Zheng Dong did not pay attention.
He was not a sycophant, nor did he lose his composure at the sight of a beautiful girl. He would not show mercy just because the opponent was a girl; his goal was to become the Rookie King this year.
Of course, he did not ignore Shen Xue foolishly.
He also said with a half-joking tone:
"How about you give me yours too!"
"You want mine? That depends on whether you have the strength for it!" Shen Xue said with a sweet smile.
As she spoke, she summoned her pet beasts: the Abyssal Barbarian Bear, the Infernal Titan, and the Night Giant.
Shen Xue's beast-taming space had reached Level Three, meaning she was considered an intermediate beast tamer.
However, as she had only recently become an intermediate beast tamer, only the Abyssal Barbarian Bear was of Lord-class. The Infernal Titan and the Night Giant were both Commander-class.
The Abyssal Barbarian Bear, a pet beast of the Undead, Dark, and Earth elements, had a racial level of High Monarch-class. It was over twelve meters tall, and the ground trembled with every step it took. It was covered in abyssal armor, possessed a pair of gray eyes, and its energy value exceeded fifty thousand, five times that of Xiao Zi.
The Infernal Titan, a pet beast of the Undead and Fire elements, also had a racial level of High Monarch-class. It was engulfed in red infernal flames, with black infernal chains wrapped around its limbs and waist.
The Night Giant, a pet beast of the Undead and Wind elements, also had a racial level of High Monarch-class. It wore a black night cloak, had a pair of green eyes, and a mouth full of sharp teeth like nails.
Upon seeing Shen Xue's three colossal pet beasts standing on the battle stage like three small mountains, everyone present was astonished.
Principal Liu and the others also began to worry about Zheng Dong.
Could he still win this time?
In the live broadcast hall, Sun Xinxin also asked:
"President Xiao, do you think Zheng Dong can win this time?"
Xiao Lin was not entirely sure.
However, he favored Zheng Dong more.
Although on the surface, Shen Xue's beast-taming talent and pet beasts were very strong, and Zheng Dong was at a disadvantage.
But Zheng Dong's Gold-Devouring Rat had mastered various combination skill ultimate techniques, and its attributes were those of an Undead, Gold, Earth, and Space elemental pet beast.
If Shen Xue's pet beasts were merely larger in size, they would likely become living targets, and might not even be able to touch the fur of the Gold-Devouring Rat.
Thus, Xiao Lin pondered for a moment and said:
"It's hard to say. It ultimately depends on Shen Xue's pet beasts' mastery of their skills and whether Zheng Dong's Gold-Devouring Rat has mastered skills that counter Undead-type pet beasts.
Also, everyone, don't forget that Zheng Dong's Gold-Devouring Rat has mastered spatial movement, earth遁 (earth escape), and earth vein leaping, among other rapid movement techniques.
If Shen Xue's pet beasts cannot keep up with the Gold-Devouring Rat's speed, or lack skills to counter spatial movement, it will be very difficult for her to win!"
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On the battle stage, Zheng Dong's expression was calm.
In fact, he still had many moves he hadn't used, such as Abyssal Erosion, Dark Vortex, Mountain Collapse Earth Shatter, Absolute Darkness, and related combination skills.
These were all prepared for the twin sisters.
After all, he had glanced at the information Principal Liu had sent him and remembered these twin sisters.
As the referee gave the order for the battle to begin.
Shen Xue was the first to command her pet beasts to attack.
"Barbarian Bear, Death Stomp! Crush them!"
The Abyssal Barbarian Bear raised its massive paw and stomped towards Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi, as if it could flatten a building.
"Whoa, that's violent!"
Facing the Abyssal Barbarian Bear's attack, Zheng Dong was not flustered. He and Xiao Zi used the combination skill ultimate technique, Earth Vein Leap, and in an instant, they appeared a hundred meters away.
