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The very instant Ye Lan spoke, the innumerable blocks of ice began to erupt!!
Boom! Rumble! These blocks of ice exploded one after another in a frenzy. Innumerable violent gales, concussive shockwaves, and sharp ice spikes blasted wildly out in all directions.
As the countless shards of ice shrapnel flew toward the members of the Beast Academy, Gu Yuena immediately used 'Elemental Deprivation' and 'Elemental Control', freezing the ice crystals solid right in front of her team.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy, however, could not be so fortunate. They were located directly in the very center of the explosion, and the 'Xuanwu's' enormous body had become a massive, living target.
The instant the 'Ice Explosion Art' was unleashed, Ning Fengzhi's expression changed dramatically, his heart rate instantly accelerating in fear.
Is this the trump card of the Beast Academy?
You absolutely must hold on, Rongrong, Little Lan!!
Bibi Dong looked on with great worry in Qian Renxue's direction. That many ice blocks, with the 'Ice Explosion Art' layered on top... the resulting power was already comparable to the Spirit Douluo level.
At the very first sign of the ice blocks' eruption, Ye Lan immediately deactivated his 'Blood Armor Full Body'. He once again liberated his Blue Silver Grass units, activated 'Blue God Prophet', and transferred all of their abundant life force onto the 'Life Share' total health bar.
As the 'Xuanwu' withstood the very first wave of concussive explosions, the 'Life Share total health bar' instantly plummeted by fifty percent.
Furthermore, it was still dropping at the rapid rate of ten percent per second. This was the subsequent, continuous damage over time from the 'Ice Explosion Art'.
Without Ye Lan even needing to say a word, Ye Lengling had already activated her 'Nine-Heart Sacred Begonia' at full power, beginning to heal the entire team.
However, her current spirit power level was absolutely insufficient to sustain healing against a team-wide life force drop of ten percent every second.
"Shi Guang, Shi Mo, deactivate 'Xuanwu' immediately! Get over here to me, now!!" Ye Lan immediately roared.
The very instant the 'Xuanwu' was deactivated, the rate at which the 'Life Share total health bar' was dropping immediately slowed down.
This was because the 'Xuanwu's' body was simply too large; the massive 'Xuanwu' was taking the full, maximum brunt of the 'Ice Explosion Art's' area-of-effect damage.
By deactivating 'Xuanwu', their collective surface area for taking damage became much smaller, and as a result, the damage they were receiving from the 'Ice Explosion Art' was actually reduced.
Of course, this didn't mean 'Xuanwu' was a liability. If 'Xuanwu' hadn't been there to withstand that devastating first wave of impact, they would have been in truly mortal danger!
After Shi Guang and Shi Mo deactivated the Xuanwu, they looked down and saw a 'Ball of Blue Silver Grass' about to close around the rest of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.
The two brothers dropped inside just in the nick of time, right before the Blue Silver Grass sphere sealed itself shut.
Once Shi Guang and Shi Mo were inside the 'Blue Silver Sanctuary', Ye Lan proceeded to shrink the sanctuary's volume even further.
Only at this point did the 'Life Share total health bar' finally show signs of rising once again.
Having weathered this crisis, Ye Lan finally, and deeply, breathed a sigh of relief.
A moment later, the sound of explosions faded. The 'Ice Explosion Art' had finally stopped.
Ye Lan deactivated the 'Blue Silver Sanctuary'. They looked out and saw that the countless giant blocks of ice had all been turned into fine white powder. The neat and tidy obsidian ring had also been blasted to pieces, with rubble scattered everywhere.
Ning Fengzhi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he saw that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team was completely unharmed.
Bibi Dong also nodded slightly. If Ye Lan hadn't demanded the 'Xuanwu' be deactivated just then, she probably would have been forced to intervene.
Chi Wang's three heads all had their mouths wide open, astonished. "They're fine after all that?!"
Gu Yuena's Lazy, languid eyes sharpened with a hint of focus. She said faintly, "Bing'er, coordinate with me. Continue."
