gaze and continued looking at the field.

Ye Ye Xiangting showed an "I see" expression.

She looked at the field, her eyes once again revealing a bit of confusion, not understanding what use it was for that pet beast called the Manatee Overlord to perform a rain spell.

Many spectators watch matches just for the thrill and don't particularly understand the methods and traits of a certain Beast Tamer or pet beast; at most, they remember that so-and-so is very powerful and has won championships in such-and-such large-scale competitions.

Ye Ye Xiangting was that kind of spectator.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure Hunter was lost in thought, then stood still and circulated its energy.

Suddenly, the shadow on the ground beneath it extended forward.

At the same time.

On the field.

Performing Rain Dance through a crack—this is an attempt to increase the power of the lightning to break the ice shell on its body... Qiao Sang quickly analyzed the opponent's goal.

The idea is good, but the timing is likely wrong. At this moment, the lightning on the Electric Domain field should be stopping soon.

But one can't blame the opponent; only at that moment did the Manatee Overlord have the chance to perform Rain Dance outward.

As these thoughts flashed, the lightning that had been bombarding the air suddenly stopped.

Dark clouds gathered, leaving only the heavy rain to continue falling.

Wu Wu Tianjiao's expression changed slightly.

Qiao Sang smiled and said:

"Big."

"Ice Emperor."

Lubao let out a cry.

The next second, an iceberg that seemed to cover the entire field suddenly appeared in the high sky.

The heavy rain was blocked.

The entire field was plunged into a shadow.

"'Iceberg' appears! The Ice Emperor Ram has once again performed a Giant Ice Spike that can almost cover the entire field!" On the commentary stand, Tian Tian Yiwan sighed with emotion:

"Every time I see this scene, I can't help but exclaim—this isn't a Giant Ice Spike, this is clearly an iceberg descending into the world."

Tang Tang Xueran analyzed: "As everyone knows, the Manatee Overlord's defensive power is average. It basically needs to perform skills to defend. If the Manatee Overlord cannot break the ice seal and defend in time, I think the possibility of it being directly defeated by this strike is very high."

Tian Tian Yiwan cooperated by saying:

"The Ice Heaven Domain combined with this level of Giant Ice Spike is also the Ice Emperor Ram's most powerful combo skill. So far, no participating contestant's pet beast has been able to withstand this move."

As soon as the words fell, with a heaven-shaking "bang," the "iceberg" crashed down.

The ground shook violently, and the entire field was clearly sunken by a few inches.

Large chunks of broken ice splashed, and the heavy rain fell straight down.

Calm down, there is still a chance... Wu Wu Tianjiao's expression changed again and again, but in the end, it didn't become too ugly.

Actually, from the beginning of the match, it had already exceeded her expectations.

After knowing the opponent was Qiao Sang, she had repeatedly confirmed with her own pet beast the plans for facing different opponents.

According to her original plan, if the Manatee Overlord were to face the Ice Emperor Ram, it would immediately perform a Water Barrier to defend.

For this, she had even specifically let the Manatee Overlord practice the speed of performing the Water Barrier.

But for some reason, when the Manatee Overlord performed the Water Barrier in the match, it was stubbornly a beat slower than in practice, which led to the Manatee Overlord being encased by the Ice Heaven Domain before the Water Barrier could be fully performed.

That didn't matter; she had planned a second scheme.

That was, if the Manatee Overlord were unfortunately encased in ice, it would use the lightning from the Electric Domain field to help break the ice seal.

She didn't expect the Electric Domain field to directly break the entire Ice Heaven Domain, but the Electric Domain field had at least reached the Mystery level, and the proficiency of the Ice Heaven Domain couldn't be at the late stage; breaking a few cracks shouldn't be a problem.

As long as there were cracks, the Manatee Overlord could perform Rain Dance outward.

And Rain Dance could at least raise the power of the Electric Domain field's lightning by another level, whether attacking the Ice Emperor Ram or breaking the ice seal effect on its body would work.

But never did she expect that, while Rain Dance was performed, the lightning stopped!

The moment the lightning stopped, Wu Wu Tianjiao's mood was collapsing.

However, it didn't matter; there was still a chance!

The Manatee Overlord's Water Storage trait was S-Rank.

And it also had the B-Rank Hydration trait.

The S-Rank Water Storage trait, plus the B-Rank Hydration trait—as long as the heavy rain kept falling on its body, the Manatee Overlord had a high probability of recovering some state before the referee gave the result... Wu Wu Tianjiao quickly adjusted her mindset.

