They flew back to guard her from behind, layering themselves one after another in front of the spear tip.

Otherwise, she would have lost from that single blow!

Before cold sweat could even form, Ye Qingxuan felt it: the Profound Bird Feather Blades, forged from special materials and exceptionally tough, were as fragile as paper against her opponent’s current attack!

PFFT!

One Profound Bird Feather after another was effortlessly pierced through!

Although they had greatly cushioned the terrifying force of the blow, the cold spear shaft still broke through her defense, leaving a bloody hole in Ye Qingxuan’s back.

A sharp pain shot through her!

Ye Qingxuan twisted her body in mid-air, trying to stabilize herself.

Her eyes couldn’t even fully track her opponent’s previous movements!

’How could this be...?!!’

’How is this possible?!’

’Why did his speed and strength suddenly increase to such a degree!’

’Could it be... that he’s only just now revealing his true trump card?!’

In Dong Dongchen’s livestream.

"??????"

"What the hell? Wasn’t he getting completely crushed? I thought he was done for."

"How did he suddenly start counterattacking?"

"I’m completely lost now!"

"He’s like a boss from a game I used to play. Once you get their health down to a certain point, they just power up, transform, and one-shot you??"

On the battle screen.

The once-graceful Ye Qingxuan, who had moved with the unhurried ease of someone dancing under the moon, was now in a desperate state!

Lin Ye’s figure had become a bolt of black lightning, impossible to follow with the naked eye.

He circled Ye Qingxuan, unleashing a storm-like barrage of attacks!

Ye Qingxuan used all her strength to recall all her Profound Bird Feathers, forming an airtight defensive circle around her body.

But it was useless!

Lin Ye’s attacks had no flashy techniques—only pure, ultimate speed and devastating power!

Brute force crushes all technique!

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The crisp, explosive sounds were so dense they seemed to merge into a single, continuous shriek!

One after another, the incredibly hard Profound Bird Feathers were knocked away or even shattered outright by Lin Ye’s frenzied assault!

Ye Qingxuan’s line of defense was completely torn apart in a matter of seconds!

If the battle before had been a nimble Mage elegantly kiting a clumsy Warrior, then now, that Warrior had transformed into a brutal assassin whose stats completely overwhelmed the Mage’s.

PFFT!

With another soft sound, Lin Ye’s spear shaft finally tore through all her defenses and stabbed Ye Qingxuan’s body once more. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

This time, it was her left shoulder.

Lin Ye’s assault didn’t pause for a moment.

The cold shadow of the spear, like a venomous dragon, struck in an instant, thrusting toward the vitals on her chest again!

The shadow of death loomed over Ye Qingxuan!

She knew she couldn’t block it.

A look of grim determination flashed in her fantastical, rainbow-colored eyes!

She abandoned all futile attempts at defense.

A potent wave of Spirit erupted from between her eyebrows, forming an invisible awl that stabbed viciously into Lin Ye’s mind!

This was her last-ditch, life-saving technique!

It was her strongest spiritual assault, launched at the cost of overdrawing her Spiritual Power!

This move was almost comparable to the mental storm unleashed by that young Crystal Spirit Race member during its final, desperate outburst!

Ye Qingxuan believed that no Martial Artist of the same level could take this hit head-on without any defense!

However, the one she faced was Lin Ye.

The spiritual assault, powerful enough to tear a soul apart, vanished the moment it entered Lin Ye’s mind—like a clay ox swallowed by the sea.

He was on a whole new level now!

The current Lin Ye’s Spiritual Power was already far beyond that of his peers!

A spiritual fluctuation of this level could no longer pose a threat to him!

At the same time, the backlash from over-exerting her Spirit arrived.

Ye Qingxuan let out a muffled groan. She felt as if her brain was being viciously churned by a red-hot iron rod.

A startling trail of blood slowly trickled from the corner of her magnificent, rainbow-colored right eye!

’Even so...’

’Even after paying such a heavy price...’

’...the opponent before me remains completely unfazed!’

His pitch-black eyes showed no emotion aside from a bone-chilling killing intent.

’How can this be...!’

A terror she had never felt before surfaced in Ye Qingxuan’s heart.

She looked at the blood-soaked figure before her.

He was like a demon god that had crawled out of hell!

Ye Qingxuan’s mind went blank.

Ye Qingxuan’s level was Level 19.

While Lin Ye’s level was Level 21.

With a two-level difference, Lin Ye’s [Crush] mechanic had actually been active the whole time!

It was just that because Ye Qingxuan possessed extremely strong Spiritual Power, the effect of this level suppression was mostly nullified, to the point of being almost negligible.

But now, the tables had turned.

In his P2 stage, all of Lin Ye’s Attributes had soared, and that of course included his Spiritual Power.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingxuan’s Spiritual Power was massively depleted after that desperate spiritual assault, bringing her to the brink of exhaustion.

The psychological effects of the [Crush] mechanic came rushing in like a tide!

She completely panicked.

She was afraid!

Her mind was no longer clear.

But in this moment of crisis, the instinct for survival overrode everything else.

Ye Qingxuan gritted her teeth, a hint of madness flashing in her eyes!

The last embers of her Spiritual Power were completely ignited!

"Detonate!"

The few remaining Profound Bird Feathers floating in front of her suddenly exploded!

A blinding purple light and a violent shockwave, mixed with a sky-filling poisonous smoke, instantly spread out!

This was her final trump card and life-saving measure.

The Profound Bird Feathers could do more than just cut and injure people.