251: Chapter 243 Assistance

Compared to his previous observations through a screen, observing the opponent directly through Rainforest's perspective allowed Xu Yan to discover something new.

Although the opponent hid it well, under the influence of Xu Yan's two major Innate Talents, the changes in their body were clearly exposed in Xu Yan's mind. Furthermore, the Demonic Path inheritances that Kui Fang had previously given him were starting to take effect.

Despite significant modifications and various concealments and misdirections applied by a stronger individual, Xu Yan still detected traces of "Fate Stealing to Nourish Life."

As the name suggested, this was a secret technique for stealing the luck of those with strong fortunes to nourish one's own destiny and luck. Clearly, this was a method specifically designed to target a unique luck-type soul beast like the Lucky White Moth.

After realizing this, Xu Yan's curiosity was piqued. Heavens Mandate Guidance activated, and two split threads of fate appeared before his eyes. These represented the two most likely futures for the person and soul beast across from him.

However, the two fate threads before him were unbalanced. The one on the right was significantly stronger than the one on the left, and it was continuously compressing and devouring the left thread.

With a thought, the future represented by the fate thread on the right appeared in Xu Yan's vision.

Layers of schemes and external assistance—unfortunately, in the end, they were no match for that mysterious and profound luck.

The Lucky White Moth hadn't even noticed anything abnormal throughout the entire process. Relying solely on various encounters and opportunities triggered by luck, it gradually dissolved all the schemes and hidden traps set for it through a series of coincidences.

Instead, amidst the Beast Tamer's despair as their various arrangements ultimately backfired, the moth gained complete control over them and their other soul beasts, turning them into nourishment and puppets for its further advancement.

Seeing the ending shown by the fate thread, Xu Yan gave a light click of his tongue. He immediately lost interest in checking the other highly improbable future, actively ignited the golden thread on his wrist, and reached out to pluck the two fate threads before him.

With Xu Yan's intervention, the two fate threads that were originally split directly dissipated, replaced by a newly born thread—one that contained nothing yet held infinite possibilities.

Xu Yan nodded in satisfaction at this.

What to do with an ending one doesn't like? Make the scriptwriter rewrite it, of course!

After finishing all this, he looked at the Lucky White Moth through Rainforest's vision; it had already stacked a massive amount of luck-type buffs on itself and its Beast Tamer. He delayed no longer, and his figure vanished from the spot.

In the next moment, a man and a spider appeared above the Lucky White Moth and its Beast Tamer.

Appearing alongside them were spider webs woven from the powers of Light, Dark, Space, and the Eight Phases, completely sealing off the surrounding area.

The Lucky White Moth, which had been busy stacking buffs, suddenly froze as it saw the inescapable net appearing around it and felt the instinctive fear and sense of crisis that came from encountering a natural predator.

The moment its body stalled, the hidden traps it had prepared while buffing itself were triggered. Various curses and secret techniques for luck reduction and luck theft were targeted directly at Xu Yan and Zhu Yan. They didn't even have a "trajectory," taking effect directly on the man and the soul beast.

Having taken this series of arrangements from the Lucky White Moth head-on, Xu Yan quickly sensed his own state.

Hit Rate -95%, Casting Success Rate -90%, Skill Deflection +93%, Skill Accident +91%...

It was a string of probability-based negative effects, and not a single one was below 90%. Combined with the various luck buffs the Lucky White Moth had applied to itself and its Beast Tamer early on, it could basically push probabilities infinitely close to 100%.

Although he could clearly feel that this state wouldn't last very long, during this process, the opponent's attacks would all be critical hits, while his own skills would likely result in accidental self-injury when used for defense or counterattacks. Not just anyone could withstand this.

And this was with the opponent having no teammates and possessing average attack methods. If there were teammates, the difficulty would increase exponentially.

However, unfortunately for them, in the two matches of the Top 16, the opponent encountered Lin Heng and Xu Yan in succession.

The former was ambushed before he was ready. With almost no buffs applied, he met an opponent whose luck was ridiculously strong and was suppressed to death at close range, never getting the chance to show his strongest form.

The latter was Xu Yan's current operation.

Feeling the luck buffs on himself and the opponent, Xu Yan had no intention of removing them. The golden thread on his wrist ignited once more as he gave an order to Zhu Yan.

"Indefinite Immersion."

Under the Heavens Mandate Guidance, all probability-based choices for Xu Yan and Zhu Yan fell entirely outside the opponent's near-100% probabilities.

Endless darkness erupted from the spider webs in all directions, then converged toward the Lucky White Moth. Ignoring the various evasion and substitute buffs on its body, the darkness transformed into a black cocoon, sealing it inside.

Inside the black cocoon, the Lucky White Moth was deprived of all its senses and lost all perception of time and space. The entire soul beast fell into a state of muddled confusion.

While depriving it of its senses, the black cocoon also drained the opponent's vitality while subjecting it to various curses and corrosive abilities. Under this double stack, the Lucky White Moth's aura began to plummet rapidly.

After commanding Zhu Yan to use Indefinite Immersion to "hard control" the Lucky White Moth, Xu Yan looked down at the Beast Tamer who had lost their soul beast's protection and had no power to resist before Zhu Yan. He did not let the spider move against them; instead, he stood in the sky with Zhu Yan, quietly waiting for the Lucky White Moth's demise within the black cocoon.

Of course, he didn't offer any extra help either. If they still failed like this, there was no point in saving them.

Below, the Lucky White Moth's Beast Tamer also clearly realized that Xu Yan had no intention of attacking him.

Furthermore, under the spider-type soul beast's skill, the current Lucky White Moth was in an extremely weak state in terms of body, mind, and even soul, with its alertness and defenses at their lowest.

This situation was naturally a perfect opportunity for him.

After all, due to the various wild maneuvers of previous students, the protection rules of the University League arena had long since changed to: "After forced exit, all damage and negative effects inflicted by the opponent will be repaired and removed; however, damage and backlash caused by one's own use of secret or forbidden techniques will not be addressed."

In other words, in this situation, anything he did to the unconscious and defenseless Lucky White Moth would still affect it after the battle ended.