Now that the Ice Emperor Ram had performed such an energy-consuming combo ultimate move and had been maintaining the ice armor on its body, its energy must have been mostly exhausted. Once the Manatee Overlord recovered its state in the rain, it wasn't like she had no chance to win.

Just as she was thinking this, she heard Qiao Sang say:

"Freezing Rain."

Wu Wu Tianjiao: "???"

Before she could react to whether Freezing Rain meant what she understood, the next second, the heavy rain filling the sky suddenly all froze into a thin layer of ice shell with a crackling sound, frozen in mid-air.

Wu Wu Tianjiao: "!!!"

Countless raindrops turned into ice beads and stagnated in the air; the scene was exceptionally beautiful, and many people were stunned.

"The Ice Emperor Ram has frozen all the heavy rain in the air!" On the commentary stand, Tian Tian Yiwan said in surprise: "What is this for?"

Tang Tang Xueran analyzed:

"Wu Wu Tianjiao's Manatee Overlord has the Water Storage trait and the Hydration trait. Contestant Qiao Sang letting the Ice Emperor Ram do this should also be to prevent the Manatee Overlord from having a chance to recover its state."

"Can it still recover under such heavy injuries?" Tian Tian Yiwan asked, pretending not to understand.

This was asked for the audience.

At this time, the "iceberg" disappeared, and one could see the Manatee Overlord already sunken into the ground, looking like it had fainted.

Tang Tang Xueran said:

"If the level of the Water Storage trait is high enough, the Manatee Overlord has a chance to recover in a short time."

Tian Tian Yiwan sighed with emotion:

"To freeze all the rain in the field into ice, the Ice Emperor Ram must be consuming quite a bit of energy."

Dark clouds gathered, and the rain was still falling continuously.

Whenever it fell to a certain position in the field, it would freeze into an ice shell and stay frozen in the air.

Just when everyone thought they only needed to wait for the referee to appear, the frozen raindrops all fell at once.

"Bang bang bang!"

The frozen raindrops kept falling onto the Manatee Overlord's body, like hail falling from the sky.

The Manatee Overlord lay on the ground with its eyes closed, without any reaction.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang didn't relax, and then her brain operated at high speed.

It seems like a minute is almost up...

Heavy rain plus the Electric Domain field, the power of the lightning will definitely increase.

But even so, the lightning shouldn't be able to destroy the complete Ice Heaven Domain. However, within the domain, some Ice-type skills or things that are frozen might be destroyed, just like the previous few Giant Ice Spikes...

Calculating the time, the lightning will definitely strike before the referee announces the result. By then, even if the rain is frozen, the lightning will split the ice shells on the rainwater.

The lightning might be faster than the freezing speed.

In this way, the rainwater still has a possibility of falling onto the Manatee Overlord's body, giving it a chance to recover.

In the data given by Rong Yu, the Manatee Overlord's Water Storage is at the S-Rank.

Still need to come with another heavy blow to make the Manatee Overlord have no possibility of recovery in a short time... Qiao Sang thought quite cautiously, then said:

"Frozen Pig."

With just one thought from Lubao, the Manatee Overlord's whole body was once again frozen into ice.

Wu Wu Tianjiao: "???"

What is this for? Isn't the Manatee Overlord already done for... Everyone was confused.

Almost the moment the Manatee Overlord was frozen, a loud "boom" sounded in the high sky, and streaks of lightning, like black snakes in the dark clouds, appeared again.

Different from before, under the heavy rain weather, the power of the flashing lightning was even greater.

Wu Wu Tianjiao looked up at the sky and immediately understood Qiao Sang's idea, her expression changing several times.

Although the Manatee Overlord had fallen, if this lightning power was strong enough, it might be able to break the ice seal effect and let the rainwater fall onto the Manatee Overlord's body.

On the commentary stand, Tian Tian Yiwan said:

"The Ice Emperor Ram has frozen the Manatee Overlord again!"

Tang Tang Xueran analyzed:

"Contestant Qiao Sang is afraid that the lightning power is too strong, causing the heavy rain to break the ice seal effect and fall onto the Manatee Overlord's body, allowing it to recover."

So that was it... Everyone suddenly realized.

Immediately after, everyone had a strange expression:

Is this being a bit too cautious? Is the Water Storage trait that strong? The Manatee Overlord has clearly already fallen.

On the field.

"BOOM!!!"

Lightning fell, and countless yellow lightning bolts, along with the heavy rain, suddenly struck down from the thunderclouds.

