Chapter 140

"Luo…"

Stopping his steps, Alikete's expression was rather grim; as the heir of the Suolage family, his Chinese was very fluent: "This is the effect of the Holy Land, right?"

"You guess?" Qin Chuan naturally wouldn't tell the other the answer.

While they were speaking, Alikete's two Elite Tier Spirit Beasts had already engaged in battle with Qin Chuan and Yue Li's four spirit beasts.

Shui Hua and Snow Cake's target was immediately locked onto that spirit beast whose body surged with mysterious wood-golden light, wearing a golden crown on its head—the Holy Light Lion.

On the other side, in the high sky, the Thunder Hawk spreading its wings had a fierce glint in its eyes; its sharp beak was wrapped in a beak covering covered in lightning patterns, and it collided with Little Green and Little Red.

Without the enhancement of Spirit Ascension, Alikete had no chance of winning this battle.

"You really gave me quite a surprise." Alikete took a deep breath: "No wonder you're the possessor of the Life-Prayer Talent."

Qin Chuan didn't respond, silently watching Alikete.

Yue Li stood at his side, only half a body length behind him.

The storm raised by the six spirit beasts clashing blew the three people's clothes into a rustling flurry.

"However, if you think you can easily defeat me like this, you're thinking too much!" Alikete's eyes blazed with soaring fighting spirit: "Even without Spirit Ascension, I am still invincible!"

With his loud shout, the Thunder Hawk and Holy Light Lion's momentum rose steadily; the lightning-patterned beak covering and the golden crown lit up simultaneously, and the Star Mang equipment activated instantly.

【Strong Electric (Star Mang Level 9): Attribute power increased by 56%】

With a resounding thunderclap that echoed all around, the Thunder Hawk's surrounding lightning exploded outward, instantly recoiling; the crackling electric arcs pierced through the gale and the howling flames coming its way, shattering the fire dragon that was about to engulf it, and then, amid a sharp cry, it lunged at Little Green and Little Red.

【Splitting Light (Star Mang Level 9): Attack increased by 21%, Defense increased by 21%, Speed increased by 84%】

The Holy Light Lion lifted its head and let out a roar; already extremely swift, it nearly turned into a blur, its burst speed even suppressing Shui Hua, who was employing Point Water Stride.

Clang—

The blade's cry rang out instantly; Xue Gao slashed with a single stroke, the released blade-light like a crescent moon, falling upon the Holy Light Lion's inevitable path.

Roar!

The Holy Light Lion let out a fierce low growl, its body twisting to dodge the blade-light, and the momentum that had been lunging toward Shui Hua shifted in an instant to strike at Xue Gao.

Xue Gao remained calm and unafraid, clad in the Azure Snow Gauze, flying straight forth, instantly splitting into two, and charging at the Holy Light Lion.

A golden claw the size of a head whipped up a gale, howling as it swept toward Xue Gao's frail form, and in the next instant a crisp 'crack' rang out.

The doppelganger created by Snow Shadow shattered instantly, and at the same time the Azure Snow Gauze adorning Xue Gao's true body tore apart; Xue Gao's true form turned into drifting snow the moment it was hit, scattering with the gust kicked up by the claw.

A thin layer of frost spread from the Holy Light Lion's giant claw, covering its massive form in an instant and temporarily solidifying its soaring momentum.

【Frost Freeze】, activated!

A snowflake condensed beside the Holy Light Lion into Xue Gao's form again, the Frost-Hilt Sword blazing with light as it came down heavily on the lion's vital neck.

【Frost Annihilation】, activated! Star·Snow Shadow, Star·Seek Frost Trace, Star·Azure Snow Gauze attack boost now active!

Blade-light, pointing straight at the Holy Light Lion! At the same time, a towering waterfall hundreds of square units in size cascaded from the heavens, its terrifying slaughtering power not yet arrived but already making the surrounding void rumble.

The Flowing Shape Water Crown burst with azure light, and under its enhanced attribute control, the massive waterfall instantly became a high-speed spinning water drill, its inner and outer slaughtering forces intertwining, chilling to the bone.

Star·Heavenly Waterfall Cascade! The two Spirit Beasts coordinated, their strike an instant killing blow.

