Xiao Chen never felt that he had a great advantage. He knew in his heart that if the opponent was not strong enough, he would not challenge him.
As expected, just as he started to gain some lead, Arus launched his ultimate move without hesitation. He raised his hands with his five fingers spread out, let out a low roar, and then a spiritual force extended from his body, wrapping the entire magnolia tree inside. The spiritual force threads released by Xiao Chen were blocked by this force, as if they had encountered a transparent wall, and they could not penetrate in and touch the flowers.
Obviously, most of Arus's mental power was used to block Xiao Chen's power, so his ability to pick flowers decreased a lot. However, Xiao Chen knew that if this continued, he would have no chance.
Xiao Chen secretly cast a magic to detect the mind, and finally saw the other party's mental power. Arus's mental power formed an egg-shaped shield, covering himself and the entire magnolia tree. Xiao Chen cursed inwardly that he was shameless. Fortunately, he had this magic. If it were someone else, he would not know what happened at all.
He carefully observed the shield and found that it was not thick. Apart from its large coverage area, it had nothing special about it. Just because his scattered filaments could not pass through, it did not mean that they could not pass through after they gathered together. Xiao Chen twisted his mental power together into a drill, concentrated it on one point, and stabbed it hard. The shield was pressed down suddenly, but when it was about to be penetrated by Xiao Chen, the mental power around it gathered here. The shield that Xiao Chen attacked became extremely thick, and the surrounding area became very thin, making it impossible for Xiao Chen's power to break through this barrier.
Xiao Chen withdrew the drill, and the shield became even again. He changed the angle and attacked again, and the same scene happened again. Xiao Chen changed direction several times, even going around the side of the shield, but the result was no different. Arus was always able to resist his mental power when he was about to break through the shield.
"What's going on? It seems that the senior can't do anything to him." Ye Zi watched as Arus's pile of flowers grew higher and higher, and was about to surpass Xiao Chen.
"Has anyone learned Xiao Chen's mind-detecting magic?" Luo Ling asked.
"I have learned it." Ye Zi said, "But I am not very proficient yet. I can only last for one or two minutes."
"Then take a minute or two to see what's going on."
Ye Zi performed this magic and suddenly realized: "It turns out that the guy on the opposite side has a mental shield like a turtle shell. Senior's mental power can't penetrate it. Wherever he attacks, the opponent will focus on defending."
Luo Ling looked down at the ground and found that the fallen petals formed a rough circle. She asked, "Take a quick look. Does the position of the mental shield overlap with the fallen petals on the ground?"
Ye Zi looked around for a while and said, "That's right, Sister Luo Ling, you looked very carefully."
"He actually used his mental power to create such a large barrier." Luo Ling asked again, "According to your observation, when Xiao Chen attacked, Arus's mental power for defense was gathered from all directions, right? Are you sure that power was sent from all directions?"
Ye Zi didn't know why Luo Ling asked this question, so she observed carefully for a while until her detection spirit could no longer hold out. "I'm sure, I saw that the senior's spirit power was about to break through, but it was always blocked outside when it was just a little bit short. I think if the senior's spirit power is two or three points stronger, or the speed is 20% faster, he can break through this barrier."
"Did he try to attack from close to the ground?"
"Ground? Oh! We understand. The mental power near the ground can only support the attacked point from above, because there is nothing underneath, so the strength of the mental power support on the shield must be reduced by half! Sister Luo Ling, you are so smart. But the senior doesn't seem to have discovered it yet."
"We can't blame him for this. We are bystanders and can see things more clearly."
Ye Zi observed the situation around him and said, "I'll sneak around to his front and signal him."
"Be careful, don't let yourself be fooled."
Ye Zi pretended that she wanted to see the duel more clearly and squeeze to a better position. She moved in the crowd and finally came to the spectators opposite Xiao Chen. Seeing that no one was paying attention, she used her body to block her hand and then made a gesture of pointing her finger downward.
Xiao Chen had already noticed Ye Zi's sneaky behavior and saw her warning gesture, but he did not understand the meaning of the gesture.
Ye Zi was anxious when she saw that he still didn't respond after seeing the gesture. At this moment, Arus's flower pile was obviously larger than Xiao Chen's, but only half of the flowers were left on the tree. If she didn't change it, it would be too late.
She saw a small stone on the ground, moved lightly towards it, gathered a little fighting spirit on her toes, and kicked the small stone.
It was as if someone accidentally kicked a small stone while walking, and the stone bounced up and landed on the edge of the mental shield.
Marquis Francisco, who was in charge of the refereeing, felt something and glanced at her. Not finding anything unusual, he remained silent, but Xiao Chen saw the action clearly.
The stone was kicked under the shield? So they meant to attack from below? That makes sense! As long as someone reminded him, Xiao Chen quickly understood what they meant.
Xiao Chen immediately condensed his mental power into a drill and rushed towards the shield close to the ground. When his mental power was in a stalemate with the shield again, something different from before happened. The shield became stronger at a slower speed. Xiao Chen's mental power immediately penetrated inside.
He immediately divided his mental power into five smaller drills, attacking the shield from all directions and from the inside out.
All egg-shaped structures have a weakness, which is that it is much easier to break from the inside than from the outside. Arus's shield is no exception. It was quickly pierced with holes by Xiao Chen's mental power, and then shattered and collapsed.
Blood spurted out of Arus' mouth and he fell to his knees. You know, this is not a shield formed by magic power, but Arus's own mental power. These mental powers were hit by Xiao Chen, causing Arus a lot of damage. He had to take back all the mental power he could control and leave the whole magnolia tree to Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen took this opportunity to quickly pick the flowers. By the time Arus had adjusted his spirit and returned to the battlefield, there were only a few flowers left on the magnolia tree.
He looked at the pile of flowers in front of Xiao Chen, which was one third taller than his, and shook his head and sighed, "No need to compete, I admit defeat. I was the first to use that method, so I deserved to be cracked by you. I admire you!"
Xiao Chen saluted him, then looked at the king. His provocative eyes clearly meant only one thing: Come again!