Chapter 72: The New Ten Greats, Lian Xing!!!
“Boom!!!!”
A terrifying hurricane roared like a tsunami. As visible ripples swept through the air, everything within a radius of several kilometers was blown away. Facing the Dark Gold Quality combat skill, Raging Wind, the four Youhe Academy team members had no chance to resist, all of them instantly defeated.
A few seconds passed, and the hurricane subsided.
The scene before them was a desolate wasteland, the central area of Cherry Blossom Lakeside completely flattened, as if a nuclear bomb had exploded, not even a single piece of debris remaining.
[Youhe Academy #2 has been defeated]
[Youhe Academy #3 has been defeated]
[Youhe Academy #4 has been defeated]
[Youhe Academy #5 has been defeated]
After a dozen seconds, as the death notifications popped up, the stunned viewers finally reacted, and the livestream chat exploded.
“What…what the hell was that power? What did that Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer do!!!”
“It didn’t even throw anything! Just a simple swing, how could it cause such an effect!?”
“To be honest, even Heavenly Tomb, the strongest defender among the Ten Greats, couldn’t withstand that.”
“Um, Heavenly Tomb already lost…”
“By the way, did you see that when the Youhe Academy members were blown away, their clothes were all ripped off? ?????????”
“The Youlan Academy captain deliberately destroyed their clothes! How despicable! She should be punished! Make her fight naked in the next match! ?????????”
The livestream chat descended into chaos.
Meanwhile, the actual venue was eerily silent. All the teams, including the Ten Greats academies, were lost in thought, no one speaking.
Although the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, as a High-Tier evolution, couldn’t replicate the World-Shattering White Robe’s devastating attack, the World-Shattering White Robe was, after all, a peak Commander-Tier pet beast.
Against a few High-Tier pet beasts, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer had already displayed an overwhelming power!!!
Was this the reason Lian Xing dared to challenge Tian Quan…?
The atmosphere in the venue became tense. Almost all the Ten Greats were analyzing the power of the Moonlight Rabbit’s attack. Even the other Phantom Sea Academy members stopped criticizing Tian Quan’s decision to avoid the battle, stunned by this destructive display.
Meanwhile…
In the virtual battle, although she was far away, Chilinhou was still affected by the hurricane. Her frail human body was almost blown away, only saved by the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison, which caught her in its mouth at the last moment.
Her black scorpion braid whipped around wildly as she stared at the devastated landscape, her mouth agape, almost choked by the wind.
“What…”
“Who did this…?”
In the next second, as four death notifications popped up simultaneously, Chilinhou’s pupils constricted. She already knew the answer.
At the end of the path, cleared by the powerful wind, a lop-eared rabbit, its body emitting white steam, slowly emerged, walking towards the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison.
Less than five minutes into the battle, eight participants were defeated, leaving only the two captains in a 1v1 duel.
Feeling the terrifying pressure emanating from her opponent, Chilinhou swallowed hard, then smiled.
“Good, this is more like it. I’ve never encountered a throwing-type opponent of this level~~~”
“Perfect for testing the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison’s current strength!!!”
“Buzz———!!!!!”
With a burst of red light, the barbs on the crimson lava scorpion’s tail unfolded like a…metal lotus flower torture device…, its horrifying shape making countless girls in the audience wince, feeling a phantom pain. However, Chilinhou, one of the Ten Greats, gently stroked the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison’s tail with a…loving…expression, a…disturbing…sight.
Then, remembering that she was in public, and that this…wasn’t for her personal use…, she quickly ordered the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison to attack.
“Whirr, whirr, whirr, whirr———”
Under everyone’s gaze, the metal lotus flower on the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison’s tail slammed into the ground, spinning rapidly, grinding the hard rock into mud and absorbing it into its tail. As it absorbed the earth, the scorpion’s originally slender tail rapidly expanded, its entire body swelling, finally transferring the energy and matter to its two giant pincers.
“Boom!!!!!”
In the next second, the two pincers exploded, shooting out like missiles, trailing flames. After flying for several kilometers, they exploded again near the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, creating a rain of red, molten lava fragments, like a volcanic eruption.
The surrounding area, for several kilometers, was pierced, shattered, and scorched.
Waves of heat surged, the sky and earth burning.
Facing this terrifying attack, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, with no defensive abilities, seemed to be in a hopeless situation. The falling fragments, like meteorites, hadn’t even come within a kilometer, but its fur was already starting to singe. The difference in their power levels was evident.
However, Lian Xing, cradled in the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s arms, remained calm.
Before facing the three peak Commander-Tier pet beasts, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, without the Red Prison Palace Master, might have struggled against a Ten Greats and the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison.
But…
For the now enhanced Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, this level of attack wasn’t even a threat.
[Combo X1]
[Combo X2]
[Combo X3]
[Raging Wind]
[Sand Toss]
[Moon’s Grace]
[Power Throw]
[Flurry]
[Wave Breaker]
[Lunar Crash!!!!]
“Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!”
A hurricane erupted.
Under the stunned gazes of countless viewers and participants, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer swung both its jade ears and its white cloak. The force of this hurricane was dozens of times stronger than before, creating an unprecedented wave of wind that sent all the incoming projectiles flying back, obliterating everything in its path.
