Free Web NovelChapter 136: Chapter 136: Rival Cooperation
The Twin Trial Summit Guardian attacked both teams at once.
Its golden head released stone-light beams that hardened the ground and slowed movement. Its crimson head released blood-red shockwaves that stirred aggression and disrupted coordination. Its body was split down the middle—one side armored like a stone knight, the other covered in beast-like crimson plates.
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[Twin Trial Summit Guardian]
[Level: 34]
[Current State: Partially Weakened]
[Reason: Rival teams chose limited cooperation.]
[Weakness]
Golden core vulnerable to burst offense.
Crimson core vulnerable to stable suppression.
Simultaneous destruction recommended.
Qin Mo stared at the last line. freёwebnoѵel.com
"Simultaneous. Of course."
Qin Yuheng immediately understood the structure.
Qin Yuheng’s team had better coordination and suppression.
Zhao Tianyu’s team had more raw burst through Zhao Tianyu.
The Tower wanted them to use both.
"Zhao Tianyu," Qin Yuheng called. "You take golden core. We suppress crimson."
Zhao Tianyu laughed coldly.
"You assign me orders now?"
"You prefer the crimson core that feeds your corruption?"
Zhao Tianyu’s expression stiffened.
His teammates looked anxious.
The crimson head roared, and Zhao Tianyu’s aura stirred in response.
He gritted his teeth.
"Fine."
Limited cooperation continued.
Qin Yuheng did not include Zhao Tianyu in Gate Thunder Command Field. That would be unsafe and likely rejected. Instead, he used the field only on his own team, forming a stable suppression unit against the crimson side.
Qin Yuchen held the guardian’s crimson claw.
Qin Lian targeted the blood lines running along its ribs.
Qin Mo placed law-breaking stabilizers to reduce corruption pulses.
Qin Yuheng struck the crimson core shield repeatedly with thunder command pressure, not allowing it to resonate with Zhao Tianyu.
On the other side, Zhao Tianyu unleashed terrifying power against the golden core. His Crimson Beast Champion class gave him explosive attacks. He tore through stone armor with claw-like strikes and heavy punches.
For once, his aggression was useful.
But the blood-red sun above pulsed each time he overused power.
Corruption rose.
[Zhao Tianyu Rival Corruption: 28%]
"Control yourself!" Qin Yuheng shouted.
"Shut up!"
Zhao Tianyu attacked harder.
The golden core cracked.
The crimson core pulsed.
Qin Mo shouted, "If he breaks his side too early, the crimson side absorbs imbalance!"
Qin Yuheng’s eyes sharpened.
"Zhao Tianyu, stop for three breaths!"
Zhao Tianyu ignored him.
Qin Yuheng made a decision.
He used the Duel Law Shield Crystal to create a temporary challenge barrier—not to trap Zhao Tianyu, but to interrupt the guardian’s resonance.
A golden-crimson barrier flashed between Zhao Tianyu and the core for one breath.
Zhao Tianyu’s strike hit the barrier instead.
He turned furiously.
"Qin Yuheng!"
"Three breaths," Qin Yuheng said coldly. "Or you lose your class to that thing."
The words struck harder than expected.
Zhao Tianyu froze.
His teammates pulled him back.
Three breaths.
Qin Mo stabilized the timing.
Qin Lian cut the last crimson rib line.
Qin Yuchen opened the suppression gap.
Qin Yuheng pierced the crimson core shield.
"Now!"
Zhao Tianyu roared and struck the golden core.
Qin Yuheng struck the crimson core.
Both cores cracked at the same time.
The guardian screamed.
But before it collapsed, the blood-red sun released a final chain toward Zhao Tianyu’s chest.
Blood Sun’s hidden influence tried to preserve itself.
Qin Yuheng saw it with Law-Thread Severing Eye.
Zhao Tianyu did not.
The chain entered his class aura.
His eyes turned crimson.
[Warning: Rival Corruption spike.]
[Zhao Tianyu Rival Corruption: 28% → 61%]
His team panicked.
Zhao Tianyu turned toward Qin Yuheng, snarling.
The guardian’s broken body began reforming around his corruption.
This was Blood Sun’s true plan.
Not to win the floor.
To force Qin Yuheng into a choice: defeat Zhao Tianyu brutally, let him be corrupted, or expose deeper purification ability.
Qin Mo’s face went pale.
"They used the guardian collapse as trigger!"
Qin Yuheng’s mind became calm.
Team first.
He sent a jade pulse.
Defensive triangle. Do not approach Zhao.
Qin Yuchen and Qin Lian moved immediately.
Qin Mo prepared contract-breaking formation.
Zhao Tianyu charged.
His power was far stronger than before, but unstable. Qin Yuheng blocked the first strike and felt the blood-corruption trying to enter through impact.
Blood Contract Resistance held.
Zhao Tianyu laughed harshly.
"Finally afraid?"
"No," Qin Yuheng said. "Disappointed."
He did not use Origin Purification directly.
Not yet.
Instead, he used the stabilizing altar resonance they had activated earlier. Golden light still remained in the summit floor. Qin Mo saw his intention and connected the Contract-Breaking Law Crystal to the altar residue.
Qin Lian cut the visible outer chain.
Qin Yuchen restrained Zhao Tianyu’s arm with a sword bind.
Qin Yuheng stepped in and placed two fingers against Zhao Tianyu’s chest armor.
"Wake up."
He released controlled thunder mixed with Gate command pressure and law resistance.
Not enough to reveal Origin.
Enough to shock the class aura.
Zhao Tianyu screamed.
The blood chain surfaced.
Qin Mo activated the formation.
The chain snapped halfway.
Zhao Tianyu collapsed to one knee, gasping.
Corruption dropped.
[Zhao Tianyu Rival Corruption: 61% → 37%]
Still high, but no longer critical.
The Twin Guardian, deprived of the corruption spike, shattered fully.
[Twin Trial Summit Guardian defeated.]
[Parallel Rival Trial cleared.]
[Both teams survived.]
[Corruption contained below critical threshold.]
Zhao Tianyu knelt on the ground, trembling with rage, shame, and confusion.
Qin Yuheng stood before him.
"I told you," he said quietly. "Blood Sun wins if you choose pride over your path."
Zhao Tianyu looked up, eyes still red but clearer.
For once, he did not answer.
The settlement light rose around both teams.
The trial was over.
But Zhao Tianyu’s corruption had not been fully removed.
And now he knew it.
