Chapter 82: Failed to Edge [Double]

Ge Bai's damage output looks reasonable, but it's not very reasonable.

Many pets possess this self-destruct-type skill.

The most famous of these is the Boom Boom Ball, a fire-element magma creature.

All its skills are related to self-destruction, but this creature has extremely strong self-recovery ability; as long as the self-destruct count isn't particularly high within a period of time, there's no big problem.

Besides this type, some Beast Masters deliberately train their pets to master a skill similar to self-destruction.

For use at critical moments, the effect is still very good.

Although most pets don't have super strong self-healing abilities, and they may not necessarily be accompanied by healing-type pets, as long as the Beast Master carries high-grade recovery potions and spirit stones, the problem isn't major.

The same applies to Da Liu: high-grade recovery potions and spirit stones, although not cheap, but Ge Bai now buys a bunch and stuffs them into Qian Dai's space bag to support Da Liu's self-destruct play, which is also doable.

She just doesn't want to indulge Da Liu that much.

Da Liu is still only in the Mortal Spirit Realm; his skills and attack methods have plenty of potential, so there's no need to rush headlong down the self-destruct attack route.

Now that there's this sign, we must nip it in the bud right away! "Liu Gu."

Da Liu, listless and spiritless from Ge Bai's words, replied weakly, "I know."

Seeing Da Liu agree, Ge Bai didn't bother to investigate whether the kid had really taken it to heart.

Take it slow; expecting instant wholehearted conviction isn't realistic.

Qian Dai had originally been lying still on Ge Bai's head, quietly listening to Ge Bai scold Da Liu.

Now seeing that Ge Bai doesn't intend to keep talking about Da Liu, Qian Dai pouts, a little unhappy.

"Bai Bai, it's unfair! In the last round I snatched an attack once, and you made me reflect, but Da Liu can go all out without any reflection."

Da Liu was already in a bad mood; seeing Qian Dai still stirring things up here, his anger flared up.

He lifted his head, glaring angrily at Qian Dai, and his willow strands spread out, teeth bared and claws brandished.

Qian Dai also didn't back down, standing on Ge Bai's head, flicking its little leaflets so they flew up.

These two really give one a headache.

Ge Bai sighed helplessly.

To prevent the ones on his shoulder and on top of his head from fighting and accidentally hurting him.

Ge Bai thought for a moment, then pulled Qian Dai down from his head and pressed it into his embrace.

"It's different; from the start we agreed that Da Liu would be the main attacker, and even if Da Liu wanted to handle things himself, that was all said openly."

"Think about your last match—those little moves and thoughts, who wouldn't notice them?"

Ge Bai gave Qian Dai a bit of face, poking his little flower sword, without elaborating.

"Your two spirit plants are really full of life, quite interesting."

Lika stood aside, only able to hear Da Liu and Qian Dai chanting "Liu Gu, Liu Gu," "la la la" nonstop.

But seeing Qian Dai waving its arms and legs excitedly, and Da Liu listless and spiritless, she was also amazed.

"You've cultivated your spirit plants very well."

This comment came from Lika's heartfelt praise; she had never seen such lively spirit plants beside other Spirit Plant Masters.

It made her once think that spirit plants are generally quiet, spending most of their time asleep.

Ge Bai smiled, thanked Lika for her praise, and responded modestly.

"Too much vitality is also no good; it's hard to manage a team."

Hearing Ge Bai say that, Lika laughed even louder.

"Ge Bai player, congratulations on winning another match; your ranking has improved by one compared to before."

"According to the organizers' arrangement, you still have one match today."

"It's an overlevel challenge by other players; Beast Master name: Zhou Zi, registered pet: Banhulan Tiger, Mortal Spirit Realm Level 5."

Before Ge Bai and Lika had even reached the healers' resting area, the staff came up, very courteous and thorough, informing Ge Bai of the match details.

"Would you like to push the match back a bit to let your pet rest?"

Ge Bai glanced at Da Liu and then at Qian Dai; these guys don't look like they need rest, they're full of energy.

"No need, please arrange it as soon as possible."

Ge Bai only plans to play these three matches today; finish early and go back early, and also properly pick resources in the Resource Depot to boost these two's spirit power.

The staff quickly operated the handheld mobile terminal.

"Alright, please proceed to the waiting area now; after this match, it will be your turn to go on stage."

The arena tournament organizers are really efficient.

Ge Bai and Lika exchanged greetings, then headed to the waiting area.

"Ge Bai! Ge Bai! I'll go fight!"

Qian Dai in his arms, upon hearing there's still a match today, shouted eagerly.

"The opponent is only Mortal Spirit Realm Level 5."

Ge Bai didn't really care, he reminded.

