Crazy! Are You Really A Beast Tamer?

Chapter 1034: Chapter 493: Cage Rod Strikes!_2

Yu Lili was exceedingly arrogant, but she hadn’t actually considered taking out Hu Tao in a quick kill to end the battle.

Yu Lili knew very well that the longer the duel dragged on, the more it benefitted her.

With every extra minute, a large influx of viewers would pour into her live stream.

Yu Lili planned to have the Dark Egret Leopard and the two Shadow Flame Bats kill the Barrier Silver Phoenix, a Guardian Beast that had fought alongside Jianmu numerous times.

Otherwise, Yu Lili could have simply allowed the two Shadow Flame Bats to bypass the Barrier Silver Phoenix, targeting Hu Tao as the main assault objective.

Hu Tao methodically had the Barrier Silver Phoenix apply the Skill [Firm Protection] on herself.

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Through its Exclusive Feature [Thorny Feather Crown], the Barrier Silver Phoenix received half the damage while protecting its target.

Simultaneously with the activation of the Exclusive Feature [Thorny Feather Crown], [Suffering Siphon] was also activated.

[Suffering Siphon] allowed the Barrier Silver Phoenix to absorb damage based on the severity of the injuries whenever it or its protected target was hurt,

transforming it into life energy for self-healing.

Dark flames burned on the Barrier Silver Phoenix’s silvery City Wings; due to City Wing’s effect, as they were attacked by elemental assaults, these attacks charged up its energy.

Thus it effectively resisted the shadow erosion from the Dark Egret Leopard.

Yu Lili initially didn’t recognize Hu Tao; instead, it was the barrage of comments in the live stream that identified Hu Tao’s identity.

Yu Lili hadn’t anticipated that Hu Tao’s defensive type Guardian Beast would be so troublesome.

Her attacks, although powerful, hardly inflicted significant damage on the silver phoenix bird.

Instead, the phoenix bird used her attacks to fortify its defense against her!

Not only did Yu Lili, who was battling Hu Tao, feel a surge of surprise, the audience that had been watching Hu Tao’s stream also felt the same.

Because Fang Mu was overly dominant in battles, Hu Tao was just a backdrop while guarding and assisting Fang Mu,

which made it hard to recognize Hu Tao’s brilliance.

However, it was only when Hu Tao stood out on her own that people suddenly realized how outstanding she truly was!

Hu Tao had been severely underestimated all this while!

This Guardian Beast, which also had the Barrier Sparrow and Phoenix bloodlines, was no different.

Yet, this Guardian Beast could only ensure Hu Tao’s non-defeat; it was clearly impossible for Hu Tao to win against opponents with it.

Her opponent had clearly realized this and had already begun directing the Dark Egret Leopard and the Shadow Flame Bats to launch a full-scale attack on Hu Tao herself.

The surging dark flames no longer attacked the Barrier Silver Phoenix exclusively,

but split some of their force toward Hu Tao.

The Dark Egret Leopard also unleashed its killing move [Dark Egret Claws].

[Dark Egret Claws] represented the highest application of dark energy by the Dark Egret Leopard.

It could form claw blades out of thin air to attack the target anywhere its shadow energy had spread.

[Dark Egret Claws] had the effects of tearing, causing bleeding, and erosion, making it extremely lethal.

When the Dark Egret Leopard was willing to expend more of its own energy, it could continuously launch several attacks at one position.

Yu Lili had several times relied on this ability of the Dark Egret Leopard to defeat opponents stronger than herself.

With the Dark Egret Leopard continuously launching [Dark Egret Claws], the shield wrapped around Hu Tao by the Barrier Silver Phoenix might hardly withstand it.

Actually, Hu Tao did not want to expose the Barrier Silver Phoenix’s Legendary Quality obtained Exclusive Feature [Barrier Protection].

[Barrier Protection] could explode a shield to apply a special barrier for the target when it sustains an overwhelming attack.

This barrier could block a blow that does not exceed its own damage threshold.

This ability could deliver the greatest effect when used without the enemy’s knowledge.

Furthermore, with the [Dark Egret Claws] striking continuously, Hu Tao relying on [Barrier Protection] for defense was indeed insufficient.

A melodious bird call sounded in front of Hu Tao.

Hu Tao didn’t directly summon the Retrace Sparrow Demon, but instead allowed it to undergo Instrumentalization.

The Instrumentalization ability of the Retrace Sparrow Demon took Hu Tao by surprise.

At that moment, Hu Tao held a long staff in her hands, at the front of which hung a bell-shaped birdcage.

