"Curse Killing? Even though completely mimicking it isn’t impossible, how could they think I’d leave such a big loophole?"
Feng Yuan, with his arms crossed in front of his chest, mumbled in confusion. Curse killing, also known as curse attack flow, is a relatively rare faction among Beastmasters. The reason is simple; curse killing is quite slow. Before the Crystal Domain era, battles between beasts were already intense.
Even if decisive victories weren’t immediate, the duration of entanglement wouldn’t be long. Only battles at the Legendary Level or above might involve mutual confrontation lasting several hours.
Only when the battle duration is sufficiently extended does curse killing have its purpose. And curse killing is different from those legends of beheading targets from thousands of miles away; it has range limitations. At least conventional curses disappear once the target leaves the caster’s sight.
This limitation means that the ultimate moves of the curse flow can only be used in battles; otherwise, this faction might indeed become good assassins.
Of course, despite the slow damage and various restrictions, it doesn’t prevent the emergence of the curse killing faction, naturally due to its peculiarities.
Almost all curse-damage type ultimate moves have a special property, which is that their hit rate is only related to specific abilities. The damage type is unique too, with only specific defensive abilities able to reduce its damage.
Be it barriers or damage reduction methods, these have little effect on curse damage.
Naturally, Divine Beasts inherently possess high curse resistance and damage reduction, so trying to use curse killing on Divine Beasts is almost impossible unless it’s a Divine Beast Technique.
However, few Divine Beasts can master curse-type Divine Beast Techniques. If they truly act, they can pinpoint the culprit immediately. Moreover, without cause, these Divine Beasts won’t attack their companions for no reason.
Certainly, Xiao Ji hasn’t mastered a Divine Beast Level curse ultimate move, as her strength hasn’t reached the standard yet. However, conventional curse ultimate moves are already sufficient for the current situation.
As purple mist rose around the Shadow Leopard, its speed began to slow. Just as Xiao Ji prepared to let the curse take away the Shadow Leopard by dragging time, a roar disrupted Xiao Ji’s plan.
The curse was cleared by the roar, and alongside the Shadow Leopard, golden light points kept sprinkling down.
"Huh? Justice Punishment? Isn’t this an exclusive ultimate move of special Spirit Beasts? How does it also have it?"
Veronia looked at Feng Yuan with suspicion, and he shrugged.
"Among the moves clearing negative effects, this one has the best effect, and it’s truly not something I temporarily added."
Xiao Ji felt a malicious intent rushing towards her. Justice Punishment is an ultimate move mastered by a few Spirit Beasts related to judgment and justice.
This move itself has a certain attack capability, but it’s not very powerful. However, the special feature of this move is that if attached with negative states, using Justice Punishment clears all negative states and temporarily boosts attributes significantly.
If it were only this, it would be acceptable. What frustrates Xiao Ji is that when the target is cursed, using Justice Punishment not only clears curses and boosts attributes tremendously but also triggers a Heavenly Punishment.
Heavenly Punishment ignores all defenses and barriers and deals massive damage to the curse caster.
Moreover, Heavenly Punishment has a strong locking effect, even abilities to stretch space infinitely cannot evade its damage.
It’s like a turtle shell-equipped entity that still carries Justice Punishment; can it really fight?
Xiao Ji was a bit stunned. Given Heavenly Punishment’s unavoidable nature, she didn’t plan to dodge. She prepared to endure Heavenly Punishment with continuous recovery effects.
No choice, besides a few special ultimate moves, most cannot be used to resist Heavenly Punishment.
As the Flame Chasing Furry Dog saw the tail above Xiao Ji gradually light up, it swung with force, releasing the accumulated energy in its mouth. Flames raged madly; despite the Blazing Earth Realm being lifted, the battlefield seemed to enter the Flame Land again.
"Meltdown Characteristic? Flame Chasing Furry Dog has quietly given me a surprise."
Noticing the hidden elements in the flames, Feng Yuan rubbed his chin and said, the Meltdown Characteristic is a special ability mastered by the Flame Chasing Furry Dog under the Qi Realm Stance attack. Now, without entering the Qi Realm Stance, theoretically, it shouldn’t possess such flame characteristics.
