Chapter 11 The Power of the Evolved

Golden-red flames bloomed across the sky, instantly lighting up the surrounding area as bright as day.

In the firelight, Tianma Xingkong tilted his body and charged forward, directly meeting the oncoming black pulse.

He was completely enveloped in the energy of the Phoenix Sky Drive, merging with the technique, piercing through the light, and diving into the pit.

Two seconds later, a loud explosion came from below…

Before the sound stopped, dozens of black rays flew out in a scattered manner, forcing Honghu, who was standing at the edge of the pit, to retreat several meters.

“Still can’t finish it off…” Zhao Yingwang, standing at the very back, could only anxiously watch. The aftereffects of forcibly activating Rashomon just now, and the heavy damage he suffered at the beginning of the battle, had temporarily deprived him of his ability to fight. Even if he勉强 stepped forward, he would only be a burden.

“Ugh…” After a few more seconds, Tianma Xingkong cried out miserably and flew backward from the pit, crashing onto the street.

“Is this the power of the Evolved…” Honghu’s face was covered in sweat, and the hand holding the bow was trembling. “Heh…” A bitter smile of despair appeared on his face. “How on earth can we kill this kind of monster…”

“It’s not time to give up yet.” Feng Bujue said in a very calm tone, “We’re all still alive, aren’t we?”

“That’s right.” Tianma Xingkong, lying on the ground, interjected, “Although I can’t stand up now and can’t move, there will always be a way.”

“What way are you talking about?” Honghu shouted, “What’s with confidently saying those lines while you’re down?”

“Um… I wanted to ask…” Feng Bujue said to Tianma Xingkong, “How many more times can you use your resurrection skill?”

“That was a one-time use consumable skill.” Tianma Xingkong replied without thinking.

“Then… do you have any other killer moves?” Feng Bujue asked again, “Obviously, ordinary moves are ineffective. And my current state can’t handle a second Spirit Energy Cannon.” As he asked this question, his hand had already reached into his knapsack. As long as Tianma Xingkong said “I have a trump card,” Jue-Ge would unhesitatingly give him a panacea.

But…

“I only have Pegasus Meteor Fist as an active skill.” Tianma Xingkong frankly replied, “The Phoenix Sky Drive was acquired by the studio at a high price and forced me to equip it in the finals. To be honest… I don’t really like that move.”

This Tianma Xingkong was undoubtedly an incurable chuunibyou (eighth-grader syndrome). Everyone understood that a player like him was unlikely to achieve good results in the Peak Tournament. Unfortunately… the other players of “Star Plume” were really disappointing, and they all fell in the preliminaries and semi-finals. This led the studio’s executives to have no choice but to bet all their treasures on Little Ma.

In fact, at this moment, the executives of Star Plume were still gnashing their teeth and stomping their feet in the conference room, constantly complaining about Tianma Xingkong’s words and actions…

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By the way, the appearance of the Evolved did not bring any impact to the broadcast. Although the players in the script could no longer hear the commentator's flamboyant style, the audience watching the match in front of the screen could still hear it. In addition, since the broadcast screen only tracked "battle" scenes involving players, the audience was unaware of other events outside the battle.

For example, in the battle between Fei Chai Shu and Corpse Blade King, when Devouring Ghost Brave and Shiva joined in, the four stopped fighting, and the audience could not see what happened afterwards; and those players who were caught by the Evolved, when they were beaten to the point of losing their ability to resist, they also left the battle state, so the audience could not see the scenes of them being brought to Lute and instantly killed.

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Back to the story…

“Ha! Hahahaha…”

When he heard Tianma Xingkong’s answer, Feng Bujue laughed. This was not ridicule, but using laughter to convey these three words—"You’re ruthless!"

“Okay… now that things have come to this… I can only try it myself.” Honghu drew his bow and nocked an arrow, seemingly preparing to use something. “But don’t have too high expectations… In terms of destructive power, my trump card is definitely not as good as your exaggerated skills.”

He pointed his finger at the bowstring, and with a thought, a light arrow emitting a blue spiritual light was formed.

“Feng Bujue…” Y2-Shining’s voice, with a bell-like rhythm, sounded again, “I have to thank you…”

Before the words fell, a figure emitting black light all over his body slowly rose from the deep pit blasted out by the Spirit Energy Cannon.

“Your attack is like a strong medicine… Heh…” Y2-Shining sneered, “It gave me a new life.” He moved his neck twice, talking to himself, completely indifferent to the technique Honghu was charging up, “I originally thought that ‘energy enhancement’ was not as effective as ‘beast mimicry enhancement’, but now it seems I was wrong…”

At this moment, the spiritual light on Honghu’s bow greatly flourished, and its energy had gathered to its peak. He loosened the finger pulling the string, and a blue light arrow like a spear roared out.

[Name: Spirit Bursting Inferno]

[Skill Card Attribute: Active Skill, Permanently Mastered]

[Skill Category: Spirit Art]

[Effect: Condenses spiritual energy and unleashes an attack with great destructive power (cooldown time of 30 minutes, can only be activated when equipped with a bow and crossbow weapon)]

[Consumption: All existing spiritual power values (this skill cannot be forcefully overdrafted to activate, the spiritual power value when using it must be greater than or equal to 1)]

[Learning Conditions: Spirit Art Specialization D]

[Remarks: A very simple but practical technique. It can pour the spiritual power value of the whole body into an arrow and shoot it out to kill the enemy. The more spiritual power the user has, the greater the power.]

“Hehe… an attack converted from more than 300 spiritual power, is it?” Y2-Shining looked at the imposing Spirit Bursting Inferno coming, but still talked and laughed freely, “For the current me, it’s probably equivalent to a basin of water being splashed in my face…” At the moment when the arrow reached in front of him, he swung his arm and struck, actually dispersing the light arrow…

“You should understand by now, right?” Y2-Shining’s tone was aggressive, “With your data strength, you can ‘absolutely’ not kill me.” His gaze swept over the three people who were still standing, “I want to see… what new tricks a cripple whose spine has been broken and three wastes who are not my opponents even in their peak state can play.”

“Um… since you’ve said so…” The only person who would respond at this time was Feng Bujue, “I can only use ‘that’ on you…” As he said that, he reached into his knapsack, “Actually… before I came here, I just made a deal with several big shots from the Netherworld Kingdom and got a pretty powerful thing… It was originally intended to be used on your boss, but…”

“You’d better keep that.” Suddenly, a woman’s voice came from not far away.

Feng Bujue didn’t even turn his head, and he could tell who the owner of the voice was: “Heh… Okay, if you say keep it, I’ll keep it.” At this moment, Jue-Ge finally showed a happy smile. He understood that the strongest reinforcement had arrived.