Chapter 28: Victory! Wild Imagination Or Logical Progression? Either Way, A New Skill!
The macaque was flung spinning dizzily, flying backward.
But Big Willow wasn’t faring much better either; two of the six willow threads entangling the macaque had snapped.
Ge Bai looked at the willow thread fragments on the ground, feeling another pang of heartache, and couldn’t help but place one hand on Big Willow’s trunk.
Although she knew injuries were inevitable in pet beast battles, experiencing it for the first time still felt uncomfortable.
The moment she flung the macaque, Ge Bai realized that Big Willow’s strength was limited at present and couldn’t directly fling the macaque out of the venue to end the battle.
The macaque flying in the air also showed good combat awareness, doing its best to adjust its posture.
It barely landed on the edge of the arena.
After landing, its body tilted and it rolled backward two times.
“Mi Xiong, get up, one more round.”
Zhang He crouched down and encouraged it.
The macaque shook its head and landed on all fours again, assuming a charging posture.
This wasn’t going to work.
Ge Bai knew that if it turned into a turn-based stalemate battle, it wouldn’t be advantageous for Big Willow; she needed to find a way to break the deadlock.
Got it!
A flash of inspiration hit, and Ge Bai pulled up the Spirit Plant Cultivation Atlas, quickly glancing at it.
[Skills: Willow Whip-Proficient (21/200); Wind Blade-Proficient (37/200)]
Wind Blade proficiency was sufficient to give it a try.
“Big Willow, don’t rush, focus and gather your power, unleash as many wind blades as you can with full effort.
“Wind blades in pairs crossing like a grid, launch them in a mesh pattern.”
Ge Bai issued the command as concisely, clearly, and explicitly as possible.
“Liu Gu!”
At this moment, human and tree seemed to be in perfect sync.
Although it was the first time hearing this method of using wind blade, Big Willow accurately understood Ge Bai’s intention.
Plus, with his nonstop practice and battles over the past two days, he had gained some understanding of wind blade.
Big Willow calmed down and tried his best.
On the other side of the arena, the macaque had adjusted itself and charged again.
5 meters.
At first, wary of Big Willow’s wind blade attacks, the macaque remained cautious, advancing in an S-shaped zigzag.
10 meters.
No wind blade? The macaque was puzzled, lowering its body, maintaining speed but growing even more careful.
15 meters.
In the previous round, when the macaque rushed here, Big Willow had already unleashed two rounds of wind blades, but now, he was still gathering power.
“Mi Xiong, be careful.”
Zhang He also sensed something off, but such a good offensive opportunity couldn’t be missed.
Ge Bai clenched her left fist tightly, extremely tense.
She wasn’t sure at this point if Big Willow’s skill would succeed.
If not, she would need to concede in time to end the battle.
19 meters.
One more step, and the macaque would reach Big Willow’s wildly dancing willow threads.
“Now!”
Ge Bai shouted loudly to remind Big Willow.
Big Willow’s flying willow threads all flashed with spiritual light, and 8 wind blades launched in pairs intersecting, forming a 3×3 grid like a net, smashing toward the macaque.
This wasn’t just a simple addition of wind blade quantities; the overlapping blades exponentially increased the attack area and attack power.
“Mi Xiong!”
Seeing this, Zhang He grew anxious inside—it’s over.
The macaque was struck dead-on by Big Willow’s wind blade net.
It wasn’t that he wasn’t agile enough; the distance was too close, and the net was truly unavoidable.
The wind blade net, infused with wind attribute spiritual power, whistled forth, and the macaque was sent crashing to the ground upon impact.
Although it blocked with both arms in front, visible bloodstains appeared extensively across its body.
Monkey fur scattered everywhere, and it crashed heavily back at Zhang He’s feet, looking very disheveled.
This time after falling, the macaque struggled but didn’t get up immediately.
Ran Cai Jiao observed the venue and calmly blew the whistle.
“Three-second countdown: three, two, one.”
“Left side signals!”
Zhang He had already picked up the macaque to check its injuries, raising his hand without looking up, “We concede!”