Chilinhou’s confident expression instantly vanished, her vision filled with blinding flames. At the same time, crushed by the terrifying gravitational force, the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison, its reaction delayed by a second, was engulfed by its own attack before it could even raise its claws.
Then, the following storm swept away its entire body, sending it flying to some unknown corner of the map.
The sky and earth shook, the sea boiled, mountains crumbled.
Meanwhile, Lian Xing, the culprit behind this chaos, simply smiled, her starry eyes twinkling with amusement.
The opponent was one of the Ten Greats, after all. She deserved more respect than those ordinary insects…
A mere Raging Wind wasn’t enough…
She had to use all her abilities~~~
Incidentally, the purpose of Moon’s Grace here wasn’t for the instant throw, as Raging Wind could already achieve maximum throwing power with just a swing. Moon’s Grace was used to precisely deflect the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison’s projectiles.
“…”
“…”
“What the…?”
“That power…it’s too exaggerated…”
“Am I hallucinating? Did Chilinhou just get instantly killed?”
“The difference in strength…it’s too big…Chilinhou’s attacks can’t even touch the Youlan Academy captain…”
“Calm down, calm down. The battle just started. Don’t you know the rule of ‘no smoke, no damage’?”
“Exactly, the title of Ten Greats isn’t just for show. Chilinhou probably hasn’t even used 30% of her power~~~”
Compared to the unknown Lian Xing, the Ten Greats had a much larger fan base, and almost 90% of the comments believed that Chilinhou was unharmed.
However…
In the entire league venue…
Everyone, including Shuitianliang, the host, was silent, their expressions grave.
At this moment, the other Phantom Sea Academy members finally understood Tian Quan’s actions. Even the vice-captain, who had been dissatisfied earlier, was now pale. She knew that she couldn’t withstand such an attack in single pet deployment!!!
An opponent of this level, perhaps only Captain Tian Quan at her peak could handle her…
“It’s over…” Baoyu Shuitianliang shook her head after a long silence, sighing with pity.
Peak Commander-Tier, this was a level that Chilinhou, one of the Ten Greats, couldn’t reach yet.
At this moment, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer had displayed the power of a peak Commander-Tier pet beast!!!
Meanwhile, as Shuitianliang declared, the storm in the virtual battle subsided, and the once beautiful Cherry Blossom Lakeside was now a desolate wasteland. The lake, the forest, the grassland…all gone, leaving behind only ruins.
Under the shocked gazes of countless viewers, Chilinhou, her clothes torn to shreds, struggled to her feet at the edge of the map. Beside her, the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison was only half intact, barely clinging to life, not yet considered defeated.
“How could a simple swing have such power…?”
“What kind of combat skill did she use?” Chilinhou muttered, her face pale.
She walked over to the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison.
“Youhe Academy can’t lose here! I can’t be defeated like this!!!”
“Blazing Earth Crimson Poison, get up! One last throw! If we can hit her, we can still win!!”
“She can’t possibly use that attack again!!!”
At Chilinhou’s desperate command, the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison struggled to its feet. As a pet beast, no matter the danger or hardship, its priority was to ensure its Beast Tamer’s safety and victory. Moreover, as a durable Biological Species, even missing half its body, it could still unleash a final, desperate attack…
Under the anxious gazes of countless Chilinhou fans, the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison opened its jaws, biting into the ground and raising its head. Just like its master had said, if the opponent couldn’t use that hurricane attack again, then as long as this throw hit, they could still win!!!
Since Lian Xing didn’t even know where the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer had blown the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison, she shouldn’t be able to react to this surprise attack!!!
However…
In the next second…
The Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s actions made everyone, both the livestream viewers and the other teams, realize…
They had underestimated Lian Xing.
And…
The throne of the Ten Greats had just been usurped before the Academy League even began.
“Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Three giant, arc-shaped hurricanes erupted from the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, sweeping across the Cherry Blossom Lakeside map in three different directions, creating a devastating storm.
After all, if she didn’t know where the Blazing Earth Crimson Poison was, then just destroy the entire map, right?
[Combo X4, Combo X5, Combo X6]
At this moment, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, using all three of its throwing appendages to activate Raging Wind, was almost as powerful as the World-Shattering White Robe.
But…
This wasn’t even the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s true limit.
At some point, six white, fleshy bumps had appeared at the base of its ears, unnoticed even by Lian Xing.
A few seconds later, under the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s indiscriminate, map-wide attack, Cherry Blossom Lakeside was completely obliterated, along with the already injured Blazing Earth Crimson Poison and Chilinhou, the fourth-ranked Ten Greats.
“…”
“…”
At this moment, under the shocked gazes of countless viewers…
Amidst the endless storm, only the white, lop-eared rabbit and the golden-haired girl with buns remained. Everything else was gone.
In the silent venue, the Ten Greats looked at the golden-haired girl on the screen with strange expressions.
Actually, there was a hidden rule in the challenge round, but it had become obsolete after thousands of years without a single successful case.
That rule was, if the challenger won…
They didn’t have to wait for the top ten.
Lian Xing could directly claim Chilinhou’s spot among the Ten Greats!!!
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