Chapter 62: Moonlight Rabbit’s Full Power, Lian Xing’s Strength Revealed!
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——!!!!!”
In the center of the Bloody Colosseum, countless pink threads danced and sliced through the air like stage lights, blood and flesh splattering as they turned any High-Tier pet beast that dared to approach into a bloody pulp. The other team members wisely stayed at the edges, not even attempting to attack, as if believing that Crimson Cherry Blossom Chord alone could win the match.
And they were right…
The moment a Commander-Tier pet beast entered the arena, the nature of the battle changed. Usually, a High-Tier pet beast was like a helpless baby in front of a Commander-Tier, with no chance of fighting back or winning.
Undoubtedly, this had become a one-sided massacre for Crimson Cherry Blossom Chord.
“This is terrifying, beauties! Is this the power of a Commander-Tier? It’s on a completely different level compared to High-Tier!”
“At this rate, she’s going to break the instance speedrun record…”
“Not just break it, she’s already surpassed it by several times! As expected of a student from a Ten Greats academy. Those old…experienced…players who struggled for years to reach Commander-Tier are nothing compared to her!!”
“So, Cangying Academy will finally achieve their dream of becoming a Ten Greats academy this year!?”
At this moment, almost all the livestream viewers were stunned by Crimson Cherry Blossom Chord’s killing speed. Cangying Academy’s progress bar skyrocketed.
In contrast, the actions of the Youlan Academy first team seemed like a clown show.
“Bang, bang, bang, bang!!! “
“Dong!!!!”
Sparks flew, and the sounds of explosions and collisions echoed continuously. Huddled in a corner, the Fire Armament Purple Calamity lowered its giant wings, shielding the five frail girls behind it. Above Tao Wan’s head, a multicolored peach blossom umbrella spun like a spotlight.
High-Tier — Biological Species — Five-Colored Peach Blossom!
Under the Five-Colored Peach Blossom’s talent and combat skills, all incoming attacks slowed down, then were blocked by the Fire Armament’s giant bat wings. But as more and more monsters spawned, the frequency of attacks became overwhelming, and the Fire Armament Purple Calamity’s body began to tremble.
[Cangying Academy, progress: 9%]
[Youlan Academy, progress: 0%]
Looking at the one-sided progress bar, Yu Bo, the blue-haired, hybrid girl, narrowed her eyes. The Youlan Academy first team was struggling to even survive in this Commander-Tier instance, let alone actively killing monsters for speedrunning…
And even in this desperate situation, the golden-haired girl with buns hiding at the back, Lian Xing, still had a relaxed and cheerful smile on her face. She was simply observing her struggling teammates, seemingly with no intention of intervening and winning the match.
Seeing this, Yu Bo slowly extended her arm, assuming a pet beast summoning stance.
“Thousand Shark Prison”
“Whoosh——!!!!!”
In the next second, a giant, blue shark burst out of the pool of bodily fluids beneath her. The shark’s body was covered in dreamlike crystal patterns, and after leaping and spinning in the air, it sent four or five High-Tier pet beasts flying. Then, as it landed, it exploded into a shower of water, splitting into countless crystal-clear droplets.
Before anyone could react…
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh————”
Countless small sharks burst out of the hundreds of water droplets scattered on the ground, raining down like a torrent of arrows, instantly tearing the swarming High-Tier pet beasts to shreds.
[Youlan Academy, progress: 1%]
Seeing this, the Youlan Academy first team members were stunned, their expressions filled with disbelief. Meanwhile, Xiao Kui, who had been excitedly praising Cangying Academy in her livestream, frowned.
“This is…the High-Tier Viral Species Thousand Shark Prison!?”
“But Thousand Shark Prison can only be summoned through water, right? Can bodily fluids also work!?”
“And if she’s a mermaid hybrid, why isn’t she at Phantom Sea Academy? Phantom Sea Academy offers special benefits to water-type mermaid hybrids!!!” Xiao Kui exclaimed after a moment of stunned silence.
The livestream viewers also looked at Yu Bo’s alluring figure with surprise. Although she was currently only a High-Tier Beast Tamer, her mermaid hybrid form reminded everyone of the terror of being dominated by Phantom Sea Academy.
After all, the three strongest members of the current Phantom Sea Academy team were all mermaid hybrids!!!
Inside the instance, with Thousand Shark Prison’s relentless massacre, Youlan Academy’s progress bar slowly increased. Although still slower than Cangying Academy, it was no longer a one-sided match…
However, Lian Xing remained unfazed, seemingly content to slack off in front of everyone, not even summoning the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer.
“Captain Lian Xing, what are you doing? Do something!”
“Stop slacking, stop slacking! You’ll dehydrate at this rate!!!”
