182: Mumen Ueno appears

Shui Yuqianxi gasped for breath, her body now covered in injuries.

The deepest wound, stretching from her neck to her chest, exposed her pale white collarbone.

armor does not sustain damage; its essence is power projected from a higher dimension.

When the attack received exceeds the armor's capacity, the Summoner gets injured.

The monster standing before her was in no better condition.

One arm, transformed into a blade, was covered in fragments; its sharp tail had been severed, and the blade of a chainsword was wrapped around its neck.

"You're strong. Don't blame me for using this kind of attrition warfare to defeat you."

The monster raised its other intact blade-arm, aiming it at Shui Yuqianxi.

Shui Yuqianxi retracted the chainsword's blade, pulled a [Sailfish m] from her Sea Spirit Record, and clenched her fist.

Clang!

In an instant, their final attacks were unleashed simultaneously.

The monster retracted the blade in its hand, but the next second, the blade shattered with a cracking sound.

Half of the monster's body also disintegrated accordingly.

Its remaining body knelt on the ground.

"To this extent, yet still..."

The monster's voice trailed off as its body disintegrated into black smoke, leaving only a monster crystal, which was absorbed by Shui Yuqianxi's Summoner.

[Killed E-rank monster, Light Energy +100]

Shui Yuqianxi also collapsed to the ground, blood spurting from her shoulder.

The blade's attack had directly sliced through the flesh of her shoulder, leaving deep gashes on the bone.

Her nerves were likely severed, rendering her unable to lift her arm at this moment.

"Hoo, hoo... Jellyfish!"

Shui Yuqianxi summoned a Jellyfish, instructing it to repair the injury on her shoulder.

Her remaining stamina was precious, and she couldn't afford to let the Jellyfish restore all her injuries.

Only the shoulder wound, which affected her ability to continue fighting, needed to be repaired.

Let the pain be.

As Shui Yuqianxi breathed, she surprisingly felt pain in her lungs.

Although a rib was broken, each time it pierced the pleura, it didn't affect her lungs.

Her powerful lungs rarely hurt.

This battle had lasted far too long; she had maintained her Mian Yu Technique breathing for too long.

Even her iron lungs were on the verge of giving out.

Both kidneys felt hollowed out, constantly throbbing with a dull pain like being struck by an iron awl.

She swayed, then stood up, as if she might collapse at any moment.

The Sea Spirit Armor on her body also became dim.

And Mu Men Hui Ye, too, rose from his lofty seat and descended.

In an instant, overwhelming cheers erupted from the audience.

Shui Yuqianxi was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected Mu Men Hui Ye to be ranked second.

That Mu Men Jin Mu was the true first in this arena!

"Third Generation Sea Spirit, truly astonishing."

Mu Men Hui Ye descended step by step from the high platform, and the monster-people in the audience cheered while clearing a path for him.

"To have persisted in battle until now."

"And from you, I sense not a shred of fear."

"Are you Summoners truly so foolish as to not fear death?"

Shui Yuqianxi watched Mu Men Hui Ye approach step by step, his aura like a dark cloud descending.

"Having found meaning, found a goal, and fighting for it, wagering one's life for it, one has already made their resolve."

"At this point, you speak of fear?"

Shui Yuqianxi endured the pain, letting blood flow from her wound.

"Don't speak of such boring things. Whether it's the First Generation, the Second Generation, or me."

Shui Yuqianxi extended her thumb, pointing to her chest.

"We all fight by viewing death as our ultimate destination. If we didn't hold such resolve, how could we extend hope!"

"You, a cowardly fellow who sided with monsters and turned your blade against your former comrades."

"You have no right to judge us, generation after generation of Summoners!"

As Shui Yuqianxi spoke, her body swayed again, and she knelt on one knee, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

The armor on her body seemed as if it could dissipate at any moment.

[Sea Spirit Armor adaptability increased to 80%]

"Time will prove who is correct, you short-sighted fool."

