The audience present, especially those supporting Lin Chuan, all wished Qian Baoyue would shut up.
Just one 'Congratulations' had instantly jinxed Li Zeyu's excellent situation.
And now she wants to jinx Lin Chuan!?
You bad woman, just wanting to cause chaos!
The commentators couldn't hear the audience's discussions, and even if it was a barrage of comments, Qian Baoyue simply ignored them.
At this moment, her attention was entirely on the match, commentating with a red face and excitement.
… …
The Nether Lightning Bat being stunned meant that it was completely out of this match; even if it recovered, it couldn't participate again.
At this point, Lin Chuan finally let out a sigh of relief.
Picking up the palm-sized Nether Lightning Bat, Lin Chuan meticulously observed it up and down, curious about what made a Shuai Grade bloodline different.
However, after looking it over, Lin Chuan didn't find anything special.
Well, just one thought.
This Spirit Beast looks quite ugly, completely not as cute as Flower Leaf Leaf.
Pursing his lips, Lin Chuan then threw the Nether Lightning Bat through a gap in the shield wall, towards Li Zeyu.
Li Zeyu instantly recalled it into his Beast Master Space.
At the same time, Li Zeyu was still confused.
How could Lin Chuan solo kill the Nether Lightning Bat?
Even though his Nether Lightning Bat was only Level 8, it shouldn't be something a human Beast Master could solo kill, right?
Why did the Nether Lightning Bat act as if it had drunk fake alcohol just now?
He had many doubts, but reality didn't give Li Zeyu any more time to think.
Guoguo Sakura's Poison Powder had already taken this opportunity to sprinkle towards him and the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle.
Li Zeyu lightly patted the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle, and the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle flapped its wings, a gust of wind dispersing the Poison Powder.
Focusing his mind and clearing irrelevant thoughts, Li Zeyu began to consider the current situation.
The Nether Lightning Bat had been defeated, which meant he had lost his biggest trump card, unable to break into Lin Chuan's shield formation and execute a beheading tactic on Lin Chuan.
So, he could only rely on the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle to dismantle the shields head-on.
However, … …
Seeing one shield dismantled, only for more shield walls to continuously emerge like bamboo shoots after rain.
Even if the aftermath of the attack injured the two Flower Leaf Leaves, the two Flower Leaf Leaves could instantly self-heal and mutually heal to replenish themselves.
In such a situation, Li Zeyu felt annoyed and utterly disgusted!
How could there be such a disgusting tactic!?
Actually, Li Zeyu wasn't the kind of stubborn person who absolutely had to win.
If it were the quarterfinals or semifinals, he probably would have just surrendered, but this was the finals!
To this day, neither the Xiao Qingkong Cup nor the Little Qinghe Cup had ever seen a surrender in the finals.
He didn't want to be the one to set that precedent, so even if it was disgusting, he had to fight this match to the end! Persevere until the very end, even if he lost!
Moreover, he wasn't completely without a chance!
Currently, the shield-healing of the two Flower Leaf Leaves, under the enhancement of Lin Chuan's Beast Master talent, could resist the attacks of the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle under the enhancement of his Beast Master talent 'Acceleration'.
But in fact, the two Flower Leaf Leaves' response wasn't that easy and effortless; one could even say they were a bit flustered.
So, as long as he, Li Zeyu, could last longer than Lin Chuan!
When Lin Chuan's stamina was exhausted, unable to provide Beast Master talent enhancement to the two Flower Leaf Leaves, while he still had stamina to continuously accelerate the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle.
Then, the situation would instantly reverse!
At that time, it would be his, Li Zeyu's, chance for victory!
Hmm?
What if his stamina couldn't compare?
Are you kidding me!
Lin Chuan had to provide enhancement to two Flower Leaf Leaves, while he only needed to provide enhancement to one Spirit Beast, the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle.
In this situation, how could Lin Chuan outlast him?
What's more, he controlled the air, and the initiative in this match was always in his hands.
He could occasionally stop the Beast Master talent enhancement to recover his stamina.
And as the defender, would Lin Chuan dare to stop the output of his Beast Master talent?
Would he dare to relax even slightly?
Once Lin Chuan relaxed, that would be his opportunity to break through!
Moreover, if the battle situation was unfavorable to him, he could also fly away to disengage, then adjust his state and attack again, and just keep wearing Lin Chuan down, forcefully wearing him down!
Thinking this, Li Zeyu acted accordingly.
Everything developed just as Li Zeyu had imagined.
Lin Chuan's simultaneous enhancement of Spiritual Wood Heart on two Guoguo and Guoguo Sakura consumed more stamina than Li Zeyu's acceleration enhancement on just the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle.
As time continuously passed, dense sweat visibly appeared on Lin Chuan's forehead, and his face gradually turned pale.
Li Zeyu's side was also difficult, but his condition was much better than Lin Chuan's.
