The Saintess Has A Showdown 10

Chapter 10: The Seven-Star Titan Moonquake Fox

With a bang, the pink mist exploded like gunpowder, a deafening roar echoing through the air.

In an instant, the expanding dust spread across the vast Ice Plains, engulfing everything in sight, as if transporting them to a fairyland.

The little fox’s small, delicate body rapidly expanded at a visible rate, vibrant colors converging upon it as if crowning a monarch, sacred and noble.

Such a terrifying aura, such a colossal figure! Gazing at the beastly silhouette vaguely appearing in the mist, the cloaked woman unconsciously held her breath.

“Boom!!!!!”

The next second, a violent surge of energy swept across the Ice Plains, a deafening roar almost shattering their eardrums.

A chill ran down their spines, their scalps tingling. A terrifyingly large figure slowly emerged from the mist.

At this moment, both Gong Lianyue and the cloaked woman froze, their gazes fixated on the same spot. T-This is…!!

The Black Mud Whale stopped thinking. It stared blankly at the colossal beast above, its motionless form appearing strangely docile.

Whoosh~~~~

A fox-type spirit beast as large as a small mountain, its body incredibly elegant and powerful, its fur a rich, yellowish-tan. A strange, fluorescent scarf was wrapped around it.

No, rather than wrapped, the scarf seemed to be floating around it…

Faint starlight emanated from the scarf, like a starry sky, swirling around the giant fox like a revolving moon, enveloping its seven massive tails in a delicate, petal-like formation.

Terrifying yet beautiful, ferocious yet elegant.

Magnificent, dreamlike.

The Black Mud Whale was Level 2, while the little fox was only Level 1. But at this moment, both being biological spirit beasts, the fox’s size was more than ten times larger than the whale’s. This was completely unreasonable.

Low-rank, mid-rank, high-rank, with Level 5 being the limit, the pinnacle for ordinary spirit beasts.

Beyond this stage were entirely new, perfect beings. Both the legendary Variant Water Emperor and this fox belonged to this class.

Memorizing the Spirit Beast Compendium was a required foundation for every Spirit Master. No one could possibly forget the shock they felt when they first saw this creature in the compendium.

A Saint-rank spirit beast – the Seven-Star Titan Moonquake Fox.

“So, this is the little fox’s true identity…?” Gong Lianyue lowered her gaze, her feelings slightly complicated.

Now, not only the Snow Foxes, but even she herself couldn’t hope to reach this level.

The shimmering starlight radiating from its body made the air feel heavy. The hundred-meter-tall fox lowered its head slightly, circled the Black Mud Whale, and then stepped over it without any reaction.

The originally terrifying and massive Black Mud Whale only reached the Moonquake Fox’s ankle, like an insignificant ant.

“Run! Run! Get me out of here!!!”

Seeing the giant fox approaching, the cloaked woman’s resolve to fight to the death completely crumbled. Her frantic internal screams were to no avail.

Her spirit beast, the Black Mud Whale, stood frozen as if petrified.

The difference between a mid-rank spirit beast and a Saint-rank spirit beast wasn’t just combat power. Their innate life levels were on different planes.

“Pfft—”

A few seconds later, the cloaked woman’s head felt like it had been struck by a hammer. Her vision blurred, and blood began to trickle from her orifices.

She wiped the blood from her face in a daze, smearing it everywhere, making her look even more ghastly.

“Is this… backlash?”

Gong Lianyue gasped, covering her mouth in astonishment as she stared at the Black Mud Whale.

Backlash was the result of a spirit beast’s death, causing the Spirit Master’s spirit to shatter. It would take months to recover. Even if the spirit beast could be revived infinitely, it would still be a devastating blow to the Spirit Master. Therefore, no Spirit Master would easily abandon their spirit beast.

Since the cloaked woman was in this state, it meant that… the Black Mud Whale was dead…?

The Black Mud Whale stood motionless like a statue, its faint aura barely perceptible. It had been literally scared to death by the aura of the Seven-Star Titan Moonquake Fox.

Covered in blood, the cloaked woman glared ferociously at the sorrowful blue-haired girl.

“Why? Why is this happening? It’s not a Variant Water Emperor, but a Seven-Star Titan Moonquake Fox. It makes no difference! I’m still going to die!!”

“The Sorrowful Saintess, Gong Lianyue… No one can defeat this woman!!!!!”

“Pwah!!”

After holding on for a few seconds, she couldn’t take it anymore. She collapsed to her knees and vomited violently, a mixture of blood, feces, and urine, a truly disgusting and terrifying sight.

Her face, contorted in fear and despair, became incredibly ugly.

This is a true Saint-rank spirit beast…

Its aura alone could scare a mid-rank spirit beast to death and drive a Level 2 Spirit Master to the brink of collapse.

At this moment, Gong Lianyue finally understood why everyone in the Sea Concubine Palace was so respectful and cautious towards her.

Even though she had ordinary talent and her companion spirit beast was a Water Element, no one dared to test her.

What if her Water Element really was a Variant Water Emperor in disguise—

Poof!

Just as Gong Lianyue was lost in thought, the powerful Moonquake Fox suddenly erupted in a cloud of mist, its massive body shrinking rapidly like a deflating balloon.

Eh? What’s going on?

Shrinking drastically, the weak and pitiful little fox collapsed on the ground, twitching. Finally, in a flash of light, it transformed into a small, pink flower bud.

Glancing at the unconscious cloaked woman, Gong Lianyue’s anxiety eased slightly. She quickly ran to where the little fox had fallen.

Suddenly, her ice-blue eyes narrowed. Gong Lianyue stared incredulously at the pink flower bud in her hands.

“Wait, t-this is…?”

An immutable truth about camouflage-type spirit beasts was that they would revert to their original form when unconscious. This meant that—

No wonder…

No wonder when they first met on the Ice Plains, even when she had pulled out the flower that the little fox had transformed into, its disguise hadn’t been broken.

No wonder the Snow Foxes had said those things. It wasn’t a Seven-Star Titan Moonquake Fox at all. It wasn’t even a fox.

The little fox’s true form… was this flower?!

Gong Lianyue believed she had memorized the Spirit Beast Compendium thoroughly, but she couldn’t identify this flower’s species or name. She didn’t even have the slightest impression of such an ability.

Even if it could transform into a Seven-Star Titan Moonquake Fox, how could it perfectly mimic its aura and pressure?

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Gong Lianyue anxiously held the small flower. For some reason, its aura was weakening. Was it suffering from spirit energy exhaustion?

It had only transformed for about half a minute. How could it have consumed so much spirit energy…?

Gong Lianyue pulled out several general-purpose nutrient potions for spirit beasts from her skirt and dripped them all near the flower’s delicate stamen.

After absorbing some nutrients, the flower’s aura revived slightly, but it quickly depleted again, on the verge of withering.

She hadn’t brought any higher-grade potions with her. Gong Lianyue made a swift decision.

“There’s no other way. I have to ask the Snow Foxes for help!!”

[Water Element]

A swirling vortex of water slowly materialized. The emotionless Water Element enveloped the blue-haired girl and sped towards the Ice Plains.

Fortunately, the Black Mud Whale had chased them at such high speed that they hadn’t traveled very far. Soon, the snowy mound of the cave came into view.

Gong Lianyue left with the little flower, while the cloaked woman lay half-dead in a pool of blood, her body convulsing violently.