Beast-Taming Cultivator from Two Realms

Chapter 54: Flowing Gold Scales

Fish-type Companion Beasts had many shortcomings, the most significant being their reliance on the environment, which cultivators found hard to ignore.

In places without a water source, the Golden Dragon Carp not only struggled to move, but even the power of its arts would greatly diminish.

That was also why Xu Lingling had proactively suggested Chen Beiwu cast Water Flow Technique before the battle began.

"No need, just start normally." Chen Beiwu shook his head, declining Xu Lingling’s kind offer.

Upon hearing this, the latter turned her gaze to Xu Ziqing.

"Begin." Xu Ziqing’s eyes locked tightly on the Golden Dragon Carp.

She wanted to see what was so special about this Golden Dragon Carp that made Chen Beiwu resolutely choose it.

"Ying ying ying."

Seeing her opponent was a plump fish, the Scarlet Flame Fox couldn’t help but drool at the mouth.

"Glug."

Gold Egg widened its fish eyes, frantically flapping its fins, trying to escape the Scarlet Flame Fox’s line of sight.

"Both sides ready. Begin!" Xu Lingling swung her right hand downward and quickly retreated.

Xu Ziqing’s expression grew stern. Her fingers flew in patterns, forming a spell seal, and a pillar of scorching fire instantly erupted from beneath the Scarlet Flame Fox, radiating intense heat.

"Ying." The Scarlet Flame Fox stood comfortably within the pillar of fire, flames surging around its body.

Then, with a gentle flick of its fox tail, it utilized its innate ability, Flame Assimilation, to condense a red flame bomb the size of a fist in its mouth.

‘It can’t even cast a water-type art to counterattack?’

Seeing Gold Egg constantly flipping in place, Chen Beiwu frowned and intertwined his fingers to activate a mid-grade first-tier exotic technique, Water Flow Technique.

In an instant, misty vapor enveloped Gold Egg, condensing into a large, constantly flowing stream of water.

"Glug." Gold Egg suddenly came to life.

But it ignored the distant Scarlet Flame Fox, swimming recklessly within the stream.

‘This Golden Dragon Carp doesn’t even have the slightest sense of vigilance!’

Xu Ziqing frowned slightly. Her figure vanished in a flash and reappeared before Gold Egg.

"Boom!"

At the same moment, a vividly lifelike roaring fire dragon charged at Chen Beiwu’s chest with unstoppable force.

Sensing Xu Ziqing’s feint, Chen Beiwu smiled, letting the fire dragon pierce through his clone’s chest, which collapsed into boiling water.

"That move again!"

Xu Ziqing’s pupils shrank, her gaze fixed on the suddenly appearing Chen Beiwu.

She pointed upward with her right finger in midair, changing her hand seal. The flames twining around her surged and interwove, forming a flame barrier.

Meanwhile, the prepared Scarlet Flame Fox stomped with all four feet. The red flame bomb in its mouth rapidly expanded to a visible size, emitting a sharp burning sound, then fired straight at Chen Beiwu.

"Boom!"

A thunderous explosion resounded, and an intense shockwave erupted from the center of the blast, radiating scorching heat.

At the same time, Xu Ziqing used the momentum to retreat and widen the distance.

"Are you going easy on me?" she said discontentedly.

Just now, Chen Beiwu clearly had the chance to use Water Convergence Technique and Water Shadow Convergence to launch a hidden attack under dual cover.

"You misunderstood." Chen Beiwu’s calm voice came from the smoke and dust.

"Ying!"

As if sensing something, the Scarlet Flame Fox’s eyes turned solemn. Scarlet flames ignited at the tips of its claws, and it charged directly at Xu Ziqing.

"I just wanted to test Gold Egg’s defense."

Hearing the familiar voice from behind, Xu Ziqing’s expression changed slightly. She activated her mana, bent her left arm, and suddenly elbowed backward.

Chen Beiwu slightly tilted his body, dodging the brushing elbow, then grabbed Gold Egg by the tail.

