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Just as Ye Lan was pondering, Wan Yao Wang made his move. The fifth orange-gold spirit ring on his body flared to life.
"Myriad Branches!!"
Innumerable brown branches rushed frantically toward the 'Xuanwu', Ye Lan, and 'Qian Renxue'. Like a surging mudslide, the 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree's' branches pressed and squeezed against each other as they flooded toward their opponents.
The situation for Heaven Dou Royal Academy was already looking grim. Ye Lan would absolutely not allow Wan Yao Wang to shatter the delicate balance. Furthermore, he needed to activate his "Nature Domain" anyway, summoning even more Blue Silver Grass to increase the 'Xuanwu's' maximum health, thereby helping it withstand the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear's' assault.
He immediately deactivated the 'Blood Armor Full Body' he was wearing, liberating the Blue Silver Grass. Following this, a golden spirit light erupted from Ye Lan's body. Countless strands of Blue Silver Grass sprouted from beneath his feet, rushing at extreme speed toward the branches of the 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree'.
A vibrant, jade-green domain shone forth from Ye Lan's body, instantly enveloping the entire ring. The "Nature Domain" immediately increased the health of all Blue Silver Grass by fifty percent. This additional health was once again stacked on top of the 'Life Share' total health bar.
The very instant the Blue Silver Grass appeared, the branches of the 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree' immediately wilted. The branches, which had resembled a surging mudslide, now looked as if they had turned into a pool of sludge, their advance slowing to a crawl.
This dramatic change in the 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree's' branches caused Wan Yao Wang's expression to shift drastically. He had never, in his wildest dreams, expected that his 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree' would end up in this state when facing Ye Lan's Blue Silver Grass.
And when Ye Lan's Nature Domain activated, Wan Yao Wang's expression instantly became a sight to behold. He never imagined that Ye Lan's domain could actually increase the growth speed of plants by a factor of ten.
If he had known that Ye Lan possessed such a domain before he transformed into a human, he absolutely would not have transformed and re-cultivated. He would have, without a doubt, maintained his spirit beast form and used Ye Lan's presence to aid his own cultivation. Unfortunately, now that he had become a human, Ye Lan's domain could only make his spirit significantly more active.
Before Wan Yao Wang could dwell on it, Ye Lan's Blue Silver Grass sounded the horn for a counterattack. The countless withered 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree branches' were like mice encountering a cat; they had completely lost all power to resist.
Strands of Blue Silver Grass vines, each one several times thicker than the 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree's' branches, coiled around multiple branches at once and began to frantically strangle these wilted 'branches'.
For a moment, innumerable brown wood chips flew everywhere. From within the shattering branches, countless splashes of green 'blood' splattered out.
Wan Yao Wang's expression remained unchanged as he watched his branches being strangled by the Blue Silver Grass. He waited until the innumerable 'Golden Galaxy Vines' were thoroughly soaked in the green 'blood' of his 'branches'. Only then did the corners of Wan Yao Wang's mouth hook into a grin as he laughed loudly, "Corrosive Venom!! Corrode everything for me!!"
The vast amount of green blood instantly began to boil, emitting a dazzling, verdant green glow.
However, the Blue Silver Grass, despite being drenched in this venom, was not affected in the slightest. It continued, step by step, to strangle the remaining 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree branches'. Wan Yao Wang's calm facade could no longer be maintained. He lost his composure and cried out, "How is this possible!! How can such an abnormal spirit exist? It's one thing for it to suppress my 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree', but it's actually directly immune to poison!?"
Gu Yuena, seeing that Wan Yao Wang was completely countered by Ye Lan, felt her estimation of Ye Lan's importance rise yet another notch.
At this moment, having just dealt with the major trouble that was 'Wan Yao Wang', Ye Lan once again activated 'Flash' and charged toward the 'Hell Demon Dragon King', Zi Ji.
