Ji Youhao’s pet is quite good; it has General-level strength but subtly emanates Shi-level aura.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons Ji Youhao felt confident challenging her.

Mingxi silently evaluated.

Ji Youhao’s intention was very clear: use the Rock Armor Rhinoceros’s Rockslide for crowd control, the Yinren Leopard for swift assassination, and the Poison Dart Frog for long-range Poison Mist coverage.

In a team battle, with a numerical advantage on his side, such a tactical arrangement was quite impressive.

However, facing this level of encirclement, Mingxi’s expression was as calm as water; she didn’t even twitch an eyebrow.

She simply spoke softly to the distorted air, enveloped by light and shadow, on the platform below:

“Black Pearl, get moving.”

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no dazzling light.

The space rippled like a calm water surface into which a piece of black jade had been dropped, spreading profound undulations.

It was like a fish in an endless ocean, leaping, swimming, freely shuttling through the skill network woven by its opponents.

Without using any skills, it effortlessly dissolved the opponent’s offensive.

“Use Shadow Blade at any time.”

Ji Youhao, however, remained steady, his command rhythm quite good.

The Yinren Leopard, acting on instinct and command, transformed into a swift shadow, tearing through the air with the cooperation of the Rock Armor Rhinoceros and the Poison Dart Frog.

Its sharp blades gleamed with an eerie light, striking directly at Black Pearl’s seemingly fragile throat.

This was its fastest speed, its most ruthless killing move.

If it were a Beast Tamer of similar level to Ji Youhao, or a pet of similar level to the Yinren Leopard, Black Pearl might indeed have been successfully ambushed in such an encirclement.

But they were facing Mingxi, the Beast Tamer most skilled in spatial prediction, and Black Pearl, an Emperor-level pet with a natural attribute suppression over Ghost-type creatures.

Mingxi: “Netherwater Prison.”

The space along the Yinren Leopard’s Sprint path instantly became as viscous as the deep sea.

Invisible ‘seawater,’ containing terrifying water pressure and Nether power, emerged out of nowhere, forming a cage entirely composed of dark water currents, precisely imprisoning the Yinren Leopard within!

Netherwater Prison, one of the new skills Black Pearl awakened after evolving to Emperor-level, a powerful Water and Ghost-type fusion control skill!

Although it was only a High-level skill, its practicality was stronger than many Earth-level skills.

When targeting Ghost-type and Water-type Transcendent creatures, it would also activate Black Pearl’s new trait 【Soul Drowning】, continuously inflicting mental attacks on top of absolute control.

And after the control was lifted, it would also apply a 30-second slow status.

Its only drawback was that it was a single-target control skill.

The Yinren Leopard was like being thrown into a ten-thousand-meter trench; its speed instantly dropped to zero.

It struggled desperately, but its body was firmly suppressed by the pure water pressure and Nether aura.

Even more terrifying, the dark water currents were not ordinary seawater; the attack attached by 【Soul Drowning】 made it feel as if it was being torn into fragments.

The Yinren Leopard’s struggles quickly became powerless, the fierce glint in its eyes replaced by boundless suffocation.

Its body felt as heavy as if filled with lead.

Silent despair spread, as if it had been completely swallowed and dissolved by the Netherwater Prison, leaving no trace of a remnant.

“Bang.”

When the Netherwater Prison disappeared, the Yinren Leopard had already completely fainted.

“K-knocked out... in a second?”

“Awesome! That’s the Yinren Leopard, after all, and it didn’t even make a splash?”

“That must be a Ghost and Water dual-type fusion skill, right? A skill that almost only exists in textbooks, I can’t believe I got to see it with my own eyes today, worth it!”

“...”

Seeing that the attacking Yinren Leopard not only failed to achieve the desired result but was also defeated in one move.

Ji Youhao’s brows furrowed; he knew Mingxi was strong, and an Emperor-level pet certainly couldn’t be ordinary, but he hadn’t expected that with just one skill, the Yinren Leopard would be instantly killed.

This absolute crushing force truly made one despair.

“It’s not over, I can’t give up just like that!”

Ji Youhao encouraged himself inwardly, “Earthquake Wave.”

“Rock Armor!”

“Acid Rain Spray!”

The Rock Armor Rhinoceros let out an angry roar, and violent energy ripples condensed beneath its feet.

Its front hooves lifted high, about to stomp down fiercely!

At the same time, the Poison Dart Frog’s highly toxic acid liquid shot towards Black Pearl like a dark green arrow rain, covering the sky!

Mingxi remained calm: “Water Star Ring.”

Black Pearl elegantly raised an arm, spread her five fingers, and gently clenched her hand towards the Rock Armor Rhinoceros.

Centered on Black Pearl’s palm, visible water rings spread out in circles.

Like a constantly growing water planet.

Water Star Ring was also one of Black Pearl’s new skills, a Water-type Earth-level skill, with triple effects of shielding, erosion, and purification.

It was somewhat similar to skills like Repulsion Aura.

It was not a defensive skill, yet it possessed defensive capabilities no less than defensive skills, and at the same time, a cold wave would accompany the expansion of the Water Star.

Although the Water Star Ring’s cold erosion and freezing capabilities were far inferior to Ice-type pets, it also had a slowing effect.

More importantly, it had the purification ability of the Water Star Ring.

It had a very strong counteracting effect when fighting against Poison-type creatures.

The highly toxic acid liquid sprayed by the Poison Dart Frog, upon contact with the water rings emanating from the Water Star fluctuation, dissipated ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) rapidly as if encountering an air purifier.

It had no effect whatsoever.

And the Rock Armor Rhinoceros, which bore the brunt, had its violent Earthquake Wave blocked by the Water Star Ring!

Its extremely thick rock armor was also frozen with layers of frost and snow in the face of the Water Ring’s cold wave.

The dark blue water condensation, like a living thing, frantically drilled and spread along the cracks in the rock, eroding its flesh and blood.

“Rock Armor!”

The Rock Armor Rhinoceros’s roaring, which had been full of momentum just a moment ago, turned into a painful wail.

Its huge body was covered and frozen by the dark blue water condensation crystals at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Seeing this, Mingxi nodded in satisfaction.

The Water Star Ring’s effect in actual combat was much stronger than imagined; even when facing the extremely strong defense of the Rock Armor Rhinoceros, it could exert powerful defensive, auxiliary, offensive, and control capabilities.

However, it was unlikely to solve the Rock Armor Rhinoceros and Poison Dart Frog with the Water Star Ring alone.

So, it was better to try another skill.

“Black Pearl, Sea Burial Elegy.”

“As.”

Black Pearl nodded, spun once in mid-air, and her red lips slightly parted.

No sound!

But an air fluctuation clearly spread out.

It was a fluctuation containing endless sorrow and the aura of death’s end, like an elegy from a deep-sea burial ground.

Indiscriminate area-of-effect mental attack!

Heavenly-Rank skill.

She still couldn’t use it in conjunction with Water Sonar and Ghost Doppelganger; otherwise, its power wouldn’t be much worse than Golden Yuanbao’s Heavenly Wind Seated.

Of course, their functions were different.

Heavenly Wind Seated was absolutely unparalleled in assisting and strengthening Golden Yuanbao’s own attack power.

And Sea Burial Elegy was the king among mental attack skills.

Once Sea Burial Elegy was unleashed, both the Rock Armor Rhinoceros and the Poison Dart Frog felt as if they had been struck by a heavy hammer.

It was as if their souls were entangled by countless cold seaweeds, dragging them into an endless abyss.

Their minds went blank, all consciousness and emotions rapidly dissipating.