Chapter 103: Royal-Tier, Lian Xing’s Full Power!!! p2
Bimen Pass, south entrance.
Facing the immense threat of Moon Rabbit Lian Xing, the Lantern Tail had been forced to activate Awakening. It was the only one among the four Cycle of Calamity beasts to do so. The terrifying white shockwave swept across the area for hundreds of kilometers, even sending Chongxiao, who hadn’t flown far yet, tumbling through the air.
Without exception, all the trial participants at the south gate were blown away by the blast.
It was as if she had simply exhaled, and extinguished all the insignificant lives around her.
A few seconds later, as the dust settled, under the golden-haired girl’s wary gaze, a beautiful, white humanoid figure emerged. Its face was covered by a white veil, its thick, messy hair like an animal’s fur, long whiskers hanging from its eyelashes and lips, a lantern swaying gently from its slender tail.
Lantern Tail · Sky Thief, Biological Species Awakening!!!
After awakening, its appearance was closer to a human’s, its rat head replaced by a human face. At this moment, most striking were its sharp, white claws, which sparkled like chainsaws, generating sparks as they rubbed together, even the Pet Essence flow in the area seemed to slow down…
Meanwhile, simply sensing its aura, Lian Xing knew that even with her full power, she couldn’t possibly defeat it.
She could only try to stall until its Awakening ended…
[Rat-girl, why did you activate Awakening? There’s only Chongxiao there! What are you doing!?]
[Forget it, just hurry up and come to the west side! The opponent here is too strong! We can’t hold on!!!]
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[Shut up, you two idiots! After I kill every living being in Bimen Pass, I’ll come and help you!!!] Having activated Awakening, the Lantern Tail’s personality had changed drastically, cursing at the red sphere and the black elemental figure.
Then, the communication channel fell silent.
The Lantern Tail glared at the golden-haired girl in the distance.
At this moment, without hesitation, Lian Xing recalled the Heaven-Gracing Curtain and the Red Prison Palace Master.
“Buzz!!!!!”
In the next second, a giant claw mark, extending for 30 kilometers in a fan shape from the Lantern Tail, bisected everything in its path, including a towering mountain behind Lian Xing.
This was…
Royal-Tier Awakening!!!
If Lian Xing hadn’t recalled her pet beasts in time, this single attack would have wiped out her entire lineup.
Meanwhile, under the white-whiskered rat-woman’s cold gaze, the golden-haired girl, who should have been torn to shreds, was enveloped in a green mist.
“Heh, trying to stall for time with Shared Travel?”
“How long can you last in that airless void with your frail human body?”
“20 seconds? Or 30 seconds? I’ll wait~~~” the white-whiskered rat-woman sneered, looking at the vanished golden-haired girl.
Normally, a Beast Tamer who could hold their breath for two minutes in reality could only last 10 seconds in the void. So, a Viral Species’s Shared Travel was usually only used for temporary evasion, not for prolonged stealth or movement.
However…
One minute passed, and there was still no movement.
A drop of cold sweat trickled down the white-whiskered rat-woman’s forehead.
“What’s going on? Holding her breath for a minute in the void?”
“Could she be using some other method…?”
“Impossible…it can’t be… Even with some special ability, it can’t be more than 90 seconds. I’ll just wait a bit longer…” Normally, the Lantern Tail could…toy…with a Viral Species indefinitely, but it was currently in its awakened state.
Waiting any longer wasn’t just about…wasting its ultimate…
It would become completely exhausted, losing all its combat power!!!
What was going on with this Moon Rabbit!?
Time ticked by, and the Lantern Tail’s expression became increasingly strange as it felt its energy draining.
Finally, after two minutes, just as the sweating Lantern Tail was about to give up on chasing Moon Rabbit and go help her companions…
“Whoosh—” the green mist surrounding the void reappeared.
“Cough, cough, cough, cough!!!” Lian Xing collapsed to the ground, coughing violently, her beautiful face pale.
Holding her breath for two minutes in the void…it was equivalent to holding her breath for ten minutes in reality!!
Lian Xing couldn’t hold her breath for ten minutes in reality. With her weak lungs, she couldn’t even last a minute. But she could somehow hold her breath for two minutes in the void. She had tested it on the first day she contracted the Mist Colt.
Although she didn’t know the reason, Lian Xing had a guess.
Because she was a hybrid…
Although she looked human, her internal organs were different, allowing her to absorb the chaotic Pet Essence in the void, extending her Shared Travel duration.
This way, she had successfully wasted two minutes of the Lantern Tail’s Awakening time…
Looking at the panting, golden-haired girl, the Lantern Tail’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“Y-You…you…you…monster…”
“How…how did you do that?”