Gu Yuena's fourth spirit ring glowed with light. After the nine-colored silver staff appeared in her palm, her first and second spirit rings lit up once more. "Elemental Tide" and "Elemental Control" activated immediately. In an instant, countless multicolored specks of light flashed around Gu Yuena's body. One after another, orbs of elemental energy, each the size of a human head, were condensed into existence.
"Lightning Orbs", "Rock Bullets", "Ice Balls", "Water Balls", "Fireballs", "Darkness Orbs", and so on. Every element that appeared in the vicinity of Gu Yuena's body was formed into innumerable energy orbs by her.
"Elemental Torrent!!" Gu Yuena pointed her staff, her target aimed directly at Ye Lan.
At this moment, Gu Yuena believed that the core of Heaven Dou Royal Academy was Ye Lan. As long as Ye Lan was dealt with, the remaining members would be easy to handle. The countless energy orbs, one after another, poured frantically down upon Ye Lan.
Ye Lan's pupils shrank. The number of these energy orbs was simply too great! Moreover, the power of every single orb was, at minimum, comparable to that of a Spirit Emperor, yet Gu Yuena had created over a hundred of them in a single instant!
Zi Ji, sensing that her master had made a move, quickly abandoned her previous line of thought. Although she desperately wanted to defeat Ye Lan, she still retreated in Gu Yuena's direction. She had no desire to be grabbed by Ye Lan and used as a human shield; that human was absolutely capable of using her to make her master hesitate to act.
Seeing Zi Ji flee in Gu Yuena's direction, Ye Lan gained a new appreciation for the combat intelligence of these spirit beasts.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Lan thought of a foolproof plan.
"Blue God Prophet!!"
Ye Lan retracted his innumerable combat-focused Blue Silver Grass units and directly summoned twelve 'Blue Silver Sacrifices'.
These 'Blue Silver Sacrifices', under the combined buffs of 'Ultimate Water', 'Nature Domain', and 'I Want to Grow Up', had their life force bonus reach a staggering seventy-two times the base life force of the Blue Silver Grass.
The instant the nearly twenty-meter-tall 'Blue Silver Sacrifices' were summoned, Wan Yao Wang's jaw dropped as he stared at the terrifying sight. Only now did he truly understand that his 'Demonic Eye Demon Tree', compared to Ye Lan's 'Blue Silver Grass', was like an ant trying to shake a tree—the difference between a mere firefly and the brilliant moon.
After summoning the 'Blue Silver Sacrifices', Ye Lan immediately activated his 'Eight-Sided Exquisite Heart', splitting his focus to individually control each of these 'Blue Silver Sacrifices'.
These 'Blue Silver Sacrifices' began to frantically whip their massive bodies around. Every time one of Gu Yuena's terrifying energy orbs was about to collide with a 'Blue Silver Sacrifice', the whipping body of the 'Blue Silver Sacrifice' would twist once more, forming a distinct, calculated arc.
The innumerable elemental energy orbs struck these curved trajectories created by the 'Blue Silver Sacrifices' using their bodies, and one after another, they were all deflected high up into the air.
Gu Yuena's pupils brightened. This was the first time she had ever seen someone who could rival, or perhaps even surpass, her own existence in the realm of elemental control.
If Ye Lan knew what Gu Yuena was thinking, he would absolutely shake his head and admit that in terms of pure elemental manipulation, he was definitely inferior to her. However, his 'Eight-Sided Exquisite Heart' coordinating with his 'Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart' allowed him to split his mind sixty-three ways for meticulous, fine-tuned control.
Under such a terrifying numerical advantage in processing power, it was only natural that even an elemental genius like Gu Yuena could not compare to Ye Lan in the fine control of so many multiple elements at once.
As Ye Lan was meticulously controlling the 'Blue Silver Sacrifices' to defend against the hundreds of energy orbs Gu Yuena was unleashing, he began to implement his true plan.
"Zhuqing, grab onto the Blue Silver Sacrifice!!" Ye Lan roared.
At this moment, one of the whipping 'Blue Silver Sacrifices' had its tip swing just near Zhu Zhuqing.
