A Kept Man

Strategy was crucial in battles between friars and their pet beasts.

The many variants of spells include enhancements, attacks, and negation. When used effectively, situations where the seemingly weaker faction coming out on top was all too common. 

Of course, in most cases, the friar's blood contract cultivation and their pet beast's level were still essential for victory.

Although Spell Negation was incredible, it wasn't difficult to counter.

The opponent only had to cast more variants of enhancement spells to make it difficult for Spell Negation to lock onto a target. For example, when enhancement skills like Thirst for Blood, Berserk, Wind Blast, and others were active at once, using Spell Negation would be a waste. After all, the spirit energy consumption for Spell Negation was quite hefty.

All in all, this called for meticulous planning.

Those who possessed more spirit energy naturally had a greater advantage.