Chapter 435: Underestimated

Chapter 433: Underestimated It.

“This kid actually used Tidal Vortex!” In the competitor area, the Middle-aged Man who was chatting with Ma Zongji frowned.

Although he was frowning, his eyes sparkled with pleasure and satisfaction.

“It seems Ma Zongji wants to win,” said a younger-looking man beside him.

“Win my ass!” The Middle-aged Man said, spitting, “I know him too well. He just wants to battle Ice Kexilu for a bit longer.”

“Then, when he finishes and comes back, should I talk to him for you?” The man asked tentatively.

The Middle-aged Man coughed, “There’s no need for that.”

Just as I thought… The man’s gaze turned to the arena, then he smiled:

“Ma Zongji has made great progress. We’ve all seen how hard he’s worked this past year. Now that he’s in this position, I believe he doesn’t just want to battle Ice Kexilu for a bit longer; more than that, he probably wants to win.”

The man’s voice was low, as if it contained a convincing power.

The Middle-aged Man was startled by his words, looking at Ma Zongji in the arena. So he wanted to win against Qiao Sang? He couldn’t tell at all…

…

Perfect! Successfully blocked the Ice Flower Seal with Tidal Vortex, so he can battle Ice Kexilu for a bit longer… Ma Zongji looked excited.

At this moment, a Water Gun shot from Lu Bao’s mouth towards the location of Thousand Path Water Bear.

Ma Zongji’s expression froze at the sight.

Doesn’t Qiao Sang know that his Thousand Path Water Bear has the Water Storage ability, which means it won’t get hurt but instead recover when attacked by Water-type moves?

This shouldn’t be a secret, right?

Qiao Sang naturally knew.

Just as Lu Bao finished firing the Water Gun, she spoke, “Icy Wind.”

“Ice Ke.”

Lu Bao opened its mouth, and an extremely biting cold wind instantly swept to the end of the Water Gun at an incredibly fast speed.

Cold air spread, and the Water Gun visibly condensed a layer of ice.

At this time, Thousand Path Water Bear was still holding up the already frozen water vortex to block the falling snowflakes.

It showed a disdainful expression when it saw the Water Gun coming towards it.

But when the Water Gun suddenly transformed into an ice pillar before its eyes, Thousand Path Water Bear’s gaze changed, and it quickly raised its muscular lower right limb.

The lower right limb was instantly enveloped in a layer of white energy as it was lifted.

“Boom!”

It kicked out, and the ice pillar immediately turned into ice shards, scattering everywhere.

The ice shards obscured some of the vision.

Thousand Path Water Bear vaguely saw five cold lights slashing towards it.

“Thousand Path!”

The battle-hardened neural reflexes made Thousand Path Water Bear instinctively squat down to dodge.

“Crash!”

With that squat, the position of the ice-shaped water vortex changed, and the five cold lights struck the ice-shaped water vortex, causing it to directly shatter and burst apart.

Amidst the scattered ice chips, Thousand Path Water Bear saw its opponent’s aloof expression.

In the stands, the crowd who witnessed this exchange cheered loudly.

“Well done! Ice Kexilu, excellent work!”

“Brilliant! Using Icy Wind to freeze the Water Gun as a cover, the actual purpose was to use Ice Claw for a close-range attack on Thousand Path Water Bear!”

“I think Qiao Sang’s goal wasn’t to attack Thousand Path Water Bear, but exactly as it is now, to shatter the water vortex that turned into ice.”

“That’s right! If Ice Claw had attacked Thousand Path Water Bear, given its thick hide, the damage wouldn’t be too great. But shattering the water vortex above its head is different! Without this ice-shaped water vortex as a shield, how can Thousand Path Water Bear block Ice Flower Seal?!”

“Actually, Ma Zongji is also very impressive. To think of using Tidal Vortex as a defense to block Ice Flower Seal, I wouldn’t have thought of that.”

“To be fair, Qiao Sang is kind of amazing, calculating the opponent’s moves so accurately! It’s as if she knew Thousand Path Water Bear would attack that frozen Water Gun and squat to dodge Ice Claw.”