Hearing Ye Lan's shout, Zhu Zhuqing no longer bothered with the 'Three-Headed Red Devil' and instead immediately grabbed the end of the 'Blue Silver Sacrifice'.
Ye Lan sensed through the 'Blue Silver Sacrifice' that Zhu Zhuqing had taken hold.
He immediately split his focus to control this specific 'Blue Silver Sacrifice'. The tip of the vine began to wrap around Zhu Zhuqing's body.
Then, gripping her waist tightly, it began to spin, causing the 'Blue Silver Sacrifice' to whip around faster and faster.
Zhu Zhuqing gritted her teeth; she knew her teacher would never do something meaningless.
After the 'Blue Silver Sacrifice' spun three full rotations, the speed at its tip reached its absolute peak, directly breaking the sound barrier.
In that precise instant, Ye Lan immediately controlled the 'Blue Silver Sacrifice' to release the end wrapped around Zhu Zhuqing.
Zhu Zhuqing shot out like a guided missile, aimed directly at the 'Emerald Swan'!!
"Zhuqing, erupt with your full speed! Feel the support point beneath the soles of your feet!!" Ye Lan roared once more. Only at this moment did Gu Yuena finally realize what Ye Lan's true plan was.
It turned out that summoning the 'Blue Silver Sacrifices' to defend against her elemental attacks was just a feint. Helping the 'Shadow Sacred Meow' launch a surprise attack on Bi Ji was his true objective!
Gu Yuena had no time to warn Bi Ji. She could only do her best to use 'Elemental Control' to gather countless energy orbs toward the 'Shadow Sacred Meow's' flight path.
At this moment, Zhuqing's first and third spirit rings lit up. Ning Rongrong's first three spirit rings also lit up in response.
Zhu Zhuqing, using 'Nether Rush', 'Shadow Form', and 'Sacred Meow - Speed Form', instantly increased her own speed by three hundred percent.
And in that same instant, Ning Rongrong once again buffed Zhu Zhuqing, increasing her attack, spirit power, and speed by another fifty percent.
Just as Zhu Zhuqing was wondering about the 'support point' her teacher mentioned, she felt as if her feet had stepped on something.
That's right, it was Ye Lan's 'Formless Shape'.
He had used 'Formless Shape' to create an invisible platform, its orientation perfectly aligned with the tips of Zhu Zhuqing's feet.
Zhu Zhuqing, flying like a missile, suddenly pushed off with all her might, using the 'invisible platform' as a step.
The moment Zhu Zhuqing exerted force, a golden light shadow appeared over her entire body.
Ye Lan had once again applied 'Flash' to 'Zhu Zhuqing', increasing her total speed by another one hundred and fifty percent.
At this point, Zhu Zhuqing's total speed buff had reached a staggering eight hundred and twenty-five percent!
Her speed was now comparable to a top-tier agility-type Spirit Saint!!
In just a fraction of a second, Zhu Zhuqing instantly surpassed the countless elemental energy orbs. Those orbs had no time to fly to their intended interception points. Before Bi Ji could even hear the sonic boom from Zhu Zhuqing being thrown by the 'Blue Silver Sacrifice', her vision was already spinning. An extremely terrifying force exploded from her abdomen.
Although Gu Yuena had used 'Elemental Tide' and 'Elemental Control' to create several thick layers of ice armor on Bi Ji, under the terrifying skill combination of Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lan, the resulting explosive attack power sent Bi Ji flying directly out of the ring, unconscious.
Gu Yuena sensed that Bi Ji's life was not in danger and sighed in relief.
The moment Zhu Zhuqing hit Bi Ji, one of the 'Blue Silver Sacrifices' instantly exploded.
If 'Life Share' hadn't transferred the damage for Zhu Zhuqing, the speed she had just unleashed would have absolutely crippled her own arm.
With Bi Ji knocked out of the ring, the verdant green shields on Xiong Jun, Chi Wang, the Ice Empress, and Zi Ji immediately vanished.
Xiong Jun looked behind him in a daze. He realized Bi Ji had actually been eliminated!