However, the cage did not imprison a bird but a short-haired fairy with a pair of wings.

This little fairy looked exceptionally cute, holding a pocket watch and murmuring to herself.

From time to time, she affectionately looked at Hu Tao inside the cage.

Fairy bloodlines had always been highly sought after in the Beastmaster world.

For one, it was due to the beauty of fairies.

Secondly, it also had a lot to do with the upper limits of a fairy’s bloodline.

Unlike the age division, the single-player division in the Battle Network could not use spiritual instruments.

The long cage rod in Hu Tao’s hand was clearly visible to the discerning eye as having been instrumentalized from a fairy type Guardian Beast.

This was the first time Hu Tao had revealed her second Guardian Beast in a livestream.

The chat room immediately exploded into intense discussion.

[Flower Chime Grass]: Little Peach actually has another Guardian Beast! The quality of this beast must be extremely high! It’s obviously not a newly contracted beast of Little Peach.

In the challenging environment of improving Beast Quality for a Beast Master, everyone subconsciously thought one thing:

That upgrading the strength of a Beast Master’s Guardian Beast was a relatively slow process.

A high-quality Guardian Beast required the Beast Master to spend a lot of resources, effort, and time.

No one guessed that this Retrace Sparrow Demon was indeed just contracted by Hu Tao a few hours ago and was then immediately nurtured by Fang Mu.

Onlookers were marveling that Hu Tao had another Guardian Beast.

Those who knew the ropes were focused on how Hu Tao managed to possess a fairy during the early stages of the Golden Stage!

Previously, some well-known scholars had published a paper that was selected into the Beast Observation journal.

This paper explicitly stated that if there was a fairy at the Golden Stage, it must surely be at the peak of the Golden Stage.

Hu Tao’s fairy, clearly in the early stages of the Golden Stage, made the paper published by several renowned scholars seem somewhat ridiculous.

[Moon Tianuo]: What the heck? Even Golden Stage fairies are coming out! If we advance in this way, wouldn’t it mean reaching the Diamond Rank could sprout two pairs of wings and become a Four-winged Fairy!?

[Chalk]: Not only is there a Golden Stage fairy, but the exclusive feature of this Golden Stage fairy, Instrumentalization, has turned out to be a weapon! What kind of luck is that!

When Hu Tao let the Retrace Sparrow Demon undergo Instrumentalization, she sneakily glanced at the barrage.

Seeing comments like those from [Chalk], Hu Tao couldn’t help but stick out her tongue.

The luckiest thing wasn’t that the exclusive feature [Instrumentalization] of the Retrace Sparrow Demon had turned into a weapon.

It was that during the promotion to Legendary Quality, the Retrace Sparrow Demon had acquired the exclusive feature [Possession].

[Possession] allowed the Beast Master to merge with the Guardian Beast, not only inheriting the abilities of the Possessed Beast but also gaining the same defensive effects and energy.

This spared Hu Tao, as a Defensive Beastmaster, from being an easy target for enemies in battle, completely resolving the issue of the Beastmaster’s inherent fragility.

However, in the current battle against Yu Lili, there was no need for Hu Tao to let the Retrace Sparrow Demon possess her.

Hu Tao raised the cage rod in her hand; the Retrace Sparrow Demon first looked towards the Barrier Silver Phoenix, then towards Hu Tao herself.

Hu Tao and Barrier Silver Phoenix had two special shields formed around them.

The Barrier Silver Phoenix then added another layer of [Firm Protection] onto Hu Tao.

Then, it once again used the skill [City Wing], positioning one wing in front of Hu Tao.

The energy accumulated on City Wing erupted with intense vibrations, resisting the shadows from the Dark Egret Leopard’s attack.

When Yu Lili saw that Hu Tao had summoned another fairy-type Guardian Beast, she realized the bad news.

She was already having difficulty dealing with the previous silver Luan Bird,

Now that Hu Tao had summoned another Guardian Beast, she had gone from having an advantage to being at a disadvantage.

Yu Lili, who was adept at seizing opportunities, unleashed attacks from the Dark Egret Leopard and two Shadow Flame Bats towards Hu Tao and Barrier Silver Phoenix.

In that moment, Yu Lili felt some annoyance.

If only she could master a mystic pattern related to Dark Attribute!

This would at least boost the power of the Dark Egret Leopard and Shadow Flame Bat combination by thirty percent!

Just as Yu Lili was about to check if her attack had been effective, she felt as if her spirit was being hammered by eight hundred strongmen.