"Clatter, clatter."

  Above the duel arena, it seemed as if a rain of bones was falling. The perfectly fine Vajra Skeleton suddenly exploded into countless bone fragments and lost its life on the spot. In the instant when the countless bone fragments were about to hit the ground, they all disappeared and returned to Carlo's subspace.

  "I don't believe it. I don't believe it. How is this possible?" Carlo stared fixedly at the place where the Vajra Skeleton had disappeared, his face full of an expression of disbelief. Just a moment ago, his familiar had been clearly in an advantageous position. How could it have been killed in an instant?

  The others were also stunned.

  They had seen it very clearly. The Vajra Skeleton had been shattered so thoroughly. One could imagine how terrifying the power it had endured at the moment of impact was.

  Was all this caused by Chen Yue and that familiar? Looking at the thin and frail Chen Yue and the Blade Beast, no one could believe their eyes.

  Really, it was time to reevaluate this young man. Many people couldn't help but have this thought in their hearts.

  Only Chen Yue knew what had happened at the moment of impact.

  "Three attacks. It actually launched three attacks at once." Not to mention others, even Chen Yue himself was a bit skeptical about the scene that had just happened, which was caused by his own familiar.

  At the instant of the head-on collision, facing the terrifying power of tens of thousands of catties from the Vajra Skeleton, the Blade Beast launched three types of attacks at once. Unlike before when he could only guess the abilities of the Blade Beast, this time, through the special connection, he knew the specific details of these three attacks.

  The first one was naturally the attack that Chen Yue had previously suspected to be instant killing but was actually severing. Although it couldn't even scratch the bones of the Vajra Skeleton, it offset part of the frontal power.

  The second one was the second ability that had once appeared briefly. It directly attacked the soul of the Vajra Skeleton, making its soul muddled and greatly reducing its control ability. Of the remaining power, it would be good if one-tenth of it could land on the Blade Beast.

  As for the last attack, it came from the ability of the newly born third life halo, which was "heavy pressure". At the instant of attacking the entity, it burst out with a weight tens of thousands of times that of the sword body. One could imagine how terrifying this ability was. If it directly hit something, it would be equivalent to being hit by a small mountain.

  The first two attacks dissipated most of the Vajra Skeleton's power, and the final "heavy pressure" directly crushed it into countless fragments. Without any of these three attacks, it would have been impossible for such a situation of killing the opponent across levels in an instant to occur.

  That was a four-star familiar. The familiars possessed by the top deacons in the entire Apostle Association were only four-star ones.

  Although Carlo's strength couldn't be compared to that of Vinia and others, at least it proved that Chen Yue now had the ability to be on an equal footing with fourth-order apostles.

  Of course, all of this was based on his ability to master the Blade Beast. However, at this moment, Chen Yue had already noticed something abnormal about the Blade Beast.

  After killing the Vajra Skeleton, the Blade Beast suddenly became extremely excited as if it had been injected with excessive hormones. Its fighting spirit surged towards the peak wave after wave and soon approached the limit that Chen Yue could bear.

  However, after reaching Chen Yue's limit, it didn't stop. Instead, its fighting spirit became even higher. And without Chen Yue's restraint, it gradually began to mutate.

  At first, Chen Yue didn't notice anything wrong. But then, through the special connection with the Blade Beast, when images of blood and violence and restless emotions were transmitted to him, Chen Yue realized that something was wrong. Later, these negative emotions gradually affected him, making Chen Yue even have the impulse to kill everyone here for a moment.

  "Out of control." Chen Yue understood and immediately used his supreme concentration to stabilize his state of mind. But in this way, his control over the Blade Beast was correspondingly reduced. The Blade Beast, which had gone berserk, immediately broke free from Chen Yue's palm. With a shrill cry like ghosts wailing and wolves howling, it swiftly stabbed towards Carlo, who was still having a hard time accepting the fact in the distance.

  It still remembered who had provoked it first.

  The situation changed suddenly. No one had expected that the Blade Beast would launch a long-range surprise attack. Even Carlo hadn't expected it. By the time he reacted, it was already too late. The speed of the Blade Beast was beyond his ability to dodge.

  Just an instant before the tragedy was about to happen, two water-blue fingers suddenly stretched out and gently clamped the blade of the Blade Beast. No matter how hard it struggled and tried every means, it couldn't break free at all.

  "Lord Vinia."

  Seeing this miraculous scene, everyone was greatly impressed and respectfully saluted the person who had arrived.

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  The person who had arrived was Vinia.

  "Whew." Chen Yue let out a long breath. If the enraged Blade Beast had really killed Carlo, he would have been doomed. Given the degree to which the Apostle Association protected its apostles, let alone a big shot like a fourth-order disciple, even if an ordinary first-order apostle was killed right under their noses, the person responsible would be completely blacklisted by the association. Fortunately, Vinia had arrived at the most critical moment.

  He also felt a bit awed in his heart. He hadn't expected that the Blade Beast, which could kill a four-star familiar in an instant, was so vulnerable in Vinia's hands. The fifth-order deacons were indeed the backbone of the Apostle Association, and their strength was far beyond that of ordinary apostles.

