CHAPTER 290 WHO IS MORE FORMIDABLE

Lance, the Commander in Chief of the Crimson Dragon Group, also waited impatiently for Rocky. He

stood up and stared at the competition area where Evan stood waiting confidently. Lance took a deep

breath as his eyebrows drew closer together. He grew impatient because Rocky was taking too long.

The audience and onlookers in the platforms felt impatient as they stared at Evan in the middle of the

competition area. They wondered what could have happened to Evan's opponent.

When Marin and Isis saw Lance get up from his seat, their hearts jumped up. They knew that if Rocky

did not show up soon, Marin couldn't imagine what possible punishment would be imposed against him

for his absence.

And then suddenly without warning, as if it read the thoughts of everyone in attendance, a beast of

shadow emerged and rushed into the competition area and towards Evan. It pounced at Evan without

warning with its sharp claws outspread and teeth bared.

The turn of events shocked everyone present. They did not expect that Evan would be attacked by a

spirit-manipulated beast as he waited for his opponent.

Evan was also stunned at the sight of a spirit-manipulated beast rushing towards him. But a sliver of

memory played at Evan and told him that he had seen this beast before. His reflexes quickly jumped

into play; he immediately ordered his Six-armed Snow Macaque, a spirit-manipulated beast of the

second grade of the three-star level, to fight the incoming beast.

The macaque could fight adeptly with all of its six arms. It was skilled at jumping and it was smart and

sly at the same time. The greatest advantage that it had was its six arms. Almost anyone could easily

get overwhelmed by simultaneous attacks from its six arms.

The two fierce beasts jumped towards each other without hesitation and a fierce battle ensued.

The audience watched with awe as two powerful beasts fought for dominance against the other. They

were particularly curious about the beast that jumped into the fight without warning. They watched its

every movement with admiration and awe. It was hard to tell exactly what its power level was but it

emitted a powerful aura which was obviously not weaker than the power of the Six-armed Snow

Macaque. Its body was heavily muscled toned for both power and agility. All of its four limbs were

thickly boned and powerfully muscled. It conveyed an atmosphere of authority and power as if it was

the king of all spirit-manipulated beasts. It captured the attention and admiration of everyone in the

battle area without effort.

"It's here!" Marin exclaimed excitedly and happily. She recognized the ferocious beast as Rocky's war

beast, Uriah.

Isis sitting next to Marin understood that Marin referred to Rocky's war beast. And with this statement,

she felt confused. "Is that his spirit-manipulated beast? No, it can't be. I saw his spirit-manipulated

beast. It was not this one." She once saw her maid Sue playing with a spirit-manipulated beast at her

residence. Sue told her that it was Rocky's spirit-manipulated beast, and it was completely different

from the one fighting in the arena right now.

"Yes, it is his spirit-manipulated beast. I can't be wrong," Marin replied confidently as she turned to Isis

with a slight smile. She was surprised at the confused look that Isis had on her face. She knew that her

cousin had a great memory and seldom made mistakes when recalling things like that. "Is there

something wrong?" Marin asked her.

"Oh, nothing. I probably just misunderstood something," Isis replied back. And yet she still looked

confused. She thought that she probably did not pay attention enough to the beast that Sue was

playing with. But she shouldn't be completely wrong. Even at the worst possible case of

inattentiveness, the beast in the arena should at least look remotely familiar to her. But the beast that

fought Evan's beast was something that she had never seen before and she was sure of it. She

decided to simply put aside her confusion and paid more attention to the fierce fight that unfolded

before her.

"But where is Rocky?" Marin asked. She and Isis looked at each other puzzled. If his war beast was

here and fighting, he shouldn't be far from the area.

Lance heard the conversation between the two ladies. He was also confused that Rocky was still

nowhere to be seen. But he soon reverted back to his usual composure and trained his eyes on Uriah.

"I have never seen a spirit-manipulated beast like that before. It looks like a dragon but its body

structure is completely different from a dragon's. Is it a completely new species of spirit-manipulated

beast?" Lance whispered to himself. Even with the years of experience in dealing with spirit-

manipulated beasts, he was still unable to identify the type of beast that Uriah was. He felt both

astonished and frustrated.

But Lance was not the only one who puzzled over Uriah. Even its master Rocky who had intensively

studied the Beast Encyclopedia couldn't identify what type of beast it was. And this was because the

Beast Encyclopedia did not have any information on Uriah's species. It was convinced that Uriah could

be a particularly rare type of beast. Moreover, it had a high possibility of being a spiritual beast.

In truth, even Rocky was not sure if Uriah was a spiritual beast or not. Not only could it produce

magical saliva, but it also had the special abilities of spiritual beasts. The star rating of spiritual beasts

could be improved indefinitely. Thus the only way to truly determine if Uriah was a spiritual beast was to

wait and see if it would improve its current rating to a four-star rating.

It would be great if Rocky would meet a beast evaluator who could evaluate whether Uriah was a

spiritual beast or a war beast and tell him which species Uriah belonged to. Unfortunately, such an

expert was not present in the Crimson Dragon Group.

Everyone in the crowd watched Uriah fight as if it was a famous celebrity.

Rocky has yet to show up as Uriah fought the macaque. Everyone watched the fight intently but

wondered at the same time where Uriah's master could be.

Those who knew that it was impossible for the spirit-manipulated beast to fight without its master

nearby were almost sure that Uriah's master must be somewhere nearby.

Marin and Isis became more uncomfortable as the fight went on. They wondered why Rocky decided to

be absent at the arena and only sent his war beast to fight.

Lance watched the fight with great interest. He was amazed at Uriah's performance. His intensive

battle experience allowed him to see the unique features of Uriah's aura that other's cannot detect.

Uriah attacked fiercely as the macaque evaded left and right. It was nimble enough to avoid Uriah's

attacks. Also, it was not a pushover when it came to offense. If anyone was attacked by the macaque's

six arms, it could cause serious injury. Yet, Uriah's agility was not inferior to the macaque's. It deftly

avoided all of the macaque's attacks. And even though the fight had gone on for some time already,

Uriah had not received a single hit from its opponent.

Most of the people who watched the fight concluded that there was no way to decisively determine a

winner within the next few minutes for the two combatants were too evenly matched.

The spectators were expecting a battle between two spirit manipulators. Somehow, it turned to a battle

between two spirit-manipulated beasts. However, because of the intensity of the fight between the two

beasts, the people watching could not take their eyes off the two combatants as they eagerly waited to

see who would turn out the winner.

Uriah had the advantage when it came to stamina. Because of the magical saliva that it produced,

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to maintain its peak stamina. Therefore, on a fight that took a long time to conclude, Uriah had a

complete advantage.

After continuous exchanges of attacks, counterattacks and defenses, the macaque started to show

signs of fatigue and was slowing down. Keen observers started to see that the battle was slowly turning

towards Uriah's favor.

When Evan saw that his war beast had started to tire out, he wanted to help it but he decided not to.

He was worried that Rocky would attack once he let down his defense and went out to help his war

beast. He had fought with Rocky once before and he was well aware that Rocky was truly smart. He

did not want to be caught off guard by one of Rocky's traps.

Unexpectedly out of nowhere, a whistling sound rang throughout the arena. It was a signal that Uriah

knew too well. And without hesitation, Uriah knew exactly what it had to do. It jumped into the air and

swooped at the macaque. This forced the macaque backwards into a disadvantageous corner. Right

after it completed its maneuver, Uriah's two fire tails collided and created a huge fireball that shot forth

towards the macaque in one swift and fluid motion.

Instantly, the audience was ecstatic and burst into a loud uproar.