This ultimate move of Mutual Destruction can be autonomously chosen to activate or not, but this is only before losing consciousness. If no decision is made before losing consciousness, it defaults to automatically activating Mutual Destruction. Of course, the Shadow Leopard cannot avoid activating Mutual Destruction.
Just like the Void Time Ring, Mutual Destruction is the Shadow Leopard’s strongest technique. As the Shadow Leopard loses consciousness, a massive surge of energy instantly gathers. Xiao Ji lets out a shocked cry, and the crystal pillars left during the previous entanglement explode and merge to form a solid Crystal Wall, standing at the outermost edge between it and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog.
In the battle, Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog have always been together. Even if temporarily separated, they quickly regroup, so those remaining crystal pillars can easily protect them.
The flames unleashed by the Flame Chasing Furry Dog make the lava flow again, but this time the scorching flame whirlwind shapes the lava into a stone wall that stands behind the Crystal Wall.
Xiao Ji did not use any other defense techniques because there was no time, moreover...
As Xiao Ji leaps into a strange dance on the spot, an eerie force descends on the Shadow Turtle. The powerful force tries to disperse the Holy Soil and all the defensive methods laid by the opponent.
However, the Shadow Turtle had laid too many methods before. After a round of resistance, that eerie force ultimately loses and disappears completely.
Yet, this was enough. Xiao Ji’s move was intended to shave off some defenses, and just now, Xiao Ji’s actions directly eliminated two-thirds of the protection laid by the Shadow Turtle.
With Mutual Destruction triggered, the Shadow Turtle had no time to re-establish its defenses. The shell’s crystal light flashed, and the Shadow Turtle could only endure the unavoidable damage.
Xiao Ji and its companions didn’t have much mind to target the Shadow Turtle. With a long cry, Netherworld mist began to gather. However, as a white light engulfed everything, the Netherworld mist couldn’t mitigate much of the damage.
The speed of the Mutual Destruction move was extremely fast, and the white light didn’t last long before it completely disappeared. At this moment, the area around the Shadow Turtle was filled with shattered crystals. Although Xiao Ji had set a trap for it, the Shadow Turtle still managed to deploy the Breathtaking Crystal Barrier in the midst of Mutual Destruction’s onslaught.
With the help of a solid Solid Barrier and previously enhanced attributes, the Shadow Turtle staunchly endured this round of Mutual Destruction’s assault.
Xiao Ji and its companions also relied on double solid Solid Barriers to withstand Mutual Destruction. However, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog was in a bad state now, with pure flames continuously burning on it for self-healing.
Compared to the Flame Chasing Furry Dog, Xiao Ji was in a much better state, after all, its defense and constitution were much higher than the Flame Chasing Furry Dog.
Even so, Xiao Ji was still bathed in Netherfire, feeling extremely uneasy due to low stamina, especially now that only the Shadow Turtle was left. It couldn’t be sure if Feng Yuan still had any dangerous traps waiting for it.
The once terrorized Xiao Ji became very cautious this time. Even if attacking now could interrupt the Shadow Turtle’s recovery, it didn’t act.
However, Xiao Ji’s caution didn’t lead to any negative outcome. Feng Yuan hadn’t equipped the Shadow Turtle with any powerful offensive ultimate moves nor did he have a second Mutual Destruction. So, even though it was a bit slow, Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog managed to successfully join forces to wear down the Shadow Turtle.
Glancing at the setting sun, Feng Yuan said with a chuckle yet helplessly,
"Let’s call it a day. Let’s go, grab some food. You must be starving since you haven’t had lunch?"
He couldn’t allow Xiao Ji and its companions to take a break at halftime, nor was there such a provision in Beastmaster competitions. It’s either victory or one party acknowledges defeat, as for overtime?
Though it’s rare, in official Beastmaster competitions, there have indeed been cases of continuous battles lasting over 24 hours. After all, as the spiritual beasts’ strength level rises, their sustained combat ability greatly increases.
So fighting for a day and night isn’t really impossible. However, in a real death match, if one gets too exhausted, the Beastmaster might assess the situation and choose to concede.
"Hehe~ Congratulations on winning on your first try. I thought you’d fail once first."
Seeing Xiao Ji approaching, Feng Yuan chuckled and forcefully patted Xiao Ji’s wing. Xiao Ji glanced at Feng Yuan disapprovingly and chirped; it knew that if Feng Yuan hadn’t intentionally made things difficult, the difficulty wouldn’t have been so high.
