Chapter 701
The Mage Temple actually had such a killing move in store, this was really
something no one expected .
“If only Boss was the one facing him . ” Han Yu couldn’t help but let these
words slip .
Mo Wu was a dark mage, so Long Haochen had the Light God Domain to suppress
him perfectly, and had naturally no fears to have . But how about Cai’er?
The strongest of Bright Glimmer of Hope was undoubtedly Long Haochen
followed by Cai’er . The blow if Cai’er were to lose her match would be
considerably huge to them .
“Be at ease, Cai’er will surely make it . ” Long Haochen had already opened
his eyes at some point . The start of Cai’er’s battle and the huge threat
confronting her immediately came to his senses .
Right now, Cai’er seemed to be at an absolute disadvantage, but was that
really the case?
After the Dark Sovereign appeared, it did not let out any special sound .
Floating in midair, he arrived in one stride in front of Cai’er locked by
Hell’s Cage . Lifting the huge sword in his hand high, he abruptly struck it
onto Cai’er .
After completing this magic, Mo Wu 8had his eyes shut, sitting cross- legged
above that dark altar which was his domain, able to increase sharply
the might of all his darkness elemental magic, as well as increase his magic
recovery . Perhaps this couldn’t be counted as a very strong domain because
of its important limitations, but if one were to allow him to take control
of the battle, that domain would show the most of its capability .
Facing the strike of the huge sword, Cai’er’s body disappeared instantly and
without the slightest prior indication .
Mo Wu noticed almost instantly that the dark purple triangle appeared again
. Right away, his body disappeared from that altar .
White traces appeared on that dark altar, instantly smashed it to pieces and
turned into countless purplish black airstreams . Cai’er appeared right
where Mo Wu used to be, floating there .
Mo Wu was shocked, because he had no idea how Cai’er escaped from his Hell’s
Cage . That was a locking magic of the
How could he know how strong Cai’er had gotten after breaking through the
ninth step? The instant that Hell’s Cage had surfaced, she had used a
Doppelganger technique to be trapped in her stead, and at the same time
utilized Invisibility .
Another person’s Doppelganger couldn’t last for so long, and would
immediately get found out in front of a mage’s sharp senses, so they would
not even be able to escape the lock of the Hell’s Cage .
But Cai’er was not the same . As the Saint Daughter of Samsara, she had the
power of purification . Being an assassin with the most optimum gifts, she
wouldn’t be fit to be called such if she was unable to escape the opponent’s
lock .
However, for the sake of keeping her Doppelganger stable, she couldn’t
blindly go into action after escaping, or it would immediately disappear .
Only when Mo Wu’s summoned Dark Sovereign had attacked did Cai’er abruptly
launched an attack .
However, Mo Wu really had a precise judgement, using his teleportation like
technique to escape Cai’er’s hit once again . Even so, his garment was
dripping in sweat . If he were just a bit slower, Cai’er’s attack would have
landed on him, therefore achieving victory .
The Dark Sovereign visibly sensed something going wrong, and a dark purple
radiance gushed out from his chest . It was not directed at Cai’er, but at
Mo Wu who had just gotten teleported in front of him .
Figure flashing, Mo Wu suddenly disappeared in the dark purple radiance
originating from the Dark Sovereign, for a similar result to Chen Hongyu’s
previous performance .
This way, unless Cai’er vanquished the Dark Sovereign, she would have no way
to attack Mo Wu .
This was what Mo Wu felt to be his only solution . The most optimum
situation would be to have the Dark Sovereign attack Cai’er while he
recovers his spiritual energy . That way, given enough time, he could even
summon another Dark Sovereign . But this was not possible anymore: although
he could command the Dark Sovereign while merged with him, none of his
spiritual energy could be recovered in that situation . To say nothing
Mo Wu had a definite faith in the Dark Sovereign’s capability . Just in
cultivation alone, it had the strength of the ninth step’s second rank .
Yesterday, Cai’er’s Tower of Eternity had truly shocked everyone present,
but that was after all an object, prohibited in this individual competition
. While empty-handed, could an assassin really win against a heavy armored
Dark Sovereign?
“Done running around?” The corners of Cai’er’s mouth traced a cold smile .
Of course she knew that their greatest rival in this trip was the Mage
Temple, and would show no kind feelings to a mage from the Mage Temple
.
The Sickle of the God of Death formed of Light of Purification was slowly
raised; she did not fly again, but came running in front of the Dark
Sovereign .
The Sickle of the God of Death dragging behind her, Cai’er’s eyes turned
white . Her absolutely cold and beautiful demeanor surged, forming along
with her massive sickle a magnificent yet mystical scene . Although her
opponent’s display was also quite dazzling, this scene caused the absolute
majority of the spectators to unconsciously put their faith on Cai’er .
After all, dark creatures were originally abhorred, to say nothing about
Cai’er’s beautiful yet so young traits .
The Dark Sovereign’s eyes flashed with a purple glint, his right feet
stomping heavily onto the ground as he took hold of his massive purplish
black heavy sword in both of his hands .
The most frightening aspect of this Dark Sovereign lay in his extremely
compact wielded darkness spiritual energy . It was not externalized, but
attached onto his weapon, which gained a great deal of bursting power .
Cai’er did not evade, nor did she use any special technique, just brazenly
swungg down her Sickle of the God of Death, her whole body flickering with
white light, as her imposing manner rose to the peak .
Despotic Strike! That was an ability evolved from Despotic Thrust . Right
now, Cai’er’s move was full of an indescribably powerful tyrannical force .
Ding . In a tingling clash, the Sickle of the God of Death in Cai’er hands
broke down .
But that Dark Sovereign was not well off either . One could clearly see that
during the clash between the two opponents, the purplish-black aura
spreading out from his body was totally repelled, as if trying to break away
from his body, while his movements also turned sluggish .
Cai’er really showed an unyielding performance, condensing another Sickle of
the God of Death in her hand . An unrestrained white glow flashed out in the
air, causing lacerating sounds to arise from the loud explosive sound of a
chop at the opponent’s heavy sword .
The Dark Sovereign let out a low howl, causing purplish-black colored fog to
rise up, and rise sharply its imposing manner as well . Purplish-black
blisters rushed up from underneath the ground, turning into countless
purplish-black rays interweaving in the air . That was a domain, the Dark
Sovereign’s domain . Although no one here knew its name, that was no doubt a
domain specialized in large area attacks .
Those previous black blisters were not all Mo Wu’s, but from this Dark
Sovereign: a creature of darkness of the second rank of the ninth step,
which already had its own domain . The darkness summons of this Mo Wu were
simply even more frightening than the Spiritual Tempel’s . But what shocked
the crowd even more was the scene of Cai’er’s next move, already about ten
meters above the Dark Sovereign’s head .
The Dark Sovereign’s domain had already erupted, and as that was a crowd
attacking domain, it did not give the slightest space to possibly dodge the
attack . Mo Wu was already fully prepared: as long as Cai’er would be unable
to resist anymore, he’d immediately stop the attack, but an unforgettable
scene came next to his sight .
Floating in midair, Cai’er took a praying posture, and cleansing white glows
turned into petals spreading downwards .
A miraculous scene took place . Upon contact with these white lights, the
purplish-black radiance coming out from the Dark Sovereign’s domain
immediately dispersed into
Li Zhengzhi opened his mouth wide in shock . He could grasp some of the
theories behind Long Haochen’s Light God Domain, as it was, after all,
purely relevant to light . But the display of Cai’er’s domain far exceeded
his knowledge . That power . . .
The Dark Sovereign’s body shook slightly . Raising his head to look at
Cai’er in midair, his body suddenly shivered upon sight of the Domain of
Purification dispersed at rapid speed around her . Immediately, he
reappeared right on the edge of the stadium, lifting the heavy sword in his
hand, slashing it rapidly, causing a dark purple hexagram to surface and
immediately making way inside .
What followed was a scene of an abruptly shaking Dark Sovereign before Mo
Wu’s body was also thrown away, as the Dark Sovereign directly disappeared
in that purple hexagram .
The Dark Sovereign having just gone away, his domain naturally dissipated as
well, leaving only a sweaty Mo Wu . He did not understand why the Dark
Sovereign left so hastily despite being in no position of inferiority .
Could it be that it was starting to rain as he had left some clothes to dry?
This monstrous question flashed in Mo Wu’s mind, as the only thing left in
the air was Cai’er with her unleashed domain, calmly confronting him .
“I know that while you major in darkness magic, you also have a mastery in
spatial magic . Perhaps your spatial magic can allow you to keep
teleporting, but I want to see if your teleporting can succeed while in my
Domain of Purification . ”
White light spread in front of Mo Wu . The instant his body came in contact
with Cai’er, he immediately understood why the Dark Sovereign had fled in
panic .
An indescribable pain surged in the depths of his soul . As his body shook
intensely, he abruptly stated, “I concede . ”
Chapter 702
There was no other choice but to concede! That terrifying Domain of
Purification seemed to suppress the darkness attribute in a way no weaker
than a light attribute domain . Not only was his spiritual energy purified,
but moreover, his soul was the target . Even more terrifyingly, the purified
spiritual energy was the core of his power . That is to say that under the
effects of the Domain of Purification, his cultivation would continuously
decrease . How could Mo Wu bear such a loss?
As for the escape of the Dark Sovereign, his only reason was that he was
afraid, having gotten caught by a terrible sense of dread . Perhaps he was
strong enough to put up a fight against Cai’er, but how about after that? If
the Domain of Purification were to purify his soul, he would be gone forever
. The Dark Sovereign was no idiot, and he had no deep bond with Mo Wu, only
a special connection . How could he be willing to throw his life away for
the sake of this connection? That was simply impossible .
Just go die by yourself if that’s what you want but don’t implicate me .
After sensing the terror of the Domain of Purification, the Dark Sovereign
instantly fled .
Cai’er slowly landed from the sky, retrieved the petals forming Domain of
Purification, and flashed out of the match ground after shooting a glance at
Mo Wu .
Actually, the most disadvantaged in this individual competition out of
Bright Glimmer of Hope was Cai’er . Although she did have her Domain of
Purification, her real fighting strength lay mostly in the Sickle of the God
of Death she had been cultivating since young . Without the real weapon in
her
hands, she had no way to wield the seven arts of the God of Death .
Furthermore, in times of battle, the Sickle of the God of Death would be
struggling to get out, so not only could Cai’er not use it, but had moreover
to put some of her focus on suppressing it . So it would be already pretty
good for Cai’er to wield a half of her strength in this individual
competition, and her terrifying bursting force could by no means be
displayed .
The fourth match in Bright
They had already occupied a third of the spots, and moreover had a person
who had yet to take part .
When Chen Ying’er went on stage, she encountered the last leftover
competitor of the Assassin Temple, and managed to achieve victory by the
means of her powerful summoning magic .
The fourth match having ended, time had come for the fifth and more
terrifying leader match .
The individual competition having reached this point, Bright Glimmer of
Hope’s advance was already unstoppable . A group of ten, formed with two
powerhouses reaching the peak of the eighth step and eight reaching the
ninth step, with four domain wielding powerhouses among the lot . Their
captain Long Haochen had displayed the use of the two ultimate weapons known
as domain technique and domain evolution, managing to defeat two Temple
Heads and the number one powerhouse of the Knight Temple . A lot of people
sensed that this Temple’s Great Gathering would inevitably get recorded in
the annals . And they were still so young; if they were given enough time to
keep growing, destroying demonkind wouldn’t be impossible .
