Her previous display of fear and madness was nothing but a disguise.

But now...

What kind of power is this?! It can even isolate her mind hive.

A glint flashed in the eyes behind Ding Buxiu’s spectacles: “Box Spirit, begin!”

Several extremely fine, silver-glowing threads silently descended from the cell’s ceiling, accurately piercing Hua Ru Yu’s temples!

Memory extraction.

Hua Ru Yu’s body stiffened, her eyes instantly unfocused, like a puppet from which the soul had been drawn.

Her last gaze seemed to penetrate the cold walls, looking towards a distant place, carrying a hint of complexity that no one understood.

Ruthlessness, madness, the determination to face death... at this moment, all seemed to transform into an unspeakable weariness.

...

Although Xiao Linyuan’s self-detonation caused a considerable disturbance, because Mingxi reacted quickly enough and intervened in time, she blocked most of the explosion.

With the divine healer Luo Xujiu Tian, as long as one wasn’t instantly blown into pieces, she could successfully rescue them.

Except for a few Staff Members active near the battle arena, there were no casualties among the audience and contestants.

The damaged stadium was also repaired in a very short time by a professional ‘construction team’.

So, although the incident was extremely severe and brought an indelible psychological shadow to the audience and Saint Shield City residents, it did not affect the continuation of the competition.

The contestants still had to complete the day’s matches, but they were somewhat affected to a certain extent; the most obvious was that at least half of the originally noisy and crowded audience seats were empty.

Especially the first few rows, which were almost completely empty.

This was the first time this had happened since the competition began.

Mingxi’s opponent in the afternoon’s doubles match was one of her strongest opponents, Miao Miao Sheng.

Miao Miao Sheng, a great beauty from Green Field Star, like Mingxi, is «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» an SS-Class Beast Master, a Beast Master whose actual combat power is comparable to an SSS-Class Beast Master.

She was a woman whose temperament was as calm as water, yet her eyes burned with passion.

She wore a crisp training uniform, with ear-length short hair, and her eyes were as sharp as an eagle’s, exuding a steady aura of unmoving calm.

There was no hint of disdain or arrogance in her gaze towards Mingxi, only pure respect for a strong opponent.

“Mingxi, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you.”

Miao Miao Sheng’s voice was clear and melodious, with a unique rhythm, “I hope we can have a hearty battle.”

“As you wish.”

Mingxi nodded, her eyes equally serious; for such a unique and charming woman, Mingxi naturally wished to show the utmost sincerity.

“Match start!”

A flash of light, and Black Pearl elegantly emerged like a dark night water spirit, enveloped in a misty water vapor and a faint dark glow.

Emerald Green stood beside Black Pearl like an assassin, exuding a contradictory yet powerful aura.

Miao Miao Sheng’s two summoned beasts were the Saint-level Transcendent creature, the Ice and Rock dual-elemental Frost Crystal Behemoth, Yemiru, and the equally Saint-level Poison and Insect dual-elemental Transcendent creature, Zhu Muzhumu.

The aura of both summoned beasts was astonishing!

Yemiru was massive, entirely composed of deep blue crystals that shimmered with cold light, while also exuding an extremely biting Chill.

Zhu Muzhumu, on the other hand, was a rare medium-sized spider-type summoned beast; excluding its legs, it was only two meters long, with eight long legs, a dark purple carapace, compound eyes that gleamed with cunning light, a mouthpart dripping with corrosive venom, and unsettling mental fluctuations permeating its entire body.

“It seems Ming Shen has a rare favorable match this time? The attributes of Black Pearl and Emerald Green are relatively strong against the opponent.”

“In the Starsea Cup arena, never take attribute advantage too seriously.”

“This battle is crucial for both Mingxi and Miao Miao Sheng; whoever loses will basically mean saying goodbye to the doubles match.” 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

“Then who do you think has the advantage?”

“Hard to say, Miao Miao Sheng’s apparent strength seems to be a notch higher, but Mingxi... isn’t she best at creating miracles? I always feel that no one can define her arbitrarily; it’s easy to be proven wrong!”

At this moment, almost all the audience, commentators, and contestants in the stadium were focused on this match.

“Volume Water.”

“Spore Parasitism.”

Mingxi started steadily.

The water currents around Black Pearl transformed into countless tough water ribbons, coiling like nimble snakes towards the relatively clumsy Yemiru, attempting to restrict its movements.

Emerald Green swayed gently, and countless Emerald Green spores, imperceptible to the naked eye, drifted like smoke, spreading towards Zhu Muzhumu.

Miao Miao Sheng’s eyes were calm, and she also began to command her summoned beasts to respond.

Like Mingxi, she almost exclusively used intermediate and high-level skills.

Both Beast Tamers, by tacit agreement, chose a steady and cautious tactic, not launching a fierce assault right from the start.

“Are they testing each other?”

“Evidently.”

“It seems this battle won’t end quickly; both are observing each other, waiting for an opportunity.”

“I really don’t see much point in such cautious probing, other than consuming energy.”

“That’s why they are Starsea Cup contestants, and you are nothing.”

“...”

As the audience expected, this battle fell into a strange tug-of-war, lasting thirty minutes, with both sides still exchanging ‘lukewarm’ blows.

There were no injuries.

Even the energy consumption was pitifully small.

“Thousand Stacks of Waves.”

“Fern Epoch.”

This tug-of-war was broken by Mingxi’s initiative.

Miao Miao Sheng’s lips, however, curved into a barely perceptible arc: “Attribute Reversal!”

An astonishing scene unfolded!

Yemiru, entangled by the water waves, suddenly had its deep blue ice crystals on its body light up, emitting an astonishing high temperature.

The water currents coiling around it instantly evaporated and vaporized, making a “hissing” sound!

The water-elemental attack that originally countered it, instead became fuel for its scorching steam!

The Rock and Ice attributes instantly reversed into a resistance mode similar to Rock and Fire attributes.

Similarly, the spreading and erupting fern plants, upon contact with Zhu Muzhumu’s dark purple carapace, were repelled and annihilated by a suddenly appearing, faint golden light membrane with a sacred purification meaning!

The Insect and Poison dual-elements unexpectedly reversed into defensive characteristics similar to Insect and Fairy types.

Seeing this scene, everyone was in an uproar!

“Attribute Reversal?! And both summoned beasts showed reversal!! How is this possible?”

Attribute Reversal is a characteristic.

As the name suggests, it can reverse the inherent nature of one’s own attributes, forcibly changing the attribute counter relationship.

For example, Miao Miao Sheng’s two summoned beasts can reverse Ice-type to Fire-type, and Poison-type to Fairy-type.

This way, the counter advantage of Black Pearl and Emerald Green against Yemiru and Zhu Muzhumu would not only fail to be an advantage but would instead become a disadvantage.

Miao Miao Sheng’s exclusive commentator laughed teasingly: “Mingxi seems to be a bit unlucky; she finally encountered a favorable match with attribute advantage, but Miao Miao Sheng’s two summoned beasts both have 【Attribute Reversal】 characteristics, turning the advantage into a disadvantage in the blink of an eye.

Hahahaha...

Sorry, I usually don’t laugh, unless I can’t help it.

Commentator Wang, do you mind?”