Just as Li Zeyu was secretly estimating that Lin Chuan could last at most another 10 minutes.
Just then, Lin Chuan actually took out a reclining chair from his Beast Master Space and directly leaned back in it.
Immediately after, he took out a box of mineral water, a bag of biscuits, snacks, and fruit, and began to eat and drink quite openly.
Li Zeyu: ???
Audience: ???
Three commentators: ???
Referee: ???
The referee hesitated to speak. According to the rules, there was a limit on the quantity of medicine carried by contestants. However, what Lin Chuan took out was not healing medicine, but just ordinary water and food, which was not within the rules' restrictions.
Finally, the three referees secretly discussed and confirmed that Lin Chuan had not fouled.
Lin Chuan lay in the reclining chair, legs crossed.
While drinking water and eating snacks and fruit, he looked at Li Zeyu again.
"Didn't I tell you remotely in my interview after I advanced to the top 8 to prepare water and food?"
"What? Didn't bring any?"
"Oh, I remember, your interview yesterday."
"You seemed to say that even if you died of thirst, exhaustion, or hunger, you wouldn't eat a single bite or drink a sip of water?"
As if it wasn't a match, Lin Chuan conversed with Li Zeyu so playfully and leisurely.
Li Zeyu's lips moved, his expression complex.
In fact, his Beast Master Space did contain a small amount of emergency water and food.
However, when Lin Chuan said those words just now, especially mentioning his public declaration in yesterday's interview, he lost face and couldn't bring out the food and water to eat and drink.
Well, young people are still thin-skinned.
With the replenishment of water and food, and the comfortable lying posture, Lin Chuan's complexion visibly improved rapidly, and his stamina recovered significantly.
Seeing this, Li Zeyu's face turned even darker, a deathly black.
He originally thought Lin Chuan's shield-healing and Poison Powder were already disgusting enough to mess with one's mentality, but he didn't expect Lin Chuan himself to be even more mentally taxing!
How could there be such a malicious Beast Master!
"It seems you really didn't bring food and water, huh? Want me to share some with you?"
Lin Chuan said, picking up a bottle of mineral water and a bag of biscuits, shaking them in the air.
Li Zeyu gritted his teeth.
If it weren't for the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle's speed being too fast at this moment, preventing him from sitting upright, he would definitely shoot Lin Chuan a few crossbow arrows! To tear apart Lin Chuan's hateful face!
Li Zeyu did not answer.
Lin Chuan expressed unhappiness, clicking his tongue.
"Alright, alright, don't make such a sour face, just consider it making a friend!"
Lin Chuan chuckled, throwing the water and biscuits out of the shield formation, near Li Zeyu.
Li Zeyu was puzzled, was Lin Chuan really that kind?
He subconsciously glanced at the water and food that had been thrown over, and then his face instantly turned even darker.
He saw that the bottle of mineral water was actually purplish-red!!
The bag of biscuits had a small tear, and the biscuits inside were also purplish-red!!
Li Zeyu: "Damn it!"
Li Zeyu knew that just as he had planned to forcefully deplete Lin Chuan's stamina with his previous tactic, at this moment, Lin Chuan was also using a tactic against him, a mind-game tactic.
He knew it, but he still fell for it.
His mentality was shattered by the poisoned mineral water and poisoned biscuits Lin Chuan threw over.
An unstable mentality easily leads to mistakes; it was not suitable to continue entanglement at this time.
Li Zeyu immediately patted the back of the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle.
"Go!"
The Mutated Blue Feather Eagle immediately carried Li Zeyu away from Lin Chuan's shield formation, disengaging from battle.
It didn't stop and land until it was 300 meters away from Lin Chuan, almost half the arena, a distance where Lin Chuan couldn't launch a surprise attack.
He had originally thought he could defeat Lin Chuan in a short time, but he didn't expect it to turn into a stalemate.
Long-duration flight and riding were also considerable drains on him.
Li Zeyu dismounted from the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle's back and had the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle use its water-attribute recovery skill 'Bubble Bath' to recover.
At the same time, he also gave the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle a bottle of antidote.
Up until now, despite consciously being on guard and dispersing the Poison Powder, each confrontation still caused some Poison Powder to stick, accumulating over time.
Under continuous accumulation, the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle was ultimately poisoned.
Fortunately, in the 2+1 mode match, carrying and using Spirit Beast items was allowed, though with quantity restrictions.
The limit this time was 10; he could carry any Spirit Beast items totaling no more than 10, and he chose to bring 10 bottles of antidote.
Across half the arena, Li Zeyu and Lin Chuan looked at each other.
Lin Chuan chuckled, composed, drinking water and eating melon.
Li Zeyu's face was dark, but he gradually regained his composure by taking deep breaths and telling himself to stay steady.
Both of them tacitly recovered their stamina in their own ways.
The rules of the 2+1 mode did not include a concept of passive play.
