bioinnovel Chapter 208 The Power of the Lotus Returning to the Ruins of Ten Thousand Blades
Chapter 208 The Power of the Lotus Returning to the Ruins of Ten Thousand Blades
Thinking of this, Bao Yunxing's worried expression vanished, and she regained her usual calm and elegant demeanor.
She leaned back slowly in her chair, interlaced her fingers on her knees, and turned her gaze back to the competition, a meaningful smile playing on her lips.
"Leader Bao, what are you looking at?"
Lin Yan's voice suddenly drifted from the side.
After she finished bickering with Meng Tianxiang, she turned around and saw Bao Yunxing staring at the screen with a serious expression, so she asked curiously.
"It's nothing."
Bao Yunxing withdrew his gaze and smiled faintly: "I was just thinking about how this match will end."
Lin Yan followed her gaze to the large screen, his eyes lingering on the Snow Woman for a moment before he clicked his tongue and said, "This Snow Woman is ridiculously large. I wonder how she raised her; she's practically a miracle in the world of pet studies."
"Yes, how do you raise it?"
Bao Yunxing repeated the question meaningfully, then changed the subject: "However, this snow woman seems to be observing from the sidelines, deliberately leaving room for Meng Yanqing and Lei Ying's one-on-one duel. Do you think Meng Yanqing can defeat Lei Ying?"
Lin Yan crossed his arms and pondered for a moment: "It's hard to say. Ultimate level is indeed strong, but Lei Ying... her speed is too overpowered. Meng's pet has evolved, but if it can't hit its opponent, even the strongest attack is useless."
This time, Lin Yan's words were quite objective, and even Meng Tianxiang didn't rush to retort.
Lei Ying simply smiled and remained silent.
Bao Yunxing nodded slightly, his gaze returning to the arena.
Above the Thunderstorm Wasteland, on the horizon in the direction of the Thunderclap Academy's spawn point, four streaks of light are rapidly approaching the Blue Lotus Academy's spawn point.
Those were the other four members of Lei Ming Academy—Su Yingxue, Lu Xiyao, Lin Jinglei, and Nightingale.
With the Snow Woman as such a conspicuous coordinate, even a fool would know which way to go.
Although they are far from being as fast as Princess Flash, being selected into a team by the Thunder Academy means their speed is not slow either.
Especially Nightingale riding on the Thunder Horned Dragon King, whose entire body was covered in dark blue scales, flapped its wings, bursting out a circle of lightning, propelling its massive body forward at breakneck speed.
The nightingale on the dragon's back had its long hair flying, its eyes fixed on the front.
"We're almost there," Nightingale whispered.
The other three were just as fast, following closely behind.
Soon, they spotted Princess Lightning not far away.
And Meng Yanqing, surrounded by thousands of flying swords.
"What is that...?"
The nightingale's pupils suddenly contracted.
She instinctively reined in the Thunder Horned Dragon King, which let out a low roar and barely stopped in mid-air. Su Yingxue, Lu Xiyao, and Lin Jinglei's pets beside her also stopped almost simultaneously.
The four of them stood in a row, their eyes fixed on the black crystal lotus that was three zhang, three chi, and three cun tall.
Ten thousand flying swords swirled rapidly around the lotus body like swimming fish, emitting a dense yet sharp sword cry. The illusory swords floating on the twelve sword thrones exuded a chilling sword intent. The sword pellet shaped like a lotus seed at the lotus's heart caused the surrounding air to slightly distort with each flicker of light.
All four of them had a brain short-circuit at the same time.
"This...this looks so much like the legendary ultimate form..."
Nightingale's voice was dry, like sandpaper rubbing together. As she rode on the dragon's back, her finger trembled slightly as she pointed to the giant black crystal lotus. Her lips moved a few times before she finally finished speaking: "...The Lotus of Ten Thousand Blades Returning to Nothingness?"
No one answered her.
In fact, there is no need to answer.
Su Yingxue gripped the reins tightly, her fingertips turning slightly white. Lu Xiyao's expression darkened, a hint of disbelief flashing in her eyes. Lin Jinglei was completely stunned, his mouth opening and closing, but he couldn't utter a word.
