Beast taming, starting from zero point-Chapter 174 - 165 Black Gaze

Chapter 174: Chapter 165 Black Gaze

The Three-eyed Spectral Cicada is one of the more troublesome high-level spectral-type pet beasts.

While most pet beasts grow larger as they evolve, a small portion doesn’t change much in size; some even shrink after evolution.

Generally, the larger the pet beast, the stronger its power, meaning that even if its speed remains unchanged, it’s more likely to be hit due to its larger size.

From the perspective of the natural world, larger pet beasts have significant advantages in both offense and defense.

However, this is not absolute, and victory among pet beasts is not determined by size alone.

Many small-sized pet beasts can unleash powerful attacks and nimbly dodge incoming blows due to their diminutive statures.

The Three-eyed Spectral Cicada belongs to this category.

As the Shadow Ball was about to crash down upon his head, Qiao Sang, holding Xiao Xunbao, swiftly dodged to the side with a lateral leap.

But before the Shadow Ball could completely descend, a blazing jet of flame sprayed out from the other side, colliding with it in midair.

“Boom!!!”

A shudder ran through the air, and the exploding fire was dazzling to the eyes.

The clash of the two energies was dominated by red.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Sang was startled. He turned his head to the side and saw Yaobao baring its fangs fiercely at the Three-eyed Spectral Cicada.

Upon closer inspection, the Doppelganger Puppet was already lying on the ground with its eyes closed.

Damn! Yaobao is awesome! Qiao Sang’s face lit up with joy, and he swiftly jumped several meters to the side.

With the Doppelganger Puppet out of the picture, and only the Three-eyed Spectral Cicada left, there seemed a chance for victory. Considering the recent clash, this particular Three-eyed Spectral Cicada’s Shadow Ball seemed of low proficiency.

Qiao Sang began to reflect; she had been mistaken earlier. No matter how high the level of a pet beast, as long as one possessed high proficiency in skills and a wide array of them, it was easy to overcome an opponent of a higher level.

Moreover, Yaobao now mastered Mars Rain, a skill not even all high-level fire attribute beasts could learn.

As Qiao Sang reflected, Yaobao’s fangs were already enveloped in flames, and it fiercely lunged towards the Three-eyed Spectral Cicada in mid-air.

“Yan yan.”

The Three-eyed Spectral Cicada chose not to dodge but instead, the third eye in the center of its forehead suddenly opened wide, emitting a purple glow.

Yaobao’s expression froze, and its lunging motion halted; a wave of fear suddenly surged in its heart.

“Yaobao!!”

Yaobao stepped back, its fur bristling, and its fierce expression turned to alarm and caution.

That’s because, in its line of sight, the Three-eyed Spectral Cicada’s facial features had suddenly vanished, reminding it of those horror movies it had seen… the human without facial features.

“What’s wrong with the Flame Listening Dog?” Fang Sisi clutched at her heart, her face pale.

Holy mother of God! She had lived for all of 15 years and never experienced such a thrilling scene!

First, the Doppelganger Puppet popped up out of nowhere, followed by the sudden appearance of the Three-eyed Spectral Cicada, every one of them a wild spectral-type beast capable of attacking humans.

When she saw the newly emerged Three-eyed Spectral Cicada launch an attack toward Qiao Sang, she was nearly scared to pee herself.

Fortunately, the Treasure-seeking Ghost blocked it, and before she could recover from the shock, she saw the Three-eyed Spectral Cicada toss another Shadow Ball at Qiao Sang, closely followed by a jet of flame exploding in front of her.

And after, she witnessed the Doppelganger Puppet getting knocked down while the Flame Listening Dog bravely attacked the Three-eyed Spectral Cicada, you can imagine how excited she was!

But now the Flame Listening Dog seemed to have suddenly lost its nerve, and her emotions were fluctuating so wildly it was nearly giving her a heart attack.

“Qiao Sang, think of something quick! The Flame Listening Dog can’t falter now. If it loses, we’ll only have the Cotton Caterpillar left, and we can’t count on it. It’d be a waste of energy for the Spectral Cicada to even throw a skill at it,” Fang Sisi said, her voice trembling.

“Segment.”

“Segment Segment.”

The Cotton Caterpillar nodded its head frantically, indicating agreement.

Looking at the scene before him, Qiao Sang said, “Yaobao will be fine. It was just the Spectral Cicada’s ‘Eye of Fear’ taking effect. With Yaobao’s temperament, it should recover quickly.”

The ‘Eye of Fear,’ an intermediate skill, can conjure the deepest fears in its opponent’s heart; the smaller the courage of the opponent, the greater is its effect.

In Qiao Sang’s view, his Yaobao was one of the bravest out there.

He had thought that encountering Spectral-type pets in the confined room would scare it, but it didn’t seem frightened at all. It started by kicking the Doppelganger Puppet’s head without even looking back, and when it met the Dreamless Doll, it only had a slightly different reaction at first. Against the Spectral Cicada, it took the initiative to attack.

The ‘Eye of Fear’ should definitely be something it could recover from soon.

Yaobao, with its fur standing on end, stared intently at the Spectral Cicada, which it now perceived as having no facial features.

“Eye Eye.”

The Spectral Cicada opened its mouth, and a purple energy wave about one meter in diameter spewed out, rimmed with several strands of black energy that felt chillingly ominous.

Yaobao’s eyes narrowed. Instinctively, it shot out a robust Flame Vortex to counter it, but its inner fear caused it to release the skill just a split second too late.

By the time the Flame Vortex was launched, the purple energy was just over two meters away from it.

The purple energy instantly overpowered the Flame Vortex and then rushed towards Yaobao.

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“It’s ‘Evil Fluctuation.’

As Qiao Sang spoke, the ‘Evil Fluctuation’ hit the ground, causing the concrete to cave in, leaving countless spiderweb-like cracks.

Where Yaobao had been, there was now no sign.

“Eye Eye.”

The Spectral Cicada paused, then turned to look at Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly formed hand seals. Yaobao reappeared in front of the Spectral Cicada from within the gray Star Array.

Seeing Yaobao, no longer puffed with fur and recovered, Qiao Sang felt a sense of relief.

When the skills clashed, she had sensed something was off, so she had promptly summoned Yaobao back. Her judgment had proven correct.

The power of ‘Evil Fluctuation’ was above that of the Flame Vortex.

“Ya!”

Yaobao glared angrily at the Spectral Cicada as soon as it reappeared and immediately lunged with ‘Flame Tooth,’ attacking again.

However, it hit nothing but air. The Spectral Cicada turned invisible and disappeared from view.

Qiao Sang’s expression turned grave; this was not Teleportation but simply invisibility. The Spectral Cicada had just moved swiftly enough to evade Yaobao’s attack.

Out of everyone’s sight, the Spectral Cicada’s three eyes opened wide, and an invisible force filled the sewer.

If Qiao Sang could see, he would understand why the pets couldn’t be summoned back in the observation room. The skill used by the Spectral Cicada now was ‘Shadowy Gaze,’ which made it so that pets couldn’t be summoned back at will.

While ‘Shadowy Gaze’ usually locked on to just one pet, the Spectral Cicada’s version could cover the entire confined room. The skill’s mastery level had to be at least grand achievement.

After releasing ‘Shadowy Gaze,’ the Spectral Cicada turned its gaze toward Qiao Sang.