Ran Cai Jiao blew the whistle again and announced: “Right side wins!”
Ge Bai let out a long breath of relief.
At that moment, the system sound suddenly rang out.
“Ding, congratulations to the host.”
“Species: Weeping Ancient Willow, learned new skill: Wind Weave Domain, proficiency: Beginner (1/100).”
Ge Bai was delighted inside.
The skill awakened at contracting time, Storm Willow Blade Hammer, hadn’t been learned yet, and now it had developed another new skill.
What a pleasant surprise.
No, Ge Bai always overthought things with the system.
“System! That’s not right! Big Willow just used the Entangle skill too.”
Ge Bai started quibbling.
The system gave no response.
“Don’t play dead, system, give me an explanation.”
“Hey! I’m calling you, I know you can hear me, say something!”
Ge Bai persistently called out to the system.
Perhaps seeing how persistent Ge Bai was this time, the system paused for a moment before vaguely responding.
“Weeping Ancient Willow, skill proficiency: Willow Whip-Proficient (53/200).”
The system was like a clam that wouldn’t open—like a gourd with a sawed-off mouth—just that one sentence, refusing to say more.
Ge Bai pursed her lips; she understood.
The system had counted the willow threads’ entangle as another form of Willow Whip usage.
The skill points were also reflected in the significant rise of Willow Whip proficiency.
Willow Whip probably had an advanced version of higher skills, but not in the Entangle direction; she’d need to explore further.
Thinking about how the system knew everything but said nothing made Ge Bai grit her teeth in frustration.
Having comprehended a new skill, Big Willow also sensed it.
“Bai Bai, this seems like a new skill, I can feel it!”
Ge Bai patted Big Willow and went around to check the wounds on its trunk.
“Yes, it’s called Wind Weave Domain.”
“I think once you’re proficient, the wind net’s range and attack power will both get stronger.”
Big Willow ignored the pain for now and began gesticulating excitedly.
Ge Bai patted Big Willow, preparing to have him transform back to mini form.
As she rummaged for healing-type nutrient solution, she saw Ran Cai Jiao walking toward them.
“Hold on, let the healer cast a healing spell on the Weeping Ancient Willow.”
As soon as she spoke, a young man in martial arts school uniform, leading a pure white pygmy marmoset, walked over.
It was more like the youth held his palm flat, and the half-palm-sized pygmy marmoset clung to his fingers, dangling and swinging from the fingertip.
Upon approaching, the marmoset nimbly swung its arm, surging with a large amount of spiritual power; a white glow rich in life attribute flew from its fingertip, enveloping Big Willow.
Big Willow’s trunk wounds slowly healed, and the broken willow threads rapidly sprouted new tender buds.
Ge Bai looked at the pygmy marmoset curiously; this was a pet beast she wasn’t too familiar with.
“Can they use healing skills even in mini form?”
The healing was still ongoing, and the youth had time to answer.
“No, the Holy Pygmy Marmoset is this size; it’s an auxiliary pet beast specialized in healing skills.”
Ge Bai was still puzzled.
“Aren’t you a martial arts school focused on giant apes? Spirit beast healing spells work on spirit plants too?”
Such detailed knowledge was indeed beyond Ge Bai’s understanding.
This time, Ran Cai Jiao provided the answer.
“Of course, spirit plant healing and spirit beast healing skills are both fundamentally life attribute skills and are universal.”
“It’s just that different healing skills have varying effects on different categories of pet beasts.”
“The Holy Pygmy Marmoset’s healing skills are particularly effective on ape-type pet beasts, so our martial arts school’s healers all contract Holy Pygmy Marmosets.”
On the other side of the arena, Mi Xiong had also fully recovered with the healer’s help, and Zhang He directly recalled him to the spiritual consciousness space to rest.
Big Willow’s treatment was also successfully completed; seeing Big Willow mostly recovered, Ge Bai finally relaxed, bowing gratefully to the healer.
There was another battle tomorrow, completely different from this one over the past two days.
