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The Ice Empress saw the massive Xuanwu's four limbs frozen solid, and the members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy trapped within the "Domain of Eternal Frost." Her eyes instantly curved into crescent moons as she said excitedly:
"Young Master, we're just too amazing, aren't we!! To think we've eliminated Heaven Dou Royal Academy this quickly!!"
Gu Yuena's purple pupils flickered. She shook her head slightly; Ye Lan definitely wouldn't be finished off this quickly.
Within the completely frozen 'Heavy Water Domain', there was a hollow hemispherical space. The enormous 'Heavy Water Domain' ice cap looked just like the giant roof of an 'igloo'.
That's right. Gu Yuena could use 'Wind Element' to create air bubbles, and Ye Lan could just as well use 'Formless Shape' to push aside the 'heavy water' and prop open a space.
Although the Xuanwu's limbs were frozen, thanks to 'Life Share' and its own terrifying defense, it hadn't taken much damage.
Inside the 'igloo', Qian Renxue's fifth spirit ring lit up.
"Angelic Sacred Flame!"
The golden holy sword once again ignited with blazing golden flames. Following that, Qian Renxue led the other five members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and hacked toward the weakest layer of the solid ice.
The moment 'Ultimate Ice' met 'Ultimate Fire', it instantly melted into fresh water. The appearance of this water promptly replenished the Xuanwu.
The Xuanwu used the stream of water melted by the blazing golden flames to continuously batter its limbs, which were still frozen in the hard ice.
Before long, the five members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy burst out of the 'Domain of Eternal Frost'.
And the Xuanwu, having escaped its predicament, immediately shut down the 'Heavy Water Domain', preventing the 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion' from turning it against them.
When the Beast Academy saw Heaven Dou Royal Academy break through the 'Domain of Eternal Frost', Chi Wang and Xiong Jun could wait no longer.
They rushed furiously toward Ye Lan's group, their expressions clearly showing they didn't take the Heaven Dou team seriously at all.
In their view, their spirit power and spirit ring configurations were far higher than those of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy members. With their mindsets as hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beasts, they simply didn't know the meaning of fear.
Watching the approaching 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' and 'Three-Headed Red Devil', the 'Xuanwu' made its move.
Shi Guang and Shi Mo had not forgotten the task Ye Lan had given them. Their primary objective was to lock down Xiong Jun, the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear'.
Xiong Jun's attack power was the most terrifying. If they didn't rely on the Xuanwu's defense, even if they were linked to the Blue Silver Grass via 'Life Share', they wouldn't be able to withstand Xiong Jun's frenzied assault.
However, 'Life Share' combined with 'Xuanwu' was a different story.
This was equivalent to the health bars of all the Heaven Dou Royal Academy members, plus the health bars of all the Blue Silver Grass, being given to the 'Xuanwu'. With such a 'health bar' of despair, the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' couldn't even dream of breaking through.
The 'Xuanwu' appeared massive, but its movement speed was not slow at all.
The Xuanwu charged recklessly, heading straight for the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' and the 'Three-Headed Red Devil'.
Facing the 'Xuanwu', which was several times larger than himself, Xiong Jun wasn't about to back down. He didn't believe that the 'Xuanwu' could defend against his attack just because it was big.
"DarkGold Terrorclaw!!"
The golden terror claw on Xiong Jun's arm grew larger once again, a golden light flowing over its entire surface, its power instantly multiplying!
The 'Three-Headed Red Devil' charging alongside Xiong Jun lit up his second, black spirit ring. His red, sharp claws were immediately covered in a layer of crimson flames.
"Infernal Claw Strike!!"
One gold, one red—a total of six giant crescent blades appeared in front of the 'Xuanwu'.
At this moment, Ning Rongrong's fourth spirit ring lit up, and she spoke rapidly: "Nine Treasures fame: Fourth, Defense!"
A nine-colored light of spirit power instantly shone upon the 'Xuanwu's' massive body. The defense of the 'Xuanwu', already the number one defensive spirit on the continent, was boosted by another fifty percent!
When the golden and flame-colored claw strikes hit the 'Xuanwu', the scene that Xiong Jun and Chi Wang had expected—the 'Xuanwu's' tortoise shell being torn apart, with blood flying everywhere—did not happen.
The reality was, the 'Xuanwu' didn't move an inch. It was completely unscathed.
"Impossible! How can my 'DarkGold Terrorclaw' not break that turtle shell!!" Xiong Jun's ferocious golden head revealed an expression of disbelief.
