Xiao Lin saw Sun Xinxin asking him and began to speak.
"Zheng Dong's Gold Devouring Rat consecutively used two combination skill ultimate arts, Earth Vein Rampage and Earth Vein Leap, followed by Magnification, Shattering Gold Claw, Spatial Shift, and Mount Tai's Crushing Descent.
It can be seen that the coordination and connection of each skill were perfect, proceeding in one go without giving the Blazing Flame Tiger a chance to counterattack.
Especially the Magnification skill, it powerfully amplified the two attack skills, Shattering Gold Claw and Mount Tai's Crushing Descent, causing their erupted destructive power to increase exponentially."
The other Grandmaster-level guests also nodded in agreement.
"But, with the Gold Devouring Rat's continuous bursts, isn't it afraid of its energy being depleted, making it unable to deal with the Thunder Flame Lion?" Sun Xinxin continued to ask.
"Actually, the Gold Devouring Rat's own consumption isn't very large, because the use of the combination skill ultimate arts Earth Vein Rampage and Earth Vein Leap are all related to Earth Vein Resonance.
Earth Vein Resonance can continuously replenish the Gold Devouring Rat's consumption.
Moreover, Zheng Dong's Gold Devouring Rat has mastered Earth Vein Resonance to the divine-arrival level. As long as it touches the ground, it doesn't need to fear consumption," Xiao Lin explained again.
With Xiao Lin's explanation, more viewers understood the reason, but more questions were also raised, many of which were forwarded to Sun Xinxin.
Thus, Sun Xinxin continued to ask:
"President Xiao, on behalf of all the viewers, I have one more question. They think Zheng Dong's Gold Devouring Rat is too strong. Is it possible that it's the cub of some overlord-level pet?"
This made Xiao Lin couldn't help but shake his head.
"I can guarantee it's not! Currently, we don't have any rat-type overlord-level pet in our country, let alone its cub. Not only us, but other countries also don't have similar pets.
To use Zheng Dong's own words to answer you, there are no strongest pets, only the strongest beast masters. Therefore, the main reason this Gold Devouring Rat is so strong should be Zheng Dong's cultivation."
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At the same time, on the battle arena, Li Hong also recovered.
Seeing the tragic encounter of his Blazing Flame Tiger, he glared with anger, gritting his teeth and roaring,
"Zheng Dong, I'm not done with you!"
A Blazing Flame Tiger was priceless. If it was crippled like this, he would die of regret.
Therefore, he quickly commanded the Thunder Flame Lion to counterattack.
Seeing its companion, the Blazing Flame Tiger, fall, the Thunder Flame Lion was also enraged. It roared and used the ultimate skill Thunderous Heaven.
Instantly, thunder rumbled, deafening.
Lightning as thick as an arm struck from the sky, booming.
Streams of lightning poured down, striking Xiao Zi.
Facing the Thunder Flame Lion's powerful attack, Xiao Zi burrowed into the ground.
Seeing this, Li Hong, unwilling to accept defeat, had the Thunder Flame Lion use the combination skill ultimate art Thunder Fire World, formed by Thunderous Heaven and Blazing Plains.
Thunder filled the sky, and flames raged on the ground, seemingly about to shatter rocks and melt the earth. Even Xiao Zi, who had burrowed underground, felt uncomfortable.
Zheng Dong raised an eyebrow. As expected of a genius who made it to the second round of the preliminaries, he still had some skills.
However, that was all.
Xiao Zi began to counterattack, using two ultimate skills, Earth Vein Resonance and Infinite Devour, to form the combination skill ultimate art, Earth Core Black Hole, to deal with the Thunder Flame Lion's Thunder Fire World.
A black spot appeared on the ground and continuously expanded. Both lightning and flames were sucked into it and disappeared without a trace.
As the Earth Core Black Hole continued to expand, its suction force grew stronger.
In the sky, the lightning that had not yet fallen, the flames that had just erupted from the ground, and even the Thunder Flame Lion itself, could not control their bodies and were gradually sucked into the Earth Core Black Hole.
The Thunder Flame Lion immediately panicked.
It had consumed a lot of energy using the combination skill ultimate art Thunder Fire World, and it had not mastered any auxiliary skills similar to Earth Vein Resonance. Now, it could at most use one or two high-level skills, but it was completely unable to deal with the Earth Core Black Hole.
It watched helplessly as it got closer and closer to the Earth Core Black Hole, with no way to escape, until it was completely sucked in and disappeared from everyone's sight.
As the Thunder Flame Lion disappeared, the black hole on the ground quickly closed and vanished.
Li Hong was stunned.
Where did my Thunder Flame Lion go?
The surrounding audience was also dumbfounded. What was going on?
"Holy crap, did the Thunder Flame Lion really get swallowed by a hole in the ground!"
"Who knows? What kind of skill is this? Can a Gold Devouring Rat master it?"
"I feel like even an overlord-level cub couldn't master such a terrifying skill. Is this a Gold Devouring Rat, or a monster disguised as one?"
"Damn it, why does my contracted Gold Devouring Rat only know how to find treasure? Did I contract a fake Gold Devouring Rat?"