Although each of the Six Great Temples had its own way to do things, which
caused the Temple Alliance to be relatively dispersed, their struggle for
over six thousand years of dark era against demonkind had already lasted for
far too long . Who knew how much blood of how many powerhouses of the six
Temples had flown . Bright Glimmer of Hope were really showing them a
glimmer of a new dawn and causing indescribable
feelings to rise up in a lot of people’s minds . If there was one thing it
brought to them, they would definitely declare that it’s hope!
Each victor of the fourth round could gain eight points, and after passing
through this hurdle, the Knight Temple had only two people left, the Mage
Temple had three, the Spiritual Temple had two, and Bright Glimmer of Hope
had two! The Assassin Temple and Warrior Temple were already eliminated .
Thanks to this fourth round, five of them had already earned forty more
points, giving them a proud lead score of ninety-six points after getting
added to their previous fifty-six points . The Mage Temple was second with
eighty-nine points, the Knight Temple, third with eighty-two points, the
Spiritual Temple fourth
As it was already noon, if the Temple’s Great Gathering proceeded normally,
the winner will come out today . Although the schedule was delayed with
yesterday’s incident, the matches still had to go on . The Five Temples and
Bright Glimmer of Hope had already gotten the news that no matter how late
it ends, the individual matches need to be done with today .
The matches in the Temples’ Great Gathering did not last for long; these
were definitely not matches of long time endurance, the main reason for that
being the demon threat: what if demonkind took advantage of the return of a
great amount of powerhouses from the Six Great Temples to the Holy City to
launch a large scale raid . As a result, although the Temples’ Great
Gathering was taking place once every ten years, the specific starting time
would be fixed at the last moment to prevent the demon side from grasping
their rhythm . So the time of the gathering was compressed as far as
possible, to enable to powerhouses from all Temples to return as soon as
possible when it’s all done .
This was especially the case this time, as a series of new policies and
important matters pertaining to the whole Alliance needed to be discussed .
After the fourth rounds were over and the points were totalled, the fifth
round of matches immediately took place .
It had a total of six matches, and although based on the prior patterns,
Bright Glimmer of Hope’s five remaining members would get placed in five of
the matches, running into each other was not impossible for them . But in
short, Bright Glimmer of Hope would have to face at the same time the top of
the Knight, Mage, and Spiritual Temples .
Every one of their remaining members had gotten over sixteen points, but
although Bright Glimmer was currently in the lead, that lead was not yet
stable and could change at anytime .
The first match was already a great clash of power . Chen Ying’er’s good
luck seemed to be finally exhausted, the Light of Selection having landed on
her and the head of the Mage Temple, Li Zhengzhi .
Long Haochen’s expression changed slightly, looking face to face at Chen
Ying’er,
In this match, Li Zhengzhi was especially calm . Although Bright Glimmer of
Hope had gotten prideful results, he remained impassive, his feelings devoid
of the slightest ripple . Who knew if he really did not care about them or
had other kinds of thoughts .
Currently, the only leftover Temple leader was Li Zhengzhi, the other four
having all gotten eliminated . Him facing Chen Ying’er right off the bat
really rose the excitation of the spectators to the peak .
This Chen Ying’er was a domain wielder as well! Could Bright Glimmer of Hope
keep bringing nice surprises to everyone here?
With a faint smile on her face, Chen Ying’er advanced to the field,
performing a salute to Li Zhengzhi . After all, Li Zhengzhi was still a
senior
.
Li Zhengzhi nodded slightly, and performed an inviting gesture . With his
status, there’s naturally no way he could rush to take the first move
against someone of Chen Ying’er’s age .
Chen Ying’er directly sat cross-legged before starting a chant, without the
slightest defensive measure taken beforehand .
Looking at her, Li Zhengzhi couldn’t help but smile in reaction . What a
girl! She was clearly taking advantage of his unwillingness to take the
first move .
But even if I don’t take the first move, do you really think I have no other
means? Li Zhengzhi maintained a slight smile, but still kept standing still
and started a chant . A fantastic calm filled the whole stadium .
Ever since the start of the Temples’ Great Gathering, this was the first
time two mages were facing off each other without the slightest probing
attack .
An insipid entity spread out from Li Zhengzhi’s body, very rapidly taking
shape on his back, forming green light interwoven around him . Being shaped
into into an enlarged version of Li Zhengzhi, its chubby looks actually gave
off a silly feeling of cuteness .
Seated on the Knight Temple’s side, Long Haochen couldn’t help but feel a
chill of alarm .
Li Zhengzhi used a sort of wind god summoning magic, but which took less
than twenty second to complete . The formidable power of this spell reached
the forbidden spell level without a doubt . That was just crazy .
Furthermore, that
Chen Ying’er seemed not to be perturbed by Li Zhengzhi’s magic at all, still
continuing her chant, which continued in an even more obscure and redundant
manner .
After that, some changes finally couldn’t help but occur to Li Zhengzhi’s
face, because he couldn’t identity the spell corresponding to her
incantation
.
As a peak level mage, Li Zhengzhi may be unwilling to make the first move,
but was even least willing to remain passive . So he immediately
made preparations for a forbidden spell, this way no matter what kind of
magical beast gets called out by Chen Ying’er, he could be confident in
being able to destroy it with his magic . Even if Chen Ying’er would come
with an especially strong magical beast, he could still make use of the Wind
God Domain to boost his own magic .
It was not that Li Zhengzhi couldn’t cast multiple spell, but he didn’t see
such a need . Moreover, maintaining a magic after cast without releasing it
would come with a very large spiritual energy consumption . He really did
not expect Chen Ying’er’s cast to take such a long time . For this girl
being a powerhouse of the ninth step as well to need such a long time to
achieve her chant, just what level could this summoning magic reach?
Although Li Zhengzhi had some ideas on the matter, he had still
underestimated the chanting time Chen Ying’er would take . In a blink of an
eye, three minutes had passed, yet Chen Ying’er was still going on, and her
spell had yet to take effect . If it wasn’t because he already knew that
Chen Ying’er had reached the ninth step, Li Zhengzhi would be thinking of
her to be faking a chant . Just what chant could last so long?
“Girl, if you keep going on like that, this old man will make his move . ”
Li Zhengzhi’s dim voice reverberated in the whole stadium . Even for his
face, he couldn’t waste his energy in this Temples’ Great Gathering .
Maintaining this forbidden spell depleted his spiritual energy rapidly, and
as other matches were coming next, an excessive consumption would very
clearly be unfavorable to him .
Chapter 703
Right after Li Zhengzhi was done speaking, Chen Ying’er suddenly opened her
eyes and showed him a sweet smile, giving the reply, “Done . ”
Saying that, Chen Ying’er lifted her hands and extended her fingertip,
pointing her palms upwards, as if releasing something .
Immediately, roars from myriad beasts came gushing out from her body like a
tsunami, but moreover, it was accompanied with the images of countless
magical beast coming out behind Chen Ying’er’s back .
Is that a domain? But how could a domain need such a long chant? Li Zhengzhi
recognized in a glance a powerful summoner domain . Could that be the same
Beast Emperor Domain as her grandfather? Chen Ying’er had displayed the use
of her domain in the previous matches, but only in the shape of single
targeted amplifications of magical beasts, aimed at most at two targets, but
seeing such a large area extended domain from her was really a first .
The next instant after Li Zhengzhi was filled with those questions, his look
changed .
Light gates surfaced in an orderly manner behind Chen Ying’er’s back .
Seeing these, the most shocked were no one else but those from her own
Spiritual Temple .
Even the head of the Spiritual Temple Chen Hongyu was dumbstruck by this
scene . He never thought his own granddaughter to be able to utilize such a
magic .
He was also puzzled over why Chen Ying’er had been chanting for so long .
Even after having been in control of the Spiritual Temple for so many years,
he had no memories of such a long chant from their Spiritual Temple
. Even summoning a magical beast of the ninth step wouldn’t need so long!
Otherwise, in the battlefield, a summoner had the time to die a hundred
times in the lapse of three minutes .
Right now, Chen Hongyu was really crushed by his own granddaughter, and the
same went for every present summoners, who never expected a single summoner
to be able to display a strength reaching such a peak . Just count these
gates: one, two, three, four, five… Counting them in a glance was simply
impossibel .
These gates formed an immense semi circular shape, as if surrounding and
protecting Chen Ying’er .
There were a total of thirty-six light gates, from whence thirty-six magical
beasts immediately came out right upon appearance .
Seeing these magical beasts, Li Zhengzhi’s look became slightly better: they
only reached the eighth step and not the ninth . If Chen Ying’er was able to
summon thirty-six magical beasts equivalent to powerhouses of the ninth step
at once, that would really be overly terrifying .
But even so, Chen Ying’er summoning magic still shocked the whole audience .
Thirty-six simultaneous magical beasts of the eighth step, what was that?
That would be enough to turn the tides in a whole portion of the battlefield
in just a few instants .
So Bright Glimmer of Hope’s most powerful member was this summoner?
The other members of Bright Glimmer of Hope had their own conclusion on
whether Chen Ying’er was the most powerful, but one thing was certain: she
was a god’s chosen one just like Long Haochen and Cai’er . Even if she may
not have earned as much as Long Haochen and Cai’er in these years, she was
in no way inferior .
This summon before her eyes had depleted all her spiritual energy, but what
if she had her Saint Spiritual Robe? Would the chanting time even be so
long? And the same goes for her spiritual energy .
Even Long Haochen hadn’t had a clear understanding of Chen Ying’er’s real
strength; right now Bright Glimmer of Hope could already be said to have in
some meaning three cores, one of them being Chen Ying’er .
In the previous match, Chen Ying’er had exercised great restraint, but
finally came out with her full strength when facing Li Zhengzhi .
After returning the day before, the members of Bright Glimmer of Hope
convened a simple meeting, as they were certain to run against Li Zhengzhi
on today . But how should they counter him? They very rapidly reached a
conclusion: no matter who encounters Li Zhengzhi, that person has, while
making an all out effort in battle, to deplete to the greatest extent the
opponent’s strength . After all, even though Li Zhengzhi’s strength was not
at Yang Haoyu’s level, it should not
But their Demon Hunt Squad Bright Glimmer of Hope was a whole, and a whole
was bound to be even stronger than separate individuals . And since the
individual competition would end today anyway, better focus on the team
battles .
Zhang Fangfang had previously effectively depleted Li Zhengzhi, but since a
lot of matches had gone on since then, his spiritual energy should have
already gotten replenished . But in this match, Chen Ying’er had already
resolved herself to at least make Li Zhengzhi use up the overwhelming
majority of his fighting strength if she could not defeat him .
Chen Ying’er’s plan went on right off the bat, making plentiful use of Li
Zhengzhi’s high esteem of his status to complete her summoning spell of
largest scale .
Thirty-six magical beasts of the eighth step appearing in the stadium
simultaneously had absolutely shaken the whole audience .
