Apocalypse Gachapon

Ye Zhongming chose to unseal the Mountain King Crown.

The later abilities of this piece of equipment were too attractive to him. At the same time, although the Cloud Peak King had made preparations, the distance to the Huo'er Star people's camp was too close after all. Even if his plan succeeded and Zimu was lured over, once the battle started, who could guarantee that reinforcements from the Huo'er Star people would not be drawn in before the target was killed?

Under such circumstances, the newly appeared ability of the Mountain King Crown might really be able to change the course of the battle.

Moreover, the powerful ability of Ye Zhongming's bloodline transformation was currently on cooldown (although even if it were not on cooldown, he could not use it, as the target would be too conspicuous). The real main combatant in the upcoming fight would be Jie Su, while he himself would be at most a supporter. Since that was the case, he might as well wholeheartedly act as a supporter.

Brand new, pure energy condensed again from within his body, slowly increasing its own volume while continuing to consume the energy in Ye Zhongming's body.

Before long, a strand of original energy was condensed, and then it was slowly absorbed by the Mountain King Crown.

Ye Zhongming nervously 'watched'. What if the Mountain King Crown was still not full? That would be troublesome because the remaining energy in his body was limited.

Fortunately, perhaps the Mountain King Crown felt its owner's concern. After absorbing this strand of energy, it finally changed.

As the just-brightly blazing light gradually faded, the Mountain King Crown appeared to have grown slightly larger, its exquisiteness had increased greatly, and even the gem on it had changed from one to two!

The Mountain King Crown had evolved again, unsealing a brand new ability — Summoning the Mountain!

After completing the upgrade of the Mountain King Crown, Ye Zhongming slowly woke from his closed-eye state. The first things he saw were the relieved faces of Jie Su and White Robe, followed by two chubby babies who had grown a bit larger.

The fact that the two chubby babies opened their mouths to call him 'Dad' once again shocked Jie Su and White Robe beyond measure. They were now certain that this was the symbol of elemental power purified to its utmost.

Intelligent life!

How had his own brother managed to do this!

"Set up the formation?"

Although he had too many questions in his heart, Jie Su also knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of things. Ye Zhongming had previously mentioned what the ultimate reliance of this operation would be, so he asked this.

Ye Zhongming nodded.

The formation Jie Su referred to was the Gold Soldier Killing Formation. Or rather, it was a mini Gold Soldier Killing Formation that Huo Zhi had modified somewhat.

After Ye Zhongming made some fine adjustments, it became the ace in the hole for the three-person bridal-rescue team.

There was no helping it. Speaking purely of strength, none of the three was a match for Zimu.

It was not that their talents were poor, but, as that peak expert had said, Zimu's starting point was too high, and he had received too many resources. The only one of the three who could compare with him somewhat was Jie Su, but there was still a difference—one was a prince, the other only a direct descendant. Even though Jie Su had mastered the Following Formation and his strength was advancing by leaps and bounds, it would still take some time to catch up to or even surpass Zimu. So he too had to rely on external forces, and this was without counting the unknown number of guards Zimu might have around him.

Jie Su did not know the Gold Soldier Killing Formation. While Ye Zhongming began to set up the formation, he watched attentively.

Within the Su Clan, learning the Ten Great Formations was not something one could do just by wanting to. To learn a second one, qualified individuals had to truly master one of the Ten Great Formations, then undergo tests and selections, and finally receive permission after the elders and the clan leader discussed and agreed among themselves.

Jie Su's own formation was the Silk Sea Light Formation, which he had already fully mastered. He had now also completed the study of another one of the Ten Great Formations. Within the Su Clan, the process for him to learn a third formation was underway. He believed it would not be long before it was approved. He was now taking this opportunity to observe the Gold Soldier Killing Formation. If it interested him, learning it would not be out of the question.

The materials were prepared, the location was chosen, and what remained was simply a matter of needing some time.

Previously, at the base, Ye Zhongming had simulated the setup. Although this was his first time actually setting it up, he did not appear particularly unfamiliar.

He carefully and accurately placed various materials at different positions, and a mini Gold Coin Killing Formation was taking shape.

When he took out one Wanpeng Sand Bat egg after another as materials and placed them inside, the way Jie Su looked at him changed.

He realized that his good friend had modified this formation quite a bit. This meant he had completely mastered the formation; only then could he make improvements on it without fear of failure.

Was his good friend a genius in every aspect? He was not from the Su Clan, nor had he received a systematic education in formations from childhood. How was he able to improve the Gold Soldier Killing Formation?

Previously, Ye Zhongming had publicly agreed to the modified method with the Su Clan and Huo Zhi, which was said to require Huo Zhi himself to handle, right? Now it seemed that his own brother was actually capable of making improvements, too.

Comparing people really could be infuriating.

Ye Zhongming spent about half an hour setting up the Gold Soldier Killing Formation.

By this time, he was already feeling exhausted.

With four-fifths of his energy already empty, setting up even the mini Gold Soldier Killing Formation had consumed a tremendous amount of energy.

"These are the tablets the two little fellows spat out earlier." White Robe handed the two small, exquisite tablets, one black and one blue, to Ye Zhongming, then asked, "Has our plan started now?"

Ye Zhongming nodded and said, "Mm, I just notified them."

The two did not quite understand, but Ye Zhongming did not explain much either. He just told them to wait and that he would let them know if there was news. After that, he began to examine the two elemental spirits.

These two little fellows had stolen his first strand of original energy, after all.

He first looked at the two tablets.

From the Earth Spirit, the information he received about the black one was that it was called the Thick Earth Tablet. The blue one with silver dots, the Star Spirit told him, was called the Bright Star Tablet.

Both the Thick Earth Tablet and the Bright Star Tablet shared a common ability: when needed, they could be activated to obtain a one-time use of a certain ability of the creator, that is, one of the two elemental spirits.

The Thick Earth Tablet held in Ye Zhongming's hand now contained the ability of the Earth Spirit's Gravity Leap, while the Bright Star Tablet contained the ability of the Star Spirit's Bright Star.

Ye Zhongming's eyes brightened. Although these things were one-time use and contained only one ability, they were undoubtedly quite useful. Using them himself, he could at least save the energy of the two little fellows. Giving them to others to use meant adding an extra ability.

Good stuff!

Moreover, Ye Zhongming learned through communication that as long as he wanted, he could have the two little fellows create these tablets. It would just consume energy, and the contained ability would be random, but this was already very good.

What made him happiest was not these elemental tablets, but the changes in the two spirits.