Chi Wang also looked at his own crimson claws in a daze. In the previous match between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Spirit Hall Academy, the 'Heaven Dou Royal Academy' hadn't taken much damage. He had just assumed that the attack power of the Spirit Hall Academy members was low.
He never expected that his own ten-thousand-year spirit skill would also fail to harm the 'Xuanwu' in the slightest.
When their ten-thousand-year spirit skills hit the 'Xuanwu', two strands of Blue Silver Grass behind Ye Lan exploded, and then were immediately reborn. At this moment, Ye Lan looked grimly at the health bar above one of the newly born Blue Silver Grass strands. The health bar had dropped by five percent.
The attack power of the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' using a ten-thousand-year spirit skill was still too monstrous. One had to realize, this was the health drop after the 'Xuanwu' had defended against it with the 'Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's' buff.
If the 'Xuanwu' hadn't been there to block the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear's' attack, the 'Life Share' health bar would have likely dropped by twenty percent directly.
Gu Yuena said, "Xiong Jun, Wang Chi, your attacks absolutely had an effect. Although the 'Xuanwu' shows no signs of injury, Ye Lan's Blue Silver Grass just exploded."
"Therefore, Ye Lan's third spirit skill must be damage transfer."
"No matter what kind of defensive spirit skill it is, it has its limits. Continue attacking!!"
"Wan Yao, stay in place and protect Zi Ji. The rest of you, surround and attack 'Xuanwu'!"
After hearing their master's analysis, Xiong Jun and Wang Chi's confidence instantly soared.
The master was right!
There was no such thing as an invincible defensive skill! If their attacks could blast apart all of Ye Lan's Blue Silver Grass, then this defensive skill would definitely break on its own!
Golden and red spirit lights erupted from their bodies again as they frantically attacked the 'Xuanwu'.
Zi Ji ('Hell Demon Dragon King') and the Ice Empress ('Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion') also moved. They charged directly toward the massive 'Xuanwu'.
The reason Zi Ji and the Ice Empress didn't go to attack Heaven Dou Royal Academy's support-type Spirit Masters, Ning Rongrong and Ye Lengling, was because all five members of the Heaven Dou team were under the massive 'Xuanwu's' shadow.
Faced with the four charging members of the Beast Academy, the 'Xuanwu' could only continuously twist its enormous body, trying its best to make their attacks land on its massive tortoise shell.
As Zi Ji and the Ice Empress charged the Xuanwu, Ye Lan immediately signaled 'Zhu Zhuqing' and 'Qian Renxue' with his eyes to alleviate the 'Xuanwu's' pressure.
After all, no matter how strong the 'Xuanwu's' defense was, it couldn't withstand a siege from so many people on its own.
If they let the opponent keep attacking it, and Lengling had to constantly heal the total 'Life Share' health bar, her spirit power would definitely not last.
Two golden shooting stars and one black shooting star rapidly collided with three figures. Qian Renxue chose the 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion', which she had a mutual counter against.
She was confident that after consuming the fire-attribute immortal herb, her Ultimate Fire was definitely stronger than the 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's' Ultimate Ice.
Zhu Zhuqing, meanwhile, set her sights on the 'Three-Headed Red Devil'. She would rely on her speed to pin it down.
During this entanglement, she couldn't afford to expend too much spirit power on the 'Three-Headed Red Devil'.
Ye Lan's target was pointed straight at the person with the highest comprehensive strength besides Gu Yuena: Zi Ji, the 'Hell Demon Dragon King'.
Zi Ji was originally a hundred-thousand-year-old (specifically, 200,000+) fierce beast, the 'Hell Demon Dragon King'. Her strength was ranked ninth among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts.
After these fierce beasts had all re-cultivated as humans, Zi Ji, whose spirit was a pure-blooded True Dragon, found her combat power surpassing many of her fierce beast seniors.
Among the three, Little Xue, the fastest, gripped the 'Angelic Holy Sword' with both hands and slashed down at the 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion'.
The Ice Empress was extremely wary of the holy sword in the golden-haired girl's hands, which was wreathed in golden flames. Her first and second spirit rings immediately lit up with black light.
"Ice Jade Pincers!"
"Ice Jade Body Armor!"
A massive Ice Jade Scorpion mirage flashed behind the Ice Empress. Her hands and forearms became extremely hard, covered in a layer of particles resembling diamonds.
Furthermore, her body's surface was covered again in a layer of ice-blue crystals for all-around defense.
The two ten-thousand-year spirit skills instantly armed the Ice Empress to the teeth.
Her two giant 'Ice Jade Pincers' crossed, directly blocking the 'Angelic Holy Sword's' chopping trajectory.
