bioinnovel Chapter 207 The Grown-Up Snow Woman
Chapter 207 The Grown-Up Snow Woman
On the podium, Lin Yan stared wide-eyed in disbelief once again.
She gripped the chair armrests with both hands, leaning forward, almost knocking over the teacup in front of her. Her face, which had just been shocked by Manluo, was now being run over again by the locomotive of shock.
"Ultimate level... another Ultimate level?"
Lin Yan's voice even changed slightly: "Yesterday it was the complete form, and today it's the ultimate form? Meng Tianxiang, your granddaughter... is she cheating?"
She turned to look at Meng Tianxiang sitting next to her, her eyes filled with "Is something wrong with this world?"
"I could forgive that girl Manluo before, at least she was a late bloomer. But your granddaughter isn't that great, so how did she advance to the Ultimate level overnight? Why is the Ultimate Beastmaster suddenly worthless?"
Upon hearing this, Meng Tianxiang rolled her eyes and retorted sarcastically.
"Oh, what Patriarch Lin said is quite interesting."
"What? You're allowed to have your Lin Feiyan advance to the Ultimate level, but my granddaughter isn't allowed to go first? Why should Ultimate Beast Tamers be worthless after my granddaughter advances to the Ultimate level? According to you, only advancements by members of your Lin family are considered valuable in the entire Yue Lanzhou, while advancements by others are just inflated?"
Lin Yan was speechless after being rebuked. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but found that he was indeed in the wrong.
She turned her head away sheepishly, ceasing her banter with Meng Tianxiang, but couldn't help muttering under her breath, "That's outrageous..."
Seeing this, Meng Tianxiang didn't pursue, but merely smiled. Her gaze returned to the arena, landing on her spirited granddaughter, a hint of satisfaction and pride flashing in her eyes that was hard for others to detect.
Throughout the bickering between the two, Bao Yunxing remained completely silent, not even listening to what they were saying.
Her attention wasn't focused on Meng Yanqing becoming the ultimate beast tamer at all.
In fact, when the Thousand-Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus evolved into the Myriad Blades Returning to the Void Lotus, Bao Yunxing only glanced at it symbolically. His gaze lingered on the myriad flying swords swirling around for less than a second before he looked away indifferently.
Her gaze was already firmly held by something else.
It's that snow woman.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time she had seen the full appearance of the Snow Maiden, Yuki Yuu-yuu, on site.
She had watched the preliminary round between Lanzhi Academy and Leiming Academy before, but it hadn't shocked her as much as it had today—the virtual battle from God's-eye view was shown by the director zooming in on the entire body, presenting the snow maiden's entire figure to her without reservation.
How can I describe it in words?
Nearly four thousand meters tall, its body is like a mountain, and its pure white, flawless skin is like an unmelting glacier, both graceful and majestic.
If it weren't for the fact that this was a virtual battle, allowing the director to zoom in and out at will, Bao Yunxing wouldn't even have been able to see the whole thing.
Even the full-body zoom-in shot the director is giving us now, with its enormous, almost unreal size, gives Bao Yunxing the absurd illusion of watching a celestial comparison video in an astronomy documentary.
It's even more astonishing than the rumors suggested.
The director clearly knows how to create visual impact.
The large screen was divided into two side-by-side shots.
The left-hand view shows the Snow Woman in full view. In that space, nothing else can be seen—the cracked earth of the Thunderstorm Wasteland becomes the tiny patterns beneath her feet, the dark clouds become the gray ribbon wrapped around her waist, and the giant electromagnets suspended in mid-air are like insignificant specks of dust beside her.
On the right, the camera shows Meng Yanqing confronting Princess Lei Ying. The myriad flying swords, twelve sword stands, and dazzling light threads of the Myriad Blades Returning to the Void Lotus bloom with dazzling brilliance within that small space, and the confrontation between the two sides makes the audience's blood boil.
But the problem is—
The director did try putting the Snow Maiden and the Lotus of Ten Thousand Blades in the same shot.
As a result, when the Snow Maiden's entire body was included in the picture, the magnificent scene of the 33-foot-3-inch tall Lotus of Ten Thousand Blades Returning to the Void and the surrounding ten thousand flying swords was directly shrunk into an almost invisible point of light in the corner of the picture, as if it had disappeared.
The director tried three times, but eventually gave up on the idea of having them appear in the same frame.
Bao Yunxing's gaze remained fixed on the left-hand panel.
Height alone is enough to tell—
This snow woman is much, much, much stronger than when she first fought Lei Ying in the preliminary rounds.
She clearly remembered that the snow woman was only 140 meters tall at that time. Although it was huge, it was still within a comprehensible range, and within the height that the other contestants' pets could look up to.
At first, she thought that this snow maiden was just a little bigger than ordinary pets. Compared with other strangely shaped pets, she was just a little bigger and there was nothing particularly noteworthy about her.