Subsequently, they each condensed a clone to replace their main bodies in their original positions, while their main bodies used the Earth Escape skill to burrow deep underground.
At this moment, Shen Xue ordered the Infernal Titan to attack again.
The Infernal Titan punched the ground, using the super-tier skill Infernal Collapse.
The ground shattered like glass, splitting open into huge cracks. From these cracks, scorching infernal flames and boiling lava continuously gushed out, as if to devour everything.
Unfortunately, it did not harm Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi. Their main bodies had already used the Earth Escape skill to move away from their original positions, merging with the earth.
As for their clones, they used Spatial Movement to appear in mid-air, also unharmed.
Shen Xue had no choice but to have the Night Giant use the super-tier skill Death Hurricane.
The Night Giant opened its mouth and spat out a black tornado, which grew larger and larger, connecting heaven and earth, and swept towards their clones.
Xiao Zi's clone stepped forward and used the Replication skill, transforming into a giant beast. It then used the super-tier skill Infinite Devour, actually swallowing the Death Hurricane released by the Night Giant in one gulp.
At this, everyone was stunned.
What the hell kind of monster was this, to swallow the Death Hurricane!
Shen Xue was also dumbfounded.
The next second, Xiao Zi's clone also collapsed, unable to withstand the power of the Death Hurricane.
However, that was all. The Death Hurricane also vanished along with it.
Zheng Dong's clone remained standing in the air.
Shen Xue finally realized she had been tricked. After attacking for so long, she had only destroyed one of the Gold-Devouring Rat's clones.
In fact, it couldn't be blamed on her. Xiao Zi's mastery of the Shadow Clone skill had reached the Divine level, making it indistinguishable from the real thing. The main body and the clones looked exactly the same.
Even so, Shen Xue still couldn't determine if the clone of Zheng Dong in the air was the main body.
"Damn it, strike him down."
The Abyssal Barbarian Bear immediately launched another attack, using the Undead, Dark, and Earth elemental skill, Abyssal Sword.
The ground cracked, revealing a bottomless abyss. Numerous black, eerie flying swords shot towards the sky, whistling like a torrential downpour.
Facing the Abyssal Barbarian Bear's attack, Zheng Dong's clone showed no intention of dodging.
He directly used the combination skill ultimate technique, Spatial Detonation.
Instantly, booming explosions sounded repeatedly, and waves of explosive energy surged like tidal waves. Any Abyssal Sword that approached Zheng Dong's clone was destroyed by the explosions.
However, Zheng Dong's clone was also completely depleted and disappeared into the air.
Meanwhile, at the same time the Abyssal Barbarian Bear launched its attack.
Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi's main bodies, having burrowed into the ground, had already condensed numerous clones. Among them, thirty clones appeared beneath the Night Giant.
Zheng Dong's objective was simple: to deal with Shen Xue's two Commander-class pet beasts first.
Thus, he and these clones of Xiao Zi used the combination skill ultimate technique, Earth Core Black Hole, to sneak attack the Night Giant.
An inconspicuous black hole suddenly appeared beneath the Night Giant and continuously expanded. By the time the Night Giant discovered the anomaly, it was already too late.
The Night Giant was quickly sucked into the Earth Core Black Hole, without even a chance to react.
Its attributes were Undead and Wind. Its ability to act within the Earth Core Black Hole was extremely limited.
Moreover, it was being attacked by thirty clones each from Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi. Even if each clone's strength was only ninety percent of the main body's, the combined power was terrifying.
Shen Xue was furious to see her Night Giant being buried underground by Zheng Dong's clones using the Earth Core Black Hole and disappearing.
"Titan, smash them out for me!"
The Infernal Titan was also enraged, its ferocity erupting. It continuously used the super-tier skill Infernal Collapse, punching the ground again and again, as if to smash the entire battle stage into the abyss.
Other pet beasts would likely not last long under such an assault.
