The oppressive feeling of eight layers of snow

Battle map: Medicine King Valley.

The cliff was shrouded in a bluish-purple mist, and ancient stalactites hung upside down on both sides. Amber-colored resin seeped from the cracks in the rocks, condensing into shapes resembling human eyes in the dim light.

At the bottom of the valley, spiritual plants are everywhere.

The illusory figures of two girls gradually became visible.

Neither side summoned their pets.

Upon seeing the familiar green-haired, ponytail-wearing senior, Xue Youyou gave her a harmless, sweet smile and waved warmly: "Senior Yan Qing, what a coincidence!"

That's right, she's trying to make a shady deal to see if she can get a draw.

A draw is possible if both sides agree.

It's not that Xue Youyou is too weak; she doesn't dare to use two mature pets to fight two fully-formed pets at full strength.

We simply couldn't find any weaknesses in the opponent's lineup.

Thousand-Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus is evolved from Azure Lotus, a Grass-type Tier 0 attack Pokémon.

This is an extremely rare pet, known as a natural-born turret.

In the past, many top-tier players who loved grass-type pets used it as their main damage dealer.

And another one, the Void-type Xuanjia Heart-Protecting Lotus, evolved from the equally rare Iron Heart Lotus, not only has amazing defensive power, but can also help the Beast Tamer travel through the void.

This double lotus combination is both offensive and defensive.

It's like having a resurrection item in a game with a huge advantage; it maximizes your margin for error.

How do you play that? It's really difficult.

A draw is considered a success.

However, the situation did not develop in the harmonious way that Xue Youyou had hoped for.

When Meng Yanqing saw that it was indeed Xue Youyou, she was furious: "You despicable liar! You promised ten times, but you haven't replied to my messages for three days!"

"Thank goodness I caught you here!"

Since Xue Youyou left that day, she spent four days carefully preparing and building up her emotions before sending a message to ask Xue Youyou to come over.

As a result, Xue Youyou simply disappeared and didn't reply to her messages for three consecutive days.

Let her solve it herself in the end, like a fool.

Meng Yanqing was truly seething with anger.

If it weren't for the upcoming college league, where she, as the captain of the second team, was responsible for supervising the team's training, she would have already come to settle scores with Xue Youyou.

Xue Youyou was stunned upon hearing this.

She had forgotten about this, focusing only on her seclusion and disabling communication, which led to a misunderstanding with Meng Yanqing.

Xue Youyou pressed her hand to her chest and said sincerely, "Believe me, this is just a beautiful misunderstanding. It's possible that the equipment underwent a major system upgrade a few days ago, which caused some problems with the communication function."

"Between the name of Beast Tamer, Xue Youyou has always kept her word and never lies. If she says she'll do something ten times, she'll never miss a single one."

Meeting Xue Youyou's gleaming, icy eyes, Meng Yanqing was momentarily dazed, as if she had actually seen the brilliance of humanity.

So sincere.

Meng Yanqing's originally aggressive expression seemed to deflate, and she looked somewhat at a loss. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. In the end, she could only choose to forgive: "Okay... alright then, I believe you."

After saying this, Meng Yanqing lowered her head slightly out of embarrassment.

He was angry for three whole days, but it turned out to be just a momentary outburst of anger, and he was easily appeased by Xue Youyou with a few words.

She felt ashamed; even if she was lusting after someone's body, she couldn't just be stupid enough to be played.

Who is Xue Youyou? She's a big swindler who made five million from her shop. She actually saw a glimmer of humanity in Xue Youyou just now.

She must be blind.

Meng Yanqing grew angrier the more she thought about it.

Disgraceful, utterly disgraceful!

Sure enough, I still needed to beat Xue Youyou up to feel better.

In just a few seconds, Meng Yanqing's thoughts underwent a complex and tortuous transformation.

Finally, a conclusion was reached.

A cruel glint flashed in Meng Yanqing's eyes: "Then let's fight. Let me see your strength."

As soon as she finished speaking, Meng Yanqing summoned the Thousand-Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus.

A nine-meter-tall reddish-blue lotus plant hangs in mid-air, its stem forged like black iron, covered with dark red blood-like patterns, resembling magma flowing in the cracks of metal.

The lotus body did not sway in the wind, but stood straight as a drawn blade, and the air within three zhang around it was torn apart, with faint twisted ripples appearing.

