However, just as its spatial fluctuations had barely begun to ripple.

“Trying to run? You can’t escape!”

Mingxi’s cold voice was like the whisper of the God of Death.

An invisible domain, imbued with a purple, dream-like aura, had already silently enveloped the Fourteen Sword Butterfly!

It was precisely Xue Qingting’s characteristic 【Dream Worm Domain】!

It had already been affected by mental interference and the scale powder barrier!

Coupled with 【King’s Might】, the Fourteen Sword Butterfly was severely weakened from the very beginning, which was also why Mingxi dared to fight a Venerable-level pet beast alone.

“Die!”

Pfft—!

Qianshan Path’s ferocious, icy axe blade, carrying an overwhelming brute force, slammed heavily onto the Fourteen Sword Butterfly’s sword body.

“No—!”

The Butterfly Demon’s desperate cry was like the wail of a dying female beast.

There was no clang of metal, only the crisp sound of metal fracturing!

The sword body, which represented the Fourteen Sword Butterfly’s energy core, shattered like fragile crystal under the full Impact of the axe blade, instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and then—exploded!

Countless glittering fragments, containing Venerable-level primordial energy, mixed with platinum liquid, scattered like fireworks!

“Sword—”

The Fourteen Sword Butterfly let out its final cry in its life.

A piercing lament!

After its platinum blade body shattered, its fourteen sword wings, which the Butterfly Demon was so proud of, also followed, breaking and crumbling inch by inch!

The unrestrained and fierce Venerable-level pressure rapidly diminished like a deflating balloon.

Finally, accompanied by an unwilling sigh, like the sound of metal breaking.

The Fourteen Sword Butterfly’s broken blade body, like a kite with a broken string, fell powerlessly from mid-air, crashing heavily onto the cold ground of Wanling University, raising a cloud of dust.

Dead silence.

A more profound silence than before enveloped the entire space.

Everyone seemed to be frozen, staring blankly at the young woman clutching the giant axe.

“...”

“The... Venerable-level Fourteen Sword Butterfly... was... was directly... chopped... chopped to death by Ming Shen?!”

Zhang Wenyong, who had previously been unconvinced by Mingxi in the practical combat class but was later conquered by her strength, now had his mouth wide enough to fit an egg, his lips moving, but his mind was a blank.

The teachers’ eyes were almost popping out, their worldviews experiencing an unprecedented Impact.

The other students were completely petrified, even forgetting to cheer.

It was not uncommon for Beast Tamers to personally engage in combat with pet beasts /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ these days, but it was not rare either.

However, a situation like Mingxi’s, where she almost single-handedly fought a Venerable-level pet beast, directly clashing with its strength, and succeeding at that.

Let alone them, even the principal Li Yuan probably hadn’t seen such a thing!

“...Junior Mingxi, has she become this powerful?”

Lu Yun Shen stared blankly at the young woman, a flicker of dejection and wistfulness in his eyes.

As a prodigy of the same era as Mingxi, he was several years older than her, yet he had already been left far behind, unable to even catch up to her heels.

How could he not be dejected?

“Don’t think too much about it, someone like Ming Teacher might not even appear in thousands of years; we don’t compare ourselves to her.”

Ran Siyu held his hand, her eyes full of love and encouragement.

Lu Yun Shen smiled.

He quickly let go.

He truly no longer had the qualifications to compare himself to Mingxi, but one day, he would be able to stand by her side again as her comrade.

Mingxi’s overwhelmingly powerful performance not only shocked the teachers and students of Wanling University but also plunged the Butterfly Demon and the Descent into collapse and despair.

In mid-air, due to the death of his pet beast, and the strong brain domain backlash caused by the death of his first pet beast, the Butterfly Demon could not maintain the pair of mechanical butterfly wings on his back.

He fell to the ground in a sorry state, as if he had lost all support, blood spilling from his mouth and nose, his face as pale as gold leaf.

He stared incredulously at the broken sword butterfly corpse not far away, all the madness, killing intent, and arrogance within him gone.

Only emptiness, pain, and a hint of uncontrollable... fear remained.

His strongest trump card, his proud Venerable-level pet beast, was actually killed in such a way, by the girl he once regarded as an ant, using the simplest method!

At this moment, all the Butterfly Demon’s pride seemed to shatter along with the dead Fourteen Sword Butterfly.

But his nightmare had just begun.

“Xue Qingting, settle the score!”

“Difficult!”

Xue Qingting manipulated with her will.

The sub-bugs responsible for containing and wearing down the Butterfly Demon’s other pet beasts erupted simultaneously.

Launching a final fierce assault!

“Frost...”

“You!”

“...”

The Seven Butterflies were already suppressed by the sub-bug army like stray dogs; how could they be a match for Xue Qingting and the sub-bug army, especially now that they were affected by the Beast Tamers’ brain domain backlash?

【Detected that Master’s Difficult Sarira has killed the King-level pet beast, Heart-Eating Ghost-Faced Butterfly... 】

【Detected that... 】

The kills made by Xue Qingting’s sub-bugs naturally counted towards Xue Qingting’s battle achievements.

However, the reward standard was also based on Xue Qingting’s level.

“That blow back then, I can finally return it to you.”

Mingxi’s voice, like the pronouncement of the God of Death, clearly entered the Butterfly Demon’s chaotic consciousness.

He opened his eyes, looking at the young woman standing before him.

He had dominated his entire life, reaching his peak upon his debut, never suffering a defeat, and his first misstep was because of this young woman.

But he never thought that one day he would die at her hands, and that day would come so quickly!

If...

If he had known this day would come, would he still have accepted that assassination mission?

Would he still have offended a genius whose growth rate was so fast it made people despair?

He...

There was no 'if' anymore.

Chii—!!!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

No grand, spectacular display.

Mingxi simply raised her arm casually and brought down the axe.

A soft sound, like a hot knife cutting through solidified grease.

Blood spurted, and a fresh head rolled down.

Quickly staining the surrounding ground red.

Although the Butterfly Demon was completely crippled, Mingxi’s decisive ruthlessness did not allow her to leave such a heinous enemy for tomorrow.

Only by dying completely at her hands would there be no accidents.

After all, the strange methods of the Descent were truly hard to guard against.

“The Butterfly Demon... just... died like that?”

At this moment, in this place, a pin drop could be heard.

All the students and teachers had their mouths agape, their eyes wide and round, as if they had been subjected to a mass petrification spell.

That was the Butterfly Demon, infamous in the Alliance for hundreds of years, forcing countless top Beast Tamers to their deaths!

And just like that... gone?

Killed by Mingxi alone, with one pet beast?

And the death of the Butterfly Demon meant the loss of the Descent’ strongest combat power!

Aside from the situation still unclear within the Beginning of Evolution Domain, the tide had now completely turned!

After a brief dead silence, came a mountain-shaking roar of ecstasy and cries of relief.

“Ming Shen!!”

“We won! We won!”

“Too strong! So strong! Ming Shen is truly too strong!”

“Wuwuwu... We’re saved...”