Chen Bugu suddenly realized that the transformation of his Water Element arrow just now was due to the Rin Water of the Black Tortoise.
After Chen Bugu had fully mastered the Wood Element and Water Element, he understood that elements initially possessed a rudimentary consciousness, albeit one leaning more towards instinct.
However, over the long course of evolution, a small number of elements would find their own path.
Ultimately, elements evolved into two paths of evolution.
One was to develop complete consciousness and wisdom, better controlling their own power, and finally becoming a completely new life form—Elemental Sprites.
The other was to evolve a certain characteristic of their own element to the extreme, transforming into various Elemental Origins, becoming a special existence among elements—Extreme Elements.
The essence of Extreme Elements was still elemental, but those who mastered Extreme Elements could achieve free conversion when mobilizing ordinary elements of the same type.
If one possessed the Source of Freezing Water, it meant that in the future, all mobilized Water Elements could be converted into Rin Water for release.
Chen Bugu’s heart was stirred!
The rarity of Extreme Elements was no less than that of Elemental Sprites.
The closest he had ever been to an Extreme Element was when he obtained 【Jade Ripple】.
This was because the bowstring of 【Jade Ripple】 was precisely composed of “Weak Water”—an extremely heavy water.
But that wisp of Weak Water was merely a component of the bowstring and did not mean Chen Bugu could obtain the power of “Weak Water.”
This time, however, was different; if the Black Snake’s words were true, not to mention breaking through to Nine Star, the mere temptation of the Source of Freezing Water was enough.
At this moment, Chen Bugu suddenly understood why the Black Snake was so confident.
It was right; Chen Bugu could not refuse.
Even if he knew that new karma would inevitably be involved, the reward was too great, and he would certainly enter the fray.
Moreover, he could not ignore the Mysterious person’s reminder; regardless of the other party’s purpose, as of now, he had not harmed him.
“Alright, the deal is struck. Tell me how to proceed,” Chen Bugu no longer hesitated.
The Tortoise Head and Black Snake exchanged glances, then laid out the entire plan.
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“George, what’s going on? Why did the Black Tortoise stop?” Axiu looked at the Black Tortoise, which had suddenly stopped not far away, and asked George in confusion.
“Idiot, how would I know such a boring question?”
“You two stop arguing, I’ll go take a look.”
After John finished speaking, his body transformed into a stream of water, rapidly approaching the Black Tortoise.
They had intended to use Chen Bugu to exhaust the Black Tortoise’s power, but something seemed to have gone wrong; the black mist suddenly disappeared, and he could no longer sense the Black Tortoise’s demonic energy.
Because he had his back to the Black Tortoise, he did not notice that the Black Tortoise’s blood-red eyes had now returned to a clear blue.
Chen Bugu looked up; the black mist had receded, and he was back in the forest.
Everything that had happened in the Black Tortoise’s consciousness space seemed to have occurred in an instant.
“Watch closely, human, the power of Rin Water will not disappoint you.”
After the Black Snake’s voice came out, John froze for a moment, then realized something was wrong and retreated rapidly.
“Too late!”
The moment the Black Tortoise turned around, the Black Snake had already manipulated several black streams of water, turning them into water snakes that fiercely lunged at John not far away.
“Heh, playing with water in front of us.”
The black water snakes quickly caught up to the stream of water John had transformed into, then exploded one by one.
The moment the water snakes exploded, countless black solid ice formed out of thin air, freezing that small area.
When Chen Bugu walked out from behind the Black Tortoise, he could already see John’s astonished expression frozen within the black solid ice.
So strong!
Even though it was suppressed by the forest and had part of its origin separated by “Amon,” the Black Tortoise’s combat power at this moment was still among the top tier of Nine Star.
George and Axiu clearly did not anticipate the turn of events.
However, without giving them much time to react, the Black Tortoise continued to attack.
“Bone-Chilling Cold!”
The Black Tortoise’s front foot heavily stomped on the ground, and a black halo instantly swept across the entire area with him as the center.
As the halo swept over George and Axiu, both felt a chill envelop their bodies, and the mobilization of their bodily functions and mental power became considerably slower.
Chen Bugu seized the opportunity to enter the battlefield; he drew his bowstring, and wood arrows, trailing fire, flew towards the two.
The Black Tortoise’s plan was simple.
To conserve power against the demonic energy’s erosion, it could not release overly powerful skills, as that would accelerate its demonization.
The Black Tortoise was also not agile enough; if the Black-robed man ran, it would be impossible for it to expend power to chase.
Therefore, it would provide control, and Chen Bugu would deliver the finishing blows.
If someone escaped, Chen Bugu would pursue them.
The purple fire arrow was intercepted by a huge wind wall before it could hit George.
A storm raged, and purple flames soared into the sky.
George was clearly a Wind Element Awakened.
The Black Tortoise let out a roar, and the purple flame storm was also quickly frozen.
Chen Bugu did not hesitate; under Bullet Time, he fired three “Water Wood Arrows” consecutively.
George’s second wind wall had just been constructed, and he was already lunging towards John.
He knew very well that John was only frozen, not dead.
John must not die here! As the core of the North Group, he was still needed to initiate the subsequent ritual.
More importantly, he and Axiu alone might not be able to suppress the bow-wielding boy and the Black Tortoise.
“Axiu, cover me!”
Axiu instantly understood George’s meaning; he prostrated himself on the ground, sharp claws grew from his hands, and an iron tail like a leopard’s extended from under his cloak, then he lunged at Chen Bugu like an arrow released from a bowstring.
In Axiu’s view, since the opponent was an archer, he must not be good at close combat; as long as he got close, he was confident he could prevent the opponent from firing another arrow.
The three “Water Wood Arrows” were not blocked by the wind wall; they spiraled and intertwined, like drills, swiftly breaking through the wind wall’s interception and continuing their momentum towards George.
George was surprised to find that these three arrows came one after another; if he continued forward, he would be hit by the first arrow, if he slowed down from now on, he would take the second arrow, and the third arrow decisively sealed off the top of his head.
George was about to use inertia to slide down, but he was startled to find black water streams had appeared on the ground at some unknown time, and a black water snake appeared in front of him.
“Damn it, that guy did it on purpose.”
George, left with no choice, stepped on a wind vortex, raised his body, dodged the water snake that could freeze him, then waved his right hand, cutting out a wind blade to meet the third “Water Wood Arrow.”
The wind blade shattered the moment it touched the arrow, and George used the power of the wind in mid-air to change his posture and cover his body with his black robe.
The “Water Wood Arrow” still pierced through the black robe, grazing George’s shoulder.
George’s black robe was shot through, and he looked at the wound on his shoulder, his face grim.
Upon seeing that Axiu had already engaged Chen Bugu, George suppressed his anger and continued to prepare to rescue John.
On the other side, Chen Bugu had already confronted the “beast-transformed” Axiu.
Axiu was extremely agile, like a leopard, moving at great speed.
Chen Bugu continuously fired water arrows, but he dodged them one by one.
As the distance to Chen Bugu shortened, Axiu gradually became certain that Chen Bugu’s speed could not keep up with his own, and the opponent seemed to have expended too much mental power, so much so that the “Rainstorm Arrow” he was guarding against had not appeared.
Just as Axiu was about to close in on Chen Bugu, he suddenly changed direction strangely, pulling away regardless of everything.
Cold sweat trickled down Axiu’s forehead.
In that instant, his “Beast Intuition” ability had given him a stark warning.
It was a premonition of death…