70: decisive moment

Those earlier were minor disturbances. The scene now shifts to Meng Chen, who is currently facing the sixth seed, Lin Yuxin.

Because of the "Jade Armor" Trait, Meng Chen focused all his training on attack power.

One Extreme Slash defeated the Rain Butterfly, ending their battle.

"Good luck."

Lin Yuxin was not angry, only admiring. She bid farewell to Meng Chen and left the arena.

The live stream was filled with a uniform chorus of "Meng Chen is awesome," showing that he still had quite a few fangirls.

At the same time, on another side, Li Yu took advantage of this period to clear all other visible participants from the field.

With Li Wen's cover, Li Hanqing put away her Extreme Cold Penguin, making it not so easy for others to recognize her. The two also began to join this 'experience package' scramble... In just half a day, only four people remained on the central island of the lake. The final battle time was about to begin.

Li Wen was temporarily in third place. He was still relatively relaxed; as long as he wasn't the first to be eliminated, he would get the materials he needed.

Inside the referee's box, Heavenly King Yan said relaxedly,

"That's great. We can probably get off work early."

"However, with the current trajectory of the contestants, and even Li Wen teaming up with her, the possibility of them ganging up on Li Hanqing is low."

Heavenly King Meng frowned and said,

"If he had Meng Chen's strength, his choice might be unwise, but since he doesn't, this choice is the optimal one."

"After all, someone who would sell information like that was probably aiming for the reward from the start."

Heavenly King He leaned over, "Why couldn't we think of such a good idea back then?"

"You were the one who made the rules prohibit selling information. Now you're calling it a good idea? What, are you jealous?" Heavenly King Yan chuckled.

"No, no, no, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about finding a beautiful rich woman to be a backer."

Heavenly King Meng scoffed coldly,

"With your looks, even if you thought of it, do you really think you could pull it off?"

Heavenly King He was clearly used to being thick-skinned and didn't mind.

"Do you think there's a possibility that Li Wen is confident enough to fight Li Hanqing alone, which is why he's only temporarily cooperating?"

... Coincidentally, the final four also met at this moment.

"I'd like to try fighting a lineage inheritor. Please enlighten me, Meng Chen."

Meng Chen extended a hand, challenging Li Hanqing.

Li Hanqing: Are people nowadays all so reckless?

Before Li Hanqing could speak, Li Yu on the opposite side spoke first.

"No, I'll fight her. That damn information said I'm very afraid of Ice-type pet beasts. I want to see if that's really true."

Meng Chen: "I'll go."

Li Yu: "I'll go."

... Although he was the one being discriminated against, Li Wen was truly afraid that the two of them would start fighting before their pet beasts even began.

"Why don't you respect a woman's wishes and let her choose?"

Seeing that they couldn't convince each other, they had no choice but to adopt Li Wen's suggestion.

Li Hanqing, who was still watching the show, suddenly realized the bomb had been thrown into her lap. She was a bit conflicted, but ultimately chose the simpler option, Li Yu.

After all, the information said he was countered by her, so if she could do less work, she would definitely be lazy.

"I'll settle things with Li Yu first."

Saying that, she summoned her Extreme Cold Penguin, and the surrounding air instantly grew cold.

Seeing the two of them start to fight, Li Wen politely asked Meng Chen,

"So, Brother Meng, should we watch from the sidelines first, or should we have a match ourselves?"

He had only said it casually, but he didn't expect the other party to reply very solemnly, "Anyone who can last until now is by no means simple. You can be the one to assess whether I am qualified to challenge her."

He unceremoniously summoned his Jade Armor Beast and took up a fighting stance.

Although the opponent only had one pet beast, with Li Wen's personality, he definitely wouldn't pretend to only use one pet beast for the battle.

The three little ones simultaneously dismounted from Li Wen's 'human vehicle.' Those that needed to return to their normal size did so, and those that needed to increase their metabolism did so.

"Bud~"

Bud remained in her role as a meat shield, but this time, King Yuan accompanied her.

The attack power of the Jade Armor Beast was completely incomparable to the previous few. With just one Extreme Slash, Bud was immediately injured.

Meanwhile, Bud's Leaf Slash seemed to be completely absorbed by the "Jade Armor" Trait; the opponent was completely unharmed.

"Moo~"

King Yuan activated Multiplication and Growth to their maximum rates. With a leap, he pressed down on the Jade Armor Beast like a small mountain.

The ground's sand and gravel flew up from the tremor of his weight.

Its reactions were swift; several slashes struck King Yuan. Due to the existence of Elementalization, most of the damage was immunized, but King Yuan also had no way to deal with the opponent.

Both sides fell into a temporary stalemate. Li Wen understood this was a rare opportunity; he had to use a sufficiently damaging move to have a chance of a one-hit kill.

"Ying~"

Qing Yan immediately nimbly began weaving a 'Faraday cage.' After it was completed, King Yuan jumped up, and a complete silk cage directly descended, trapping the Jade Armor Beast.

The Jade Armor Beast, not understanding why, directly cut the cage, successfully triggering the Path of Thunder.

After a series of crackling sounds, the Jade Armor Beast still didn't fall, but it was clearly affected, and its condition had deteriorated.

Li Wen thought to himself, "I just need to increase the amount of Insect Silk to raise the current intensity, and one more time will surely take it down."

"Gold Element Enhancement Talent."

The Jade Armor Beast was like it had undergone Rejuvenation; its condition instantly returned to full, even subtly surpassing its initial state.

Li Wen: I was having such a good day, but you cheating like this makes it no fun.

Seeing no chance to restrain the opponent again, he had no choice but to have Bud actively attack to stall the opponent, creating an opportunity for Qing Yan.

Meng Chen was unfazed, thinking, "Since I know how it's triggered, I just need to avoid touching the Insect Silk."

As long as he defeated that Sprout Beast, the remaining two pet beasts—one slow, one weak—and then took down that Little Green Worm, victory would only be a matter of time.

What he didn't expect was that the new Insect Silk was being laid directly on the field. He wondered, 'They wouldn't be so insane as to zap their own pet beast too, would they?'

Coincidentally, he was indeed right, with just one difference.

When the amount of Insect Silk reached three times the previous amount, Bud actively directed an attack towards the 'Faraday cage.'

People in the live stream couldn't bear to watch, unable to imagine what such a cute pet would look like after being electrocuted.

But to everyone's surprise, the lightning didn't strike Bud; instead, it all struck the Jade Armor Beast, lasting for a full two minutes.

The surrounding air crackled with explosive sounds. Even the "Jade Armor" Trait couldn't withstand this level of damage.

Why didn't it strike Bud?

Of course, it was because of Suberization.

Plant cells that form a suberin layer are all dead cells, which means they contain no water.

Trees are struck by lightning during rain because they still contain water and various mineral ions, which conduct electricity, whereas dead wood does not.

Therefore, the name of this move is "Lightning Rod Plus" Pet Beast Edition.