Chapter 982 Striking First


    On the other hand, Geoffrey was a little surprised to see that Rocky epted the challenge. But, it was


    what he wanted in the first ce. The next thing that he needed to do was to annihte Rocky without


    any mercy.


    "Your Royal Highness, I have a suggestion. Since thispetition is extremely crucial, how about we


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    try to use our beast taming skills at the same time?" Rocky suddenly said.


    "What? Our beast taming skill? Are you saying that we should do thepetition with our spiritual


    beasts? Is that your suggestion?" Geoffrey was actually a little surprised at Rocky''s proposal. If they


    brought their spiritual beasts to fight, then Rocky''s chance of winning would definitely be smaller.


    All other people around were also surprised to hear Rocky''s suggestion. They all thought it was


    ridiculous of Rocky to have even thought of this idea. No one should put himself in an unfavorable


    position, especially when there was so much at stake. They believed that Rocky must have lost his


    mind. Although he had a spiritual beast of the King Level, it was still far inferiorpared to Geoffrey''s.


    It would be a totally different story if it was the spirit-manipted beasts that fought alone. If that were


    the case, then Rocky''s beast might be able to take on Geoffrey''s by surprise. However, Rocky was


    suggesting to fight with the spiritual beasts, and it waspletely insane. The Dark Ghost Shadow''s


    strength was immeasurable. In addition, Geoffrey''s driving skill couldn''t be ignored either. It only meant


    that Rocky''s own proposal had ended his chance to win.


    Luci and Lucas werepletely shocked and confused, too. They couldn''t believe what they had


    heard.


    "Yes, that is my suggestion. What do you think about it, Your Royal Highness? I don''t think it will cause


    any trouble to Your Royal Highness, will it?" Rocky replied lightly, without hurry and haste.


    The calmness of Rocky made Geoffrey more suspicious. He wondered what Rocky was plotting in his


    mind. However, he shrugged all of his thoughts off. After all, it was clearly obvious that his Dark Ghost


    Shadow was much stronger than Rocky''s spiritual beast. Thus, no matter what Rocky was plotting, the


    result would remain the same. Rocky had no chance to win at all. Geoffrey was more than confident


    that he would win since thepetition between spirit-manipted beasts was always decided by their


    strength. And this time, their masters would go to fight with them. Geoffrey thought that he would ace


    thispetition without even breaking a sweat.


    "Well, as you wish then. If you lose, then I suppose you''ll find no excuse to not ept the result."


    Geoffrey nodded with a taunting sneer. He wanted to sound like he was doing Rocky a favor, but he


    was well aware that he was the one who would have more advantage in theing fight. He smirked


    as if he was sure that he was going to knock Rocky down soon, and then he turned away after casting


    Rocky another nce.


    "Mr. Rookie, I don''t understand. Tell me why did you make such a suggestion in the first ce! Can''t


    you see that it''s not favorable to you at all? Do you have any other n?" Woods immediately asked


    after Geoffrey left. It was obvious that he was worried. Even an outsider like him knew that the strength


    of a spirit-manipted beast would only increase under the control of its spirit maniptor.


    "Patience. You''ll seeter," Rocky replied with a serious look in his eyes.


    Since Rocky and Geoffrey agreed to fight with their spiritual beasts, the rules of the finalpetition


    changed. The masters of the two spirit-manipted beasts needed to enter the field themselves as


    they were going to fight side-by-side with their beasts.


    Just as Rocky was preparing for thepetition, Luci stopped by his side. "Mr. Rookie, I know for a


    fact that Prince Geoffrey will not show you any mercy. What''s more worrisome is that he may take this


    chance to hurt you. So please do take care and look out for yourself out there," she whispered softly.


    "Please don''t worry about me. I really know what I''m doing!" Rocky gave her aforting look and


    then cast another nce at Woods.


    "It''s all yours," Woods said with a slight nod. He had a great expectation towards Rocky and he knew


    that the person he could only depend on right now was Rocky.


    The next moment, everyone''s eyes were at the center of the arena. Rocky jumped into the beast


    arena, almost at the same time as Geoffrey entered the arena.


    The two of them looked at each other from a distance. As their eyes met, the intensity between them


    amplified the whole atmosphere of the beast arena to its maximum. Everyone was extremely noisy as


    they were excited for thepetition. Everyone was discussing whether the Dark Ghost Shadow would


    defeat the spiritual beast of the King Level without any surprise, or vice versa.


    It was the first time that Rocky had a face-to-face confrontation with Geoffrey. In the Timber Deity


    Empire, only a few people dared to confront Geoffrey. After all, as a prince, he had the privilege to


    throw around his weight just about everywhere he went. Even the masters of the Supernal Stage and


    of the Divine Stage would show him some respect.


    At the same time, Dark Ghost Shadow and Ken were also standing opposite each other, just a few


    meters away. It was clear in their demeanor that they were ready to move and fight.


    As soon as the bell rang, the Dark Ghost Shadowunched an attack first. It suddenly turned into a


    ghost-like shadow. Then with just a few steps, it had approached Ken silently.


    "Sweep the clouds!" Geoffrey abruptly shouted. A gust of extremely strong wind immediately centered


    on the Dark Ghost Shadow and then suddenly surged upwards. Because of the wind force, the entire


    beast arena was instantly filled in all directions with flying sand and stones, making it difficult to even


    move an inch.


    The wind even reached the audience, making their clothes flutter all over the ce. They felt that their


    skin that was exposed to the wind was like being cut by a knife. This made them feel a tingling pain. It


    was obvious that the power of the wind was not ordinary. The audience which were already meters


    away were all affected by the wind, and they couldn''t imagine what the people inside the beast arena


    were experiencing.


    On the other hand, Rocky had already seen through Geoffrey''s intention. The reason why he created


    such a wind force was to reduce Ken''s speed. In this way, his Dark Ghost Shadow could control the


    situation. ording to the records in the Beast Encyclopedia, the Dark Ghost Shadow''s ability was


    more than that.


    It was an incredibly powerful Wind spiritual beast, which was able to travel a thousand miles with the


    help of the wind force. Besides, it could also control anything visible through its Wind skills. When


    contained by its Wind skills, any beast would lose its mobility. Thus, one could only imagine what would


    happen if a spirit-manipted beast unfortunately confronted the Dark Ghost Shadow.


    Right now, it was using its Wind skill to turn the entire arena into its domain. In other words, any


    opponent within its domain would lose their power to move.


    The spectators tried to open their eyes despite the strong wind, to see what was happening inside the


    arena. They all broke into a cold sweat for Ken''s sake. Since the Dark Ghost Shadow had shown such


    an impressive strength this early in thepetition, how could Ken manage to survive it? It was totally


    impossible for Ken to win in this situation. The most important thing for it and its master was how to


    save some face and somehow at least survive in this battle.


    "Prince Woods, what do you think Mr. Rookie will do? Do you think that he has another n?" Lucas


    asked, unable to restrain the tension in his heart.


    Meanwhile, the spectators around them heard Lucas''s question and turned to Woods, too. They were


    anxious to hear his reply.


    "Tell me. Have you ever seen him fail to meet our expectations before?" Woods asked instead of giving


    him an answer.


    All the other people looked at each other, confused upon hearing Woods''s words. They then turned


    their eyes at the beast arena again. They glued their eyes onto Rocky, afraid of missing any movement


    he made. They wondered what he and his spiritual beast would do to recover from the Dark Ghost


    Shadow''s first blow.