Chapter 128: First like this, then like that, definitely losing in the end!
Chapter 128: First like this, then like that, definitely losing in the end!
“This classmate’s luck has run out~”
“What do you mean what do you mean?”
“Check his match records yourselves and you’ll know. That Timid Lizard’s combat power is very low.”
“Isn’t low normal? Over three hundred years, his Soul Power Cultivation has been nurtured to this level, that’s pretty good.”
“This classmate just doesn’t look confident, just like the Timid Lizard, no wonder he chose this Soul Pet.”
“Wow, this guy only has 6 points left. In the first eight matches, he lost two. All the opponents he matched with had lower Soul Power Cultivation than him! He barely won those, and in one match he got lucky, matched against the Three-Six-Nine Steel, the officially designated Soul Pet. Even then, he almost lost.”
“Of the other five wins, in one match, his opponent’s Soul Pet had a problem, so he won by accident.”
“In one match, his opponent used their Martial Soul incorrectly and hurt their own Soul Pet… he won.”
“In another match, his opponent’s Soul Pet lost control of its speed, raced right off the Combat Platform… he won again.”
“In the remaining two matches, the Soul Power Cultivation was less than two hundred years… wow… matching with opponents like that, this Timid Lizard’s combat power is really weak!”
“Wow, so the only real fight was against the official Three-Six-Nine Steel. Those custom Soul Pets and their cultivation, their actual combat power is very low, any Soul Pet could easily beat them. The Timid Lizard only barely won?”
…
The audience was in an uproar.
Zhao Yixia clenched his hands tightly. The doubts around him made him afraid to raise his head.
‘My Timid Lizard has real ability!’
Zhao Yixia looked at Wang Che across from him.
That dazzling brilliance was something he had never seen before.
Green Caterpillar.
A Soul Pet even weaker than the Timid Lizard.
But the other side had relied on his own strength to win consecutively all the way to now!
He had watched every match.
It made his blood boil with excitement!!!
That was the only contestant he had watched most seriously!
Even the Timid Lizard had watched very seriously!
Such a weak Green Caterpillar could be nurtured so powerfully!
My Timid Lizard absolutely can too!
But, Zhao Yixia knew he was going to lose today.
The Timid Lizard definitely couldn’t beat that Green Caterpillar.
“But even so, I must fight with all my strength!”
He walked onto the three platforms with the Timid Lizard, performing the gaze salute.
Zhao Yixia lowered his head. The other side was just too handsome, making him feel too inferior.
He even thought about just giving up.
Anyway, if he lost this match, he’d basically have no chance left.
But just thinking that way felt too lousy.
As he lowered his head, the Timid Lizard also lowered its head.
“Qi~”
The Timid Lizard glanced at Zhao Yixia.
It looked at the Green Caterpillar in the distance and felt very afraid.
If it hadn’t seen the Green Caterpillar’s combat matches, it might have been okay.
But it had seen them.
While watching, it felt its blood boil, thinking that this Green Caterpillar could actually be so strong… I can do it too!
However, when truly standing on the field facing it,
it got scared.
Very scared!
“Little Lizard, g-go, go for it!”
Zhao Yixia’s voice stammered.
“Qi…”
The Timid Lizard responded, reluctantly stepping forward one step.
“Both sides ready, match begin!”
The referee gave the order.
The battle started immediately!
Wang Che gave the Green Caterpillar a look and said, “Charge straight over.”
The Green Caterpillar understood.
It charged over immediately.
The speed wasn’t extremely fast, but for the Timid Lizard in the distance…
it was unbelievably fast!
“Qi…”
The Timid Lizard retreated directly.
It was too scared!
Its naturally timid personality made wanting to fight very difficult.
“Don’t be afraid!”
Zhao Yixia gritted his teeth, “Use Breath Slime around!”
The Soul Pact Master’s command finally came.
Before evolution, the Timid Lizard was just a regular Soul Pet.
It had no attribute.
Breath Slime was actually spit-slobber, a regular Soul Skill.
The Timid Lizard’s slime would make the opponent’s speed drop, causing combat interference.
The Timid Lizard opened its mouth and immediately spat out a lot of slime, covering the ground.
The Green Caterpillar couldn’t fly, so it would definitely get this slime on it.
And indeed, the Green Caterpillar did get the slime on it.
In fact, the moment it stepped on the slime, it was like stepping on ice; the Green Caterpillar started sliding.
Its body wriggled chaotically.
It completely lost control of its body’s direction.
