Chapter 2440: Quite the Package
Watching Fate's Heavenly Punishment come crashing down, Jiangnan couldn't unleash any skills to defend himself!
His spiritual power was completely depleted. If that hit landed, even with Jiangnan's freakish physical constitution, he'd be charred to carbon ash!
Jiangnan never imagined that the first life-or-death crisis he'd encounter in the Cosmos Grand Hunt would come in this form!
Small Whip betrayed me!
He frantically pulled durian pulp from his System Space, intending to temporarily replenish his spiritual power!
But it was already too late!
Just then, a pink sakura suddenly appeared above Jiangnan's head!
His body instantly vanished from its spot and reappeared inside Zhong Yingxue and the others' Six Domain Immortal Kingdom!
"Boom, rumble, rumble!"
A hundred or so strikes of Fate's Heavenly Punishment hit nothing but air, and Jiangnan barely escaped disaster!
But the matter was far from over. The Absolute Death Domain was now completely out of Jiangnan's control!
Once it appeared in the Six Domain Immortal Kingdom, it began madly devouring the energy of Zhong Yingxue and the others' domains, shattering the balance of their fusion power!
This directly caused the Six Domain Immortal Kingdom to collapse, exploding with a thunderous roar!
Under the backlash of the domains, Wu Liang and the others coughed up mouthfuls of old blood!
Qian Benying's pretty face turned deathly pale: (*꒦ິ﹏꒦ີ) "Ah～ how could this? Sorry, I..."
She had wanted to pull Jiangnan over and use the Six Domain Immortal Kingdom to withstand the fatal heavenly punishment for a moment. Who would have thought...
Jiangnan fiercely raised his head to the sky:
(꒪ͦ益꒪ͦ|||) "Get away from me first. It's coming again. You guys can't withstand it!"
The group didn't hesitate. Under Qian Benying's Sakura Teleport, they instantly distanced themselves from Jiangnan!
Jiangnan shoved a huge piece of durian into his mouth. His spiritual power frantically recovered, but it was also being drained by the Absolute Death Domain!
It had become a swimming pool word problem!
But at least it gave Jiangnan a chance to use a skill!
"Dimensional Reduction Strike!"
The Two-Dimensional Plane was generated once more. In the nick of time, it finally blocked Fate's Heavenly Punishment!
His spiritual power was drained empty again!
Jiangnan squinted at Qing Ke, his expression growing increasingly solemn!
Even Zhong Yingxue and the others were shocked. Little Nan was actually at a disadvantage?
And repeatedly at that. Under several consecutive attacks, that girl named Qing Ke was completely unharmed, while Little Nan had nearly kicked the bucket?
Was she really that troublesome?
Wang Youzhi looked at Qing Ke with astonishment, sizing her up from head to toe, then turned to Jiangnan and cackled:
(˵ಡꇴಡ) "Little brother? So there are existences even you can't handle? This little girl has you completely countered, huh?"
It was rare to see Jiangnan take a loss.
Jiangnan pursed his lips, looking blue:
(︶益︶#) "I reckon it'd be the same for anyone. This girl is a bit creepy. No wonder they found her to deal with me."
Yakeli laughed heartily: "Jiangnan! Can you handle it or not? If not, I'll go! Can't you take down a little girl from the Star Farming Clan?"
Jiangnan helplessly spread his hands:
╮(•́～•̀)╭ "Do I look like I can handle it? Small Whip betrayed me, alright?"
Under the Absolute Death Domain, his spiritual power was always zero. It was essentially a form of skill seal, silencing his techniques!
Only by eating durian could he barely unleash a skill, but it would be drained dry immediately after!
As for the uncontrollable Small Whip, Jiangnan really didn't have any particularly good countermeasures. It wasn't like he could cut off his own flesh!
Yakili grinned savagely!
"Then I'll go!"
With that, he used his Air Speed Force, his figure flickering as he charged straight toward Qing Ke!
Qing Ke's expression was tense. She maximized her Lucky Day Domain!
Jiangnan's gaze sharpened: "Mila!"
Mila nodded. Without a word, she cast a Moment of Time, giving Yakeli two seconds!
The world froze!
Since they were going all out, let's be thorough. With time stopped, there was no way anything could go wrong, right?
A sundial phantom gleamed beneath Yakeli's feet as he charged straight into her Lucky Day Domain. His Blood Crystal Great Blade slashed through!
In an instant, it cut across Qing Ke's body!
The sundial phantom faded, and time resumed flowing!
No one had seen what happened clearly. They only saw Qing Ke's body shattered by Yakeli's Blood Crystal Great Blade!
Completely smashed to bits!
At that moment, the faces of the Triumph Group Army turned pale. Could the Child of Destiny have just died like that?
What the hell just happened?
Jiangnan breathed a sigh of relief. Dead? So it wasn't as troublesome as he had imagined...
But the next moment, Qing Ke's fragmented corpse burst into countless petals and disintegrated. The Lucky Day Domain never disappeared either!
Out of thin air, a huge pink flower bud grew, then bloomed violently, filling the air with fragrance!
From the center of the stamen, Qing Ke's figure stepped out, patting her chest, her pretty face pale!
(ོ˘﹏˘) "Phew～ that scared me!"
Good thing she had used a Substitute Calamity Flower Bud before the battle started. Otherwise, she really might have been cut down!
Jiangnan frowned deeply. Were those spores released when she used the Forest Castle at the start?
That actually worked?
Even Yakeli was stunned. Not dead?
Qing Ke waved her small hand and aimed directly at Yakeli!
