The White Ashwood Spear in Lin Qingyue's hand was slightly raised.
The unadorned spear tip pointed straight at the head of that Elite Beetle from afar.
"Roar!"
The Blacksteel Rhino Beetle's scarlet compound eyes instantly locked onto that slender wooden shaft.
Provocation.
This was an unforgivable provocation from a mere ant!
Its hind legs suddenly exerted force, and the solid ground collapsed with a loud bang.
Its nearly three-meter-tall massive body instantly turned into an out-of-control siege engine, wrapped in a foul-smelling gale, viciously crushing over!
Facing this terrifying impact that was enough to smash down a city wall, Lin Qingyue did not dodge; instead, she took a half-step forward.
Her body was pressed extremely low, her whole person almost submerged in the tall grass.
The White Ashwood Spear in her hand formed a tiny angle with the ground, the spear tip slanting upwards.
The target was not the head, nor the chest armor.
But rather the connection point between its first pair of limbs on the left side and its torso—that finest joint crevice.
This was the only breaking point she calculated in an instant by combining her observation with Chen Jing's theory!
The surrounding students watching the battle let out low exclamations.
"She's going to take an elite monster's charge head-on with a training spear?!"
"Is she crazy?! That's a level 35 elite monster!"
"This is suicide!"
Chen Jing also subconsciously clenched her fists, the qi within her body surging as she prepared to intervene and rescue at any moment.
However, the three members of the Quantum Battleship Squad had completely different reactions.
"Don't worry, my sis is about to show off again."
Lin Xiyue lowered her shield slightly, assuming a protective stance, but she muttered under her breath.
Su Wan stood with her arms crossed, frost quietly condensing at her fingertips. A smile of anticipation curved her lips, her expression screaming, "If you mess up, I'll freeze you and mock you three hundred times."
Xia Lian was the most nervous, her small face pale. But the short bow in her hands was already drawn, her gaze locked onto the beetle's compound eyes, ready to fire a saving arrow at any moment.
They were nervous, but they believed in their captain even more.
In a flash of lightning, the person and the bug fiercely collided.
"Clang!"
A crisp, ear-piercing screech exploded, making everyone's eardrums ring.
There was no flying flesh and blood.
The tip of the spear struck that joint crevice without a fraction of an error.
A violent kinetic energy, like a landslide and tsunami, surged wildly down the shaft, instantly bending the spear into a terrifying arc!
Lin Qingyue dropped and twisted her wrist, her waist turning and exerting force along with the momentum.
Stepping with the Millelith Footwork, her body traced a force-deflecting arc on the spot.
The terrifying kinetic energy, enough to overturn a tank, was unexpectedly channelled by her in a way that defied common sense—flowing down the spear shaft, through her arms, waist, and legs, to finally be poured entirely into the ground beneath her feet!
Boom!
The ground beside her feet suddenly exploded, sending dirt and grass clippings soaring into the sky to form a circular shockwave!
Yet she herself merely slid backward less than a foot before regaining her footing.
The massive charging body of the Blacksteel Rhino Beetle, however, experienced a momentary loss of balance due to this fatal "pull."
Now was the time!
Deep in Lin Qingyue's pupils, battle intent burned, and her arm muscles instantly tensed.
Taking advantage of the moment when the beetle's old force was spent and its new force had yet to be generated, she violently thrust and flicked the spear forward!
"Up you go!"
"Roar?"
The Blacksteel Rhino Beetle let out a roar full of confusion, its mountain-like body actually pried to tilt slightly to one side by this ingenious force.
Its massive inertia spiraled completely out of control, causing it to stumble 78 meters away, plowing two deep trenches in the ground before it awkwardly steadied its footing.
The entire arena fell into a dead silence.
Everyone's mouths dropped open into "O" shapes as they stared blankly at the composed girl holding the spear.
If Teacher Chen Jing's demonstration was the expressive "Dao."
Then what Lin Qingyue displayed at this moment was the ultimate precision and practicality of "Technique"!
Using the most basic weapon, with a mortal body, she confronted and deflected the full-force charge of an elite monster head-on!