Veronia snorted softly and said,
"Didn’t you say you were going to let them experience the real intensity of a grand contest?"
"Isn’t that exactly what the grand contest intensity is? Although individually they might not be that strong, in numbers, others definitely have the advantage. Besides, I didn’t do anything too exaggerated this time, did I?"
Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan protested. He wasn’t messing around, just that due to the number of beasts, to balance the power, individual power had to be elevated; otherwise, the difficulty wouldn’t match the grand contest.
"By the way, how did you discover the Shadow Leopard was going to use Mutual Destruction?"
Remembering something, Feng Yuan curiously asked Xiao Ji. The other was stunned, looking at Feng Yuan in shock. It was then Xiao Ji realized why the big explosion had been so terrifying—it turned out to be the ultimate move, Mutual Destruction.
As an ultimate move rarely used, Xiao Ji only had a general understanding of it. Even seeing the Shadow Leopard execute it didn’t think that was Mutual Destruction.
But Xiao Ji clearly understood the terror of this ultimate move, which was that most defensive methods are useless against Mutual Destruction.
It never expected Feng Yuan to be so ruthless and put this ultimate move on the Shadow Leopard.
After grumbling at Feng Yuan for a while, Xiao Ji explained what it had done. Feng Yuan also didn’t expect Xiao Ji, which clearly didn’t have a Time Attribute, to master an exclusive ultimate move resembling a Time Attribute.
Xiao Ji had been suspicious that the Shadow Turtle was preparing some terrifying ultimate move, so it used a recently mastered ultimate move, Advanced Mimicry.
This ultimate move, while a Death Series move and exclusive to Xiao Ji, was more akin to a Time Series ultimate move in its effect.
The effect of Advanced Mimicry is simple and direct—it allows the immediate use of the strongest ultimate move that the target will use in the future.
Xiao Ji always suspected the Shadow Turtle was up to something big, so using Advanced Mimicry to probe what ultimate move the Shadow Turtle was going to use was nothing strange.
However, Xiao Ji didn’t expect that Advanced Mimicry mimicked the Breathtaking Crystal Barrier, a purely defensive ultimate move.
Though with the Shadow Turtle’s characteristics, using this ultimate move wasn’t surprising, Xiao Ji suspected there was deceit in this.
Especially since Xiao Ji had been with Feng Yuan for a long time, it already knew different defensive ultimate moves couldn’t be lumped together. So this led to Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog secretly preparing a solid defensive ultimate move.
Facts proved they were right; if Xiao Ji hadn’t used a solid defensive ultimate move, it absolutely couldn’t have withstood the onslaught of Mutual Destruction.
Xiao Ji might have managed to endure, but the Flame Chasing Furry Dog absolutely wouldn’t. Even with layers of effective defense, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog was nearly obliterated by Mutual Destruction, let alone without defense.
"You’re quite shrewd, knowing to use Advanced Mimicry to probe ultimate moves. But this isn’t a particularly reliable method, after all, it’s the strongest ultimate move used in a future period. What if the enemy uses a small ultimate move to achieve their goal?"
Gently patting Xiao Ji’s wing, Feng Yuan chuckled, reminding it that while Advanced Mimicry’s effects are indeed notable, it’s not a panacea. Just as Feng Yuan said, what if an enemy was about to use a small ultimate move to evade the final trap?
In such a situation, Advanced Mimicry would give Xiao Ji the wrong answer because, at this time, the ultimate move used by the opponent isn’t aligned with their ultimate goal.
Xiao Ji chirped to indicate understanding. This time it was actually a gamble because it really couldn’t guess what the Shadow Turtle was planning.
Even knowing the answer now, it’s speechless. It completely stumbled upon the right guess. That guy Feng Yuan, actually paired such an excessive ultimate move with the Shadow Leopard.
This time, although successful, Xiao Ji wouldn’t rely on this ultimate move, Advanced Mimicry. This time it was fortunate, but next time it might not be, although it’s a good ability to use to scout an opponent’s actions.
Compared to Xiao Ji, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog’s performance in this battle was somewhat unremarkable. Not that it was bad, just relatively less spectacular.
But Feng Yuan can understand this too, as the Flame Chasing Furry Dog, in the end, is just an Ordinary Spirit Beast, and compared to a Divine Beast like Xiao Ji, it still has a certain gap.

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