As Kong Mingan suddenly appeared on the competition stage, the entire arena first fell silent for a moment, then erupted in even more fervent cheers and shouts than before!
There was no other way; compared to regular one-on-one matches, one person defeating an entire team with overwhelming force was clearly more newsworthy!
They had thought this young man wouldn't appear, but unexpectedly, he showed up again in the finals!
"Aiya, I want to see rivers of blood!"
On the competition stage, Wu Ming, who was preparing to show off her skills, also froze for a moment.
Looking at the young man who had been chatting with them just before, she unconsciously frowned.
Wu Ming didn't underestimate him because of his age; after all, she and Zhang Lexuan had watched his match the day after their conversation.
His strength was immense, but she couldn't quite understand what methods he used.
The relaxed expression on her face gradually receded, and Wu Ming's brow furrowed, becoming serious.
Without hesitation, scorching golden flames erupted from her body, and the powerful heatwave caused the protective shield around the arena to ripple slightly.
Two yellow, two purple, one black.
Five optimally configured spirit rings rose from beneath her feet, displaying her powerful cultivation as a fifty-ninth-level Spirit King without reservation.
A brilliant Golden Crow phantom spread its wings behind her.
She lightly tapped her toes, leaving the ground, and looked down at her enemy, her aura sacred and scorching.
In response, Kong Mingan stood motionless.
The referee stood in mid-air, and after confirming both were ready, he announced loudly,
"The match begins!"
Almost the instant his voice fell, Wu Ming didn't hesitate.
The Golden Crow wings on her back flapped fiercely, and the scorching air current lifted her body rapidly upwards, quickly increasing the distance from the ground.
She knew very well that her advantage lay in her flexible aerial movement and powerful flame bombardment ability, which was an advantage for most Spirit Masters when fighting ground targets.
Looking down, she saw that Kong Mingan below did not pursue, but instead, a thick, blood-red mist permeated around him.
The blood-red mist rolled and spread like a living thing, quickly obscuring his figure completely, leaving only an unsettling crimson area with a radius of about ten meters.
"Putting on an act!"
Wu Ming snorted coldly, but inwardly she was secretly vigilant.
With a raised hand, her first spirit ring shone.
"Golden Crow True Fire Blast!"
Several blazing golden fireballs fell like meteors, accurately striking into the blood mist.
However, the expected explosion and EnergyImpact did not occur.
After the fireballs entered the blood mist, they were like mud oxen entering the sea, disappearing silently without even a ripple.
Wu Ming frowned slightly.
This feeling... it seemed her attacks weren't being blocked, but rather... losing control, and then being... swallowed?
"Golden Crow True Fire Explosion!"
She didn't believe it and, with her third spirit ring shining, launched another attack.
This time it was a wider-ranging, more sustained flame explosion attack.
A golden wave of flames surged into the blood mist, but the result was no different from before; it was still silently "swallowed" by the strange blood mist.
What exactly is this thing?
Wu Ming felt a sense of difficulty; the opponent's method was too bizarre, and she truly couldn't understand it.
And just as her thoughts were turning,
"Whoosh!"
A crimson spear, entirely condensed from Qi and blood, tore through the blood mist and shot out of the air without warning!
It was too fast... and it even struck precisely in the gap of her thoughts, giving her no time to dodge!
"Fourth Spirit Ability, Golden Crow True Fire Ring!"
Her fourth spirit ring flashed with purple light, and in the next moment, a condensed golden flame ring instantly formed in front of her for defense.
"Boom!"
The Qi and blood spear slammed heavily into the flame ring, emitting a dull roar.
The flame ring trembled violently, barely blocking the spear, but then it shattered with a crash!
What surprised Wu Ming even more was that at the moment of impact, she felt a very brief stagnation and loss of control in her spirit power circulation, as if something had interfered with her control over her own Spirit Abilities!
Before she could think further, "Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" several more Qi and blood spears shot out from different angles through the mist, sealing off all her dodging space!
Wu Ming gritted her teeth, golden flames erupted around her, and while desperately dodging and weaving, she activated her Spirit Abilities again to defend.
"Boom! Boom!"
She barely managed to destroy most of the spears, but one eventually pierced through a gap in the flames, accurately hitting her lower abdomen!
"Ugh!"
Wu Ming grunted, but the imagined sharp pain did not come.
The Qi and blood spear, upon contact with her body, instantly transformed into a crimson Energy that surged directly into her body.
Wu Ming's face changed dramatically, and her figure in mid-air stumbled violently.
She felt as if the circulation of spirit power within her body had hit an invisible wall.
Her normally unobstructed Meridians were forcibly blocked by an external, scorching and stagnant Energy.
spirit power lost its pathways and crashed chaotically within her body, bringing an indescribable sensation of bloating, pain, and suffocation, making her feel almost like vomiting!
"Fifth Spirit Ability, Golden Crow..."
She raised her hand, trying to forcefully activate a stronger Spirit Ability, but found her Meridians severely blocked, making it impossible for spirit power to condense smoothly.
This made even Spirit Abilities that she could normally use with a thought incredibly difficult to employ.
And just as she struggled, another Qi and blood spear was already upon her!
"Puff!"
This time, it solidly hit her shoulder, and more Qi and blood power surged into her body, instantly intensifying the blockage!
Wu Ming could no longer maintain flight; her Golden Crow Spirit attachment was forcibly dispelled, and she fell straight from the sky like a bird with broken wings, plunging headfirst into the churning blood-red mist below.
Almost the instant she entered the blood mist, Wu Ming felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation.
The surroundings were no longer air, but dense, unyielding, scorching Qi and blood, frantically drilling into her body through her skin pores.
Her Meridians were completely blocked, and her spirit power was entirely sealed within her body, unable to move.
The feeling was like being held down in a deep pool of viscous blood, unable to struggle, with only despair, like a cold tide, slowly engulfing her... Am I... going to die?
The thought surfaced, and the primal fear of a living being began to surge uncontrollably in Wu Ming's heart.
Tears welled in the corners of her eyes, and her pupils were filled with despair... However,
Death did not come as she had expected.
She fell into an embrace that was not wide, yet unusually steady.
The suffocating sensation receded slightly, and Wu Ming struggled to lift her eyes.
Within her blurry vision, what met her gaze was the young man's handsome face, incredibly close, and his calm, unruffled black eyes.
Her heart seemed to stop for a moment.
"Do you surrender?"
The young man's clear, cold voice sounded in her ear, without mockery, without triumph, just a calm inquiry.
Wu Ming suddenly snapped back to reality.
The fear and despair from moments ago now transformed into an incredibly strong sense of humiliation.
Subconsciously, she gritted her teeth and stubbornly retorted:
"...Never!"
(End of Chapter)
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