Although these magical beasts were of different races, they listened
wholeheartedly to Chen Ying’er’s orders! Right off the bat, they madly
charged at Li Zhengzhi .
Li Zhengzhi snorted coldly . Mere magical beasts reaching the eighth step
were nothing in his eyes . Even if they were even more numerous, at his
cultivation level, killing magical beasts of this level was just too simple
.
As he waved his hands, the massive green figure on his back immediately
drifted away, both hands raised to the sky releasing green moon-shaped
blades . It appeared like an uncrossable barrier standing in front of Li
Zhengzhi . But his look grew unsightly once again the next instant .
Chen Ying’er issued a shriek, and immediately, the myriad beasts’ images
that had come out previously solidified, rushing at the magical beasts of
the eighth step that had surged out, and attached themselves onto them,
causing the beasts to start undergoing rapid changes .
A gigantic black bear bellowed loudly, swelling to twice its previous size
growing twice as large, as its hairs astonishingly started to turn into a
dark gold color . In the midst of roars, it let out terrifying
Evolution!
What Chen Ying’er had utilized was obviously not the same Myriad Beasts
Domain as Chen Hongyu, but her Mythologic Beast Domain!
Being the Beast God’s Chosen One, a unique Saint Spiritual Daughter to have
come in existence in the human world, her boosting ability on magical beasts
fundamentally even exceeded Ye Xiaolei’s back in the Illusory Paradise .
Under the boost of the Beast Emperor Domain, these magical beasts of the
eighth step all evolved to the ninth step, turning into thirty-six magical
beasts of the ninth step, releasing a terrible might which frantically
pounced on Li Zhengzhi .
A miscalculation! Li Zhengzhi had immediately come to this judgment, causing
him to have traces of regrets . He really should not have let Chen Ying’er
complete her previous magic! Thirty-six magical beasts of the ninth step and
thirty-six magical beasts of the eighth step were two fundamentally
different concepts .
After completion of these global boosts, Chen Ying’er sat down in a quite
weakened state, but still had the energy to ferociously utter, “Everyone,
get rid of him!”
Thirty-six magical beasts of the ninth step pouncing on a single opponent
was a really spectacular sight .
The pair of massive moon-shaped blades in the Wind God’s hands managed to
stop the attack of three magical beasts of the ninth step, but then started
to get somewhat unstable .
Ninth step would be the assessment based on human cultivation, but in terms
of magical beast grade, these would be magical beasts of the tenth rank .
They may not be as strong as the four-headed Medusa or Divine Unicorn, but
as magical beasts of tenth rank, they still reached the peak of magical
beasts .
Simply said, right now it was as if Li Zhengzhi was assaulted by the whole
Golden Foundation Knight Regiment . That lineup didn’t feel any easier to
face .
Not daring to take things easy, Li Zhengzhi immediately unleashed the Wind
God Domain, not daring to let these thirty-six magical beasts of the ninth
step unleash all their power . If it really went like that, himself aside,
even the Demon God Emperor could find that situation troublesome .
Right now, Li Zhengzhi completely flared up .
A strong display of power immediately surged out, as a terrible hurricane
This was not a simple domain . For constricting so many magical beasts of
the ninth step, that could only be a domain technique!
For the sake of safety, and to make sure to achieve victory in this match,
Li Zhengzhi had no other choice but to utilize his own domain technique .
That terrible hurricane was entirely colored dark green . Everywhere it
passed, every magical beast it encountered was getting cut frantically . If
these were magical beasts of the eighth step, their bodies would certainly
get smashed to pieces under attacks of this level . But magical beasts of
the ninth step were not the same: their defensive power was far stronger
than at the eighth step, so there was no immediate danger for them .
Chen Ying’er ignored this situation, only silently sitting there to
replenish her spiritual energy, the little pig McDull being held in her arms
.
Li Zhengzhi having restricted these magical beasts thanks to his domain
technique, his Wind God Summoning’s power started to emerge . With the boost
from the Wind God Domain, Li Zhengzhi’s wind god incarnated body gained an
explosive burst in speed and offensive power . In a flash of green light,
that gigantic bear stood like nothing in its way, while in response his
incarnation got repelled ten meters back in the blast of the bear’s palm
attack . But in front of the Wind God Domain’s amplification, an attack of
this level was nothing .
The look on Li Zhengzhi’s face did not improve just because of getting rid
of one magical beast of the ninth step . Quite the opposite, it got even
more strained . A domain technique’s spiritual energy consumption could only
be described as terrifying: even with his internal spiritual energy having
already broken through 400,000, he couldn’t keep utilizing it for too long .
He had only one choice left now, which would be to take advantage of the
situation to get rid of Chen Ying’er . This way these magical beasts would
go out of control, causing a better turn for his situation .
Chapter 704
But Chen Ying’er could not be killed as this Temples’ Great Gathering was no
battle of life or death! So in some meaning, Chen Ying’er was making perfect
use of the rules.
So, he could currently not attack Chen Ying’er, as a summoner’s body was the
weakest, causing Li Zhengzhi to really fear killing carelessly such a
genius. But unless Chen Ying’er was killed, these magical beasts wouldn’t go
out of control. If they kept besieging him, even if getting rid of the
majority was possible, that would take him just far too long...
Furthermore, the summoning spell having been completed, these thirty- six
light gates closed up and disappeared, but these magical beasts wouldn’t
return to their original dwellings unless Chen Ying’er consented.
Thus, killing them was the only way to conclude this battle.
Having come to this accurate conclusion, Li Zhengzhi didn’t show any more
hesitation. Crossing his hands in front of him, two glistening green surges
of light flared out from his eyes.
A frantic fighting intent rose from Li Zhengzhi, the hurricanes from the
Domain Technique deriving from the Wind God Domain suddenly slowing down.
That Wind God Summon’s body swiftly returned to Li Zhengzhi, and
unexpectedly enveloped him inside before shrinking and making its way inside
Li Zhengzhi’s body.
Right now, Li Zhengzhi’s body was entirely colored a dazzling green. His
right hand shot up, a palm-sized wind blade came flying out, appearing
unstable, and visibly constituted of green wind. In a blink of an eye, it
landed against a magical beast of the ninth step which had its speed slowed
down greatly as a result, just as if it had fallen in a quagmire. But even
so, what could a mere wind blade produce for a magical beast of the ninth
step other than tickles?
But the next instant, Li Zhengzhi displayed the power of his second Domain
Technique.
With a light Pop, that green colored wind blade nimbly made way into the
body of the magical beast of ninth step, and a second later, the latter
turned into a
This is...
Chen Ying’er was dumbstruck because she did not understand at all what Li
Zhengzhi just did.
While she was so shocked, Li Zhengzhi’s hands shot in succession, releasing
similar wind blades as just before.
The results were identical. Everywhere these wind blades passed, no magical
beast of the ninth step could bear the attack: all of them went in extinct
in a cold breeze, leaving not even a corpse behind.
The look in Long Haochen’s eyes was extremely heavy, gradually seeing
through some of the mysteries behind Li Zhengzhi’s second Domain Technique.
The true essence of wind… He has already grasped the true essence of wind.
What’s the true essence of wind? That’s freedom. By causing the freedom
displayed in wind to rise to the peak, this second Domain Technique was
created.
Right, this second Domain Technique used by Li Zhengzhi was called Freedom.
Over thirty magical beasts of the ninth step dissipated in this freedom. And
when the final one dissipated, Li Zhengzhi’s body swayed, but the look in
his eyes was still as grave.
Letting out a tyrannical roar, McDull in Chen Ying’er’s bosom leaped up,
enlarging in the blink of an eye. The instant it landed onto the ground, a
lot of eyes turned toward Chen Hongyu unwittingly.
That’s because McDull had just transformed into Chen Hongyu’s contracted
magical beast, a four-headed Chimera.
Groaaa. Four spits bombarded straight onto the Wind God Domain. But as
McDull was just shapeshifting, his strength differed quite importantly with
a real four-headed Chimera, so these four spits didn’t make one, but were
only thrown separately.
But, even so, that attack reached the ninth step.
However, a Domain Technique derived from the Wind God Domain was indeed
powerful. When these four spits came in, they were immediately first slowed
down by the hurricanes, before immediately breaking down and turning into
nothingness.
Lifting his hand, Li Zhengzhi formed another wind blade in his palm, calmly
declaring to Chen Ying’er, “I don’t want to cause your contracted summon’s
Seeing the cold look in Li Zhengzhi’s eyes, Chen Ying’er slowly stood up and
snorted, “If equipment were allowed, you would not necessarily have achieved
victory against me.”
Li Zhengzhi smiled to that, but didn’t say anything. As a senior, he
couldn’t say like-wise, my equipment is not below yours.
The green wind blade in his hand came flying, rushing straight toward
McDull.
Chen Ying’er had a fright. After so many magical beasts of the ninth step
had just gotten killed by these regular-looking wind blades, she really did
not dare to gamble with McDull’s life, and hurriedly shouted, “I concede.”
The wind blade dissipating in the air, Li Zhengzhi’s domain instantly
vanished, leaving him looking obviously pale, although his footstep were
still rather steady.
Chen Ying’er tiredly returned to her comrades’ side, pouting and visibly
dissatisfied with the results of her battle.
“Boss, do you think that with my best setup, I could have had better chances
to achieve victory?”
Long Haochen smiled to that, “Don’t be so displeased. Li Zhengzhi’s
cultivation is really at a formidable level. You already did very well
Ying’er.” Although he didn’t really know to which extent Li Zhengzhi was
really exhausted, the use of the latter’s domain plus two Domain Techniques
should have come with a considerable consumption. At least, Li Zhengzhi
couldn’t possibly get back to his optimum state before his next match.
Bright Glimmer of Hope had another member eliminated, but no one found Chen
Ying’er’s performance to be a loser’s. She had just summoned thirty-six
magical beasts of the ninth step! That was more than enough to withstand a
Demon Emperor Legion. A summoner reaching such a state could already not
simply be said to have reached the peak level.
The flash of light landed this time on Lin Xin, opposing him with a knight.
The strongest ones in the Knight Temples were Yang Haoyu and Long Tianying
who were already eliminated, but the Knight Temple still had two contestants
in this fifth round. From this, one could well imagine how powerful these
knights were. Lin Xin was on the verge of facing a
Entering the stage, Lin Xin’s expression immediately became all the more
serious. He knew that this was going to be his greatest hurdle since
the start of the Temples’ Great Gathering. No matter whether he could win,
he had to give his all, and do his best to weaken his opponent. Although
this opponent was from the Knight Temple, at least three people from their
side would very likely emerge. So, weakening the opponent would serve well
as setup for his comrades’ later stages. Although, of course, the best would
be to win against the opponent.
The Holy Knight was very old, both hair and beard colored white. His age did
not look any lower than Long Tianying’s.
In front of Lin Xin, he did not immediately summon his mount, lifting his
left hand to summon a brilliant colored shield, he permeated it with the
power of Spiritual Highland.
This was a Guardian Knight, looking impassible. Facing the opponent, Lin Xin
suddenly had a strange feeling, because he realized with surprised that even
after so many rounds had passed, this Holy Knight should have made it here
with formidable displays of power, yet he hadn’t left any impression in his
heart.