  Vinia casually swept her gaze across the whole arena. No one dared to meet her eyes. As soon as Vinia appeared, she overshadowed everyone. When her gaze passed over Chen Yue, a strange light and doubt flashed in her eyes.

  She had rushed over quickly after hearing Mo Ye say that Carlo had a conspiracy against Chen Yue. To avoid the situation getting out of hand, she had even used the power of her familiar. However, looking at the situation, it was Carlo who had suffered a loss?

  With her pretty eyebrows slightly raised, Vinia suppressed her desire to ask questions. Now wasn't the best time to ask.

  After looking around, her gaze finally settled on Carlo.

  "Carlo, let's just end this matter here, okay?" Vinia said faintly.

  Anyway, the purpose of her coming was to use her authority to forcibly suppress all disputes. Naturally, she didn't want any unexpected complications. At this time, although she used a consultative tone, the undeniable meaning in her words was quite obvious.

  Carlo was still in shock, and his eyes were still subconsciously fixed on the Blade Beast that was struggling continuously on Vinia's fingertips. When he heard Vinia's question, he was startled and finally withdrew his gaze. However, when looking at Vinia, his gaze gradually became bitter.

  What else could he do? Vinia had come in person. Not only had he failed to kill Chen Yue but he had almost died. He had almost been completely defeated. If Vinia hadn't blocked this blow for him, perhaps there would be no Carlo left in the association. Just from this point, he couldn't go against Vinia's wishes, not to mention that her status was higher than his.

  Even if he was extremely reluctant, he could only let it go.

  "As Lord Vinia wishes," Carlo said in a low voice, lowering his head.

  Vinia nodded. After all, Carlo was one of the seven disciples and wasn't someone who could be easily pushed around. Since Chen Yue was okay, Vinia didn't want to openly break with Carlo on the spot. She could find another opportunity to get back at him later. As for Carlo, without the support of another deacon, he wouldn't dare to conflict with Vinia. With such concerns, both sides wisely maintained restraint and never mentioned this matter again.

  A conspiracy that seemed to be targeting Chen Yue on the surface but was actually aimed at the disciple qualification thus disappeared.

  Vinia's gaze shifted to Chen Yue again, and she said, "Chen Yue, come with me."

  After speaking, her figure became blurred and disappeared on the spot in an instant. No one could see clearly how she left, and even the Blade Beast was taken away by her.

  With a wry smile, Chen Yue felt a bit headache. He had been away for half a year, and his strength had changed dramatically. Presumably, Vinia also had a lot of questions.

  Shaking his head, Chen Yue walked out of the duel arena with Ling Zhu'er. Along the way, of course, no one dared to stop them. Even those apostles whose familiars had been killed by Chen Yue could only suppress their hatred in their hearts and didn't dare to show it.

  After this incident, even if someone wanted to deal with Chen Yue again, they would have to weigh their own strength before taking action.

  After greeting Macedonia, Chen Yue asked Ling Zhu'er to go back first and then walked straight towards the Emerald Tower.

  Watching Chen Yue's figure gradually disappear, Carlo withdrew his gaze with a gloomy face. It was impossible not to be depressed after such a carefully planned scheme had ended up like this. However, for the time being, he could only accept it.

  His biggest mistake was underestimating Chen Yue's strength, which led to miscalculations everywhere. However, there would be no next time.

  With a sudden cold look in his eyes, Carlo strode out of the duel arena without looking back.

  "Tap, tap."

  On the ninth floor of the Emerald Tower, Chen Yue knocked on the door a bit nervously.

  "Come in."

  Vinia's elegant voice came from inside.

  Pushing the door open, Chen Yue walked into this room that was of great significance to him once again.

  Vinia was sitting there as usual. After Chen Yue entered, she didn't raise her head immediately. Instead, she was concentrating on looking at the table in front of her, as if there was something very interesting on it.

  Chen Yue followed her gaze and saw the Blade Beast lying quietly in one corner of the table. At this moment, it no longer had the previous ferocity. A faint blue halo was floating on its blade, looking extremely dazzling.

  Through the connection of the contract, Chen Yue knew that the Blade Beast was okay. It was being suppressed by a powerful force.

  "Teacher Vinia."

  Hearing the voice, Vinia finally raised her head. Looking at Chen Yue, her eyes showed a look of gratification. This disciple had really given her too many surprises.

  "You've broken through the bottleneck, right?"

  "Yes." Chen Yue nodded honestly. "The Blade Beast is the second familiar I summoned."

  "Blade Beast." A look of "as expected" flashed in Vinia's eyes, along with a strong look of envy. Chen Yue had never seen such an expression even when he saw Kles Nor's ship-shaped familiar before. It could be seen that the origin of the Blade Beast was extraordinary.

  "Chen Yue, you don't know how lucky you are." Vinia's words were full of an incredulous tone. "The weapon-type familiar is one of the rarest types among familiars. In the history of the continent, before you, only one person had obtained this kind of familiar. In other words, you are the second apostle in history to obtain the Blade Beast."