“Are you stupid? If an ice pillar appeared in front of you, wouldn’t you attack it?”

“No.”

“Uh, why?”

“I’m human, please, what would I attack with? My flesh and blood?!”

“…”

“What about Ice Claw? Wouldn’t you dodge?”

“Are you kidding? With my reaction speed, dodge? I wouldn’t even see Ice Claw before it was gone, okay.”

“…”

…

Ma Zongji: “!!!”

Ma Zongji’s heart trembled as he saw the ice-shaped water vortex shatter, his mind filled with “Holy crap.”

He had finally come up with a perfect solution to defend against Ice Flower Seal, and it was resolved just like that?

Is his battle with Ice Kexilu going to end here?!

The moment the ice-shaped water vortex shattered, snowflakes were still falling.

“Thousand Path!”

Thousand Path Water Bear’s four limbs were covered in a layer of white energy, and it twisted its waist, like a giant spinning top, continuously spinning 360 degrees in place.

The force and wind generated by its rotation blew most of the snowflakes to the surroundings before they could touch Thousand Path Water Bear.

Before the match, it had watched its opponent’s battle videos with its Yu Beast Master and knew that these snowflakes absolutely could not land on it!

Although most of the snow scattered outwards, some still landed on Thousand Path Water Bear.

Ice Flowers then emerged one by one.

These Ice Flowers are growing a bit slowly, has the snow gotten smaller… Qiao Sang looked up at the sky and said:

“Ice Flower Seal.”

“Ice Ke.”

Hearing her Yu Beast Master’s words, Lu Bao looked up and opened its mouth.

Again?! Ma Zongji’s body trembled.

At this moment, he didn’t know how to describe his feelings. The previous round of Ice Flower Seal wasn’t over yet. If Thousand Path Water Bear stopped, the Ice Flowers on its body would probably all grow out at once. But if he didn’t do something and let Ice Kexilu cast Ice Flower Seal again, the match would definitely end there. Thousand Path Water Bear hadn’t done anything yet, besides the initial Water Gun, it had been purely defensive afterwards. How could Ice Kexilu remember him like this… Various thoughts flashed through Ma Zongji’s mind in an instant, and he finally decided to take a gamble. He hardened his heart and shouted:

“Flame Punch!”

The power of the first round of Ice Flower Seal had diminished over time. Now, Ice Kexilu was not far ahead. As long as he attacked it as quickly as possible before the Ice Flowers covered his entire body, there was still a chance!

Flame Punch, an intermediate skill, where a fist condenses flames and strikes the opponent to cause damage.

Qiao Sang’s expression was calm.

She could understand the opponent’s approach.

According to the data, Thousand Path Water Bear’s most powerful skills were True Energy Punch and Waterfall Climb.

True Energy Punch required the user to have no damage to condense and use effectively. Now, every snowflake on Thousand Path Water Bear was an obstacle to using True Energy Punch.

And Waterfall Climb was a skill that allowed climbing upwards like a waterfall to attack an opponent in the sky.

Thousand Path Water Bear couldn’t use Waterfall Climb while enduring a large amount of snow.

As long as the snow from Ice Flower Seal was still falling, Thousand Path Water Bear’s two most powerful skills were effectively useless.

And the flames from Flame Punch could melt some of the snow, so this attack might actually land on Lu Bao.

However, the opponent seemed to have underestimated the power of Ice Flower Seal…

“Thousand Path!”

Thousand Path Water Bear let out a loud cry, stopped spinning, and its right fist instantly ignited with scorching flames, swinging a punch towards Lu Bao.

Lu Bao maintained its head-up, open-mouthed posture and ignored it.

Just as everyone thought Ice Kexilu would endure the attack and continue to use Ice Flower Seal as it did at the beginning, the flames on Thousand Path Water Bear’s fist extinguished, and a delicate Ice Flower bloomed.

“Thousand Path?”

Thousand Path Water Bear looked at its fist and froze for a moment.

Then, it remained in that position, unable to move again.