Chapter 261: Ai Hui’s Discovery
Trantor: TYZ Editor: CakeHermit
Ai Hui was surreptitiously observing the ming ape.
No one dared to say that he or she understood the blood fiends well, including Ai Hui. Different blood fiends had different fighting capabilities and characteristics. One could only identify their specific weaknesses through observation.
Shi Xueman and the ming ape were engaged in a furious battle, giving Ai Hui the opportunity to observe the enemy.
The ming ape was undoubtedly powerful.
Its six meter-tall body gave it terrifying strength, and instead of being slow and clumsy due to its sheer size, it was also nimble and agile. Its shiny metallic hair prevented it from getting injured easily and even though the ming ape appeared abnormally irascible and violent, its flickering eyes revealed its craftiness.
Looking at it, the ming ape did not seem to have any weaknesses. In the Wilderness, this type of dire beast was the most troublesome and no one wanted to encounter it.
However, Ai Hui knew that there was no such thing as a dire beast without any weaknesses in this world.
He carefully observed the ming ape’s every movement and the changes in its body. Shi Xueman’s attacks were forceful and rapid, allowing no room for the ming ape to dodge. Both of them were fighting with brute force. Furthermore, due to the ming ape’s elemental weakness to Shi Xueman’s water element, it was not an easy task for the former to deal with thetter. The ming ape needed to go all-out in its attacks.
Thanks to the ming ape going all-out, Ai Hui was able to pick up more details from its body.
Especially its blood traces.
Its me-shaped zing blood traces were covered by its thick and coarse hair, making them very difficult to spot.
As the blood fiends continued to evolve, their bodies became more impressive, but not in the sense that their powers became stronger. Instead, their weaknesses were reduced in number. For example, the blood traces on low-level blood fiends were very distinct, but after they evolved to a higher level, their blood traces would be darker and less distinct. The ming ape’s blood traces grew under its hair, making them extremely hard to spot. The hair also acted as a form of protection for the blood traces.
Fortunately, the ming ape’s blood traces could still be seen. Even though Ai Hui’s eyesight was not as sharp as the sword embryo’s, he still could capture many small details.
Ai Hui noticed a weird phenomenon. The ming ape’s blood traces were expanding and contracting faintly, as if they were breathing.
Whenever this phenomenon happened, the mes on the ming ape would burn more intensely.
The higher-ups were unable to provide much information on the blood traces, but there had been many discussions on them. Everyone fought blood fiends everyday, so they could directly experience and understand the blood traces for themselves.
The mainstream belief was that the blood traces were the blood fiends’ source of power.
This idea matched very well with the old prisoner’s conjecture. The old man felt that blood traces were the blood fiends’ weakness.
The ming ape’s performance had verified these conjectures, however, just this information alone was not enough. Duanmu Huanghun did try using the [Viridescent Flower]’s vines to attack the ming ape’s blood traces, but to no avail. The ming ape did not mind its blood traces being attacked at all.
At that moment, Ai Hui noticed an easily overlooked detail.
The blood traces did not breath all at the same time. On the contrary, the breathing followed some kind of unique pattern. After observing a while more, Ai Hui knew he was right about the blood traces.
For example, the first blood trace to light up was the one that was near the ming ape’s heart.
Ai hui suddenly realized something. The breathing pattern of the ming ape’s blood traces reminded him of the Circtory Cycle Revolution in elemental energy training. If he reced the blood traces with the pces, wouldn’t it be a Circtory Cycle Revolution?
Could there be a mechanism like the Circtory Cycle Revolution in the body of the ming ape as well?
A burst of excitement erupted within Ai Hui. The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. Spiritual force needed to be channeled through the meridians of a body using the Circtory Cycle Revolution as well. The current version of the Circtory Cycle Revolution for five residences and eight pces was based on the Cultivation Era’s version.
The only difference was that the Cultivation Era’s version of the Circtory Cycle Revolution was much moreplicated and detailed.
Ai Hui believed that the blood fiends’ version of the Circtory Cycle Revolution would not be tooplicated. The blood elementalists’ Circtory Cycle Revolution would be simrly simple. A body’s meridians had to be slowly developed and expanded from a young age. They could not be fully formed in only a day’s time. The few blood elementalists that Ai Hui had encountered used to be quarantined casualties. How could it be possible that they had had the time to learn something asplicated as the Circtory Cycle Revolution?
If that was the case...
A bold idea arose in Ai Hui’s mind. Was it possible that the Blood of God borrowed the training system of five residences and eight pces from the Avalon of Five Elements?
Initially, he felt his idea was ridiculous; however, upon second thought, he realized that it was possible. The greatest advantage of the five residences and eight pces’ Circtory Circle Revolution was its simplicity.
Ai Hui started to make conjectures based on this ridiculous idea and imagined the blood traces as pces. In other words, the ming ape had nine ‘elemental energy pces’ on its body.
The energy channeling path should start at its heart, followed by its left abdomen, subsequently to its back, and then to its right knee...
"Stab its right knee!" Ai Hui suddenly yelled.
Shi Xueman was too slow and did not react in time. She did not expect Ai Hui to suddenly open his mouth. By the time she could react, it was toote.
She had absolute confidence in Ai Hui.
Even though that rascal’s character might be terrible, he must have discovered something if he’d yelled like that.
The thing that surprised Shi Xueman was that Ai Hui had remained silent for thest few rounds of attacks against the ming ape. Initially, she and the ming ape were evenly matched, however, Ai Hui’s distraction caused her to be immediately suppressed.
