The First Summoner - Chapter 116

The spectators’ expressions changed at the sight. The purple demonic flower was a Heaven-rank spirit plant known as the Violet Demon Blossom.

It was exceptionally rare and even harder to contract. Its power was…

“Look!”

Someone pointed at the crystal screen in shock. Chi Yue controlled the Violet Demon Blossom and sent it into the air. Purple mist poured from it, enveloping the contestants in the melee within moments.

Their pupils contracted in alarm.

“What is this?!”

The cleverer contestants immediately covered their noses and formed protective shields to keep out the purple mist. They tried to leave, walking endlessly forward, but could never reach its edge.

It was as though they had been trapped, unable to find an exit.

“What the hell is this?”

“Chi Yue, are you behind this?!”

“Let us out!”

Anxiety took hold.

No matter what they tried, they could not escape. Why?

Among them was a spirit-plant master. Shocked and helpless, he explained, “This is the Mist Net created by the Violet Demon Blossom. If the spirit-plant master controlling it has higher cultivation than us, we cannot find a flaw. We can only wait for him to release us.”

“No flaw? I don’t believe that nonsense!”

Inside the dense purple mist, the contestants refused to give up and continued searching for a way to break the Mist Net.

But time waited for no one.

Outside their field of vision, vines emerged from the ground and rapidly wrapped around their tokens. With a sharp tug, the vines tore them free and retreated!

The contestants naturally noticed and cried out in panic.

“Who is it?!”

“My token! Where is my token?”

The vines carried every token out of the mist and laid them before Chi Yue.

Boom!

One palmful of spiritual flame burned them all.

Every contestant trapped in the Mist Net was transported from the secret realm in the same instant. Chi Yue’s ranking and elimination count climbed rapidly.

He put away the Violet Demon Blossom.

The purple mist dispersed.

Chi Yue slowly closed his eyes. Vines wrapped around him, and he went back to sleep.

The spectators stared in silence.

“Have you noticed that whenever Chi Yue acts, he always eliminates more than three people?”

“Now that you mention it, that’s true!”

“I bet Chi Yue simply hates trouble. Either he does nothing or he makes a big haul!”

“Look! Isn’t that Jiang Xianyue? Will she attack Chi Yue?”

Inside the secret realm, Jiang Xianyue happened to arrive at Chi Yue’s location. She recognized the person wrapped in vines at a glance.

She studied him briefly, then circled around him and left.

The spectators were disappointed. They had expected a thrilling battle, since both Jiang Xianyue and Chi Yue were strong.

Chi Yue did not react at all. He remained asleep.

Jiang Xianyue had left him alone because she knew he was powerful. Fighting him would certainly waste a great deal of time.

She would be better off using that time to eliminate weaker contestants.

After walking some distance, her gaze abruptly changed. She instantly gathered power in her palm and struck.

Boom!

The sound of a fine thread snapping followed the explosion.

Her expression darkened. She enunciated each word. “Zhuge Youlin!”

The red-haired youth sitting in a nearby tree immediately jumped down. Smiling, he strode toward Jiang Xianyue and was about to explain that his earlier behavior had merely been a test of her vigilance—

Jiang Xianyue suddenly raised a leg and kicked him viciously.

Zhuge Youlin went on guard at once and instinctively brought out his spirit threads. Realizing they might injure her, he immediately withdrew them.

Bang!

Her kick landed on the outside of his thigh. He sucked in a pained breath and nearly dropped to his knees before her.

Zhuge Youlin bared his teeth. “Hiss—that hurts! Jiang Xianyue, are you using this chance to vent your feelings?”

She looked up and sneered. “Who attacked first?”

“…I did.” He paused, then explained, “But I only wanted to test your vigilance. I wasn’t actually trying to deal with you. You’re the one who kicked too hard. I can already feel my thigh bruising and swelling.”

At the end, he cast Jiang Xianyue an aggrieved look.

“Serves you right!” she said mercilessly.

Zhuge Youlin fell silent.

Jiang Xianyue glanced at him, walked around him, and continued searching for other contestants.

“Hey, don’t go.” Zhuge Youlin limped after her and asked with a grin, “Jiang Xianyue, did you see Shen Yan soar into first place? How do you think she eliminated so many people?”

“With strength.”

Zhuge Youlin folded his arms. “I know. I’m asking what method she used.”

“Oh,” Jiang Xianyue answered flatly.

Zhuge Youlin was speechless. Her answer could not have been more perfunctory.

He decided to stop making trouble for himself. Halting, he waved at her. “Safe travels.”

Jiang Xianyue said nothing.

The two parted ways.

…

Elsewhere—

Shen Yan found a secluded place and rested briefly. Her stamina and spiritual power were nearly exhausted.

Even then, several contestants found her.

Sensing the disorder in her aura, they guessed that she had spent much of her spiritual power and attacked her as a group.

Shen Yan had no choice but to rise and fight.

They were not weak.

She quickly fell at a disadvantage.

One contestant grew more confident at the sight and smiled as he advised, “Shen Yan, stop resisting. Save your strength.”

Another said, “We don’t know how you eliminated so many people, but we are destined to crush your token!”

They studied Shen Yan. Not knowing how she had eliminated so many geniuses left them wary.

They fought cautiously, never lowering their guard.

Shen Yan held her sword in one hand and wiped blood from the corner of her mouth with the other. Her icy gaze fixed on them. Then her figure flashed, and she stabbed at them with all possible speed.

Clang—

Amid the clash of weapons, Shen Yan wounded one contestant.

At that instant, she summoned Wuying!

The flood dragon emerged and immediately suppressed them with overwhelming pressure. Shen Yan seized that crucial second. Her sword arced like a rainbow and struck the token on one contestant’s waist.

Crack—

The token shattered!

While the others were still stunned, Shen Yan grabbed one of Wuying’s foreclaws. The flood dragon rolled its eyes in exasperation, then obediently carried her away at tremendous speed!