"Glug?" Gold Egg suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Bang!"

At that moment, Xu Ziqing’s mana-infused elbow struck the ground hard, blasting a pit two feet wide and kicking up a large amount of debris.

"Take my Golden Thrust!"

Chen Beiwu channeled mana and forcefully swung his wrist, sending Gold Egg like a cannonball toward the rapidly charging Scarlet Flame Fox.

"Glug!"

"Ying!"

Under Gold Egg’s terrified gaze, the claw wrapped in scarlet flames smashed into its body, producing a sound like metal clashing.

"Boom!"

As the visible shockwave exploded, the two froze in midair for an instant.

Then one fell to the ground, crashing into a giant pit, while the other flew backward at an even faster speed, kicking up clouds of dust.

Seeing this, referee Xu Lingling was stunned.

Should this be considered a draw or undecided?

"Glug!" (It hurts, it hurts!)

Gold Egg lay in the pit, flapping its fins, its body rolling around, until it bumped into Chen Beiwu’s right foot and stopped.

"Are you sure it hurts?"

Chen Beiwu swept his divine sense over and saw that Gold Egg’s scales were completely unharmed, at most slightly dirty.

"Glug?"

Gold Egg widened its fish eyes and finally realized.

Oh right, it really didn’t hurt.

Gave itself a scare!

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battle platform, the Scarlet Flame Fox lay on the ground, a trace of blood at the corner of its mouth, completely unconscious, without even a chance to cry out in pain.

Ignoring further sparring, Xu Ziqing hurriedly got up and ran to check on the Scarlet Flame Fox.

"Don’t worry, I controlled my strength. It’ll recover after resting a bit." Chen Beiwu walked over.

Companion Beasts had strong physiques. This simple sparring at most gave the Scarlet Flame Fox some superficial wounds, not harming its foundation.

"I know." Xu Ziqing nodded and took a pill from her storage ring, placing it in the Scarlet Flame Fox’s mouth.

"Ying?"

After consuming the pill, the Scarlet Flame Fox barely opened its eyes, seeing three Companion Masters suddenly appear before it, then merge into one.

It shook its head, stood up with effort, and looked warily at Gold Egg in the pit.

Hard—too hard!

It hadn’t expected that such defense existed in the world, even fire couldn’t melt it.

Following its Companion Beast’s gaze, Xu Ziqing also saw the dopey-eyed Gold Egg.

"Your eye for beasts is as sharp as ever," she remarked.

Before the spar, she hadn’t thought she would lose. But afterward, Xu Ziqing had to admit Chen Beiwu’s eye was incredibly precise.

In terms of aptitude alone, this Golden Dragon Carp was undoubtedly a king among its kind. This loss wasn’t undeserved!

"Your Scarlet Flame Fox is also quite impressive," Chen Beiwu praised.

Unlike the clueless Gold Egg, this Scarlet Flame Fox could keenly detect danger and react instantly to rescue Xu Ziqing, shielding her from a critical blow. That judgment made it outstanding even among Second-Tier Spirit Beasts.

"You two can stop flattering each other." Xu Lingling walked over to the Golden Dragon Carp and tapped its scales lightly with her fingertip.

"Are all Golden Dragon Carps this strong now? Even a top-grade first-tier exotic technique like Blazing Flame Convergence’s flame bomb couldn’t affect it," she praised softly.

As the referee, she had seen the entire spar clearly.

Under Xu Ziqing’s cover, the flame bomb the Scarlet Flame Fox had spent so long preparing locked onto Chen Beiwu’s true body, yet was completely blocked by Gold Egg’s body.

One had to know, the Scarlet Flame Fox’s flame bomb, unleashed with full power using Flame Assimilation, had immense destructive force.

Even a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining would struggle to block it—yet it couldn’t even break Gold Egg’s scale defense.

Which meant that in terms of defense alone, Gold Egg might rival even Lesser Beasts of the Second Realm!