A Chain of Interlocking Plots

Of course, this was hardly beyond Jiang Yue's expectations.

The patterns that had appeared on Mr. Qingming's skin were undoubtedly some miraculous defensive skill bestowed on him by the Bizarre Tree. They could defend against not only physical attacks like blades and bullets, but also all kinds of spell attacks.

But no defensive system could be completely without flaws.

Sure enough, though this system could defend against all physical and spell attacks, it still had a certain weakness when it came to mental defense.

And Jiang Yue had seized on that very weakness.

Normally, given Mr. Qingming's strength, his mental domain would surely be well awakened too. An ordinary mental-type Awakened One would probably have a hard time doing him any real harm.

But the attack Jiang Yue had used this time wasn't an ordinary mental attack. It was the Great Dream Demon Art, one of the Nine Arts of Stealing Heaven bestowed by Spirit Intelligence.

Like the Great Spring Return Art, the Great Dream Demon Art was a divine ability of extraordinary power. Even a powerful mental-type Awakened One could very well fall victim to it if caught off guard.

Besides, Mr. Qingming wasn't a mental-type Awakened One in the first place.

No matter how powerful the Bizarre Tree was, its abilities still followed certain patterns.

The Bizarre Tree's greatest strength lay in its wood-element domain. Though it was an ancient member of the Underground Race and possessed many incredible powers, Jiang Yue had never seen any sign that it had a powerful mental attribute.

In terms of innate talent, Mr. Qingming was nowhere near Ice Sea's level.

The main reason the Bizarre Tree valued him was his official status, his connections, and his formidable ability to get things done.

Those were things Ice Sea and Zhu Yindong didn't