Chapter 197: Fallen Battles Shining, Moonlight Rabbit Emerges!!!
“Before her, you won’t even have a single hair left!!!”
Lian Xing’s crazed declaration filled the silent arena. Inside Storm, the monstrous Fallen Species, the Drunken Glaze Eight-Star Bewitching Moon stood revealed in its triple-awakened glory: golden ears tied in a bow, a full moon orbiting overhead, a starry robe draped around its fluffy form.
The Seven King Mother, witnessing this, rose from her seat, her sword box form trembling.
“A Third Stage Awakening!? The Eleventh Zodiac…!!!”
The Eleventh Zodiac predated even the Star Goddess by millions of years.
The Star Goddess, having conquered all but the First Emperor, sought to leave this world, seeking the Eleventh Zodiac’s legacy. But the Eleventh Zodiac appeared, declaring “It is not time,” and defeated her.
After the Star Goddess’s death, her strongest companion perished challenging the First Emperor. Another companion became a Fallen Species, Drought, one of the Four Disasters, banished by the Eleventh Zodiac. Reverse Time and the Seven King Mother became a Sanctuary Guardian and one of the Shining Duo.
“Not time… what is time…?” the Seven King Mother mused.
Even the Star Goddess, inheriting a fraction of its power, achieving Third Stage Awakening, had been defeated.
And this Lian Xing…was she the Eleventh Zodiac’s new chosen one…?
Could she replace the Star Goddess…?
Reverse Time and the Seven King Mother, once the Star Goddess’s pet beasts, felt a surge of complex emotions.
Meanwhile, White Abode, within Heavenly Maiden, exclaimed,
[How…!? She’s Royal-Tier, but her aura rivals a Monarch-Tier Fallen!?]
White Abode didn’t recognize the Third Stage Awakening. The Drunken Glaze Eight-Star Bewitching Moon, its body radiating light, stepped into Heartless Purgatory Life’s aura, a blood-red horse with twelve eyes.
The Fallen Species, sensing its opponent’s fading life force, prepared for a final attack.
Two more hits, and the Shining Species would be gone.
Moonlight Rabbit gathered its power, a golden sphere of [Infinite Waxing and Waning] forming.
Heartless Purgatory Life opened its mouth, a blood-red energy sphere emerging.
“Boom!!!!”
“Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!!”
The attacks clashed, the storm within Storm dissipating, the lice turning to dust.
The shockwave sent Snow Flower, Golden Leaf, Heavenly Maiden, and Jade Crown Great King flying.
White Abode caught Heavenly Maiden. Star Sand had released White Abode’s seal; it knew what was coming.
The red horse emerged from the dust, its wounds instantly healing.
The Shining Species had one throw left. Then its Shining path would end.
But the Drunken Glaze Eight-Star Bewitching Moon also emerged, its aura even more terrifying. It looked at the Fallen Species, Heartless Purgatory Life.
Its first throw had been just a test.
This second throw, it would risk everything.
[Ten Intentions Annihilation triggered. One throw remaining.]
[Sand Toss, Twilight, Divine Harvest, Raging Wind, Star Plucker, Heavenly Jade Mirror, Cinnabar, Snow-Blowing Fan, Wrist Bone Duel, Lunar Crash. This throw will randomly gain 50% of one of these Black Quality combat skills’ power. Heavenly Jade Mirror excluded, as it is already possessed.]
[Result: Divine Harvest (Black, single-use). Negates distance-based damage reduction, converting it into an 8x (4x) multiplier.]
As Moonlight Rabbit prepared its throw, the spectators held their breath. They recognized Ten Intentions Annihilation. A suicidal gambit. Victory or infamy.
“Are you ready?”
Lian Xing asked, knowing this might be their last conversation. If they won, this Drunken Glaze Eight-Star Bewitching Moon would be gone. If they lost, Moonlight Rabbit would lose its Shining form.
“I will win. I will defeat the Fallen Species.” Moonlight Rabbit’s voice was filled with determination.
The first throw had been a warm-up.
This second throw, it would stake everything.
“Boom!!!!!”
