Chapter 27: Medium Macaque? Let’s Give It A Try!
After stepping onto the arena, Zhang He also summoned his Pet Beast.
A juvenile Flat-topped Bear Macaque.
Classified as a medium-sized ape in academic terms, renowned for its speed and agility, but its strength is also not to be underestimated.
Some well-cultivated ones that have good synergy with their Beast Tamer can go head-to-head with large apes.
After being summoned, the Macaque was somewhat listless, let out a long yawn, hugged Zhang He tightly, and buried its head in his body.
It was obvious that the clingy monkey was tired.
Zhang He was somewhat helpless, took out a tube of Nutrient Solution and two Purple Ling Fruits, and fed them to the Macaque.
“Mi Xiong, be good, one more battle, this is the last one today.”
Seeing the Nutrient Solution and fruits, the Macaque perked up and quickly stuffed them into its mouth.
“Eat well and fight with all your heart, no fruits tomorrow if you lose.”
“Ao?”
The Macaque widened its eyes? How could it deduct the monkey’s fruits? Too much.
While protesting to its Beast Tamer, it turned sideways to look toward Ge Bai, sizing up its opponent for a moment.
At this time, Big Willow also directly transformed into its normal form at one end of the venue.
Seeing a willow tree standing on the arena, the Macaque was somewhat puzzled.
Zhang He had to explain in detail to it about this Weeping Ancient Willow and Liu Gu’s skills.
Ge Bai wasn’t in a hurry either, standing beside Big Willow, also talking about the characteristics of the Flat-topped Bear Macaque.
“Don’t be nervous, Big Willow, do your best.”
Her tone unconsciously carried some gravity.
She could tell that although both were Spirit Beast juveniles, the opposing Macaque was more than one level stronger than Jiang Yan’s Porcupine Beast.
Ran Cai Jiao very consciously stood at the referee position on the center extension line of the arena, and took out a whistle from her pocket.
Seeing that both sides had finished communicating with their Pet Beasts, she blew the whistle.
“Are both sides ready?”
Zhang He raised his hand to signal, and Ge Bai mimicked Zhang He’s action, signaling as well.
After seeing this, Ran Cai Jiao raised both hands flat, then raised one hand high, forcefully swiped it down, and blew the whistle again—this was the standard referee signal for an arena competition.
The battle began.
The instant the whistle sounded, the Macaque rushed toward Big Willow.
Unlike the Porcupine Beast, this movement was too fast; the Macaque that had just looked lazy and scattered leaped out, gaze resolute, advancing forward in an S-shape.
Of course, Big Willow’s reaction wasn’t slow either, quickly flinging three Wind Blades forward.
Pa, pa.
Regrettably, the first two Wind Blades missed entirely, but they startled the Macaque, causing its forward steps to unconsciously falter.
It paused for a moment.
The third Wind Blade struck the Macaque’s left leg; the Macaque nimbly rolled to the right side, shaking its left leg.
But visibly, a blood mark appeared on its left leg.
Ge Bai’s expression darkened slightly; after this initial clash, she had a judgment of this opponent.
After meeting the Wind Blade head-on, the injury wasn’t heavy; this Macaque’s Defense Power was average, but not bad.
What was praiseworthy was its astonishing speed; Attack Power wasn’t clear yet, but its Combat Awareness was excellent.
Overall, much stronger than the Porcupine Beast.
As expected of a Pet Beast professionally trained at the Martial Arts School.
Zhang He also clearly issued commands from the back.
“Mi Xiong, don’t panic, advance circuitously, watch out for dodging Wind Blades.”
“Ao!”
The Macaque responded and didn’t rush forward; instead, it veered to the right front.
When the path shifted from longitudinal to transverse, the difficulty of Big Willow’s Wind Blades hitting obviously increased.
Pa, pa, pa.
The Macaque was extremely cautious now, with no intention of advancing, fully focused on dodging Wind Blades.
One, two, three.
All three Wind Blades were dodged by the Macaque.
From charging to firing Wind Blades in a burst, Big Willow could generally only fire three per group.
