35: Chapter 35 Green Willow: Baptism in the Ruins
It was even devouring the surrounding light and heat, forming a miniature, absolute darkness zone in the palm of Lin Yuan's hand.
The Chaotic Blade Storm was already right before his eyes!
Inside the command center, the breathing of every officer had come to a standstill.
In their eyes, Lin Yuan, who had given up on dodging, would be sliced into a pile of mangled flesh in the next second.
However.
Chiii—
A faint, almost inaudible sound.
The first Wind Blade, powerful enough to tear through steel, didn't trigger any impact the moment it touched the pale flame.
It simply... melted.
Yes, melted.
The violent wind-attribute energy contained within the Wind Blade was swallowed whole by that seemingly fragile pale flame, without causing even a single ripple.
Then.
The second one.
The third one.
The hundredth one!
Dense Wind Blades charged toward that tiny flame one after another.
The result was the same for all of them.
Devoured!
Devoured!
Frantically devoured!
After swallowing a massive amount of wind-attribute energy, instead of going out, that wisp of pale flame surged violently!
A single spark transformed into a wall of fire!
A pale, deathly silent wall of fire that devoured all things stood before Lin Yuan!
All subsequent Wind Blades were completely submerged within it.
Like snow falling into an abyss, silent and without a trace.
Inside the command center, the mockery and pleasure that had just surfaced froze completely on the faces of all the officers.
"That... what kind of flame is that?"
"The... the wind was eaten?"
"Is there something wrong with my eyes?!"
Their minds went completely blank.
High in the sky, a look of gravity appeared in the Hurricane Steel Roc's crimson beast pupils for the first time.
It felt a threat.
Screech—!
It let out an enraged shriek, no longer testing the waters!
Its massive wings suddenly retracted, the cyan-black metallic feathers on its chest stood on end, and a rapidly spinning cyan energy ball condensed and compressed frantically in front of its beak!
The surrounding Hurricane Domain trembled because of it!
Wind Roar Orb!
This was its strongest single-target attack, enough to level a small mountain in one hit!
"Die!"
As if the meaning in its roar could be understood, the cyan energy ball, over three zhang in diameter, trailed a long vapor tail and tore through the air with a piercing shriek, slamming fiercely into that eerie pale wall of fire!
This strike was enough to penetrate ten-meter-thick alloy armor!
Inside the command center, everyone subconsciously leaned forward.
However, the earth-shattering explosion they expected did not happen.
The moment the Wind Roar Orb, which condensed the terrifying power of a Nine-star Yuan Realm, hit the fire wall...
It was like a piece of red-hot charcoal falling into the boundless deep sea.
Silent.
Soundless.
It didn't even produce a single ripple of energy fluctuation; it was just... completely swallowed by the pale wall of fire.
Inside the sea of vegetation grotto-heaven, the guixu black lotus spun frantically.
A surge of energy, more vast and pure than any before, was converted and refined, then fed back into Lin Yuan's entire body.
Refreshing!
This Tier 4, Six-star beast was practically a mobile super energy pack!
A terrifying brilliance erupted in Lin Yuan's eyes.
Since this flame can devour energy...
Since the willow leaves can be controlled...
Then why not combine them?
"Return."
He spoke softly, his voice not loud but carrying the will of a monarch.
Hualala!
The tens of thousands of emerald willow leaves, scattered by the hurricane, seemed to receive a summons.
They instantly stopped resisting the steel wind, turning into streaks of green light that returned at an incredible speed, surrounding Lin Yuan.
In the next moment.
The pale wall of fire in front of Lin Yuan collapsed.
It transformed into tens of thousands of even finer pale threads of fire, wrapping around every single emerald willow leaf with surgical precision!
Buzz—!
Ten thousand willow leaves vibrated simultaneously.
The edges of the leaf blades, which were already matchlessly sharp, now had an additional layer of pale halo.
A terrifying aura, a fusion of extreme sharpness and ultimate destruction, erupted!
Inside the command center, everyone, including Yan Tianjin, stood up abruptly!
They stared intently at the unbelievable scene on the screen.
That emerald willow leaf storm had now completely changed its appearance.
Pale flames burned on every single leaf.
They were no longer mere physical attacks.
They had become... ten thousand soul-reaping blades wrapped in the Flame of Guixu!
High in the sky, the Hurricane Steel Roc's body froze.
Its beastly instincts made every single feather on its body tremble uncontrollably.
It was a fear from the deepest part of its soul, the kind one feels when facing a natural predator or total extinction!
It wanted to flee!
But Lin Yuan did not give it the chance.
"Go."
Lin Yuan pointed his fingers like a sword and gave a gentle wave forward.
Hua—!
Ten thousand pale streaks of light surged upward against the wind!
This time, the Hurricane Domain could no longer pose any obstacle to them.
Those violent steel winds were completely devoured by the Fire of Guixu attached to the leaf blades the moment they made contact, instead becoming fuel for their acceleration!
Their speed surged!
Ten thousand streaks of light traced straight, lethal trajectories in the air.
Like a grand and silent meteor shower, they blanketed the gargantuan creature!
The destruction began.
There was no world-shaking roar.
Only a continuous, fine sound of slicing and decomposition that made one's scalp tingle.
The first pale streak of light easily tore through the protective airflow that the Hurricane Steel Roc was so proud of.
The Fire of Guixu attached itself to its cyan-black metallic wings and began to frantically decompose them.
The indestructible wings were as fragile as paper before the pale flames.
Screech—!
The Hurricane Steel Roc let out the most shrill and terrified wail of its life!
It flapped its wings frantically, trying to extinguish the flames.
But more pale streaks of light arrived.
Hundreds and thousands of willow leaves slammed into its body.
Tearing, decomposing.
Tearing, decomposing.
Its flesh, its bones, its spiritual power, its everything... was being completely erased from the most fundamental level by those pale flames!
This one-sided slaughter lasted for a full minute.
Under the deathly silent gaze of the command center.
In the minds of all the officers, which had gone completely blank.
That shattered platform suspended high in the sky was plowed over and over by the ten thousand pale streaks of light.
The hard alloy ground was forcibly shaved down by several meters!
And that once-invincible Nine-star Yuan Realm overlord, the Hurricane Steel Roc.
Its massive body was dismembered and decomposed bit by bit in that silent destruction, until finally, not even a speck of dust remained.
The wind stopped.
The streaks of light dissipated.
Tens of thousands of willow leaves wrapped in pale flames floated quietly behind Lin Yuan, as if nothing had happened.
The entire Seventh Stage was deathly silent.
Hongdu Base was equally silent.
Just then.
A cold, mechanical broadcast voice broke the silence, echoing through every corner of the base.
"Contestant No. 15, Lin Yuan, has cleared the Seventh Stage!"
"Total time: Five minutes and twenty-one seconds! First place overall!"
"Overall rating: SSS!"