Chapter 594: My Big Head Doesn't Need Face, Right? (First update, seeking all)

Just now during the match, Xu Xiangzhi deliberately stalled for a bit of time before starting his summon. Given that both were summoning Demon Pets that had already appeared, he inevitably received a stern warning from the referee, which bought him five seconds of time.

Both sides spent another ten seconds observing each other.

Xu Xiangzhi only had his Titan Python left as a Life-Bound Demon Pet, and it was swarmed from the start, with the opponent using two Lord-rank Demon Pets no less.

Even though Xu Xiangzhi had the Elite-rank Titan Python create distance at the start to stall for time, it was still easily caught up to by Dou Yuanhua's two Demon Pets.

Given that the Titan Python was Xu Xiangzhi's Life-Bound Demon Pet and the attack intensity of Dou Yuanhua's Demon Pets clearly exceeded what the Titan Python could withstand, the referee had no choice but to activate the Restriction to save it, which extended the battle time to 20 seconds.

Yet after the Restriction message, before the referee could even announce the result, Xu Xiangzhi jumped directly into the arena and hugged the Titan Python to stall for time once more, which led to the scene that followed.

While Xu Xiangzhi was arguing with the referee, the head referee walked over and said, "Go ahead and argue slowly with student Xu Xiangzhi; I will officially take over the next match!"

The next match would be Li Zhangsheng versus Dou Yuanhua. Given the excessive intensity of the match between them, it was possible for an ordinary Sixth-rank referee to make a mistake, so it was only natural for the head referee, who was a Senior Pseudo-King, to take over.

"Yes!"

The referee replied, then dragged Xu Xiangzhi to the side to argue.

Xu Xiangzhi gestured toward Li Zhangsheng, wearing an expression that said he had already done his best.

Li Zhangsheng nodded in acknowledgment. Xu Xiangzhi had bought him over a minute of time; not only had Adai recovered to its peak state, but even Datou's injuries had healed quite a bit.

Li Zhangsheng stepped onto the stage unhurriedly. Because the Snow Soul Life-Saving Pill and Life Water were still taking effect, Datou's injuries were able to recover a little bit every few seconds.

"Take your positions. The two contestants are student Dou Yuanhua from the fourth grade of the Royal Academy and student Li Zhangsheng from the second grade of the Yuanling Academy..."

The referee announced the rules as a matter of routine, then signaled for both to summon their Demon Pets simultaneously.

The next moment, four giant blood-red hexagrams began to emerge on the arena, followed immediately by four Demon Pets of various forms appearing on the field.

This time, both still chose the Demon Pets that had appeared before.

Dou Yuanhua's two Demon Pets were an Adult Golden Dragon and a Royal Griffin, both of which were Lord 9th Rank Demon Pets.

Among them, the Royal Griffin belonged to the Top-Quality grade of Demon Pets.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Royal Griffin (Mature Stage, Medium Exotic Beast)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Lord 9th Rank

【Spirit Beast Race】: High-level Commander

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Top-Quality

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: None

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Wind

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Thunder

Judging from the lineup, Li Zhangsheng was clearly stronger, but the combat power of the two sides could not be calculated that way.

Li Zhangsheng was still a Fifth-tier Beastmaster, and the mental channel he maintained with his Lord-rank Demon Pets was constantly in a state of tension, which also caused the strength of the Lord-rank Demon Pets to be restricted to a greater or lesser extent.

Additionally, the Mental Power of Li Zhangsheng and Dou Yuanhua was not on the same level; even though the latter had only recently broken through, his Mental Power was at least double that of Li Zhangsheng, and the number of times he could cast Secret Techniques far exceeded Li Zhangsheng's.

Li Zhangsheng had to be calculating when casting Secret Techniques; at the start, he had only buffed Datou with Swift as Wind and Adai with Savage Bull Strength, which had already consumed more than half of his Mental Power.

Dou Yuanhua was different; he had buffed each of his two Demon Pets with two or three Secret Techniques right at the start.

After applying the Secret Techniques, both held a Superior Soul Crystal and began to recover their Mental Power.

Even though both were recovering Mental Power, Dou Yuanhua's recovery speed was far superior to Li Zhangsheng's.

With the help of the number of Secret Techniques, Dou Yuanhua's two Demon Pets had clearly narrowed the gap between them and Datou and Adai.

Even though these Secret Techniques could only last for a few minutes at most, battles between Demon Pets were inherently brief, and the winner was often decided before the Secret Techniques faded.

As for the Treasures they carried, even though Luo Qingning had secretly lent Dou Yuanhua a few pieces of Treasure, he could only be said to be not at a disadvantage.

These few pieces of Treasure were originally carried by Luo Qingning's Demon Pets, so their grade went without saying; at the very least, they were all fine pieces among Top-Grade Treasures.

However, it could only be said that he was not at a disadvantage; Adai carried the Cloud Top Apricot Yellow Flag, and Datou carried the Unbound Xun Wind Tower, both of which were likewise fine pieces among Top-Grade Treasures.

"Don't worry about the Behemoth, swarm the Golden-Eyed Roc!"

Long before the match started, Dou Yuanhua had already determined his primary target for attack.

Although Dou Yuansheng and Dou Yuanhua did not get along, for the sake of the Royal Academy's honor, Dou Yuansheng had ultimately told Dou Yuanhua about Adai's abnormality.

Adai and Datou were not far apart in strength, but Adai's ability to withstand attacks was truly more than a grade stronger, making it naturally harder to chew.

Roar~

In the sky, the Adult Golden Dragon, which was a full twenty-six meters long, spat out a stream of Golden Dragon Breath.

Not far away, the Royal Griffin flapped its wings; it was extremely fast and charged rapidly toward Datou.

