Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 164 The Most Unconventional Contestant of the Year

Bai Qi and the others were somewhat surprised to see the saber-toothed tiger do this.

Although Li Xusheng and Tang Miao are at a higher level than Alpha, so far, Alpha has dealt more damage to them.

Does this guy choose his enemies based on their level?

Bai Qi and Wang Huai exchanged glances, but thanks to the saber-toothed tiger's choice, Alpha and Gamma successfully reunited. Gamma's emerald green body clung to Alpha's body, as if it were wearing a green armor.

Withering Dragon Lord - Magic Immunity!

Although he hasn't developed wind resistance yet, given the Saber-toothed Tiger's frequent attacks, Bai Qi believes it's only a matter of time.

However, the saber-toothed tiger's fighting style of hiding in the wind is really troublesome, and we can only hope that Alpha's reaction speed is fast enough.

Sure enough, after defeating Li Xusheng and Tang Miao, the saber-toothed tiger disappeared into the gale once again, and Wang Huai seized the opportunity to drag Li Xusheng and Tang Miao back.

"How are you two doing?"

Wang Huai looked at the two nervously and immediately summoned a flower fairy to heal them.

"I'm fine. That saber-toothed tiger seemed to hold back when it attacked us; it didn't go all out."

"Stop exerting force?"

Bai Qi was taken aback when he heard this. Could it be that the saber-toothed tiger had lost too much blood and was weak?

The moment Bai Qi had this thought, he saw the saber-toothed tiger suddenly appear, swatting Alpha and Gamma away with a single claw, smashing a large crater into the wall beside them.

Okay, he's overthinking it.

Seeing this, Wang Huai immediately sent out Barrier Treemen to provide support. He then advised Bai Qi, "Bai Qi, are you sure you don't want your two pet beasts to come back first? Right now, the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, so we should adopt a defensive posture."

Bai Qi shook his head and said, "It's alright, Alpha and Gamma are both very resilient, they'll be fine."

The core of Alpha is its head, while Gamma, strictly speaking, has no core and can survive as long as it is not completely vaporized.

However, the saber-toothed tiger's attack was far too hypocritical. It was subservient to Li Xusheng and Tang Miao, two fourth-tier beast tamers, but attacked Alpha and Gamma, third-tier creatures, with heavy blows. This is not how you bully the weak and fear the strong.

It's impossible that they stopped because they saw that these two were human, right?

Ok?

Bai Qi raised an eyebrow, as if he had thought of something.

"Shuke, do you have the video of the saber-toothed tiger attacking Li Xusheng and his group?"

"have."

Shuke nodded and immediately played the video of the two being knocked away, thoughtfully lowering the playback speed.

It must be said that the saber-toothed tiger's attack speed is really fast. Even when slowed down tenfold, its movements are still very swift. It almost disappears back into the raging wind as soon as it shows its head.

But that's enough.

Bai Qi typed on the keyboard for a while, finally freezing the screen on the moment when the saber-toothed tiger was about to attack the two of them.

Although it was only for a fleeting moment, a faint curse mark suddenly appeared on the saber-toothed tiger's forehead just as it was about to attack the two, after which its power weakened.

"I see. This training ground actually has a protection mechanism, which should prevent the ferocious beasts from attacking humans."

Wang Huai immediately breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. Since there was a protection mechanism in place, their safety should be guaranteed. Even if they couldn't pass the level, they could still take the saber-toothed tiger's data out.

"It should be about the same."

Bai Qi nodded, agreeing with Wang Huai's statement, but his eyes remained fixed on the curse mark on the saber-toothed tiger's forehead.

He felt like he'd seen this rune somewhere before, but he couldn't quite place it.

"Ahem, Bai Qi, I think you should really keep an eye on your two pet beasts."

Just as Bai Qi was trying hard to recall, Tang Miao finally couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but remind him.

Although the Barrier Treeman and the snakes of the Baili brothers were helping to attack, the saber-toothed tiger seemed to have its eyes on the two of them, and almost every time it appeared, it was focused on Alpha.

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi looked over and discovered that the saber-toothed tiger seemed to be toying with Alpha, patting Alpha repeatedly, but never hitting its vital points.

Seeing this, Bai Qi's eyes darted around, and he sent a message to Alpha.

Crackling.

Upon receiving the command, Alpha forcibly condensed an ice crystal barrier and pulled away the immense force from the saber-toothed tiger. Then, it rolled on the spot and transformed into a crystal sphere, with Alpha's head and gamma being encased inside the sphere.

Although the saber-toothed tiger was curious, it did not stop. It slapped the crystal ball with its paw, but suddenly let out a muffled groan and threw the crystal ball away. A few drops of blood flowed from its paw.

How did you suddenly get injured?

Wang Huai and the others looked at each other, clearly not understanding what had just happened.

However, after seeing the crystal sphere slowly rolling back, Wang Huai and the others were at a loss for words.

This isn't a round ball at all, it's clearly a spiky ball!

The once smooth crystal shell is now covered with sharp spikes of varying lengths that are constantly changing. At the tips of those spikes, faint flashes of eerie blue light can be seen.

Don't you like bouncing a ball? Well, I'll grant your wish, it just depends on whether you dare to do it.

