Chapter 3930 — The Outcome Is Settled?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Normally, under standard spirit-pet duel rules, as in the newcomer challenge matches, there were arena bounds: fall outside the arena and you were eliminated. But these two were both flying spirit pets, and for them there was no such thing as falling out of the arena, so the referee adjusted the rule on the spot: whichever of the two fell to the ground would be counted as eliminated.
"Ghost-Eyed Golden Eagle, let's seize the initiative—use Claw Strike!" Qiao Hongcai commanded the eagle.
In spirit-pet battles, the master could not intervene directly, but could assist the fight with verbal commands.
After all, once a spirit beast was subdued into a spirit pet, because the spirit-pet talisman over-brainwashed it, much of its wildness and intelligence was bound to weaken. Left to act freely, it would often turn dull and clumsy, and only the master's commands could make up for this and help it bring out its full fighting strength.
At Qiao Hongcai's order, the Ghost-Eyed Golden Eagle launched its attack at once, its form flashing like lightning as it pounced straight above the Butterfly Queen's head and slashed down ruthlessly with two sharp talons.
The talons of a full-grown Ghost-Eyed Golden Eagle were hard and sharp enough to rival divine weapons. Qiao Hongcai's fledgling, even if somewhat inferior, had the innate gift of a warrior race behind it, so it would not be far behind.
"How vicious! To bare such cruelty against my Butterfly Queen—such a beautiful, dreamlike creature—what a crude, unromantic wretch!" Murong Zhen shot Qiao Hongcai a feigned glare of reproach, then laughed softly: "But it doesn't matter. Butterfly Queen, let's play with it a while."
To the onlookers, the Ghost-Eyed Golden Eagle's talon strike was already blindingly fast. Were any of them in the Butterfly Queen's place, they would have had no choice but to take it head-on. The Butterfly Queen, however, responded with ease and composure.
Butterflies were never rigid, domineering creatures, and the Butterfly Queen was no exception. Even at mid-Heaven rank, in a straight contest of force it would never be a match for the Ghost-Eyed Golden Eagle.
But then again, it had no need for a straight contest. With nothing more than a graceful flutter of its wings, it lightly evaded the talons.
And as it beat its wings, flecks of crystalline blue light drifted down from them. Below, the crowd straining their heads upward all felt their eyelids twitch in unison—wasn't this the very culprit that had reduced them to their present sorry state?
Qiao Hongcai, however, showed not the slightest panic. He commanded in a low voice: "Use your wings and blow it back!"
The Ghost-Eyed Golden Eagle beat its wings furiously at once, and a gust of wind scattered the crystalline blue light. So long as it did not touch them directly, the Butterfly Queen's paralyzing powder could have no effect!
"Hmph, you think that will free you? What wishful thinking! Butterfly Queen, give this filthy bird a proper bath with your blue vortex!" Murong Zhen sneered with contempt.
As her words fell, the paralyzing powder that the eagle had just blown apart eerily gathered itself back together. At the same time, the Butterfly Queen began spinning at high speed around the Ghost-Eyed Golden Eagle, shedding ever more paralyzing powder from its wings, until in moments it had condensed into a small tornado.
And unlike a normal tornado, the one before everyone's eyes was riddled through with flecks of blue light. At first glance the sight was lovely and dreamlike as a painting—but the moment one recalled that all that blue light was potent paralyzing powder, a chill ran down every spine. R1152