【Challenge Success!】
【Please choose: 1. Enter the next floor 2. Re-challenge this floor】
Liu Yi first took out recovery liquid and energy liquid to replenish Ziyue and Chiying. Later, after they left, she wanted to see if there were any posts on the school forum about the desert environment and Quicksand Ants.
After Ziyue and Chiying were fully replenished, Liu Yi chose to enter the next floor.
A white light flashed, and Liu Yi, Ziyue, and Chiying appeared on the twenty-second floor.
The environment on the twenty-second floor was a vast expanse of ice and snow.
A biting cold wind howled past, and Ziyue shook its fur, appearing exceptionally excited.
As an Ice-type pet, such an environment was like a fish in water for it.
“Bingbing!”
Ziyue let out a joyful cry, leaping lightly across the snow, leaving a trail of footprints.
【Twenty-second Floor Guardian: Unknown (Intermediate stage 20%)】
【Challenge Objective: Defeat the Guardian】
【Detected number of deployed pets: 2】
【Please select pet to deploy】
This environment would most likely randomize an Ice-type pet.
“Ziyue, you’re up,” Liu Yi said, glancing at Chiying.
【Pet to deploy confirmed: Silver Snow Fox】
【Challenge Start!】
As the tower's prompt sounded, an elegant figure slowly emerged from the distance.
It was a fox with a completely snow-white body, similar in size to Ziyue, and its eyes were as crystal clear as two sapphires.
Its tail swayed gently in the wind and snow, emitting a faint chill.
“A Snow-Drinking Fox?” Liu Yi was somewhat surprised.
It actually randomized a Snow-Drinking Fox, which was on the Ice Fox's original evolution chain.
Ziyue and the Snow-Drinking Fox faced each other in the snow, as the cold wind swirled tiny snowflakes between them.
“Bingbing!”
Ziyue immediately cried out with fighting spirit, and twelve Ice Blades instantly formed, whistling as they shot towards the Snow-Drinking Fox.
The Snow-Drinking Fox leaped gracefully, performing an elegant turn in mid-air, while gently wagging its tail.
That wagging tail seemed to carry a magical power, as Ziyue's offensive noticeably slowed for a moment.
Liu Yi frowned slightly; this was the Shake Tail skill.
Its effect was to distract the target, reducing their accuracy by 15% for a period.
It also had an additional effect: when facing canine pets, there was a chance to trigger a friendly reaction, which, if in battle, would reduce the opponent canine pet's fighting spirit.
Judging by Ziyue's reaction, it seemed to have taken effect.
Upon landing, the Snow-Drinking Fox immediately counterattacked, its foreclaws gleaming with cold light, as five Ice Blades struck Ziyue from different angles.
Ziyue barely dodged, but its movements were a few beats slower than usual.
“Crack!”
An Ice Blade grazed Ziyue's hind leg, leaving a shallow mark.
The Snow-Drinking Fox pressed its advantage, curling its body into a ball and rolling rapidly across the snow, picking up speed.
Ziyue tried to dodge, but the Shake Tail effect was still active, making it feel somewhat powerless.
“Bang!”
The 'snowball' slammed heavily into Ziyue, sending it flying several meters away.
Ziyue slid a distance across the snow before stopping, its fur covered in snowflakes.
Logically, as an Ice-type pet, it should have some resistance to Ice-type skills.
However, the damage the Snow-Drinking Fox inflicted on Ziyue seemed almost normal, and its movement speed was also exceptionally swift.
Liu Yi pondered for a moment; it seemed there was a Trait among Ice-type pets called Extreme Cold Body.
Extreme Cold Body: The pet's body temperature is extremely low, increasing its resistance to Ice-type skills and granting additional Speed and Attack power in cold environments.
Indeed, with an environment of ice and snow, how could the Guardian not be equipped with a perfectly suited Trait?
The Tower of Trials truly was something...
Liu Yi looked at Ziyue: “Ziyue, concentrate!”
“Use Frost Path to create distance.”
Ziyue shook its head, its fighting spirit rekindling in its eyes.
It lightly patted the ground with its forepaws, and an ice-blue path instantly extended across the snow.
Ziyue stepped onto the ice path, and its speed suddenly increased.
Seeing this, the Snow-Drinking Fox immediately erected an Ice Wall to block.
A thick ice wall rose from the ground, but Ziyue was already prepared, making a sharp turn to bypass the ice wall.
“Now, Ice Blast!”
Dozens of sparkling ice crystals suddenly appeared around Ziyue's body, rotating around it.
The Snow-Drinking Fox cautiously retreated a step, condensing ice energy in its forepaws.
“Bang!”
The first ice crystal exploded near the Snow-Drinking Fox.
Immediately after, more ice crystals struck from different angles, continuously detonating on the Snow-Drinking Fox.
“Snow-Drink!”
The Snow-Drinking Fox cried out in pain, suddenly opening its mouth to spew a blast of cold air.
The cold air rapidly condensed in the air, forming an Ice Ring that spread outwards.
Ziyue didn't have enough time to completely evade and was hit by the Ice Ring, its movements slowing down once more.
The two Ice-type pets maneuvered in the snow. The Snow-Drinking Fox thrived in the snowy environment thanks to its Extreme Cold Body Trait, while Ziyue slowly recovered its stamina in the Snowfall weather due to its Eternal Heart Trait.
“Ziyue, Snowfall!” Liu Yi suddenly commanded.
Ziyue tilted its head back and let out a long cry, and the snowflakes in the sky suddenly became denser.
It seized the opportunity and unleashed an Extreme Cold Storm.
The raging wind and snow instantly swept across the entire arena. Although the Snow-Drinking Fox was also an Ice-type pet, it still struggled in such a fierce blizzard.
It tried to erect an ice wall to block, but the ice wall was quickly torn apart by the storm.
Ziyue didn't give its opponent a chance to breathe, immediately launching another Ice Blast.
The condensed ice crystals rapidly shot towards the Snow-Drinking Fox.
In a hurry, the Snow-Drinking Fox could only erect another ice wall, but the ice crystals exploded upon contact with the barrier, and the resulting shockwaves shattered the ice wall.
It was knocked to the ground by the aftershock, its snow-white fur stained with ice shards.
The Snow-Drinking Fox struggled to get up, but Ziyue had already rushed before it.
With a flick of Ziyue's two tails, twelve Ice Blades accurately struck the Snow-Drinking Fox.
The Snow-Drinking Fox whimpered and fell to the ground, incapacitated.
【Challenge Success!】
【Please choose: 1. Enter the next floor 2. Re-challenge this floor】
This floor wasn't easy to clear even with matching attributes. One factor was the resistance to Ice-type skills, and the other was the defense bonus Ice-type pets received in [Snowfall Weather], which the opponent also benefited from.
Under these circumstances, being able to defeat the Snow-Drinking Fox was entirely due to Ziyue's A-rank skill combined with the increased power of Ice-type skills in [Snowfall Weather], delivering high damage through brute force.
Liu Yi walked forward and gently stroked Ziyue's head.
She then chose to re-challenge this floor. This time, the environment changed to a Lava Cave, and the Guardian was a Lava Turtle.
Chiying was deployed and eventually shattered the Lava Turtle's defense using Dragon Starfall.
For the subsequent twenty-third and twenty-fourth floors, Ziyue and Chiying each took a turn challenging them.
Although the Guardians on these two floors gradually grew stronger, none of them presented combinations as perfectly adapted to their environment as the Quicksand Ant on the twenty-first floor and the Snow-Drinking Fox on the twenty-second floor.
Upon reaching the twenty-fifth floor, the sight before Liu Yi made her slightly pause.
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