Chapter 630: Chapter 256: The Art of Deception, Master Tactician

Lin Ye’s long-range counterattack seemed to ignite the fury in Xia Lianxue’s heart.

To her, Lin Ye’s response felt less like a defense and more like a provocation.

She would not tolerate it!

"You’re overestimating yourself!"

Xia Lianxue’s ethereal voice descended from the heavens, devoid of any emotion yet imbued with a will that could end all things.

The next moment, the twelve Elemental Magic Balls floating around her suddenly erupted with brilliant light. Like stars gathering around the moon, they converged above her head.

Lightning flashed, flames surged, holy light shone, and gales howled!

An incredibly blinding torrent of mixed elements began to gather. Its destructive aura made the entire battlefield tremble!

BOOM!!!

A terrifying pillar of light tore through the sky, blasting down toward Lin Ye on the ground!

Lin Ye’s pupils contracted. He reacted without a second thought.

[Level 30 Energy Shield]!

HUM! HUM! HUM!

Three massive, ink-black, hexagonal energy shields instantly unfurled in layers before him!

However, the power of the elemental torrent clearly exceeded the current defensive limits of his Intelligent Mechanization Transformation.

The instant they made contact, two of the energy shields shattered like thin ice, dissolving into a sky full of light motes.

The third shield held for less than half a second before it too exploded violently!

But that was enough!

Using that brief respite, Lin Ye’s figure suddenly grew illusory and vanished from his spot in an instant.

Spatial Teleportation!

The very instant Lin Ye’s figure reappeared, Xia Lianxue’s attack was already on him, following like a shadow.

The string of magic balls floating above her head once again burst with blinding light.

This time, it was a bolt of lightning laced with a terrifyingly cold aura. Everywhere it passed, even space itself was frozen, leaving behind a trail of fine cracks in the ice as it shot straight for Lin Ye!

Immediately after, a dozen or so crimson fireballs, each the size of a millstone, materialized from thin air.

The countless falling fire meteors in the sky of the Eternal Dragon Tomb seemed to answer a summons. A massive amount of Fire Element was forcibly controlled and devoured by her, merging into the fireballs!

The moment these dozen-odd Judgment Fireballs appeared, they acted like heat-seeking missiles, carving cunning arcs through the air as they rained down on Lin Ye from all directions.

Faced with this inescapable blockade, Lin Ye’s gaze sharpened.

The next moment, a terrifying pulse of energy, invisible to the naked eye, instantly expanded outward in a sphere with him at its center!

Back then, after Noah had seized the Fire Seed Source, he had deployed a similar "absolute barrier" that isolated him from everything.

This time, however, Lin Ye had extravagantly drawn a full two thousand points of life energy stored by his [Devouring Heaven and Earth] ability and poured it into the pulse!

VMMMM—!!!

The terrifying energy pulse swept out, faster than lightning.

The moment the dozen or so menacing Judgment Fireballs came into contact with the Pulse Wave, their internal elemental structures were forcibly disrupted and destabilized, causing them to detonate in mid-air!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A continuous series of explosions echoed through the clouds. The terrifying shockwaves ripped up swathes of the primeval forest below, and even the ancient temple complex was instantly reduced to dust!

When the smoke and dust cleared, a horrifyingly shallow crater, several kilometers in diameter with edges as smooth as glass, was revealed on the ground!

High in the sky, Xia Lianxue’s figure flickered repeatedly as she retreated several hundred meters in a sorry state before stabilizing herself.

For the first time, deep shock appeared on her eternally icy, beautiful face.

’I...’

’I actually lost out... in a pure long-range exchange?!’

Sun Lie’s hand, holding a teacup, froze in mid-air. His jaw was dropped so wide you could fit an egg in it.

He stared dumbfounded at the battle on the screen, a scene comparable to an apocalyptic disaster. After a long moment, he murmured, "Well, that’s an eye-opener... Is this really how young people fight these days?"

"This isn’t a duel between Martial Artists. This is two goddamn mobile disasters beating the hell out of each other!"

"It’s like watching a big-budget special effects movie. It’s so flashy!"

The other examiners also wore expressions of utter disbelief. They had imagined countless possible ways the fight could go, but they had never once considered a scenario like this.

...

Back on the battlefield, Xia Lianxue’s ability to adapt was astonishingly fast.

After her brief moment of shock, the fighting spirit in her ice-blue eyes only burned brighter.

HUM!

A domain suffused with a seven-colored halo suddenly expanded from her, instantly enveloping an area several kilometers in radius.

[Elemental Dominion]!

Lin Ye immediately felt the air around him, the heat in the earth, and even the light—every element—receding from him at an astonishing speed, forcibly drained away by the core of the domain.

In that moment, Xia Lianxue seemed to have transformed into a black hole, capable of absorbing, controlling, and fusing all elements.

This vast world, filled with endless elements, had become her personal wellspring of energy!

However, just as she was about to launch an even stronger attack...

"SPURT—!"

A spray of crimson blood erupted from her mouth without warning, scattering through the air like a tragic, beautiful flower.

Xia Lianxue looked down in disbelief. A fist-sized hole had, at some unknown point, been blown clean through her chest, which was made of pure elements!

This scene left not only her, but also everyone watching in the conference room, completely stunned.

What happened?

Hou Guanghe’s brows furrowed. "Is that... some kind of invisible hidden weapon?"

The next moment, the battle footage on everyone’s screen began to play back in super slow motion.

The flow of time was slowed down a hundredfold!

Everyone’s eyes widened, glued to the screen.

Only then did they realize that throughout the dazzling exchange of energy, there had apparently been several blurry afterimages, moving so fast and with such a low presence they were nearly imperceptible, constantly circling the entire battlefield at high speed!

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