Honghu's words were not yet finished when a hexagonal light array appeared on the surface of the Terror Leaf, perfectly encircling the Silkworm Mother's massive body.

In that instant, the Silkworm Mother's aggressive charge came to an abrupt halt; she was firmly fixed on one side of the light array, unable to move an inch.

Judging by the effect alone, Honghu's skill was quite powerful, but in actual use, it was fraught with difficulties... the main difficulty being the requirement to "first place spiritual objects at each of the array eyes in the diagram below" ("the diagram" referred to a rather complex spiritual energy diagram. After equipping [Spirit Binding Array] in the skill bar, players could see this diagram in the skill description window).

In a head-on battle, the only way for Honghu to activate this skill was to first use light arrows (i.e., non-corporeal spiritual objects of the same nature) to precisely mark the location of each array eye, and then begin casting the skill. But the problem was... during that time, the enemy would most likely have already left the range of the array (the size of the array needed to be controlled within a certain range, neither too large nor too small).

In other words... he could meticulously work for a long time, only to find it was all for naught...

Of course, there were other ways to set it up, such as arranging the array in a certain area beforehand, waiting for the target to take the bait (Honghu had once used such a trap to kill a script Boss, using a string of Buddhist beads as the spiritual object). But such opportunities were not too common, and the current Devour-Demon Island script did not provide such conditions.

Fortunately... the Silkworm Mother had a major weakness: underestimation of her opponents.

It was her underestimation that led her to fight with a "playful" mentality; it was her underestimation that made her give up on delivering the final blow to Feng Bujue; and it was her underestimation that made her ignore Honghu's movements...

In fact, the coordinated attack by Honghu, Tianma Xingkong, and Jibei... was just a feint. In the plan that the players had initially agreed upon, the [Spirit Binding Array] was a key element. Whether it was Plan A, splitting up to rescue people, or Plan B, focusing on killing the Boss... both required the cover of this skill.

If Plan A went smoothly, the players could escape under the protection of this move; if they had to switch to Plan B, the Spirit Binding Array could also serve as a powerful crowd control ultimate, providing the players with room to deal damage.

Considering the low practicality of this move, Honghu came up with a method to deceive the Silkworm Mother... that is, he, Little Ma, and Jibei would attack together, each launching ranged attacks of similar power, to create the illusion that "all three of them were attacking"...

But in reality... every few arrows Honghu fired, he would plant a light arrow with a long duration at a specific coordinate. With the cooperation of his teammates, even if the Silkworm Mother noticed this, she would assume that those light arrows had simply missed.

"Now!" After the skill successfully hit, Honghu shouted, "This bug is very strong! The Spirit Binding Array can't hold her for twenty seconds; finish her off within ten!"

He was right... not long after the light array was activated, its light began to flicker, which was not a good sign... it seemed that the consumption of spiritual energy was faster than expected. At this rate, not to mention twenty seconds, even ten seconds would be difficult...

"Haa..." Jibei took a deep breath, having overcome his fear, his eyes also ignited with fierce fighting spirit, "Alright! I'll go first!"

With that, he actually put away the [Peacock Screen], and adopted a stance with his bare hands.

His right hand grabbed in the void, and a cloud of white energy suddenly gathered.

An ice blade condensed three feet, a cold light bloomed one zhang.

A long sword entirely made of frost quickly appeared in Jibei's hand.

"Spiritual energy weapon?" Feng Bujue's first reaction was this, but now was not the time to ask such a question, so he naturally did not say these words.

"Drink!" Jibei gave a light shout, raised the sword in his right hand and twirled it in a half-circle above his head, then held the blade upright in front of his forehead, and then, his left hand formed a two-fingered gesture and stroked down the blade... the sword body was immediately wrapped in white light.

"Hyōrin Senbyō!" (Ice Ring Skewer Heaven) A white spiritual energy emanated from Jibei's body and soared into the sky, and the ice sword in his hand was also swung out diagonally.

Zheng—

With a sword strike, the sound of hard ice cracking armor rang through the air.

The crystalline energy slammed entirely into the Silkworm Mother's body, sealing her in ice in a single second.

"How can this be!"

Her move exhausted, the Silkworm Mother was greatly shocked and cried out.

At this moment, she realized... she had really underestimated these opponents too much.

The Silkworm Mother's personality was tyrannical and cruel, and in terms of strength... she did indeed have the capital to be arrogant. But she should not have been so careless when facing these "travelers from another world"... because they were humans.

No matter how much the creatures in the multiverse despised humans, they still could not deny the power of this species... this power did not come from the strength of physical evolution, nor from the transcendence of spiritual境界 (jingjie, realm), nor from the lead in technological strength...

"The terrifying thing about humans is their uncertainty." This was a sentence that Xing Shi had once said to the Silkworm Mother, and she finally realized it—a race with infinite possibilities was the most dangerous enemy.

"It's not over yet!" Feng Bujue's reaction was lightning fast. Seeing that the fragments of corpses in mid-air were still moving slowly, he knew that the Silkworm Mother was not dead yet. "Cut the weeds and eliminate the roots!"

While reminding his teammates, Brother Jue also made his move. He generously activated [Spiritual Sense Gathering Technique - Modified], strode forward, and followed up with a [Nanto Flying Dragon Fist].

"I'll help too!" Tianma Xingkong also stood up from the leaf surface, wiped his nosebleed, and once again used Pegasus Meteor Fist.

At this moment, the light of the Spirit Binding Array had already disappeared, and Honghu, who had freed up his hands, also drew his bow and nocked an arrow, betting all of his remaining spiritual power to unleash [Spirit Blast Ignition]!

Cutting, combo, penetration... three directions, three ultimate moves.

Sealed by [Hyōrin Senbyō], the Silkworm Mother could not dodge, and could only make a desperate gamble, roaring out an attack with the determination to perish together.

"Zha—" A substantial volume of sound burst forth from the Silkworm Mother's body, spreading around like a tide.

The players did not show any weakness either, forcibly unleashing their skills while withstanding the impact of the sound wave...

In an instant, brilliant lights flashed one after another, and explosions continued.

The raging energy intertwined and collided above the Terror Leaf... setting off a bloody storm.

Seconds later, the dust settled, and the victory or defeat was decided.

But one could see... the Silkworm Mother's body was torn to pieces, shattered into hundreds of blood-filled ice lumps.

And the players were all kneeling on the ground, swallowing survival replenishment pills one after another...

"Haa... haa..." Jibei gasped violently, wiped away a handful of nosebleeds, and suddenly laughed, "Ha... hahaha! We won!"

"Sigh..." Feng Bujue sighed instead, "No... in a sense, we still lost..."