What could it mean that he managed to make it here in such a low-key
fashion? A Guardian Knight should not be expert in fighting a duel,
therefore that was a hidden card of the Knight Temple! After Yang Haoyu had
now come such a low-key and powerful Guardian Knight. Truly, the Knight
Temple deserved the number one rank out of the Temple Alliance. So, perhaps
even without the emergence of the Bright Glimmer of Hope, the Mage Temple
would hardly have managed to overwhelm the Knight Temple. And that was under
the premise that only one of their three Divine Knights had come.
These years, the Mage Temple could be said to have had unlimited prospects,
especially after the Holy War, because the damage they had sustained was the
lowest, their achievements in the battlefield the greatest, their
development making the Knight Temple
Lin Xin’s eyes flashed in blue light, a pair of immense fire wings growing
from his back. His spiritual wings were greatly different compared to
ordinary mages, first and foremost in their size.
The size of one’s spiritual wings generally related with one’s strength.
Long Haochen’s multiple wings being a special case, generally the size of
one’s spiritual wings would increase as one’s cultivation grows.
But even if Lin Xin had just recently broken through the ninth step, the
size of his spiritual wings could already match with the wind wings of the
Mage Temple’s head Li Zhengzhi.
The immense wings unfolded, extending out over ten meters. It appeared just
like a fire wall extending from behind his back. Furthermore, the fire on
Lin Xin’s spiritual wings appeared in the form of blue flames.
As his cultivation had kept going up, going past the ninth step, his Heart
of Fire gained a fascinating tinge of beauty. As his spiritual wings moved
rhythmically, a shallow blue color kept getting altered, just like the most
limpid coast.
Lin Xin’s hands were joined up, his eyes glinting up. Lifting his hand, a
flame headed a probing attack at that Holy Knight.
Bang! As the blue fire curled up, the Holy Knight stood unmoving, and the
flame collided with his shield, but did not infect him, nor did it even
manage to make it past that shield materialized from Spiritual Highland.
This first attack was only filled with explosive properties, and as a fire
mage, his greatest field lay in the explosive power in his attack. This was
a battle between the strongest spear and the sturdiest shield.
Lin Xin continued his global offenses with no hesitation. As his hands were
waved about, series of blue flames were shot at the Holy Knight like blue
lightning bolts.
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The Holy Knight’s left foot pushed forward slightly, taking a half step as
he allowed Lin Xin to attack, quickly raising and lowering the shield to
block every single Heart of Fire flame.
In fact, Long Haochen’s current Heart of Fire attacks all reached the
Spiritual Highland integration level, yet it did not inflict any damage to
him. This could only mean that this Holy Knight undoubtedly had unique
attainments in his defense.
One could see an inconspicuous golden halo released under the Holy Knight’s
feet, revolving around his body and extending to a range of five meters with
rhythmic movements.
The golden halo had slight changes of color every time it extended under his
feet. Without paying enough attention, one wouldn’t notice, but that was a
kind of special golden color, a hybrid, multicolored, gold.
A domain! That was the Holy Knight’s domain, though certainly an
inconspicuous one. Even if after so many fights some people saw through the
fact that this was a domain, not a lot of people really remembered him.
If one had to describe this Holy Knight in a simple expression, that would
be, as steady as a mountain.
No matter how hard you’ll attack, my defense will remain unmoving.
Lin Xin did not know what uses his opponent’s domain had, but his highly
invasive Heart of Fire was completely unable to trespass his shield.
He also attempted to make his Heart of Fire attack from other angles, but at
that time the other party utilized Shield Wall.
Lin Xin’s attacks were really pretty to see, filling the sky with blue
lights gathered against a target, just like a magic cannon firing at its
target.
Spiritual Highland rapidly depleting one’s spiritual energy, this magic show
of Lin Xin’s was especially costly in spiritual energy, But there was still
a gap between a forbidden spell and that. It could usually very easily catch
the opponent unprepared, but such an ultra-defensive opponent was really
hard to deal with.
Although Lin Xin did not know how fast this opponent’s spiritual energy was
depleted, from the fact he had made use of a domain, his spiritual energy
ought to reach at least
Such a battle of endurance would only make things even more unfavorable to
him.
So what’s to be done? Lin Xin pondered, suddenly ceasing to launch attacks.
No longer having to sustain the attacks from Heart of Fire really gave a
restful feeling to this Holy Knight. On the other side, blue fire was
lingering on Lin Xin’s body, as he visibly recovered spiritual energy with
his full force.
Recovering in the midst of battle? The Holy Knight didn’t know whether to
laugh or to cry for a moment. Could it be that this kid believes that I
really don’t have the slightest capability? I’m a knight of the ninth step
no matter what you say!
The Holy Knight’s hand was raised up, and in the midst of a downcast chant,
a light magic formed.
But, in the end, a Guardian Knight was a Guardian Knight. There’s no way he
could rival a Retribution Knight in executing offensive abilities. It looked
as though a Light of Trial was gradually taking shape in front of the
chanting Holy Knight. But suddenly, a blue light was shot out, slamming
against his shield, and moreover, another blue trail made a detour to attack
at the Holy Knight’s back.
Although the Holy Knight didn’t look troubled resisting these attacks, in
practice Lin Xin’s Spiritual Highland based magic attacks were really
terrible. How could they be so easy to defend against? He really didn’t dare
let Lin Xin’s attacks reach him.
Left without choice, the Holy Knight could only interrupt Light of Trial to
use a Shield Wall in defense.
Catching sight of this scene, Lin Xin couldn’t help but leak out a faint
smile. Everyone had their domain of expertise, and in the same way, also had
their weaknesses.
This Holy Knight’s defense was absolutely great, even exceeding Long Haochen
without his Light God Domain. But his attack was his weak point.
With this knowledge, Lin Xin thought of a countermeasure. His previous
barrage of attacks slowed down, and his Heart of Fire would be launched only
after gaps of one second every time.
His aim was very simple: to force his opponent to maintain his shield formed
of Spiritual
The Holy Knight’s domain was called Highland Domain, coming out from his own
research. This Holy Knight with a gentle disposition specialized in
defending, and as a result, chose to single-handedly focus his cultivation
in defense. He used to be a Demon Hunter, but was not the captain of his
team. Although he was strong enough, his character was overly soft, and he
did not have a lot of offensive means, neither was he willing to learn
attacks. In his matches, his opponents were either far weaker than him, or
had to concede after having their spiritual energy depleted completely.
His Highland Domain was highly specialized in reinforcing his Spiritual
Highland while reducing its consumption. The reinforcement of the
defensive power of his Spiritual Highland went to the extent of reaching the
Domain Technique level.
Inside the Knight Temple, this Holy Knight had the title of Ultimate Shield,
and had a shield of epic tier. In the Holy War, he had gone on many battles,
facing the Demon God of Death, Saminaga, and the Bear Demon God, Valefor.
Thanks to his formidable defensive power, the two demon gods were left
without ways to get him, making him a heroic contributor to the Knight
Temple. Adding his gentle disposition to that, his relationship with the
people from the Knight Temple was fabulous, bringing him to an equal footing
compared to the Divine Knights.
Seeing Lin Xin’s shameless method against him, the Holy Knight couldn’t help
but break out in laughter. Only, Lin Xin’s cultivation really was too
lacking to defeat him. The reason why he hadn’t summoned his mount was out
of fear that it wouldn’t be able to resist Lin Xin’s attacks. After all,
this really hot Heart of Fire formed with Spiritual Highland really had a
terrifying offensive power.
Wielding his shield, the Holy Knight, started to assault Lin Xin. His speed
didn’t
This time, the Holy Knight suddenly stopped in his steps. Moving aside the
shield in front of him, he exposed a warm smile to Lin Xin. Immediately, a
white glow was instantly shot onto Lin Xin.
Lin Xin nearly cried out a curse, Saint Spiritual Stove...
Never did he expect this elder to actually possess a terrible trump such as
a Saint Spiritual Stove. The two great abilities Attraction and Pull
simultaneously made effects on Lin Xin.
The Saint Spiritual Stove was obviously trained to the highest level by this
knight. How could he not have a tool such as a Saint Spiritual Stove to
accompany such a powerful defense? Only with a Saint Spiritual Stove to
match with his Spiritual Highland could he became the greatest defender in
the battlefields.
Lin Xin was no match for the Holy Knight in cultivation level. About to get
pulled in little by little, even if the opposite Holy Knight was not expert
in close distance battle, that was not someone a mage could contend against
in a head-on clash.
The goal of the Saint Spiritual Stove was naturally not to defeat him
instantly in close quarters, but to stop him from deploying all his
strength! That was the reason for the smile the Holy Knight displayed to Lin
Xin.
“Come!” Having reached this far, Lin Xin knew already that he could in no
way achieve victory anymore. This instant, he had a monstrous feeling fill
him.
So far, he had been believing himself to be considerably powerful, having at
his disposal not only his great burst power as a fire mage, but also the
powerful boost from Heart of Fire. Now he finally understood that when
encountering a real powerhouse, his offensive power was still far from
enough. Unless he trained to the level of being
While in the midst of being continuously pulled in the air, Lin Xin suddenly
came to a stop. A resonant phoenix cry reverberated from his chest, and
immediately, Lin Xin’s body disappeared.
His pair of immense blue spiritual wings enlarged once again, and in the
blink of an eye, formed an immense blue phoenix charging straight at the
Holy Knight.
The Holy Knight had a chill, finding out with shock that the heat was not
only external, but even growing deep in his heart.
What a powerful fire!
Too late to think further, he deployed the Highland Domain to its greatest
extent, bowing and launching Shield Wall as well as Divine Obstruction.
It seemed the Blue Fire Phoenix was about to strike the Shield Wall. But
suddenly, that massive phoenix shrank by nearly a half. The drifting Heart
of Fire vanished entirely, causing it to no longer look like a body made of
energy, but like a real body.
Bang!
As the Blue Fire Phoenix finally clashed with the Shield Walls, a terrifying
scene took place. In the instant of the clash, the Holy Knight’s shield
turned all blue, the same blue as Heart of Fire’s color.
In a violent clash, the Holy Knight’s body fell back in response, dropping
to the ground.
The bang was not only one sound, but occurred in quick successions, Bang,
Bang, Bang sounded out
thunderously. With every Bang, the Holy Knight’s Shield
Wall was repelled further and further. When the ninth explosion sounded out,
he was already propelled to the edge of the field, back facing the defensive
barrier of the stadium.
Shield Wall was condensed out of Spiritual Highland, its defensive power
even further reinforced by the Highland Domain. But if one paid careful
attention, they would notice the current Shield Wall was turning liquid,
that liquid clearly being spiritual energy! And, it was blue in color as
well. One could clearly see that the Shield Wall amplified by the domain was
unexpectedly growing thinner and thinner, faintly transparent, and even
letting the Holy Knight’s silhouette come to view.
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A domainless powerhouse managed to compel a domain-wielding powerhouse to
such an extent through his own attacks. This was already enough for Lin Xin
to take pride: this Blue Fire Phoenix Spiritual Stove’s offensive power was
a really shocking thing.
