“It’s merged with the ice mist; force it out with Earthquake!”

The command was given again.

But he didn’t know that every command he issued was, in an invisible way, helping Mingxi perfect her tactics.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from Jin Chengfeng’s forehead.

For some reason, he had a bad feeling; this battle had dragged on for too long.

His opponent was like a slippery loach, its attacks neither painful nor itch but continuous, forcing him to constantly issue various precise commands.

Although Rumble Rock’s defense was airtight and every counterattack was powerful, he vaguely felt that its skill releases were not as smooth and natural as before, and its energy circulation lacked the seamlessness a Venerable-level pet beast should possess, as if there were invisible grains of sand between its gears.

Could it be because...

“No, it must be my overthinking.”

He attributed this to the opponent’s harassment tactics, unaware that the subtle sluggishness was precisely the opponent’s carefully designed “command deluge.”

This was one of Mingxi’s tactics: combining real and feigned moves to create pressure.

Jin Chengfeng had not yet realized that his battle rhythm had been firmly controlled by Mingxi.

Lan Yue’s aura remained stable, carrying the calmness and fighting spirit of Ice Heart Fire Will.

Meanwhile, Rumble Rock’s breathing became noticeably heavier, and its energy fluctuations showed a barely perceptible disorder.

Jin Chengfeng knew he couldn’t drag it out any longer; he had to break the stalemate with his strongest attack!

“Rumble Rock, Ultimate Impact!”

Jin Chengfeng seized the moment when Lan Yue, after a brief appearance with Walking on Thin Ice, showed a slight stiffness, and blew the horn of victory!

Ultimate Impact, a Ground-type Heavenly-Rank skill, a charge that condenses peak power, enough to shatter anything.

The moment Jin Chengfeng’s command left his mouth, and as Rumble Rock’s massive body mobilized all its energy and adjusted its charging posture to receive this complex command, it inevitably fell back into that ‘half-beat slow’ state, amplified by the war of attrition to nearly 0.8 seconds—

Mingxi’s eyes blazed with brilliance; the long-awaited moment had finally arrived.

“I was waiting for your ultimate move!”

“Silence.”

The mark on Lan Yue’s forehead once again erupted with grayish-white light.

Rule fluctuations instantly descended, precisely enveloping Rumble Rock, which was in a superposition of multiple states: command reception, energy conversion, and charging posture adjustment!

“Buzz—!!!”

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The earthy yellow Ultimate Impact energy, which had just begun to circulate, was solidified.

The posture of gathering power to charge was fixed, and its huge body was like a sculpture nailed to the ground!

“Damn it! Again!”

Jin Chengfeng’s furious roar was completely isolated; Rumble Rock’s crimson eyes were filled only with stiffness and bewilderment.

It couldn’t even understand what had happened before it was deprived of all possibility of resistance!

“Riyue Lingkong, Qiankun is vast!”

Mingxi’s voice was like the final judgment.

Lan Yue had already released Cold Moon and Flame Sun simultaneously with activating Silence.

This time, it was with full power.

The Yuanjing attribute, the characteristic 【Supreme · Flawless】, were perfectly integrated, and the 【Ice Heart Fire Will】 bonus to the combined skill transformed Cold Moon and Flame Sun into an ultimate torrent of ice-blue and crimson-gold spiraling together, containing the power of annihilation and creation!

The terrifying energy, like a destructive torrent pushed to its limit, with the might to judge all, fiercely slammed into Rumble Rock’s energy core node, which was completely restrained by “Silence,” utterly defenseless, like a giant target.

This location, at the connection point between its chest and rock joints, had already been marked by Mingxi as Rumble Rock’s weakest point during previous probes!

“Rumble rumble—!!!!!”

The power of ice and fire annihilation erupted completely at the most vulnerable core of the peak pet beast, and the energy gathered for Ultimate Impact also became an accelerant for this explosion.

Blinding light swallowed everything!

The incredibly sturdy rock body, in the face of absolute power, precise striking points, and its own flaws, was like glazed glass struck by a heavy hammer, crumbling, shattering, and vaporizing inch by inch from its core!

The light dissipated.

In the center of the arena, Lan Yue stood proudly, breathing slightly, ice and fire sparks falling like a crown of victory.

And in the huge crater opposite, the once indomitable Venerable-level pet beast Rumble Rock, which had been like a mountain, was left with only a charred, carbonized, fragmented torso, covered by both frost and flames.

Its defeat began with a small delay, and ended with a brilliant tactical attrition and an absolute control called Silence.

Jin Chengfeng watched this scene in disbelief, slumping dejectedly onto the command platform.

Rumble Rock had actually lost.

He had actually lost.

Lost so miserably and pitifully!

The intelligent referee’s voice sounded again:

“Rumble Rock has lost its combat capability. The score for this match is 3:0, Mingxi wins!”

At this moment, the audience burst into an uproar.

“What’s going on? How did Lan Yue suddenly win?”

“Another 1v3?! Ling Tianzi is awesome!”

“This 1v3 is highly significant; she successively defeated Emperor-level, Saint-level, and Venerable-level pet beasts! And it’s just a pet beast that just evolved to Saint-level!”

“No, I just don’t quite understand. The Silence skill is indeed very useful, but Ling Tianzi’s combined skill also has a long wind-up. Normally, even if it’s silenced, shouldn’t Rumble Rock’s Ultimate Impact be completed first?”

At this moment, in the commentary booth, Xie An Yan, as Mingxi’s exclusive commentator, said: “As everyone knows, Mingxi has spatial lag prediction, and her prediction ability can be said to be astonishingly brilliant, unprecedented!

And I just noticed that Ling Tianzi seemed to have been continuously attacking Rumble Rock’s joint positions. Although this wouldn’t cause severe damage to Rumble Rock, continuous strikes would inevitably cause stiffness and numbness, and there’s a certain probability of forming muscle memory.

All of these would lead to Rumble Rock’s reaction becoming slower.

And the reason why Ling Tianzi’s combined skill could cause such great lethality, besides its own strength, is also related to Rumble Rock being in the process of releasing Ultimate Impact.

...

In summary, in this round, Mingxi’s victory was more about tactical suppression, step by step leading her opponent into a trap.

Let’s give a shout-out to our Mingxi!”

Xie An Yan’s analytical ability was not bad; aside from not seeing the inherent flaws in Rumble Rock, she almost perfectly explained Mingxi’s tactical arrangements.

“Mingxi even defeated Jin Chengfeng; is she far from crushing us?”

“In the singles group stage, her chances of advancing are probably 60%, but in the doubles match, since she didn’t participate this morning, she lost one round in advance, so she probably doesn’t have a chance.”

“The Doubles B2 group itself is full of powerful figures, a well-known death group. Mingxi is strong, but against Lu Meiti, Assam, and Miaomiaosheng, she doesn’t have much competitiveness.”

“That’s not necessarily true. Mingxi might not be Lu Meiti’s opponent, but compared to Assam’s bear and Miaomiaosheng’s cat, I think she still has a bit of a fighting chance?”

“We’ll know the answer to this question tomorrow, won’t we? Isn’t tomorrow’s doubles match Mingxi versus Assam?”