The enormous crimson eye slowly opened, suspended in the sky like an omen of some misfortune. Feng Yuan commanded his beastmaster with a solemn and composed expression.
He recognized what kind of ultimate move it was, the Eye of Calamity, a powerful attack ultimate of the Death Series, almost akin to a killing move. It’s somewhat similar to Xiao Ji’s Crimson Judgement, as the Eye of Calamity also belongs to the category of uncontrollable attack ultimates.
Because this ultimate itself launches an attack on the enemy with power beyond one’s own control limits. Strictly speaking, the power should originate from the Netherworld; the Eye of Calamity simply channels the power from the Netherworld to attack all targets.
Due to its uncontrollability, the power of the Eye of Calamity is extraordinarily terrifying. Feng Yuan knew Xiao Ji could control the power of the Eye of Calamity.
Although this ultimate is difficult to control because the power source isn’t oneself, some Spirit Beasts have the ability to influence and control the release of the Eye of Calamity ultimate.
Before using the Ascension Stone, Xiao Ji naturally couldn’t achieve this. But after using the Ascension Stone, Xiao Ji could forcibly control the attack targets of the Eye of Calamity; though doing so would somewhat diminish its power.
Feng Yuan didn’t quite understand why Xiao Ji chose the Eye of Calamity. This ultimate is powerful, but aside from not distinguishing between friend and foe, it also comes with the negative status of fatigue.
Even though Xiao Ji is a Divine Beast, the fatigue status would persist for a while. Relatively speaking, the Crimson Judgement doesn’t have this problem, and in terms of power, there’s not much difference between the two. After all, one is a normal ultimate, and the other is an exclusive Divine Beast Technique.
Could it be because I forbid it to use Divine Beast Techniques?
Feng Yuan stroked his chin, feeling Xiao Ji should not be like before, attempting to use high-power ultimates to overwhelm opponents with damage.
Not understanding what Xiao Ji was doing, Feng Yuan chose to watch silently. After all, he’s not participating, and whatever Xiao Ji intends to do, he can’t stop it, as long as it doesn’t dismantle the Data Domain.
There’s no choice; as a Divine Beast, Xiao Ji truly has the ability to violently penetrate the Data Domain. But considering the current strength of the Data Domain, it would probably require using Divine Beast Techniques; strong ultimates alone wouldn’t suffice.
The Eye of Calamity opened, and an eerie, inexplicable power descended upon this area. The Flame Chasing Furry Dog’s fur stood on end, feeling as if it was being watched by some horrifying existence. However, this heart-palpitating sensation came quickly and went just as fast.
However, as Xiao Ji’s opponent, Wei Dingbang and his beastmaster weren’t having it easy. He didn’t expect the power of the Eye of Calamity, enhanced by Domain Awakening, to be so terrifying.
Momentum locking is not a usual ultimate feature. Though not considered top-tier, the effect is decent, as targets locked by momentum cannot evade the attack but must endure it.
The Telekinetic Brown Bear unhesitantly deployed the Psychic Barrier; as the defender in the team, its defensive measures are naturally abundant. Besides the Telekinetic Brown Bear, the Ancient Wood Spirit Fox also took action.
The Eye of Calamity has no trajectory or attack process; the entire attack is more like conceptual damage, with all targets within its range continuously suffering after the eye opens.
This damage has no attribute, so protective measures against specific attributes are ineffective. Given the absence of an attack process, conventional barrier-like defenses are challenging to be effective.
The Psychic Barrier is a relatively special barrier-type ultimate; although its overall strength isn’t comparable to conventional barrier ultimates, it does possess a special mystic immunity effect.
Though the Eye of Calamity is quite unique, similar attribute-less attack methods are frequent in the Mystic Series, thus Psychic Barrier ultimates aren’t specifically targeted against the Eye of Calamity ultimate.
The relatively fragile Psychic Barrier has the benefit of resisting attribute-less attacks, making it a standard configuration among defensive ultimates. However, generally, only Mystic Series Spirit Beasts can master this ultimate.
This explains the presence of the Telekinetic Brown Bear in the opposing team; as the defender, it primarily relies on various barrier measures for support, unlike Turtle-type Spirit Beasts that inherently possess high defense and damage transfer abilities.
In terms of defensive strength, the Telekinetic Brown Bear doesn’t quite rank at the top, but its versatility in abilities places it among the top ten defensive choices.
The Ancient Wood Spirit Fox has quite a few defensive measures, but those measures aren’t effective against the Eye of Calamity; attribute-less, non-process attacks are truly difficult to handle.
Conventional defensive measures are tough to activate; however, besides enduring, there’s also the option of using damage transfer techniques. Although attribute-less attacks bypass the attack process to directly inflict damage, they can still have their damage transferred by damage transfer ultimates.