Bathed in a brilliant light, Moonlight Rabbit stepped before Heartless Purgatory Life, consuming First Quarter’s crystal fragment, then holding the black, demonic-horned iron ball, Calamity Sun.
Golden spheres, like soap bubbles, rose around it, connected by starry lines. Black combat skills enveloped it, Piercing Moon Lances, Cold Moon Halberds, and countless Waxing and Waning moons, turning it into a golden hedgehog. Even the orbiting moon sprouted golden ears. Golden flames and shockwaves smoothed the terrain. Its aura, overwhelming, distorted the space around it.
One throw.
One final throw.
And this would be Moonlight Rabbit’s strongest throw yet.
Its body, gradually fading in the colorless world within Storm, it looked back at Lian Xing.
“Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
A blinding flash, a world-shattering explosion.
[Shining Awakening]
[Star Pole Awakening]
[Bloodline Combat Skill — Full Moon]
[Bloodline Combat Skill — Eclipse]
[Bloodline Combat Skill — Six Ears]
[Bloodline Combat Skill — Moon-Pounding]
[Triple Flexibility Enhancement]
[Shining Ammo]
[Radiant Ring]
[Bright Moon Like Water]
[Long Night]
[Moonlight Throne]
[Combo X10∞]
[Waxing and Waning ∞]
[Flurry ∞]
[Moon’s Grace ∞]
[Waxing and Waning ∞ + Flurry ∞ + Moon’s Grace ∞ = Infinite Waxing and Waning Flurry ∞]
[Power Throw ∞]
[Moon Cone ∞]
[Aurora Hammer ∞]
[Piercing Moon Lance ∞]
[Cold Moon Halberd ∞]
[Shining White Whiskers]
[Piercing Moon Lance ∞ + Cold Moon Halberd ∞ + Shining White Whiskers = All-Round Throw Protection]
[Dark Night]
[Moon Dance]
[Star Plucker (Fluorescent) ∞]
[Twilight (Fluorescent) ∞]
[Ten Intentions Annihilation (Black)]
[Divine Harvest (Black)]
[Falling Abyss (Black)]
And…
The king of throwing combat skills…
The Black Quality Heavenly Jade Mirror!!!
[Heavenly Jade Mirror: After throwing, severs the space along the trajectory. All targets within the reflected area are shattered, and the final target takes multiple shattering damage.]
“Boom!!!!!” An unprecedented explosion of light and energy.
As the Drunken Glaze Eight-Star Bewitching Moon’s body disintegrated, Devilish Smile, the Royal-Tier Calamity Sun, like a shining meteor, shot towards the horizon.
Moonlight Rabbit’s final throw…
Heartless Purgatory Life sensed its death, realizing it had been tricked. The first throw had been a feint. It braced itself, its aura condensing.
“Boom!!!!!!!!!!!” As the black, demonic iron ball struck, Heartless Purgatory Life’s vision twisted, its body arching like a shrimp.
An unimaginable impact. The black beam sent it flying, its Fallen aura shattering. Calamity Sun, spiraling, carried the Fallen Species across billions of kilometers, tearing holes in Storm’s body, incinerating lice in its path.
Not only the horse, but also the space on either side of its wings began to crumble. A path tens of trillions of kilometers long, carved by light and the black iron ball.
“A Royal-Tier, achieving a throw comparable to Drought’s… How can I lose!? I have to kill it!!!” Calamity Sun, its speed increasing thanks to Divine Harvest, friction against Heartless Purgatory Life’s body accelerating it further. A Monarch-Tier aura emanated from within it. The horse coughed up a mouthful of blood, its abdomen shattered, its life crystal cracking. It tried to land, but Moonlight Rabbit’s throw was too powerful, its body pierced.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom——!!!!!” The black beam raged through Storm, scattering the winds. Heavenly Maiden, Gem Concubine, Southern Queen, Ice Emperor, Fire Kasaya, all the Six Stars members, stared at the black sphere tearing through Storm. This speed…they could only watch… Even Gem Concubine couldn’t intervene.
At the Six-Point Banquet, everyone watched as Heartless Purgatory Life, which had just crushed Jade Crown Great King, Snow Flower, and Golden Leaf, was now helpless before Moonlight Rabbit’s throw.