Following that, an ice-blue spirit light flashed across Gu Yuena's body.
In just a moment, countless ice crystals began to frantically spread toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
"Young Master, Bing'er knows what to do!" The Ice Empress's fourth, black spirit ring glowed faintly, ready to unleash the 'Ice Explosion Art' again at any moment.
As soon as the ice crystals released by Gu Yuena reached a certain number, the Ice Empress would detonate them once more.
Qian Renxue looked grimly at Gu Yuena and the 'Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion'. Lengling's spirit power was running low; she absolutely could not allow the 'Ice Explosion Art' to be successfully cast again.
"Rongrong, support me!!" Qian Renxue declared. A blazing golden light flashed across her body as she raised the 'Angelic Holy Sword' with both hands.
"Angelic Sacred Flame!!"
The golden holy sword shone with a blazing golden and platinum-white light, and a pillar of crimson-gold flame shot straight into the sky.
Ning Rongrong chanted quickly, "Nine Treasures fame: Third, Spirit!"
After Qian Renxue's spirit power was increased by another fifty percent, the crimson-gold flames blazed even more fiercely.
Qian Renxue leaped, sword in hand, into the midst of the countless ice crystals. She twisted her body, swinging her sword in a wide arc. The blazing golden flames instantly melted the innumerable ice crystals into a dense water fog.
Gu Yuena's expression remained unchanged. Her second spirit ring flashed, and the water fog instantly condensed back into countless ice crystals.
Seeing this, Qian Renxue lit up all of her spirit rings.
Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Holiness erupted simultaneously, completely melting and purifying the countless 'water elements' surrounding her body.
The sword in Qian Renxue's hand shone with a blinding light as she slashed directly toward the Beast Academy. A concentrated beam of blazing golden energy shot instantly toward Gu Yuena.
Gu Yuena's expression did not change. Zi Ji (Hell Demon Dragon King) stepped forward, her fifth, orange-gold spirit ring lighting up with a golden spirit light.
"Devouring Domain!!"
A black-purple vortex unfolded in front of the 'Hell Demon Dragon King'. This vortex began to absorb Qian Renxue's dual-ultimate-element energy shockwave.
After a brief stalemate, Qian Renxue once again increased her spirit power output. The blazing golden energy shockwave instantly expanded, turning the world white.
Although the 'Hell Demon Dragon King's' physical stats were extremely strong, her weakness was elemental power.
Although 'Devouring' had excellent compatibility, facing Qian Renxue's dual-ultimate powers, she still found her strength was not equal to the task.
Just as the 'Devouring Domain' was about to be overwhelmed and burst apart, Gu Yuena's body flashed with a black light. Countless 'darkness element' particles frantically surged into Zi Ji's 'Devouring Domain'.
The 'Devouring Domain' instantly transformed from a ten-meter-diameter black-purple vortex into a massive, fifty-meter-diameter black vortex. The enormous Devouring Domain began to rapidly swallow Qian Renxue's 'Angelic Sacred Flame'.
The boundless energy Qian Renxue shot out was completely devoured by the 'Devouring Domain'. The energy within the dark vortex grew more and more violent.
Zi Ji, sensing the astonishing energy contained within the 'Devouring Domain', lit up her fourth, black spirit ring.
"Heavenly Demon Reversal!!"
The spinning 'Devouring Domain' began to rotate counter-clockwise. The immense energy it had just absorbed was instantly converted into a 'Yin Water' energy shockwave and shot entirely back at Qian Renxue.
The fifty-meter-thick 'Heavenly Demon Reversal' instantly overwhelmed the five-meter-thick 'Angelic Sacred Flame'.
Just as the 'Heavenly Demon Reversal' was about to completely submerge Qian Renxue, Ye Lan flashed to her side. Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda lit up once again.
Countless golden spirit lights, along with one nine-colored light from Ning Rongrong, shone on Ye Lan's body. He placed one hand on Qian Renxue's shoulder.
