Its eyes refocused, bloodshot pupils fixed on the silver-blue figure in the air, a low growl rumbling in its throat.
But its body hadn't recovered from the impact of the Ice Blades; its limbs were stiff and its movements sluggish.
“Rockwing Giant Lizard, Rock Armor Protection!” Ji Hongyuan hastily commanded.
An earthy yellow halo once again appeared on the Rockwing Giant Lizard's scales, but this time, its glow was noticeably dimmer than at the start of the match.
Continuous high-intensity combat had significantly depleted its energy reserves, greatly reducing the effectiveness of Rock Armor Protection.
Ziyue gave it no chance to breathe.
“Ice Blast.”
The Rockwing Giant Lizard tried to ascend and dodge, but the frost at the base of its left wing prevented it from fully spreading, making its ascent far slower than at the start.
It could only barely maintain balance with its right wing, its entire body floating crookedly in the air.
The first ice crystal detonated beneath the Rockwing Giant Lizard's abdomen.
“Bang!”
Ice flakes scattered, and a chill spread from its abdomen to its limbs, causing the Rockwing Giant Lizard's body to stiffen slightly.
The second ice crystal detonated above its back.
“Bang!”
Frost covered its back, freezing the Rockwing Giant Lizard's spinal joints stiff. It tried to twist its body to adjust its posture, but the stiffness in its joints made its movements sluggish.
The third, fourth, fifth...
Ice crystals continuously detonated across various parts of the Rockwing Giant Lizard's body. Although not every one caused direct damage, the cold air and shockwaves generated by the explosions continuously eroded its body temperature and stamina.
The Rockwing Giant Lizard's breathing grew increasingly rapid, the white mist expelled from its nostrils condensing into tiny ice crystals in the Snowfall environment.
Ji Hongyuan's expression darkened completely.
The Rockwing Giant Lizard's stamina was almost depleted. The continuous drain from two stacks of Frostbite, combined with the relentless bombardment of Ice Blast, had pushed its energy reserves below the critical line.
As for the Silver Snow Fox, though its Ice Armor was severely damaged, it clearly retained a considerable amount of stamina and energy.
In the Snowfall environment, its Eternal Heart trait allowed it to continuously recover stamina after using Ice-type skills. Although the recovery speed wasn't fast, it was enough to sustain it through further combat.
They had to end this with a single strike.
“Rockwing Giant Lizard, Rock Cannon, maximum power!” Ji Hongyuan's voice held a hint of desperation.
The Rockwing Giant Lizard opened its mouth, and an earthy yellow glow condensed within it. This time, all its remaining energy was compressed into a single Rock Cannon.
Liu Yi watched the condensing light, rapidly calculating in her mind.
If this Rock Cannon landed a direct hit, Ziyue wouldn't be able to withstand it, even with her Ice Armor.
But the Rockwing Giant Lizard needed time to charge, and that time was her opportunity.
“Ziyue, Ice Spike, block all its evasion routes, then Extreme Cold Storm.”
Twelve massive Ice Spikes appeared out of thin air around the Rockwing Giant Lizard. Their tips glowed with dazzling cold light, like enormous ice spears, thrusting towards the Rockwing Giant Lizard from all directions.
In the Rockwing Giant Lizard's mouth, the light continued to condense.
It couldn't dodge, nor could it stop.
If it interrupted the Rock Cannon's charge, it wouldn't have enough energy to launch a second one.
“Rockwing Giant Lizard, endure!” Ji Hongyuan yelled through gritted teeth.
The Ice Spikes pierced the Rockwing Giant Lizard's body.
One pierced its left wing, frost spreading along the wing membrane towards its shoulder blade.
Another pierced its right hind leg, ice crystals exploding at the joint.
A third pierced its back, cold spreading along its spine to its entire body.
The Rockwing Giant Lizard's body trembled violently under the impact of the Ice Spikes, but the light in its mouth continued to condense, even brighter than before.
