101: Water's extreme suppression of fire

The improvement of Minds Eye E greatly enhanced Jia Gu Yi Yan's accuracy and reaction speed.

However, facing this sudden, long-ambushed attack, it was still not enough.

Fragments that suddenly burst forth couldn't be blocked in time, piercing through Jia Gu Yi Yan's defenses and directly hitting his body.

Beneath the armor, small holes were constantly being punctured, one after another.

Blood flowed continuously from these small holes.

“Ah ah ah!”

Jia Gu Yi Yan swung his last strike, cleaving through the blue fragments.

At this moment, the countless fragments that had been cleaved turned into water droplets, coalescing into a stream of water in the air.

Then, like ice, it instantly hardened, transforming into an icy blue trident that lunged at Jia Gu Yi Yan.

Parry Stance!

Without time to swing his Blade, Jia Gu Yi Yan could only hold his Blade in one hand and brace the back of the Blade with the other, meeting the incoming trident.

Clang!

A loud crash, and the impact stirred up sea waves.

Jia Gu Yi Yan was also propelled high into the air by the trident's attack, his arm armor covered in a layer of frost, a numbing sensation spreading through him.

He didn't know if it was numbing from the immense force or from the freezing frost.

The trident that had struck Jia Gu Yi Yan spun a few times in the air before landing in the outstretched hand of the monster.

“One strike, to finish you.”

Looking at Jia Gu Yi Yan in the air, the monster gripped the trident tightly, holding nothing back.

Once a battle was prolonged, too many uncertainties could arise.

Ending the battle as quickly as possible prevented unforeseen circumstances from emerging later.

This was the safest approach!

Since he had to fight head-on, the monster would use the most secure battle plan.

Seawater continuously gathered in the monster's raised hand.

Then, it wrapped around the trident, freezing continuously.

With the trident as its core, it froze into a gigantic, solid ice trident.

“Cough cough!”

Jia Gu Yi Yan desperately stabilized his erratic breathing, looking at the massive trident with no fear in his heart.

His finger quickly swiped across the card holder, drawing a card, Ape E, and swiftly inserting it into the Summoner.

Click!!

“Ape E!”

“Adaptation 60%!”

As the card was inserted into the Summoner, a powerful force surged from the Summoner throughout his body.

The Fire Finch also let out a cry.

It was as if scorching lava flowed through his body, transforming the Fire Finch Armor's form, turning into various armor parts resembling a lava ape.

“Fire Finch Armor · Lava Ape Form!”

Jia Gu Yi Yan gripped the Que Yan Blade, and the Que Yan Blade also seemed to change with the armor's transformation.

The hilt, blade, and guard of the Blade all gained patterns that looked like flowing lava.

“Nature-type card, Ape E!”

“No wonder you were able to deal with those two ocean combinations.”

Watching Jia Gu Yi Yan enter the Fire Finch Armor's Lava Ape Form with Ape E, the monster actually felt relieved.

His entire body's muscles tensed instantly, using his waist as a bow, twisting his upper arm, and throwing the ice spear!

Powerful force transferred from his feet to the sea surface, blasting open a huge pit in the sea, causing waves to surge all around.

“…Oh my god…ah…”

On the Jennice in the distance, everyone watching the monster's attack felt their breath almost stop.

Just the waves stirred up by the aftershock of this move caused the Jennice to shake violently.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

The air stirred up a hurricane with this move, Jia Gu Yi Yan felt the power of fire and lava flowing through his body, gripping the Que Yan Blade, he drew another card, Fire Finch Slash F!

Click!

“Fire Finch Slash!”

The power of the skill card, as it was inserted into the Summoner, surged like a flood, coiling the lava and fire power within his body and rushing towards the Blade.

Fire Finch Slash F and Fire Finch Blade F were the most special cards born with the Fire Finch Armor.

They were part of the Fire Finch Armor and could grow with the armor, so the stronger the Fire Finch Armor's power, the stronger the power of these two cards.

The power of Fire Finch and Ape was added to the Blade and struck out.

Drawing a red arc in the air, like a setting sun, it slashed towards the incoming ice spear.

Flame and solid ice mutually dissolved and mutually annihilated.