But now?
From 140 meters to nearly 4,000 meters.
How long has it been?
She quickly calculated the multiplier in her mind, and the result made her fingertips feel slightly cold.
More than 28 times.
How long has it been since the preliminary rounds? Not long at all, yet this snow woman's height has increased more than twenty times.
And what's even more deadly is—
This is only the mature stage of its appearance.
Bao Yunxing knew that Xue Youyou's snow maiden was even more terrifying in her complete form.
The video recording from the preliminary rounds, in which the goddess Yuki-onna briefly appeared, though only a fleeting glimpse, still vividly evokes her ethereal aura and imposing presence.
If the complete form of this Yuki-onna also increased in size by the same factor...
If such a monster appeared in reality...
Bao Yunxing's pupils contracted slightly.
It can easily destroy the landscape of any city.
This is neither an exaggeration nor unfounded worry. What does a height of four thousand meters mean? Most city skyscrapers are nothing more than fingernail-sized building blocks in its presence. It doesn't need to use any special abilities; the air currents it generates as it moves are enough to flatten entire city blocks.
What if one day Xue Youyou loses control and goes berserk—
Bao Yunxing swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.
I simply can't imagine it.
She suddenly realized that her decision to give so many resources to Xue Youyou a few days ago to cooperate might have been like asking a tiger for its skin.
Even the image of an emperor's pet beast in her dreams was something she wouldn't dare to imagine.
Those legendary pets that only exist in ancient books and the oral traditions of beast tamers, those ancient behemoths that were believed to be able to guard a state and deter generations, are probably nothing more than this.
No, perhaps it's even worse.
At least those legendary ancient behemoths grew over a long period of time, leaving traces and methods to control them.
And Xue Youyou, this snow maiden, went from 140 meters to 4000 meters in just over a month. This growth rate can no longer be described as "extraordinary talent"; it's simply—
monster.
Bao Yunxing slowly pulled himself out of his thoughts, his gaze sweeping over the boisterous audience in the stadium.
The enormous circular stands were packed with people, banners billowing in the air. Countless spectators held up their support signs, shouting themselves hoarse for the Snow Maiden and the Lotus of Ten Thousand Blades Returning to the Void as they appeared on the field. Their faces were filled with excitement and fervor, cheering and jumping for joy at witnessing it firsthand.
The entire venue was immersed in an almost frenzied carnival atmosphere.
Seeing the audience's indifference to the plight of a fallen nation, Bao Yunxing sighed almost imperceptibly and rubbed his temples.
These naive and innocent viewers should just enjoy the game.
To the average person, this might just be a spectacular beast-taming duel, something to talk about over tea, a carnival where they can unleash their passion and hormones. They simply need to cheer for the exciting scenes, scream for their favorite competitors, and then go home satisfied, eagerly anticipating the next match.
As the leader of the alliance, she had many more considerations.
She saw not only the wins and losses on the field, but also the crises outside the field.
An entity capable of increasing a pet's size nearly thirty times in just over a month possesses potential and a level of danger far exceeding that of a normal beast tamer. Not to mention what would happen if this snow maiden were to advance to the ultimate form in the future?
When that day comes, even all the ultimate beast tamers in Yue Lanzhou combined might not be able to subdue Xue Youyou.
At that time, the years of open and covert struggles between the Pet Alliance and the Moon Worship Cult will be nothing but a joke.
As the leader of the Pet Alliance of Yuelan Prefecture, she works tirelessly and cautiously every day for the sake of Yuelan Prefecture's stability and long-term peace.
They thought they had recruited a promising genius, but instead they found themselves recruiting a potential catastrophe.
Anyway-
We absolutely cannot let Xue Youyou, this snow maiden, continue to grow like this.
Bao Yunxing tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest a few times, his eyes gradually becoming deep and unfathomable.
For the sake of the country and its people in Yuelan Prefecture, she had to find a way... to get rid of Xue Youyou.
Once the idea took shape, it spread rapidly through her mind like a vine.
Bao Yunxing made a decision in his heart.
If she had known it would turn out this way, she would have given Xue Youyou resources, or even defied the world, to forcefully eliminate her while she was still weak.
At that time, the Snow Woman was only 140 meters tall. Although she was not small, she was still within a controllable range. With her abilities, she had many ways to eliminate a novice without anyone noticing.
How did we end up in such a passive situation?
Watching helplessly as the Snow Woman grew to four thousand meters tall, she belatedly realized the seriousness of the problem, leaving Bao Yunxing feeling an indescribable sense of frustration.
Fortunately—
Bao Yunxing's lips curled up slightly, and a calculating glint flashed in his eyes.
She has come up with a brilliant idea.
Moreover, it's a win-win solution.