"Flourishing of All Things!"
"Boom!"
A massive amount of green vines suddenly grew out of Yakeli's body, madly draining his energy, and even killed the Seed of Hope on top of Yakeli's head!
When he had passed through this area earlier, Yakeli's body had been coated with parasitic spores!
Yakeli roared, constantly shattering the vines growing from his body!
But still, a large number of vines grew, blooming wildly and releasing more spores!
"Damn it! Burn to ashes! Blazing Hell!"
His scorching hot domain expanded, incinerating all the vines on his body!
But Qing Ke bit her lower lip tightly. Those vines gradually turned a reddish color, gaining some fire resistance and stubbornly continuing to grow!
Yakeli fumed: (￢益￢ꐦ) "Tch～ so annoying!"
He was about to use another method, but the Triumph Group Army wasn't idle either. The combined attack torrent of various sequence battle formations had already arrived!
"Full Domain Expansion • Forty-Nine Heavens!"
He clearly intended to use the domain to block the attack and then kill Qing Ke!
But just then, the originally perfectly overlapping forty-nine domains suddenly lost balance in their power and collapsed with a roar!
Yakeli's body exploded with a skyward spray of blood mist, and he spat out a huge mouthful of old blood. He stared at his own hands in disbelief!
"Impossible! I had clearly overcome the problem of ability counteraction. How could it recur? This..."
With the domain defense gone, the attack torrent was already smashing down!
Jiangnan gritted his teeth: "Qian Benying! Pull him out!"
A sakura suddenly appeared above Yakeli's head. He was about to teleport!
At that moment, the leader of the Star Art Tribe, Qing Fang, roared: "All Star Art Tribe! Activate the Airspace Seal Barrier! Do you think the same method will work twice?"
Layers of semi-transparent giant barrier walls formed, directly sealing the space where Yakeli was!
The barrier sealed the airspace, and the Star Art Tribe was famous throughout the universe for their various barriers—a strong race in their own right!
The sakura above Yakeli's head vanished instantly!
Qian Benying said anxiously: (งᵒ̌﹏ᵒ̌)ง "The barrier has isolated the space! I can't pull him back!"
Just as Yakeli was about to be submerged in the flood of skills, Mila used Moment of Time again!
But this time, she cast it on Zhong Yingxue and Qian Benying!
One and a half seconds each!
"Blazing Finality Spear!"
A massive spear coated with an Annihilation Halo blasted fiercely against the Airspace Seal Barrier!
It tore a hole straight through the barrier. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qian Benying used her sakura to hastily pull Yakeli back!
Time resumed flowing!
Yakeli coughed violently, clutching his chest. His body was still covered with charred vine remnants and sparks from burning spores!
His face was covered in black ash, looking somewhat disheveled!
(#ꈍ﹏ꈍ) "I'm not that good either. This little girl's own strength isn't weak—she's no pushover. If it were just that, I wouldn't have failed to take her down!"
"But... she's just too creepy!"
Jiangnan clicked his tongue: (￢益￢〃) "Fighting her feels like you've been cursed with the worst luck in the world, doesn't it?"
Qing Ke's already considerable strength, combined with her absurdly good luck, created an extremely unassailable combination!
Wang Youzhi's eyes sparkled:
(*⁰̷̴ก⁰̷̴) "That luck? Hmm～ the Child of Destiny of this era? The Thousand Stars Era produced one too?"
"What do you mean? Were there people like this in previous eras as well?"
Wang Youzhi grinned slyly: "Of course there were! Every era always produces a few favored Children of Destiny!"
"But none of them ended well. All good fortune eventually runs out! But they are indeed hard to deal with. With that kind of luck backing her, even hurting her is a struggle, right?"
"Fifth Calamity vs. Child of Destiny? Hehehe～ I really want to see which one of you comes out on top!"
Jiangnan pouted and didn't hesitate:
(#･ˇ↼ˇ･) "That's obvious, isn't it? It's me! Watch how I take care of her!"
He said "take care of her," but it was definitely not going to be easy. No matter what attack he organized, her good luck would probably break it, right?
Unless he could counteract her heaven-defying luck, anyone who tried to attack her would likely end up badly!
Just like him and Yakeli!
Even Zhong Yingxue and the others had been dragged into it!
Xia Yao couldn't help reminding him:
(๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Little Nan? Don't we have Lucky Little Cherries? Want to give them a try?"
Qing Ke's ridiculous good luck was just like the state after eating a Lucky Little Cherry!
She maintained that state the whole time and had survived until now? That was way too convenient!
If Jiangnan became just as lucky, maybe he could actually take her down!
Jiangnan broke out in a cold sweat: (•́﹏•̀٥) "But I really don't want to gamble on that, you know?"
When it came to Lucky Little Cherries, Jiangnan had always been resistant. Unless absolutely necessary, he tried to avoid using them!
Eating a Lucky Little Cherry did make you incredibly lucky, but the bad luck was also real!
Once the lucky time passed, who knew what kind of misfortune would strike?
Especially during this Cosmos Grand Hunt, with every human group under siege!
His position was extremely important. If his own bad luck caused something to happen to his teammates, the loss would be far greater than the gain!
Given the current situation, he had to consider the worst possible outcome!
Jiangnan really didn't want to take that risk!
Wu Liang shook his head like a rattle:
(ﾟ﹏ﾟ。≡。ﾟ﹏ﾟ) "No, no, no... Brother Nan! Think twice! You can't eat that stuff! You'll regret it for a lifetime if you do!"