“Has she given up? Could it be that the Moonlight Rabbit has no combat abilities?”
“Even if we can’t win, at least try! Is it really okay to just give up like this?”
Seeing Lian Xing’s inaction, the Youlan Academy students were anxious. But no matter how worried they were, Lian Xing couldn’t see the chat in the virtual battle.
Time ticked by, and although Yu Bo was trying her best to catch up, Thousand Shark Prison, as a High-Tier pet beast, couldn’t reach the level of a Commander-Tier, and the gap between them and Cangying Academy’s Crimson Cherry Blossom Chord widened.
[Youlan Academy, progress: 17%]
[Cangying Academy, progress: 48%]
“Lian Xing, what the hell are you doing? My three Commander-Tier crystals! Wuwuwu, if we lose, I’m done for!!!” The Dean of Youlan Academy cried, watching the livestream, her forehead covered in sweat.
She couldn’t understand Lian Xing’s artistic choices.
Could it be that Lian Xing was trying to create a new form of performance art besides Baby Newborn, Human Art, and Personally Entering the Battle!?
Standing still, being completely dominated…?
Finally, under the anxious gazes of the Youlan Academy students, the moment Cangying Academy’s progress reached 50%, Lian Xing, who had been seemingly resting with her eyes closed, finally opened her eyes, letting out a long sigh.
“That’s enough, Yu Bo. You can stop now~~~”
“…”
“…”
Following Lian Xing’s casual words, Yu Bo, her body soaked in viscous fluids, nodded slightly and retracted her Thousand Shark Prison without hesitation.
Lian Xing admitted that she had been trolling a bit. After all, scaring the Dean and the other students, and letting the Cangying Academy students celebrate prematurely…it was quite amusing~~
But the main reason was that she needed the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer to conserve its stamina for the two Commander-Tier bosses at the end of Bloody Colosseum.
[Youlan Academy, progress: 18%]
[Cangying Academy, progress: 50%]
Well, 18%. It’s about time to catch up~~~
Under the viewers’ bewildered gazes, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer walked out from behind the Fire Armament Purple Calamity’s protective wings. Facing the densely packed horde of High-Tier pet beasts, its entire body began to emit a scorching cloud of steam.
“—Moon’s Grace—”
“Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!”
The sea of clouds exploded.
A deafening roar echoed, blowing the skirts of all her teammates over their heads. At this moment, both the viewers and Lian Xing’s teammates stared in disbelief.
[Youlan Academy, progress: 21%]
What the…!?
What just happened…?
No one had seen what happened in that instant!!!
A few seconds later, the smoke and mist cleared.
A pungent smell of blood filled the air.
Not a single pet beast in sight remained intact, all of them reduced to mangled chunks of flesh and bone, riddled with holes. The Colosseum walls were covered in craters.
“I didn’t even see the attack trajectory…?” Xiao Kui stared at the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, her voice filled with disbelief.
She had been watching the Moonlight Rabbit the entire time, but she hadn’t even seen when it attacked.
What was…that…?
Under everyone’s horrified and focused gaze, a series of white lights flashed as dozens of High-Tier Biological Species pet beasts were about to spawn. This time, a few High-Tier Beast Tamers finally saw the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s throwing motion. Its snow-white fur cloak, hanging behind it, flicked across the ground like a fan.
And then…
The scene before them exploded!!!
The ground cracked, and debris flew through the air.
“Boom, boom, boom!!!!!”
Thousands of gravel projectiles instantly covered the entire arena. The newly spawned High-Tier pet beasts, without even a chance to react, were engulfed by the wave of sand and rocks.
Xiao Kui stared, her mouth agape.
“…”
“…”
“What the hell? There wasn’t even a windup?”
“Don’t throwing-type pet beasts need to charge their attacks???”
Before Xiao Kui could even finish her exclamation, several more explosions erupted.
“Boom!!!”
“Boom!!!”
“Boom!!!!!”
If the first two attacks had only sounded like thunder…
Then this time, with the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer using both its cloak and its ears to throw, it was like a missile bombardment. The terrifying sonic booms and shockwaves almost deafened her teammates, and the surrounding walls shattered.
The Combo stacks instantly increased by three!!!
Then, as white mist enveloped the entire arena, everyone could no longer see or hear anything except the continuous explosions. They only knew that the Moonlight Rabbit was still throwing, its attacks growing increasingly powerful, not a single pet beast able to fully spawn before being instantly obliterated.
Five minutes later, everyone looked at the score board, their scalps tingling, unable to believe their eyes.
[Youlan Academy, progress: 69%]
[Cangying Academy, progress: 62%]
Having been overtaken, the Cangying Academy team members’ faces turned pale. What had the opponents done? How could they possibly achieve such a killing speed!?
