"Hmm? Isn’t this a bit too cruel? Although the Void Time Ring isn’t considered a Divine Beast Technique, it’s a special method that even the Little Crocodile can’t master."
Veronia glanced in the direction Feng Yuan was looking, noticing the expanding circle beneath the Shadow Turtle’s feet. Her gaze tightened; that thing, how could she not recognize it? The Void Time Ring, though classified as a time attribute ultimate move, fundamentally resembles a power closer to the world’s essence.
The effect is singular yet simple and violent, swallowing all ultimate moves of the locked target into the Void Time Realm for a period of time to come. Because it doesn’t directly seal the ultimate move, all counter-sealing and prohibition measures are ineffective against it.
Moreover, the Void Time Realm itself embodies characteristics of illusory time and space, meaning time-based and space-based ultimate moves cannot interfere with it, even Divine Beast Techniques that grant immunity to negative states and anomalies are ineffective.
As this ultimate move doesn’t involve abnormal states or negative effects, it merely transfers the target’s ultimate moves elsewhere.
But in practice, it means the target hit by the Void Time Ring will be unable to use any ultimate moves for quite a while, and an even stronger Void Time Ring can prevent them from using energy to fly.
Of course, Xiao Ji’s physical structure itself supports its ability to fly; it’s just unable to hover in place or rapidly alter flight speed.
Feng Yuan chuckled and said,
"It’s about adding some difficulty for them, especially Xiao Ji. Without the constraint of the Void Time Ring, what if it mindlessly throws Divine Beast Techniques?"
Though when summoned, the Shadow Leopard and Shadow Turtle are stronger than Xiao Ji, the existence of Divine Beast Techniques defies logic, and battling beyond one’s rank is common; thus, Feng Yuan must strategize accordingly, or there’s little point in training.
"Hmm, you’re not entirely wrong, but you could just tell it not to use Divine Beast Techniques." Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan and said with mild annoyance, guessing his intention to prank Xiao Ji out of mischievousness.
Chuckling without objection, Feng Yuan watched Xiao Ji in the air attempting to find a chance to attack, unsure if it realized the existence of the Void Time Ring. As for whether the Shadow Turtle would repeatedly use the Void Time Ring?
This is impossible due to the unique nature of the move; even among Spirit Beasts mastering the Void Time Ring, there’s no interval shorter than twenty minutes in use, making consecutive strong control via the Void Time Ring nearly impossible.
Even alternating its use doesn’t work, perhaps due to the move’s strong effect. Once first struck by the Void Time Ring, it won’t affect the target again for at least two hours.
Therefore, Feng Yuan isn’t worried about Xiao Ji being continuously controlled. However, victory for Xiao Ji won’t be easy.
If Xiao Ji can’t evade the Void Time Ring swiftly, it will depend on whether the Flame Chasing Furry Dog can help it endure the sealed time.
Unaware of Feng Yuan’s hidden mischievousness, Xiao Ji attempted to find weakness between the turtle and leopard’s cooperation, seeking to break the turtle’s defense to attack the leopard.
As for attacking the turtle first? It’s no small feat. Xiao Ji can see the turtle is a pure defender, making it difficult to breach the turtle’s defense, especially with the leopard ready to ambush it during the attempt.
The Flame Chasing Furry Dog watched the turtle, considering how to pin it down. At this time, if it communicated with Xiao Ji, would the turtle and leopard understand and react?
If it were Veronia’s summoned opponents, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog wouldn’t mind discussing battle plans with Xiao Ji; however, these are Feng Yuan’s summoned foes, the adversaries of a grand tournament, necessitating caution against them understanding.
Normally, discussing tactics in front of Beastmasters and their beasts treats them as fools, making targeting highly likely.
After slight hesitation, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog barked, soon noticing the Shadow Leopard approaching its direction.
A swish of its tail clarified the situation; loud conspiring wasn’t feasible unless pre-agreed signals existed between it and Xiao Ji, which unfortunately didn’t.
From here, they must rely on mutual understanding and quick adaptability. After considering, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog decided to feint attack the turtle and seize an opportunity to strike the leopard. Unlike Xiao Ji, as a standard offensive Spirit Beast, it understands the beast positioning and distribution of its opponents.
