The Icefire Sword Rider's dual attributes of ice and fire coincidentally countered the wood element.
Frost freezes trees, and fire burns them.
"Your Azure Lotus Sword Blade is completely useless against me," Zhang Shuihuo said indifferently.
Li Cunxu smiled slightly, his acting skills impeccable. If he hadn't known that the skill consumption of the Breaking Sword series was extremely high, he might have been genuinely intimidated.
"Xiao Ruan, continue."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Shuihuo's calm expression masked his tightly clenched, sweaty fists.
Xiao Ruan unleashed the Azure Lotus Sword Blade once more. The Icefire Sword Rider crossed his Fire Breaking Sword and Ice Breaking Sword in an X-shape to block it.
From the chill of the ice sword and the flames of the fire sword, it was clear that the Icefire Sword Rider's Spirit Energy was running low.
As the Icefire Sword Rider struggled to neutralize the Azure Lotus Sword Blade, he was forced to step back.
Li Cunxu pondered thoughtfully. Not only was the Spirit Energy nearly depleted, but the physical stamina was also severely drained.
Another Azure Lotus Sword Blade was unleashed, and the Icefire Sword Rider, unable to resist, saw his life-protecting Deathless White Light shatter into triangular shards as the blade passed through.
"I lost."
Zhang Shuihuo sighed softly.
The commentator exclaimed, "The Water Slime has defeated the Icefire Sword Rider! My goodness! The Icefire Sword Rider withstood three Azure Lotus Sword Blades, but the Water Slime is even more terrifying—it unleashed four! As far as I know, the Azure Lotus Sword Blade is a skill with immense Spirit Energy consumption. Is this Water Slime's Spirit Energy pool an ocean?"
Half an hour later, Li Cunxu and Xiao Ruan, having been treated by the medical team, fully recovered their Spirit Energy and injuries.
Their next opponent was a young girl from the Heaven's Eye Yang Family, Yang Meixin.
Her Pet Beast was a Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey.
The final evolution of the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey is the Three-Eyed Sacred Monkey, a Sacred Beast. Of course, the current Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey lacks the Sacred attribute and is not considered a Sacred Beast.
The Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey has a blue face, a large and protruding mouth, highly reduced nostrils, thick lips, and no cheek pouches. Its forehead features a third golden eye. The fur on its back is long and glossy, colored in shades of green, while the fur on its head, neck, shoulders, upper arms, back, and tail is gray-black. The fur on the sides of its head, neck, torso, and the inner sides of its limbs is brownish-yellow.
It resembles a refined, upright version of a golden snub-nosed monkey.
"Little monkey, the Slime on the other side is very strong. Be careful."
The Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey patted its chest.
"Chirp chirp~ (Leave it to me! I've already grasped the key to victory.)"
"The battle begins."
At the referee's command, the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey activated its skill.
Skill Seal.
The Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey made an X gesture, and Xiao Ruan's Azure Lotus Sword Blade was instantly sealed.
At the same time, Yang Meixin's third eye on her forehead opened, and she unleashed the Heavenly Eye Golden Ray at Li Cunxu. A golden beam shot from her eye.
To prevent being caught off guard, Li Cunxu threw out ten Water Orbs, arranging them in a straight line to block the path of the Heavenly Eye Golden Ray.
Water can refract light, and Yang Meixin's Heavenly Eye Golden Ray wasn't strong enough to penetrate stone. Thus, the deadly beam was easily neutralized.
The young girl stomped her feet in frustration.
Li Cunxu dodging the Heavenly Eye Golden Ray didn't anger her as much as using Water Orbs, a skill rarely seen in matches and considered weak, to neutralize it. It was as if her Heavenly Eye Golden Ray was inferior to a Water Orb.
"Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, Mental Spike."
An invisible mental force gathered into a spinning spike and shot toward Xiao Ruan.
Li Cunxu raised an eyebrow. Xiao Ruan had no mental defense skills and couldn't block it.
"Xiao Ruan, dig and hide underground."
Xiao Ruan spat out an Iron Pickaxe, grabbed it, and quickly dug a hole to hide underground.
The Mental Spike missed its target.
"I should have used Mental Needle instead. The Spike has too much wind-up, giving him time to react."
Yang Meixin's third eye peered through layers of soil, locking onto Xiao Ruan's trail.
"X-ray vision, how enviable!"
