Chapter 659: Life is Like a Play, It All Depends on Acting (Second Update, Requesting All)

The Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat fell from the restriction, a wound deep enough to see bone appearing on its back; had the Mystery Guard not exempted part of the damage, its cervical spine might have been snapped directly.

Even so, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat still suffered heavy injuries.

Compared to the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat, Aixi had only sustained moderate injuries; which was superior and which was inferior was clear at a glance.

Acting on the strategic principle of pursuing the fleeing enemy with remaining strength, Aixi transformed into a series of residual shadows, crossing a hundred-meter distance in the blink of an eye, appearing as if it were about to reach the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat.

At the critical moment, an extremely rich earthy-yellow radiance emerged on the surface of the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat, and it resolutely activated a bloodline skill inherited from the Heaven-Devouring Rat.

With the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat as the center, the gravity within a radius of several dozen meters suddenly increased by an unknown number of times.

Aixi only felt its body grow heavy, as if carrying a great mountain, nearly being pressed to the ground, its footsteps instantly staggering.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat turned into an earthy-yellow stream of light, slamming fiercely into Aixi's head.

Although the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat was small in size, as a Demon King-level Spirit Beast, it naturally possessed powerful strength; Aixi was forced to sit down on the ground, plowing a trench over ten meters long before it could barely come to a stop.

Just as Aixi stood up from the ground, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat jumped high into the air, holding a forty-meter-long earthy-yellow great blade in its hands, swinging it down toward Aixi.

Wind Barrier!

Aixi only had time to condense a thick cyan light screen before being struck by the earthy-yellow great blade.

The forty-meter-long earthy-yellow great blade paused for a moment, then broke through the cyan light screen; it was precisely because of this pause that Aixi used a rolling maneuver, and aside from its side being slashed open, it did not suffer too much damage.

Rumble—

The forty-meter great blade struck the ground, accompanied by an intense earthy-yellow blade aura that swept past, directly carving out a chasm nearly a hundred meters long and several dozen meters deep, the momentum quite astonishing.

However, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat had unleashed major moves in succession, which naturally placed a heavy burden on it, and it fell into a brief state of stalemate, gasping for air in large gulps.

Aixi did not give it another chance, directly pouncing on the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat, its massive tonnage suppressing it and leaving it almost unable to move.

Aixi revealed its sword-like fangs, from which a foot-long, shimmering golden light suddenly extended, and it bit down toward the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat.

Squeak—

The Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat had no time to dodge and was pierced in the rear by Aixi's fangs; its eyes widened and even bulged out, covered in bloodshot veins, and it let out sharp, miserable screams.

Soon, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat's voice faded.

During this process, Dou Yuanbin could not help but become anxious, fearing that Li Changsheng would be consumed by hatred and lose his reason, killing the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat regardless of the consequences.

As a Life-Bound Demon Pet, if the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat died, it would cause a massive backlash to Dou Yuanbin, leaving him at least an idiot if not dead, which made Dou Yuanbin terrified.

Fortunately, Aixi finally let go of the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat, pulling its sharp fangs out of its rear.

There were many ways to kill Dou Yuanbin; Li Changsheng naturally could not put himself in danger, and he was certainly not that stupid.

Taking a step back, even if Li Changsheng had lost his mind and killed Dou Yuanbin here, with his current strength, he had little hope of breaking out of the arena, let alone facing the pursuit of the Imperial Family.

The Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat twitched all over, its eyes rolling back, and there was a pool of blood beneath its crotch as it passed out.

The referee, who had originally intended to intervene, saw this scene and could not help but heave a sigh of relief, hurriedly announcing the result.

"The Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat has lost its ability to fight; contestant Dou Yuanbin, please switch to your next Spirit Beast!"

Dou Yuanbin fed the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat a Snow Soul Life-Saving Pill at the fastest speed, and only after confirming the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat was not in mortal danger did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Waste is shameful!"

While Li Changsheng spoke, his Mental Power took the opportunity to collect the blood lost by the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat, storing it into his Space Ring.

According to the rules of the National Tournament, there was only a provision against collecting the corpses of an opponent's Spirit Beast, but no provision against collecting the blood of an opponent's Spirit Beast; Li Changsheng successfully exploited a loophole in the rules.

According to Li Changsheng's estimation, this blood could likely be refined into more than half a jar of Heaven-Devouring Rat Spirit Essence.

Dou Yuanbin had no time to stop him and could only glare fiercely at Li Changsheng; having lost so much blood, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat would likely need a period of time to recover its health, and it would have a certain adverse effect on its next evolution.

After the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat was defeated, Dou Yuanbin had two slots remaining; since his only Demon King-level Spirit Beast had been defeated, he only had two choices: either bite the bullet and continue fighting, or forfeit and admit defeat.

If he chose the former, he might lose more of his main Spirit Beasts and had a not-insignificant chance of being "shaved bald" by Li Changsheng; once shaved bald, it would deal him a heavy blow.

