Published: February 7, 2025
With the general enhancement of evolution levels, evolved life forms began to exhibit their own distinct characteristics. Each one had unique traits and specialized abilities, showcasing a wide variety of powers.
Initially, the evolution level only represented the strength of overall abilities.
Compared to other mutated life forms, Xia Bai might have a slight advantage in speed, but when faced with those primarily focused on speed, she found herself at a disadvantage.
The twin-pronged flying mantis’s rapid wing strikes indeed left her unable to defend herself effectively.
However, in Ye Zhongming's eyes, Xia Bai's movements appeared somewhat 'stilted,' and the true speed difference between the two might not be as vast as it seemed.
Given this, Ye Zhongming pondered, while the two sides had already collided several times, with Xia Bai being forced to retreat each time. If the twin-pronged flying mantis hadn't excelled in strength, Xia Bai might have been seriously injured or even worse.
Even so, Xia Bai was wounded; the mantis's claws had left several gashes on her shoulder and back.
The seven-star evolver already possessed a terrifying self-healing ability, but it was certainly not instant regeneration. These wounds still bled profusely, dripping onto the arena floor.
The twin-pronged flying mantis was cunning; it knew where its advantages lay and that it could not compete with Xia Bai in brute strength, so it expertly utilized its speed to launch attacks.
A massive twin-pronged silhouette crashed into Xia Bai, sending her flying to the ground with a harsh thud.
“Shadow Strike!”
The twin-pronged flying mantis activated its second skill, and the prongs on its claws transformed into two shadows, directly colliding with Xia Bai's scythe.
Fortunately, being a seven-star evolver, Xia Bai only suffered a bit of blood from the corner of her mouth after being struck by the skill. She quickly got back up and assumed a defensive stance once more.
“Why isn’t Sister Xia counterattacking?”
“That guy with the twin prongs should have weak defenses, right?”
“Is she waiting to see what other skills this flying monster has?”
“Could it be that Sister Xia’s injuries are more severe than they appear?”
Many people from Cloud Summit Villa whispered among themselves. Compared to Xia Bai’s earlier aggressive attempts in the previous two matches, she now seemed very passive.
Such passivity clearly gave the twin-pronged flying mantis immense confidence. Its attacks nearly never ceased, occasionally utilizing skills like ‘Nerve Spike’ and ‘Shadow Strike,’ and Xia Bai’s injuries gradually increased.
Perhaps sensing victory was within reach, the mantis’s attacks grew not only more frequent but increasingly fluid as well.
“Ten Thousand Spins!” “Shadow Duplication!” The two powerful skills were also unleashed.
Ten Thousand Spins was a continuous attack skill wherein the twin-pronged flying mantis rapidly flapped its wings to gain momentum, then used inertia to spin at high speed, striking the target repeatedly with its prongs.
Shadow Duplication allowed it to create three clones, each possessing one-third of its body's attack power, which then launched a simultaneous skill attack alongside the original.
The latter skill was the mantis’s secret weapon, and today it combined it with Ten Thousand Spins. Four identical twin-pronged flying mantises spun at high speed, surrounding Xia Bai and launching a fierce assault. The sheer ferocity of this storm-like attack was unimaginable.
After these two skills were executed, Xia Bai bore at least hundreds of new wounds.
Although she was desperately dodging and avoided any fatal injuries, the sheer number of wounds accumulated enough to potentially bring her to the brink of severe injury!
Ye Zhongming’s expression suddenly held a hint of anticipation; if his guesses were correct, it should be about time.
As if to confirm Ye Zhongming's speculations, the seemingly bloodied and weakened Xia Bai suddenly made an unexpected move.