Xiao Ji had anticipated this. Although it had not yet reached Legendary Level strength, it could deduce the general conditions of a Legendary Level situation based on its circumstances. If it weren’t for the turtle’s support methods being temporarily sealed, they could never have inflicted such damage. The turtle’s defense was simply too strong.
The presence of Holy Soil made it impossible for Xiao Ji’s sealing ultimate move to be sustained for long. After a chain attack, the turtle had already restored its previous ability and began to shield the leopard.
It’s fortunate Feng Yuan equipped the turtle with a self-healing ultimate move; otherwise, with this delay, the Shadow Leopard’s stamina might have been restored again.
However, although Feng Yuan increased the difficulty, he wasn’t excessively unreasonable. Although there are Beastmasters who utilize resilient, healing beasts, they are relatively rare. These Spirit Beasts occupy a Guardian Beast Position and can only perform effectively in team battles, coupled with their high training difficulty; not many can afford to nurture them.
Feng Yuan couldn’t possibly equip the turtle with ultimate moves to such an extent. Otherwise, it would be too difficult for Xiao Ji and the others to secure a victory.
For a creature that can fight, heal, and withstand attacks, aside from a rapid max attribute divine beast technique overload gamble, there aren’t many solutions to break such defense.
A thoroughly prepared team is like this. Though it’s not without loopholes, only those like Dou Yanlan, the Beastmasters, could pull off those tactics. Xiao Ji was certainly incapable.
With a loud call, Xiao Ji prepared to let the Flame Chasing Furry Dog launch a total assault. However, it was then that the side effects of overt communication became apparent. The Shadow Turtle heard Xiao Ji’s cry and knew what they were planning. The Void Time Ring, held onto for ages, activated!
Pale blue crystal sand sparkled like dazzling ribbons, gently encircling the Black Sun. In the next moment, Xiao Ji detached from the Black Sun state and lost its hovering ability. The sudden change almost caused Xiao Ji to crash straight to the ground. Luckily, it managed to flap its wings and forcibly fly just before landing.
Yet even so, Xiao Ji couldn’t call upon its inner power. No, to be precise, all its energy completely vanished the instant it left its body, unable to exert any influence on the external world.
To avoid any unexpected incidents, Xiao Ji clumsily landed next to the Flame Chasing Furry Dog. Though the dog didn’t understand the ultimate move Xiao Ji was affected by, its appearance suggested it was a very powerful sealing move.
After some thought, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog barked once, deciding not to use its ultimate move to remove the seal from Xiao Ji, as it felt that would likely be ineffective. Indeed, this was the case. Even for Divine Beasts, removing the Void Time Ring was no easy task.
Xiao Ji felt the strength of the Void Time Ring’s seal. Even the power inheritance it applied to the Flame Chasing Furry Dog was interrupted and canceled. Its Divine Beast’s Power was ineffective, which was evident that this was not something the Flame Chasing Furry Dog could resolve.
With a bark, Xiao Ji signaled the Flame Chasing Furry Dog to ignore it and attack the Shadow Leopard.
It certainly didn’t believe the Shadow Leopard would ignore such an opportunity. Of course, even if its ultimate move was sealed, Xiao Ji’s physical endurance alone could withstand Shadow Leopard’s attacks for several rounds.
The Flame Chasing Furry Dog stared at the Shadow Leopard, wary of its Void Instant Kill because Xiao Ji was nearby, preventing the use of Flame Protection, which would cause harm.
Nevertheless, it’s not without options. Gathering flames in its mouth, it kept a firm gaze on the Shadow Leopard. At the moment the opponent vanished, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog swiftly turned and released reddish-gold flames from its mouth. This Flame Release expelled burning high heat to scorch the space.
A shattering sound echoed as the Shadow Leopard was burnt out from the void, and the Spatial Barrier the turtle placed around it was rendered ineffective.
"Flames that melt the space? The effect isn’t bad, but how many times can it use it?"
Touching his chin, Feng Yuan commented. He could see through the Flame Chasing Furry Dog’s ultimate move, recognizing the flames capable of melting space were significant counters and threats to Space Ultimate Techniques.
However, such ultimate moves consume tremendous energy, which is why the Flame Chasing Furry Dog avoided using them before. Even as a Legendary Spirit Beast now, it can only use this move a few times.
