My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 173 - 171 Blood Sword Dancer (Goblin)

Time rewound to ten minutes prior.

That was about the same time a few audience members with weak bladders had gone to use the restroom.

The Little Demon from contestant 002 made its entrance, followed by the goblin from contestant 042.

The summoners from both sides also took their places in succession.

Summoner 042, Lin Jianying, and the nameless extra from contestant 002.

Although the latter was nameless, he was quite prideful, not even deigning to glance at Lin Jianying, nor did he show any intention of provoking him.

In his eyes, Lin Jianying and the goblin were simply not considered adversaries.

At best, they were only warm-up props before the match.

So, has anyone ever seen a contestant provoke their warm-up props by talking to them?

"The match begins!"

Following the referee’s order.

"The match is over!"

The side character from contestant 002 leisurely added a line.

At that same moment, the Little Demon immediately took action, flinging two black energy balls, and then with a flap of its wings like a bat.

The Little Demon charged out like a phantom, following closely after the black energy balls to the front of the goblin.

One attack after the other, the intention to end the battle in the instant the match began was clear.

By now, Lin Jianying should have been issuing commands, but he didn’t.

He stood there stunned and trembling, as if he was merely a puppet, while his summoned beast, the goblin, was on the arena stage.

Thankfully, the goblin was quite fierce.

In its hands, it wielded a longsword crafted from fine materials by Lu Wu, not considered to be within the category of equipment, and with one stroke, it sliced through the two energy balls.

Then it lifted its right leg, leveraging the momentum from that stroke to lie down directly, avoiding the incoming Little Demon, then braced itself with its right foot to stand up and turn in defense, managing to survive the first round.

This surprised both the audience and contestant 002’s extra.

"Didn’t take it down? Looks like there has been some progress, but that’s all there is!

Visual Deprivation!"

As the words fell, the pupils of the Little Demon, which were like snake eyes, narrowed vertically, and a negative spell was activated, causing the goblin to become instantly blind.

The Little Demon seized the opportunity, charging forward and aiming its ferocious claws at the goblin’s head.

Lin Jianying clenched his fists nervously, his mouth opened, but he still did not issue any command, remaining still as a wooden puppet.

On the other side, up in the spectator stands.

At the moment the Little Demon’s claws were unleashed, the audience, with undisturbed hearts, declared the match over within themselves.

However, contrary to their expectations.

The goblin, despite being visually deprived, seemingly unable to see anything, managed to raise its longsword to block the claw strike from the Little Demon.

"It actually blocked? How is this possible?"

"They knew all about our summoned creatures’ conditions on this side, so this goblin must have been specifically trained to wear down the Little Demon," Fang Bai commented without much surprise.

"Wear down the Little Demon? With just this goblin? They’re thinking too much!

Little Demon, speed up your attack, take down this goblin quickly!"

To conserve the Little Demon’s mana, contestant 002 ordered it to attack in close combat.

Flapping its bat-like wings, the Little Demon surged in speed, its figure ghostly, as it launched attacks from all directions around the goblin.

Initially, the goblin could fend off one or two attacks, but it wasn’t long before its defenses were penetrated by the Little Demon.

The claws of the Little Demon began to tear open wound after wound on the goblin’s body.

Soon, the goblin was drenched in blood from head to toe.

However, despite its pitiable state, the goblin never fell.

Fang Bai’s eyebrows knitted at the sight.

"Stop playing around, finish off this trash!"

The extra from contestant 002 was somewhat helpless: "I’m not playing!"

The Little Demon was truly going all out in its offensive, not intentionally drawing out the battle with the goblin.

It was that the goblin genuinely had some substance; although it looked terrible, the injuries were superficial, with the truly severe wounds all being avoided.

Moreover, the state that this goblin was displaying, along with Lin Jianying who had remained silent on the side, increasingly seemed off.

"We can’t drag this out any longer, Little Demon, use Demonic Flames!"

With an order from contestant 002, the Little Demon stepped back, raised its claws overhead, and a basketball-sized black flame coalesced in its hands, which it then hurled at the moment of formation.

The goblin, seemingly sensing the Demonic Flames approaching, slashed instinctively with its sword.

A "boom" resounded.

The black Demonic Flames exploded instantly upon colliding with the goblin’s sword, engulfing the goblin in black flames.

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As the goblin covered in blood was swallowed by the black flames,

the audience knew, this time, it truly was the end!

However, at this moment, they were not overly disappointed.

After all, they knew the goblin’s capabilities from the start and had never placed any hope in it, so there was no sense of disappointment.

In fact, they even faintly felt that the goblin’s performance today was acceptable.

At least compared to contestant 003 in the morning, the goblin seemed more tragic.

If the goblin ended this way, they were not unwilling to accept it.

However, while they could accept it, Lin Jianying could not.

From the moment he stepped onto the stage today, his feelings had been incredibly complex.

Although Lu Wu had given him a psychological pep talk in the morning, at this moment, his heart was predominantly filled with self-doubt.

He did not distrust Lu Wu, he distrusted himself.