“Before her, you won’t even have a single hair left…” they remembered Lian Xing’s words.
Would this little Fallen Species die? Heartless Purgatory Life, Gem Concubine’s rival for eons…would it be defeated by a Shining Species Moonlight Rabbit in their first encounter!?
Under everyone’s gaze, Calamity Sun pierced Heartless Purgatory Life’s life crystal! A normal pet beast would have fainted, but the Fallen Species, a cruel smile on its lips, knew that as long as its crystal wasn’t completely destroyed, it could regenerate.
But then its eyes widened. It couldn’t move, still being dragged along by Calamity Sun.
Why…hadn’t the attack ended…? Moonlight Rabbit’s life force was gone…
Had the throw also ended…?
No, it hadn’t!!!
It wouldn’t end until Heartless Purgatory Life was completely annihilated. Calamity Sun’s penetration was just the beginning.
[Dark Night (Enemies within vision range cannot dodge. Those who try take 200% damage.)]
[Moon Dance (Throwing trajectory remains. Projectiles can cycle along it.)]
“Roar!!!!!”
Heartless Purgatory Life roared, struggling, a blood-red aura erupting, but it couldn’t stop Calamity Sun. Then, it saw countless golden suns appearing in the distance, following Calamity Sun’s trajectory, the giant Waxing and Waning spheres, guided by the orbiting moon, closing in.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!!”
A carpet bombing of golden explosions rocked Storm, each impact amplified by Divine Harvest, an endless, inescapable hell.
If Star Plucker’s ball specialization, Divine Harvest’s acceleration, Heavenly Jade Mirror’s power, and Moon-Pounding, combined with other throwing enhancements, were meant to shatter Heartless Purgatory Life’s crystal…then this endless barrage of Infinite Waxing and Waning Flurry, powered by Moon Dance and Dark Night, was meant to completely incinerate it!!!
“Snow Flower, Golden Leaf, stop it!!!” Calamity Sun cried out as Heartless Purgatory Life was engulfed in the golden light. Snow Flower, understanding, crushed its Star Order, teleporting back to Lian Xing’s Star Gate. Before it could even see clearly, a black meteor, followed by a barrage of Shining crescent moons, shot past.
Facing this terrifying attack, Snow Flower swung its tail.
“Nether Severance!!!”
“Boom!!!!”
The already injured Heartless Purgatory Life was bisected by Golden Leaf’s black blade.
Golden Leaf was shattered, and Snow Flower was sent flying, but the blood-red horse, also injured by the impact and Snow Flower’s interruption, which had negated Divine Harvest, was now vulnerable.
[Moon Dance!!!]
At this moment, Calamity Sun, now Monarch-Tier, unleashed Moonlight Rabbit’s final dance. Its trajectory reversed, slamming into Heartless Purgatory Life from behind, sending it back into the rain of crescent moons.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!!”
The barrage of energy and the black iron ball collided. In a flash of Shining light, Calamity Sun pierced through everything, shattering Heartless Purgatory Life’s crystal, only a few fragments remaining.
A few minutes later, as Calamity Sun returned, guided by Moon Dance, the energy dissipated, the dreamlike starlight swirling around the golden-haired girl like fireflies, a breathtaking sight. Heavenly Maiden, hidden behind White Abode, and all the guests at the Six-Point Banquet, they were all stunned.
Lian Xing, Star Concubine, she had succeeded…
She had sacrificed her Shining Species for this unprecedented attack!!!
How could she be so reckless…!?
Had she not considered that failure meant the end of her Shining path!?
Under everyone’s gaze, Lian Xing caught the falling Calamity Sun and, with a satisfied smile, recalled it. Having destroyed Heartless Purgatory Life, Calamity Sun had reached Monarch-Tier, becoming Lian Xing’s first Monarch-Tier pet beast.
[Monarch-Tier — Weapon Species — Neverending Tower]
Lian Xing now had a new contract slot. She extended her hand towards the approaching Snow Flower. Back in their old world, Lian Xing’s first offer had been rejected, but Snow Flower had given her a goodbye kiss…
It had believed that Beast Tamers were mortal, only pet beasts could achieve immortality.
But now…?
