Blue Frost Ice Falcon (Please Keep Reading!)

The sky was a flawless wash of blue, cloudless for ten thousand miles.

Chen Wei's final arena match was about to begin.

"Whew."

He slowly exhaled, lightly stretched his body, then stepped into the spacious, brightly lit contestant passage and emerged onto a stage filled with thunderous cheers.

"Now, please welcome Water Mountain City's fighting prodigy among the new Beast Masters! Undefeated in battle, unstoppable in attack—the reigning arena champion, Chen Wei!"

The host shouted himself hoarse.

Chen Wei stood on the stage with a rather indifferent expression, though his fists were clenched tight within his sleeves.

If they want to force that kind of praise, fine. As long as I'm not embarrassed, then it's everyone else who's embarrassed!

Chen Wei naturally had complete confidence in Color Spirit's strength, but he simply was not used to the host's exaggerated flattery.

"And his challenger is a new Beast Master blessed with both beauty and strength: Yu Xiumin!"

At those words, Chen Wei's attention was instantly drawn away. He stared in surprise at the other side of the battlefield.

A shy young girl in an exquisite black suit jacket and black short skirt walked into the command zone.

White headphones covered her ears, while her jet-black hair spilled loosely over her shoulders. Seemingly noticing Chen Wei's surprised gaze, Yu Xiumin smiled and gave him a poised nod.

Looks like I'll need to take this match more seriously. Otherwise, I might just capsize in the gutter.

Once the battle began, just as expected, an ice-type pet beast appeared before Chen Wei.

Beneath its sharp eyes ran vertical blue whisker-like markings. Its head was bluish-gray, while the coverts on its back and wings were white, dotted with triangular blue spots.

Its wings were long, narrow, and pointed, its tail feathers lengthy. It also had broad blue subterminal bands and white terminal bands, making it resemble a bolt of white lightning when flying at high speed through the air.

[Pet Beast Name]: Blue Frost Ice Falcon

[Pet Beast Attribute]: Ice

[Race Level]: High Extraordinary

[Strength Level]: Level 9 Juvenile

[Race Skills]: Ice Claw, Cold Breath, Ice Blade, Frost Storm, Keen Eyesight

[Pet Beast Potential]: Mid-Grade Earth Rank

"A level-nine juvenile Blue Frost Ice Falcon. Color Spirit, be careful," Chen Wei said gravely, his eyes fixed on the imposing Blue Frost Ice Falcon.

"Yiya!" o(^｀)o (Got it!)

The laziness on Color Spirit's face vanished in an instant. Then, unwilling to show weakness, she glanced up at the Blue Frost Ice Falcon soaring through the sky.

"Polar Ice."

A faint chill continuously rose around Color Spirit's body, dyeing everything around her into a snowy white landscape of ice.

"Blue Frost Ice Falcon, use Frost Storm."

The corners of Yu Xiumin's lips curved slightly upward. The ice-type field created by the Cold Jade Snake would allow the Blue Frost Ice Falcon to unleash an even fiercer ice storm.

As the Blue Frost Ice Falcon frantically beat its wings, a small tornado instantly formed not far in front of it. Then it rapidly expanded, transforming into a storm carrying countless shards of frost as it swept toward the Cold Jade Snake.

Watching the Frost Storm howl toward them, Chen Wei frowned slightly.

What was that supposed to mean? Throwing out an ultimate move right at the start?

Color Spirit was an ice-type pet beast. The cold air primarily carried by such a large-scale ice-type skill would have difficulty dealing any effective damage to her.

Ice Armor, then use Ice Concealment and wait for an opening, Chen Wei commanded mentally.

"Yiya." (Okay.)

The storm soon arrived.

"Hiss..." Chen Wei shielded his eyes with one hand. The icy air blowing straight into his face from the arena made his body begin to tremble involuntarily.

Soon, after the storm dispersed, numerous large and small deep craters had appeared across the arena floor before Chen Wei.

Outside those craters lay shattered ice and huge chunks of frost, but Color Spirit was nowhere to be seen.

Yu Xiumin carefully swept her gaze over the frost covering the distant arena.

Ordinary pet beasts would have no chance of surviving such an attack. They would only be frozen into massive blocks of ice by the cold.

Even the Cold Jade Snake, if it was unlucky enough to be struck directly by the center of the Frost Storm, would lose most of its stamina.

"Use Keen Eyesight to find the Cold Jade Snake!" Yu Xiumin ordered urgently.

"Skree!" The Blue Frost Ice Falcon, continuously circling through the air, let out a piercing cry. Its eyes searched the arena intently for any possible trace of the Cold Jade Snake.

Watching the Blue Frost Ice Falcon scout from the sky, Chen Wei felt somewhat troubled.

Flying pet beasts were difficult to deal with, especially one like this Blue Frost Ice Falcon, which was highly vigilant and always maintained a safe altitude.

It seemed he would have to drain more of this ice falcon's stamina. Otherwise, relying on Color Spirit's telekinesis alone, it would be difficult to drag its body down from such a height.

Chen Wei's brows furrowed slightly before he gave another mental command: Cold Breath—ambush it!

Several beams of light suddenly flared from a frost-covered corner of the battle platform. It was Color Spirit's crystalline body shining, and even the ice crystals on either side of her head flashed with a cold blue radiance.

The extremely cold source energy gathering in Color Spirit's mouth transformed into a surging beam of energy, shooting toward the Blue Frost Ice Falcon in the air with lightning speed.

A flash of "just as expected" passed through the Blue Frost Ice Falcon's sharp eyes. With its Beast Master's warning, it had long been prepared.

Its flight speed instantly surged as it swiftly evaded the Cold Breath attack, then dove toward the Cold Jade Snake whose position had been exposed.

"Little Frost, seize this chance—Ice Claw Assault!"

A bright smile appeared on Yu Xiumin's cheeks as she vigorously waved her right hand, seemingly cheering on her pet beast.

Her Blue Frost Ice Falcon had actually discovered the Cold Jade Snake's hiding place long ago from the air using its Keen Eyes skill.

She had merely pretended not to know, baiting her opponent into attacking.

After all, the Blue Frost Ice Falcon's ranged skills could hardly harm the Cold Jade Snake, which was also an ice-type.

But as long as it could close in for a surprise attack at the instant its opponent unleashed a skill, the skill's momentary rigidity would make it difficult for the Cold Jade Snake to evade the Blue Frost Ice Falcon's lightning-fast pounce from above.

"Skree!"

Blue light immediately flared from the Blue Frost Ice Falcon's sharp claws, which glinted with a cold sheen. Its body then traced a nimble arc through the air as it rapidly closed in on Color Spirit, whose snake mouth was still slightly open.

Seeing Color Spirit about to suffer the ice falcon's Ice Claw Assault, excitement instead welled up on Chen Wei's face.

Looks like I'm still one move ahead!

Chen Wei thought silently, a trace of mockery flashing through his eyes as he watched the Blue Frost Ice Falcon.

"Telekinetic Barrier."

Color Spirit's falsely open snake mouth snapped shut, her watery eyes brimming with smug delight.

With a thought, pale blue flames abruptly lit up in her eyes. A transparent telekinetic barrier, prepared long ago, suddenly unfolded before her, then instantly enveloped the imposing Blue Frost Ice Falcon.

Swish! Swish!

This was the sound of the Blue Frost Ice Falcon's sharp ice claws slicing through the air, yet they could never touch Color Spirit's body.

The Blue Frost Ice Falcon's wings beat frantically in place, yet its body remained eerily suspended in the air not far from Color Spirit, unable to move freely, as though an invisible birdcage had firmly locked it inside.