That sense of oppression is undeniable.
That wasn't the aura a fully-formed being could exude. The oppressive aura that made their own beasts tremble slightly, the piercing pain as if countless sharp swords were hanging overhead, the suffocating feeling as if being stared at by death itself—
It is the ultimate form.
Without a doubt, it is the ultimate form.
"Didn't the intelligence report say... that Meng Yanqing's Thousand-Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus is in its complete form?" Lu Xiyao's voice was extremely low, as if she were talking to herself.
"The intelligence was from yesterday."
Su Yingxue bit her lower lip, her gaze fixed on the black lotus: "Today is today—"
She didn't finish her sentence.
Because Meng Yanqing moved.
To be precise, it was Meng Yanqing who issued the order to the Myriad Blades Returning to the Void Lotus.
"Take care of those troublesome small fry first."
After she finished speaking, she didn't even glance at the four members of the Thunder Academy again, her gaze remaining fixed on Princess Lightning in mid-air.
The moment the words fell—
The lotus flower stirred as the myriad blades returned to nothingness.
The massive array of ten thousand swords that had been rapidly rotating around the lotus body suddenly froze for a moment. As if time had been paused, the ten thousand flying swords hovered in mid-air, their tips pointing outwards, their blades vibrating slightly and emitting a deep, synchronized hum.
Immediately afterwards, about one-tenth of the flying swords were separated from the sword formation.
A thousand flying swords.
The moment they broke free of the sword formation, they automatically arranged themselves into a dense attack array, with the sword tips pointing diagonally at Princess Lightning in mid-air ahead—and her four teammates who had just arrived behind her.
"not good!"
The nightingale was the first to react.
Her fighting instincts instantly overwhelmed the shock in her mind. She squeezed her legs together against the dragon's back, and the Thunder Horned Dragon King let out a deafening roar, bursting with blinding lightning as it tried to dodge to the side.
Lu Xiyao's Five Thunder Tiger released a shield of lightning, attempting to withstand the attack.
Su Yingxue's Frost Lightning Snow Sable Fairy flashed and transformed into a white shadow, retreating rapidly.
Lin Jinglei's Thundercloud Sky Sparrow flapped its wings violently, attempting to gain altitude and avoid the attack range.
Their reaction was remarkably swift.
but--
Meaningless.
A rain of a thousand flying swords, like a meteor shower falling into the atmosphere, trailed visible white contrails as they poured down, covering the sky. The shrill whistling of the swords tearing through the air merged into a chilling symphony of death, enveloping the space within a radius of several hundred feet.
Princess Lightning Lei Ying raised an eyebrow slightly.
To her eyes, which could detect even the trajectory of lightning, these flying swords were indeed as slow as snails. With a mere flicker, she moved through the rain of swords with effortless ease. One flying sword after another grazed the hem of her clothes, yet they didn't even touch a single hair on her head.
She even had a moment to glance back at her teammates.
Then, she looked away.
She can't change anything.
The instant she turned her head, a thousand flying swords had already fallen.
The Thunder Horned Dragon King's lightning shield was pierced instantly; its hard scales were as fragile as paper before the flying swords. Nightingale didn't even have time to utter a cry of alarm before she and her dragon were pierced by dozens of flying swords.
The Five Thunder Tiger's lightning shield wall shattered in less than half a second, and countless rapidly enlarging cold lights were reflected in Lu Xiyao's pupils. The next second, her vision was plunged into eternal darkness.
Su Yingxue's retreating afterimage was caught up by the flying sword, and the Frost Lightning Snow Sable Fairy was cleaved in two with a single sword strike, leaving both master and pet pinned in mid-air.
Lin Jinglei's Thundercloud Sky Sparrow had barely ascended ten zhang (approximately 33 meters) when its wings were pierced by a flying sword swooping down from above. The Thundercloud Sky Sparrow let out a mournful cry and plummeted down with its master.
The whole process happened in the blink of an eye.
Four regular members of the Thunder Academy, four fully-formed Beast Tamers, were torn to shreds like paper by a single basic attack from the Ultimate-level Thousand Blades Returning to the Void Lotus.