Chapter 77

With no way back, one could only move forward.

This logic was applicable everywhere.

Under Da Liu's careful response, the small mechanical mice weren't a particularly big threat. Even if they really got close, the damage of gnawing a piece of bark was still bearable for Da Liu.

Qian Dai wasn't a decoration; she wouldn't wait for the small mechanical mice to have a second chance to gnaw on Da Liu before immediately teleporting them away.

In order to avoid the Willow Whip coming into contact with the small mechanical mice as much as possible, Da Liu would even deliberately let a few enter close range, and after Qian Dai shifted them to a further range, he would solve them cleanly with a Wind Blade.

Ge Bai watched Da Liu playing little tricks and wanted to laugh, but didn't expose him, knowing that cooperating with Qian Dai, even if it was one-sided cooperation, was progress.

Progress was a good thing; one couldn't push the child too hard; it had to be done slowly.

At the same time, watching Da Liu fall into a passive position and struggle to move, Ge Bai was also very helpless.

He thought to himself, how good it would have been if Da Liu had smoothly used Wind Blades to solve this group of small mechanical mice within a safe range earlier; there wouldn't be so many things now.

With Wind Blades and Willow Whips, it didn't take long for only 5 of the small mechanical mice that rushed toward Da Liu to remain.

Seeing that this wave of small mechanical mice could no longer pose a threat to Da Liu, Ge Bai stopped worrying about Da Liu's side and locked his gaze on the Mechanical Mouse main body and the Beast Master Zhao Hui on the other side of the arena.

Unlike Ge Bai, who really hadn't understood the mechanical Pet Beast circle in detail and hadn't heard of Zhao Hui and his Pet Beast, the Mechanical Mouse.

Zhao Hui had understood Ge Bai before taking the stage. This Spirit Plant Master had entered the audition tournament in one battle, not only contracting a wild Weeping Willow with considerable combat power but also contracting a space Spirit Plant.

Ge Bai had been in the limelight these two days, so Zhao Hui couldn't help but pay attention.

Today, as soon as he saw his opponent was Ge Bai, he calculated a combat strategy. According to his thoughts, his chance of winning was very high.

So just after taking the stage, Zhao Hui wasn't in a hurry either.

He originally wanted to use this wave of proliferated small mechanical mice to force out Ge Bai's large-scale space skills, but seeing that this wave of small mechanical mice was about to be solved.

Ge Bai and the others were still lukewarm, and Zhao Hui couldn't wait any longer.

Snap.

He stood behind the Mechanical Mouse and snapped his fingers.

Hearing the snap, the Mechanical Mouse reacted quickly; this was the attack signal he and the Beast Master had agreed upon long ago.

He saw the Mechanical Mouse's tail lash the arena floor fiercely, and its treasure-blue eyes flashed with light.

It was about to move.

"Prepare yourself, the lightning strike is coming."

Ge Bai narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly to Qian Dai.

"La!"

Qian Dai shook her flower sword, ready to strike.

Just when Da Liu and the small mechanical mice were entangled, Ge Bai had already explained his speculation to Qian Dai in detail and also arranged two or three coping methods. Which one to use specifically depended on Qian Dai's choice.

Ge Bai let go, and Qian Dai space-shifted herself first, her figure appearing in mid-air far away from Da Liu and the Mechanical Mouse, the positions of the three parties forming a triangular fixed point.

That position was absolutely safe; no matter how the lightning was attracted, it would be far away from her.

Looking down at the whole field, Qian Dai's field of vision was much better than Ge Bai's, who was standing at the back.

She looked at the Mechanical Mouse main body for a while, and then looked at the three small mechanical mice surrounding Da Liu.

Yes, in just this short while, Da Liu had solved two more.

Zhao Hui also noticed Qian Dai floating in the air and frowned slightly, but only looked at her twice before moving his gaze back to Da Liu.

In his cognition, one had to eat a meal bite by bite, and opponents had to be solved one by one. First solve this willow tree in front of him; this space-type Spirit Plant was not to be feared.

He had extreme confidence in the Mechanical Mouse he had modified and cultivated himself.

The light flashing in the Mechanical Mouse's treasure-blue eyes reached its limit. A silver lightning bolt condensed in the high altitude, and the tail of one of the three small mechanical mice lifted slightly, and there seemed to be a sound of thunder under the lingering Spirit Power.

"Qian Dai."

Ge Bai transmitted a reminder with his Spirit Sense. Although he could see which small mechanical mouse was attracting the lightning, he didn't explain it in detail, believing that Qian Dai could also see it.

It was necessary to exercise Da Liu and Qian Dai's independent control of the situation.

"Understood!" Qian Dai replied.

Judging from her tone, she was full of confidence.

Ge Bai was relieved. He had arranged everything that needed to be arranged. The second half of this duel would be left to Da Liu and Qian Dai.

Da Liu still stayed in place, lashing out with his Willow Whip, solving another small mechanical mouse; two remained.

At this time, he also noticed that one of these two small mechanical mice was not quite right; the Spirit Power around its body was too dense, and there was a faint sound of thunder bursting out.