He aimed one hand at the 'Heavenly Demon Reversal', while the other remained on Qian Renxue's shoulder.
"Feel the tranquility of the light, the Light of Origin!!"
"Witness the vastness of the blue tide, the Immeasurable Tide!"
The white of the 'Light of Origin' instantly drowned the entire world, dyeing it pure white.
A 'white hole' instantly slammed into the 'Heavenly Demon Reversal'.
Following that, an endless, deep-blue 'Immeasurable Tide' surged toward the 'Heavenly Demon Reversal'. Under Ye Lan's meticulous control, the 'Immeasurable Tide' avoided the 'Angelic Sacred Flame' that Qian Renxue was releasing.
After Ye Lan unleashed the 'Light of Origin' and 'Immeasurable Tide', he barely managed to hold back the 'Heavenly Demon Reversal's' impact, thanks to the suppressive effect of Ultimate Light and Ultimate Water on the 'Yin Water' attribute.
But the 'Heavenly Demon Reversal' had, after all, absorbed countless amounts of 'Ultimate Fire' and 'Ultimate Holiness', and it also had Gu Yuena's buff. The dual-ultimate skills released with Ye Lan's current spirit power could only maintain the balance for a brief moment.
However, in addition to releasing 'Light of Origin' and 'Immeasurable Tide', Ye Lan's other hand began to channel 'Ultimate Light' spirit power into Qian Renxue.
The reason he didn't channel 'Ultimate Water' was that 'Ultimate Water' clashed with Qian Renxue's 'Ultimate Fire'. 'Ultimate Light', on the other hand, could perfectly cause the power of the 'Angelic Sacred Flame' to multiply several times over.
The three complementary ultimate powers, added together, were not a simple one-plus-one-plus-one equation. It was an enhancement that infinitely approached the level of a top-tier Spirit Fusion Skill.
Qian Renxue felt a warm stream of spirit power enter her body. She turned her head slightly and saw Ye Lan's resolute profile.
At this moment, Qian Renxue felt an endless sense of security. She knew that as long as she was in danger, Ye Lan would definitely step forward.
Qian Renxue smiled and closed her eyes, sensing the three ultimate spirit powers within her: 'Ultimate Holiness', 'Ultimate Light', and 'Ultimate Fire', and began to fuse these three ultimate forces together.
These ultimate attributes seemed as if they were born to be a pair, and the fusion process was exceptionally smooth.
The moment Qian Renxue opened her eyes, the blazing golden 'Angelic Sacred Flame' instantly shone with a brilliant white light.
In just an instant, the fifty-meter-diameter 'Heavenly Demon Reversal' was completely overwhelmed by the 'Angelic Sacred Flame'. The members of the Beast Academy were not spared either.
The moment the 'Angelic Sacred Flame' of three ultimate powers struck the Beast Academy, Gu Yuena's expression changed slightly.
Other than herself, the others absolutely could not withstand such a terrifying spirit skill.
The staff in her hand flashed with several ripples. Her fifth spirit ring, 'Elemental Deprivation', as well as her first, 'Elemental Tide', and second, 'Elemental Control', all lit up.
In an instant, all the members of the Beast Academy, apart from Gu Yuena, vanished from their positions.
And in front of Gu Yuena, a formless barrier appeared. The moment the 'Angelic Sacred Flame' struck this barrier, it seemed to intentionally swerve around Gu Yuena, creating a vacuum in the space she occupied.
After the white light flashed past, only Gu Yuena remained on the ring.
A ripple of shock passed through Bibi Dong's pupils. Did that silver-haired girl just use the power of space?
Di Tian, seeing that only the Master was left on the ring, was actually somewhat surprised himself.
He hadn't expected Heaven Dou Royal Academy to be so tenacious that they actually managed to eliminate the entire Beast Academy team.
If the Master hadn't just intervened to teleport the others away, they would have been in real danger.