Although Lian Xing’s lifespan was short, Snow Flower’s thoughts had changed. This throw…it had moved her.
Immortality, or a legendary life, however brief?
Snow Flower pushed Lian Xing’s hand away and kissed her.
“Cough, cough, cough!!!”
Under Star Sand, Calamity Sun, and Golden Leaf’s surprised gazes, Lian Xing coughed and pulled away.
Snow Flower’s ambition was impressive. It wanted to be a married pet beast right after signing the contract.
Weren’t Elemental Species supposed to be uninterested in such things?
Seeing Snow Flower’s eagerness, Lian Xing gave it a pleading look, like a helpless maiden begging for mercy…
Snow Flower, understanding, released her.
Lian Xing, with Snow Flower, Star Sand, and Calamity Sun, walked towards a fleshy lump on the ground. An eye had appeared on its surface, staring at the golden-haired girl.
Heartless Purgatory Life, the Fallen Species. Its life crystal had been completely destroyed by Moonlight Rabbit’s throw, only a small amount of flesh remaining. Its eyes, filled with confusion, bewilderment, shock, awe, and even mockery, its flesh began to disintegrate into black ash.
This victory wouldn’t have been possible without Star Sand’s passive suppression, and even the Celestial Anchor had played a crucial role. If not for Calamity Sun having been redirected towards Lian Xing’s teleportation point…
Snow Flower and Golden Leaf wouldn’t have been able to steal the kill…
After defeating this Fallen Species, Lian Xing’s lineup would become even more powerful.
[Moonlight Rabbit (Deceased)]
[Golden Leaf]
[Snow Flower]
[Star Sand]
[Calamity Sun]
[Cloud and Dream’s Promise]
[Celestial Anchor]
One day, she would stand at the pinnacle of the Moon Soul World with these seven pet beasts.
Lian Xing still had many enemies to defeat.
This Monarch-Tier Fallen Species was just the first, a stepping stone on her path…
Under everyone’s gaze, Lian Xing waited for Heartless Purgatory Life’s aura to dissipate.
The Six-Point Banquet venue was silent, even the Seven King Mother and Reverse Time didn’t speak.
But the moment the rankings updated…
The entire venue erupted, even the usually calm Great Emperors standing up abruptly, their scalps tingling.
Lian Xing, with an astronomical score, had taken first place, completely crushing Gem Concubine!!!
This score wasn’t based on the number of kills, but on the total life force destroyed.
Gem Concubine’s points, earned through hours of hunting, weren’t even a fraction of Lian Xing’s!!!
She had defeated a Fallen Species…
Even killing all the lice within Storm wouldn’t be worth as much…
But more importantly…
A Fallen Species had been killed in the Six-Point Banquet!!!
In hundreds of thousands of years, there had never been such a case!!
This news would shock the entire Moon Soul World after the banquet!!!
Now, they just had to wait for the one-hour event to end and for the participants to return.
Meanwhile, inside Storm, Lian Xing, standing over Heartless Purgatory Life’s ashes, frowned slightly.
Her pet beasts’ level ups were expected.
But that strange look in the Fallen Species’s eyes before its death…
It bothered her…
Besides disbelief, there had been a hint of mockery…
As if it had seen her as already dead…
But how…?
Was there something even stronger than Heartless Purgatory Life within Storm…?
Impossible, right…?
Lian Xing’s starry eyes narrowed.
There was something stronger than Heartless Purgatory Life!!!
And it was right beneath their feet…!!!
“Boom!!!!!”
A hurricane erupted. The surrounding winds, as if devouring everything, suddenly intensified, their speed increasing exponentially.
Snow Flower, holding Lian Xing, was sent tumbling backward, even Heavenly Maiden and White Abode were caught in the blast, like passengers in a supersonic plane whose windows had suddenly shattered…
“Whoosh——!!!” Then, silence.
The storm around them had vanished.
And seeing Heavenly Maiden, Gem Concubine, Fire Kasaya, Ice Emperor, and Southern Queen, who was holding Jade Crown Great King in its mouth, Lian Xing’s heart pounded.
They had left Storm’s body!!!