The stunned Xiong Jun was instantly caught in an opening by the 'Xuanwu'. With one powerful ram, it sent Xiong Jun flying back over ten meters.
When Zhu Zhuqing grabbed the 'Blue Silver Sacrifice's' tip, Chi Wang had lost his target and could only turn to attack the 'Xuanwu'.
Before he could even unleash two attacks, Chi Wang discovered the shield on his body was gone.
His heart immediately sank.
This was the first time the Beast Academy had a team member eliminated by humans.
The master was right after all!
They absolutely could not underestimate humans.
Thinking of this, Chi Wang no longer conserved his spirit power. His black and orange-gold spirit rings lit up.
The two giant red 'heads' on the 'Three-Headed Red Devil's' shoulders instantly detached, transforming into massive 'Red Devils'.
The three 'Red Devils' roared at the sky, and an immense power of flame began to pour down on the 'Xuanwu'.
When the 'Xuanwu' noticed the 'Three-Headed Red Devil' using flame spirit skills, it immediately spat 'Ultimate Water' from its turtle jaw to counter it.
The moment water and fire met, countless clouds of steam exploded from all around the 'Xuanwu'.
But this time, Gu Yuena did not use 'Elemental Control' to contain the 'steam', instead allowing it to spread over a wide area.
Ye Lan was still battling 'Zi Ji' at this time, while Zhu Zhuqing had been entangled by Wan Yao Wang.
Wan Yao Wang, after discovering his spirit was countered by Ye Lan, had shifted his target to someone else. He never imagined that this human girl in front of him had actually eliminated Bi Ji. For him, who was supposed to be protecting Bi Ji, this was a colossal humiliation. Facing Wan Yao Wang's branch attacks, Zhu Zhuqing could only rely on her 'Teleport' spirit skill and 'Shadow Form' to continuously weave and dodge.
After Ye Lan hammered 'Zi Ji' away with another punch, he smelled the moist steam permeating the air.
At this moment, Zi Ji, like an unkillable god of war, climbed up from the ring once again.
Facing the golden-haired youth, Zi Ji's attitude had already changed from disdain to respect, and finally, to seeing him as a lifelong rival.
As the king of the Hell Demon Dragon clan, she had to defeat this human to prove that she was the True Dragon.
"Again!!" Zi Ji flipped up and charged at Ye Lan once more.
Ye Lan, however, used the gap while Zi Ji was getting up to quickly observe the area where the white steam was thickest.
His pupils lit up with a golden spirit light as he activated 'Golden Pupils'.
He saw the 'Three-Headed Red Devil' was still in a fierce battle with the 'Xuanwu'.
But one 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' was hiding within the thick fog, brewing a massive attack. The 'DarkGold Terrorclaw' on its arm was glowing with an increasingly dense golden spirit power.
Ye Lan quickly leaned to the side to dodge one of Zi Ji's punches and shouted, "Shi Guang, Shi Mo, watch out for Xiong Jun!!"
The 'Xuanwu' heard Ye Lan's shout and quickly retracted its head and four limbs into its turtle shell, beginning to defend with all its might.
At this moment, Xiong Jun roared, "Take this, my Heaven-Rending Claw!!"
A world-shaking claw mark instantly tore the dense steam fog apart.
The white clouds in the sky were also split open by this 'Heaven-Rending Claw', as if creating a white abyss.
The hundred-meter-long 'Heaven-Rending Claw' instantly struck the massive 'Xuanwu'. Another 'Blue Silver Sacrifice' exploded.
Ye Lan looked at the 'Life Share' total health bar, his face pale with shock. The 'Life Share' total health bar had just dropped by twenty percent!!
"Lengling, heal, quickly!!" Ye Lan immediately shouted.
Ye Lengling nodded hurriedly, and countless Nine-Heart Begonia petals covered everyone. The 'Life Share total health bar' began to rise rapidly.
Qian Renxue, sensing the 'Nine-Heart Sacred Begonia' petals on her body and hearing the exchange between Ye Lan and Ye Lengling, immediately understood that the 'Xuanwu' was probably not going to hold.