Even the Cangying Academy captain, the girl with bobbed hair, scowled.
Crimson Cherry Blossom Chord, at full power, had actually been surpassed?
What pet beast were the opponents using!!!?
But they still held onto a sliver of hope. No matter how fast Youlan Academy’s killing speed was, they couldn’t possibly defeat the final two Commander-Tier bosses!!!
Meanwhile, in the Youlan Academy instance, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer continued to use the Moon’s Grace Arcane Art’s no-windup throws. Although Moon’s Grace only had half the power of a full-power throw, even so, with Combo maxed out, its destructive power was unimaginable, obliterating the instance’s terrain.
Almost all the viewers, including the Dean of Youlan Academy, were stunned.
“This Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer…it’s not normal. Is that something a High-Tier pet beast can do?”
“Could Cangying Academy actually be eliminated in the qualifiers? This is too bizarre!!!”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry. The final two bosses are the real challenge. A High-Tier is still a High-Tier. Crushing weaklings and fighting above one’s tier are two different things!!”
“Speaking of which, what was Lian Xing doing before? Scaring us, right…?”
“…”
“…”
Under everyone’s watchful gaze, Youlan Academy’s progress finally reached 99%. And Cangying Academy, which had seemed incredibly fast before, was now crawling forward, barely reaching 70%.
The final moment of truth…
“Boom!!!!”
A giant figure descended from the sky like a falling meteor, creating a hundred-meter wide crater. A few seconds later, as the dust settled, a ten-meter tall humanoid white tiger emerged, carrying a crimson club the size of a siege ram on its shoulder.
[Biological Species — Commander-Tier — Ferocious White]
[Weapon Species — Commander-Tier — Crimson Grip]
The two Commander-Tier bosses appeared, their terrifying aura shaking the entire Colosseum, waves of pressure washing over everyone.
In terms of pure pressure, these two Commander-Tier pet beasts were far more intimidating than the three bosses in Starry Plains!!!
Seeing the two bosses’ fierce appearance, the Cangying Academy fans finally felt a glimmer of hope. After all, the greatest strength of Biological Species was their high HP. Surely, even the Moonlight Rabbit’s powerful throws couldn’t defeat the mighty Ferocious White…right…?
However…
At that moment…
Facing the two descending Commander-Tier pet beasts, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer changed its throwing stance. It stopped casually swinging its ears and cloak, instead crouching down and assuming a proper throwing position, its spiral-banded ears spinning like a washing machine, grinding the sand and gravel inside into fine dust.
As it did so, the atmosphere in the arena changed.
The wind howled, and sand and rocks flew through the air. The white, scorching steam emanating from its body intensified, almost engulfing the entire Colosseum!!!
“Let’s end this with one attack…”
“There’s no need for a second throw against Commander-Tier opponents of this level~~~” Lian Xing’s starry eyes gleamed, glancing at the two Commander-Tier pet beasts with disinterest.
Following the golden-haired girl’s indifferent words, as the white tiger raised its crimson club, ready to slam it down, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s scorching steam instantly blew away all its teammates and their pet beasts. Only Lian Xing, cradled in the rabbit’s arms, was spared.
Then, under the watchful eyes of countless viewers, its ears slowly swung outwards, a slow-motion throw. At this moment, almost everyone could clearly see its trajectory.
But the scene before them seemed to glitch.
Their minds could comprehend it, but their eyes couldn’t keep up…
“…”
“…”
“Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!”
In that instant, the world before them seemed to turn into black and white manga panels. Except for the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s ears, burning from the friction against the air, everything else in their vision vanished.
In the next second, the walls, the ground, the teammates, the debris…everything in the instance was swept away by the explosive shockwave, the deafening roar blasting through the livestream devices.
Since resetting the Moonlight Rabbit’s evolution path, all of Lian Xing’s enhancements had been focused on throwing.
Born to throw.
Existing to throw.
Specializing in this one path!
At this moment, the result of reaching the pinnacle of this path…completely shattered everyone’s understanding, defying the common sense that Commander-Tier was an insurmountable wall.
[Flexibility Enhancement, Sand Toss (Purple), Power Throw, Flurry, Lunar Crash (Purple), Combo X10]
“…”
“…”
A dozen seconds later, the white light faded.
A giant, crescent-shaped crater, filled with scorching steam, remained. Mangled pieces of flesh and bone were scattered everywhere. The two Commander-Tier bosses…less than 5% of their bodies remained intact.
At this moment, under the Cangying Academy members’ despairing gazes, the battle ended.
Cangying Academy, whose reputation and strength were second only to the Ten Greats academies, was eliminated in the second round of qualifiers.
Everyone stared at the golden-haired girl with buns, bathed in the swirling mist.
A deathly silence fell over the arena.
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