Taking advantage of the gap while Big Willow was charging, the Macaque quickly adjusted its posture and charged forward.
Ge Bai calculated Big Willow’s charging time and the Macaque’s speed.
She accurately judged that after this round of Wind Blades, whether they hit or not, the Macaque would break through to Big Willow’s close range.
She didn’t really want to test the Attack Power of a medium-sized ape with the tree trunk’s hardness.
She had to think of something.
Pa, pa, pa, pa.
Ge Bai’s eyes lit up; this round was four Wind Blades.
Big Willow’s Wind Blade had improved again, had it broken through?
No time to open the Spirit Plant Cultivation Atlas, Ge Bai focused entirely on the battlefield.
“Dodge!”
Zhang He shouted loudly.
The Macaque gave up advancing and once again fully dodged the Wind Blades.
But three consecutive rounds of high-intensity jumping and dodging were a huge burden for it.
This time’s movements were far less agile and relaxed than before.
After barely dodging three Wind Blades, the fourth Wind Blade went straight for the Macaque’s face.
Seeing it couldn’t dodge, the Macaque quickly crossed its arms in front of its body.
It hard-blocked a Wind Blade, then rolled backward to dissipate the force.
Impressive.
Although it was the opponent, Ge Bai couldn’t help but praise the Macaque’s reaction.
The training marks were so obvious; was this the level of a new Martial Arts School student after one month?
“Big Willow, prepare Willow Whip.”
Ge Bai determined there wasn’t enough time for Big Willow to charge another wave of Wind Blades.
“Liu Gu.”
On the other side of the arena, Zhang He’s voice was also exceptionally clear.
“Mi Xiong, steady.”
Don’t let Zhang He’s baby face fool you; his attack commands were issued very steadily.
After rolling, the Macaque leaped up, steadied itself, ignored the blood marks on its arms, and immediately charged forward.
In just two steps, it successfully crashed into Big Willow’s close-range attack zone.
Pa, pa.
Two Willow Whips whipped out in succession; with the distance shortened, the evasion space also shrank.
Dodging Willow Whips was much harder than dodging Wind Blades.
After barely dodging one whip, the Macaque was hit by the second.
It rolled with the momentum again, lowered its center of gravity, and pounced toward Big Willow.
“Flying Ape Claw!”
After steadying itself, the Macaque twisted its waist sideways, powered from its legs, gathered Spiritual Power in its claws, and raked powerfully at Big Willow’s trunk.
A large chunk of rough brown bark was clawed off by the Macaque, damaging even the pale green inner stem of the main trunk.
Clear transparent liquid oozed from the wound on Big Willow’s branches.
This was Big Willow’s first injury.
Ge Bai felt heartbroken.
“Liu Gu!”
Big Willow felt the pain and whipped out two Willow Whips, flipping the Macaque over.
But this attack didn’t create distance.
After landing, the Macaque did a small roll, still within Big Willow’s close range.
Ge Bai forcibly suppressed her emotions and clearly issued a command.
“Big Willow, Entangle!”
This wasn’t a skill Big Willow had used before; Willow Whip was mainly about charging and whipping, but Ge Bai felt Big Willow could understand.
Just like how it grabbed the phone earlier, now it could entangle the monkey the same way.
Big Willow endured the pain, infused Spiritual Power into six or seven Willow Threads, and desperately recalled the Spiritual Power movement when Willow Threads entangled objects.
The Macaque thought it was still Willow Whip and probably didn’t expect to be entangled by Willow Threads, reacting a beat slow.
“Ao!”
Six Willow Threads successfully entangled the Macaque.
But Willow Threads weren’t vines after all; they could curl like leather whips, but only enough to barely bind the Macaque, unable to tighten or cause stronger damage.
The Macaque struggled desperately; it couldn’t be bound for long.
Ge Bai frowned and calmly spoke.
“Throw it away, Big Willow.”
Big Willow heard this and exerted force from its branches, forcefully flinging the Macaque back toward Zhang He.
