Chapter 215: Next
Chapter 215: Next
"Echo Bat, close your eyes!"
The moment the Female Teacher announced the start of the battle, Chen Dongjun issued his command immediately.
Qiao Sang raised an eyebrow. It seemed that her classmate had come up with a strategy to counter the Treasure Seeker after watching several battles.
Echo Bat, a dual-attribute familiar with both Toxic and Flying types, could emit ultrasound for echolocation, allowing it to move freely even in darkness.
For the Treasure Seeker, which needed eye contact to effectively cast Hypnosis, closing its eyes would render even a Mastery-level Hypnosis useless.
However, the Treasure Seeker wasn't just limited to that one trick...
Echo Bat obediently closed its eyes.
"Keep it up and release the ultrasound!" Chen Dongjun shouted.
Echo Bat flapped its wings, opened its mouth wide, and a wave-like energy pulse surged forward. Just as it was about to touch the Treasure Seeker, the latter vanished from its spot.
In the audience stands, people began to murmur.
"Not bad, looks like someone might finally break the five-second mark."
"Will ultrasound work on a hidden Ghost Familiar?"
"Not sure, but I know ultrasound can induce confusion in opponents."
"Books say that ultrasound detection works by using sound waves to reflect off objects and then using the familiar's echolocation ability to pinpoint their location. Since Ghost Familiars have the Pierce Trait, ultrasound probably won't affect the Treasure Seeker."
"That depends on the proficiency of the ultrasound. Didn't you watch the recent competition on the Kē channel? Máo Yīn used her Sound Wave Moth to detect the position of the Black-eyed Doll using ultrasound."
"Familiar Traits have levels too. It's likely that the Sound Wave Moth's ultrasound proficiency was high enough, while the Black-eyed Doll's Pierce Trait level was too low."
"Why hasn't Qiao Sang given any commands yet in this situation?"
At this, the people around him fell silent.
Wasn't it obvious? Clearly, the level of combat skill between them and Qiao Sang was completely different.
Novice Beastmasters, like them, would command their familiars step by step during battles. However, experienced Beastmasters with years of combat experience didn't do that. Qiao Sang was clearly moving in the direction of becoming a Professional Beastmaster.
Professional Beastmasters at the tournament let their familiars handle battles based on their own combat instincts, only giving commands at critical moments.
This meant that Qiao Sang didn't think the current situation required her to give any commands!
On the battlefield, Chen Dongjun's heart raced as he watched the spot where the Treasure Seeker had disappeared. He reassured himself: It's fine, as long as the Treasure Seeker attacks, I can find its position!
Ultrasound could detect the location of any physical object through echolocation, not just the familiar itself but also any skills it used.
As a Basic Familiar, the Treasure Seeker's skills were limited to Shadow Orb and Lick.
The position of Shadow Orb could be detected by ultrasound. Even if the Treasure Seeker used Lick to approach while invisible, the moment it extended its tongue to lick, it would become a physical entity. Seizing that instant to counterattack would give him a good chance of winning.
Even if the Treasure Seeker's reaction speed was fast enough to dodge Echo Bat's attack, as long as Echo Bat continued to use ultrasound to detect and evade the Treasure Seeker's attacks, the battle would ultimately come down to who ran out of energy first.
Just as these thoughts flashed through Chen Dongjun's mind, the Treasure Seeker appeared eerily behind Echo Bat.
"Echo Bat, it’s behind you!" Chen Dongjun shouted in alarm.
"Yin yin!"
Echo Bat was startled and quickly turned around, flapping its wings forcefully to unleash two Air Blades at Treasure Seeker.
But the attack missed suddenly.
"Xun xun~"
Treasure Seeker watched Echo Bat's frightened expression and covered its mouth to stifle a laugh, completely ignoring the approaching Air Blades.
Just as the Air Blades were about to strike, Treasure Seeker vanished from its spot.
"Quick, use ultrasound!" Chen Dongjun reminded.
Before Echo Bat could release an ultrasound, it felt something poke its wings.
Then, it heard its Beastmaster shouting loudly, "Above! Get away!"
"Yin yin!"
Echo Bat shuddered in fear and quickly changed direction by flapping its wings.
"Xun xun~" Treasure Seeker covered its mouth and laughed again, disappearing from the field once more.
In the first row, Principal Wang Weidou let out a soft "Hmm."
"How come this Treasure Seeker’s speed seems a bit abnormal?"
Vice Principal Liu Yao, who was next to him, didn’t bother to respond. When Wang Weidou had invited him to the school, he had spoken beautifully about how much he valued the National School League. Yet, after a month of training, he still didn’t know the basic information about the School Team members.
Was that quick reflexes? That was teleportation!
Wang Weidou, seeing that Liu Yao wasn’t responding, stroked his chin and continued, "I feel like this Treasure Seeker is a bit foolish. When Echo Bat didn’t react, it should have taken the opportunity to attack directly, but it just poked Echo Bat with its finger."
"It’s playing", Liu Yao rolled his eyes.
Wang Weidou: "……"
On the field, Qiao Sang watched as Treasure Seeker kept changing directions, toying with Echo Bat. Finally, he couldn’t help but say, "Treasure Seeker, stop playing around."
Time is Points! Qiao Sang shouted in his mind.
"Xun~"
The invisible Treasure Seeker responded.
Then, it suddenly appeared on the ground.
The spot where it appeared was right where Echo Bat’s shadow was.
As everyone was still amazed by Treasure Seeker’s incredible speed, it extended a Short Toe. The corresponding Short Toe on the ground twisted, and the shadow suddenly stretched, connecting to Echo Bat’s shadow.
"Echo Bat, Air Blades!" Chen Dongjun, seeing Treasure Seeker appear, couldn’t help but shout up to Echo Bat, who was in the air: "It’s right below you, about three meters ahead!"
"Yin… Yin!!"
But before Echo Bat could even start condensing energy, an unknown force yanked it down, causing it to crash to the ground hard.
"Yin…" Echo Bat didn’t fall unconscious; it struggled to get back up.
"Echo Bat, hang in there!" Chen Dongjun was momentarily stunned but quickly realized the battle was still ongoing, so he quickly encouraged Echo Bat.
"Yin yin…"
Echo Bat, disoriented from the fall, opened its eyes and saw Treasure Seeker grinning at it. Then, Treasure Seeker’s Short Toe moved.
"Yin yin!!!"
In the next second, Echo Bat let out a deafening scream as it spun 360 degrees in mid-air.
Soon, Echo Bat’s scream abruptly stopped.
"Xun~"
Seeing that Echo Bat had fallen silent, Treasure Seeker put down its Short Toe, and the connected shadows on the ground separated.
"Bang!"
Echo Bat crashed to the ground, not making a sound. It was so dizzy it couldn’t get up anymore…
Silence fell over the entire field.
Seeing the stunned crowd, Qiao Sang spoke up:
"Next."
(End of Chapter)
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