Ji Hongyuan's hand trembled, but he didn't call for a halt.
Rock Cannon, charge complete.
A beam of light erupted from the Rockwing Giant Lizard's mouth, blasting straight towards Ziyue.
At the same time, Ziyue's Extreme Cold Storm was also complete.
The beam of light and the ice storm collided head-on.
“Boom—!”
Light exploded, and shockwaves spread outwards, making the surrounding sea of clouds churn. Ice crystals and rock energy intertwined and collided in the air, erupting in dazzling white light and a deafening roar.
The shockwave sent Ziyue flying. She tumbled several times in the air, her Ice Armor completely shattered, her silver-blue fur covered in ice flakes and dust.
The Rockwing Giant Lizard fared no better. The aftermath of the Extreme Cold Storm struck its body, and frost rapidly spread over it, from its limbs to its torso, from its torso to its back, and from its back to its head.
Two figures, one silver-blue and one gray-brown, simultaneously fell from the sky.
Ziyue landed on the edge of the central main island, sliding two meters across the ice before stopping. Her body trembled slightly, her limbs lay limply on the ice, her purple eyes half-closed, and her breathing rapid and faint.
The Rockwing Giant Lizard crashed onto the right secondary island, its heavy body creating a shallow crater on the island's surface. Its left wing hung limply at its side, and the joint of its right hind leg was frozen solid, completely unable to bend.
The two pets, one on the left and one on the right, one high and one low, both lay collapsed on their respective floating islands.
The entire arena fell silent.
The referee's mechanical voice finally broke the silence.
“Rockwing Giant Lizard is incapacitated! Silver Snow Fox is incapacitated!”
“Both sides’ first pets are simultaneously incapacitated. Please send out your second pets.”
Ji Hongyuan stood on his maglev skateboard, his gaze fixed on the frost-covered Rockwing Giant Lizard on the right secondary island.
The base of the Rockwing Giant Lizard's left wing was pierced by an Ice Spike, and frost spread along the wing membrane to its shoulder blade, freezing the entire left wing into a stiff sheet of ice.
The joint of its right hind leg had been torn open by Frozen Bite, and ice crystals had seeped from the wound into the bone marrow, causing that leg to completely lose its supportive strength.
Several scales on its back had been shattered by Ice Spikes, revealing the dark red flesh beneath, and frost had condensed into a thin ice shell around the wounds.
Its breathing was weak and rapid, the white mist expelled from its nostrils condensing into tiny ice crystals in the Snowfall environment, falling onto the ground before it, forming a small pile of white frost.
Ji Hongyuan took a deep breath, raised his right hand, and recalled the Rockwing Giant Lizard to his Beast Taming Space.
In the spectator stands, murmurs rose.
“The Rockwing Giant Lizard actually went down... that Silver Snow Fox swapped it out.”
“Both are incapacitated simultaneously, now it's up to the second pets.”
“Ji Hongyuan’s Windbell Bird is Junior stage, right? Liu Yi’s Moling Dragon is Intermediate stage, how can he win this?”
Ji Hongyuan stood on his maglev skateboard, his gaze shifting from where the Rockwing Giant Lizard had disappeared to the opposite floating island.
Liu Yi was kneeling beside Ziyue.
“You worked hard,” she said softly. “You fought very well.”
Ziyue's ears twitched, and her tail swayed gently.
With a thought, Liu Yi recalled Ziyue to her Beast Taming Space.
She stood up, raised her right hand, and a dark figure leaped from her Beast Taming Space, hovering steadily above the central main island.
Chiying.
Its crimson eyes swept across the entire battle zone, from the floating island on the left with the crater blasted by the Rock Cannon, to the secondary island on the right still covered in ice crystals, finally resting on the figure standing on the maglev skateboard opposite.
Its posture was composed, its breathing steady.
The murmurs in the spectator stands gradually subsided, and all eyes focused on the dark figure.
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