Lan Yue’s forehead, marked with the Ice-Fire Moon Seal, suddenly burst forth with profound light!

It did not make a sound, but instead, an invisible will, imbued with the absolute law of interdiction, like the most precise sniper bullet, crossed space and instantly struck Rumble Rock’s body.

“Buzz—!”

An invisible, all-freezing Silence instantly enveloped Rumble Rock.

The Normal-type Earth-tier skill, Silence, was the first skill Lan Yue awakened after this evolution.

It had the effect of energy confinement; at this moment, the surging peak earth-yellow energy within Rumble Rock’s body was as if frozen, instantly solidified and dead silent! The rocky luster flowing over its body dimmed.

Simultaneously freezing its actions, Rumble Rock’s massive body suddenly stiffened, as if bound by invisible chains, and even the slightest sound of rock friction disappeared, leaving it completely rigid in place.

Finally, mental isolation.

A hint of surprise flashed in Rumble Rock’s scarlet eyes; its mental link with its Beast Tamers was brutally severed, and Jin Chengfeng’s commands were like being separated by a thick pane of glass, unable to be transmitted!

Moreover, Silence could not be dispelled by any skill; any skill attempting to dispel, remove, or awaken this state, such as Awakening Bell, High-Speed Movement, or even healing skills, would be completely ineffective in the face of Silence’s rule power!

It was an absolute seal at the rule level!

Therefore, although the skill Silence was only Earth-tier in grade, it was absolutely the most effective control-type skill, a skill containing the power of rules.

The duration of Silence was determined by the skill’s proficiency.

Lan Yue had only awakened this skill two hours ago, and its proficiency was still at beginner 0%, so it could only Silence for about 0.5 seconds for now.

The surging energy within Rumble Rock instinctively impacted the confinement of Silence, forcefully breaking free!

Well.

0.5 seconds, there was no need to break free at all.

“Rumble!”

The freed Rumble Rock let out a roar mixed with shock and anger, but its movements clearly showed a hint of unnatural stiffness, as if a massive machine needed time to restart.

Jin Chengfeng’s expression changed slightly, and he immediately tried to remedy the situation: “Rumble Rock, Stone Edge, lock onto it!”

Mingxi’s gaze was as sharp as an eagle, successfully catching the unnaturalness in Rumble Rock’s energy flow and action connection.

In previous skirmishes, she had noticed a subtle, almost imperceptible delay in Rumble Rock’s response to its Beast Tamers’ commands.

She wasn’t certain at first.

Theoretically, as Jin Chengfeng’s first pet, its bond with its Beast Tamers should be very deep, and such a situation shouldn’t occur.

But nothing in the world is absolute.

So Mingxi deliberately had Lan Yue use Silence, precisely to confirm her suspicions.

Silence contained the power of rules and had the ability to temporarily sever the contract link between a pet and its Beast Tamers; if her deduction was true, then Rumble Rock’s weakness would inevitably be magnified.

Indeed, from /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ the moment Jin Chengfeng gave the command until Rumble Rock actually began to condense the Stone Edge and launch its attack, there was an extremely brief but definitely present sign of energy condensation delay and action initiation delay!

It was like a super-heavy mech whose engine needed to warm up for half a second after receiving a command before it could output full power!

This delay might be harmless in an ordinary battle, but in the razor-thin margins of a peak duel, it could be a fatal flaw.

Mingxi’s lips curved into a cold arc.

She no longer sought a one-hit kill but transformed into the most patient hunter.

“Ice Spike, left side!”

Lan Yue instantly condensed Ice Spikes and shot them towards Rumble Rock’s relatively weaker left arm joint, forcing it to defend.

“Harden left arm!”

Jin Chengfeng had no choice but to quickly give the order.

“Fire Dance Silver Snake, right side.”

“Walking on Thin Ice.”

Lan Yue transformed into a fiery snake shadow, feigning an attack, and instantly merged into a piece of blown-up ice crystal.

“Watch out for the right side! No, it’s the front! Stomp to destroy the ice crystals!”

Because Mingxi’s commands were extremely fast, Jin Chengfeng had to also speed up his command output.

Mingxi: “Flame Quicksand, cover its feet, restrict movement!”

Hot lava flowed on the ground.

“Shatter the ground, escape the quicksand!” Jin Chengfeng ordered again.

Under such high-speed changes in moves and counter-moves, Mingxi became even more certain of her guess.

Every one of Jin Chengfeng’s commands required Rumble Rock to make precise defensive posture adjustments or energy mobilizations.

Every change in move challenged Rumble Rock’s reaction ability, which had a small delay.

“Lan Yue.”

Mingxi softly called Lan Yue’s name.

Lan Yue understood instantly and began to raise its ten tails, using primal ice beams and primal flame beams for precise point-shooting, not aiming to cause significant damage, but continuously bombarding Rumble Rock’s energy nodes and joint connections.

“Bang! Bang!”

The beams hit the thick rocky carapace, leaving scorched or frosty marks, with limited damage, but the primal pure ice and fire contained within were like tiny files, continuously interfering with the massive and precise energy flow within Rumble Rock, making each of its responses to commands a little slower than before.

This was naturally done to increase Rumble Rock’s physical burden.

“Mirage.”

Mingxi’s command was neither too early nor too late.

There are indeed Mirages among extraordinary skills, but they are of the Psychic attribute, and only the four major Psychic power systems can awaken them.

Lan Yue naturally could not awaken Psychic-attribute skills.

So its Mirage was a practical application of skills.

Lan Yue began to frequently switch between ice and fire attribute skills.

And as is well known, the formation of a Mirage, in addition to geographical location and physical conditions, is also related to light refraction, total internal reflection, and abnormal temperatures.

After repeated practice, Lan Yue was already proficient in using skills to create the effect of a Mirage.

By utilizing rapid changes in temperature and light, it created a large number of afterimages, combined with the integration and appearance of Walking on Thin Ice, making it a mix of truth and falsehood, reality and illusion.

“Damn!”

Jin Chengfeng looked at the chaotic situation all over the field and felt like he was going to explode.

As an SSS-level Beast Master, he had seen artificial skills before, but he had never seen something as outrageous as a non-Psychic pet creating a Mirage.

“Awesome!”

“Lan Bao is amazing!”

“Isn’t the innate advantage of ice and fire counter-attributes demonstrated here? Besides Ling Tianzi, there’s probably no other pet in this world that can do it.”

“The more I observe Mingxi, the more I feel like she’s a bottomless pit; I can’t accurately judge her true strength, let alone how many more tricks she has hidden.”

“It’s over, I increasingly feel like I’ll lose against her.”

“Great minds think alike.”

“Sigh!”

In the audience, player, and commentary stands, people and Beast Tamers were either shocked or breaking down.

Only Jin Chengfeng at the command platform was working hard.

“The left is a phantom! The real body is top right, Rockslide!”

Jin Chengfeng was naturally not a useless show-off; his commands were fast and accurate.