But it immediately realized that this wasn’t the time for conversation. Half of its Awakening time had already been wasted. It had to finish this quickly!!!
“Whoosh——!!!!!”
In an instant, its body blurred, the white-whiskered rat-woman appearing behind the golden-haired girl like a teleporting phantom, the objects along its path shattered, no sound, not even a sonic boom.
[Talent: Silence]
After activating this talent, the Lantern Tail’s movements became completely silent, even air resistance was greatly reduced.
This made its movements unpredictable.
After the attack, the Lantern Tail turned around.
It stared at the golden-haired girl, unharmed, enveloped in a green, flame-like eggshell, a few meters away, its expression filled with disbelief.
“She…dodged it?”
“How is that possible?”
“Whoosh——!!!”
As its words echoed, a white light flashed like lightning, a terrifying claw mark crushing the earth for ten kilometers around. However, this time, as it struck the golden-haired girl, the Lantern Tail clearly saw…
Her body, surrounded by green flames, dodged the attack at an even greater speed.
Mist Walk!!!
At this moment, facing the Mist Colt’s unfathomable speed, the Lantern Tail was stunned. Its speed after awakening was the fastest among the four Cycle of Calamity beasts, even among all the Royal-Tier pet beasts, it was unmatched.
What tier was that pet beast? How could it dodge its attacks repeatedly!?
The white-whiskered rat-woman scowled and attacked again.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——!!!”
The earth shook, a deafening roar echoing.
In the southern region of Bimen Pass, the Lantern Tail’s blurry figure, like a flashing lightning bolt, chased after the green flames, its claws tearing through everything in its path. Meanwhile, Lian Xing, riding the Mist Colt, her vision blurred, felt a wave of nausea even from just opening her eyes.
So, she simply closed her eyes, enjoying the…sensation of flying…
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——!!!!!”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——!!!!!”
With no audience present, the two of them engaged in a…comical…chase around the emerald gate at the south entrance of Bimen Pass, the ground beneath them flattening under their movements, until it was completely smooth, not a single pebble remaining.
Thirty seconds passed, and the Lantern Tail stopped, panting heavily, its face flushed as it glared at the golden-haired girl.
“Why…can’t I catch her…?”
“What…is that thing!?” it muttered, looking at Moon Rabbit, enveloped in green flames, its voice filled with despair.
Meanwhile, through telepathy, it was being…cursed…by its two companions in the west.
Wasting its entire 3-minute Awakening duration…what the hell was it doing!?
Had it not even defeated Chongxiao, the Divine General at the south gate, yet!?
At this moment, facing the golden-haired girl’s mocking smile and her companions’ angry questions, the Lantern Tail gave up. It took one last look at Lian Xing, then vanished without a trace.
“…”
“…”
“Thud!!!!!”
However, less than a second after the Lantern Tail disappeared, Lian Xing collapsed to the ground like a corpse… The Mist Colt’s green flames also vanished, the remaining energy scattering like shattered glass.
“Mist Colt, are you okay…?”
“Mist Colt…”
“Uh…are you asleep…?” Lian Xing asked, but there was no response. She sighed, a mixture of relief and helplessness.
She hadn’t expected the Mist Colt to achieve a speed comparable to the Lantern Tail’s.
This potential…it was terrifying…
It wasn’t even limited by its tier. As long as it had reached a higher level before, it could instantly unleash a speed far beyond its current level through sheer willpower.
Unfortunately, with the Mist Colt’s current Mid-Tier stamina, it couldn’t last long.
Lian Xing decided that after this incident, she would focus on…enhancing…the Mist Colt.
But that had been a close call. If the Lantern Tail had stayed for a few more seconds, they would have been dead…
And due to unleashing a power beyond its Mid-Tier limitations, the Mist Colt had become exhausted and fallen asleep.
It seemed she wouldn’t be able to use the Mist Colt for a while…
At the south gate of Bimen Pass, deafening explosions continued to echo. While the other battle zones were in chaos, the golden-haired girl, her stockings and clothes torn to shreds, lay motionless on the ground.
After a brief nap of about half a minute, Lian Xing finally opened her eyes.
“Awake?”
“…”
“…”
“Just woke up~~~” Star Sand’s sleepy voice echoed in her mind a few seconds later.
A smile appeared on Lian Xing’s lips.
She narrowed her starry eyes, looking at the other battle zones, which were still in chaos.
“You probably don’t know what’s going on yet, do you?”
“But it doesn’t matter…”
“Right here…awaken!!!”
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