Unfortunately, it wasn't of much use.
Modern clothing and buildings are now equipped with anti-penetration materials, making it impossible to see through others' clothes.
Yang Meixin was at a loss. The Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey had no skills targeting underground.
"In that case, let's enhance the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey with Spirit Monkey Dance."
Spirit Monkey Dance, a psychic-type, Silver-tier skill exclusive to monkeys, significantly boosts psychic power.
Li Cunxu shook his head. The young girl was still too inexperienced. If the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey couldn't reach Xiao Ruan underground, couldn't it target the Beast Tamer above ground?
By the time the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey completed its three jumps, fully stacking its buffs, Xiao Ruan had already found the perfect spot to burst out from underground, fully charged.
Li Cunxu shouted, "Ultimate Impact!"
Yang Meixin warned, "Be careful, Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, it's right beneath you!"
Xiao Ruan erupted from the ground, surrounded by a dazzling white light, crashing out like a missile. The dual defenses of Ironization and Light Armor protected it from the recoil of the impact.
The Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey summoned a psychic shield, but it was as fragile as paper against such immense force.
The gust of wind howled as the impact struck the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey's abdomen, sending it flying high like a rag.
Zhang Shuihuo swallowed hard. He had thought the Azure Lotus Sword Blade was the Slime's strongest skill, but it turned out there was an even more powerful one.
Even the Icefire Sword Rider wouldn't have been able to withstand such a blow.
Speaking of which, isn't this Slime's strength a bit over the top?
The commentator exclaimed excitedly, "The Slime has won! A one-hit instant kill of the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, an undisputed victory! It has created a miracle, the first Slime in history to claim the championship of the Strongest Newcomer Cup!"
The audience erupted in applause.
Winning the championship as a Slime was indeed commendable.
Many thought that the Slime must have put in a lot of effort behind the scenes to achieve such a earth-shattering impact skill.
If Xiao Ruan knew what they were thinking, it would be puzzled. No effort was made; it just played happily every day, collected taxes at the end of the month, and suddenly became stronger.
Having won the championship, it didn't claim the prize immediately.
There was still a match between Yang Meixin and Zhang Shuihuo.
In the end, Zhang Shuihuo narrowly won, mainly because the Yang Spirit General summoned by his Yin-Yang Pupil could shield the Icefire Sword Rider from psychic attacks. The Yang Spirit General neutralized most of the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey's psychic abilities. Additionally, Yang Meixin had revealed her trump card, [Skill Seal], during her match with Li Cunxu, allowing Zhang Shuihuo to prepare.
Li Cunxu claimed his prize.
This time, the award ceremony was different from the last. Previously, because Li Cunxu wasn't a student of the Beast Tamer class, it wasn't widely publicized. This time, the promotion was thorough.
It directly made headlines in Pupil City.
[Shocking! The winner of the Strongest Newcomer Cup is actually him.]
[Can you believe a Slime is the champion?]
[The Water Slime instantly killed a fully buffed Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey with one move.]
[Rumor has it, this Slime is of the Holy attribute.]
...
Li Cunxu didn't care much for the fame.
He was more interested in the championship rewards.
Grand Final Champion Prize: Three Black Iron·Epic-tier resources, one excellent Pet Beast egg.
Runner-up Prize: A Black Iron·Epic level resource and an excellent Pet Beast egg.
Third Place Prize: An excellent Pet Beast egg.
"The eggs need to be selected at the Breeding Garden. The champion and runner-up, please choose your resources first!"
The three of them boarded the bus heading to the Breeding Garden. The supervisor handed out two tablets, one to Li Cunxu and the other to Zhang Shuihuo. As for Yang Meixin, she was the third-place winner and didn't receive any resource rewards.
Zhang Shuihuo already had a target in mind and made his selection within three seconds of receiving the tablet.
Some readers are concerned about the Pet Beast lineup.
The lineup is a standard six-god composition:
Mage, Marksman, Tank, Support, Assassin, Warrior.
Xiao Ruan is definitely the Mage, and its poison skills are just supplementary; they won't be its main focus.
White Spider, being a poison user, is undoubted
ly the Assassin. An Assassin who can use poison is a good Assassin.
You can guess what the next curse-type Pet Beast's role will be.
As for the attribute of the fourth Pet Beast, don't worry, it definitely won't be poison or curse.
(End of Chapter)