She fiercely swung her Angelic Holy Sword, sending the 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion', which no longer had the 'Emerald Swan's' shield, flying with one strike. She then rushed toward the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear'.
The distant Gu Yuena also noticed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's movement. She immediately understood that Xiong Jun's attack was extremely effective.
Following that, the staff in Gu Yuena's hand once again lit up with a nine-colored light.
Countless elemental energy orbs flew toward Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue sensed the innumerable elemental orbs pouring toward her from behind.
She had no choice but to give up on the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' and turn to face the barrage of orbs.
The holy sword in her hand shone with a platinum-gold light as she faced the attack.
Meanwhile, Xiong Jun, after unleashing the 'Heaven-Rending Claw', immediately moved to a different hiding spot to brew the next Heaven-Rending Claw.
As Qian Renxue faced the countless 'elemental orbs', Ning Rongrong sensed Little Xue was in danger and immediately applied four different buffs to her.
With her spirit power and speed increased, Qian Renxue began to dodge continuously. For the orbs she couldn't dodge, she used 'Ultimate Fire' and 'Ultimate Holiness' for elemental cancellation.
Ye Lan, on the other hand, continued to be entangled with the 'Hell Demon Dragon King'. During the fight, he constantly observed the battle situation on the ring.
The Zi Ji on the other side was already panting heavily, but as someone with the bloodline of a Dragon King, she had no thought of giving up. She continued to relentlessly launch attacks at Ye Lan.
Faced with Zi Ji's pestering, Ye Lan frowned.
The pure-blooded True Dragon spirit was simply too abnormal, like an unkillable cockroach.
But Ye Lan had no more time to play around with Zi Ji. He once again activated 'Flash', his speed skyrocketing by one hundred and fifty percent.
Transforming into a golden afterimage, he sent Zi Ji flying with a 'Flash Kick', sending her toward the distant Wan Yao Wang.
Gu Yuena, seeing this, immediately released a giant blue water ball in front of Wan Yao Wang to cushion 'Zi Ji's' impact.
And Zhu Zhuqing seized this opportunity to escape Wan Yao's 'branch' control range, moving to regroup near the 'Xuanwu'.
After Ye Lan used the 'Flash Kick' to send the 'Hell Demon Dragon King' flying, his 'Golden Pupils' immediately locked onto Xiong Jun, who was brewing his 'Heaven-Rending Claw'.
If the 'Xuanwu' took a few more 'Heaven-Rending Claws', Lengling's spirit power wouldn't hold out.
Ye Lan immediately deactivated the 'Blue God Prophet' to provide Blue Silver Grass units for the 'Blood Armor Full Body', which in turn converted life force for himself.
"Rongrong, buff me!!"
Ning Rongrong immediately removed the buffs from Zhu Zhuqing, who had escaped Wan Yao Wang's attack range. Then, three spirit lights shone from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, First: Strength! Second: Speed! Third: Spirit!"
"Blood Armor Full Body!"
"Spirit Power Attachment one hundred and thirty percent!!"
"Ancient Beast's Touch!"
"Flash!!"
"Shunpo!"
"Shun'i!!"
An immense torrent of power flooded into Ye Lan's body. Ye Lan felt like he could eat a dragon raw right now!
At this moment, Ye Lan's entire body was emitting a blood-red mist, which was shrouded within the golden 'Flash'.
He crouched slightly, his feet rapidly stomping the ground, continuously accumulating power within his thighs.
When this power reached the upper limit his thighs could store, 'Shunpo' (Flash Step) activated!
The instant 'Shunpo' activated, a massive amount of spirit power exploded from the tips of Ye Lan's feet—'Shun'i' (Sound Step) activated!
BOOM!!!
Ye Lan's figure vanished completely. The speed from stacking 'Flash', 'Shunpo', and 'Shun'i' was simply too ridiculous.
The 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear', who was just about to unleash his 'Heaven-Rending Claw', suddenly sensed a mortal threat. His fourth spirit ring immediately lit up.