The blue light vanished, and a Blue Fire Phoenix came flying. It was clearly
quite weakened, and the blue fire on his body gained in transparency,
looking close to going extinct at anytime.
But, right at this time, that blue phoenix opened its mouth and let out a
resonant phoenix cry. It formed three blue lines tracing from its body, all
drilling their way into the Shield Walls.
The first blue needle striking Shield Wall caused numerous ripples to appear
on the wall, making it seem more transparent. But that blue needle also
vanished without a trace, followed by the second one which was thrust,
finally surpassing Shield Wall’s limits. A small hole appeared, but the
instant it appeared, that second needle broke into pieces. However, the
third needle followed quickly, disappearing in the midst of the Shield Wall
instantly.
Letting out a groan, the Holy Knight staggered to the side, and the Shield
Wall thereupon ceased.
With a flash of blue light, Lin Xin fell to the ground out of nowhere,
standing half-squatted on a single leg. Pushing his left hand onto the
ground to support the rest of his body, his dark green hair looked messy,
and his body was shaking lightly, his look just as pale as a sheet of paper.
Ever since reaching the ninth step of cultivation, this was his first time
pushing Blue Fire Phoenix to such a level. The final three blue rays were
undoubtedly his ultimate trump. Mixing a fire of darkness with his own Heart
of Fire’s attack, he obtained an ultra powerful penetrative force. After the
Blue Fire Phoenix Spiritual Stove had consumed the Spiritual Highland
infused Shield Wall to the greatest extent, this final move would be the
crucial point in determining whether he would achieve victory or not.
Since a battle of attrition was no longer possible, he could only aim to
obtain victory with his strongest attack. Regardless of the final result, at
least Lin Xin would have displayed the most of his ability.
The Holy Knight’s face did not look any better off than Lin Xin’s. On his
right chest, dual green and blue flames were rising up, and his left hand
was being used to cover his right chest with a resplendent golden light. But
those green and blue flames burnt extremely obstinately, appearing to seep
out between through the gaps in the knight’s fingers, the latter showing a
very pained face.
Lin Xin was gasping intensely for breaths, barely managing to look into the
Holy Knight’s face. Of course, he knew how powerful his ultimate move formed
of these mixed flames was. Extinguishing them wouldn’t be so simple, and
even if the Holy Knight finally succeeded, that would cause his spiritual
energy to drop to the brink of nothing, leaving him with no possibility to
keep going in the tournament.
“I concede. Youngster, retrieve your magical ability please.” The Holy
Knight declared with a pained look.
“Huh? Concede?” Lin Xin immediately beamed with a smile. Although he
suffered a great pain due to the backlash of the Blue Fire Phoenix Spiritual
Stove, he didn’t expect to emerge victorious from that battle, and moreover
in a great shape. With a lift of his right hand, his Fire Cloud Crystal
appeared, used at once as a walking stick to approach the Holy Knight.
Pressing his right hand onto the elder’s chest, he absorbed back the dual
flames along with the Hellfire Needles.
During the process of absorption, Lin Xin was slightly startled, because he
found out that the true damage sustained by the Holy Knight was not as great
as he had expected. There was a scorched area on his chest, but in truth,
the Hellfire Needles’ might never have truly made way into his body.
The Holy Knight blinked his eyes at him, before returning staggeringly to
the lounge area.
Lin Xin immediately understood that the counterpart was throwing the game!
Even while under the boost of his Highland Domain, he had clearly blocked
the last attack from the Hellfire Needle, yet voluntarily revealed a look of
being unable to endure, offering him this victory.
When Lin Xin returned to the lounge under the the support of the Fire Cloud
Staff, that Holy Knight was seen nodding lightly, a look of admiration on
his face.
The old knight revealed a faint smile, then shut his eyes to recuperate his
spiritual energy.
Lin Xin sat on his seat, glancing unconsciously at Long Haochen, who smiled
to him, but didn’t say anything, only hinting that he should hasten his
spiritual energy recovery. Still other matches had yet to come after this
victory.
But very clearly, even though Lin Xin could keep down the backlash of his
Blue Fire Phoenix Spiritual Stove, he was well afraid that he would be
unable to keep using it in the following matches.
Bright Glimmer of Hope’s luck was really so-so in this individual
competition, but they had secretly gained the full support of the Knight
Temple, this influence having benefited them the most in the match between
Haochen and Yang Haoyu.
The support of the most powerful knight and greatest shield paved their way
in the later stages of the competition.
If Yang Haoyu had really gone all out in his match, Long Haochen would have
undoubtedly been defeated, and as the captain of Bright Glimmer of Hope, his
elimination would be a severe blow to the whole Bright Glimmer of Hope. But
Yang Haoyu let him win, not only giving him comprehension of a lot of
aspects of domains, but moreover fostering his reputation.
The competition was now reaching the fifth round, with only twenty
contestants left. One could say that the later matches would determine the
final ranking of Bright Glimmer of Hope’s side. The Holy Knight with the
title of Supreme Shield having ingeniously offered victory to Lin Xin, not
only offered a great amount of points to Bright Glimmer of Hope, but also a
seat in the top six.
Although Chen Ying’er had lost her match, she had also used up Li Zhengzhi’s
strength to a great extent. Lin Xin having advanced, and Bright Glimmer of
Hope still having three great powerhouses that had yet to take part, one
could say that they had a bright later stage of the competition ahead.
The bright Light of Selection flashed once again, this time selecting the
Bloodreeking Wargoddess of Bright Glimmer of Glimmer of Hope. As it happens,
Wang Yuanyuan’s opponent turned out to be a spatial mage of the ninth step
from the Mage Temple, and a domain wielder as well.
The look in her eyes flickering, Wang Yuanyuan slowly treod into the field.
Although the opponents she had encountered weren’t especially powerful, they
were still in the upper tier of this competition. So Wang Yuanyuan could
really be said to have cut her way through thistles and thorns to finally
reach this point.
She had a very serene look, but a single minded expression in her eyes. When
gazing at the distant old mage, she performed a simple warrior salute.
The old mage returned the salute as well. Having reached the fifth round of
battles, every match was now extremely important. On the Mage Temple’s side,
Li Zhengzhi had already made it to the sixth round. If they could have
someone else make it so far, at least the Mage Temple would
still be able to threaten the Knight Temple. So, eliminating all the Mage
Temple’s contestants would benefit them the most.
Starting an incantation, the old mage lifted his right hand, pointing toward
Wang Yuanyuan. In the meantime, the air twisted slightly, as the old mage’s
figure disappeared without basis.
He really did not underestimate Wang Yuanyuan in the least. He utilized his
domain right off the bat because he had already observed Wang Yuanyuan’s
strength, and was aware that this young girl was a domain wielding
powerhouse as well, thus he made the first move to take the advantage.
Thin silver light floated on the twisting air, extending throughout the
field. The spatial element was full of indeterminacy: anything would get
greatly affected inside that kind of domain.
Wang Yuanyuan still stood unmoving as a blood-red radiance, the Blood
Domain, extended under her feet.
The Blood Domain spread out, but only extended to the three meters around
Wang Yuanyuan. Surrounded by blood-colored curls, that Bloodreeking
Wargoddess shone brightly.
The old mage kept chanting in a downcast manner, but his voice seemed to be
reverberating from all directions, after going through his constantly
refracting domain. Wang Yuanyuan had no way to tell his true location.
The twisting spatial domain started to show changes, and somechanges, and
some silver light started to arise within as some cracks immediately
appeared. Those black cracks looked like rapacious mouths, ready to engulf
Wang Yuanyuan’s body at anytime.
The cracks started to grow more and more numerous, and the space in the
whole stadium was lacerated fiercely by this terrifying spatial force,
looking able to possibly shatter at anytime.
From the looks of it, Wang Yuanyuan seemed to be forced into a completely
passive situation. But, what no one understood, was that she had yet to make
any move up to now, aside from releasing her Blood Domain.
Outside of their field of view, Wang Yuanyuan’s pair of eyes concealed in
the Blood Domain were releasing a different color than the red from the
previous Blood Domain. It was a silver color characteristic of the spatial
attribute.
Her most attention-taking feature in the Temples’ Great Gathering’s
individual competition was this peculiar Blood Domain, but don’t forget that
she’s also a warrior using the spatial attribute.
Soft spiritual energy fluctuations circulated through the air as a
breathtaking splendor shone in Long Haochen’s eyes, as he excitedly watched
the field.
He had guessed the reason why Wang Yuanyuan had yet to make a move from the
start. She only wanted to aim for a victory in one blow. Success would end
in her victory, or if not, it will end in her defeat.
Bright Glimmer of Hope could really be called an exceptional group, and
luckily, all of them had already broken through the ninth step, some even
getting domains of their own. But they lacked in experience as powerhouses:
the speed of their growth was just too fast. Though their cultivation
already reached the ninth step, some of them had not even experienced
battles at the eighth step. To some extent they were certainly lacking in
strength compared to those experienced veterans of the Six Great Temples who
wielded domains of their own.
It was visible in Lin Xin’s previous match, opposing him to the Supreme
Shield Knight, that he had a clear inferiority in this standard.
As for now, Wang Yuanyuan’s opponent was no easy prey. By clashing head on
right off the bat, Wang Yuanyuan’s odds of success would really not be high.
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What no one knew was that within Bright Glimmer of Hope, the only domain
wielders reaching the second rank of the ninth step were actually Long
Haochen and Cai’er.
Although Chen Ying’er and Wang Yuanyuan possessed a domain of their own,
they had actually only reached the first rank of the ninth step of
cultivation. Their own domain was comprehended in the process of over four
years of deep meditation, brought about miraculously. But beyond that
miracle, the shortage in their cultivation was still a clear thing.
Otherwise, Chen Ying’er may not necessarily have lost to Li Zhengzhi, or at
least have inconvenienced him to an even greater degree.
As the Temples’ Great Gathering did not even permit any equiment, Bright
Glimmer of Hope’s shortages became even more visible.
That’s why Wang Yuanyuan took a different approach from the beginning, by
choosing to go for another type of battle. She was standing motionless, but
actually maintained all her thoughts in the battle, looking for a hole in
the opponent’s strategy to bring her a victory in one blow.
The powerful spatial domain started to compress Wang Yuanyuan’s residing
space, the spatial cracks growing more and more numerous. From outside the
barrier, it appeared that over thousands of spatial gaps had appeared in the
field, seemingly crushing anything in their contact instantly.
So, what’s to be done? What response will Wang Yuanyuan choose? A lot of
spectators had these same questions arise in them.
Finally, a first spatial crack made contact with Wang Yuanyuan’s Blood
Domain. With a swishing sound, like that of ice melted by a red-hot piece of
iron, Wang Yuanyuan’s Blood Domain bubbled up violently, and that spatial
crack disappeared immediately. But by paying attention, one would notice
that those spatial cracks were ripping away some of the blood energy
released by the Blood Domain.
This was just a beginning. Following that first one, even more of these
headed towards Wang Yuanyuan.
Swishing sounds kept resounding, one spatial crack after another
disappearing swiftly after contact with the Blood Domain. But it was
apparent that Wang Yuanyuan’s Blood Domain was rippling violently, losing
its might.
The other party used a mix of magic and domain, while she only kept
defending passively through her domain. The contrast was rather obvious.
