Chapter 31: Fierce Battle
Chapter 31: Fierce Battle
Generally, a common Soul Pet can reach a rare level after its Second Stage Evolution.
Each time it evolves, its life form changes and its Racial Potential greatly improves.
The stronger a Soul Pet is from the beginning, the stronger it becomes after evolution, with a higher ceiling.
Normally, a Soul Pet can evolve twice from hatching, Second Stage Evolution, to Third Stage Evolution.
After completing the Second Stage Evolution, its strength definitely increases significantly.
Triangular Steel Rock.
After its second evolution, its surface was covered in a silver glow, and the originally rough rock surface became much smoother.
At the same time, it gained more edges and corners, making it look more aggressive.
Besides being larger in size, the biggest change was its shape.
The three rocks fused together seamlessly, with the top two rocks developing two steel-like arms.
They looked like pincers.
Even without feet, its arms could stretch and change, making up for its lack of speed.
Especially since its size was now no smaller than the Green Caterpillar.
It was even a bit bulkier.
Without counting the arms, its height already exceeded one meter.
From a distance, it looked like an indestructible fortress.
It seemed hopeless just looking at it.
It was much, much stronger than the previous Triangular Rock.
“The two contestants, get ready.”
The referee waved to both sides from the center of the stage.
At the referee’s command.
Many eyes focused on the match.
As the battle for supremacy in District J, especially between a Green Caterpillar and a second-stage evolved Triangular Steel Rock.
The visible gap between the two was enough to catch the attention of many spectators.
Whether it was Wang Che’s classmates, Father Wang and Mother Wang, the old audience from the previous day, or the eliminated contestants, everyone looked forward to this battle…
Wang Che, however, was not looking forward to it.
On the contrary, he even felt the match had little suspense or difficulty.
“Sii wuu!” The Green Caterpillar called out to Wang Che.
It’s so strong!
“You’re not bad either.” Wang Che patted the Green Caterpillar’s head. “This Triangular Steel Rock just evolved not long ago and isn’t as strong as you think. Give it your all in a moment and attack its center of gravity with your tail whip.”
“But with sixty years of Soul Power Cultivation, watch out for its Soul Skill.”
“Triangular Rock usually learns Soul Skills after fifty years. There are two types: one is an attribute Soul Skill, Rock Attack, and the other is a regular Soul Skill, Hardening, which can boost defense.”
“Rock Attack is a wide-range, low-power attribute Soul Skill. If the opponent trained it well, it might have learned both Ten-Year Soul Skills after the second-stage evolution.”
As he spoke, Wang Che nodded to the referee to show he was ready.
At that moment, Contestant No. 9 also nodded.
The referee checked the time and said slowly:
“Battle begin!”
As the command was given, Wang Che was the first to act.
The Green Caterpillar moved toward the Triangular Steel Rock with lightning speed.
But the opponent seemed prepared.
“Anchor on the stage, use the Hardening Soul Skill!”
Boom!
The Triangular Steel Rock landed firmly on the stage, assuming a triangular shape. Its eyes and mouth swapped positions, emitting a mocking “nyaa nyaa” laugh. Then, a wave of soul energy rippled across its body.
The stage quickly dented under the pressure.
Colorful waves of light flowed from inside out across the Triangular Steel Rock’s body. It seemed to be compressing, its size even shrinking slightly, but its color became as smooth as glass, gleaming like steel.
As a Mountain Rock Type Soul Pet naturally strong in defense, after using the Hardening Soul Skill, even modern basic firearms could hardly scratch it.
Even with only sixty years of Soul Power Cultivation.
Soon, the Green Caterpillar closed in on the Triangular Steel Rock.
Like a Maglev Train speeding head-on, it screeched to a sudden halt.
When it was a few meters away from the Triangular Steel Rock, the Green Caterpillar launched a fierce tail whip, gathering power to strike the Triangular Steel Rock.
Seeing this, the audience gasped in surprise.
No one expected it to still go for a direct clash.
This was probably unexpected for many.
The opponent’s expression remained unchanged, as if he had anticipated it.
Such a direct attack…
For a Green Caterpillar not skilled in strength, directly attacking a Triangular Steel Rock anchored on the stage and using the Hardening Soul Skill.
It was like attacking a shielded soldier with a twig.
The next moment!
Bang!
The two collided, but contrary to what many had imagined, the Green Caterpillar was not thrown back.
Instead, a burst of intense soul energy erupted, accompanied by a shockwave from the powerful impact, blocking everyone’s view.
As the air cleared.
The scene reappeared before everyone’s eyes.
The tip of the Green Caterpillar’s tail was caught like a steel needle in the Triangular Steel Rock’s pincer-like hands.
The arms trembled slightly.
The stage showed a trench nearly two meters long, scattered with debris from the impact.
The opponent’s expression turned serious.
The Triangular Steel Rock used its hands to catch the attack, clearly feeling pressured.
It must have sensed that taking the tail whip directly would cause significant damage, so it used its hands to dissipate some of the force at the last moment.
This meant the Green Caterpillar’s tail whip had considerable force.
No wonder it could defeat that Triangular Rock instantly…
“Now, use Rock Attack!”
No. 9 shouted.
As if reading each other’s minds, they were perfectly in sync.
As soon as he spoke, the Triangular Steel Rock let out a fierce roar, erupting with a visible aura of soul energy.
That was the prelude to an attribute Soul Skill.
Attribute Soul Skills are powerful techniques formed by combining Soul Power with the life energy of different types of Soul Pets.
Unlike regular Soul Skills, these skills come with immense, hard-to-resist power.
In the early stages, especially in a beginner-level Soul Pet Battle like the Dawn Cup, whoever masters these first has a higher chance of winning.
Seeing this, the entire city gasped in astonishment.
This was truly a battle for district supremacy.
Basically, every district champion emerged from thousands of contestants, with the potential to reach the top ten, top three, or even win the championship.
A second-stage evolved Triangular Steel Rock with two Ten-Year Soul Skills—this was definitely top-five material!
“Curl up your body!”
Wang Che said calmly.
Hearing this, the Green Caterpillar immediately curled its body like a snail, tightly wrapping its tail around its head.
Only its green skin was exposed.
The next moment!
Fist-sized rocks emerged from the Triangular Steel Rock’s body, raining down densely on the Green Caterpillar.
Each rock was imbued with Soul Power.
They were powerful!
Crackle, pop!
They hailed down on the Green Caterpillar like ice pellets.
Leaving marks all over its body.
But the Green Caterpillar’s defense was tougher than everyone had thought.
Those powerful rocks only left marks on its body and didn’t disable it.
Especially with such close-range, dense bombardment.
The power of an attribute Soul Skill depends on the Soul Pet’s Soul Power Cultivation and life form.
Though there were many rocks, their power was spread out, and the Green Caterpillar could still withstand them.
If the Triangular Steel Rock had twenty or thirty more years of Soul Power Cultivation, the Green Caterpillar’s defense might not hold up.
But obviously, things couldn’t go on like this either.
At that moment.
“Stretch out and use your tail to knock away these rocks!”
Wang Che said immediately.
The Green Caterpillar, crying out in pain, reacted at once.
It stretched its body like a snapping tape measure, its tail swiftly sweeping aside the incoming rocks.
“Aim at the opponent! Reflect the rocks back!”
Wang Che continued.
This kid still wasn’t quick-witted enough.
It just knocked the rocks away.
Well, its battle experience wasn’t that rich either.
It was normal.