He remembered the Lightning Attraction skill that Ge Bai had briefly mentioned at the beginning of the match, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

But Da Liu also noticed that Qian Dai had already flashed into mid-air, ready to strike at any time. Plus, Ge Bai hadn't made a sound. After thinking for a moment, Da Liu chose to trust his teammate.

After all, at this time, retreating by moving his steps wasn't as good as lashing out a few more Willow Whips. Wouldn't it be better to wait for Qian Dai to teleport?

"Qian Dai?"

Da Liu still took the time to transmit a sound to Qian Dai.

Qian Dai in mid-air had already decided on a tactic. As fellow contracted Spirit Plants of Ge Bai, it was clear that she and Da Liu could also transmit sound to each other, and she had received Da Liu's transmission, but she was deliberately not telling Da Liu what to do next at this moment.

Because she was preparing to end the battle in one strike; if that didn't work, she would let Da Liu fill the position.

Ge Bai, who saw Qian Dai playing little tricks, didn't approve of this behavior, but he didn't make a sound at this moment, just raised his eyebrows slightly and recorded this account.

This little orchid was a bit arrogant; he would have to educate her well when they went back.

Thunder cracked, and the lightning in the high altitude had already formed.

Zhao Hui clenched his fists, watching Da Liu's direction.

The Mechanical Mouse main body proliferated six or seven more small mechanical mice at this time, and together with the two remaining small mechanical mice from the previous batch, they entangled Da Liu tightly.

A batch of small mechanical mice rushed over instantly, and Da Liu couldn't tell which one was the main body that had just found the Lightning Attraction.

Even if he was consciously prepared to solve that one first, there was no way.

Qian Dai, who had a better field of vision, watched more closely than Da Liu. Seeing the lightning form, she immediately used space shifting on that small mechanical mouse.

The skill that had been running Spirit Power and brewing for a long time was almost instantaneous, much faster than lightning.

The lightning in mid-air also turned, striking directly at the Mechanical Mouse.

The small mechanical mouse appeared silently out of thin air beside the Mechanical Mouse main body.

Qian Dai had put some thought into choosing the landing point for space shifting.

She didn't just throw the small mechanical mouse in front of the Mechanical Mouse, but placed it in its blind spot.

The half-meter-long Mechanical Mouse really didn't react in time, but the lightning that suddenly turned and struck straight at it couldn't be faked. "Run!"

Zhao Hui, who was staring at Da Liu, was the first to notice that one small mechanical mouse was missing, and felt that something was wrong.

When he saw the small mechanical mouse appear beside his own Pet Beast, he only had time to shout one word.

The lightning was very fast, arriving in an instant. The Mechanical Mouse only had time to move half a step, but it was still struck by the lightning it had attracted itself.

"Tsk tsk."

Ge Bai clicked his tongue twice. It seemed that the lightning attracted by the Mechanical Mouse was real lightning, the kind that didn't distinguish between friend and foe.

Although the Mechanical Mouse was a thunder-attribute Pet Beast, its resistance to lightning wasn't good. This lightning bolt was its full-force strike, and now that it hit itself, it was enough for it to suffer.

In the stands, the audience who watched this scene happen were all stunned.

Could it still be played like this?

They had seen Pet Beasts suffer from skill backlash in Pet Beast battles, but they had never seen one so directly stunned by its own skill.

"I feel like no particularly high-level skill was used, so it just won like this?"

"Ge Bai's training level for Pet Beasts is very high. These two Spirit Plants wouldn't necessarily win so brilliantly in the hands of other Spirit Plant Masters."

"Are you low? This is combat awareness. The combat awareness of these two Spirit Plants is excellent, okay! Combat awareness and grasping opportunities are no worse than skill proficiency and Pet Beast level, but they are rarely seen in low-level arena tournaments."

After the stunned moment, there was another heated discussion in the audience area.

The bald, burly man who was just complaining about Ge Bai not knowing to understand Zhao Hui's information silently wiped a drop of sweat from his forehead and said a fair word.

"This, if Zhao Hui can't think of a way to resolve this move in the next match, his subsequent matches will be hard to fight."

His friend sitting next to him also shook his head, although they supported Zhao Hui, they had to tell the truth.

"This Ge Bai has something. Are you sure she really didn't know about Zhao Hui and the Mechanical Mouse's attack method before?"

"How would I know!"

The bald, burly man rolled his eyes.

Indeed, Zhao Hui's Mechanical Mouse had developed Lightning Attraction and proliferation skills in the low stage of the Extraordinary Realm, which looked like a talent and a promising future no matter how one looked at it.

But the future was the future. Currently, the Mechanical Mouse's Spirit Power level and skill proficiency weren't high. Being able to fight so smoothly in previous matches was because it had the advantage of fighting style.

Now that this attack method of widely spreading clones plus Lightning Attraction had been cracked, it would be enough for Zhao Hui to be uncomfortable if subsequent opponents followed suit.

After all, the Mechanical Mouse could currently only attract lightning with one small mechanical mouse as a target. If Ge Bai and Qian Dai could carefully distinguish which small mechanical mouse was the target, it wouldn't be difficult for others to see it.