The two parties’ domains kept clashing, during which a lot of spectators
were already shaking their head. Even Li Zhengzhi had a smile appearing on
his face, muttering aloud, “Is this girl looking for an opening? How could
she even find one? Old Yu’s domain gave him the title Master of Constant
Changes’. There’s no set rule at all. She wants to rely on her domain’s
explosive force to make a surprise attack, but her pains will only get
deeper and deeper.”
With the thought of having one more powerhouse from the Mage Temple to make
it through, Li Zhengzhi couldn’t help but get into a better and better mood.
Maybe his spiritual energy will really be replenished completely by the next
round as well. However, because of his use of two great Domain Techniques,
recovering to his peak by then would be really challenging.
Time passed second-by-second, during which Wang Yuanyuan’s Blood Domain was
still very powerful even when faced against an attack combining spatial
domain and magic, enduring tenaciously. At least several thousand cracks had
already disappeared in front of the Blood Domain.
Cai’er let out a light sigh, “I’m afraid that Yuanyuan won’t be able to find
an opening in the opponent’s attack. This mage is very careful; look, when
attacking through his domain, he really launches extremely irregular
attacks, variating between single ones and swarms. And the thickness of the
cracks only keeps growing. Now if Yuanyuan goes on the offense, she’s even
more likely to get trapped. This old mage is just too cunning. Upon
realizing what Yuanyuan’s plan was, he immediately made a countermeasure. If
this lasts, Yuanyuan won’t hold out for much longer.”
Haochen patted Cai’er’s hand, declaring, “Trust in her. Yuanyuan is not just
stubborn but also clever. Her innate gifts may be the lowest, but she has
still achieved extraordinary success. For her to have obtained her own
domain before even reaching the second rank of the ninth step shows her
intelligence and wits plentifully.”
Thinking of that, Long Haochen couldn’t help but recall his previous teacher
Asura Ye. He really had not met him for a very long time. Who knew where the
Knight Temple had sent him. Long Haochen had formerly asked his grandfather,
but Long Tianying did not even breathe a single word of of it, only telling
him that Ye Hua was carrying out an extraordinarily important mission. So,
Long Haochen had yet to find the opportunity to pay his respects to his
teacher.
In the field, Wang Yuanyuan’s Blood Domain which originally extended to
three meters was gradually compressed to a diameter of one meter, barely
enough to protect her body.
“Just concede, young girl. I don’t want to injure you.” The old mage’s voice
reverberated in all directions, his offense slowing down slowly. This being
the Temples’ Great Gathering, a domain’s compression was a really dangerous
thing. In case something went wrong, Wang Yuanyuan’s life may very well be
endangered.
But the instant the counterpart’s domain slowed down, she finally made her
move.
Her speed was really immense: all the spectators only saw a flash of blood
light, as she unexpectedly passed through the spatial gates instantly.
The whole stage was immediately in a state of surprise.
In fact, these spatial cracks were all spatial instabilities created through
spatial magic, preventing any teleportation. Not only was the space
extremely unstable, but furthermore could crumble at anytime, all the
spatial cracks being filled with an extremely strong swallowing force.
Absorbing things was none other than one of its greatest powers. Throwing
oneself inside is simply akin to suicide.
But who could expect Wang Yuanyuan to make such a choice? This girl was just
too staunch. Could it be that she would stake her own life rather than get
defeated at the hands of the Mage Temple? After all, based on the Temples’
Great Gathering’s rules, killing one’s opponent would automatically get
oneself eliminated.
Even Li Zhengzhi had a look of complete shock upon catching sight of this
scene. But the next instant, everyone here realized their own mistake.
In a flash of blood light, Wang Yuanyuan already appeared in another spot.
This very instant, the numerous surrounding spatial cracks started to get
more and more chaotic.
Because the whole field was filled of spatial cracks to the brim, when Wang
Yuanyuan disappeared, only indistinct flashes of red could be seen in their
midst. But something no one could see was occuring at that very moment.
The spatial cracks started to disappear one after another, gradually
revealing the situation in the center of the grounds.
Then a breathtaking sight came. Wang came. Wang Yuanyuan calmly stood there,
her palm pressed onto the old mage’s head. The latter did not utilize
further magic, only looking at Wang Yuanyuan full of incomprehension.
“How did you achieve that?” The old mage asked, full of incomprehension,
“This was inside my domain, my domain, and with so many spatial cracks
around. You cannot possibly have used any teleporting ability. I know that
you have a spiritual stove enabling teleportation, and it is something for
which I have already accounted. I don’t understand how you could pass
through the spatial cracks, and end up right in front of me. My domain and
magic are completely devoid of any regular pattern.”
Wang Yuanyuan calmly answered, “There is no ability devoid of the slightest
flaw. It is because your spatial cracks were boosted thanks to your domain
that so many of them had appeared simultaneously. It is indeed as you say,
these spatial cracks are devoid of any regular patterns. But you have
forgotten that they come from the same domain, and that is their common
point.”
“All of these cracks that were created from the same domain, are all linked
to each other, with spatial channels able to link them instantly like a
spider web. What I did was all calculated: I picked a spatial channel that
could connect me right in front of you, and that was all I needed.”
Wang Yuanyuan had said that as if it was very simple, but the old mage was
greatly shocked, “How could that be possible? That would require a massive
amount of energy. Most of all, with just a little mistake, you would be torn
in the midst of spatial ripples, or drifting in an endless space.”
“No, this couldn’t happen to me. Right, as you say my spiritual stove cannot
be used in your domain. But I can protect myself in a fixed spot by using my
domain’s defenses. This is also why I remained purposefully unmoving for so
long, or else,
by placing myself with my back facing the outside defensive barrier, I would
have lasted for even longer. But I did not move in order to maintain my
spiritual stove’s positioning. That way, even if I ended up unable to pass
through your spatial cracks, I would be able to trigger my connection with
the spiritualwith the spiritual stove, and return to the previous spot with
the protection of my domain. Could it be that you didn’t realize that when I
was
teleporting, the blood fog at the other side was maintained for some time?
Why do you think it only disappeared when I arrived near you? It only lasted
for one second, but that was enough for me to be decisive. So even if I had
miscalculated, it would only have ended in failure, with no possibility of
death.
The old mage looked at Wang Yuanyuan, totally blank and remaining speechless
for a long moment.
Wang Yuanyuan retrieved her hand, and performed a warrior salute to him,
turning back and walking out.
“A moment.” The old mage suddenly shouted to Wang Yuanyuan. Wang Yuanyuan
turned her head to him, “Is there some other matter?”
The old mage solemnly declared, “I have lost and am thoroughly convinced in
my defeat. You may have won with your cleverness, but in this world, people
capable of such intelligence and steadiness are you are far too few. You are
bound to be respected in the future Warrior Temple.”
Saying that, the old mage solemnly bent to Wang Yuanyuan, before turning
back with a smile on his face.
When she came out from the stadium, the first thing that welcomed her back
was Chen Ying’er’s warm hug.
“Won, You’ve won! Yuanyuan, you’re really awesome.” Chen Ying’er spiritedly
hugged Wang Yuanyuan, who swayed visibly, shutting her eyes in her embrace,
and muttering in a feeble voice, “Help me get moving.”
This fight’s whole process looked really simple, but only Wang Yuanyuan and
the old mage knew how pressuring the battle was to her.
How about the process of the massive pressure brought upon her? Under such a
pressure, she had to perform continuous calculations to get closer to her
goal. Though her spiritual stove’s position was fixed before she tore
through the spatial crack, that was still in no way devoid of danger to her
life! Since she wanted to beat the enemy and achieve victory whilst paying
attention to her own safety, all these factors together meant her burdens
were far too many.
So far, out of three of the six battles, Bright Glimmer of Hope had already
achieved two victories, and occupied two seats in the top six.
Chapter 708
The golden light of selection surged out and landed once again, shrouding
Cai’er another time. This time, her opponent was from the Spiritual Temple.
The fourth battle of the fifth individual round began.
This summoner Cai’er had to face was a tall elder. All those who made it to
the fifth round were powerhouses of the current age. The displays of
strength of this summoner in the previous battles were seen clearly by
everyone from Bright Glimmer of Hope. His strongest specialty was his
contracted beast, a dragon, a genuine dragon. This summoner was the only
dragon summoner out of the whole Spiritual Temple.
When facing this dragon summoner, the pressure on Cai’er as she was not
allowed to use any sort of equipment was really great. Although this
summoner had yet to enter the domain wielding realm, his summoned gigantic
dragon was already a domain wielding powerhouse.
A shrill dragon cry came as a blue gigantic dragon appeared in the stadium.
The dragon summoning elder was seated upright on its back; to vanquish him,
one would first need to beat his summoned gigantic dragon.
The dragon summoner grabbed the dragon’s horn with a hand, shifting his
sight toward Cai’er, his opponent.
This blue gigantic dragon was of water attribute, and reached a length of a
full fifty meters. Even as it stood within the entire field, that was still
a huge monster.
Cai’er’s body flashed, all traces of her disappearing inside the field. She
knew that this battle would be an extremely difficult one. Without a way to
use the Sickle of the God of Death and Tower of Eternity, her strength would
be excessively restricted.
Beating this domain-wielding gigantic dragon would really be quite a
challenge. It would be another story if she could use the seven arts of the
God of Death, but right now she could only beat the mount before the rider.
The summoner’s look became stagnant, connecting his thoughts with the water
dragon. A dragon cry reverberated from the sky as an ice-blue ring spread
out from the top of his head.
Generally speaking, ring-type abilities would cover a limited range, but
this ice dragon’s ring seemed limitless, extending through the whole
stadium’s barrier and encompassing the whole audience as well.
Cai’er’s Invisibility naturally left no traces under those circumstances.
Her figure flashing, she appeared onto the field, but suddenly disappeared
once again in mid-stride before the ring approached her, sweeping past it
while leaving no traces.
Spatial shuttling? This was a powerful ability that assassins would gain
starting from a certain level of cultivation.
The dragon summoner let out a faint smile. This was not his first time
facing an assassin, and he naturally knew how to respond.
The wings on the water dragon’s back spread out, a terrifying blue water
tide erupting from these wings. This was truly a perilous situation: a tidal
surge of water essence attacked the whole stadium, reaching every corner in
a flash. No matter where Cai’er would appear next, she would have to endure
this water-waves attack. Furthermore, under the influence of such a massive
water elemental attack, changes also started to affect the space. The closer
one was to the core, the more intense these water waves would get.
In the empty space, a crack quietly appeared in front of the water dragon,
and Cai’er strode out. Pure halations dispersed from her body, as the
purifying force condensed into a Sickle of the God of Death which struck at
the water dragon.
It wasn’t that she did not want to attack the dragon summoner, but in truth
the water dragon’s released water essence was far too massive. A blue
barrier had long-since enveloped his body, so if Cai’er chose to stubbornly
attack him, the water dragon’s greatest attack would surely follow in
response.
The water dragon’s eyes lit up, opening its large mouth to spit a breath
attack. In the meantime, the surrounding water essence suddenly turned into
a massive whirlpool, pulling Cai’er’s body toward its direction. A massive
water pillar arose from beneath, attacking from two sides simultaneously.