Xiaolanhua doesn't pick opponents; she's just been watching Da Liu steal the spotlight these past couple days, and she can't hold back anymore—if she really had to face a tough opponent, she definitely doesn't have Da Liu's resilience.

The preliminary rounds go by fast; in no time, Ge Bai was back on stage.

To be safe, she still used the Spiritual Communication System to carefully examine the Banhulan Tiger on the other side of the arena.

【Species: Banhulan Tiger (Supernatural Race)】

【Spirit Power: Mortal Spirit Realm Level 5】

【Attribute: Fire System】

【Skill: Tiger Roar - Proficient.】

【Skill: Flying Tiger Claw - Expert.】

Yo, this patterned tiger is pretty good—only at Mortal Spirit Realm level 5, and its Flying Tiger Claw can already be trained to proficiency.

No big problem, handing it to Chiyo Lan is just right; maybe this patterned tiger can't even touch the edge of the little orchid.

Ge Bai briefly told Chiyo about the patterned tiger's situation, then leisurely crossed his arms and leaned against the edge of the arena.

Meanwhile, the patterned tiger's beast master Zhou Zhi was very solemn, half-crouching beside the tiger, one hand on the ground, the other stroking its back, and whispered in its ear.

"Little Tiger, your opponent is a spirit plant, also at Mortal Spirit Realm, but its overall ability has been assessed as Superior Realm level 1. Come on—if you win this match, we'll make it into the preliminary round."

This young man, well aware that his patterned tiger's skill training is solid, confidently launched a challenge above his rank.

Seeing that the opponent was a Spirit Plant Master, he thought he'd picked up an easy win.

Obviously, he hasn't come to watch the matches these past few days, nor has he paid attention to the competition.

Even if he had arrived a bit earlier and seen Da Liu's match against the Ice Armor Warrior, he wouldn't be so optimistic now.

The patterned tiger looked across and saw just a tree and a flower—what power could they have? It let out a confident roar, strode forward head high, and stopped before its beast master.

Ge Bai had already signaled that he was ready.

The referee saw that Zhou Zhi's side was also ready, and immediately blew the whistle.

Hearing the whistle, the patterned tiger was still a bit puzzled, wondering where the opponent was—frankly, a tiger's eyesight isn't bad.

He looked closely and saw a miniature willow tree perched on the opponent beast master's shoulder, and a small orchid seemed to be floating in front of the master; Chiyo's main body isn't large either, and floating there made it look even smaller.

Anyway, the opponent must be that little orchid.

The patterned tiger channeled its spirit power, let out a tiger roar, and immediately charged at Chiyo Lan.

Chiyo had long learned from Ge Bai about the patterned tiger's tiger-roar skill.

Frankly, the power of this sound-wave attack is far inferior to that of the Black Phoenix.

Chiyo shook her floral blade, utterly unaffected, didn't even bother to flash, and thrust a Chiyo Blade toward the patterned tiger—this is a False Chiyo Blade.

After watching match after match these past few days, Chiyo has grown some brains.

She clearly remembers that from entering the competition to now, she has never used the Chiyo Blade on the arena.

Even though the Jinggang Spirit Plant Research Institute had already released information about the Chiyo Spring Sword Orchid yesterday, the skill description only mentioned the Chiyo Blade, without detailing the skill's specifics.

Chiyo also knows her skill set is limited, can't compare to Da Liu, and she consciously wants to hide it.

She decided to play dirty this time.

The Chiyo Blade shot straight at the patterned tiger, which was fairly cautious; seeing the incoming skill, it nimbly dodged.

After dodging that blade, the patterned tiger instinctively turned back to observe the strike's power.

To his surprise, the orchid petals seemed to have no power at all, landing limp on the ground.

That's it???

The patterned tiger felt contempt rise, and even its beast master raised an eyebrow and shook his head.

"They're looking down on us. Patterned tiger, charge!"

Seeing the power of the Chiyo Blade, the patterned tiger and its beast master's confidence surged.

Ge Bai stood in place, seeing Chiyo's playful side flare up, couldn't help but laugh.

Alright, alright, alright—fighting a Mortal Spirit Realm level 5, and you're still playing around to produce flowers.

He shook his head, Ge Bai said nothing, preparing to continue watching Chiyo's performance.

Chiyo deliberately lowered her altitude, landing directly in front of the patterned tiger, the landing point exactly on its straight charge path.

And after estimating the height, the patterned tiger could easily leap up to reach it.

Seeing Chiyo Lan hovering in midair not far away, the patterned tiger was overjoyed.

He also realized this opponent had spatial translocation ability, and worried that the opponent would stay aloft for a long time.