But if he just forfeited and admitted defeat, the blow would be just as great; furthermore, in the National Tournament, people championed the spirit of "do not give up easily until the very last moment." If Dou Yuanbin admitted defeat directly, he might be labeled a coward. Moreover, the other competitors eyeing the throne would absolutely not let this opportunity pass, just as he had dealt with Dou Yuanhua over three months ago, ruining the other's reputation.

To fight was not an option, and not to fight was not an option; Dou Yuanbin could be said to be caught in a dilemma.

Li Changsheng sensed Dou Yuanbin's thoughts; his eyeballs rolled around, and he immediately transmitted a message to Aixi.

On the Rock Field, Aixi was surprised for a moment, then began to act, its body swaying a few times to reveal a weak and exhausted expression, which was soon replaced by determination, as if it had never appeared weak.

As a Pseudo-King, even though most of his energy was spent thinking of countermeasures, Dou Yuanbin still noticed the change in Aixi's expression; upon seeing Aixi's slashed side, he finally made up his mind.

The next moment, Dou Yuanbin summoned his fifth Spirit Beast.

However, Dou Yuanbin was still quite cautious; this time, he summoned a thick-skinned Treant.

This was a Treant nearly forty meters tall; its appearance was not much different from a large tree, with clear facial features emerging on the main trunk, which, combined with the unique patterns of the wood, made it look quite aged.

A Treant is a Spirit Beast formed by a tree achieving Spirit Communication; trees need to satisfy a large number of conditions to achieve Spirit Communication and become a Treant, hence the number of Treants is very scarce.

Similar to Rock Puppets and Giant God Puppets, as long as the Treant is not completely destroyed or its core broken, the Treant will not die and will not be affected by pain.

From the moment the Treant appeared, Li Changsheng obtained its data.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Oak Treant (Mature Stage, High-level Exotic Beast. Absorbed Life Essence and Life Jade, gained special ability—Life Aura)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Lord 9th Rank

【Spirit Beast Race】: High-level Commander

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Superior Quality

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Elemental Power (Pure)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Wood Element

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Metal

Like Elves, Treants also evolve by relying on Elemental Power; the difference is that because the conditions for birth are too difficult, a Treant is in the Mature Stage as soon as it is born and reaches the level of a Leader.

Dou Yuanbin's Treant was naturally a high-quality specimen, also stuck at the threshold of the Demon King level.

Although Treants are resistant and not easily killed, Li Changsheng's eyes lit up.

Besides Aixi's attribute countering the Treant, there was another reason.

Although the core position of every Treant is different, Li Zhangsheng can use his special ability to sense and lock onto the location of the Treant's core; as long as Aixi seizes the opportunity, there is a complete chance for a one-hit kill.

Dou Yuanbin once again blessed the Treant with the Firm as a Rock Secret Technique, rendering Aixi's Intimidation and Evil Eye traits ineffective.

Following the defeat of the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Mouse, the Sandstorm on the field had long since extinguished, and even the Storm caused by Aixi was gradually subsiding.

The moment the observation ended, Aixi, having returned to its normal size, rushed rapidly toward the Treant.

During this process, the Treant shook its trunk vigorously, causing countless palm-sized leaves to drift down; under the Treant's control, these leaves transformed into streaks of green phantoms, rushing toward Aixi from every direction like flying knives.

Following Li Zhangsheng's thoughts, Aixi barely dodged at all throughout the process, allowing these leaves to continuously cut into its massive tiger body.

Due to the Mystery Guard, the kinetic energy of these leaves dropped by more than half before they even touched Aixi's body; most could not break through the defense of Aixi's tiger hide, while the rest landed on the wounds previously created by the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Mouse, splashing out sprays of blood.

In an instant, Aixi rushed in front of the Treant, jumped up, and slapped the Treant's main trunk.

The Treant hurriedly waved its branch limbs, wanting to block Aixi.

Crack— crack— swish—

Under the immense force, countless branch limbs snapped, but Aixi's force was also rapidly offset; by the time it landed on the Treant's main trunk, the force had already dropped by more than half, unable to snap the main trunk anymore, leaving only five deep claw marks.

Just at this moment, the Treant waved a large number of branch limbs, wanting to envelop Aixi.

Aixi still did not dodge, appearing entirely as if it were going head-to-head with the Treant, snapping branch limbs one by one; under its conscious control, its injuries also looked increasingly ghastly.

The Treant was already difficult to deal with, and with Aixi doing this on purpose, it made the Treant last far longer than the Hydra.

Very quickly, half a minute passed.

A large number of tree branches were left on the ground, and the Treant's branch limbs had also become much sparser.

Li Zhangsheng had long since sensed the location of the Treant's core; the reason he had delayed acting and made Aixi look a bit disheveled was mainly due to two reasons.

One was to make Dou Yuanbin feel there was hope of defeating Aixi, letting him continue to summon his sixth Demon Pet; the second was to avoid the possibility of being intercepted by branch limbs as much as possible when attacking the Treant's core.

Now the timing was ripe, and the time for the Treant to perish had arrived!

(End of this chapter)