Lin Qingyue felt the tremors transmitting from the spear shaft, and an unprecedented sense of exhilaration rose in her heart.
This feeling of controlling the battlefield through calculation and technique fascinated her far more than simply crushing enemies with sheer stats.
"Roar!"
The Blacksteel Rhino Beetle shook its hideous head, its scarlet compound eyes firmly locking onto the "ant" that had made it suffer a minor setback, and launched another charge.
This time, it did not charge in a straight line, but frantically changed directions left and right, attempting to crush its opponent with an unpredictable trajectory.
Lin Qingyue advanced instead of retreating. The spear in her hands turned into countless afterimages, whipping, tapping, thrusting, and deflecting against the joints of the Blacksteel Rhino Beetle's limbs and the connections of its carapace like a torrential downpour.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang! Clang!
A series of dense, metallic clashing sounds echoed through the forest.
Every strike landed precisely on the nodes where the beetle exerted its force, constantly disrupting its balance.
The Blacksteel Rhino Beetle had brute strength in vain, unable to even touch the hem of Lin Qingyue's clothes.
Like a teased bull, it was led by the nose within a small area; the more it fought, the more stifled it felt, roaring continuously.
"This... this is a monster, right?"
"Am I really in the same grade as her?"
The students were completely dumbfounded. The skills they had just slightly improved upon appeared incredibly rough and clumsy compared to the technique Lin Qingyue displayed.
Chen Jing slowly lowered her crossed arms, her eyes filled with appreciation and shock.
This student's growth rate exceeded her imagination; she didn't need to worry at all.
This child was enjoying the battle, relishing the joy of putting theory into practice.
However, Lin Qingyue herself was not entirely satisfied.
My technique is maxed out, but is the attack stat of this crappy spear? Even doing chip damage isn't this exhausting.
Her technique had indeed completely suppressed the opponent.
But the problem was that this White Ashwood Spear was far too useless.
The hardness of the Blacksteel Rhino Beetle's carapace far exceeded her imagination. Aside from striking a trail of sparks and leaving a shallow white mark, the spear tip couldn't even break its defense.
Although, by relying on [Moonlight's Embrace], she could theoretically slowly grind this elite monster down to exhaustion.
But this did not align with her battle aesthetics.
The efficiency was too low!
Since physical attacks won't cut it, I'll make up for it with magic.
Lin Qingyue knocked the beetle back half a step with a thrust, opened up the distance, and quietly wiped her left hand along the spear shaft.
She decided to give herself a buff.
"In the name of justice!"
She softly chanted, and a surge of pale gold Holy Light Energy instantly gushed out from her body, coiling around the White Ashwood Spear.
[Seal of Righteousness]!
Infused with Holy Light, dealing holy damage, specializing in breaking high physical defense!
However, the moment the Holy Light lit up, a crisp "ding" rang in her mind.
Immediately after, a symphony full of solemnity, resolve, and auras of destruction played out of thin air, echoing throughout the entire Dungeon!
That was not a Knight's hymn, but the final combustion before the fall of an empire!
Mournful strings tore through the sky, and heavy drumbeats sounded the bell of doomsday!
Lin Qingyue froze completely.
No way?
You're popping up again at a time like this? Is this 10% chance for real?!
["Melody Beyond the Strings" triggered! BGM: "Nevermore" (Honkai: Star Rail - Sam). Transformation Character: Sam.]
The next instant, a dark red flame as blazing as magma shot up into the sky, instantly swallowing her!
The surrounding air became scorching hot and distorted.
Everyone was so shocked by this sudden turn of events that they retreated several steps.
"It's... happening again?" Su Wan subconsciously looked towards the sky; though she sounded disdainful, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
"The music this time... is so oppressive," Xia Lian muttered softly, her chest feeling inexplicably stuffy.
Lin Xiyue, on the other hand, had her eyes shining and excitedly clenched her fists: "Sis unlocked a new form again!"
High in the sky, the massive virtual Display unfolded once more.
This time, there were no flashy titles on the screen, only a cold and iron-blooded declaration that slowly emerged in the form of large gilded characters—
"The Glamoth Iron Cavalry will crush the swarm!"