Besides Bibi Dong and Di Tian, who knew the inside story, there was one other person who knew what 'Gu Yuena' had done: Ye Lan.
Ye Lan had kept his 'Golden Pupils' active the entire time. He had seen the bodies of the other Beast Academy members flash with a ripple before appearing outside the ring.
And the 'Angelic Sacred Flame' had completely bypassed Gu Yuena, which was likely also due to the spatial power Gu Yuena had used.
Ye Lan guessed that the current Gu Yuena probably couldn't fully control the 'Space Element'. Otherwise, Gu Yuena wouldn't have needed to teleport her team members away; she could have just teleported the 'Angelic Sacred Flame's' attack entirely.
On the ring, only Gu Yuena and the seven members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy remained.
Ning Rongrong wiped the sweat from her forehead, exclaiming excitedly, "There's only one person left! We're going to win!!"
Shi Guang and Shi Mo also nodded, affirming, "They're truly worthy of being the two strongest in our Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Captain and Little Xue, their spirit power fusion was just too terrifying."
Hearing the words of Ning Rongrong and the Shi brothers, Ye Lan showed no trace of joy on his face.
After the ripples from Gu Yuena's staff dissipated, she stepped forward, one step at a time, and said, "Ye Lan, your strength is very impressive. However, the battle has only just begun. I hope you can give me a little pressure. Otherwise, you will lose very, very badly!"
Facing Gu Yuena's steady advance, Ye Lan took Little Xue's hand and immediately activated 'Water Flame', bringing her back to the rest of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.
Ye Lan quickly asked, "How much spirit power do you all have left? Shi Guang, Shi Mo, can you still use your Spirit Fusion Skill?"
Shi Guang and Shi Mo's faces were grim. "Captain, we're almost out of spirit power. We can't use 'Xuanwu' anymore!"
Ning Rongrong then spoke up, "My spirit power is also bottoming out. I can probably only provide buffs for about five more seconds."
"My spirit power is also about to bottom out. I can probably recover about fifty percent of the total health," Ye Lengling said grimly.
"Teacher, I don't have much spirit power left either, and I'm afraid my Shadow Form will be countered by her," Zhu Zhuqing said.
"Ye Lan, after releasing that 'Angelic Sacred Flame' just now, my spirit power is probably completely bottomed out," Little Xue said.
Ye Lan, as if thinking of something, took Qian Renxue's hand again. He closed his eyes tightly, as if sensing something.
A moment later, Ye Lan shook his head.
Little Xue instantly understood Ye Lan's meaning. Ye Lan wanted to use their Spirit Fusion Skill, 'Twelve-Winged Origin Angel', but for some unknown reason, ever since they had last used the skill, neither he nor she could sense the spirit fusion's fluctuation anymore.
Little Xue spoke in a low voice, "Ye Lan, do you want me to..."
Ye Lan quickly shook his head. Little Xue's true identity was not one to be exposed so easily. And even if Little Xue dropped her disguise, could she really defeat the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena?
When it came down to it, the Silver Dragon King's spirit quality was even more terrifying than Qian Renxue's. If it wasn't a God-King level spirit, it was at least a half-step God-King spirit.
Moreover, Gu Yuena's foundation was too dreadful. Six dark-gold spirit rings were not something the Spirit Soul system's spirit rings could compare to.
Just then, Gu Yuena spoke, "I've given you enough time. Since you won't make a move, then it's my turn!"
Gu Yuena's first and second dark-gold spirit rings lit up with a golden spirit light.
A massive, enormous fireball condensed above Gu Yuena's head, its diameter reaching a shocking fifty meters.
After it condensed and stabilized, her sixth spirit ring lit up with a golden light.
The sixth spirit skill, 'Elemental Burst', caused the fifty-meter 'Sun' to instantly transform into a 'Sun' that blotted out the sky, two hundred meters in diameter!
The instant this 'Sun' appeared, the immense heat it radiated caused the faces of countless spectators to flush red as they began to break out in dense sweat.
