The Flame Chasing Furry Dog let out a long howl, and the Blazing Earth Realm unfolded. It wasn’t worried about its Fire Attribute Crystal Stone Domain affecting Xiao Ji, because the other’s Crystal Stone Domain was usually activated in the air, which doesn’t overlap with its realm.
However, the Shadow Turtle took a small step, and hexagonal crystal flakes fell like snow. Within the range where the flakes fell, the sea of fire automatically disappeared, leaving a gap in the originally complete Blazing Earth Realm.
"Realm elimination?"
Veronia looked at Feng Yuan in surprise, unaware of such an ultimate move. She looked at the Shadow Turtle in confusion, and Feng Yuan shook his head and said,
"I don’t know what’s going on either. I just brought up the projection as needed. As for what ultimate move it combines with, I’m not entirely sure."
Normally, when setting up an enemy, all of its mastered ultimate moves would be combined, but Feng Yuan was lazy and directly used a similar template. So Feng Yuan wasn’t sure what ultimate moves the Shadow Turtle had.
As for realm elimination, it didn’t seem like that. The energy structure of the hexagonal crystal flakes is quite special, which is a unique feature of space energy. This also aligned with Feng Yuan’s expectation when calling up the Shadow Turtle, focusing on defensive capabilities.
The turtle mainly defends, the leopard mainly attacks, both with specialized abilities in their respective areas, which could strengthen Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog. Feng Yuan just didn’t expect the Shadow Turtle’s space techniques to include the ability to eliminate Crystal Stone Domains.
However, considering that Crystal Stone Domains are a whole new system, Feng Yuan wasn’t too surprised. In a complete system, it’s unlikely for one aspect to dominate, and there are definitely techniques for mutual restraint and disassembly.
Feng Yuan even suspected that even if Domain Awakening were activated, that turtle could also eliminate Crystal Stone Domains. But considering the characteristics of Domain Awakening, activating it and then consuming it immediately might be a good choice.
Compared to before where activating a Crystal Stone Domain and then smashing it was enough, now one turtle and one leopard had a significant impact on Xiao Ji. He noticed that the turtle could eliminate Crystal Stone Domains, but fortunately, neither Xiao Ji nor the Flame Chasing Furry Dog relied heavily on Crystal Stone Domains.
Flying into the sky, Xiao Ji targeted the Shadow Leopard again, but this time it did not continue using Crimson Judgement.
This ultimate move is powerful but requires guidance. Against a nimble target like the Shadow Leopard, its threat level was significantly reduced, especially with the Shadow Turtle providing protection. Using Crimson Judgement might actually make Xiao Ji an easy target for the opposing side.
The Netherworld Wind blew, and the feathers on Xiao Ji glowed with a faint light. Although the Netherworld Wind was a very basic and not particularly powerful ultimate move, the more basic an ultimate move is, the more variations it has.
At this moment, Xiao Ji used the Netherworld Wind along with Wind Rider to enhance its speed and avoid being ambushed.
"Nice idea, but still lacks observation."
With a sigh, Feng Yuan didn’t remind Xiao Ji, because he noticed the Flame Chasing Furry Dog had adopted a different approach from Xiao Ji.
The flames surrounding the Flame Chasing Furry Dog furiously scorched the surrounding air, as if ready to ignite it, forcefully resisting the approach of any non-flame immune creatures to the Flame Chasing Furry Dog.
Due to the barrier of flames, the eye alone cannot discern the golden dots of light gathering on the Flame Chasing Furry Dog. As these dots continued to appear and gather, the unfolded Blazing Earth Realm was slowly disappearing.
With a long cry, Xiao Ji launched another attack. Semi-transparent specter-like Ghost Power charged towards the Shadow Leopard on the ground like wailing Evil Souls. The Shadow Turtle stomped a paw, and the hexagonal crystal barrier appeared once again, but this time the barrier failed to take effect.
The specter silhouettes swayed through the barrier, continuing their charge toward the Shadow Leopard. Veronia exclaimed in surprise,
"Is it Netherworld Traversal?"
The hexagonal crystal barrier was not just a simple solid barrier; because it originated from space power, it had the added effect of extending the spatial distance to naturally eliminate phasing targets.