"Li Hong is going to go crazy, right? The Blazing Flame Tiger is crippled, and the Thunder Flame Lion has disappeared. Who could endure this?"
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In the live broadcast hall, Sun Xinxin was also a bit dazed. Everything happened too quickly. From the Thunder Flame Lion erupting the combination skill ultimate art Thunder Fire World to Xiao Zi counterattacking with the Earth Core Black Hole, it was only a minute or two. It was dazzling to watch, making it difficult to figure out what had happened.
Sun Xinxin had no choice but to look at Xiao Lin.
"President Xiao, did Zheng Dong's Gold Devouring Rat learn the rock python's racial skill, Earth Devour?"
Xiao Lin had not seen the combination skill ultimate art Earth Core Black Hole before, but based on his experience, a single ultimate skill Earth Devour would not be enough to deal with the Thunder Flame Lion's combination skill ultimate art Thunder Fire World.
After thinking for a moment, he said,
"Of course not. For Earth Devour to exert such equivalent power, it would require a rock python of at least the Commander level or King level in growth.
So, even if Zheng Dong's Gold Devouring Rat learned Earth Devour, it wouldn't be able to unleash such power.
In my opinion, the Gold Devouring Rat should still have used a combination skill ultimate art of two ultimate skills. One of them should be Earth Vein Resonance, as for the other skill, I cannot determine it yet, perhaps it is related to the Heavenly Monkey Mountain ruins."
"What about Li Hong's Thunder Flame Lion?" Sun Xinxin continued to ask.
"I think it should be fine. Maybe it was just buried alive underground. After all, this is a battle match, and Zheng Dong wouldn't go so far as to kill it!" Xiao Lin said.
Just as Xiao Lin said, on the battle arena ground, thunderous roars suddenly sounded again, and with a boom, the ground exploded into a large pit.
The Thunder Flame Lion appeared in the pit, panting heavily. It had almost suffocated.
After being swallowed by the Earth Core Black Hole, it was fortunate that it could still use the high-level skill Thunder Blast to blow away the thick soil around it, otherwise, it would have been truly trapped.
The combination skill ultimate art Earth Core Black Hole used by Xiao Zi did not swallow energy or matter into its own internal space, but rather, through the earth veins, buried it deep within the earth.
After all, Xiao Zi had not yet evolved into a Gold Devouring Beast, and the energy of the Thunder Fire World erupted by the Thunder Flame Lion was too vast and violent. Only by transferring it through the earth veins to the depths of the earth could it avoid harming itself.
Of course, if the combination skill ultimate art Earth Core Black Hole were to be perfected in the future, it might truly be able to bury the lightning, flames, and even the Thunder Flame Lion released by the Thunder Flame Lion deep within the earth's core.
Regarding the Thunder Flame Lion, Zheng Dong had asked Xiao Zi to show mercy in the end. Otherwise, even if it used Thunder Blast, it would be difficult to escape, and it would be hard to avoid being buried alive.
Seeing the Thunder Flame Lion lost and found, Li Hong was almost moved to tears.
Unfortunately, the Thunder Flame Lion had already lost its combat effectiveness and could no longer fight.
At this moment, the referee also announced Zheng Dong's victory.
Li Hong lost and was completely eliminated from the competition.
Next, Zheng Dong still had to fight two more matches.
Group F had a total of 24 participants in the preliminary battle matches. The 12 winners of the first round of battle matches automatically entered the second round, then the 6 winners entered the third round, and finally, the 3 winners advanced.
After the preliminaries, there would be a two-day rest period, and the finals' arena matches would officially begin on the third day.
Without any surprise, Zheng Dong easily won his next two battle matches.
After the matches ended, Zheng Dong went out to celebrate with Ning Wei and others before returning to the hotel to rest.
For the next two days, he planned to cultivate the Deterrence skill.
That way, during the arena matches, he could stand on the battle stage and intimidate the opponent's pets, saving time and effort.
Cultivating a high-level Deterrence skill from proficient to perfect level, under the dual domain, would only take two days.
With the addition of related mental-type resources, the time would be even shorter.
Unfortunately, Zheng Dong did not prepare any mental-type resources this time.
In the blink of an eye, two days passed.
Zheng Dong finished his cultivation and, along with Principal Liu and others, arrived at the battle arena venue for the finals.
This time, they had arrived at Long'an District's largest battle arena, which could accommodate over ten thousand spectators.
Ning Wei and others had also arrived early.
He also remembered to bring his megaphone to cheer for Zheng Dong.
Bei Wen and Yu Qian also helped to put up a banner.
Although they felt it was a bit silly, Ning Wei thought it was good and repeatedly pleaded with them to help, so they couldn't refuse.
It was just unexpected that Sun Xinxin, during her live broadcast, specifically gave the banner a shot.
"Rookie King, I, Zheng Dong, am determined to be!!!"
Seeing the slogan, Sun Xinxin almost burst out laughing. Fortunately, her professional skills were strong, and she quickly said,
"I didn't expect classmate Zheng Dong to be so confident. I wonder if the other participating classmates are the same as classmate Zheng Dong!