Even if other Beast Masters didn't have space skills, it wouldn't be difficult to find the small mechanical mouse attracting lightning and knock it away.

Ge Bai didn't expect that this match would set a good example for subsequent contestants, causing Zhao Hui to stop outside the audition list for this year's arena tournament.

On the field, Zhao Hui looked at the Mechanical Mouse that had been knocked down by lightning and was smoking on the ground, holding back the urge to rush over and shout surrender.

Unwillingly, he looked up at Da Liu's side, expecting the small mechanical mice to solve Da Liu. In that case, even if he lost in the end, he wouldn't lose too ugly.

However, the moment he looked up, he saw a wind wall, carrying a despairing wind force, whistling across the arena. Wherever the wind wall passed, one small mechanical mouse after another was torn into pieces, and the sky was full of mechanical debris.

Da Liu finally found his brain, put this group of small mechanical mice close, and prepared a Wind Weaving Domain with full power, taking them all away in one bag.

Finished.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Feng fell to the ground, his eyes red.

And his Mechanical Mouse, seeing that the Beast Master hadn't shouted surrender, knew that the match wasn't over yet and was struggling to get up on the spot.

Qian Dai in mid-air watched the Mechanical Mouse preparing to climb up, feeling a burst of irritability in her heart, and had to transmit to Da Liu: "Prepare the Storm Willow Blade Hammer, like the last match, okay."

Da Liu, who had just fought the whole field and desperately released a full-power Wind Weaving Domain, was a bit exhausted, but still gritted his teeth. "Okay."

Just when Qian Dai was preparing to teleport Da Liu to the Mechanical Mouse's side to give him the final blow.

Zhao Hui said with difficulty, "Surrender."

Qian Dai and Da Liu breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The former thought, very good, this match, she, Qian Dai Chun Jian Lan, one-hit kill, reversed the situation, the whole match MVP!

The latter thought, finally finished, exhausted to death. If he had to fight hard for another Storm Willow Blade Hammer, it would really be life-threatening. Didn't want to fight rats anymore, real rats, fake rats, mechanical rats, electric rats... no matter what kind of rat, he didn't want to see them again! Ge Bai frowned. What kind of broken thing was this match? Both of them had to practice extra when they went back! After the referee entered the field and announced that the winner was Ge Bai, Da Liu immediately transformed back into his mini-form, pounced on Ge Bai, and hung on, waiting for Ge Bai to take him to find the arena tournament's healer to cast a healing spell to replenish his Spirit Power consumption.

And Qian Dai was still reluctant to leave the field, swaying in mid-air, preparing to patrol the field for a week.

Ge Bai didn't spoil her, directly moved his Spirit Sense, and forcibly took Qian Dai back into the Spirit Awareness Space.

"Ah! Ge Bai! You can't do this. I just won a match so cleanly. Don't you want to praise me?"

Qian Dai, who was taken back to the Spirit Awareness Space, chirped and shouted endlessly.

"Reflect on yourself well and see what problems there were in this match."

Ge Bai's tone was serious.

Seeing that Ge Bai seemed to be really a bit angry, Qian Dai became honest instantly.

Those who know the times are wise orchids; she, Qian Dai, wouldn't be so unobservant and touch Ge Bai's bad luck against the wind.

Sigh, it's just a bit annoying. Why do I have to reflect after every battle! Isn't it enough to win!

Qian Dai continued to shout in her heart. — Because Da Liu and Qian Dai weren't injured, Ge Bai didn't stay by the Mechanical Mouse like Zhao Hui, waiting for the healer to enter with a stretcher.

He carried Da Liu, returned to the waiting area, walked straight to the healer's rest area, and asked them to cast a healing spell to replenish Da Liu's Spirit Power.

This wasn't a big deal, and it was also clearly stated in the arena tournament rules.

A beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes summoned her Pet Beast, and a pale pink translucent Taohua Shuimu appeared above the summoning array.

Ge Bai looked exceptionally surprised. He remembered that Taohua Shuimu was a Pet Beast that mainly used poison.

"Your Taohua Shuimu can also cast healing spells?"

Before the blonde, blue-eyed beauty could speak, several healers sitting on the side covered their mouths and laughed.

"Lika, just accept your fate."

"How about making a sign for you to hang on your chest? Just write 'My Pet Beast Taohua Shuimu really can cast healing spells!'"

This beautiful woman named Lika covered her face and shook her head, helplessly saying to Ge Bai, "Yes, my Taohua Shuimu really can cast healing spells. I am a senior healer with Alliance certification!"

"Don't mind them; no matter who it is, they will ask this when they see my Taohua Shuimu for the first time."

"Try it. Our Huajiao's Spirit Recovery ability is quite good."

Ge Bai saw that his one sentence caused such a big reaction from the healers on the opposite side, and he was also a bit embarrassed, so he hurriedly handed Da Liu over.

The Taohua Shuimu floated in front of Da Liu, and a soft pale pink light covered Da Liu.

This was a high-level skill, and the Spirit Recovery effect was indeed quite good. Da Liu's Spirit Power was pulled directly to the full.