Avoiding battle, resting, surprise attacks, ambushes, setting traps, and even verbal taunts and provocations—these were all tactics.
Of course, to avoid situations where both sides avoid battle.
If both sides avoided battle for a long time, under the confirmation of the head referee, the arena's range would continuously shrink, and once out of bounds, they would be judged to have lost, thereby forcing the two contestants to engage in battle.
Five minutes later, Li Zeyu had rested almost enough.
He once again applied his Beast Master talent, Acceleration, to the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle, maximizing its speed, and then had the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle attack Lin Chuan's shield formation.
This time, he himself did not ride the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle as he had before, but walked alone on the bamboo forest ground.
Li Zeyu stopped at a distance of about 20 meters from the shield formation.
From afar, he aimed his crossbow at Lin Chuan.
If Lin Chuan dared to lie in the reclining chair, resting, drinking water, and eating without any vigilance as he did before, he would definitely shoot Lin Chuan two fierce arrows.
He couldn't lie down and rest, but drinking water and eating were still allowed.
And so, Lin Chuan and Li Zeyu kept wearing each other down, wearing each other down.
From time to time, both sides would stop to rest, adjust their state, and then resume battle.
This match continued on like this.
At first, the audience watched with boiling blood, but as it boiled, it cooled down.
The three commentators were the same; at first, they were passionate, but as time passed, they gradually became bored.
Fortunately, this was a 2+1 mode match; no matter what, it still had something to watch.
The cooperation between Spirit Beasts, and the psychological interplay between Beast Masters.
Li Zeyu would occasionally show weakness, then suddenly burst out with an attack.
After blocking, Lin Chuan counterattacked, even improvising bamboo spears and giving the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle a fierce blow.
Crossbow arrows, poisoned stones, occasional skirmishes.
From 10 AM in the morning, the match continued until 6 PM in the evening.
The three commentators were already burnt out.
Mainly, they couldn't stop talking; every exchange between Lin Chuan and Li Zeyu had to be commentated on.
At this moment, they felt their throats burning, and their voices were hoarse.
Qian Baoyue simply gave up, collapsing onto the table, weakly mumbling incoherently.
In the arena, Li Zeyu's face was bloodless, and his eyes were dark.
Lin Chuan wasn't feeling well either, his face completely pale.
Watching the sun set, its afterglow disappearing, a smile finally appeared on Li Zeyu's bloodless face.
Forcibly squeezing out the last bit of stamina from deep within his body, Li Zeyu transformed it into his Beast Master talent 'Acceleration', applying it to the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle, which was now bristling with feathers, its eyes bloodshot, and its aura unstable.
The Mutated Blue Feather Eagle let out a dry, difficult eagle cry, and its Water Wing, noticeably weaker than at the beginning, flew weakly towards the shield formation.
Lin Chuan could actually still fight. Although he himself was extremely exhausted, Guoguo Sakura and Guoguo were still in good condition. After all, this place didn't lack soil or water, so Guoguo Sakura and Guoguo were essentially standing on a mountain of food, able to replenish themselves while fighting.
What's more, the two little ones also had the 'Sleeping' skill, allowing them to recover even after the sun set.
However, Lin Chuan didn't intend to continue.
By this point, even Lin Chuan felt like he was about to vomit from fighting.
Lin Chuan had accumulated a lot of practical experience in wild combat during this super-long battle.
This was enough.
The rest would all be kept as trump cards.
Lin Chuan conveyed his thoughts to Guoguo and Guoguo Sakura through their contract, and the two little ones stopped opening shields, feigning a weak and powerless state.
Their acting was poor, but at this point in the match, few would have thought that these two Flower Leaf Leaves could still persist.
Without the replenishment from Guoguo and Guoguo Sakura, the shield formation was destroyed by the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle's final Water Wing with overwhelming force.
Guoguo and Guoguo Sakura were also swept into the sky by the aftermath of the Water Wing, a curtain of water and strong winds.
The Mutated Blue Feather Eagle swooped towards Lin Chuan.
The Water Wing's final strike landed on Lin Chuan, shattering the first layer of his automatic shield, and activating the second layer of his protective shield.
The electronic screen showed a close-up of Lin Chuan at this moment.
Standing there, Lin Chuan remained silent for a long time, finally sighing, "I lost."
As if waiting for Lin Chuan's words.
The moment Lin Chuan uttered those words.
The Mutated Blue Feather Eagle directly fell from mid-air, fainting.
Similarly, Li Zeyu's vision went black, and he collapsed straight down.
Lin Chuan looked at the fainted Li Zeyu and Mutated Blue Feather Eagle, admiration showing in his eyes.
Not just a rich second generation, although Li Zeyu had a tendency to show off and act cool, he also had undeniable strengths.
To be able to persevere until now, this willpower is truly commendable!
Excellent, very rare!
Your will, I acknowledge it!
The championship, I grant it to you.