And then she remembered Calamity Sun’s words after piercing Heartless Purgatory Life: “A Royal-Tier, achieving a throw comparable to Drought’s…how can I lose…!!!?”
Comparable…to Drought…?
Lian Xing’s body trembled, cold sweat soaking her clothes, turning them transparent…
If even Calamity Sun, Drought’s former weapon, was impressed by that attack, then their current situation was inevitable…
Storm, sensing a threat to its life, how could it not be alerted!?
In the next second, under their despairing gazes, at the edge of their vision, a giant eye, surrounded by a storm, slowly scanned the surroundings. The moment they left Storm’s body, they could no longer see it.
But it could still see them!!!
At this moment, Storm’s gaze was fixed on the six Shining Species!!!
A god wouldn’t normally notice a speck of dust, but what if that speck of dust was…right before its eyes…?
Lian Xing held her breath.
In this life-or-death situation, Gem Concubine, instead of resisting, deactivated its Shining Awakening. Lian Xing, Snow Flower, Heavenly Maiden, and Gem Concubine, all five Shining Species, suppressed their auras. No one wanted to test Storm, the Disaster King.
Even the guests at the Six-Point Banquet held their breath, their bodies trembling, as if they could feel Storm’s gaze upon them.
Although Gem Concubine’s Shining aura had briefly registered on Storm’s radar…
After it deactivated its Awakening, Storm lost its target. In its terrifying gaze, there was only endless air and Pet Essence. All other life forms were too insignificant to be noticed.
However, just as they thought they were safe…
“Whoosh—”
As Storm turned, its giant wing brushed against a group of lice. In the next second, tens of thousands of lice exploded, their blood and flesh splattering towards the Six-Point Banquet participants.
Facing this bloody rain, everyone felt a premonition of death.
They couldn’t withstand this at their current level!!
“Shining Awakening X5!!!”
Without hesitation, all five Shining Species activated Awakening.
Instantly, a wave of Shining aura erupted, obliterating the surrounding terrain, the incoming bloody rain vaporizing in the heat. Even Heavenly Maiden’s white fox transformed into a mountainous beast, shielding her.
But Lian Xing, without Moonlight Rabbit, and with Mist Colt still asleep, she was completely exposed…
However, just as the bloody mist was about to reach her, Snow Flower casually extended an arm.
“Whoosh—”
A wave of freezing air, as cold as Ice Emperor’s awakened form, erupted, instantly freezing the incoming mist. Under Lian Xing and the guests’ surprised gazes, icy patterns appeared on Snow Flower’s ears, and a pure white bridal veil covered its head.
Snow Flower, Monarch-Tier evolution!!!
Defeating a Fallen Species wasn’t a requirement for Snow Flower’s evolution. It had already been on the verge of breaking through.
Snow Flower, Monarch-Tier form—
[Monarch-Tier — Elemental Species — Ice Attendant Snow Youluo!!!]
Although Snow Flower, already beautiful, was now even more stunning, Lian Xing couldn’t focus on its appearance. Because now, including Snow Flower, all six of them had been noticed by Storm!!
“Seven King Mother!!!” Reverse Time, the Second Sanctuary Guardian, shouted.
And the silver sword box, without needing any further instructions, shot into the sky, disappearing in an instant, crossing countless regions and dimensions, the sky itself seeming to crack and fade under its terrifying speed. As one of the Shining Duo, the Seven King Mother of Sharp Edge’s aura forced all other beings to yield, its path clear.
However…
Even at its speed, Sharp Edge Mountain was still too far from Storm.
It couldn’t arrive in time.
At this moment, under the guests’ despairing gazes…
Storm, the Fallen Emperor, the Disaster King, opened its mouth.
A chaotic sphere of wind energy began to coalesce.
An aura of death enveloped the Shining Six Stars.
Gem Concubine, watching as the map of the Moon Soul World around Storm’s mouth began to tear, its eye twitching.
This attack was unstoppable…
However, at that critical moment, Heavenly Maiden, riding a giant, Shining white fox, appeared before Lian Xing. Then, the giant fox, grabbing Snow Flower and Lian Xing in its mouth, began to run.
“Heavenly Maiden, what are you doing?” Lian Xing asked, confused.
