Free Web NovelMingxi observed carefully; those totems were very similar to Drawing Spirit, but they shouldn't have been drawn by hand.
Instead, it seemed as if some kind of tool, similar to a branding iron or a stamp, had been used to forcefully brand them on.
It was very likely a rule-based artifact, or even a divine artifact.
Don't ask her how she came to that conclusion.
As the creator of Drawing Spirit, she had practiced Drawing Spirit at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, times.
She wouldn't be unable to determine how a totem was formed; after all, drawing and branding are completely different.
As for how to activate the rule text totems, that was simpler.
Using mental power to guide and self-harm for a blood sacrifice to activate, Mingxi arbitrarily named this process Bloodburn.
However, once a totem was activated and used, the branding on it would completely dissipate, so these rule text totems were actually one-time use.
Mingxi wondered if Drawing Spirit could undergo Bloodburn.
If feasible, it could serve as a trump card for Golden Yuanbao and the others.
“Bang!”
Black Pearl's body once again slammed into the stone pillar at the edge, and Crimson Flame War Lion's Fire Fang was already biting towards her throat—
“Water Fusion.”
The Fire Fang was assimilated into water just as it was about to touch Black Pearl, who seized the opportunity to break free.
Under the enhancement of Water Fusion, her entire mermaid form seemed to become a spring.
Whoosh.
The air around her condensed into water, flowing downwards.
Like a small waterfall.
“Crimson Flame!”
Crimson Flame War Lion was already extremely impatient about not being able to defeat its opponent for so long.
Under the command of its equally irritable Beast Tamers, it once again tore open the two totems on its back, clearly going all-in.
Mingxi's heart couldn't help but pound several times.
“Boom!”
“Boom—!!!”
Twelve pillars of fire broke out of the water, and the rising steam was ignited before it could even ascend, turning into a blazing cloud of fire.
The pool, which Black Pearl had painstakingly deepened to six meters, boiled in less than half a second.
The explosive crackling of countless bubbles converged into a deafening roar.
Even more astonishingly, in the center of the twelve pillars of fire, a thirty-meter-diameter Fire Lotus slowly bloomed.
The outer petals were pulsating golden-white solar prominences, illuminating the surrounding hundred meters as brightly as midday. freewebnovёl.ƈom
The inner layer flowed with a molten-textured dark red, outlining ancient runes.
The lotus heart spewed out platinum-white flames, and the air smelled of scorching.
“Holy crap!”
Primordial Pure Sacred Fire Lotus!
Mingxi was dumbfounded.
For the first time, she understood how others felt when they saw her and Golden Yuanbao unleash their ultimate moves—
“This is unscientific!”
Of course, Mingxi understood even more what this Fire Lotus meant for Black Pearl.
“Black Pearl! Sea God's Furious Symphony!”
Black Pearl didn't have strong defensive skills, so in this situation, she could only fight fire with fire, offense with offense!
Sea God's Furious Symphony was a combination skill of Sea Monster Frenzied Rhapsody and Blood Sea Without Waves, considered Black Pearl's strongest attack skill.
Of course, the strongest state required the use of the sea god trident.
However, the use of divine artifacts was certainly not allowed in Beast Tamers battles, so what could be used now was only the normal version of Sea God's Furious Symphony.
“As!”
Black Pearl also realized the critical situation and began to unleash her energy with full force.
Every drop of water in the boiling pool instantly spiraled to form countless terrifying blood-red storms!
At the same time, the platinum Fire Lotus slowly rotated, and the water surface instantly sank into a huge vortex.
Storms and vortexes converged amidst violent roars!
“Buzz—”
The entire pool ascended against gravity, but was fixed in mid-air by an invisible force.
The water curtain hung suspended in mid-air.
The next second—
Every drop of water and every spark turned into a miniature incendiary bomb. freeweɓnovel.cøm
When a certain critical point was breached, trillions of water droplets and sparks simultaneously detonated!
Steam and flame intertwined into a helical pillar of light that shot straight into the sky!
The water dragons, spiraling upwards with their heads held high, disintegrated.
The pool water evaporated instantly, and the ground was hot-forged and cold-condensed into a layer of glazed rock.
The terrifying power and awe-inspiring momentum were no less than the complete detonation of the previous Cold Treasure.
Mingxi, who had seen quite a few small-scale scenes, had this expression—((유∀유|||))
When the last wisp of flame and vapor dissipated, the entire hall was riddled with holes, no longer resembling its original state.
The only ones unharmed were Mingxi and the indigenous Beast Tamers opposite her; they ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) were enveloped in an invisible Barrier, unaffected by any attacks.
However, Black Pearl and Crimson Flame War Lion, who were at the ‘nuclear explosion center’, were in a much more miserable state.
Both were lying down.
But Crimson Flame War Lion, being a grade higher in strength and a powerfully defensive combat type, still staggered to its feet after its Beast Tamers' furious shouts and stomping.
“Gibberish...”
The rough-faced, overly masculine indigenous Beast Tamers opposite, seeing his pet ‘striding proudly’, began speaking to Mingxi in a language she completely didn't understand.
But Mingxi had a hidden skill—she completely didn't understand, but was very good at ‘understanding’ a foreign language through context and body language.
So, from his gaze, his nose-in-the-air attitude, and his joyful, hopping words and actions, she roughly translated— “Give up! Little punk! Your pet can't hold on anymore! But my darling can still knock you down!”
Black Pearl lay on the ground, where the water vapor had completely evaporated, her seaweed-like long hair spread out weakly.
Her caudal fin was burned away by more than half, leaving only a short stump.
She wasn't unconscious; her eyes were open, conveying an apology to Mingxi with her gaze.
Mingxi remembered her practicing skills to exhaustion, time and time again...
Her secretly imitating Bright Crystal's fighting posture and falling...
Her smiling at her despite the pain of every injury...
Her crying and begging for forgiveness when she did something wrong, but daring to do it again next time...
“Can you continue?” Mingxi's heart softened immensely as she asked softly.
Actually, it didn't matter if they lost; this Crimson Flame War Lion was indeed not an ordinary King-level pet.
The combat power it displayed meant that even Golden Yuanbao and the others might stumble if they weren't careful.
And in reality, the opponent's continuous use of external forces in a formal Beast Tamers battle was completely ‘cheating’!
Black Pearl was still just a mermaid cub after all.
Losing was not shameful.
As for this so-called trial, Mingxi actually didn't take it too seriously.
If they failed, they failed.
Aside from not getting a clear reward, they wouldn't actually suffer any losses.
After all, that voice didn't say that if they didn't pass the trial, they would be annihilated.
“As!”
Just as Mingxi was about to raise a white flag and surrender, Black Pearl let out a low cry.
Her pupils suddenly constricted to pinpricks.
A pearlescent glow simultaneously appeared on both Mingxi and her.
At the same time, the previously dried-up ground re-condensed with a large amount of blood-red water droplets, and the familiar platinum Fire Lotus.
They floated in mid-air against gravity.
“Is this...?”
Mingxi's eyes widened in surprise as she felt the surging power of their bond.
Guangguang, who had been watching calmly for a long time, finished Mingxi's unspoken words for her: “Bond Trait Awakening!”
