Countless glimmering Seeds of Rootless Wood Grass, like dandelion fluff caught in a gale, used the crashing waves as cover. They scattered across the opponent’s side of the field from every conceivable angle, blanketing the area.
Some were concealed within the seafoam, others clung to the water vapor, their trajectories unpredictable.
"Just as I expected!"
Jiang Jinling’s gaze was sharp as she stared intently at the points of light.
This was the very target her Grass Seed Withering Array was designed to counter!
The next moment, the Grass Seeds collided with a jade-green barrier of light.
An astonishing scene unfolded:
The moment most of the Grass Seeds touched the barrier, their Life Force seemed to be sucked right out of them.
Their spiritual glow dimmed and extinguished at a visible rate. Their once-plump forms quickly shriveled and withered, and a few even disintegrated directly into ash!
"It’s working! Contestant Jiang Jinling’s Grass Seed Withering Array is a perfect counter to Cyan Treasure’s Seeds of Rootless Wood Grass!"
From the commentary booth, Professor Wang Meng’s voice was filled with amazement. "Cyan Treasure’s most powerful attrition and control tactic has been completely neutralized right at the start of the match!"
An uproar swept through the audience, and the crowd supporting Venus University erupted in cheers.
The corners of Jiang Jinling’s lips curved upward in a barely perceptible arc.
’Six months of research and a specifically targeted Array Formation have yielded immediate results!’
But she didn’t notice—couldn’t have noticed—that beneath the shadow of the monstrous waves, amidst the distorted light and water, a clandestine figure was silently weaving its way forward.
Ah Ji, like a true Dark Night Assassin, had reduced its presence to an absolute minimum.
It used its Shadow Escape and Shadow Teleportation Skills simultaneously, blinking continuously between the shifting patches of shadow cast by the waves.
An eerie light flickered in its cat-like pupils. Each time one of its slender claws tapped the ground or the water’s surface, it left behind an imperceptible, compact shadow node that pulsed with a strange energy.
These nodes were like hidden threads buried underground, silently constructing an array of shadows—a dark mirror to the overt Array Jiang Jinling had deployed.
Gu Ming watched the neutralized Grass Seeds with an expressionless face, his eyes fixed on his opponent’s Array Pet.
...
Seeing that the Grass Seed Withering Array had indeed worked, successfully suppressing Cyan Treasure’s most troublesome seed tactics, Jiang Jinling felt a surge of confidence, and the sharp glint in her eyes intensified.
She knew she had to press her advantage and give Gu Ming no chance to recover.
"Triple Extremes Array, manifest!"
She cried out, her hands forming a series of shifting Seal Techniques.
The Grass Elf King understood instantly. The crystal of the Elf King’s Crown on its forehead blazed with jade light as it brought its palms together without touching.
Energy rapidly converged and took shape before it.
A vividly green Wooden Sword with a menacingly sharp edge, a gentle and auspicious Jade Ruyi circulating with life, and the phantom of a mirror shrouded in a treasured glow appeared one after another!
These were Dao Seeds nurtured from special Grass Seeds. The moment the three artifacts formed, a pressure far fiercer and more immense than that of the Grass Seed Withering Array descended.
It felt like three great mountains bearing down on Gu Ming’s side.
Compared to her high school days, Jiang Jinling’s Sword, Jade, and Mirror Triple Extremes Array was now far superior in both might and energy. It began to affect the very heavens, causing the audience to look up at the sky instinctively.
The Royal Sports Arena hadn’t altered the sky today; it was a normal, bright day.
But after the Triple Extremes Array appeared, the sky took on a jade-green hue.
The Elemental Spirit behind her also moved. Its form shifted between the Wood Attribute and a Sharp Gold Qi, clearly imbuing the Wooden Sword’s finishing blow with Vajra Qi.
Just then—
At the precise moment Jiang Jinling was shifting her Array Formation, pouring a vast amount of mental focus and energy into the more aggressive Triple Extremes Array;
in that brief interval when her old power had been spent and the new was yet to be born;
Gu Ming made his move.
"Cyan Treasure, Purification Beam!"
Cyan Treasure had long been poised for action. At the command, its long, serpentine body suddenly straightened, and a light gathered in its mouth.
It didn’t try to catalyze the neutralized Seeds of Rootless Wood.
Instead, it compressed its immense Life Energy and Light Spiritual Root Power to their absolute limit, forming an incredibly condensed, jade-green beam that radiated an aura of pure dispelling.
Guided by Gu Ming’s Divine Sense, the beam shot out like a precision scalpel, striking straight at the nexus of Jiang Jinling’s Compound Array!
On Cyan Treasure’s body, a Little-starlight Purification Array that had been laid down at some unknown point suddenly flared to life, imbuing its Plant Life Light Wave and its Purification of Heretics venom with an Array-Breaking Attribute.
BZZZZZ—!
The moment the jade-green beam struck the array’s core, it triggered a violent ripple of energy.
The entire light barrier of the Grass Seed Withering Array, along with the newly formed phantoms of the Sword, Jade, and Mirror Triple Extremes Array, rippled like a water surface struck by a stone. Their light flickered wildly, and their structures showed obvious signs of instability!
The Grass Elf King’s movements to coalesce the array faltered.
"Ah Kun, devour its energy source!"
Gu Ming’s second command was issued almost at the exact same time Cyan Treasure attacked.
GROOOAN—!
Ah Kun let out a deep, muffled roar. Its broad, Star-like pectoral fins swung back, and its mountain-sized body actually used the residual water to launch itself into the air, its massive maw gaping open like an abyss.
The second step of the Wave-Swallowing Technique!
Whale Soaring and Heaven-Devouring-star Transformation!
An utterly terrifying Devouring Power erupted, aimed directly at the construction core of the array suspended in mid-air—the Ancient Array Plate!
The streams of Runes projected by the Array Plate immediately distorted, as if being pulled by an invisible force, flowing ceaselessly toward Ah Kun’s giant mouth.
The Compound Array’s energy supply was suddenly strained, and its light dimmed even further!
Jiang Jinling’s expression changed. Her tried-and-true Triple Extremes Array, which she believed was invincible, was actually having its very foundation shaken by the Devouring from Ah Kun’s maw.
But she remained calm in the face of danger and snorted coldly.
"In your dreams!"
"Broken Wave Array, activate!"
She had been on guard against Ah Kun attacking the array itself all along!
The Ancient Array Plate suddenly shot a beam of azure light into the Elemental Spirit.
The Elemental Spirit’s body instantly changed color as it spewed forth a surging blue tide.
The sixty-two Array Flags on the field also changed color in an instant, shimmering with blue light.
Countless chaotic, viscous undercurrents and whirlpools began to appear in the waves created by Ah Kun, turning its own water against it.
The Broken Wave Array, a specific counter to the momentum of the Water Element!
Ah Kun felt the water around it instantly become as heavy as lead and utterly chaotic.
Its Whale Leap, which relied on the momentum of the water, was thwarted in mid-air.
It couldn’t truly fly yet; it had soared into the sky using the momentum of its Whale Leap, sustained only by sheer force of will.
With the foundation of its momentum shattered, its gaping maw lost most of its power. The effect of its Devouring Power was drastically reduced, and its massive body began to fall back down.
"Now! Triple Extremes Array, suppre—"
However, Gu Ming’s true killing move was never either of these two overt attacks.
"Ah Ji!"
At Gu Ming’s soft call,
the true fatal blow erupted from the shadows that no one had noticed!
Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!
Use arrow keys (or A / D) to PREV/NEXT chapter