Bang!
A loud impact sound came from the ice pincers. The extremely durable 'Ice Jade Pincers' were not shattered by the 'Angelic Holy Sword'.
The 'Ice Jade Pincers' withstood Qian Renxue's direct attack, but the moment the Ultimate Ice and the enhanced 'Ultimate Fire' made contact, there were already slight signs of melting.
Qian Renxue, seeing that the 'Ultimate Fire' attack was more effective, directly used her spirit power to ignite the blazing golden flames on the Angelic Holy Sword once more.
With the Angelic Holy Sword ignited, every slash Qian Renxue made was accompanied by a scorching golden flame sword shadow.
As the Empress of the Ultimate Ice clan, the Ice Jade Scorpion, the Ice Empress's Ultimate Ice was not much weaker than Qian Renxue's Ultimate Fire.
But this was not a one-on-one duel; it was a seven-on-seven team battle.
The 'Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda' in Ning Rongrong's palm would flash with a spirit light from time to time. Each time it flashed, it would boost Qian Renxue's spirit power by fifty percent.
Moreover, Ning Rongrong's timing was extremely subtle. Every time Qian Renxue's 'Angelic Sacred Flame' was about to hit the 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion', a trace of nine-colored light would flash across Qian Renxue's body.
The 'Angelic Sacred Flame', its spirit power suddenly increased by fifty percent, immediately became even more intense and scorching.
Qian Renxue's spirit skill efficiency and spirit quality were both slightly stronger than the 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's', and with the addition of Ning Rongrong's support, the Ice Empress was being hacked at by Qian Renxue to the point of misery, forced to retreat again and again.
On the other side, Zhu Zhuqing activated 'Nether Rush' and 'Sacred Meow - Speed Form'. Her speed instantly skyrocketed by two hundred percent as she shot straight for the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' back.
Aided by this increased speed, Zhu Zhuqing's 'Nether Rush' attack reached the level of a Spirit Emperor.
In the blink of an eye, a thin black line flashed past. The Sacred Meow's five claws tore through the air, and five black claw shadows instantly assaulted the 'Three-Headed Red Devil'.
The attack was so fast that Bi Ji didn't even have time to react and cast a defensive spirit skill on the 'Three-Headed Red Devil'.
And Chi Wang, who had been excitedly attacking the 'Xuanwu', also failed to notice a black cat launching a sneak attack from behind him.
The five black crescent blades made contact with the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' massive back, tearing through the thick red fur.
Countless spurts of blood flew from the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' back. Fortunately, the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' defense was extremely strong, and its back had many bones, making its defense even stronger. Zhu Zhuqing's attack did not break through the bone's defense to reach the internal organs.
But the splitting of flesh and blood on his back still made Chi Wang grimace in pain.
A huge 'head' on his right shoulder immediately twisted around, opened its bloody maw, and began to condense berserk energy.
"Heaven Burning Breath!!"
A cone of red flame shot rapidly toward the 'Shadow Sacred Meow'.
Zhu Zhuqing, feeling the scorching wind rush toward her face, immediately kicked off the ground, used her waist for power, and executed a backward somersault, rapidly retreating to pull distance from the 'Three-Headed Red Devil'.
After dodging the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' flame spirit skill with a backflip, Zhu Zhuqing did not retreat.
Instead, she continuously circled Wang Chi's massive body, tying him down. Relying on her extreme speed, she would even land a hit on the 'Three-Headed Red Devil' from time to time.
Although the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' attack power crushed the 'Shadow Sacred Meow', with Ning Rongrong and the 'Sacred Meow - Speed Form' buffs, the 'Three-Headed Red Devil' simply couldn't hit Zhu Zhuqing.
With the 'Shadow Sacred Meow's' help, the pressure on the 'Xuanwu' was instantly and greatly reduced.
Relying on its own terrifying defense and the 'Life Share' damage transfer mechanism, the 'Xuanwu' sounded the horn for a counterattack.
It began to frantically ram the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear'. Its massive body endowed the 'Xuanwu' with unparalleled strength.
Although the 'Xuanwu's' attack couldn't compare to its own defense, this didn't mean its attack power was weak.
After all, the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' didn't have the 'Xuanwu's' defense. If the 'Xuanwu's' giant turtle jaw managed to bite down on the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear', Xiong Jun probably wouldn't have an easy time getting free.
On the other side.
After Ye Lan activated 'Flash', his speed skyrocketed again, turning into a thin golden line.
In just an instant, he had burst forward to the 'Hell Demon Dragon King'.