Seizing the opportunity, the patterned tiger exerted force suddenly, boosting its speed and rushing forward.

20 meters, 15 meters, 10 meters.

Seeing Chiyo within striking distance, the patterned tiger's fangs bared, it leapt up and lunged fiercely at Chiyo.

Chiyo stood still, not moving, channeled her spirit power, and performed spatial translocation.

The big tiger vanished from its original spot, and instantly appeared at the left edge of the arena.

The patterned tiger, still unable to react, couldn't stop its forward momentum and fell straight off the edge of the arena.

Can you even play like that?

Quite a few spectators watching Ge Bai actually know that Chiyo Lan is a spatial-system spirit plant.

In the previous matches, when Chiyo appeared as Da Liu's assistant, relying on spatial translocation, she played an important role in turning the tide at crucial moments.

But nobody expected this little orchid could play so dirty.

"I'm not afraid of a high-level spirit plant; I'm afraid of a spirit plant that's grown a brain."

On the stands, a little girl sighed helplessly, voicing that sentiment.

Her arm was wrapped with a section of devil vine, its branches brownish and extremely lustrous, clearly brimming with spiritual energy.

Tianyu, I understand now, you're scolding me for having no brains.

Huh? Did I say that? No way. Little snake, you're overthinking.

The girl named Tianyu went through the motions with her pet, utterly half‑hearted.

Should I apply to challenge a transcendent realm level‑one athlete? I might end up facing Ge Bai. What do you think?

Not good, I can't beat a transcendent realm level‑one athlete.

The devil vine mercilessly rejected the Spirit Plant Master's proposal; he's not blind—just that Da Liu tree could beat him to death.

Let's drop this matter.

On the field, the variegated tiger's beastmaster, Zhou Zhi, widened his eyes in shock, never expecting such a scene.

And the variegated tiger that fell off the platform was dazed from the fall; though uninjured, this sudden turn of events left it somewhat at a loss.

The variegated tiger swayed its head and leapt, trying to jump back onto the platform.

The platform wasn't low, yet the variegated tiger couldn't jump up in one go.

Its thick forelimbs clung to the platform's edge, hind legs still kicking against the wall—should it fall and jump again? How embarrassing.

The variegated tiger opted for the arduous upward climb, straining heavily.

Damage: one star; comedy: five stars, maxed out.

Ge Bai laughed unkindly and raised his hand to signal the referee.

"He fell off the platform—shouldn't that be a loss?"

The referee watched, speechless, yet silently shook his head.

Not only this little orchid plant possesses the space translocation skill.

In earlier years, arena competitors would exploit loopholes, training only their pets' space translocation skill.

Upon stepping onto the stage, they would directly move the opponent out of the platform's bounds, no matter what tactics the opponent used.

In response, the arena competition committee ruled that using space translocation to move an opponent out of the arena does not count as a win; one must attack to knock the opponent out to win.

Ge Bai knew this rule and had also mentioned it to Chiyo.

So Chiyo didn't directly move the variegated tiger off the platform; instead, she moved it to the edge, letting the tiger rush down on its own.

However, it seems this edge play wasn't executed well, and the referee doesn't accept it.

Seeing the plot fail, Chiyo wasn't discouraged.

No problem—just beat that stupid tiger out again.

The variegated tiger finally clambered onto the platform, let out an angry roar, and shook its fur.

Chiyo no longer wanted to play with the stupid tiger, and swung her Chiyo sword full force straight at the variegated tiger.

Helplessly watching Chiyo's sword approach, the variegated tiger didn't even think to dodge.

What good is such a weak attack? It can't even breach his defense.

The variegated tiger stood rigid, focusing all its spirit power to prepare another tiger roar.

Just as it was gathering power, Chiyo's sword arrived.

It exploded on the variegated tiger's face.

The power of the spatial rending is not to be underestimated, instantly forming a blast sphere with a 30‑centimeter range.

The variegated tiger's roar was stifled in its throat; having been at the platform's edge, a loss of balance sent it flying off again.

Ge Bai saw this and again signaled the referee.

The variegated tiger's second fall from the platform was not due to space translocation.

The referee suppressed a smile and decisively blew the whistle to end the match.

"Winner, Spirit Plant Master Ge Bai"

Beast Master Zhou Zhi, on stage, was so angry he jumped up and down.

His variegated tiger hadn't even launched a proper attack before being driven off the platform twice by the opposing Spirit Plant Master—utterly embarrassing.

Ge Bai didn't care about any of that, laughing as he brought Da Liu and Little Orchid down from the platform.

This fight went so smoothly it made Little Orchid overjoyed.

"I'm not fighting today—just these three matches." After stepping down, Ge Bai found the staff and said, "See you tomorrow afternoon."