Bai Qi revealed an evil smile. Although the power of decay could only be released externally, it could still flow within the crystal bones, albeit at a slower speed.

Since they have absolutely no chance of surpassing the saber-toothed tiger in speed, they might as well give up the attack and wait for the opponent to come to them.

If you won't let me use energy attacks, I'll wait for you to do it yourself. With the power of decay attached to the spikes, Bai Qi isn't worried about not being able to break through the defense.

The Thornmail armor is all about defense and counter-attacks.

Thinking of this, Bai Qi simply had Gamma activate the Poison Aura as well, and then quietly lay there waiting for the saber-toothed tiger to come to him.

Seeing this, the saber-toothed tiger seemed to realize that this was a tough nut to crack, and immediately and decisively changed its target, wanting to deal with the other pets first. However, it found that the Barrier Treant and others had been summoned back to the Beast Taming Space at some point, and even the husky and other pets had been put away.

"Bai Qi, aren't we taking too much of a risk?"

Following Bai Qi's advice, Wang Huai stood defenselessly in front of the saber-toothed tiger, feeling somewhat flustered, as did the others, all prepared to summon their pets at any moment.

After all, they all received various professional training, and almost every tactic was the most effective method explored by countless people. But someone like Bai Qi was really acting against common sense.

"Otherwise, do you expect us to win against a fifth-tier monarch-level ancient species?"

Bai Qi couldn't help but roll his eyes. Judging from the feedback from Shuke's energy detector, this saber-toothed tiger was obviously in a state of extreme energy deficiency, or simply put, it was malnourished.

If this big cat continues to mindlessly expend its power as it did at the beginning, they might actually have a chance to slowly bleed it out and wear it down.

But now, this guy is clearly planning to launch a sneak attack on you, and he's doing so from his own monarchical position. Forget about a sneak attack, and a direct assault would be difficult too. So, defense is the best approach.

As for them, rather than letting the saber-toothed tiger change its target and gradually deplete their fighting strength, it's better to be reckless, take a gamble, and leave the saber-toothed tiger with no other choice.

Fortunately, Bai Qi's gamble paid off.

Upon seeing Bai Qi and the others standing there, the saber-toothed tiger immediately wanted to launch an attack. However, just as it was about to make its move, the rune reappeared on its forehead, forcibly stopping the saber-toothed tiger's actions.

There are indeed limitations!

Seeing that the saber-toothed tiger really couldn't attack them, Wang Huai and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, while Li Xusheng gave Bai Qi a deep look, a complex expression flashing in his eyes.

Unable to attack Bai Qi and the others, the saber-toothed tiger could only turn its attention to Alpha, only to find that Alpha had grown larger again at some point.

Correspondingly, the number of bone spurs on the body surface has also increased significantly.

Seeing this, the saber-toothed tiger once again concealed itself in the gale, circling Alpha and constantly moving around it. The spikes on Alpha's body were also slowly adjusting their direction; whenever the saber-toothed tiger had a chance to appear, one end of the spike would instantly extend.

The saber-toothed tiger was clearly unwilling to wait any longer. It suddenly broke free from the gale and lunged at Alpha. Its sharp claws gleamed with a dark light, indicating that it intended to meet Alpha head-on and shatter it with a single claw strike.

Then, just as the saber-toothed tiger was about to strike Alpha, the spikes on Alpha's body suddenly grew rapidly, piercing the tiger's claws before it could strike.

Awoo!

In pain, the saber-toothed tiger instinctively tried to throw Alpha away, but Alpha had anticipated this action. The moment the bone spike pierced the saber-toothed tiger's palm, it rapidly spread and split deep into the tiger's flesh, completely fixing itself to the tiger's palm, while gradually injecting the power of decay into it.

The saber-toothed tiger immediately sensed something was wrong and simply swung its claws at the ground, trying to smash Alpha directly. However, the moment it touched the ground, it did not feel any force at all, but instead discovered that Gamma had appeared out of nowhere and acted as a cushion.

However, faced with the immense strength of the saber-toothed tiger, Gamma reached its limit and could be crushed at any moment.

However, because of Gamma's delay, Alpha seized the opportunity to widen the saber-toothed tiger's wound and actually crawled inside. Gamma was not to be outdone and crawled into the saber-toothed tiger's forelimb along Alpha's bones.

Faced with this attack from within its body, the saber-toothed tiger was at a loss, and could only roll and scratch on the ground, but it was unable to stop Alpha from slowly moving inside its body.

Finally, after struggling for a while, the saber-toothed tiger suddenly stopped moving, its huge eyeballs turned blood red, and it gradually fell silent.

Even monarch-level creatures cannot survive if their brains are damaged.

"Bai Qi, is this how your association's beast tamers fight? Do you know that you just killed a monarch-level ferocious beast, leaping two ranks?"

Wang Huai stared blankly as Alpha and Gamma, two third-tier lord-level creatures, killed a fifth-tier monarch-level ancient species. Wang Huai was still somewhat dazed.

Is this something a normal person would do?

"Others might not know, but probably not."

Bai Qi shrugged, then pointed behind the two of them and said, "Besides, you don't really think monarch-level creatures are that weak, do you? They're obviously being suppressed, aren't I right, Instructor Luo?!"

(End of this chapter)