Though the Holy Light Lion should have been under 【Frost Freeze】, a hoarse roar burst from it, its body blazing with blinding light, causing the ice covering it to melt away instantly as if meeting scorching sun.

Just as Xue Gao's blade was about to fall, he abruptly jerked his body back, a flash of blood light bursting forth, his massive form teleporting aside to dodge the crashing Heavenly Waterfall Cascade.

Appearing outside the range of the Heavenly Waterfall Cascade, the Holy Light Lion now bore a deep wound at its shoulder blade that exposed bone, though not fatal.

Regret filled Xue Gao's eyes, and in the next instant he glanced toward the other side.

A half-dead Growth Tier Spirit Beast was hurled this way by the Dragon Demon Lion; Xue Gao slew it instantly with his blade, reclad in the re-formed Azure Snow Gauze, and once again charged at the Holy Light Lion.

"Having confirmed that Conan's last Spirit Beast had been slain by Xue Gao, Long Ji turned his head toward the terror-stricken Conan and said, 'Tell me the three effects of the Insight talent, and I'll give you a quick death.'"

"Our informant in the United States told me that beside Ericte there is a black youth who often accompanies him to various high-society venues; that must be you, right?"

"Do you think that having lost Insight, you still have any value to Ericte?"

"There are still seven hours until the Dream World Entrance closes."

"You still have a chance to run."

Hearing Long Ji's sentence after sentence of heart-piercing words, Conan instead gradually calmed down.

"I'll say."

Several seconds later, Conan collapsed, turning into specks of light that dissipated.

At the same time, players of the Special Affairs Group who frequently refreshed the talent pools in each region of the Dream World saw Insight flare up again and pressed 【Draw Talent】.

"Damn it!!!"

In his peripheral vision, he saw Ericte, whose account had been deleted by Conan, his eyes blood-red, watching as both sides fell into absolute disadvantage on the battlefield, a flicker of malice flashing in his gaze as he turned and charged outward through the light membrane without looking back.

Cry—

Seeing this, Xiao Qing, who had noticed, unhesitatingly flung out a tornado, while Shui Hua also shot several bursts of raging current, but these attacks seemed to exist on a different plane from Ericte, passing straight through.

The Contract Spirit Beast remains alive, unable to inflict damage on players.

"Leave it to me!" Long Ji barked low, mounting the Dragon Demon Lion and giving chase.

"Kill the Spirit Beasts first." Qin Chuan glanced at the two battlefields and spoke in a deep voice.

The four Spirit Beasts understood, about to deliver the final blow, when a sudden change occurred.

Ericte's two Contract Spirit Beasts simultaneously let out mournful cries, dangerous energy surging around them as they exploded with a boom.

Boom!!!

Accompanied by two deafening blasts, the nearest Shui Hua and Xiao Qing were flung outward, crashing heavily to the ground with wounds of varying depth; only Xue Gao, who had evaded by using Seek Frost Trace, and Xiao Hong, who remained on the ground far from the aerial battle zone, emerged unscathed.

"This madman!"

Qin Chuan stared wide-eyed, looking toward Ericte's direction, his expression shifting again.

Ericte, having rushed into the nearby forest, mounted a wounded Elite Tier stag-shaped Spirit Beast, instantly repelled Long Ji, and sped full tilt toward the territory's border.

【Player Name: lion】

【Player Level：Elite Tier】

【Contract Spirit Beast：Forest Flower Deer】

This guy… actually defeated an Elite Tier Spirit Beast in advance, using it as the final trump card!

Long Ji's Dragon Demon Lion is only Elite Tier Lv20, not a match for the Forest Flower Deer whose level has already been maxed out by Erikte at the moment of contract, and only Shui Hua and Xiaoqing on the field can keep up with Erikte; both were injured simultaneously in the Spirit Beast's self-destruct just now.

Watching Erikte charge out of the light membrane and quickly disappear, Qin Chuan's face was vexed.

I never expected the arrogant and overconfident Erikte to leave so many backup plans.

A hand gently held his hand, and Yue Li's voice rang in his ear.

「The rest, leave it to me。」

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