Mingxi’s voice, like tempered ice, rang out the moment Bright Crystal shielded her from the fatal blow.

Behind Bright Crystal, the shadowy area obscured by trees exploded like a boiling inkwell!

An arrow of shadow, more condensed and purer than the two attacking Ink Shadow Leopards, shot out in their direction!

Black Pearl, Shadow Ambush!

As the king of the Ghost-type, even if it was a fish, its speed had rapidly increased through daily practice and bloody battles.

At this moment, it was incredibly fast, silent, and struck later but arrived first!

Its target was the Ink Shadow Leopard on the left, which had just completed its attack, its claws still embedded in the gap in Bright Crystal’s head, its old strength exhausted and new strength not yet born!

That Ink Shadow Leopard seemed to sense the shadow of death, and it tried to pull back its claws in horror, but it was too late!

Black Pearl, carrying its sea god trident imbued with pure ocean aura, flashed past its relatively vulnerable neck with terrifying precision, like the coldest executioner’s blade!

All energy, release!

Pfft!

The muffled sound of a blade tearing through flesh, muscle, and bone was chilling.

A dark red blood arrow, accompanied by a sudden, sharp shriek, shot into the sky!

The Ink Shadow Leopard’s body stiffened abruptly, then softly slumped to the side, only its limbs twitching unconsciously.

【Detected that the owner’s Aninos has defeated an Emperor-rank pet, the Ink Shadow Leopard, by transcending ranks... 】

Using all the energy of the sea god trident, Black Pearl successfully claimed the first kill!

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“Lan Yue, block their retreat!”

“Golden Yuanbao, target the right flank, dive with Dark Thunderstorm!”

Mingxi’s commands came like a rapid-fire cannonade, every word carrying an undeniable aura of killing intent.

The battlefield changed in an instant; the loud Impact of Bright Crystal taking the tearing claw was still echoing through the forest, the blood mist from Black Pearl slitting the Ink Shadow Leopard’s throat had not yet dissipated, and her next command had already been given!

“Ling!” Lan Yue responded, moving as commanded.

It stomped its four limbs, and its eight tails behind it rose high, waving like battle flags!

The scorching sun beside it suddenly reined in all its heat and flames, as if it didn't exist.

Correspondingly, the cold moon on the other side visibly expanded by a circle.

An extreme Chill erupted from its center!

Countless visible ice-blue frozen gases, like living mad pythons, spread wildly across the ground, instantly covering the fan-shaped area where the enemies might retreat.

Crack, crack!

The ground, tree trunks, and low shrubs rapidly condensed thick, gleaming, hard ice, forming a desperate domain of ice!

A bone-chilling cold instantly permeated the air, as if it were about to freeze.

The Beast Tamers and their pets on the opposite side instantly froze.

“Yuanshi—”

Golden Yuanbao in the sky let out a piercing shriek that cut through the clouds in response.

Its magnificent wings suddenly folded, and its entire body transformed into a dark golden lightning meteor, tearing through the air with an indomitable momentum, diving down towards the Ink Shadow Leopard on the right, which had been repelled by Bright Crystal and was now trying to find its companion in startled uncertainty!

At an extreme height of less than five meters above the target’s head, its flaming wings angrily spread again, and its body strangely came to an abrupt halt, suspending Cross Sky!

Hiss! Hiss!

With a series of distorted whispers, the dense black lightning threads that had condensed behind its tail chain suddenly spread out like a large net, or like viscous purple-black liquid being poured down.

They landed precisely on that Ink Shadow Leopard.

Just as those black-purple lightning threads were about to hit the ground—

Boom!!!

The vortex energy that had been building on Golden Yuanbao’s wings for a long time also descended simultaneously.

Dark Thunderstorm, Heavenly Wind Seated.

The lightning threads were like ignited gunpowder barrels, transforming into an incredibly condensed lightning pillar and wind vortex.

Darkness and lightning, two violent energies, encountered extremely compressed air in a confined space, and were then precisely controlled to detonate in an instant!

There was no earth-shattering roar, only a dull, heart-stopping “thump”!

Deep purple lightning mixed with scorching sparks, like an ignited biochemical bomb, instantly expanded into a deadly Impact wave more than three meters in diameter, constantly churning and spreading!

Heavenly Wind Seated, this Divine Rank skill that Golden Yuanbao had absorbed from a Skill Stone and fortunately awakened during its evolution, displayed its terrifying deterrent power.

Waves of Impact, mixed with lightning filaments and scorching hot fragments, had already completely engulfed the Ink Shadow Leopard, which had been specially targeted for attacking Mingxi!

“Mo!!!”

A desperate, bloodcurdling shriek, unlike that of a Transcendent creature, suddenly erupted from the churning mist of lightning threads, then abruptly ceased as if its neck had been snapped!

Only the “hissing” sound of intense lightning friction and the terrifying sound of flesh being rapidly corroded and carbonized remained.

The retreat was frozen.

The lightning purgatory instantly devoured!

In just two breaths, the two King-rank Ink Shadow Leopards, which had been used as surprise attackers, were annihilated by the fluid coordination of Mingxi and her pets!

“Black Pearl, continue to stealth.

Golden Yuanbao, ascend and scout the surroundings! Bright Crystal, charge forward with me!”

After letting Little Silver Flower heal Bright Crystal for a wave, Mingxi didn’t pause at all, her steps unceasing, charging towards the enemies who had fallen into temporary chaos due to the instantaneous deaths of the two Ink Shadow Leopards.

Crimson Jade and Emerald Green, like loyal guardians, closely protected her sides.

Their footsteps on the ice created by Lan Yue made dull cracking sounds.

In front, six men, dressed in unified black jungle combat suits, their faces covered with tactical masks, their exposed eyes filled with a mix of shock and anger, finally fully revealed themselves.

Upon discovering the nano-bees, they realized they had been tracked.

They had never considered friendly contact with the other party before deciding how to deal with them.

“Anyone who dares to track us, kill them!”

But they hadn’t expected their carefully planned Ink Shadow Leopard ambush to be dismantled so cleanly.

One of them, the leader with a fresh, hideous scar across his face, reacted the fastest, his eyes blazing with fierce light as he roared, “Damn it! Yuanshi Demon Phoenix! Zhen Guai Gui Yan! It’s that little bastard Mingxi!

How could she be here?!

F*cking hell!”

“Poison Thorn Vine, stop sleeping, entangle them to death!”

He slapped a metal box on his waist that glowed with a dark green light.

The box opened in ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) response.

Several thick, dark green, barbed vines, like enraged venomous pythons, burst frantically from the box, carrying a pungent, sweet smell, and rapidly coiled towards Mingxi and her group along the ground like lightning!

At the same time, the other five men also put their respective pets into action.

In Mingxi’s line of sight, there appeared a Steel Scale Beast, covered entirely in metal scales, resembling a pangolin but of enormous size.

Saint-rank.

A Blade-Wing Hummingbird, flying up, its wing edges gleaming with sharp metallic cold light.

Also Saint-rank.