Therefore, he dared not say anything during the match, dare command, for fear that his commands would worsen the situation and lead to the goblin’s defeat.

But now, as he saw the goblin engulfed in the black flames, he couldn’t hold back any longer.

With eyes red, he shouted at the goblin on the stage.

"Hang in there! Goblin, you have to hang in there! I’m begging you, hang on!"

"I don’t want to lose like this, I don’t want you to lose like this!

Lu Wu told me, you can do it, you can defeat this Little Demon, so please don’t fall, please help me!"

"I really don’t want to hold him back anymore!"

At this moment, Lin Jianying’s emotions collapsed once again, and he couldn’t help but burst into loud sobs.

His behavior made the people from Team 002 unable to help but smirk disdainfully.

Even some of the audience found Lin Jianying’s display too unsightly.

"How disgraceful, what a loss of face!"

"Crying because you can’t beat someone, is that useful?"

"Have a little pride, man. It’s just a match, don’t make such a sorry spectacle of yourself!

Do you really expect that Goblin to go berserk just because you cry..."

"Boom!"

Among these discordant voices, a loud ’boom’ sounded particularly massive, suddenly drawing the attention of the audience back to the arena.

As they looked back, everyone was dumbfounded.

The Goblin, who should have fallen amidst the Demon Flames, was not only standing just fine, but its state had also undergone tremendous changes.

Blood-red flames engulfed its entire body, and even the longsword in its hand had been dyed red.

At this moment, the Goblin was like a blood-soaked war god, formidable and awe-inspiring.

Seeing this, the corners of Lu Wu’s mouth curved up.

"Quite the holder, you held out until now."

Clearly, he had known about the Goblin’s condition all along and was aware that the Goblin would burst forth in this match. After all, he had been paying close attention to the Goblin’s state these past few days and was well-prepared.

But while he was prepared, the audience and Team 002 were completely caught off guard.

Especially Team 002, their complexions growing even uglier.

The battle was almost over, and they hadn’t expected such a twist. Could it be that a Summoned Beast becomes stronger just because its Summoner cries when it’s losing?

However, now was obviously not the time to ponder that.

Team 002 quickly reacted.

"Little Demon, I command you to..."

Before the command could be given, there was a flash of blood on the Goblin’s side, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of the Little Demon, the blood-colored longsword slashing down.

The Little Demon beat its wings on its back, dodging the blade like a specter, but the Goblin was equally quick, pursuing relentlessly.

The rhythm of the battle was, at this moment, seized by the Goblin.

The Little Demon, which had almost taken the Goblin down in a single assault, was now completely suppressed and couldn’t even lift its head.

And those who had gone to the bathroom, switched out to watch a show, and came back to the arena saw this scene.

The change in the Goblin, which now completely dominated the Little Demon, filled the minds of those who had missed the Goblin’s evolution with question marks.

They couldn’t help but ask the audience next to them, but at this time, no one paid them any attention.

All of their focus was on the arena, on that blood-red figure.

Lin Jianying, at the edge of the arena, was also staring blankly at the Goblin.

Then, Lu Wu came up from behind and gently patted his shoulder.

"Give your command, it’s waiting for you!

Wait for your command to end the battle!"

Lin Jianying was stunned, then turned to look at the Goblin on the arena pushing down the Little Demon. It was deliberately holding back from taking down its opponent. Lin Jianying’s eyes reddened once again.

At the same time, he gave the long-awaited command to the Goblin.

"Goblin, end the battle!"

At Lin Jianying’s command, the Goblin on the arena paused. The anger and intent to kill that filled its face softened considerably, but its power erupted at that moment.

A flash of blood, and the Goblin sped up like never before, instantly appearing in front of the Little Demon.

The longsword in its hand burst forth, slicing numerous cuts across the Little Demon in an instant, and then with a final kick, it booted the Little Demon out of the arena to claim victory.

At the moment of victory, it also extinguished the blood-red flames on its body and rushed towards Lin Jianying, hurling itself into his embrace.

Lu Wu, seizing the opportunity, reached out and touched the Goblin.

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Name: Blood Sword Dancer (Goblin) (Second Evolution)

Power: 3 Stars (Elite)

Quality: Ordinary (Upgraded)

Attribute: Blood

State: Happy (Master is finally back, Goblin is so happy, although it was touched by a weird person again)

Weakness: Light

Basic Skills: Sword Dance (Mastered) Charge (Mastered) Block (Mastered)...

Advanced Skill: Sword of Certain Kill (Unmastered) (Quite a strong Skill)

Talent: Sword Skill Enhancement (Intermediate)

Blood Sword Form (Active): Activate to increase power by one star, cooldown time of 1 day.

Activating will cause weakness for one day.

Companion Equipment: Blood Longsword

Description: Why do you need to touch it if you can see the attributes without touching?

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Name: Blood Longsword

Quality: Black Iron

Effect: Blood Sucking (Basic) (Can recover own physical strength through blood sucking)

Description: Quite an ordinary piece of companion equipment, it’s far inferior to what your Little Skeleton has!

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