"Invincible Golden Body!!"
Aided by the 'Ultimate Gold' attribute, the defense of Xiong Jun's Invincible Golden Body was practically unrivaled.
If anyone thought the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' was only strong in attack, they were gravely mistaken. When Xiong Jun re-cultivated as a human, he was able to use spirit rings to compensate for his own shortcomings.
Just as the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear's' entire body turned golden, Ye Lan's full-power strike arrived.
An afterimage instantly struck the 'DarkGold Terrorclaw Bear' who had activated its Invincible Golden Body. The moment of impact, Xiong Jun's backward velocity broke the sound barrier, sending him flying several hundred meters away.
DONG!!
The golden bear was instantly kicked into the side of a mountain. Countless rocks shattered and flew, and the giant golden bear was embedded deep within the stone.
Xiong Jun rubbed his chest in terror. If he hadn't activated 'Invincible Golden Body', he very likely would have been beaten to death by the golden-haired youth's single punch.
Xiong Jun had no idea that it was precisely because Ye Lan saw him activate 'Invincible Golden Body' that he had stacked 'Flash', 'Shunpo', and 'Shun'i' for the attack.
The enraged Xiong Jun flipped over and frantically charged back toward Ye Lan on the ring, attempting to get revenge.
Suddenly, a staff member reached out an arm to block Xiong Jun, stating indifferently, "Xiong Jun was knocked out of the ring. Eliminated."
The furious Xiong Jun's face instantly went blank.
Right. He had been eliminated.
Gu Yuena looked at Xiong Jun's crestfallen expression, her head slightly lowered, as if she was pondering something.
Ning Fengzhi, seeing Ye Lan eliminate Xiong Jun, immediately shouted excitedly, "Little Lan, beautifully done!!! This way, the pressure on the 'Xuanwu' won't be as great!"
Bibi Dong nodded slightly, agreeing with Ning Fengzhi's assessment.
The full power Ye Lan had just erupted with made Bibi Dong's eyes light up.
Truly worthy of being the Spirit Hall Holy Son she valued. With this level of combat power, Tang Hao and his son could never catch up, no matter how they cultivated.
Di Tian looked at the situation on the ring. The usually aloof Di Tian spoke a rare sentence: "Oh? The pressure on the 'Xuanwu' is truly not as great?"
Ning Fengzhi asked, puzzled, "Senior Di Tian, could it be that the Beast Academy still has a trump card?!"
"Just keep watching and you will know." Di Tian's expression was extremely relaxed.
Not to mention a trump card, the moment the Master's interest in the battle was piqued and she started getting serious, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with only a single Spirit King, had no chance of defeating the Master.
On the ring, Gu Yuena raised her head and said, "Bing'er, Wang Chi, Zi Ji, all of you, return."
Hearing the master's order, the three immediately regrouped from the front lines toward Gu Yuena.
They didn't even spare a glance at the 'Shadow Sacred Meow' who brushed past them while returning to the 'Xuanwu'.
Ye Lan, unaware of the Beast Academy's hidden depths, could only give up the pursuit and choose to cover Zhuqing's safe return under the 'Xuanwu's shadow'.
When the Ice Empress, Chi Wang, and the others had returned to Gu Yuena's side, Gu Yuena immediately spoke: "Bing'er, use your fourth spirit skill!"
The Ice Empress looked at the environment where all the Heaven Dou Royal Academy members were standing, and her eyes lit up.
"Okay! Young Master, I'll let them know how formidable I am!!" The Ice Empress danced with excitement.
Following that, her fourth, black spirit ring lit up.
"Ice Explosion Art!!!"
Previously, the countless ice blocks from the 'Heavy Water Domain' that had been frozen by the 'Domain of Eternal Frost' began to violently and rapidly go berserk!
Ye Lan sensed the abnormality in the ice blocks near Heaven Dou Royal Academy's position, and his expression changed instantly.
The Ice Empress had such good luck, to actually get such a terrifying spirit skill.
Ye Lan immediately roared: "Full defense!!!"
(End of this chapter)