Triple Swords Dance, Absolutely Shameless!

"Bulbasaur, keep using Swords Dance without stopping until the aura covers the area, then move in and use Vine Whip!"

Bulbasaur took a deep breath, planting its four short legs firmly on the ground as its gaze became sharper than ever.

It let out a low growl, and the bulb on its back began to tremble slightly.

Then, it seemed as though the strength of its entire body had been summoned.

Bulbasaur suddenly raised its right foreleg, then its left, lifting them high in alternation before stomping them down hard, as if treading to some ancient, powerful drumbeat.

"Tap! Tap!"

Its feet struck the ground with crisp, forceful sounds, kicking up tiny clouds of dust.

Its movements grew faster and faster, no longer limited to its limbs.

Its entire body began to twist and spin in a rhythmic motion.

The heavy bulb on its back was no longer a burden. Instead, it became a counterweight, helping Bulbasaur maintain a marvelous balance as it spun.

Sideways, turning, then stomping down again—the movements flowed in one seamless motion.

Most strikingly, countless sharp energy leaves glimmering with white light burst from the base of Bulbasaur's bulb and beneath its feet!

Those luminous leaves were not physical, yet they carried an astonishingly sharp, cutting presence. As Bulbasaur danced, they whistled through the air, circling and slashing to form an increasingly dense, dazzling storm of sword blades that made approach impossible.

Bulbasaur's speed reached its peak, turning it into an emerald-green whirlwind wrapped in countless blades of light.

"Bulba!!"

With an enraged roar, all the leaf energy abruptly contracted inward and was instantly absorbed back into its body.

The dance came to an abrupt stop.

Bulbasaur stood quietly in place, seemingly no different from before.

Yet the lingering hum of energy remained in the air, while battle intent ten times fiercer than before burned in its crimson eyes.

The aura radiating from its body had changed completely, as though every leaf and every Vine Whip had become a weapon tempered through countless trials, its sharpness fully exposed.

"Great job, Bulbasaur. Again!"

After another two rounds of Swords Dance, Yue Hongsheng was completely dumbfounded.

What the hell was this?!

Why did Bulbasaur's aura grow stronger every time it danced?!

And did this count as a Self-Created Soul Skill?

Or was it something this martial soul possessed from birth?

No matter how Yue Hongsheng thought about it, he could not make sense of it. It was simply too unbelievable, completely beyond his understanding!

Just as he was about to ask, a disturbance in the distance made Yue Hongsheng instantly abandon the idea!

"Get ready!"

Yue Hongsheng's voice was low and urgent, like the growl of a cheetah before it pounced. His gaze was locked tightly onto the energy fluctuations at the end of that aerial root.

"...Now! The aura has covered the young vine area!"

At almost the exact instant Yue Hongsheng spoke, Lin Xia gave the command.

"Bulbasaur, move forward five meters. Maximum power... Vine Whip, pull!! Target—the young vine closest to the edge on the left!"

"Bulba—saur—!!!"

Bulbasaur's response was no longer an immature cry, but a roar that tore through the air with a piercing shriek!

Bulbasaur's body instantly erupted with dazzling dark-purple radiance!

An incomparably powerful, razor-sharp aura that seemed capable of tearing apart the air suddenly burst forth from its tiny body!

Its strength and speed were raised to their current limits in that instant!

Then—

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two thick, resilient purple Vine Whips gleaming with a cold metallic luster shot out!

No, these were no longer ordinary Vine Whips. They were Vine Whips infused with the enhancement power of Swords Dance, far faster than usual and wrapped in poison!

Like two venomous flood dragons tearing through space, they were unbelievably fast!

With ear-piercing shrieks, they pierced precisely through the pale-green halo of Breath of Life!

They moved so quickly that they even carved two visible purple vacuum trails through the silent core area, lingering briefly in the air!

Time seemed to stretch at the instant the Vine Whips shot forth.

Just as they were about to reach their target, at that critical moment!

A sudden change erupted!

Beside that young vine, a thousand-year Ghost King Vine that had been in a "sluggish" state and appeared utterly unremarkable suddenly flashed with the ghost-face crystal at its tip!

It seemed to have sensed the sharp aura of attack and pure malice!

This was the instinctive stress response of a living creature facing a threat of death!

Its main vine lashed out like an awakened venomous python, carrying an intensely corrosive green glow as it whipped fiercely toward the incoming purple Vine Whips!

It sought to intercept them, entangle them, and shred these foreign invaders that had dared trespass!

The strike was as fast as lightning!

It carried the terrifying force and poisonous corrosive aura of a thousand-year soul beast!

"This is bad!"

A sharp gleam flashed through Yue Hongsheng's eyes as powerful Soul Saint-level Soul Power had already gathered in his right hand, ready for him to intervene at any moment!

He had not expected a Ghost King Vine to make such a swift defensive counterattack beneath the concealment of Breath of Life, relying solely on a plant's battle instincts!

"Creak—!"

A teeth-grinding sound of taut tension and friction rang out!

The purple Vine Whips slammed into and tangled with the dark-green Ghost King Vine's main vine! Violent Soul Power fluctuations exploded instantly!

Tremendous force traveled back through the Vine Whips. Bulbasaur's whole body shook violently, and the immense pulling force tore shallow cracks through the emerald lichen beneath its four paws!

Its little face was strained with effort, but an incomparably fierce flame burned in its scarlet eyes!

Seeing that things were going badly, Lin Xia's body moved faster than his mouth. He rushed forward to Bulbasaur's side and wrapped both arms tightly around it!

"Bulbasaur, hold on! I'm here!"

The enhancement aura brought by Swords Dance whirled madly around Bulbasaur's body!

Feeling Lin Xia's body heat, Bulbasaur's muscles tensed to their limit, every ounce of potential squeezed out!

The light on the purple Vine Whips surged, and they actually withstood the thousand-year Ghost King Vine's violent constricting force without being instantly crushed!

They even, amid that terrifying struggle of pulling and resistance... miraculously sent the one Vine Whip that had not been completely entangled and restrained darting forward like a spiritual serpent!

In a flash! There was no room for delay!

"Rustle—!"

The end of that branching Vine Whip, like a precise scalpel, seized and tightly coiled around the body of the slender target Emerald Ghost King Vine!

They had caught it!

"Pull—!!!"

Lin Xia and Bulbasaur, one human and one beast, both erupted with all their strength.

Bulbasaur's four paws dug deeply into the earth as its body jerked backward like a fully drawn bowstring! The terrifying strength triggered by Swords Dance and its own resilient Vine Whips simultaneously unleashed their strongest backward pull!

"Rip—!"

An unstoppable force surged along the Vine Whips!

That slender Emerald Ghost King Vine did not even have time to send out a ripple of struggle before an irresistible force violently tore it from its coiled, secure position!

A heart-stopping cracking sound rang out where its roots connected to the emerald "lichen" below!

A tiny young vine radiating pure jade-green life energy and dense dark-purple poison energy, like a discarded treasure, tore through the air from within the halo at the Ghost King Vine's core... and was brutally yanked out!

It shot straight toward Lin Xia!

They succeeded?!!