Chapter 513: The Water Element’s True Form
A low-rank, Illumination Stage Water Element!!!
At this moment, floating before Shui Yuefei, its demeanor innocent and unassuming, was a completely ordinary, unenhanced Water Element.
Its shimmering, translucent azure body, its plump, watery form, the epitome of a low-rank spirit beast, weak and unremarkable.
Compared to the Nether Spring Narcissus and the Nether Princess Bai Xue, their graceful, slender figures, the difference in aesthetic appeal between a legendary elemental and a low-rank one was stark.
Gong Lianyue stared at the Water Element, which, in turn, stared back at her with its large, vacant eyes, its expression blank.
After a long moment, the blue-haired woman’s teardrop eyes began to spin.
Through the Water Element’s translucent body, she could see a character, [止] (Stop), etched on its back, radiating a faint, immature spirit energy.
The crooked, childlike handwriting, so familiar, so ugly.
This was the same incomplete character she had carved on the Water Element’s back years ago, when she was still a weak, insignificant Spirit Master, a failed attempt at writing the character [正] (Correct/Upright)!
This was her original companion spirit beast, the pure, unadulterated, low-rank Water Element, unchanged, without any added enhancements or modifications!
_More like… originally brain-dead.
From a young girl to a mature woman, her body and mind having developed considerably, Gong Lianyue wouldn’t be fooled again. She would pluck out her own eyeballs if she fell for this.
A low-rank Water Element, blocking an attack from the World-Ending Azure Sky, a Lost Realm being, at the Illumination Stage no less… This was a joke. Had it gotten so lost in its own transformations that it had forgotten its own identity?
Gong Lianyue was about to expose the Water Element’s charade when she saw its large, innocent, watery eyes, and her resolve wavered, her cold heart softening.
“…”
“…”
“Come here, sweetie, let Mommy give you a hug,” she said, her voice gentle, her arms outstretched, the fin-like appendages at the ends of her hair swaying invitingly.
The Water Element, like an affectionate child, floated towards her, nuzzling against her, a happy, almost worm-like wriggling.
Although she didn’t understand how it had emerged from her body, that familiar aura, that connection, confirmed it. This was her spirit beast.
…
Meanwhile, the World-Ending Azure Sky, its attack blocked, stood there, a puzzled expression on its face.
This beautiful woman with long, flowing green hair, her body covered in blade scars, stared at the small Water Element, its presence… unsettling.
A low-rank, Illumination Stage Water Element… it had blocked its attack?
“…”
“…”
Not just the World-Ending Azure Sky, but the Ice Antelope Grand Concubine, the Jade Concubine, and the Dark Night Concubine, even the members of October observing from a higher dimension, even the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer, all stared in disbelief.
They had been about to intervene, but… what was going on?
Did Shui Yuefei have another hidden trump card?
Even the White-Browed Concubine had been revealed. What was this Water Element?
Even a detailed biography of Shui Yuefei wouldn’t reveal this. After all, even Gong Lianyue herself had completely forgotten its existence.
Only the character [止] (Stop) on its back, a remnant of the past, a silent testament.
At this moment, not just the Black Tide Ancient City, but even Gong Lianyue herself, holding the Water Element, gently stroking it, was trying to remember, searching her memories for any connection to this being.
Her gaze swept over the Ice Banquet Cold Rakshasa, the Nether Spring Narcissus, the Nether Princess Bai Xue, the Ice Forged Decapitator, the Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower, the White-Browed Concubine, and the Sinking Moon Prison Master, making sure none of them were playing tricks on her.
The Purgatory Crimson Halberd, the scorpion, was far away in the Dust Refining Giant Remains, so it couldn’t possibly be related to this Water Element…
Gong Lianyue was truly baffled. This Water Element’s appearance disproved her theory about the Nether Spring Narcissus.
Come to think of it, the Nether Spring Narcissus had always appeared as a black, watery figure. There was no reason for it to disguise itself as a blue Water Element.
It was simply that after the Nether Spring Narcissus’s awakening, the Water Element had never appeared again, leading her to mistake one for the other.
And the Nether Spring Narcissus had never explicitly denied it, simply staring at her with a blank, innocent expression whenever she asked…
But where had this Water Element been hiding all these years…?
Whirr—
Unable to understand, Gong Lianyue’s teardrop eyes began to spin rapidly, her mind racing, her memories, guided by the Water Element’s faint spirit energy, flashing before her eyes.
From the Sea Region to the Wind Realm, the Cangsheng Palace to the Heavy Rain Realm, the Cold Waterfall Heavenly Gate to the Myriad Spirit Flower Ring, then back to Water Moon Shadow and the Black Tide Ancient City, every encounter, every battle, every event, replayed in vivid detail.
The most likely time, the most probable connection… the day of her awakening ceremony. Her teardrop eyes focused, the scene appearing before her.
Above the Sea Region, a purple frost.
A small, delicate, blue-haired girl in a Sea Concubine Palace uniform, around thirteen years old, stood nervously at the center of the awakening ceremony, preparing to summon her companion spirit beast, while the entire Sea Concubine Palace was encased in a thick layer of purple ice, all life frozen.
The Whole Realm Freeze Incident!
The culprit behind this, the one who had frozen the entire Sea Region for ten seconds, was the Frozen Calamity, the Ice Banquet Cold Rakshasa, which, at this moment, floated above, its expression cold and indifferent, a divine presence.
Two ram-like horns on its head, its body radiating a purple, star-like aura, a chilling cold.
Suddenly, as if sensing a gaze from across time, the purple figure turned its head…
Gong Lianyue had witnessed this scene before, in the Heavy Rain Realm, during the Endless Cloud Sea trial, but the trial spirit, unable to withstand the Frozen Calamity’s aura, had collapsed, its vision shattering.
Now, however, Gong Lianyue simply stared at the purple, horned figure.
Plink!
The Ice Banquet Cold Rakshasa’s head snapped back, its cold, indifferent, purple eyes, like icy daggers, piercing through her.
However, sensing the gaze, the source of the aura, its body trembled slightly, and after a moment of frozen silence, it turned away, pretending it hadn’t noticed.
“Don’t think you can hide from me. I’ll deal with you later! Gong Lianyue’s voice, a cold threat, echoed in its mind.
“…”
“…”
Hearing Gong Lianyue’s words, a drop of cold sweat trickled down the purple, horned figure’s face, but it remained motionless, pretending it hadn’t heard.
The memory faded, and Gong Lianyue, a frustrated expression on her face, sighed.
The most likely suspect, the Frozen Calamity, ruled out. There was still no sign of the Water Element.
If she wanted to go further back, she would have to revisit the moment of her birth…