Wherever it passed, the rainwater that had just frozen halfway was instantly blasted apart, and water splashes scattered downward.

Now the Manatee Overlord was in a frozen state, its aura covered.

Several extremely thick lightning bolts suddenly struck from the high sky toward its location.

Qiao Sang stared closely at the timing of the lightning strike and shouted:

"Release!"

Lubao was performing the ice armor while watching the lightning damage, while also staring at the opponent's position.

0.01 seconds after its Beast Tamer gave the command, it moved its thought.

The ice shell on the Manatee Overlord's body instantly disappeared.

"BANG!!!"

With a loud noise, the lightning struck the Manatee Overlord's body fiercely.

Wu Wu Tianjiao: "!!!"

The falling heavy rain was still continuously freezing into ice shells, being split by the lightning, and then freezing into ice again, but there were still many water droplets that were split and splashed onto the Manatee Overlord's body.

Soon, another layer of ice shell condensed on the Manatee Overlord's body.

It won't come again, will it... Wu Wu Tianjiao was already in despair.

With the Ice Emperor Ram going on like this, even if the Manatee Overlord had an S-Rank Water Storage trait, it would be impossible to recover.

Just as she was thinking about whether to take the initiative to surrender, the lightning in the high sky stopped once again.

"That's enough." Qiao Sang said in time.

The cold ice aura on Lubao's body dissipated.

The temperature on the field warmed up, and the ice shell disappeared.

The rain was still falling, but it was no longer as heavy as before.

Rainwater kept falling onto the Manatee Overlord's body, and if one had good eyesight, it wouldn't be hard to see that the injuries on its body were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Finally over... Wu Wu Tianjiao felt a sense of relief for no reason.

She really couldn't handle the opponent's energy-wasting style of play.

The Mechanical-type referee appeared beside the Manatee Overlord.

Two seconds later, it waved the green flag toward the location where Qiao Sang and Lubao were.

A giant virtual screen appeared out of thin air.

Below Wu Wu Tianjiao's photo, the photo of the Manatee Overlord turned from color to black and white.

"Ice Emperor..."

Lubao's slightly tense tail relaxed.

It also had the Water Storage trait, so it knew too well how strong the recovery power of an S-Rank Water Storage trait was.

"Let us congratulate Contestant Qiao Sang on winning the second match in the semi-finals!" On the commentary stand, Tian Tian Yiwan said loudly.

"The current battle situation is already 2:0. Contestant Qiao Sang has reached the match point first. I wonder if she will seize the opportunity to take the qualification for the finals in one go."

"Contestant Wu Wu Tianjiao, to be honest, has already worked very hard." Tian Tian Yiwan sighed with emotion: "But she was really unlucky. In the first match, she encountered the Steel Sword Falcon's bond evolution, and in the second match, after sending out the Manatee Overlord, she encountered the Ice Emperor Ram again. If Contestant Qiao Sang had sent out the Yan Yan Jia Ou, the Manatee Overlord has the Water Screen trait, so it might have had a chance to win the match."

Wu Wu Tianjiao didn't immediately recall the Manatee Overlord to the Beast Taming Codex, letting it stay in the rain for a while longer.

A deafening uproar erupted in the audience seats:

"Qiao Sang is too awesome, actually winning two games in a row in the semi-finals!"

"Wu Wu Tianjiao still has a chance; the Steel Sword Falcon is clearly not doing well either, and the Ice Emperor Ram's energy is estimated to be exhausted, leaving only the Yan Yan Jia Ou as a combat force."

"Is it that hard to admit others are awesome?"

"The Ice Emperor Ram is truly powerful, being able to freeze so much rain."

"That's because the Ice Heaven Domain is powerful. If you had an Ice-type pet beast that knew the Ice Heaven Domain, you could do this too."

"I don't quite understand, isn't it just the Water Storage trait? Was it necessary to attack one last time? The Manatee Overlord had already fallen."

"I heard Wu Wu Tianjiao's Manatee Overlord's Water Storage trait reached S-Rank."

"Even with an S-Rank Water Storage trait, it's impossible for a pet beast that has already fainted to recover consciousness so quickly, right?"

"Look! The Manatee Overlord is awake!"

Everyone's gaze focused, only to see the fallen Manatee Overlord slowly open its eyes.

Only then did Wu Wu Tianjiao wave her hand and recall the Manatee Overlord to the Beast Taming Codex.

The people who had questioned it were silent for a long while, then said:

"I was wrong, Qiao Sang really has foresight..." ===== CHAPTER 997 =====