"Perhaps time won't even be needed; I am still standing, while you can't even stand to speak."

"Your words will only make me more excited to torment you later, to give you more pain."

Mu Men Hui Ye had reached the base of the dueling platform, lifted his leg, and began to ascend the platform step by step.

By the time he stood on the dueling platform, he had completely transformed into his monster form.

His brownish skin was covered with a layer of golden hard armor.

The hard armor, like blocks of muscle, covered his body, forming a suit of armor.

His hands each clutched a brownish club.

At his chest, there was an inverted V, glowing as if magma flowed within it.

Sharp horns extended from the corners of his eyes to both sides of his head.

Through the gaps in the hard armor, one could see weathered brownish flesh, with sand flowing in the crevices.

Then, Mu Men Hui Ye twisted his neck, extended a hand towards Shui Yuqianxi, and crooked his fingers.

Shui Yuqianxi swayed as she stood up, laboriously drawing a card.

"Torrential Rain E!"

"Click!"

"Adaptability 100%!"

"armor Upgrade!"

The Rainstorm that enveloped the entire arena instantly surged towards Shui Yuqianxi.

It was as if a tornado of rain had erupted, centered on Shui Yuqianxi.

Thunder roared.

Rainstorm and lightning together surged towards the armor on Shui Yuqianxi's body, condensing into one accessory after another!

Above her forehead, lightning transformed into silver horns that fluttered like ribbons, entwined with lightning, flickering in and out of existence.

The side faceplates were covered with lightning patterns.

Beneath the head armor, the original Orcas and Shark shoulder armor on both sides disappeared; lightning and Rainstorm each transformed into silver and dark blue shoulder armor, covering her shoulders, while Orcas and Sharks became reliefs on the shoulder armor.

Below the shoulder armor, the arm armor was entwined with Rainstorm and lightning; Rainstorm formed the base armor, and lightning formed the hollowed-out lightning outer armor on top of the base armor.

On the hand armor, lightning and Rainstorm separately condensed into silver and blue hand armor, with Rainstorm and lightning patterns on the soft armor of the palms.

On the chest armor, the Orcas opened its large mouth and its eyes.

Lightning patterns spread from its eyes across its entire head, forming silver patterns that wrapped around to the back, becoming a circular, inwardly concave lightning back armor.

The concave area shimmered with tears.

Below the belt, lightning transformed into a transparent, gradient light veil, wrapped around the armor on her right leg.

On the left leg armor, on the Rainstorm plate armor, two silver characters were inscribed: 'Sea Beast'.

[Sea Spirit Armor · Rainstorm Sea Beast Form!]

Feeling the explosive power filling her body, Shui Yuqianxi did not stop.

"Rain World D!"

Shui Yuqianxi, facing the Rainstorm, threw out a card.

In an instant, the Rainstorm was ceaseless, and the entire arena was pulled into the Rain World space.

Within the Rain World, it was flooded with accumulated water, an endless expanse of water underfoot, and lightning flashing in the air.

Shui Yuqianxi, entwined with lightning, shot out from the Rainstorm, her fingers once again brushing the card holder.

Light Energy -200.

Two cards appeared in her hand!

One card she inserted into the chainsword in her hand, and one card she inserted into her Summoner.

The two cards were:

[Equipment Upgrade E] 100 Light Energy points, insert card into equipment for equipment upgrade

[Sea Spirit Drive Arm armor E] 200 Light Energy points, insert into Summoner, summon Sea Spirit Drive Arm armor, able to insert Sea Spirit Card into Sea Spirit Drive Arm armor to drive the power of the Sea Beast

In an instant, the chainsword glowed with blue light.

The hilt became thicker, the rotating chain blade spun faster, and the shark's mouth opened wider, seemingly ready to bite down at any moment.

The shark's eyes also opened.

The armor on Shui Yuqianxi's forearms also changed accordingly, gaining two blue metal arm armor pieces that covered her entire forearms.

On the components, there was a card slot, capable of inserting a Sea Spirit Card.