“Whoa! This is the Green Caterpillar’s first active attack! Seems it also realized the opposing Timid Lizard is weak… But, the Timid Lizard’s slime actually worked so well! The Green Caterpillar can’t move normally on the slime…”
The commentator sister immediately said.
Zhao Yixia on the opposite side was slightly stunned, and a moment of confusion flashed in his heart.
Was the effect of Timid Lizard’s Breath Slime this good?
“Good, now is the time!”
After the confusion, Zhao Yixia felt a little excited, as if entering a special state. “Use Breath Slime again, cover the surroundings!”
Timid Lizard used Breath Slime again, covering the surroundings, and the range grew larger and larger.
Green Caterpillar tried to charge over several times but slipped and fell!
The audience immediately let out a gasp.
They probably found it unbelievable.
This Timid Lizard wasn’t as weak as they thought!
Confidence started to spread.
Zhao Yixia’s face turned red, and he commanded again, “Very good, charge in, use Head Bash!”
Head Bash, a regular-type Soul Skill.
It uses the head as a weapon to charge at high speed.
Soul Pets whose heads are not hard enough won’t have this move in their Soul Skill Sequence.
Timid Lizard charged into the area covered by Breath Slime. Its limbs had strong grip on the ground, so it was completely unaffected in its own Breath Slime!
Soon, it got close to Green Caterpillar.
Its round head seemed to emit a faint glow.
“Counterattack,” Wang Che said from a distance.
At that moment.
Timid Lizard’s head slammed toward Green Caterpillar.
Green Caterpillar immediately countered with its own head!
“Here it comes! Green Caterpillar’s Tackle! It’s said that in the first match, two Flame Spined Mice lost their fighting ability because of this move! I wonder which is stronger, Timid Lizard’s Head Bash or Green Caterpillar’s Tackle!”
The commentator sister immediately said.
Zhou Yan and Chen He in the audience felt hurt.
They could only helplessly think to themselves:
“You don’t understand anything! Our Soul Pets were already exhausted by then!”
Then.
Boom!
With a loud noise.
The two collided.
Timid Lizard was sent flying backward!
Green Caterpillar took a few steps back, seeming to struggle a bit.
“Wow!!! So amazing! A regular Tackle is actually stronger than a Soul Skill!! If Little Worm could learn other Soul Skills, who knows how strong it would be!”
The commentator sister was stunned and inwardly surprised.
Soul Skills and regular attacks were two different things.
She had heard before that this Green Caterpillar was strong.
But she didn’t expect it to be this powerful!
Even if Timid Lizard was weak, a Soul Skill was still a Soul Skill.
On the other side.
“Good!”
Seeing the situation, Zhao Yixia wasn’t alarmed but rather pleased.
Even though Timid Lizard was sent flying and looked miserable,
Green Caterpillar also took a few steps back!
In previous matches, Green Caterpillar’s Tackle directly rendered opponents unable to fight!
This meant that Timid Lizard had potential!
“Go, Little Lizard!”
Zhao Yixia gradually gained confidence. Being able to exchange blows with such a strong opponent
already satisfied him!
“Charge over, use the Rattler Tail Strike we trained!”
Zhao Yixia loudly shouted again!
Timid Lizard also gained a little confidence, let out a cry, and lightly jumped ten meters into the air!
Then, its tail glowed as it quickly spun around in mid-air!
“This is Rattler Tail Strike! A regular Ten-Year Soul Skill… Among Hundred-Year Soul Skills, Rattler Tail Strike’s power is quite average… Wait, something seems off. This Rattler Tail Strike seems a little different.”
The commentator sister immediately reacted!
“Hmm.”
Wang Che also took a look and thought to himself that this Zhao Yixia had pretty good talent.
This Rattler Tail Strike was clearly improved.
Ten-Year Soul Skills and Hundred-Year Soul Skills were fundamentally different.
If not continuously trained, their power couldn’t compare.
Even with continuous training, without considering the influence of Soul Power Cultivation, there was an upper limit to the Proficiency Level.
At that point, Core Soul Skills could advance. Regular Soul Skills couldn’t advance and could only rely on personal refinement.
As for this Rattler Tail Strike,
Wang Che had once thought about making the tail spin while executing Rattler Tail Strike.
Forming an attack like a windmill, delivering continuous strikes, would greatly increase its power.
Timid Lizard’s move was similar, but only in form—it hadn’t truly advanced.
But training it to this level showed that Zhao Yixia definitely had talent.
And not just a little.
