"Spirit Beast Name: Earth Control
Spirit Beast Tier: Heavenly Rank Mid-Tier
Spirit Beast Level: 58
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Abilities: 1. Earth Control: Freely manipulate the surrounding soil for offense and defense. 2. Shared Strength: Forms a guardian contract with the Gourd Fruit Tree to protect it from harm, in exchange for the tree providing Gourd Fruit as sustenance. 3. Split: When the Earth Control Chouwa Beast suffers a fatal blow, it will split. If not all parts are destroyed within a certain time, it will regenerate and become stronger. 4. Earth Vortex: Creates a massive vortex of earth power, continuously gathering surrounding earth energy, maintaining an endless supply of stamina, allowing for long-term combat without diminishing battle strength.
Weakness: The Earth Control Chouwa Beast has an incredibly tough body that constantly repairs itself, making ordinary destructive attacks ineffective. However, it has a critical weakness—the Earthstone Spirit Pearl. Since the beast is born from the earth and nurtured by an enormous amount of earth energy, 90% of its life essence is contained within the Earthstone Spirit Pearl, which provides the 'Earth Control' ability. If the Earthstone Spirit Pearl is removed or taken, the beast will become completely vulnerable and easy to defeat."
After reviewing the system's scan data, Kent furrowed his brow slightly. This was the first time he had seen such a detailed description of a spirit beast's weakness. It seemed that the Earthstone Spirit Pearl was indeed a remarkable treasure.
However, the scan didn't specify where exactly the Earthstone Spirit Pearl was located within the Chouwa Beast's body, making it a challenging task to locate it.
Without finding the Earthstone Spirit Pearl and severing its connection with the beast, Kent knew that defeating this guardian spirit would be difficult. The Chouwa Beast's body, formed from earth energy, was incredibly sturdy and powerful, with several defensive abilities. It was almost like a pest that couldn't be killed easily.
Thus, finding the Earthstone Spirit Pearl seemed to be the only way to win.
Of course, if he decided to retreat now, he could still escape, since the guardian beast wouldn't chase him too far from the Gourd Fruit Tree.
But Kent was filled with fighting spirit. He was eager for this battle and had designs on the Gourd Fruit. There was no way he would back down. Moreover, though Garfield's level was lower than the Chouwa Beast's, its rank was higher, so in a fight, they were more or less evenly matched. With his own strength and the support of Wukong, the chances of winning were at least 70%.
Wukong, despite its lower rank and level, was still a valuable asset in battle with its indestructible body and innate strength, able to assist in the fight without holding them back.
As for Bajie, while its direct combat ability was nearly useless, it could be tasked with finding the Earthstone Spirit Pearl.
In an instant, Kent's thoughts whirled, and he quickly formulated a battle plan and mentally communicated with his beasts.
"Garfield, transform into your largest form and attack head-on."
"Wukong, hold your black staff and strike from the side."
"Bajie, find an opportunity to enter its body and search for a pearl containing earth energy. Contact me immediately once you find it."
The three beasts took their positions.
Garfield led the charge, slashing out four massive wind blades with its claws.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
The Earth Control Chouwa Beast, unimpressed, didn't even bother to move its massive body, letting the wind blades strike. A burst of yellow light erupted from its body, instantly dispersing the wind blades, leaving only a shallow scar.
Kent couldn't help but sigh, "That was a fierce attack, but the damage is negligible."
The Chouwa Beast's body was far tougher than expected.
However, the power of the wind blades was nothing compared to Garfield's claws. Once Garfield closed in, the damage would increase dramatically.
At this moment, the Chouwa Beast roared, its thick tail swinging and its massive body moving forward to engage.
The ground trembled as countless stones and dirt rose, forming into swirling dirt dragons that rapidly merged into a giant earth dragon, using earth and stone for its body and earth energy for power, roaring and charging forward.
This was the "Earth Control" ability in action.
Garfield leaped high, reaching the massive earth dragon's head. Its claws grew to nearly half a meter long, digging deep into the earth dragon's skull.
However, the massive earth dragon was merely an object of earth and stone, without flesh or blood, so the scratches did no real damage. Even if its head was torn off, it would still have combat strength.
Seeing this, Kent quickly nocked an arrow, aiming at the Chouwa Beast's eyes.
As a spirit beast of the earth attribute, its body was made entirely of earth and stone, so Kent wasn't sure whether attacking its eyes would be effective.
But thinking it was worth a try, he released the arrow, sending it spiraling toward the target.
"Roar!"
The Chouwa Beast let out a strange cry, opening its mouth to spit out a yellow earth shield that blocked the arrow, deflecting it harmlessly.
Meanwhile, Bajie had found the opening it was waiting for. With a quick dash, it slipped into the Chouwa Beast's mouth. Its shadow form allowed it to enter unnoticed.
Kent let out a sigh of relief. Now, all he had to do was stall for time. He wasn't confident in being able to kill the beast.
Indeed, the Chouwa Beast used another of its abilities. It let out a deafening roar and spewed a thick, dark yellow stream of earth energy into the air, forming a spinning vortex above it. The vortex grew larger and faster, sucking in all the surrounding earth power.
This was the "Earth Vortex," a swirling mass of pure earth energy.
As the vortex spun, it absorbed the surrounding earth energy, growing in size and increasing its ability to sustain long-term combat without weakening.
Seeing this, Kent had no intention of wasting more energy. He quickly leaped to the top of a large tree, over 200 meters high, gaining a vantage point.
Wukong and Garfield, receiving Kent's retreat signal, quickly scattered to different directions.
The Chouwa Beast let out an angry roar, and the giant earth dragon split into three smaller dragons, each pursuing one of the three directions.
Kent snorted coldly. With nothing else to do, he decided to engage. He wasn't confident against the giant earth dragon, but he believed he stood a better chance against the smaller ones.
His Storm Fighting Technique had reached the third level, allowing him to briefly control the air currents in midair. With Wukong's flying ability and Garfield's high jumps, Kent was confident he could test his skills against these smaller earth dragons, honing his abilities in the process.