Thousands of narrow lotus leaves are layered like dragon scales, with serrated edges that are strikingly sharp. The leaves are bluish-red, reflecting a cool light under the sun.

The twelve-petaled lotus is as green as wood, with narrow, sword-like tips that spiral in the opposite direction when in full bloom, and the center of the flower bursts forth with dazzling golden light. The base of the petals has backward-pointing thorns, and the stamens are composed of hundreds of silver needle-like filaments.

Its magnificent appearance, its overwhelming murderous aura, and its terrifying presence in its complete form are all on full display.

"Thousand-Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus truly lives up to its name as a top-tier Grass-type attack pet." Upon witnessing the magnificent appearance of Thousand-Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus once again in this world, Xue Youyou couldn't help but sigh with admiration.

After all that, we still have to fight.

Let's fight then.

Seeing Meng Yanqing's enthusiastic appearance, Xue Youyou knew that this battle was inevitable.

In her past life, she was a champion beast tamer of the highest caliber. No matter how down on her luck she was, she would never refuse any challenge that came her way.

Even if the upcoming battle will be the most unfair one she has faced since she came to this world.

Now that things had come to this, Xue Youyou stopped pretending. A slight smile played on her lips as she said with a mischievous grin, "Please don't blame me if I accidentally ruin the Thousand Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus's subsequent evolutionary path."

If she remembered correctly, the Thousand Leaf Immortal Lotus evolution path, like the Snow Woman's, also had a strict limit on the number of times it could be defeated.

Judging from this point alone, Meng Yanqing is under the same pressure as her.

As expected, Meng Yanqing immediately showed a surprised expression upon hearing this.

She hadn't expected that Xue Youyou would even know the evolution conditions of the Thousand-Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus.

You should know that this is her family's secret evolution route for the Azure Lotus.

Interesting. No wonder Xue Youyou was able to match with me across ranks. She's definitely not simple.

Like myself in the past, I'm probably being punished by Elo when I was trying to achieve a 1,000-game winning streak.

"Hmph~~"

Thinking of this, Meng Yanqing couldn't help but let out a pleasant hum, saying with a playful tone, "So, your Snow Maiden also has a limit on the number of losses, right?"

From this perspective, she not only has the ability to break Xue Youyou's winning streak, but also has the opportunity to disrupt the evolution path of the opponent's companion pet.

That was so awesome!

For a genius beast tamer like her, the greatest joy in life is to block the evolution of other people's pets.

The two exchanged a knowing smile.

The two surprisingly found common ground in this dark idea.

However, Meng Yanqing's smile quickly froze.

"boom--!"

Without further ado, Xue Youyou summoned the Snow Maiden and the Osmanthus Branch.

The enormous girl, fifty meters tall, landed at the bottom of Medicine King Valley. The earth trembled the moment she appeared, and the surrounding water vapor condensed and turned into frost.

He was dressed in a long robe in the style of a funeral garment, and had long, snow-white hair that almost reached his ankles.

The breathtakingly white body, however, did not appear eerie; instead, it exuded an exquisite beauty.

The Snow Woman confidently gripped the thirty-meter-long giant sword.

Compared to seven days ago, the snow has now piled up to eighteen layers, resulting in a total increase in size of more than five times. The Snow Woman has grown from nine meters tall to a terrifying fifty meters.

At this moment, the snow woman's snow-white eyes revealed an unimaginable determination to win, showing no fear even when facing a fully-formed opponent.

When Meng Yanqing saw the Snow Maiden in full for the first time, just like everyone Xue Youyou had matched with before, she showed a complex and distorted expression of shock.

Shock, trembling, fear, hesitation, amazement, admiration, envy, longing...

What an extraordinary and magnificent posture!

Although Meng Yanqing was unwilling, she had to admit the Snow Maiden's prowess: "I have to admit, you are stronger than I was a year ago."

The mere sight of the Snow Woman standing there, her colossal body towering sixteen stories high, exuding a terrifying sense of oppression, made her completely forget that the other party was only in its mature stage, and treat it as the one she needed to challenge.

"Lotus Burial!"

At Meng Yanqing's command, she preemptively ordered the Thousand Leaf Immortal-Slaying Lotus to launch an attack, choosing to strike first.

The lotus leaf split into a thousand sharp blades, shooting out like arrows, dancing wildly in the wind, and converging into a storm of leaf blades that rushed straight towards the Snow Maiden.