An ice-cold glimmer flashed in Cai’er’s eyes and a a white halo released
from her body. That soft-looking white not only stopped the water dragon’s
spit, but purified all the nearing water essence as well. That was Cai’er’s
Domain of Purification.
The water dragon let out a howl, its massive figure shivering slightly,
clearly feeling a great apprehension in front of Cai’er’s Domain of
Purification, but it still launched its own domain in the meantime.
An azure color encompassed the whole stadium, the water essence pulsing
excitedly as if alive. Drop after drop, the water condensed into little
dragons, swiftly emerging from the domain. Looking at them, they appeared
extremely real, all charging at Cai’er. But everything surrounding their
bodies suddenly turned illusory, as if forming a water blockade separating
the dragon from Cai’er.
This was a means used by the dragon summoner for self-defense, wielding a
part of the domain’s power defensively. After all, Cai’er was the only
remaining assassin in the Temples’ Great Gathering, and possessed a domain
of her own. What if the domain’s force was suddenly sealed off? The dragon
summoner’s force was this gigantic dragon. All his abilities were related to
this gigantic dragon, the two of them complementing each other. His spirit
united with the water dragon, commanding the latter in battle. Not only did
it boost the water dragon’s technical aspects, but it also
connected his spiritual energy with the latter’s, the result approaching the
three hundred thousand.
Facing the assault of the mini water dragons, Cai’er’s eyes lit up. The
light of purification was as if limitless, spreading through the Light of
Purification swiftly. In the meantime, she raised her right hand, stretched
forward. There seemed to be some stubbornness in her look, as well as great
expectations.
The dispersed petals started to shrink, gathering onto her palm. In this
process, the surroundings of Cai’er’s body were like a terrible whirlpool.
The mini water dragons from that domain only managed to fly within a certain
range of her body before smashing to pieces instantly, disappearing and
turning back into water essence. However, the light of purification
surrounding Cai’er did not spread further, leaving
further, leaving it unable to affect the water dragon’s domain.
The sight of those white petals gathering rapidly was pretty. Cai’er floated
in midair, like an immortal. Her purification attribute had a very great
characteristic: to remain unaffected by perturbation from other elements.
This wouldn’t change even if the other party were to utilize domain force.
Even if it were even denser, water essence was in the end water essence. In
circumstances where that the light of purification had not launched any
attacks, the water essence had no way to proceed beneath it.
The water dragon’s sight seemed slightly frenetic. It perceived an immense
threat from Cai’er.
“Raah!” Going past the light of purification would require a direct clash.
Elemental essence was of no use, but skills could be used.
All the mini-dragons in the domain roared, and immediately, everything in
the water dragon domain lit up. The scope of the massive domain started to
extend to the whole stadium, turning into a massive whirlpool. Every water
dragon turned into a light flowing through the whirlpool, disappearing in
the midst of this massive domain alongside the summoner and his water
dragon.
This wide whirlpool had a terrifying pulling force. Every circulating light
charged toward Cai’er’s domain of purification, producing a violent
explosion, as well as some intense fluctuations in the white light on its
surface. The spiral’s rotation speed grew faster and faster, the impact
force coming stronger and stronger.
But this instant, that lotus flower in Cai’er’s hand bloomed. Domain
technique, Flourishing Lotus Flower.
On the last time when that lotus flower had made its appearance in the Tower
of Eternity, it was not with its full power. But this time, Cai’er deployed
it fully with no second thoughts.
This was Cai’er’s domain technique that she was not in full control of, as
well as her strongest attack at her disposal without the Sickle of the God
of Death and Tower of Eternity.
But would this domain technique be enough to defeat the Water Dragon? After
Flourishing Lotus Flower came out, a purifying force was released,
then, it slowly arose above Cai’er’s head.
Immediately,Cai’er’s head.
Immediately, Cai’er, who was originally sent flying upwards in the water
dragon’s whirlpool, returned to normal in a flash, and the flourishing lotus
flower kept blooming above Cai’er’s head.
A ring of extreme white suddenly extended, causing every spectator in the
stadium to immediately feel bewildered. Even the defensive barrier’s
protection seemed ineffectual.
Graaa. The water dragon’s cry was filled with great panic, because it
realized, to its horror, that this ring of white light from Flourishing
Lotus Flower only passed through its domain and kept expanding. Water
essence was of no use in blocking it. Or perhaps no ability would be able to
stop its
advance. Even the dragon’s extremely powerful soul’s force seemed to be
seeping out from its body.
No mistake, this was the purifying force’s most terrifying aspect. What was
purified was not the body, but the soul. Cai’er’s Flourishing Lotus Flower
stripped out soulforce, and had extreme boosting effects. No matter how
strong you are, if your soul is wounded, that is some irreparable damage.
The water dragon did not dare attack Cai’er further, and contracted its
massive domain, turning it into an immense sparkling barrier surrounding its
body. In the meantime, its two dragon horns flashed in thunderous icy blue,
protecting its own head.
At the very moment, all its focus was put on defending its own soul, as well
as that of the dragon summoner on its head.
Once spiritual energy density reaches a certain level, there’s not much to
do anymore. The ice dragon perceived that Cai’er’s domain of purification
was actually not really suppressing its own water attribute, but its undead
attribute. If it was an undead creature, even if it were twice as strong,
those Flourishing Lotus Flowers would have scattered it to ashes in a flash.
But as its water attribute soul did not have much of the dark aspects, it
was not purified too violently. Damage to one’s soul is always a very
dangerous thing. It had to defend against that at all cost.
Flourishing Lotus Flower’s white ring of light finally attacked the water
dragon’s barrier.
Chapter 709
The instant the two parties clashed, a bizarre chirping sound reverberated
through the stadium. That very instant, all the onwatchers present felt
their brains filled in a flash with the chirping sounds before blank scenes
flashes through their minds, taking several seconds to recover.
That feeling seemed to be seeping out from their soul. It felt like after
swaying forth outside for a bit, it returned to their body.
This kind of experience was in no way appreciated. These powerhouses from
the Six Great Temples that Cai’er had previously faced couldn’t help but
feel full of shock. How could they have thought that Cai’er actually had
such means at her disposal? This domain technique was just too terrifying.
For the defensive barrier to show such a strong reaction, how terrible would
it be if that was a direct attack?
The dragon summoner and water dragon reached their own conclusion. Inside
the stadium a strange scene came to pass: the water dragon and dragon
summoner both went stiff, as above their head a blurry figure appeared,
shaped the same as them, only a lot smaller. Transparent, lifeless, stiff,
and even full of shock.
This was without a doubt their souls’ states after Flourishing Lotus Flowers
took effect.
The water dragon’s defensive barrier took effect to some extent, but it
actually looked not too powerful. Their domain was being dispersed at an
astonishing speed as well, along with the defensive barrier.
However, after utilizing Flourishing Lotus Flower, Cai’er also seemed out of
strength. Her body swayed in the air, narrowly falling down, but a blue cane
appeared in her hand, finally supporting her body. Although from the
paleness of her face and her body’s lack of spirit, one could see that she
already didn’t have much fighting strength left. However, she still had a
firm look directed at the water dragon and dragon summoner in the air, as if
waiting for something to happen.
The expelled spirits slowly returned, having in the end not suffered a total
purification by Flourishing Lotus Flower. In the end, the water dragon and
dragon summoner had joined
After a dozen seconds, the dragon summoner and water dragon’s souls came
back to their senses, both out of breath. Even if the water dragon was very
powerful, it was still instantaneously weakened to such an extent that it
was unable to even maintain its spiritual wings. Falling from the sky and
dropping to the ground, it caused a violent bang as the defenses surrounding
his body and his domain shattered to pieces. Its soul was weakened such that
it was totally unable to control these forces.
So who won and who lost?
The spectators in the Alliance’s Great Stadium were basically all
powerhouses from the Six Great Temples. But this instant, almost no one
could tell out the outcome of the match.
Cai’er’s domain technique benefitted in its great unexpectedness, forcibly
breaking the water dragon and dragon summoner’s joint domain technique, and
damaging their very souls. But from the looks of it, Cai’er did not have any
energy left either! Also, the water dragon and dragon summoner should take a
bit faster to recover than her.
Just as everyone was full of doubts, a white figure suddenly appeared behind
the water dragon without any sound, and in a flash was atop the water
dragon, a flash of sharp light aiming at the dragon summoner’s throat.
This timing was really ideal. The dragon summoner having just come back to
his senses, and still under the shock from the water dragon’s fall,
this was a time of thorough distraction. Only when the sharp white glow had
reached his throat did he finally react, but that was clearly too late. If
that white figure wanted to kill him, he would already be dead.
That white figure was clearly Cai’er, but an illusory Cai’er, whose Sickle
of the God of Death was lightly pressed against the dragon summoner’s
throat, before slowly dissipating.
Who could expect this? It was only when the victor was already determined
that
This image was visibly a remnant left from before Cai’er had utilized her
domain technique. In other words, she had kept stealthily a Doppelganger
under the state of invisibility. But which other assassin could maintain an
invisible Doppelganger?
No matter what the dragon summoner was thinking, this match was ultimately
his loss.
He may not necessarily lose out in strength against the equipment-less
Cai’er, but her victory lay in her bizarre Flourishing Lotus Flower and
great planning.
She knew very clearly that her Flourishing Lotus Flower came with a massive
consumption, stopping her from even continuing to battle. Her Doppleganger’s
preparation was for this very moment.
In ordinary circumstances, her Doppleganger would by no means be able to
injure the opponent, but, because of the shock from the lotus flowers’
attack, the water dragon’s domain was shattered, and thus the dragon
summoner was at his weakest state. It was only in search of the best
opportunity that Cai’er had been looking concentratedly at the dragon
summoner so far.
One could only admit that Cai’er’s strength was really a great deal. Being
the Saint Daughter of Samsara, a god’s chosen one, she had powerful
abilities beyond the reach of ordinary assassins. For instance, maintaining
her Doppleganger after using Invisibility, and with such great concealment.
Even the water dragon’s domain did not probe its existence, thus making the
summoner’s defeat no injustice.
Her blue cane tapping on the ground, Cai’er slowly walked out. The match had
already been concluded, and of course, as one of the Six Great Temple’s
powerhouses, the dragon summoner naturally could not act shamelessly,
especially with Chen Zidian watching.
At this point of the competition, Bright Glimmer of Hope had ended as great
victors of the individual competition. Four spots out of the six matches
actually belonged to them.
Long Haochen stood at the great stadium’s entrance, calmly waiting for
Cai’er’s return. Looking at her blue cane tapping on the ground, Long
Haochen’s eyes were full of warmth, visibly recalling the scene of himself
sending off Cai’er everyday back then.
Cai’er joined Long Haochen’s side, a smile on her face. Her hand pulled This
time, the light of selection kept going on as Long Haochen
unconsciously raised his head.
Only the last two matches were left for this round; and Bright Glimmer of
Hope’s captain had yet to take part.
However, this light of selection did not target any of the Bright Glimmer of
Hope squad, but two other competitors, one being a powerhouse from the
Knight Temple, and the other one from the Spiritual Temple.
Therefore, the last match would naturally be between Long Haochen and the
last person from the Mage Temple.
