Whether it was Purple Cloud Mountain, Phantom Sound Valley, or Azure Cloud Stream, though their beast-controlling methods differed, the number of disciples sent into the arena was the same.
Each side consisted of one elder, assisted by two disciples.
Only in this way could they join forces to command Battle Beasts stronger than themselves.
Purple Cloud Mountain had sent Xue Zier's master into the arena. That signature haze still coiled around him, lingering through the space around him.
Xue Zier and another fellow disciple stood slightly ahead on either side of him.
The two guided the strange haze as it wound around the Heavenly Swamp Great Evil Python. One on the left and one on the right, they were like two chains restraining the Great Evil Python's movements. Every advance and retreat came with a pull and tug, shifting through countless transformations, wondrous beyond measure.
Ru Jijie did not take the field for Azure Cloud Stream. Another elder leading their group was in charge of this contest, accompanied by Miao Qiuyun and another disciple.
Unlike Purple Cloud Mountain's side, where mist swirled like a dream or illusion, their formation appeared much simpler and clearer.
The three stood in a triangular formation, the elder at the front and Miao Qiuyun's pair behind him. The tamed Iron Armor Demon Rhino stood at the very front, looking somewhat slow-witted and honest.
The strange red array markings on the Iron Armor Demon Rhino's face faintly gave off the aura of a contract seal...
Lu Feng understood. Azure Cloud Stream had likely used some kind of contract-type Auxiliary Array to tame this ferocious beast, forging a contract akin to that between master and servant with the Iron Armor Demon Rhino through the array.
From then on, they could use the aura of the array's fluctuations