“Counterattack,” Wang Che said.
Green Caterpillar countered again.
It was very familiar with this move…
Rattler Tail Strike.
Without hesitation, Green Caterpillar thought for a moment and used a regular tail swing to meet the attack.
Of course, it wasn’t Rattler Tail Strike.
If it used a Soul Skill, the opponent would be finished.
“The Green Caterpillar used Tail Whip, ah, what a pity, its tail didn’t glow—it wasn’t a Soul Skill…”
The commentator sister looked full of regret.
Just then, the two collided.
This time, the Green Caterpillar was pushed back even farther.
On the other side, the Timid Lizard wasn’t faring much better, being thrown backward and crashing onto the ground, tumbling several times.
But very soon, it climbed back up!
“Good, keep going!”
Zhao Yixia gained a sliver of confidence again.
He knew that directly confronting the Green Caterpillar would definitely lead to loss; its stamina was still quite abundant.
There was simply no opportunity for him to win.
But as long as he could bring out the Timid Lizard’s true strength and prove himself, losing wouldn’t matter!
Thus.
The scene quickly spiraled into a frenzy of frantic exchanges.
For conventional-type Soul Pets, at their current stage, most of their Soul Skills involved techniques tied to their own bodies.
Breath Slime, Headbutt, Rattler Tail Strike, Bite, Rolling Crush.
Until the final moment of the battle.
For the first time, Zhao Yixia felt that Soul Pet Battle was this marvelous.
That Green Caterpillar was even more tenacious than his Timid Lizard.
No matter what kind of attack it faced, it could endure.
At the same time, it was too tanky, its constitution was too strong, allowing it to sustain constant output.
All of the Timid Lizard’s moves failed to deal any significant damage.
After all, the Timid Lizard was still only an ordinary Soul Pet at this point.
The audience fell silent too.
They gradually began to acknowledge Zhao Yixia’s Timid Lizard.
The super-intense attacks caused the Timid Lizard to deplete its stamina very quickly!
It soon collapsed to the ground.
But.
“Hundred Flower Scepter!”
After the Timid Lizard fell, Zhao Yixia used his Martial Soul!
The Hundred Flower Scepter was a Martial Soul capable of restoring and healing Soul Power.
Zhao Yixia could transfer his Soul Power to his Soul Pet while providing some recovery.
Of course, his Soul Power Level was too low; he could only use it once or twice.
Through this method.
He barely managed to get the Timid Lizard back on its feet — as long as it could stand, it still had fighting power!
The duration of the battle quickly extended!
The two sides fought longer and longer.
‘This Timid Lizard is actually not poorly trained.’
Wang Che thought this classmate Zhao Yixia had great potential, and this Timid Lizard had great potential too.
The reason it gave the impression of low combat capability in the preceding matches —
Wang Che didn’t need to think hard to know — was definitely because the Timid Lizard lacked confidence, had too little actual combat experience, and was looked down upon by other Soul Pets, making it overly timid.
All this led to it being unable to exhibit even a fraction of its strength in real battle.
Usually, no classmates were willing to train with him either.
In truth, this Timid Lizard had decent combat capability.
Naturally, compared to the several opponents the Green Caterpillar had encountered before, there was still a gap.
“Almost time.”
Wang Che’s eyes flickered slightly. “Get ready…”
Ready to lose.
The Green Caterpillar nodded, looking at the distant Timid Lizard, panting heavily and apparently excited but barely able to stand anymore.
It looked back at Wang Che, a bit troubled.
How am I supposed to lose in this situation?
Making it too fake wouldn’t be good.
“I’ll teach you!”
Brilliance gleamed in Wang Che’s eyes as he communicated via Telepathy. ‘Later, he will definitely… Then you first do this… Followed by that… In the end, you will surely lose.’
Listening, the Green Caterpillar understood suddenly!
So that’s doable too!
At that moment.
On the Dueling Platform.
The Timid Lizard was barely able to stand; it seemed to have reached its limit.
But it was very happy, very confident — this was the most comfortable match it had fought so far!
“One more chance! I can use my Martial Soul one last time! Fight once more!”
Zhao Yixia’s hand shimmered with light, and the half-hand-length scepter appeared again!
Just then, however.
The Green Caterpillar made its move!
It gave a light puff from its mouth and shot out a stream of white silk!
But its target wasn’t the Timid Lizard in the distance.
Instead, it aimed at Zhao Yixia on the high platform!
Seeing this, everyone in the audience instantly froze.