In the official livestream of the Youth Peak Competition.
The entire arena, everyone was frozen in place, and the flying ribbon was stuck in mid-air.
A scene with not a single sound.
Made countless spectators feel a tingle on their scalp.
"Whatâs going on?"
"Itâs too creepy, damn it, those living people now feel to me like wax statues in a museum...!"
"Brother, your description is spot on. I didnât know how to say it just now, but looking at those peopleâs expressions, I feel a chill!"
"I know this one, itâs the uncanny valley effect!"
"What uncanny valley, itâs obviously the great fasting effect!"
"Quit joking, is there a possibility that the livestreamâs lagging?"
"Hiss... donât say that, it really might be?"
"For those saying itâs the livestream lagging, take a closer look, there are two people who can still move."
The only two people who could move.
Of course, were Lin Yi and Cheng Xiao.
Lin Yi looked at the others around him, completely immobilized.
Even his heart was somewhat shocked.
This Forbidden Curse: Land of Deathly Silence didnât have the spectacular special effects of Thunder Godâs Fury.
Nor did it have the power of Eight Desolations Celestial Fall Wildfire Consumes All.
It didnât even cause damage.
But in terms of control, it indeed reached an extreme.
[Forbidden Curse: Land of Deathly Silence]
[Type: Active Skill]
[Level: Ninth Transformation]
[System: Ice Attribute]
[Consumption: 1 million Mana Value]
[Chanting Time: 10 minutes]
[Cooldown Time: 24 hours]
[Active Effect: Choose a target within 100 meters, and create a domain of deathly silence centered on it.]
[All actual existing objects within the deathly silence domain will have their speed gradually reduced to zero in a short time.]
[At the same time, all their buff effects will also be reset to zero.]
[The duration for speed and buff state reset depends on their distance from the center of the deathly silence domain, the closer the faster the effect triggers.]
[All targets stripped of speed or buff effects by the deathly silence domain will suffer 300% additional ice attribute damage when receiving your damage.]
[Current selectable range for deathly silence domain: 20 meters to 200 meters]
[Current duration of deathly silence domain: 60 seconds]
[If you make yourself the center of the domain, the range of the deathly silence domain will expand to three times, and the duration will extend threefold.]
[Note: When all things cease to function, time loses its meaning.]
Stripping speed.
This is the most characteristic defying mechanism of this Forbidden Curse: Land of Deathly Silence.
As for why itâs an ice forbidden curse.
Lin Yi also understood.
For instance, within this white deathly silence domain at the moment.
With him at the center, the outward spreading areaâs temperature was already approaching minus 273.15 degrees Celsius.
The essence of heat comes from the movement of particles.
When particles no longer move, naturally they lose temperature.
Ice forbidden curse, makes sense.
...
At the judgesâ table.
"The control of the ice system is a bit lacking."
"The skill is not yet mastered."
"But how is this forbidden curse spell different from the usual ninth transformation ice system?"
Cheng Xiao acted as if nothing was wrong, moving freely.
He was even analyzing Lin Yiâs skill.
Of course, he had seen the original version of the ice system forbidden curse.
That was a high-level skill capable of instantly creating a domain that froze all targets within a large area and inflicted maximum life value ice attribute damage.
However, Lin Yiâs skill had the range and domain effects right.
But it lacked damage.
And, no ice...
"Help..."
"Help..."
Meng Yuanzhou, sitting beside him, moved his lips with extreme difficulty.
But he could only utter the simplest word.
Thatâs still because he was the strongest among the nine-transformation professionals in the audience.
The two judges from East Japan could only slightly move their eyeballs.
They couldnât speak at all.
"Donât disturb, Iâm thinking."
"Get used to it, and youâll be able to move soon."
Cheng Xiao pointed his finger.
A phantom Eight Trigrams Array appeared.
Then, he twiddled a few times on the array plate, and his eyes lit up.
"So itâs [Eternal]..."
"You really have great fortune, this law thatâs been dormant in the all heavens and myriads of worlds for millions of years, favors you too?"
Cheng Xiaoâs tone carried a rare trace of envy.
At his level.
Opportunities to make him feel such subtle emotions were indeed rare.
"Eternal...?"
"You mean this kid has traces of [Eternal] erosion on him?"
"This law, wasnât it already sealed and obliterated?"
Meng Yuanzhou finally broke free from the state where speed had been completely stripped away.
Although he could speak.
His limbs wanted the freedom to move.
Still needed some time.
"Donât use the term âerosionâ to describe it."
"The laws in the all heavens and myriads of worlds are ranked, but not divided into good or bad."
"Itâs about how you understand it and how you utilize it."
"Understanding it allows you to connect things."
Cheng Xiaoâs few words left Meng Yuanzhou in thought.
He was at a most awkward period in his nine-transformation professional phase.
Cheng Xiao was already giving him pointers.
On the other side.
Lin Yi after a little exploration, also fully grasped the method to lift this ice forbidden curse.
With Lin Yiâs release of the domain, the farthest away from him, those unlucky ones outside the Penglai Island arena, first regained their ability to move freely.
Then it was the audience in the stands.
Lastly, it was Su Wa.
Once the domain was fully lifted.
Su Wa, along with the birds in flight, fell to the ground.
The invincible effect granted by his Arhat Golden Body.
And the effect of Hundred Eight Vajra Arms.
All were stripped by the Land of Deathly Silence.
Now, looking withered, sitting on the ground, like a decayed wood.
However, he still braced himself, shaky and stood up.
Both hands clasped together, bowing slightly to Lin Yi.
"I lost."
"Thank you."
Su Wa was thanking Lin Yi for his mercy.
Actually, his golden body effect had long been gone.
Lin Yi had a thousand ways to crush him effortlessly, when he had lost most of his life energy.
But Lin Yi didnât do so.
Lin Yi shrugged: "Iâm not some kind of killer."
For people like Pei Junxi who were the scum of the world, Lin Yi was indeed ruthless.
But for kind-hearted and steadfast seekers like Su Wa.
He still had some respect.
More than ten minutes later.
The entire audience, referees, and commentators finally caught their breath.
"Xia Team Captain, Lin Yi, maintains his undefeated record to date!"
"Becoming the first contestant to advance to the finals!"
"His opponent will be decided in the upcoming second semifinal match."
"Uh... War God Cheng Xiao, could we trouble you once more...?"
The venue was destroyed again.
And the competition officials also didnât want to delay the match for venue repairs, potentially wasting the current near 70 million simultaneous global viewership.
In this era, traffic is money!
Itâs even advantageous for holding other competitions in the future, attracting investors.
They didnât want to give up this huge fortune!
"No problem, but this time it will be 500 million."
Cheng Xiao squinted with a smile, raising the price on the spot without a care.
Just as Lin Yi returned to the competitor bench, a bit envious of Cheng Xiaoâs shameless act of raising prices freely without regard for face.
Cheng Xiaoâs voice came into his mind.
"Visit your room for a bit."
"There are some things I want to talk to you about."