But the Infernal Titan was very strong. It smashed five punches in succession, equivalent to five Infernal Collapses, and its energy was not significantly depleted.
Clearly, the Infernal Titan's body was very sturdy, and it likely also mastered a super-tier skill similar to Earth Vein Resonance to replenish its energy consumption.
Unfortunately, it still did not manage to force Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi's main bodies out.
Just as Shen Xue was preparing to have the Abyssal Barbarian Bear also attack, the ground beneath the Infernal Titan began to collapse continuously, like a bottomless pit.
The Infernal Titan fell into it, and before it could even stabilize itself, the ground collapsed again.
The repeated collapses seemed to be dragging it into the depths of the earth.
This was the combination skill ultimate technique, Endless Collapse, jointly used by Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi's clones.
It was an ultimate technique formed by the combination of the high-tier skill Mountain Collapse Earth Shatter and the super-tier skill Infinite Devour.
While its power was not as great as the Earth Core Black Hole, Endless Collapse was a large-area attack skill, perfectly suited for the aggressively attacking Infernal Titan.
This time, Shen Xue became anxious. She did not want the Infernal Titan to suffer the same fate as the Night Giant and be buried underground.
She quickly used her beast-taming talent, Undead Fusion.
Undead Fusion allowed two Undead-type pet beasts to merge, gaining greater combat power.
Dark light emanated from Shen Xue, enveloping the falling Infernal Titan and the Abyssal Barbarian Bear beside her.
As the light flashed, the two Undead-type pet beasts merged into an even larger monster. The front was the Abyssal Barbarian Bear, and the back was the Infernal Titan. It possessed four arms and four legs, and Shen Xue called it the Barbarian Titan.
The aura emanating from the Barbarian Titan had already approached that of a General-class pet beast.
This also restored Shen Xue's confidence.
"Zheng Dong, quickly come out and surrender. Don't waste time. Your Gold-Devouring Rat is definitely no match for the Barbarian Titan!"
As Shen Xue spoke, the Barbarian Titan stomped its four feet, using the Rockification skill. Instantly, the continuously collapsing ground rapidly solidified, turning into incredibly hard rock.
Due to the difference in growth levels, the Barbarian Titan, using the intermediate skill Rockification, managed to resist the combination skill ultimate technique, Endless Collapse, used by Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi's clones.
However, this did not scare Zheng Dong at all.
At this moment, Zheng Dong was fully prepared and intended to completely defeat Shen Xue.
He and Xiao Zi had each condensed 365 clones, including those that had been destroyed or depleted of energy earlier, all of which had been re-condensed.
Among them, thirty clones emerged from the ground and used the super-tier skill Absolute Darkness.
In an instant, the entire battle stage was covered by the dark domain formed by Absolute Darkness.
Shen Xue and the Barbarian Titan simultaneously lost their external sensory abilities, plunged into darkness, and could see nothing.
Because the Barbarian Titan only mastered two sensory skills, Super Vision and Olfactory Perception, in the dark domain formed by Absolute Darkness, they were completely useless.
Moreover, Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi's thirty clones simultaneously used Absolute Darkness. With the skills heavily layered, even with the Barbarian Titan's strength approaching General-class, it was of no use.
At this moment, Shen Xue panicked.
Although she liked to suppress with brute force and favored power-type pet beasts, deep down, she was very resistant to darkness.
Unfortunately, this was not the end.
Shen Xue's other thirty clones of Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi also emerged from the ground and used Abyssal Erosion.
Abyssal Erosion could continuously inflict damage on the Barbarian Titan, making both its body and spirit feel increasingly fatigued.
In addition, thirty clones remained underground to condense bizarre bombs, while the rest emerged from the ground and ascended into the air. They used the Replication skill to enlarge themselves, then used the super-tier skill Mount Tai Crushing, smashing down towards the Barbarian Titan.
As a result, Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi's clones, after enlarging, appeared like mountains, like shooting stars, smashing towards the Barbarian Titan.