Seeing that this match was not his own, Long Haochen waved his hand at Han
Yu.
Han Yu had long since received Long Haochen’s instructions. Because he had
been eliminated beforehand, he was not inside the competitors’ booth, but in
the more distant spectators’ lounge.
Having received Long Haochen’s signal, Han Yu lightly nodded, expressing his
understanding, before slowly shutting his eyes.
No one noticed that among Bright Glimmer of Hope’s ranks, Cai’er, Wang
Yuanyuan and Lin Xin had a golden dot of light on their backs. But by
leaning against their seats, this light was thoroughly concealed.
Only Bright Glimmer of Hope’s people realized what was happening. These were
the effects of Han Yu’s Spiritual Stove of Light’s Blessings. Along with his
rise in cultivation, Han Yu’s Spiritual Stove of Light’s
Blessings had evolved two times in total. The current Light’s Blessings was
no longer just recovery in a set area. More importantly, Han Yu’s blessings
could be transmitted to the others through the Soul Sharing Chains. In a
certain range, through the chains he was able to assist his comrades from
Bright Glimmer of Hope in recovering spiritual energy. And the fewer the
targets, the faster the recovery assistance.
The reason why Long Haochen did not signal Han Yu before was naturally
because his spiritual stove could still only be used once a day, so it had
to be done in the most crucial instant. Now that the fifth match had already
started, Lin Xin, Wang Yuanyuan and Cai’er all had massive consumptions. And
after that, he would have to have
If Long Haochen had just been picked by the light of selection, to take part
in the fifth match, maybe he could delay the use of the Spiritual Stove of
Light’s Blessings a bit as well to profit, but now was clearly the best
timing in this situation. The reason why he shifted the activation in
advance, was that, as he had the Heart of Eternity, his spiritual energy’s
recovery was far above the others.
No one could deny that Han Yu’s boost was a form of cheating. But Long
Haochen was tolerant to that, as everything he was doing was for the sake of
allowing the Temple Alliance to develop still further.
This state of dispersion of the Temple Alliance had already gone on for six
thousand years, and with each of the Six Great Temples having its own
authority, was a deep-rooted system. They had very complex relationships
between each other, and to put that to an end would be a really challenging
thing. The only way would be to make them all compromise, but even should it
succeed, the qualitative changes would actually most likely not be too huge
either.
So, Long Haochen had already come to the conclusion that what he had to do
was to make Bright Glimmer of Hope really stand above the crowd in this
Temples’ Great Gathering.
Although it had weak foundations, and could only rely on the few of them,
they also had their unique advantages. Even after omitting the positions
each of them held in their own Temple, they had naturally good dispositions.
After having experienced so many things, and coming to that point today,
Long Haochen believed this to be his unshirkable responsibility. For the
sake of his plan, a brand-new Alliance ought to be founded, where he, as the
Scion of Light, had to become one of the leading figures. Through Bright
Glimmer of Hope’s drive and strength, they would be the greatest
contributors in the Alliance’s reorganization.
Chapter 710
In order to achieve this plan, a little fraud was no issue as the final
result was the most important thing. Long Haochen believed that their
individual performance had already convinced the overwhelming majority of
the Alliance’s higher-ups. The further they could go in the Temples’ Great
Gathering, and the higher their result, the more weight they would gain in
the meetings after it ended, and the more backing they would receive.
The match was continuing fiercely, the Spiritual Temple and Knight Temple
both having only one last person left. This match would determine whether or
not they would enter the top six, which is why the contest was especially
fierce. The clashes between these two powerhouses frequently caused cracks
to appear on the defensive barrier, which was reinforced continuously by the
numerous referees.
No one knew that those three from Bright Glimmer of Hope were all recovering
their spiritual energy at an astonishing speed.
The Spiritual Stove of Light Blessing’s continuous recovery was of extremely
great use. It was not even only about accelerating their recovery as Han Yu
could even transfer his own spiritual energy through it, transferring an
elemental power of extreme purity. This was a matter he had comprehended
thanks to absorbing the pure spiritual energy in the Tower of Eternity.
With the rise of his cultivation, Han Yu was growing more and more inclined
to the supportive type. Even a pure supporter at the ninth step was a
considerably powerful existence. And Han Yu had his own goal, which was to
become a Divine Knight.
The match went for a whole quarter of an hour, before the match was finally
ended both sides suffered through a very close match, but in the end that
domain wielding knight was a step ahead and finally managed to achieve
victory. But it was a very close victory, with a massive consumption of his
spiritual energy, and even his domain had reached its limits. It would
visibly take quite a moment for him to recover entirely.
Finally, Long Haochen went on stage without need for the light of selection,
entering the field alongside that mage.
With their
Although Li Zhengzhi was giving his all in recovering his spiritual energy,
his previous consumption was considerable. Even if he did make it to the top
three, Bright Glimmer of Hope would very possibly take the final seat,
although this would mainly depend on this one match.
All knew that Long Haochen was their captain as well as strongest member.
Putting aside his higher chances of victory, should he be eliminated in this
match, this mage would definitely not have it easy either.
In case Bright Glimmer of Hope should take two of the top three seats, their
two members could reject the final three person round-robin tournament, so
that they could be considered the final champions of the individual
competition.
Therefore at this point, Bright Glimmer of Hope was in a pretty safe
position already.
Long Haochen calmly confronted the opposite mage, clad in a yellow gown.
That was not a mage’s robe, but it clearly illustrated his elemental
attribute, as that was an earth mage.
The two of them exchanged determined glances, before the final match between
the top twelve started.
Long Haochen did not immediately utilize the Light God Domain this time.
Striding forward, the six wings on his back flashed and flapped as his
body shot forward like a streak of light. Lightning Flash.
A golden hexagram slowly extended from where he had been, the Divine Unicorn
slowly appeared behind Long Haochen shaking its wings to elevate itself high
in the air.
In the course of launching Lightning Flash, Long Haochen had already
materialized a pair of heavy swords through Spiritual Highland, launching a
cross strike at the opponent.
The earth mage was not panicked in the slightest, his hands forming a
gesture in front of his chest. Immediately, Long Haochen felt his body sink
down, his speed dropping tremendously. That was Gravity Technique.
In the
A terrifying scene arose, a hill over twenty meters tall suddenly appearing
in midair on its way to collide with Long Haochen.
Crossed Swords Strike landed loudly on that hill, as Long Haochen’s body
tensed up.
In all eyes, Long Haochen should have been able to dodge. Although it came
suddenly, and was an instant cast, that hill was really towering and thick.
A clash was no good solution. And, just getting out of the way seemed
sufficient, as that large hill would not be of great use anyway.
But Haochen didn’t do so. His body flashed to strike against the hill.
Immediately, it stopped in midair.
The earth mage had a chill, knowing that the opponent had seen through his
spell. He actually wanted Long Haochen to dodge, as this hill was just a
support to launch a powerful Gravity Technique.
But by directly striking the hill, he had visibly cut off that following
move. The earth mage chanted rapidly, that hill having only stalled for
three seconds, and a deafening sound of an explosion followed.
Countless rocks splattered in all directions as a towering sword intent
arose in midair. Relying on it, Long Haochen forcibly broke this hill, and
the next instant, charged straight toward the mage.
His six wings provided him with a really enormous speed. Moreover, he had
the aid of Lightning Flash, so the earth mage had no way to escape at all.
In that case, he may as well not even try.
A transparent barrier surrounded his body, which, when struck by Long
Haochen’s pair of swords materialized from Spiritual Highland, produced
series of sonorous crackling sounds. But that barrier was still unmoving and
didn’t have any visible trace of damage.
What a great defense!
If one paid attention, he would realize that the transparent barrier was not
like an ordinary magic barrier. It seemed to have countless cuts on its
surface, which produced a bright brilliance under sunlight’s illumination in
the same way as a polished diamond.
Starry Diamond Barrier, one of the most powerful defensive spells of earth
element.
Long Haochen was pushed back but not
A torrential sword intent once again burst out from Long Haochen, a severe
expression on his face. His heavy swords united above his head, going down
in a flash.
An earthly yellow halation came up this time from below the earth mage. This
divine grade earth mage really had great accomplishments in defense: that
yellow halo actually enlarged the scope of Starry Diamond Barrier.
Clang--
Long Haochen was shooed away with his sword, and although a crack had
appeared on the Starry Diamond Barrier, it very was rapidly restored by the
yellow halation within.
What a great defense! Long Haochen was startled. In the defensive aspect,
this earth knight was perhaps not inferior to that Supreme Shield of the
Knight Temple.
The Heart of Eternity was pulsing violently. Hearing this earth mage still
continuously chanting, Long Haochen remained calm, quietly releasing a
golden halation. The Light God Domain finally appeared, and not only that,
but right after appearing it started to display the phenomenon associated
with the release of the domain technique Divine Light Waltz.
The look on the earth mage’s face changed, but his incantation remained
unchanging, the yellow halation under his feet only growing even more
intense.
His domain was named Solidification. A simple sounding name, but it actually
reinforced any of his earth spells with an ultra great defense. When young,
he was known with the title of Tortoiseshell, absolute number one in terms
of defense out of the whole Mage Temple. Even Li Zhengzhi would need to
expend a lot of magic power to defeat him, relying on the difference in
cultivation to win the match.
Li Zhengzhi had given him direct instructions on how to deal with the
situation before going on stage. For this earth mage to defeat Long Haochen
with his attacks would be really difficult, so Li Zhengzhi suggested he tire
out Long Haochen, who would surely try to achieve a rapid victory and thus
use a lot of his domain’s power. Then he was to look
Although Li Zhengzhi knew that should Bright Glimmer of Hope acquire two
spots on the top three, there would most likely be no final champion to
designate, he still strove for victory with his utmost. In his eyes,
although Cai’er’s domain was really bizarre, she was already too much
depleted, thus only Long Haochen alone could really make up a threat to him.
Long Haochen’s Divine Light Waltz having already been launched twice, its
volume was clearly smaller than the first time, proof that his spiritual
energy was not yet fully replenished.
When the Divine Light Waltz and Starry Diamond Barrier collided first, it
came immediately to a clash between the strongest attack and greatest
defense.
An ear-piercing grinding sound came out immediately to everyone’s ears. That
was really an unpleasant sound. Countless sparks arose from the clash
between the two great techniques in the midst of magic and shaking. Divine
Light Waltz slowly cut its way in, but it advanced very slowly. All could
see that both sides had their spiritual energy depleted intensely.
The earth mage’s incantation became swifter and swifter. As one of the top
powerhouses of the Mage Temple, he was unwilling to take a passive beating
in front of such a youngster. That was someone whose position was quite
higher than even Lin Chen in the Mage Temple.
The intense yellow halo from the Starry Diamond Barrier gradually turned
muddy, as terrible earth essence was in the midst of getting compressed and
accumulated, about to possibly burst out at anytime.
But Long Haochen seemed to ignore that. With the boost of the Divine
Unicorn, his Divine Light Waltz only grew more and more powerful. The
Diamond Starry Barrier already had a small hole in its midst, and the Divine
Light Waltz only kept pushing through. At this rate, it would take him at
most perhaps two minutes to achieve victory against this earth mage.