Customers began to flow into the new shop instance slowly, and many were looking very surprised by the drastic change Jin made. What was more surprising was to see some of the customers being accompanied by their pet and many began to query where they could get one.
Meanwhile, the others were walking around the entire shop instance to take in the spacious sight of the area only to hear an announcement in the all new Auditorium One. “Ladies and Gentlemen! Although there are no takers in the current dungeon instance, which I believe it was due to the efforts of Boss Jin, there is currently one pet battle ongoing and we are showing it in Auditorium One!” Mr Patsu who was on his headset microphone was shouting out loud to beckon the curious customers to have a taste of the new sofas and large cinematic screen.
All the customers in the shop instance moved towards Auditorium One the moment they heard the word ‘battle’. Many could not believe how sturdy and comfortable the sofas were. No matter what distance they were from the screen, no one was blocking their view and the couches were large enough to enjoy with their fellow friends. The display, on the other hand, was total eye candy with it being highly defined and the broader view made people awe at the quality.
“LET’S BATTLE!” Both Yue Han and Kong Xian unknowingly created the tagline for the subsequent pet battle arena fights for the spectators.
“Towering Tortoise!” Kong Xian did not give it a nickname since he could not think of one at the moment, but his digital pet tortoise who was floating around lazily acknowledged his orders and went into the arena. The tortoise had a large shell that looked like it was carrying a miniature mountain on its back.
“Blind Bat!” Yue Han shouted and the bat wearing a black blindfold which was perching itself on Yue Han flew into the arena and took the initiative to start its attack without any warning. It zoomed straight through the room like an arrow, aiming for the head of the tortoise.
It was rather easy how the pet battle worked. At the start of the fight, each player was allowed to choose five cards from their deck of cards, if they have any and those five cards would be the only five cards they could use for the entire battle. Both players’ pets would continuously attack each other and the players could activate the cards they chose at any given time.
During the battle, the players could give verbal commands to their pets to intensify the attacks, guard, or evade. At any time, the players could activate their cards to push their pets to the limit.
Kong Xian who liked to play defensive in real life unconsciously did the same thing with his tortoise.
The cards that were initially in his hand were now floating right in front of him and so was Yue Han’s when the battle started. He then realised it was easier for him to use them as he remembered that he needed to bring the card up and away from the remaining cards and swiped through mid-air to activate it.
“Defence Up!” Kong Xian pretended he was in the anime shows where they shouted out the card names as he swiped the card that was floating right in front of him. The card flipped and flew up above his head, enlarging itself to a point it was easy for the spectators to see what kind of card he was using.
Even the card itself had intricate designs of a knight turtling itself with a shield up with the back of the card was a design of a lazy panda with the heading “Pet Battle!’ and a subheading “Dungeons and Pandas” at the bottom of the lazy panda to show that the cards were properties of Jin’s merchandise.
With the activation of the card, the towering tortoise suddenly had a shield in front of it and it prepared to block the incoming attack unless Yue Han countered his friend’s card.
“Attack Up!” “Special Technique! Wing Attack!” Yue Han did not hesitate to use two cards in succession. He was an aggressive player when it came to card games which were unlike his nature in his cultivation and training.
The two cards flew up above Yue Han’s head and the Attack Up had a design of a warrior holding onto two swords, while the other card was specifically designed to match Yue Han’s bat appearance. Even if other cultivators obtained cards with the same technique, their cards would be redesigned specifically to their pet’s appearance. For example, if Shi Hui, the cultivator for Shadowy Swan obtained a Wing Attack card, the design of the card would be of her pet swan rather than Yue Han’s pet bat.
The Bat immediately had its wings reinforced and it was shining like solid polish steel and there was a sword that magically flew in to damage the shield that the tortoise had. However, to Yue Han’s surprise, the tortoise had its shell aiming at his bat only to realised that Kong Xian’s floating cards were down to three.
“Damn! Did he use another card when I was…” Yue Han looked up only to see an enlarged card showing a tortoiseshell gleaming. “Hahahaha! Yue Han! You are too predictable! I have known you long enough, to predict you would go in strong!” Kong Xian said as he played the “Reflect Shield” technique card.
Wing Attack allowed Yue Han’s pet to do piercing damage while Reflect Shield would be able to let Kong Xian’s pet reflect partial damage at Yue Han. The bat’s attack ensued despite the change of developments and as it cut the tortoise, it received damage from the reflect shield but did significant damage to the tortoise as well.
“Tortoise! Counterattack the bat right now!” Kong Xian shouted as it noticed that the bat flinched receiving the damage from the Reflect Shield. The tortoise was sturdy enough to withstand the attack and it did not hesitate to attack the bat the moment Kong Xian gave his orders.
On the other hand, Yue Han hastily used another card. “Accuracy Down!” The card enlarged with a picture of a squid throwing a black goo ball, which came out of the card flying into the arena and splat at the Towering Tortoise. Its vision was blurry from the goo attack which caused it to miss.
Yue Han immediately used all his remaining cards since he knew from his phone that his blind bat’s health point was extremely low. “Attack Up! Critical Hit Up! Blind Bat, give it your best!!” The Critical Hit Up had the design of an archer shooting a bullseye and it translated into a target board that got placed onto the tortoise. The Blind Bat swooped in without hesitation once again under the commands of his master.
Separately, Kong Xian who was left with attack cards was in a bind. With accuracy down, his attack might not be able to hit. He was in a quandary whether to attack or defend.
“Argh damn it! Since you are this aggressive, I will go all in too!!”