Zi Ji's pupils shrank. She had never thought a 'Blue Silver Grass Spirit Grandmaster' could erupt with such speed!
The 'Hell Demon Dragon King', caught off guard, was instantly sent flying into the ring by Ye Lan's whip kick.
Dong!!
The moment the 'Hell Demon Dragon King' slammed into the ring, countless black stone fragments were sent flying.
Although Zi Ji's fall was extremely pathetic, she hadn't actually taken much damage. She immediately flipped over and stood up from the crater she had made.
Possessing the super spirit 'Hell Demon Dragon King', her attack power, defense power, and life force were all top-tier.
With just one exchange, Ye Lan had a new understanding of the 'Hell Demon Dragon King's' strength.
Zi Ji's 'Hell Demon Dragon King' could be called the PLUS version of the continent's number one beast spirit, the 'Golden Crocodile King'.
"Blood Armor Full Body!"
"Ancient Beast's Touch!!"
The blood in Ye Lan's body began to circulate rapidly, boiling. A blood-colored mist seeped from his pores.
This caused his attack power, defense power, and speed to all increase dramatically.
You have your 'Hell Demon Dragon King', and I have my 'Blood Armor Full Body'!
'Blood Armor' was a terrifying self-created spirit skill that could use the 'Ultimate Life' of the Blue Silver Grass and convert it into physical stats!
Feeling the explosive power coursing through his body, eight pitch-black tentacles burst from Ye Lan's back.
The 'Ancient Beast's Touch', having not breathed fresh air in a long time, began to tremble.
After activating 'Ancient Beast's Touch', Ye Lan's spirit power surged by fifty percent, directly pushing his spirit power to the Spirit Ancestor level.
Relying on Spirit Ancestor-level spirit power and the one hundred and thirty percent boost from the Spirit Power Attachment Method, Ye Lan's strength directly rose to the Spirit King level.
Adding on the explosive physical stats from 'Blood Armor Full Body', Ye Lan's strength reached the Spirit Emperor level.
Gu Yuena looked at Ye Lan in shock. She immediately sensed Ye Lan's rapidly increasing strength and the astonishing life force within his body.
She could sense that Ye Lan's body was continuously generating life force, thereby compensating for the drain of the 'Blood Mist' skill.
At this moment, Gu Yuena was momentarily unsure who the real dragon was, Ye Lan or Zi Ji.
The life force in Ye Lan's body was too staggering; Zi Ji was actually being overshadowed by him.
"Zi Ji! Use your full power, quickly!!" Gu Yuena immediately used a spirit power sound transmission, speaking rapidly.
The instant Ye Lan used 'Shunpo' (Flash Step) to kick off the air and launch himself, Zi Ji, having received Gu Yuena's order, immediately activated her own first spirit skill.
"Heavenly Demon's Power!"
Zi Ji's entire body was completely covered in purple dragon scales, and the bone spikes on her body grew out significantly.
Her attack power and defense power immediately increased by one hundred percent. Relying on her original physical stats, her physical stats at this moment reached the Spirit Saint level.
And Ye Lan, using the explosive movement speed from 'Shunshin' (Body Flicker), became a blood-gold meteor streaking toward the 'Hell Demon Dragon King'.
Only when the countless gales of wind slammed into her face did Zi Ji understand why the master had told her to use her full power.
If not for the master's reminder, her arrogant self might have been directly eliminated by the golden-haired youth.
The instant Ye Lan's 'Meteor' hit the 'Hell Demon Dragon King', the 'Hell Demon Dragon King' crossed her arms in a defensive guard.
The ring beneath her feet instantly shattered, and concentric circles of black rubble blasted outward!!
Before the 'Hell Demon Dragon King' could even react, Ye Lan once again used 'Shun'i' (Sound Step) to kick off the air, coordinating with 'Meteor'.
He punched toward the 'Hell Demon Dragon King' once more!
At this time, Gu Yuena and Bi Ji made their move. Bi Ji's first and third black spirit rings lit up.
"Emerald Guardian!!"
'Emerald Guardian', in addition to Bi Ji herself, also generated a verdant green shield on everyone else on the field—Xiong Jun, Chi Wang, Wan Yao, the Ice Empress, and the others.
Clearly, 'Emerald Guardian' was a group defense spirit skill.
Furthermore, not only did it increase the defense of the person being protected, but it also converted twenty percent of the damage received into life force. A reduction and a gain, this was a direct forty percent reduction in damage.
"Verdant Light Wave!!"