But Heavenly Maiden was the confused one.
She was saving her, obviously…
As one of the two Shining Species Beast Tamers of this generation, perhaps out of solidarity…or shared fate, Heavenly Maiden had been captivated by Lian Xing the moment she saw her.
So, whether Lian Xing wanted it or not, Heavenly Maiden would take her away…
However, seeing themselves moving further and further away from the other Six Stars members, Lian Xing’s lips twitched.
She had been planning to give each of them a Star Order!
Now, not only were she and Heavenly Maiden in danger, but the other Shining Six Stars were also doomed.
“Stay close to me, and my ultimate effect will activate. 80% chance of surviving, 40% chance of completely ignoring the attack!” White Abode’s voice echoed in Lian Xing’s mind.
You’re right, but if I crush a Star Order now, I’ll be 100% safe at home. Although annoyed, Lian Xing was still touched by Heavenly Maiden’s concern.
As expected of someone who had been her wife for over ten minutes, thinking only of her in this dangerous situation, ignoring the other Shining Species.
But Lian Xing couldn’t just abandon them.
What kind of person would she be then!?
Thinking of this, Lian Xing made a decision.
Storm, the Disaster King, the most destructive of the Fallen Emperors, the strongest being in the Moon Soul World.
Then let’s dance…
“Whoosh—” As the other Shining Six Stars members watched in despair, a terrifying vortex of wind erupted from Storm’s mouth, erasing the Pet Essence in the area, their Shining forms blurring.
This was…
One of the Four Disasters!!!
Meanwhile, the Seven King Mother of Sharp Edge, rushing towards them, its face filled with anxiety, knew it wouldn’t make it in time. Its only hope was Divine Machine.
Divine Machine, don’t be stupid. Teleport them back, or I’ll destroy this world!!
The Seven King Mother knew that Divine Machine, one of the oldest Legends, and the Eleventh Zodiac had a connection.
It couldn’t just stand by and watch as the Shining Species of this generation were annihilated…
It mentally threatened Divine Machine, but there was nothing else it could do.
However…
At that moment—
“Whoosh—”
A white light, its speed incomprehensible, flashed past it, heading towards Storm. The Seven King Mother paused, its sword box form trembling slightly.
What…what was that…?
Faster than even it, at full speed…?
Was there anything in this world faster than its sword light, besides Storm itself…?
And almost instantly, the white light, after surpassing the Seven King Mother, crossed half the Moon Soul World and appeared beside the golden-haired girl with buns.
Then—
Under Lian Xing’s expectant gaze, and the shocked gazes of the Shining Six Stars and the banquet guests…
The white light collided with the wind pressure erupting from Storm’s mouth.
[Moon Chase]
“Boom!!!!!!!!!!!”
A deafening explosion, a shockwave of unparalleled power.
All the Shining Species present were sent flying.
Billions of lice were turned to dust.
Mountains and oceans vanished…
A moment later, the smoke cleared.
“Whoosh—”
Under everyone’s gaze…
A white rabbit woman, its breath frosty, emerged from the silent storm, its snow-white body unharmed after taking a direct hit from Storm.
At this moment, under its overwhelming Ancient Species aura, not only the Shining Six Stars, but even Storm’s eyes narrowed.
And the Six-Point Banquet venue fell silent.
“A Ten Thousand Level Ancient Species? What the…!?”
Reverse Time, the Second Sanctuary Guardian, was the first to break the silence, her expression one of utter shock…
Although Moonwalker had submitted a report earlier, it had omitted the fact that it had exchanged panels with this Ancient Species. So, the other Sanctuary Guardians had only guessed at its level.
But now, with this immense aura…
There was no doubt…
A second Ten Thousand Level Ancient Species…in this world…!!!
As they watched in disbelief, the Ancient Moonlight Rabbit waved its hand, dispelling the remnants of the Fallen aura, even Storm itself staggered slightly.
Then, under the Shining Six Stars’ awed gazes, it looked down at the golden-haired girl with buns.
At this moment, the Ancient Moonlight Rabbit, the Back-Tailed Moon-Chasing Demon Rabbit, the pet beast Lian Xing had longed for, had finally returned!!!
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