This was also the reason Feng Yuan opted for the Space Series defensive Spirit Beast template. In terms of defensive ability, ordinary attributes might not compare to the Space Series.
However, the Evil Souls released by Xiao Ji were not simple things either. The extended space had no effect on them, leading Veronia to consider a more advanced common technique among Ghost Series and Death Series, the Netherworld Traversal.
Facing subspace or infinitely extended spatial distances, Netherworld Traversal allows an ultimate move to briefly enter the Netherworld and return, bypassing problematic spatial locations to continue advancing towards the target.
The previous phasing was the manifestation of the ultimate move’s brief passage through the Netherworld, and this technique was specifically meant to counteract space-based defensive measures.
However, Xiao Ji overlooked one point: that the Shadow Leopard’s previous sudden attack wasn’t necessarily at its maximum speed.
The next second, the Shadow Leopard suddenly disappeared, and Xiao Ji instantly reacted, vibrating its wings to quickly ascend. However, even so, the Shadow Leopard’s flickering strike still hit it, causing damage.
Landing steadily on the ground, the Shadow Leopard flicked its tail while watching Xiao Ji high in the sky. Veronia looked at Feng Yuan in shock and asked,
"Two Space Series Spirit Beasts?"
"No, the leopard is Mystic Series. Shadow Space Instant Kill is an ability given by the turtle."
"Hmm?"
Veronia took a moment to process and looked at Feng Yuan in bewilderment, saying,
"Universal Knowledge and Integration upgrade?"
"Yes, while rare, this combination is very strong. It’s just that Spirit Beasts mastering this combo are few and their abilities aren’t strong enough."
Nodding, Feng Yuan replied. Universal Knowledge isn’t that uncommon; even the Big Cat has it. It manifests as allowing Spirit Beasts to master far more ultimate moves and abilities than Spirit Beasts of the same order.
Universal Knowledge can even let Spirit Beasts easily master attribute moves beyond their own attributes.
However, those mastering Integration are scarce. Integration allows Spirit Beasts to freely change the power and effects of their mastered ultimate moves according to needs, introducing more variations.
Of course, that’s not the main point. The main point is the Integration upgrade, a capability few Spirit Beasts can master. Building upon Integration, the Integration upgrade allows ultimate moves to gain some normally absent properties.
Combined with Universal Knowledge, the Integration upgrade can even temporarily impart its mastered Integration ultimate moves to other Spirit Beasts, enabling them to use that move.
However, merely possessing the Integration capability is rare, let alone the upgrade and Universal Knowledge simultaneously, which few Spirit Beasts meet, and those tend to have low base attributes.
Even so, these Spirit Beasts can be formidable because they can bestow mastered ultimate moves on teammates, yielding strategic advantages in many combos.
Take this Shadow Leopard for instance. Without the spatial attribute, mastering Shadow Space Instant Kill on its own would be impossible. Yet, having shared the ultimate move from the Shadow Turtle, it can powerfully ambush Xiao Ji in the air.
"Your counter could be considered quite harsh, huh?"
Veronia murmured softly. It’s rare to encounter this, but getting caught up against Spirit Beasts mastering both Universal Knowledge and Integration upgrade, especially with allies, makes dealing with them no easy task.
There’s nothing you can do, as you’re never certain what ultimate moves the opponent might spring on you. Conventional attribute categories mean nothing to them since the Integration-shared ultimate moves are fully mastered from the start, not relying on their own attributes for power.
The only downside may be the slower casting speed, yet full mastery inherently boosts speed, effectively negating any decrease.
The joint strength of both far exceeds that of simple cooperation. Until now, Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog haven’t managed to achieve effective cooperation, making victory elusive.
Yet merely comparing numbers might lead to complacency, since both sides seem to have an equal count.
"It’s not quite a setup targeting you. After all, opponents in a grand competition aren’t likely to be weaker than this."
Feng Yuan shrugged, not bothered by it. Although the two’s combo is tricky to battle, especially since he also designed chain effects upon summoning, so far, neither Xiao Ji nor the Flame Chasing Furry Dog has forced the true strength of the turtle and leopard to reveal itself.
No remedy, Xiao Ji underestimated the turtle and leopard too much, and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog didn’t notice the expanding light circle beneath the turtle’s feet, although it’s not obvious... any Beastmaster should think to target strange effects under a foe’s feet.

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