A verdant green light wave expanded from the 'Emerald Swan's' body. Xiong Jun, Chi Wang, Zi Ji, and the Ice Empress, who were already somewhat injured, were immediately healed, their wounds beginning to mend at an extremely rapid pace.
The morale of the Beast Academy members, which had been falling due to their injuries, was suddenly boosted.
So what if you Heaven Dou Royal Academy aren't afraid of injury? You fight without honor, relentlessly attacking us, bullying us old spirit beasts of several hundred thousand years.
But as long as Bi Ji gets serious, we old spirit beasts aren't afraid of getting injured either!!
After receiving Bi Ji's support, the morale of the Beast Academy team soared, and the pressure on Heaven Dou Royal Academy instantly multiplied.
And the greatest pressure wasn't on the front lines, but on Ye Lengling and Ning Rongrong in the rear.
Fortunately, both of them had cultivated the 'Spirit Power Limit Attachment Method' and 'Split-Mind Control'. Otherwise, if they were normal support-type Spirit Masters, their spirit power would have already been exhausted.
By the time Ye Lan's second 'Blood Armor Meteor Punch' hit the 'Hell Demon Dragon King', Bi Ji's defensive skill was already on her.
Although Zi Ji didn't have time to block Ye Lan's second attack and was once again slammed into the ring, she, fortunately, relied on her terrifying physical stats and Bi Ji's defensive skill, taking only light injuries and coughing up a bit of blood.
The very next second, she was healed by the 'Verdant Light Wave', returning to full strength once more.
Ye Lan frowned when he saw the 'Hell Demon Dragon King's' condition restored.
As expected, the Beast Academy was not that easy to deal with.
But, Ye Lan did not lose his composure at this moment and rush to attack the 'Hell Demon Dragon King'. Instead, he began to observe the situation on the battlefield.
The 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion', originally at a disadvantage, had immediately recovered from her dire situation after receiving Zi Ji's (Bi Ji's) support. (Translator's Note: The original text says Zi Ji's support here, but it was Bi Ji who healed.)
Although she was still being suppressed by Qian Renxue, she could at least barely hold on.
After Chi Wang received the shield and constant healing, Zhu Zhuqing was suddenly completely unable to do anything about the 'Three-Headed Red Devil'.
After all, she couldn't afford to waste her spirit power on the 'Three-Headed Red Devil'. But fortunately, the 'Emerald Swan' couldn't increase the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' speed.
Zhu Zhuqing could still rely on her own speed to constantly flash left and right, continuously dodging the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' crazed claw strikes and the flames that shot out from its 'three heads' from time to time.
The one who received the biggest boost from Bi Ji's support was the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear'!
After he received the shield from Bi Ji, he no longer had to fear the 'Xuanwu's' attacks.
He immediately activated his third spirit skill, "Bloodthirsty Rampage," increasing his attack speed and attack power by one hundred percent.
Facing the mindless, rampaging Xiong Jun, the pressure on the 'Xuanwu' instantly increased dramatically.
The 'Xuanwu' even changed its previous strategy of using its tortoise shell to withstand the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear'.
It began to try and dodge the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear's' sharp attacks. If it was continuously attacked by the rampaging 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear', the healing pressure on Ye Lengling would be too great; her spirit power wouldn't last long.
The black snake on the 'Xuanwu's' giant shell also began to continuously attack Xiong Jun, which also helped it to tie down the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear's' attacks.
Because the 'Xuanwu' was under too much pressure from the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear', Ning Rongrong's buffing skills were primarily targeting the 'Xuanwu'.
She even buffed the defense-type 'Xuanwu's' speed to help it dodge the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear's' attacks.
In just an instant, under the slow-motion perspective of the 'Golden Pupils', Ye Lan used his 'Eight-Sided Exquisite Heart' and 'Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart' to instantly analyze the situation on the field.
The 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear', having received the 'Emerald Swan's' support, was like a tiger that had grown wings. Its defensive shortcomings were completely covered, and it was now completely overwhelming the 'Xuanwu'.
Therefore, the most urgent task was to get rid of the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' as quickly as possible.
But the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' had the 'Emerald Swan's' defensive skill on it, and the 'Emerald Swan' could also continuously heal 'Xiong Jun'. Even he wasn't confident he could directly eliminate a 'Xiong Jun' who was being supported by the 'Emerald Swan'.
Therefore, they only had one option: eliminate the 'Emerald Swan' first.
Only then would they have the chance to eliminate Xiong Jun and the others. Otherwise, if the battle line was maintained, the first ones to run out of spirit power would definitely be their Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
(End of this chapter)