Crazy! Are You Really A Beast Tamer?-Chapter 1254 - 603 Jiang Tuo’s First Stage Performance!_2
For fairness and equity, no spiritual instruments were allowed for use by anyone participating in the duel.
Jiang Tuo was unconcerned about this. Besides possessing his Destiny Guardian Beast Bingxiao, he also controlled four Ice Ghosts, namely the Hair-Eating Ice Crone, the Ice Mirror Cat Again, Zhanbing Guhuo, and the Ice Kid in the Reverse Mirror.
Jiang Tuo’s body was currently just barely able to withstand a fifth Ice Ghost.
The reason Jiang Tuo had not rushed to contract the fifth Ice Ghost was that manipulating four Ice Ghosts in battle at the same time was very difficult.
Simultaneously controlling more than two Ice Ghosts would result in a diversion of concentration that prevented detailed manipulation.
Only through frequent battles and accumulated combat experience could one’s manipulation ability be improved.
Jiang Tuo planned to consider contracting the fifth Ice Ghost only after he could, at the very least, finely control three Ice Ghosts.
After contracting four Ice Ghosts, Fang Mu seriously approached Jiang Tuo for a discussion.
Until now, it had always been Fang Mu who chose the Ice Ghosts for Jiang Tuo, but now, Fang Mu returned the right of choice back to Jiang Tuo, letting him select on his own.
Jiang Tuo needed to identify his own shortcomings and weaknesses in battle and then fill those gaps by contracting suitable Ice Ghosts.
Using Contract beasts to compensate for one’s own deficiencies was the most effective method for any Beast Master.
However, unlike Jiang Tuo, who had his Destiny Guardian Beast Bingxiao bear the contract of the Ice Ghosts, thereby ensuring his spiritual power remained abundant, other Beast Masters would need to expend their spiritual power to contract Guardian Beasts.
Fang Mu had given the Scenery Fantasy Pearl to Jiang Tuo for use. Even if Jiang Tuo didn’t have much talent for Comprehending Mysterious Patterns, he had now understood two Ice Type patterns, which would categorize him as a top-tier genius outside!
Soon, Jiang Tuo completed his first battle pairing and was teleported to an arena, which was significantly larger than the Battle Network arenas.
Its length and width both nearly spanned a thousand meters, and the two combatants would be teleported to specified positions within the arena. This afforded those Beast Masters who needed time to set the stage ample opportunity to do so.
Upon being teleported to the arena, Jiang Tuo saw his distant opponent, a man who was built like a bear with a tiger’s back.
The man had medium-length hair and a beard at least three centimeters thick on his chin. From afar, he looked like an uncle in his forties or fifties.
Yet, the fact that he was here indicated that this uncle-looking opponent was under twenty years old!
Jiang Tuo’s opponent had not just fought a single duel; he had just achieved two consecutive victories, his hundred-percent win rate looking particularly dazzling.
In the Second World, one had to complete ten duels to be ranked, and both were currently in the ranking process.
The older-looking young man in the distance glanced at Jiang Tuo’s ID.
Cold-faced Ghost King? What kind of odd name is that?
The mature-looking young man didn’t realize that this odd name he had encountered would bring about what kind of legend in the Second World in the future.
While the mature-looking young man took note of his ID, Jiang Tuo was also paying attention to his opponent’s ID.
Mad Lion 2!? Was this because someone had already taken the names Mad Lion and Mad Lion 1? This ID, in Jiang Tuo’s opinion, was not cool at all.
Just as Jiang Tuo was checking the opponent’s ID, two violent roars erupted.
Two Lion Type Beasts charged towards him, one with flames flickering beneath its feet, the other with a whirlwind swirling beneath its paws.
The wind-driven Lion Type Beast was visibly a bit faster.
Jiang Tuo, unlike Fang Mu who could use the Innate Divine Skill [Eye of Omniscience] from his Destiny Guardian Beast, Fool’s Shadow, to probe and understand the opponent’s Guardian Beasts, could only analyze the opponent’s Guardian Beasts based on his own knowledge.
The opponent’s two Lion Type Beasts had both wind and fire elements that could amplify each other.
The Ranking of these two Lion Type Beasts must have both reached the Golden Stage, as no Silver Stage beasts could display such might, nor could their elemental features be manifested so clearly.
Facing an opponent who was a Two-Ray Star Beast Controller, Jiang Tuo showed no signs of panic.