The ming ape was abnormally sharp. When it sensed that Shi Xueman was distracted, it immediately exploded with a burst of strength. The ming ape bellowed and clenched both its fists. The blood trace on its back lit up and zing mes erupted, forming a pair of fire wings!
Before it even finishing bellowing, the ming ape increased its speed sharply and surged toward Shi Xueman like a ming shadow.
Duanmu Huanghun, who had not really done much during the battle, had a cold glint sweep across his eyes. He spread out his fingers like a blossoming flower in an instant.
[Viridescent Flower, Perennial Lock]!
Numerous [Viridescent Flower] vines shot out from the ground and devoured the fire-winged ming ape like green floodwater.
A towering green cage stood tall and straight in the middle of the field.
The Perennial Lock appeared too suddenly. Without a single sign, it appeared out of nowhere on the field.
Boom!
Surging oil-like mes gushed out of the Perennial Lock.
The secured, green cage burst into a sea of fire, resembling a heap of burning dry grass. Duanmu Huanghun did not continue to attack. He did not have any advantage against the ming ape. He had achieved his objective by executing the Perennial Lock.
A gigantic figure engulfed in mes walked out from the sea of fire.
Its enormous body was filled with an imposing aura. As it moved forward, an aura of killer intent pervaded the air.
Shi Xueman remained unflustered. Even when the ming ape looked so terrifying, the young pony-tailed girl did not show any intention of retreating.
She held her spear tightly and slightly lowered her body, looking like a leopard about to pounce on its prey.
Ai Hui’s eyes became brighter and brighter.
The ming ape bent its knees slightly and the mes in the air were extinguished. All of a sudden, a dazzling ze erupted through the air as the ming ape charged ferociously towards Shi Xueman.
"Right knee!"
Even though Ai Hui’s voice was not loud, it could still be clearly heard amidst the deafening explosions and the ear-splitting roar of the ming ape.
Shi Xueman’s eyes slightly lit up; however, the next moment, she squinted her eyes. The dazzling ze in the air was blinding her vision. Soon, her vision went dark as a gigantic figure appeared before her eyes.
The ming ape’s charging speed this time around was much faster than before!
Without any hesitation or intention to retreat, she struck out her spear firmly. Cirrus shot forward like a whale swimming silently in the depths of the ocean.
The surging and overpowering ze collided heavily with the streak of concentrated, white-colored spear glint.
Both Shi Xueman and the ming ape subconsciously squinted their eyes, bracing for the iing explosion and shock wave. With two such terrifying forces colliding against each other, a colossal explosion was about to take ce.
Crack!
The sound resembled an egg shell being smashed.
The white spear glint pierced through the surging ze and a wisp of blood mist spurted out. Without having enough time to dissipate, the wisp of blood mist was devoured by the ze.
Everyone was shocked by this scene.
They had thought that it was going to be a fierce collision, but it turned out like this in the end.
The ming ape, which had lost its bnce, smashed heavily to the ground, causing crushed rocks and mes to fly everywhere. The ming ape’s right knee and everything beneath it hadpletely disappeared.
The ming ape’s mes began to dim. It rolled in the rubble while howling in grief non-stop, looking extremely pathetic. It lookedpletely different from its previously domineering self.
The epic turn of events caused everyone to be dumbstruck once again.
The turn of events was far too abrupt!
Duanmu Huanghun cast a nce at Ai Hui with a bewildered look on his face. He did not see what exactly had happened when Shi Xueman struck out her spear. He also did not understand why it had to be the ming ape’s right knee. Why was there such a huge difference in demeanor between the current ming ape and its previous self?
Countless questions ran through his head, but very soon, these questionspletely disappeared and were reced by a single statement—She is indeed someone I have to have to catch up to!
Yan Hai, who had been observing from afar, was filled with shock. "Miss, what happened?"
After a long while, he did not hear Miss’s voice. Subconsciously, he turned his head around and he was dumbstruck.
Miss’s face was filled with indescribable incredulity. Her face was pale-white, looking as if she had seen a ghost. Her facial expression contained shock and even a hint of fear.
Yan Hai muttered with a nk look on his face, "Miss..."
Ai Hui walked to the ming ape and took a closer look at it.
The ming ape was rolling on the ground and groaning, appearing to be suffering pain.
At this moment, Shi Xueman also returned to her senses from her battle state. When she saw the ming ape in agony, she was astonished. Upon taking a closer look, she understood what was going on and her face turned slightly pale.
The ming ape was in so much pain because the mes that engulfed it were burning its body.
It hadpletely lost control of the mes on its body. The power that once belonged to it had be the cause of its death.
The surging mes began to extinguish. The scary part was that the color of the mes was turning bluish. Like a melting candle, the ming ape’s flesh melted, burned, and then disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, a ghastly white skeleton and several blood crystals were left on the ground.
Shi Xueman did not move. She looked on nkly as Ai Hui picked up the blood crystals and pounded the skeletal remains of the ming ape. Poof, the skeletal remains turned into ashes. The previously formidable ming ape had been reduced to ashes.
Ai Hui picked out three remaining bone pieces from the ashes. These three bone pieces had irregr shapes. They were bright red, resemblingva that had notpletely cooled off.
Holding them in his hands, they felt extremely hot.
Ai Hui was somewhat unhappy. Why were the spoils of war always something Fatty could use? This had also happenedst time with theva spider!
Shi Xueman was filled with doubt. Just as she was about to ask Ai Hui about it, she suddenly heard Lou Lan’s warning.
"Ai Hui, be careful!"