Unfortunately, Wei Dingbang lacks such techniques. After all, damage transfer doesn’t reduce damage, even Turtle-type Spirit Beasts hesitate to use this method recklessly to avoid potentially being overwhelmed by transferred damage.
Though the Eye of Calamity doesn’t have shield-piercing effects, many ultimates do penetrate shields. The thing Xiao Ji fears most under Defensive Stance when using Black Sun is this kind of damaging move, as transferred damage doesn’t remove special attributes, and under the Black Sun state, Xiao Ji relies on shields to mitigate damage.
"A bit strange. He shouldn’t be lacking in such countermeasures."
Feng Yuan stroked his chin, puzzled. Although the Eye of Calamity is unique, there’s never a shortage of such attack methods; therefore, any experienced Beastmaster would always guard against such attacks. Why does Wei Dingbang’s response seem somewhat novice?
"Hmm, showing vulnerability to take a bold strike."
Veronia glanced at the Inferno Mastiff and remarked. At this moment, the Inferno Mastiff’s claws were glowing white, with red specks constantly floating, indicating plans to use a powerful counterattack ultimate after being struck.
The Eye of Calamity is a continuous high-damage ultimate, unlike single massive burst damage ultimates. With the Inferno Mastiff’s order, it can withstand it for a while.
As for injuries impacting combat power? Aside from offering buffs, the Ancient Wood Spirit Fox could also heal, so as long as it isn’t incapacitated instantly, it remains in the fight.
Directing her sight towards the Flame Chasing Furry Dog, Veronia was curious about what this creature would do. After all, with the Eye of Calamity pressing the field, Wei Dingbang’s beastmaster couldn’t spare attention. If the opponent made a move now, they might secure a favorable outcome.
Instinctively, Veronia overlooked Xiao Ji’s two Netherworld Crows. Of course, not only her, even Feng Yuan hadn’t paid much attention to the Netherworld Crows, as after Xiao Ji evolved, it briefly played with them before keeping the crows away.
Although they are similar to fingernails in nature, being external entities, keeping them out affects action.
Thus, Feng Yuan hadn’t paid much mind to Xiao Ji’s Netherworld Crows, considering their infrequent use and seemingly lack of significance. However, these crows, which Feng Yuan didn’t value much, unexpectedly demonstrated astonishing effects.
The Netherworld Crows that retreated early from the battlefield had eyes burning with dark red flames. It was unclear what effect Xiao Ji had bestowed upon them, but the crows flew silently. Even Wei Dingbang hadn’t realized that the Netherworld Crows had discreetly approached his team.
Covered entirely in flames, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog caught Wei Dingbang’s partial attention. At present, the Eye of Calamity hadn’t ended yet; if the Flame Chasing Furry Dog seized the moment during his response to the Eye of Calamity, things might spiral out of control.
Under his command, the Ancient Wood Spirit Fox unfurled the Forest Domain. Although the Flame Chasing Furry Dog could benefit from recovery speed bonuses within the Forest Domain, it wasn’t injured, making these bonuses meaningless.
The Flame Chasing Furry Dog itself has few ultimates that can enjoy enhancements from the Forest Domain. Conversely, the Ancient Wood Spirit Fox’s Giant Wood Barrier became exceptionally solid under the Forest Domain’s influence.
Although it couldn’t withstand the Eye of Calamity’s attack, it could prevent the Flame Chasing Furry Dog from taking advantage to strike.
Feng Yuan stroked his chin, curious why the Flame Chasing Furry Dog would use Charging Flame Rush. Although this ultimate was extremely powerful, with significant knockback effects, its charging process was highly noticeable.
Sure enough, the opposition already detected the Flame Chasing Furry Dog’s intentions and was counteracting it, making a successful hit on the opponent challenging.
Before Feng Yuan comprehended entirely, the Netherworld Crows suddenly acted boldly. With two resounding caws, spectral blue flame lines extended rapidly from the sides of the two crows, sketching an eerie pattern on the battlefield.
"Hell Forbidden Flames? They can actually do that?!"
Feng Yuan was taken aback, not expecting Xiao Ji’s Netherworld Crows to be capable of partnering to unleash ultimates.
The Hell Forbidden Flames is a special destructive ultimate that can only be activated when one’s side has already deployed the Eye of Calamity and the ultimate hasn’t yet dissipated.
The effect is straightforward and harsh—igniting the souls of hostile targets within the range, cause continuous damage and burn away the foes’ inner energy.
The damage also lacks attributes and includes penetrating effects, making it virtually unstoppable, not to mention burning away energy.
Under typical circumstances, a Legendary Level Spirit Beast full of energy would have over half of its energy torched in less than a minute once ignited.
Feng Yuan hadn’t anticipated that Xiao Ji had such a card up its sleeve.

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