In addition to Zheng Dong from Anhe District who entered the finals, there are also Shen Bing and Shen Xue from Long'an District, Zhao Yang from Pengyang District, Mo Shan from Dongxing District... a total of 24 people.
I wonder, viewers, who do you think will win? You can predict and vote in the comment section. If your prediction is successful, you will have a chance to win exquisite gifts prepared by the organizing committee!"
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At the same time, the students participating in the finals also walked onto the battle stage one by one.
Zheng Dong scanned the other participating students around him and finally looked at the Shen Bing and Shen Xue sisters.
He had learned from Principal Liu's information.
The pet space level of this pair of sisters had reached level three, far exceeding their peers.
What was even more astonishing was their pet talent.
The older sister, Shen Bing's pet talent, was Undead Awakening.
Undead Awakening had two functions: it could awaken the intelligence of the corpses, remains, relics, or even ancient items left by living beings, turning them into undead life forms, and it could also transform these undead lives into special heroic spirits.
Heroic spirits were a very special existence. They did not sign contracts with those they recognized, but directly recognized them as masters and coexisted with their masters.
This meant that the recognition of heroic spirits was not limited by pet space, and Shen Bing might possess more than three pet beasts.
As expected, there was no best pet talent, only better ones.
Zheng Dong was somewhat envious of the Undead Awakening talent.
As for Shen Bing's younger sister, Shen Xue's pet talent was also not bad; it was Undead Fusion.
Undead Fusion allowed two undead-type pet beasts to fuse in battle, gaining stronger combat power, or it could allow two undead-type pet beasts to fuse during evolution, becoming a single undead-type pet beast with greater potential.
It was also a heaven-defying pet talent.
If the two cooperated, Zheng Dong might have difficulty winning.
However, arena matches were also one-on-one, and group fighting was not allowed. The draw would determine the first defender.
The defending student could choose to rest after each battle and continue fighting after recovering. If no one challenged them until the end, they would win.
Other students had only one chance to challenge the same defending student. If they lost, they could not challenge again. If they won, they would automatically become the new defender.
Soon, Zheng Dong and others finished drawing lots.
The first lucky defender was Tan Xiong from Anhe District First Pet Beast Advanced Middle School.
Zheng Dong was not familiar with Tan Xiong, but he had heard Principal Liu mention him a few times.
Tan Xiong's pet talent was Elemental Coordination. He had contracted two elemental-type pet beasts, the Lightning Sprite and the Flame Sprite, allowing him to maximize the combat power of these two pets.
The first student to challenge was bombarded by the combination skill used by the Lightning Sprite and the Flame Sprite, leaving him dizzy and defeated in no time.
Next, several more challengers went up, but they were still no match for Tan Xiong.
Just as Tan Xiong was feeling proud, Zhao Yang from Pengyang District came on stage and replaced him.
Zhao Yang took over from Tan Xiong as the new defender. Before he could even adjust to his new role, Zheng Dong was the first to walk onto the battle stage.
In fact, Zheng Dong had wanted to go on stage earlier, but Principal Liu had asked Zheng Dong to wait a bit longer. After all, Principal Ma had given him a bottle of Sea Dragon's dragon blood earlier, so he couldn't let Tan Xiong lose too badly.
Now that Zhao Yang had replaced Tan Xiong, Zheng Dong had no more reservations.
As Zheng Dong stepped onto the stage, the atmosphere became tense.
Everyone wanted to know who was stronger.
In the live broadcast hall, Sun Xinxin looked at another older Grandmaster, Bai Jiang.
"Grandmaster Bai, who do you think has a greater chance of winning?"
Bai Jiang did not answer directly. Unlike Grandmaster Yu Bai, he was a businessman by birth. Although he was older, he became more astute with age and was not foolish.
Therefore, he said,
"It still depends on the specific situation of the battle. Zheng Dong's talent is extraordinary, as everyone can see, but Zhao Yang is not bad either. His family are all dragon tamers, and Zhao Yang inherited the family's pet talent, Dragon Domain.
Under the effect of the Dragon Domain, any dragon-type pet beast can erupt with 300% of its combat power.
Moreover, Zhao Yang has not only contracted a Thunderous Flood Dragon but also an Inferno Dragon.
It is said that this Inferno Dragon is the cub of an overlord-level Inferno Dragon King, and its strength is also astonishing."
Sun Xinxin did have Zhao Yang's information in her hand, but after hearing Bai Jiang's explanation, she was still surprised and said,
"So, does that mean Zhao Yang has a greater chance of winning?"
Bai Jiang did not fall for it. After chuckling, he continued,
"It should be a fifty-fifty chance. Although Zhao Yang's contracted pet beasts are extraordinary, their proficiency in mastering skills is not as high as Zheng Dong's Gold Devouring Rat. After all, it is very rare for many skills of a Gold Devouring Rat to reach the divine-arrival level.
Even my pet beasts have very few skills that have reached the divine-arrival level."
As Bai Jiang said this, he couldn't help but look deeply at Zheng Dong on the big screen through the battle arena.
Is Zheng Dong's pet talent really skill sharing?
Bai Jiang was very suspicious.