CHAPTER 116: CHAPTER 115: TIANYI TOURNAMENT (PART 7)

Ye Qingting: "Xiao Ming, where are we now?"

According to the pre-competition estimate, there would definitely be challenges at the starting point, but Ye Qingting absolutely did not believe that this swamp was the first test.

This swamp is too dangerous. If not for Li Xing’s quick thinking, they would have been out already. He had great confidence in his team’s strength, believing they could hold their own even against the Tianyi team.

If the event organizers had really set the swamp as the initial test, no team would be able to pass. The swamp was definitely an unexpected incident, and they must have deviated from the planned route.

Qi Ming looked at the map and replied, "One kilometer west of the starting point."

Since they hadn’t received a game pause or re-teleportation command, they could only accept the current situation and hurry back to the starting point.

Ye Qingting flipped up and quickly urged his teammates to move. The competition was only thirty-six hours long, and they were already twenty minutes behind the other teams. If they didn’t hurry, they might not find any competition tokens.

If they were wiped out in the first round, the embarrassment would be no better than drowning in the swamp!

It happened to be the rainy season in Tianyi City. Every one or two hours, rain would fall in the forest, sometimes a light drizzle, sometimes a torrential downpour. At this moment, it was raining heavily, posing many inconveniences, but Team No-Disobedience was glad the rain was heavy enough to wash away the mud off them.

However, during their journey, Li Xing noticed that the Star Beast Forest outside Tianyi City was chaotic!

On the Qianyuan Continent, moving plants were not unheard of; many moving plants existed in the forest outside Datang City, so Li Xing was used to it.

Perhaps due to its location in the southern rainforest, where the plants were larger and more ferocious, the proportion of moving plants in the Tianyi Forest was much higher than elsewhere. Everywhere, vines waved and leaves swayed, making the entire forest seem like a dance of demons.

Li Xing didn’t intend to waste time dealing with the moving plants and released the Big-mouth Flower to keep things in line.

Having eaten top-grade spirit stones for years, Hui Hui had grown considerably; although her memory hadn’t recovered, she had gained a new skill: intimidating groups of plants.

Lower-tier plants, sensing Big-mouth Flower’s pressure, immediately folded their leaves and hung their flowers to express submission. With no restless vines, Li Xing found the world much quieter.

Indeed, the appearance of Big-mouth Flower made Team No-Disobedience’s path extraordinarily smooth. A kilometer’s distance was nothing for these elemental warriors, and they soon reached the real starting point.

Seeing the strange red tendril roots ahead, Cui Tianxiao was freaked out: "What are these things? They’re freaking disgusting!"

Ye Qingting’s sharp eyes spotted something like veins extending from the low plants on the mountain. "Is this... a plant?"

Li Xing: "Yes. Carnivorous Rong, the red tendrils dangling down are its roots, containing a lot of soporific toxins and anesthetics. You can’t attack them with violence."

Ye Qingting: "I’ll freeze them!" Ice element strategies are roughly similar; if you can’t attack, freeze them and then attack.

Li Xing: "No way, even if you freeze them into ice blocks, if they shatter, they’ll release remaining toxins. Just a small amount will ruin our chances in the competition."

Qi Ming: "Then, then what should we do?"

Li Xing turned, using the Divine Sense to ask Big-mouth Flower, "Hui Hui, can you command them to clear the way?"

Big-mouth Flower shook her gigantic head, responding with a cutesy voice in Li Xing’s mind, "No way, Master, their level is too high, they won’t listen to me."

//Damn! Li Xing’s Battle Pet Spirit Plant is so ugly; offering a fortune for an eye that hasn’t seen it! //

//Ugly but don’t you think it’s quite spirited? It seems like it can communicate with its owner. //

//Seems so, I saw it nodding. //

//Didn’t Master Zou just say a Battle Pet Spirit Plant’s condition reflects the owner’s strength, and this ugly flower is in high spirits, doesn’t that prove Li Xing is strong? //

//Pshaw! We Harssas geniuses don’t need an ugly flower for proof, a fierce life doesn’t need validation, Sister Xing is the strongest! //

Live broadcast.

Zou Huali stared at Big-mouth Flower, rare confusion on his face.

"Master Zou, what species do you think Li Xing’s Battle Pet is?"

"I haven’t seen a plant exactly like it, but I think it might be a subspecies of Beast Catching Grass with certain attack capabilities."

The host, though a martial master, knew that Beast Catching Grass wasn’t rare, so he didn’t continue the Battle Pet topic but instead commented on whether Team No-Disobedience could overcome the stone wall.

"To get Carnivorous Rong to voluntarily make way without external injury, the safest method is for a Healing Master to communicate using Healing Technique. Although some teams have other methods, those are unique primordial spirit exceptions. Li Xing has a Heavenly Armor-level Wood Element Spirit, so Carnivorous Rong might not attack her, but her teammates wouldn’t be so lucky. Without spiritual power, Li Xing can’t lead the team through the Carnivorous Rong forest using the Healing Technique, really making me wonder how Team No-Disobedience will get through this test."

Just as he finished, the host saw Li Xing take out a transparent jar filled with orange-yellow powder.

Zou Huali commented, "Even without spiritual power, Li Xing is an excellent Healing Master quite accomplished in Alchemy Technique, perhaps she has a trick up her sleeve."

Lin Zhian also nodded in agreement: "Master Zou is right, I was lucky to see the Harssas Academy’s preliminary competition footage, and Li Xing’s performance was truly impressive."

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Now, the torrential rain had stopped. Holding the transparent jar, Li Xing inevitably noticed her dirty, damp clothes, missing the Cleansing Technique and longing for a Dust Avoidance Pearl and a Water-Repelling Pearl.

"Xiao Ming, activate the defense talisman array to protect everyone from contacting this powder."

Qi Ming’s fingers crafted complex hand signs, golden talisman markings emerged from his hands, quickly expanding to cover everyone but Li Xing, including Big-mouth Flower, within the talisman array.

Li Xing’s drug prowess was intimidating; when the shield was open, it was best to get in or suffer consequences.

Li Xing scooped a handful of powder, skillfully tossing it towards the Carnivorous Rong ahead. The powder flew like smoke into the Stone Mountain passage, dusting every visible tendril root.

The dusted tendril roots began to tremble, shifting from slight quivers to violent shuddering, then raised and wildly danced in the air.

Cui Tianxiao was already scared of snakelike, wormlike things; now seeing the dense tendril roots frantically wriggle like salted worm clusters scared the soul out of him.

Fortunately, he knew better than to disturb Li Xing, clutching Ye Qingting’s arm tightly. Considering the live broadcast with billions watching, otherwise he might have screamed and jumped into Ye Qingting’s arms for cover.