CHAPTER 355: CHAPTER 297: END CAT’S GAME (REQUESTING MONTHLY TICKETS~)

"Ni Ni, use the Giant Water Orb!"

The moment the fluorescent text dissipated, Qian Rui immediately issued an order to his Spiritual Beast.

The water around the Blade Tooth Sea Lion surged, quickly condensing into a gigantic water orb with a diameter of 5 meters.

Once the gigantic water orb was formed, it did not attack, but instead enveloped the Blade Tooth Sea Lion at its center.

From prior information from other trialists, Qian Rui knew that the first trial’s End Cat was an extremely formidable assassin-type Spiritual Beast.

Most challenging Spiritual Beasts were unable to sense its presence until the very moment it attacked.

Darkness, and being a Shadow Spiritual Beast, was its home field.

The sea lion’s sensory abilities would be greatly weakened, while the End Cat would be almost unaffected.

Therefore, at the very start of the trial, Qian Rui made the Blade Tooth Sea Lion create a large water orb around itself.

If the End Cat wanted to attack the Blade Tooth Sea Lion, it would have to pass through the water.

This way, the Blade Tooth Sea Lion could detect the exact location of the opponent through the changes in the water flow!

Facing a powerful enemy, although Qian Rui’s face was stern, there was more confidence.

This was related to his past experience and exceptionally rigorous training.

As long as there was a slightest chance, he would not give up!

"Moli, target the weak point!"

While the Blade Tooth Sea Lion was forming the water orb, Chen Mo also issued an attack order through mental connection.

The opposing Blade Tooth Sea Lion’s level was at the Transcendent Seventh Stage, but to better hone its own abilities, the End Cat controlled its Spiritual Power strength to be around the Transcendent Sixth Rank.

Concealing its aura, silent stepping, targeting the weak point.

A set of basic, fluid combinations was executed, and deep in the shadows, the End Cat quickly approached the Blade Tooth Sea Lion without making a sound.

When it was less than 10 meters away, the End Cat noticed the giant water orb around the Blade Tooth Sea Lion, but did not stop its charge.

The Phantom Cat Emperor had taught it that as an "assassin," the last thing you want is to be indecisive.

Once you decide to strike, do not overthink; focus solely on your target.

Hiss!

The claws tore through the water flow, the End Cat’s paws striking towards the neck of the Blade Tooth Sea Lion with extreme speed.

Even if the opponent detected its position through the water flow, a perfect weak point strike doesn’t need even half a second from release to hitting its mark!

The opponent wouldn’t be able to react in time!

If nothing unexpected happened, this Blade Tooth Sea Lion should be eliminated directly after this.

However, at the very last moment before the End Cat’s claws landed, the Blade Tooth Sea Lion miraculously completed a sideways shift, enduring the "weak point strike" with its back, while a pre-charged Water Teeth struck down towards the End Cat.

When the Blade Tooth Sea Lion wrapped itself with the water orb, it did not launch an attack immediately; instead, it quietly stayed in place, intently "listening" to every slight change in the water flow.

From the descriptions of previous challengers, Qian Rui had roughly understood the attack pattern of the End Cat; the first round of attack usually targeted the most vulnerable part of the challenging Spiritual Beast.

The most vulnerable part of the Blade Tooth Sea Lion was undoubtedly its neck.

This meant that by moving immediately at the moment it sensed the change in the water flow, it could avoid attacks to the weakest part and thus avoid being defeated.

And it seemed that the trial had considerations about possibly risking the lives of the challenger’s Spiritual Beasts, meaning the End Cat’s first weak point strike would not be very strong.

Unless it hit a critical part, other areas being struck wouldn’t be much of an issue.

So, right from the start, Qian Rui decided to let his Blade Tooth Sea Lion trade blows for blows.

He acknowledged that all these tactical maneuvers involved some element of gambling, but he succeeded!

Yet the next second, the figure of the End Cat disappeared like a phantom.

Pfft—

The Water Teeth missed!

The End Cat’s reaction was equally astounding, immediately releasing Stealth Shadow and diving into the shadows, evading the Water Teeth of the Blade Tooth Sea Lion.

"Moli, use Shadow Clone, then Stealth Shadow!"

Feeling that this Blade Tooth Sea Lion had some strength, Chen Mo also started to get serious.

In the darkness, the End Cat split into three—one main body and two shadow clones attacking the Blade Tooth Sea Lion from three directions simultaneously.

After this period of practice, Moli had mastered the high-tier Shadow Spiritual Power technique Shadow Clone to an expert level.

She could now congeal two shadow clones simultaneously, and these clones also possessed a certain amount of combat power.

Like reaching a perfectly fluent level, they could even leverage the Shadow Spiritual Power to switch between the shadow clones and the main body.

This was akin to the effect of a substitution, which could be used to dodge deadly attacks.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The sounds of rushing water simultaneously reached the ears of the Blade Tooth Sea Lion, which without any hesitation, sprang toward one of the dark shadows on instinct.

In a critical moment, unable to discern which shadow was real, it could only gamble—there was at least a one-third chance of guessing correctly!

As for the attacks from the End Cat, since it couldn’t dodge them anyway, it completely stopped considering them.

Hiss—

Accompanied by a somewhat sharp and piercing sound, the End Cat’s claws left a bone-deep gash on the back of the Blade Tooth Sea Lion.

Simultaneously, a blue phantom appeared from the Water-element Spiritual Power coalescing at the tail of the Blade Tooth Sea Lion, crashing heavily onto the End Cat.

Moli instinctively used Instant Thunder Flash, but it was slightly too slow; the side of her body was swept by the blue giant tail phantom.