Jiang Tuo had already developed commendable combat skills in his battle against Hu Tao.
Jiang Tuo didn’t overestimate himself and directly unleashed the Skills [Ghost Body] and [Spirit Unleashing] of his Destiny Guardian Beast, Bingxiao, releasing his two Ice Ghosts, the Hair-Eating Ice Crone and the Zhanbing Guhuo.
The Hair-Eating Ice Crone was responsible for protecting himself and controlling the battlefield, while Zhanbing Guhuo was for quickly slaying his opponent.
The mature-looking young man before him didn’t pressurize Jiang Tuo much, which made Jiang Tuo refrain from summoning the function-oriented Ice Mirror Cat and the Ice Kid in the Reverse Mirror.
Jiang Tuo’s casual summoning of his Guardian Beasts directly stunned his opponent.
Both Zhanbing Guhuo and Hair-Eating Ice Crone were enveloped in intense Ghost Flames.
The Ghost Flames on these two Guardian Beasts were not of common colors but rather two distinctly different and unique hues.
"This son of a bitch has two Catastrophe Class Ghost System Beasts."
How on earth did this youngster manage to contract two Ghost System Beasts at the same time!? What kind of monster have I come across!?
What merits and virtues do I possess to battle such an opponent!?
The fighting spirit of Crazy Lion 2, which had been burning fiercely, suddenly subsided.
Once Jiang Tuo began fighting, he never gave his opponent a chance to catch their breath.
Hair-Eating Ice Crone extended its ice hair continuously through the Skill [Ice Hair Kill], sending these bone-breaking and piercing ice strands towards the two charging Lion Type Beasts.
The Skill [Bun Dance] was also enacted in stealth, with a great deal of long hair infused by Hair-Eating Ice Crone underneath the Arena.
This hair was ready at any moment to coil into buns and strike at targets within range.
Zhanbing Guhuo simply concealed its figure within the cold air released by Hair-Eating Ice Crone through the Skill [Frost Shadow Hunt].
Zhang Wei was born into a fairly prestigious clan; although he was a side branch disciple, his unique talent led his family to cultivate him as a Direct Descendant.
There had been one Master Creator and two Spirit Forging Masters in Zhang Wei’s family clan. Even though the Master Creator passed away fifteen years ago due to the end of his lifespan.
This did not hinder the Master Creator from leaving behind a wealth of resources for the family, among which the most precious was the fortune brought about by his connections!
Zhang Wei’s Flame Wave Male Lion and Wind Screen Male Lion had been promoted to Perfect Quality at the Golden Stage.
As long as Zhang Wei worked hard enough when the Flame Wave Male Lion and Wind Screen Male Lion advanced to Diamond Rank, he could apply to the family to promote one of them to Epic Quality.
If everything went well and Zhang Wei contributed to the clan, allowing one of his Guardian Beasts to be elevated to Legendary Quality by the family at Diamond Rank, he would have the chance to become a genuine Ranked powerhouse!
Zhang Wei was overly confident and didn’t take the random matchup in the Ranked Match seriously, considering that it would take at least the bottleneck between Bronze Rank to Silver Rank to encounter a strong opponent.
Yet he never expected that he would encounter a monster in just the third Ranked Match!
After a brief moment of distraction, Zhang Wei forcibly composed himself, watching the rapidly extending frosty white ice hair about to reach the Flame Wave Male Lion and Wind Screen Male Lion, and roared out his command.
"Flame Wave Male Lion, cast Searing Roar Wave, Wind Screen Male Lion, use Fierce Wind to spread the flames!"
Following Zhang Wei’s command, the nearly six-meter-long Flame Wave Male Lion began to surge with intense Fire Elements, and it roared skyward.
Clusters of flames charged towards the ice hair among the sonic waves, while the slightly smaller figure of the Wind Screen Male Lion created pulling whirlwinds with its mane swings.
These whirlwinds spread the flames widely over the ice hair.
Indeed, some of the incoming ice strands were turned into mist by the flames, but the chill within the ice hair quickly dispersed them.
Zhang Wei mumbled in disbelief.
"Elemental Suppression! A Copper Level Guardian Beast has suppressed me with elements!"
These strands of ice hair gave Zhang Wei no time to react, and while entangling the body of the Flame Wave Male Lion that had not yet seized the swifter Wind Screen Male Lion, [Bun Dance] had already stealthily arrived!