Just at this moment, Datou seemed to transform into a streak of golden light, not only dodging the Dragon Breath but also putting some distance between itself and the Royal Griffin, landing beside Adai.

Adai, riding the Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud, opened its blood-red maw, and countless golden light spots gathered frantically, as if to drown its mouth. When it was about to be unable to maintain it, it spat out a Golden Light Beam several meters thick, aimed directly at the rapidly approaching Royal Griffin.

The Royal Griffin hurriedly tucked in its wings, and the Golden Light Beam rushed past, almost grazing its head.

Adai immediately moved its head, changing the direction of the Golden Light Beam, and continued to rush toward the Royal Griffin.

Rise Wind!

Before this, the Royal Griffin was instantly covered in pale cyan Wind Element energy, as if it had been draped in a Wind Cloak, which caused its speed to surge, allowing it to dodge the Golden Light Beam with a relatively relaxed posture.

Just as Adai was temporarily holding off the Royal Griffin, Datou immediately charged toward the Adult Golden Dragon.

Compared to the Royal Griffin, Datou, which excelled in speed, preferred to deal with the Adult Golden Dragon; after all, the Adult Golden Dragon's speed and agility were clearly inferior to the Royal Griffin's.

In the blink of an eye, Datou rushed in front of the Adult Golden Dragon and deliberately struck an attacking pose.

The Adult Golden Dragon immediately bit over, but was easily dodged by Datou, which instead appeared above it, its sharp Roc claws descending fiercely, intending to grab the Adult Golden Dragon's wings.

If the dragon wings were damaged, the Adult Golden Dragon's flight speed would inevitably be greatly reduced, and it might even be unable to continue flying, at which point Adai could easily bully it.

Dou Yuanhua naturally understood this principle; he did not want to repeat the mistake of Dou Yuansheng's Silver Dragon, so with the help of telepathy, he instantly transmitted his thoughts to the Golden Dragon.

In an instant, the Adult Golden Dragon tucked its wings in sharply, and at the same time, its massive dragon body sank rapidly, which was the only way it narrowly avoided the Roc claws.

However, Datou still seized the opportunity and took advantage of the momentum to use its Sharp Beak Drill to peck a deep, bloody hole in the Golden Dragon's back.

Before Datou could expand his advantage, the Royal Griffin utilized its speed to break free from Adai's pursuit, and countless pale cyan light spots rapidly converged, transforming into a Giant Wind Blade two or three zhang long, which spun at high speed and slashed toward Datou.

Wind Stealth!

Before the Giant Wind Blade could get close, a flash of cyan light appeared on Datou's body, and as if shifting forms and changing shadows, he not only dodged the Giant Wind Blade but also moved a short distance toward Adai's direction.

Datou flapped his wings, wanting to reunite with Adai.

Yet at this very moment, the Adult Golden Dragon released an extremely Rich Golden Light Beam, which shattered in the air into streaks of golden light, transforming into golden cylinders as thick as an infant's arm, forming a massive cage that instantly surrounded Adai.

This was a Bloodline Inheritance Skill inherited from the ancestral Golden Dragon—Geng Metal Cage, possessing powerful enemy-trapping and enemy-locking capabilities.

Adai followed the momentum and crashed into the Geng Metal Cage; although he only struck one side of it, the light beams on the other sides trembled simultaneously, sharing and dissipating the pressure together.

However, this casual collision still caused the Geng Metal Cage's color to dim significantly.

Roar~

Just then, the Adult Golden Dragon spat out a mouthful of golden dragon blood, which turned into a rain of blood and sprinkled onto the Geng Metal Cage.

In an instant, the Geng Metal Cage shone brilliantly, having improved quite a bit compared to before.

Clatter~

Adai swung his giant claws and fiercely grabbed at the Geng Metal Cage, causing countless sparks to appear; the Geng Metal Cage trembled even more violently, but since it was ultimately composed of energy, Adai's defense-ignoring trait naturally did not take effect, and it would still take some time to break it open completely.

After expending a cost to temporarily trap Adai, the Adult Golden Dragon immediately charged toward Datou, who was being entangled by the Royal Griffin.

The Royal Griffin's speed was not as good as Datou's, but the gap was not very large, especially since the arena was only so big; with their massive sizes, even in the air, their space for maneuvering was significantly restricted.

In the sky, Datou utilized his faster speed and strength to suppress the Royal Griffin, adding several wounds to its body.

But when the Adult Golden Dragon and the Royal Griffin joined forces, Datou's situation instantly became dire.

The Adult Golden Dragon was very clear that even though he had paid a price, he could at most block Adai for two or three breaths of time; in this short window, he had to finish off Datou as quickly as possible with the Royal Griffin.

Chirp~

The Royal Griffin let out a sharp cry, and before Datou could increase the distance, he felt his body tighten, bound by a rope condensed from Wind Element energy.

Clatter~

Datou struggled with all his might and quickly broke free from the Wind Binding.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, the Adult Golden Dragon seized the chance to fly in front of Datou and swung a Dragon Claw.

Datou had no time to dodge and was instantly struck in the chest by the Dragon Claw, which tore out several claw marks deep enough to see bone.

On the other side, the Royal Griffin also lunged over, as if to peck at Datou's neck.

This time, Datou did not continue to retreat; thinking about how his opponents, both before and now, had one after another focused their fire on him and treated him like a soft persimmon, Datou felt very aggrieved, and the ferocity hidden in his bones was instantly activated.

Does my Datou not have any face!

The Kunpeng is composed of the bloodlines of the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the Kun fish; both the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the Kun fish are Divine Beasts full of ferocity.

(End of this chapter)