Jia Gu Yi Yan's tiger's mouth had already split open, but he still gripped the Blade tightly.

“Ah ah ah!!”

Accompanied by a roar, the flames on his body became increasingly dazzling, and the lava became increasingly scorching.

Until the entire ice block was cleaved open and melted, striking the trident at its core.

Clang!

The trident was bounced away by the flaming Blade, turning into a blue afterimage, spinning and flying out.

“To be able to block one.”

“Impressive.”

“However…”

“How about this!”

The monster waved his hand again, and the bounced trident quickly stabilized, in the blink of an eye, it absorbed seawater again, turning into an ice spear, and swept towards Jia Gu Yi Yan.

Giving the latter no moment to rest.

At the same time, the monster stood on the sea surface, looking at Jia Gu Yi Yan in the air, and took a deep breath.

His thick arms smashed the air repeatedly, throwing countless phantom punches, carrying seawater, and blasting towards Jia Gu Yi Yan like cannonballs.

When the opponent shows signs of defeat, what should one do?

Mock them gleefully?

No, no, no.

The more the opponent shows signs of defeat, the less one can be careless, and the more one must exert their full strength!

One even needs to perform exceptionally, using power beyond their limits!

During a hunt, when prey reaches a desperate situation, they will fight the hunter with their lives!

This principle, he held it as a guiding light!

Attacking simultaneously from two directions, giving Jia Gu Yi Yan no way out.

Jia Gu Yi Yan quickly drew a card.

Fire Finch Manifestation E!

Click!

“Fire Finch Manifestation!”

The Fire Finch pattern on his chest lit up, and a magnificent bird made of flames flew out from it, flapping its wings and crashing towards the monster.

Jia Gu Yi Yan, meanwhile, raised his Blade and slashed again at the incoming ice trident!

Bang bang bang!

Facing the water-attribute attack, the manifested Fire Finch had its flames extinguished by the water flow within a few rounds, returning to Jia Gu Yi Yan's breastplate.

The monster, having dealt with the manifested Fire Finch, did not stop for a moment and charged towards Jia Gu Yi Yan.

His right arm was raised high, aimed at Jia Gu Yi Yan.

Countless amounts of seawater, as if freed from the shackles of gravity, surged high into the air, coiling around his raised fist!

Minds Eye had already been activated.

But it was useless.

Under the fist of absolute power, all resistance was futile.

He could only hold his Blade horizontally, adopting a Parry Stance.

Meeting the fist with his Blade.

Boom!

The moment of impact, the flames burning on the Blade were extinguished.

The armor power ignited by Jia Gu Yi Yan using the Basic Breathing Technique was also suppressed by the oncoming water flow.

Then, the solid ice trident also struck Jia Gu Yi Yan from another direction, his defensive stance instantly broken.

The armor, covered and extinguished by the flowing water, was also frozen.

The monster quickly closed in, clenching his fist.

Without uttering any harsh words, he simply threw a punch.

Boom!

The hard fist shattered the solid ice, smashing into Jia Gu Yi Yan's chest.

His ribs and sternum instantly shattered and caved in, his lungs were torn, and he plummeted towards the sea surface, crashing into the seawater.

Jia Gu Yi Yan only heard a 'boom' before his body was submerged by the icy seawater.

Even now, he had not stopped the Basic Breathing Technique, his body still preparing for battle in the water at all times.

Although the monster judged that Jia Gu Yi Yan had lost his combat ability at this moment, he still did not let down his guard, gripping the trident and rushing beneath the sea surface.

The sea was his home ground; in the seawater, Fire Finch couldn't even enter its burning form.

But he couldn't be careless just because he was in his home ground.

On the contrary, he had to be even more vigilant, after all, the opponent might very well be harboring such a thought, wanting to take advantage of his carelessness to deliver a fatal blow.

To make himself die at his most triumphant moment.

This possibility was slim, but he couldn't afford not to guard against it.

Damn it, head-on combat is still too dangerous.

That stinking woman, he would tear her to pieces sooner or later.

If it weren't for that stinking woman, he wouldn't have to take this risk to deal with this Fire Finch!

The monster cursed in his heart.