「Back to the battle.」

Lin Ye’s attack missed.

But Ye Qingxuan’s assault was relentless, clinging to him like a shadow.

She chose not to pull back to a completely safe distance.

The low-gravity environment of the Moon Palace battlefield granted all her hidden weapons greater speed, more terrifying killing power, and...

A more fluid and unpredictable Body Technique!

Lin Ye launched several more attacks in quick succession.

But each time Lin Ye charged forward, Ye Qingxuan simply drifted sideways like a willow seed on the breeze.

Her posture was so elegant it was as if she were dancing gracefully among the stars, not engaged in a life-or-death battle.

SHINK!

SHINK!

SHINK!

Several more Profound Bird Feathers left new wounds on Lin Ye’s body.

The blooming flowers of blood were a shocking sight.

Lin Ye could clearly feel that the sluggishness in his neural responses and the reduction in his strength and speed weren’t worsening with each new wound.

It seemed the effects of these two toxins had a ceiling.

However, the poison damage that continuously drained his Life Value was stacking crazily with every new wound.

His health bar was steadily dropping at a rate visible to the naked eye.

In Ye Qingxuan’s live stream, the millions of viewers were in an uproar.

The bullet comments formed a flood of information that nearly drowned the entire screen.

"A total beatdown!"

"I was just a fan of Qingxuan’s looks at first, but I never thought she’d be this beautiful in a fight too!"

"That Body Technique, that control of distance... it’s practically combat art!"

"The guy on the other side is going to be kited to death. His raw power and gear seem way too inferior. They’re not on the same level at all."

"Isn’t that obvious? It’d be weirder if our Qingxuan lost to a rookie who just entered the New Star Sequence and is still in his placement matches!"

"It’s over. There’s no suspense left."

The battle really did seem to be developing just as everyone expected.

However, at that very moment, something completely unexpected happened on the battlefield, catching all the viewers in both live streams off guard.

Lin Ye charged once more!

This time, he seemed even faster, his aura more resolute, as if he were betting everything on this single spear strike!

The spear thrust out like a dragon, tearing through the air and aiming straight for the space between Ye Qingxuan’s brows!

The deadly gleam of the spearhead made Ye Qingxuan’s pupils constrict slightly.

But she still relied on her familiarity with the low-gravity environment and her exquisite Body Technique to evade ahead of time.

The spear tip grazed her cheek, and the force of its passage threw her hair into disarray.

However, Lin Ye’s attack didn’t stop there. It was as if he had predicted her prediction.

With a flick of his wrist, the thrust instantly became a sweep. The bare shaft of the spear swung toward the spot where Ye Qingxuan had dodged!

The change in technique was blindingly fast and masterfully executed!

But just as the spear shaft was about to make contact, Lin Ye’s movements suddenly stiffened for an instant.

The world before his eyes suddenly blurred.

The image of Ye Qingxuan he was about to hit rippled like a stone tossed into a lake, then vanished into nothing.

’An illusion?’

The thought flashed through Lin Ye’s mind in an instant.

His attack had missed.

The real Ye Qingxuan had already appeared several meters behind him, watching him with a surprised expression.

「In Dong Dongchen’s live stream.」 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Seeing this, Dong Dongchen wasn’t disappointed in Lin Ye at all. On the contrary, he exclaimed in admiration.

"Ye Qingxuan must have been using her Illusion Butterfly Pupil from the very beginning."

"But Brother Goblin held on for so long and only just now made his first misjudgment!"

In his mind, Lin Ye should have been affected by that pervasive mental interference long ago, leading to all sorts of misjudgments and hallucinations.

To think that after being poisoned with a neurotoxin and affected by Ye Qingxuan’s Illusion Butterfly Pupil for so long, he had only now made his first obvious mistake!

This could only mean one thing.

His Life Value and Spiritual Power were both at an appallingly high level!

Life Value represents the strength of a Martial Artist’s life force.

Someone with a strong life force naturally possesses higher resistance and faster adaptability to various toxins and status effects.

And powerful Spiritual Power is the very foundation for resisting all forms of mental interference!

Not far away, Ye Qingxuan’s beautiful eyes were also filled with amazement.

She knew better than anyone just how terrifying her "Illusion Butterfly Pupil" was.

It was a terrifying ability, capable of making an opponent of the same level start making frequent mistakes and errors in judgment within a minute of the battle’s start, eventually to be easily reaped by the Profound Bird Feathers.

But this opponent before her had endured for over ten minutes!

"I still underestimated you."

There was a trace of genuine praise in Ye Qingxuan’s voice.

"You are indeed the strongest newcomer I’ve encountered so far."

"In that case..."

"I suppose I’ll... go all out too!"

The young woman’s gaze suddenly sharpened, the pride befitting a top-tier genius no longer concealed.

The moment her words fell, Lin Ye’s pupils contracted sharply.

He saw the eighteen Profound Bird Feathers that had been relentlessly attacking him all come to a bizarre halt in mid-air at the exact same time!

The stillness lasted for less than a tenth of a second.

The next moment, these deadly blades seemed to have received commands from a new and different will!

Their speed suddenly increased by a huge margin!

At the same time, their attack trajectories were no longer like before—strange, yet still traceable.