Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 2234: Turning mountain into dragons

At that moment, in the hearts of many Huoʼer Star people, divine beasts were stampeding.

With one wave of the hand came a great expert—were great experts now so worthless? The Huoʼer Star people, as the most powerful race, had always had the highest number of great experts among all cosmic races, yet how many great experts did their entire race have in total?

One hundred? Three hundred? Or five hundred? But one thing was certain: it absolutely did not exceed seven hundred.

This was already the accumulated result of so many years for the entire race. An ordinary medium race had only one or two great experts. Even for the Su Clan, including the previous generation of elders who had retreated behind the scenes, the number of great experts was only a few dozen.

But what kind of thing was this Ye Zhongming? A newcomer from a small race who had come up through the Welcoming Day. Even if he had won first place, that was also because many large clans and super clans had not put much effort into it.

But now, with one hand he summoned a stone dragon, with another he got a Leilei Bird to stand on his side, and now he was reaching out again. This time, could he still bring forth a great expert-level being?

Although they were unwilling to see Ye Zhongming succeed, with the previous two incidents, they could only ʼlook forwardʼ to seeing what would be summoned this time.

This time, Ye Zhongming did not summon anything with his outstretched hand, but instead released a phantom of himself.

Many abilities that Ye Zhongming possessed, such as ʼDouble Poison Shadowʼ or other Star-Eye Clan abilities, could achieve this, and many other races also had similar skills. The difference lay only in the different capabilities of the summoned phantoms.

But... basically no race could produce a phantom that was stronger than the main body, except in some very special circumstances, such as after taking certain medicines or using some very particular skills.
In fact, the phantom that Ye Zhongming summoned this time, anyone with some skill could sense that its strength was not impressive—at least not as strong as Ye Zhongmingʼs main body.

It was considerably weaker in strength.

But this time, a blue light appeared in Ye Zhongmingʼs hand, something that had not been present in the previous two instances. It quickly formed a beautiful orb of light that radiated a gentle power.

Such pure water-element power!

Many people with some ability looked at this blue orb of light, feeling the power emanating from it, and inwardly uttered such admiration.

They had rarely, or had never even seen, such pure water-element power.

The next moment, Ye Zhongming placed this blue orb of light into the phantom he had summoned.

The entire phantom instantly blazed with light.

The Huoʼer Star warriors involuntarily stepped back; they were a bit afraid that Ye Zhongming would suddenly make a move.

A few seconds later, the light gradually faded, and everyone watching had their mouths wide open.

Because Ye Zhongmingʼs phantom had changed.

It had become... like a real living being.

This being had blue skin all over, a tall and robust figure, and held a short fork in each hand. On both sides of its neck, there were organs resembling gills, opening and closing with its breathing.

If just now everyone could sense that the phantom Ye Zhongming had summoned was not very strong, then now this tall man, like a blue elf, definitely surpassed the great expert level in strength. The rich, mellow water-element power emanating from him at all times displayed his combat level.

It really was another great expert!

Not only the ordinary Huoʼer Star warriors, but even Kunzuoʼs look at Ye Zhongming had changed.

A stone dragon, a Leilei Bird, a blue-skinned man.

With three casual raises of his hand, he had produced three great expert-level beings. This was truly somewhat terrifying.

A person like this, not to mention in the Star-Eye Clan, even among the Huoʼer Star people, would definitely be able to become a high-ranking and powerful figure!

No wonder he dared to speak to Kunzuo that way! No wonder he dared to make bold claims like wiping all of them out today!

He did, indeed, have some skills.

In normal times, even if Kunzuo admitted that Ye Zhongming was worth his attention, such means would not matter much to him. Not to mention three great experts—even ten great experts, as long as they were not very senior ones already close to the peak expert level, he could handle them.

But not now. He was in poor condition. If he had to fight and also had to deal with so many great expert-level beings, even if he ultimately won, there was a very high chance he would sustain injuries from which he could not recover.

Peak experts were powerful, but they were ultimately not gods.

This did not even account for the several hundred thousand warriors of the Su Clan and the minor race alliance in full condition.

Thinking of the possible consequences if a conflict broke out, Kunzuo felt a wave of irritation. How did this Star-Eye Clan guy have such strength?

To be honest, Ye Zhongmingʼs ability to perform like this was also somewhat coincidental.

Previously, he had faced threats from Wen Hong and Little Ninth Brother. Although he had passed in the end, albeit with some close calls, during that process Ye Zhongming had deeply felt the inadequacy of his own strength, even though his Furelai had already surged in a short period.

Not being a great expert meant not being qualified to stand before great experts!

Although this was not absolute, it was basically a cruel fact.

Without his transformation ability, Ye Zhongming had already become of little use in battles of that level, or rather, he could not play a decisive role, at most serving as support.

So, taking advantage of the rapid increase in Furelai and his own strength, he had secretly condensed a considerable amount of pure energy.

He chose to unseal the Mountain Kingʼs Crown, which had helped him the most. And he successfully unsealed one ability: Transforming mountain into Dragons.

That was the skill that summoned the stone dragon. Its effect was to transform a mountain range into a stone dragon that could last for a period of time. The strength of the stone dragon was directly related to the summonerʼs strength, the size of the mountain range, its duration of existence, the mental energy infused, and so on.

This was also the first time Ye Zhongming had used this ability after unsealing it. To create a deterrent effect on Kunzuo, he had used more than half of the mental energy in his body.

The effect was clearly visible. Not bad.

As for summoning the Leilei Bird, that was also an ability of the Mountain Kingʼs Crown: Mountain Summoning Command. He had used it once before, after killing Zimu, to block Kunzuo while escaping. Unfortunately, the being summoned that time, although also a super level-nine lifeform, had only barely crossed the threshold and was not enough for one slap from Kunzuo.

Mountain Summoning Command had a long cooldown and many restrictions. It was originally impossible to use again so soon. But who knew that Ye Zhongming had entered that mountain interior and undergone a miraculous trial? When the trial ended, that long, despair-inducing cooldown period had passed.

The last one, the blue-skinned man, was also the result of Ye Zhongming recklessly purifying the energy within his own body. When only the Mountain Kingʼs Crownʼs final ultimate ability remained unsealed, he knew that even if he drained himself dry, he could not unlock it, and unlocking the two elemental spirits would also require a large amount of energy. So, somewhat gamble-like, he unsealed the Ocean Kingʼs Crown and obtained a brand new ability: Azure Blessing.

An ability that could channel the power of the sea into the Sea Kingʼs Crown ownerʼs summoned beings, granting them powerful combat effectiveness for a certain period.

Fortunately, the being ʼcreatedʼ by this ability had strength that completely surpassed the great expert level.

That was the reason he had summoned three great expert-level beings: two were temporary, and one was permanent as long as it did not die.

Facing a peak expert like Kunzuo, apart from his remaining ability to resurrect once, Ye Zhongming had basically been forced to reveal all his cards.