Published: February 12, 2025
Ye Zhongming chose to unlock the Mountain King Crown.
The potential abilities of this equipment had an overwhelming attraction for him. Although the King of Cloud Summit was already prepared, the proximity to the Hall People’s camp posed a risk. Even if his plan succeeded in attracting Zimu, who could guarantee that Hall People wouldn’t rush in to support him before he could eliminate the target?
In this situation, the newly emerged capabilities of the Mountain King Crown might truly change the course of the battle.
Moreover, Ye Zhongming's powerful transformation ability was still on cooldown (even if it wasn't, he couldn't use it since the target was too large). Thus, the real combat power would be Jie Su, while he could only play a supporting role. Since that was the case, he would wholeheartedly focus on being an assistant.
A new pure energy began to coalesce within his body, gradually increasing in size while continuing to consume Ye Zhongming's physical energy.
In no time, a strand of primordial energy was condensed and slowly absorbed by the Mountain King Crown.
Ye Zhongming nervously 'watched,' worrying that if the Mountain King Crown still wasn't satisfied, it would become troublesome, as he had very little energy left in his body.
Fortunately, perhaps sensing its master’s anxiety, the Mountain King Crown finally changed after absorbing this strand of energy.
As the earlier dazzling light gradually faded, the Mountain King Crown appeared slightly larger and more exquisite, and even the gems on it increased from one to two!
Ye Zhongming let out a sigh of relief; it was a success.
The Mountain King Crown evolved again, unlocking a brand new ability—Summon Mountain and Receive Support!
After completing the upgrade of the Mountain King Crown, Ye Zhongming slowly awakened from his meditative state. The first things he saw were the relieved expressions of Jie Su and Pao Bai, followed by two slightly larger chubby little figures.
The two chubby figures calling out "Daddy" again shocked Jie Su and Pao Bai beyond measure. They had now confirmed that this was a symbol of the elemental power reaching its peak.
A sentient life!
How did this brother of mine manage to achieve this?
“Setting up a formation?”
Although there were many questions in his heart, Jie Su knew that this was not the time to dig deep. Ye Zhongming had mentioned what their final reliance would be this time, so he asked.
Ye Zhongming nodded.
The formation Jie Su referred to was the golden soldier killing array. Or rather, it was a modified, abbreviated version of the golden soldier killing array made by Huo Zhi.
After Ye Zhongming made some adjustments, it became the trump card for this trio's abduction mission.
There was no other way; in terms of strength, none of the three could match Zimu.
It wasn’t that they lacked talent, but as that peak expert had said, Zimu's starting point was too high, and he had received too many resources. The only one who could somewhat compare with him was Jie Su, but even that had its differences. One was a prince, while the other was just a direct descendant.
Even if Jie Su had mastered the adaptable formation and his strength was rapidly improving, it would still take some time to catch up or even surpass Zimu. Therefore, they could only rely on external forces, not to mention the countless guards possibly surrounding Zimu.
Jie Su did not know the golden soldier killing array. As Ye Zhongming began to set it up, he focused intently on watching.
In the Su Clan, learning the ten major formations wasn’t something that could be done just by wanting to learn. To be qualified to learn a second one, one must first master one of the ten major formations, undergo numerous tests and selections, and then get approval from the elders and clan leader after mutual discussion.
Jie Su's base formation was the silk sea light array, which he had completely mastered. Now, he had completed the study of another one of the ten major formations. The process for him to learn a third formation was underway within the Su Clan, and he believed it wouldn’t be long before it would be approved.