Published: February 7, 2025
The more severe the user's injuries, the greater the weapon's power.
This ability was something even Ye Zhongming had to admire. If it weren't for the simultaneous need for mental strength as a limitation, and the fact that it was often used in desperate situations, he truly believed that this ability alone could elevate the scythe to one or even two levels higher, making it a green or blue tier equipment.
Xia Bai had fought three battles in a row, her stamina was concerning, and facing the incredibly fast twin-pronged flying mantis, her chances of winning were slim. This agile creature could easily exhaust Xia Bai to death without any interference.
From the very beginning, Xia Bai had formulated her tactics: defense, injuries, dark cataclysm, binding the enemy, sadness power pattern…
Using herself as bait, she planned to lure the twin-pronged flying mantis into a trap, and then successfully kill it.
It seemed simple and easy, yet there was an enormous risk involved.
If she couldn't hold on until the damage was sufficient, her death tactic would fail, or if she couldn't force out all of the twin-pronged flying mantis's innate skills, and her strategy was broken by the skills after executing it, everything would still be in vain.
Moreover, not everyone could withstand the amplified pain from the dark cataclysm. A weak mental fortitude could lead to losing consciousness in an instant. At that point, what tactics could be discussed? It would be nothing more than waiting to be slaughtered!
One could say that from the moment she chose to do this, Xia Bai was walking a tightrope. A single misstep would lead her to a bottomless abyss, shattering her into pieces.
Fortunately, she won.
To allow the sadness ink pattern scythe to possess the strongest combat power, Xia Bai had just exhausted all her mental strength and, in the moment before she fell unconscious, chose to leave the arena.
Her battered body was transferred back to the Cloud Summit Villa's camp, and Teacher Park immediately began treatment.
In a single day, sustaining critical injuries twice was something only someone like Xia Bai could achieve.
Through this battle, Xia Bai established her transcendent status in Cloud Summit and earned the respect of everyone, especially the boys like Ayang, who previously didn’t know much about the Cloud Summit crew. They looked at the unconscious Xia Bai with eyes full of admiration!
Seeing that although Xia Bai was heavily injured, her life was not in danger, Ye Zhongming breathed a sigh of relief. He knew it was now his turn to draw a conclusion to this battle he had initiated.
His body appeared on the arena, and at that moment, a beam of light flashed, revealing the 'weapon-wielding monster' standing opposite him.
With a human body and a frog face, it had six arms, each wielding a weapon: a Plain Blade, a soft sword, a spiked hammer, a short dagger, Nunchaku, and an Iron Fan.
Standing at a height similar to a human, it exuded an aura of a master.
This was a mutation that inspired awe.
In his past life, Ye Zhongming had never encountered such a monster, but he had seen its image. It was known among survivors to be quite challenging to deal with.
It could give off a powerful aura akin to that of a humanoid being, and in Ye Zhongming's recollection, few such beings existed, only the spirit woman and this creature being among them.
Drawing the edge of the moon, Ye Zhongming pointed it towards the weapon-wielding monster.
The stronger the opponent, the more it ignited his desire to fight. Having just witnessed Xia Bai fighting fiercely, this desire had surged to an almost uncontrollable level.
Ye Zhongming recognized this as a remnant from his past life, but he wasn’t bothered by it, nor did he suppress it. Only by maintaining this fervent desire could he continue to grow stronger.
Ye Zhongming took the initiative to strike.
Seal: Mountain Blade!
For his first move, he employed a professional skill.
A colossal pressure, as heavy as a mountain, descended upon the weapon-wielding monster.