High consumption naturally correlates with good effect, as the Flame Chasing Furry Dog directly confronted the Shadow Leopard fiercely, although the actual damage wasn’t substantial. Most was blocked by Void Instant Kill and Spatial Barrier, yet still added some scorch marks to the Shadow Leopard’s fur.
"What it should do now is wait for Xiao Ji to recover, rather than launching a strong attack. But... maybe it’s uncertain."
Touching his chin, Feng Yuan muttered. Xiao Ji’s sealing of the Shadow Turtle’s ultimate move surprised him earlier. Feng Yuan hadn’t expected Xiao Ji to seal the Shadow Turtle on Holy Soil.
"Besides Void Time Ring, what else could there be?"
Veronia curiously looked at Feng Yuan. The Void Time Ring was considered a trump card squeezed by the Shadow Turtle, and she didn’t think the Shadow Turtle had similar techniques, otherwise it would be excessive.
"The Shadow Leopard also has a Mutual Destruction move, but whether it can take them down at once is hard to say."
Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said. Veronia stared at Feng Yuan with astonishment. Was this guy causing trouble? Why give a clear assassin like the Shadow Leopard a Mutual Destruction ultimate move?
Mutual Destruction isn’t simply a one-for-one exchange. It activates when it loses combat capability, instantly erupting with a force equivalent to the Spirit Beast’s peak power. This explosion has no attribute while possessing penetration characteristics, undeterred except by robust barriers, and is one of the rare forces that disregard Superior Attributes interference.
That means, apart from constructing stone walls, trying to block Mutual Destruction through methods like time loops is impossible.
Xiao Ji and the others likely wouldn’t think the Shadow Leopard possesses the Mutual Destruction ultimate move, as Spirit Beasts normally don’t encounter issues after losing combat capability unless they sustain secondary damage.
But Mutual Destruction is different, it triggers upon losing battle capability. Once it activates, it inflicts hidden injuries on the Spirit Beast, and it’s rarely used even in Beast Tamer competitions.
Of course, the high cost correlates with its effectiveness, that’s understood.
However, since the Shadow Leopard was a summoning crafted by Feng Yuan casually, the side effects of Mutual Destruction aren’t of much consequence. It’s just, Veronia hadn’t expected Feng Yuan to be so ruthless.
"Why stare at me like that? Although normally unlikely, in major battles like this, getting carried away and using Mutual Destruction wouldn’t be strange."
Noticing Veronia’s strange gaze, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but defend himself. He wasn’t wrong, even in formal Beast Tamer competitions people use Mutual Destruction, let alone in this large armed Beastmaster competition with many military Beastmasters participating.
Their beasts all have the Mutual Destruction ultimate move—for obvious reasons.
As to whether it would be used in the competition? Without being carried away, it certainly wouldn’t. Though recovery afterward is possible, going that extreme just for a title is somewhat excessive.
In cases of being carried away, voluntary use of Mutual Destruction isn’t impossible.
Glancing at Xiao Ji and the others, Veronia shook her head helplessly. Feng Yuan really was raising their intensity.
It’s not to say they’re invincible, although the difficulty is high, Feng Yuan did leave several breakthrough points. Yet... it needs some skill, especially with Mutual Destruction’s ultimate move.
Without countermeasures, it might directly lead to failure, even though Mutual Destruction doesn’t discriminate, it won’t take down a nearly full-health turtle. No, during the time Xiao Ji was sealed, the Shadow Turtle restored its stamina completely.
Of course, stamina recovery doesn’t mean the injuries are entirely healed, unless it’s a Life Divine Beast; no one can truly achieve the tug-of-war in-game health bar tactics.
Noticing the Shadow Turtle’s full recovery, Xiao Ji and the others had no good solutions. After all, Xiao Ji was sealed by the Void Time Ring at that time and couldn’t use energy, it was impressive to pressure the Shadow Leopard.
Especially since the Shadow Turtle’s self-healing prevented timely protection for the Shadow Leopard, allowing the Flame Chasing Furry Dog to add new wounds to the Shadow Leopard.
Xiao Ji occasionally eyed the Shadow Turtle, not worried about its action, but suspecting what more Feng Yuan might be hiding.
It’s not just intuition. Based on Xiao Ji and the others’ understanding of combat, the Shadow Turtle had already restored its stamina to a decent level; it wasn’t necessary to fixate on full recovery.
They knew it couldn’t restore teammates and, to max out its health while ignoring the Shadow Leopard’s injuries, clashed with its previous combat style.

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