Published: February 12, 2025
Wen Yan also had a battle beast, and its rank on the national leaderboard even surpassed that of Little Luo Zhen, which was his thousand-year-old giant tortoise.
However, that guy had eighty percent of its combat power in the water, and on land, aside from having an abnormal defensive ability, it wasn't much use.
Therefore, this time Wen Yan placed it in a river near Ten Thousand Beast Manor, letting it hunt for itself. This battle beast, already at the eighth-level evolution rank, posed no danger in a relatively small lake.
Wen Yan himself was quite strong as well, and the battle beast was more of a means for him to control the area where the pavilion of quality was located. After all, the water area there was vast.
Facing an eighth-level battle beast clad in eight-piece gear, Wen Yan struggled greatly. Originally, battle beasts at this evolution level had many innate skills, and coupled with the capabilities of beast equipment, Little Luo Zhen's tactics were numerous and caused Wen Yan significant trouble.
He had even attempted to attack Qin Ru, but this boss of Reborn Mount Hua, who was in a petrified state, was incredibly tough. After several attempts, Wen Yan found himself unable to break through.
With Little Luo Zhen's entanglement, Wen Yan had no choice but to abandon this plan.
It must be acknowledged that Little Luo Zhen was indeed strong. Wen Yan had used all his strength just to barely subdue him. Just as he was about to deliver a fatal blow, the space shifted, and he was removed from the scene, allowing Qin Ru and Little Luo Zhen to escape.
Next, a second frustrating event occurred.
He encountered the water steward, who was... currently unleashing a powerful move.
Having been pressed by Jin Zhongyuan before, the water steward decided to use her trump card—goddess of Luo water!
This was her most powerful skill to date in her profession.
The water steward didn't use this ability often for two reasons: the cooldown time was too long, so long that it left her feeling somewhat desperate. She had been very interested in items that could reduce skill cooldowns because she wanted to shorten the cooldown time of this ability, which lasted ten months.
Additionally, there was a side effect to using this ability. It would cause her evolution level to drop by one rank within five hours.
For someone who had long occupied a high position and had been at the forefront of evolution levels in the national area and even on Earth, temporarily losing a rank was quite unpleasant and also dangerous.
Especially now, in this constantly shifting space, with only the water steward present, her subordinates were separated from her. If her evolution level dropped to the seven-star rank, her safety would become a major concern.
But the water steward had no choice; she had to do this. She wasn't without means to save her life and could still engage with Jin Zhongyuan. However, she truly wanted to escape before this spartitu space collapsed.
Killing her opponent was the only way to get out, as Guan Cheng Village had informed her. The only method left to quickly eliminate Jin Zhongyuan was this one.
Thus, the water steward used this ability, goddess of Luo water.
She emitted a silver light from within, which enveloped her and lifted her into the air. Her long hair floated, her clothes billowed, and a strong aura radiated from her.
The entire space trembled as a result.
If the goddess of Luo water ability wasn't powerful, why would it have such a long cooldown and such severe side effects?
A ball of silver energy, seemingly wrapped in lightning, appeared in front of the water steward's abdomen. Her hands gently supported the lightning energy ball on either side, slowly spreading open as its volume increased.
At that moment, even her eyes and skin turned entirely silver.
At a certain moment, the water steward let out a scream, and with a powerful push outward, the lightning energy ball flew away.
It moved swiftly, like teleportation, leaving a shadow in the air.
However, just as the energy ball shot out, her opponent changed. Jin Zhongyuan and the door god vanished, and the shield that had been flying toward her was gone as well, replaced by the cunning traitor, Wen Yan!