Chapter 972 Demonic Spirit Flower

"It's because this Nebula Python is pregnant. Any ordinary spirit-manipulated beast will have considerably less strength while it's pregnant. Besides, its priority will be to protect its baby at all times, so it won't be able to exert all its strength while fighting the opponent. And the spirit-manipulated beast that the Nebula Python went up against was skilled at attacking," Rocky explained.

Upon hearing this, all the people present were stunned. It was not common for someone to be able to tell that a spirit-manipulated beast was pregnant just by looking at it, so it was hard for them to accept Rocky's words at face value.

"It's pregnant?" Woods asked the master of the Nebula Python, his eyes turning cold.

The master of the Nebula Python reluctantly nodded his head, shifting uncomfortably under Woods' penetrating gaze.

Everyone present let out gasps of surprise. Their admiration of Rocky rose now that his words had been confirmed to be true.

"Why didn't you report it? Don't you know how important this competition is?" Woods, who seldom lost his temper, yelled at the master of the Nebula Python. After all, this competition was of great importance and they couldn't afford to make any mistakes. Before the competition, he had even specially ordered people to check the condition of all the spirit-manipulated beasts to ensure that they were in their best state. But somehow, the fact that the Nebula Python was pregnant had escaped his scrutiny.

The master of the beast had no choice but to anxiously lower his head. His face had gone pale in a mixture of shame and fear. He had wanted to contribute so desperately that he had thought that he could somehow muddle through the competition without anyone finding out the condition of his beast. However, he hadn't expected anyone to see through his lies.

"It's useless to scold him now. Is there any flying beast among the remaining spirit-manipulated beasts?" Rocky asked Woods at once.

"There is a Snow Crow, but it's weaker than the rest of the beasts, so it was listed as a standby," Woods answered after thinking for a while.

"Snow Crow? That will do," Rocky said, nodding his head.

Although the Nebula Python was powerful, it

hurt it. However, because of its weakness, it could not even see the Snow Crow, let alone touch or hurt it. Meanwhile, the Snow Crow, relying on its advantage in speed, continuously attacked the Sky-barking Hound, leaving it no room to breathe, let alone recover.

To the shock of everyone present, the Snow Crow, which was one of the weakest beasts, had easily defeated the Sky-barking Hound.

The next few matches continued in the same line, with each side winning a few and losing a few. At last, they were at a stalemate.

After the sixth match of the first round ended with a narrow victory for Woods, Geoffrey sighed. "It's time for our protagonist to come on stage," he said with a small smirk at the edge of his lips.

Not long after, when the iron fence of the beast arena was opened, a spirit-manipulated beast slowly wriggled its way in. Its head was like a carnivorous flower, wrapped completely in fleshy skin with two rows of sharp and tiny teeth in the middle. Numerous tendrils entwined its slender body.

"Isn't that a Timber spirit-manipulated beast?"

"Yes, it's the Demonic Spirit Flower. Among all the four-star Timber spirit-manipulated beasts, it ranks the third..."

"It seems that Prince Woods has no chance of winning unless he can send out a spirit-manipulated beast that is more powerful than the Demonic Spirit Flower. But that's impossible!"

After the entry of the Demonic Spirit Flower, the spectators erupted in a heated discussion.