The leopard’s agility and attack are maxed out, meaning its endurance and defense-related attributes are undoubtedly lower. If hits land with sufficient output, the leopard can be swiftly dealt with.
Regarding the turtle? Defender Spirit Beasts’ biggest flaw is usually weaker attacking power; even Qi Chen’s Ah Mu faced this, although it could inflict significant damage with specific ultimate moves upon hitting the target, assuming it hits.
Ah Mu’s limited agility means it relies heavily on attack range for hits, but area attacks inherently disperse the attack’s force, preventing maximum power.
Resolved, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog aimed to tackle the greater threat of the leopard first, allowing them to grind slowly against the turtle.
If Feng Yuan were aware of the Flame Chasing Furry Dog’s plan, he’d surely say it was overthinking.
Regular Spirit Beast battle positioning isn’t so distinctly divided; Feng Yuan, with this arrangement, has a specific reason. Recovery mechanisms in battles are rare but not absent, and indeed, Feng Yuan has added a battle recovery method to the turtle.
Regarding the leopard? Feng Yuan didn’t significantly bolster its strengthening methods post-turtle defeat; as Xiao Ji and others could bypass the leopard to tackle the turtle, adding difficulty isn’t necessary.
Feng Yuan’s goal isn’t merely to win; rather, it’s to alert Xiao Ji and others, lest they get swept away by newfound abilities.
Moreover, bypassing the Shadow Leopard to forcefully defeat the Shadow Turtle’s difficulty is far greater than addressing the leopard first; numerous protection techniques are self-targeted, and the Shadow Leopard lacks formidable defense tactics. If the Shadow Turtle’s restrained, there’s a slight chance of breaching the Shadow Leopard’s defense, slaying the Shadow Turtle forcibly?
Feng Yuan chose the turtle not for fun but to highlight the Shadow Turtle’s formidable defensive capabilities.
Xiao Ji observed the Flame Chasing Furry Dog targeting the Shadow Turtle, immediately shifting focus entirely onto the Shadow Leopard. With a shake of its wings, Xiao Ji activated the Underworld Domain in mid-air, determinedly awakening its domain.
Underworld aura surrounded Xiao Ji, but instead of attacking the Shadow Leopard, it let out a long cry, summoning specters within the Underworld Domain.
This was Xiao Ji’s devised method to counter the Shadow Leopard’s ambush.
The Shadow Leopard’s attack uses spatial teleports, making common barriers ineffective unless Xiao Ji can seal space, which it currently cannot. However, in the awakened Underworld Domain, nether specters can somewhat substitute defensive barrier effects.
Feng Yuan wasn’t surprised by this tactic; differing attribute responses aren’t always identical, yet he’s rarely seen truly unsolvable attacks.
Even the Void Time Ring isn’t without solutions; direct combat negation is impossible, but since the Void Time Ring isn’t a group ultimate move and can only seal one target at a time, as long as teammates exist, and they can aid in enduring the Void Time Ring’s duration, that does the trick.
Regarding the Shadow Leopard’s Void Instant Kill?
Such spatial ability-driven ambush methods are commonly encountered, with various attributes employing countermeasures.
Like the golden Fire Dragon surrounding the Flame Chasing Furry Dog serves as a fire attribute defense measure.
Targets approaching without fire immunity are directly afflicted by high temperatures or severe burns.
Similarly, the specters Xiao Ji summoned provide an analogous effect, activating the specter’s mutual destruction upon approach, causing significant trouble for the Shadow Leopard even on equal trade.
Wings flared, Xiao Ji completed defensive preparations and launched another attack. Given the Shadow Leopard’s Void Instant Kill ultimate move, Xiao Ji abandoned any aerial pursuit ultimate moves.
No matter the speed of these moves, if they’re unable to hit the opponent before its reaction, they’re useless.
The Shadow Leopard will assuredly use Void Instant Kill to dodge and counter-attack immediately, so Xiao Ji opted for its less frequently used curse ultimate move.
A specter rose behind the Shadow Leopard, its face suddenly illuminated with eerie purple light.

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