The Barbarian Titan could not see anything and could only attack wildly in frustration.
However, it was all in vain. Soon, it was smashed head and bloodied, suffering heavy injuries.
This was only because the Barbarian Titan had thick skin. If it were any other pet beast, it would have likely fainted long ago.
As for Zheng Dong and Xiao Zi's clones, after using Replication and Mount Tai Crushing, they were also depleted and disappeared.
Only when the Barbarian Titan was on the verge of collapse did Zheng Dong have the remaining clones detonate the massive bizarre bombs that had been condensed.
With a thunderous roar, a mushroom cloud rose. The colossal Barbarian Titan was actually blown into the air and slammed heavily against the defensive barrier.
Startled, several nearby referees quickly ordered their pet beasts to reinforce the defensive barrier.
If the defensive barrier were to break, quite a few students would likely be injured.
With a bang, the Barbarian Titan fell to the ground, completely severely injured and unconscious. It also de-fused its combined state.
Instantly, everyone was shocked.
They had never expected Zheng Dong to win in such a manner.
It seemed that from beginning to end, Shen Xue had been led by the nose by Zheng Dong, remaining in a passive state.
Was this... still human?
It was simply a monster!
A beginner beast tamer had easily defeated an intermediate beast tamer, and this was even when all of the latter's pet beasts were deployed.
Even more terrifying was that Zheng Dong had won with only one Gold-Devouring Rat.
How could Shen Xue, who possessed three pet beasts of High Monarch-class racial level, bear this?
Everyone looked at Zheng Dong as if he were a monster.
Zheng Dong, however, was completely unconcerned.
Although he only had one pet beast.
However, by mastering the Divine level Shadow Clone and Earth Vein Resonance, he could continuously condense clones.
As long as the strength difference was not too great, he could use these clones to wear down the opponent.
Of course, in the face of absolute power, even numerous clones were useless.
Unfortunately, Shen Xue did not possess that capability yet.
However, Shen Xue was not ready to surrender just yet.
She felt that her defeat was too humiliating.
What was even more detestable was that Zheng Dong had kept her in darkness the entire time.
Enraged, Shen Xue roared:
"Bastard, I want to fight you one-on-one!"
At some point, Shen Xue held a large black hammer in her hand.
This was the Heroic Spirit, Mountain-Shattering Hammer, with a growth level of Extraordinary.
It was obtained by Shen Xue's sister, Shen Bing, using her beast-taming talent, Undead Awakening, to help Shen Xue obtain the Heroic Spirit.
There was no contract, but after being recognized as its master, it shared a symbiotic relationship with Shen Xue.
Therefore, Shen Xue could summon and use it at any time.
Facing the Mountain-Shattering Hammer thrown by Shen Xue, Zheng Dong was not flustered at all.
To everyone's shocked gaze, Zheng Dong grabbed Shen Xue's Mountain-Shattering Hammer with his bare hands.
Zheng Dong's body was even stronger than an Extraordinary-class pet beast.
His consumption of tonics was not in vain.
Furthermore, after Xiao Zi grew to Commander-class, the feedback of power had further strengthened his body.
After grabbing Shen Xue's Mountain-Shattering Hammer, Zheng Dong did not hesitate to throw Shen Xue, along with the Mountain-Shattering Hammer, heavily onto the ground.
This caused many of Shen Xue's supporters to widen their eyes and then curse loudly.
"Bastard, how can you bully Shen Xue like this!"
...
However, the furious Shen Xue quickly got up and continued to swing the Mountain-Shattering Hammer. Unfortunately, after trying five or six times, she was thrown away by Zheng Dong without hesitation each time, only then realizing the gap between herself and Zheng Dong.
She got up again and looked at Zheng Dong with a resentful gaze.
At this moment, her sister Shen Bing walked onto the battle stage.
"Let me avenge you!"