But this isn’t absolute. As long as a Spirit Beast can use its inherent characteristics, there’s certain means to master them; whether relying on external objects is another matter, mastery is possible at least.
And Meltdown itself is an advanced application of ordinary flame power, even without entering the Qi Realm Stance, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog might comprehend usage methods. Surely, it’s not easy though.
The Meltdown Characteristic cannot directly destroy the Shadow Turtle’s defense, as it’s a Space Series defense means; regular Shield Break moves are ineffective. However, the raging flame of Meltdown makes the Shadow Turtle unable to manage properly.
The Flame Chasing Furry Dog’s target is the Shadow Leopard. It needs to suppress the Shadow Leopard within the time Xiao Ji recovers, or else Xiao Ji might not withstand a series of attacks from the opponent.
No choice, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog didn’t expect Feng Yuan to escalate their intensity so high this time, almost causing Xiao Ji to fail multiple times.
Even using Meltdown Flame, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog didn’t go all-out, as it’s wary of further changes in tactics.
Just like Xiao Ji received Justice Punishment’s Heavenly Punishment when casting the curse, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog can’t guarantee the Shadow Leopard lacks special counter-ultimate moves against Meltdown.
Feng Yuan didn’t know what the Flame Chasing Furry Dog was thinking. Otherwise, he’d surely say they were overthinking; Justice Punishment was added merely because it excels at clearing negative states.
The Meltdown Characteristic itself doesn’t persist, or rather, it’s something attached to the attack flames. Not to mention he didn’t initially know the Flame Chasing Furry Dog could use Meltdown Flame in its original form, even if known, he wouldn’t target specifically.
Otherwise, directly applying the Divine Beast template would suffice; Xiao Ji and her group wouldn’t stand a chance of winning.
Targeting negative states was solely due to Xiao Ji mastering many ultimate moves, so Feng Yuan had to first suppress their debuff potential, otherwise, few Spirit Beasts could handle full negative statuses apart from Divine Beasts.
"You’ve targeted them in every aspect, how can they win?"
Veronia looked at Feng Yuan puzzled, wondering if he was making the opponent overly challenging to suppress Xiao Ji and her team’s arrogance? Given the current situation, it seems Xiao Ji and her team might not resolve such an opponent.
"I don’t know. Initially, I thought Xiao Ji and her team would break through by amplifying their status to max out attack power, so I didn’t equip them with moves to negate enhanced states. However... Spirit Beast battles can always have surprises, right?"
Feng Yuan spread his hands saying he truly didn’t know how Xiao Ji and her team would tackle this tough battle, but he’s already left a path for resolution; other strategies exist? Feng Yuan also doesn’t know.
After all, Spirit Beast battles inherently contain endless possibilities; maybe Xiao Ji and her team will solve this turtle and leopard in ways unexpected by Feng Yuan?
Feng Yuan can’t be sure Xiao Ji will fight according to his planned path, especially as Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog hardly cooperate at present, making victory quite difficult.
"Violent Penetration?"
Veronia looked at Feng Yuan in surprise, to which he shook his head.
"Certainly not, the Shadow Leopard is defended by the Shadow Turtle, and it’s not easy to restrain the Shadow Turtle. However, if fully amplified, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog violently assaults the Shadow Turtle, it might shrink its defense circle."
Feng Yuan didn’t detail his words, not because the matter couldn’t be told to Veronia, but because Feng Yuan was concerned Xiao Ji might overhear, and he didn’t intend to leak the answer to her.
Currently pondering about solving the Shadow Leopard, Xiao Ji was unaware of Feng Yuan suspecting her of cheating, as she stared at the Shadow Leopard feeling powerless.
Attempts of violent attack were blocked by its powerful defense and evasion. Trying to wear it down with curses found it had countermeasures and reaction skills.
The recent Heavenly Punishment was quite powerful; had Xiao Ji not prepared recovery methods beforehand, she might have been chased out of action by subsequent counterattacks.
Looking at the Flame Chasing Furry Dog, Xiao Ji decided to team up with it and use an open strategy!

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