Di Tian instantly intervened. A giant, transparent light shield enveloped the ring, redirecting all the heat radiation emitted by the 'Sun'.
Otherwise, in just a few seconds, countless spectators would have succumbed to dehydration and heatstroke.
The moment the two-hundred-meter 'Sun' appeared, Ye Lan immediately used all his remaining spirit power, converted it into 'Ultimate Water' spirit power, and then used that power to transform it back into 'Blue Silver Grass', imbuing the 'Blue Silver Grass' with the 'Ultimate Water' characteristic.
If he directly used 'Ultimate Water' spirit power to cancel out the 'Sun', Ye Lan was afraid the resulting steam explosion from their collision would instantly eliminate them.
At this time, Ning Rongrong also immediately channeled all her remaining spirit power into Ye Lan's body. Every little bit of enhancement counted.
Following that, Ye Lan controlled the Blue Silver Grass to form a multi-layered, semi-circular shield.
Shi Guang and Shi Mo used the last of their spirit power to unleash their fourth spirit skills, placing earth-attribute and water-attribute 'Xuanwu Shields' behind the 'Blue Silver Shield'.
Just as these actions were completed, the 'Sun' arrived.
The instant the two collided, countless strands of Blue Silver Grass were damaged, and the shared total health value began to plummet.
At this time, Ye Lengling quickly chanted, "Nine-Heart Sacred Begonia, Fourth, Group Heal!!"
With Ye Lengling's healing, the rate at which the shared health was dropping finally slowed, but it was still falling at a rapid ten percent per second.
On the other side, Gu Yuena calmly observed Ye Lan and the others' situation. The moment they could no longer hold on, she would immediately use 'Elemental Control' to extinguish the 'Sun'.
The moment the 'Sun' crashed into the 'Blue Silver Shield', the Gold-Patterned Galaxy Vines instantly turned an orange-red. Countless strands of Blue Silver Grass were incinerated to ash, and then countless more strands were generated from beneath Ye Lan's feet to replenish the gaps in the 'Blue Silver Shield'.
Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Shi Guang, and Shi Mo all placed their hands on Ye Lan's shoulders.
They squeezed out every last drop of their remaining spirit power and channeled it into Ye Lan.
Gu Yuena watched with a calm expression as Heaven Dou Royal Academy held on for a full nine seconds, until the 'Sun' was finally exhausted.
At this point, the members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy were all gasping for breath. Their spirit power was almost completely depleted.
Ye Lan looked at the health bar above one of the 'Blue Silver Sacrifices', and his heart sank.
The shared total health value had already been suppressed down to ten percent. This meant that Gu Yuena's attack had just dealt a total of ninety percent of their health, and adding the fifty percent that Ye Lengling had healed, it was a total of one hundred and forty percent of the total health bar in damage.
This was almost three times the attack power of that heaven-defying 'Ice Explosion Art'!
Gu Yuena's eyes revealed a trace of admiration. She then said, "Very good. But what about the next sun?"
As she spoke, she turned her palm upward toward the sky. Three golden spirit rings flashed.
A 'Sun', two hundred meters in diameter, appeared once again above Gu Yuena.
In the audience stands, Feng Xiaotian complained loudly, "How can anyone fight this? Is the Beast Academy's captain even human? Not to mention, that move is more than ten times scarier than the 'Fire Dance's Blazing Sun' that Huo Wu uses, but how can she fire off such a massive ultimate skill back-to-back?!! Look at her, after this 'Sun' smashes down, she can probably release another one right after."
Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu looked at Ye Lan with grave expressions.
Idol... can he really do it?
They had never imagined that there could be such a genius among their peers, a genius even more dazzling than Ye Lan.
It was likely that all the dark-gold spirit rings on that silver-haired girl were truly hundred-thousand-year spirit rings. What a terrifying level of strength.
Yan's eyes were practically glued to the 'Sun'. Compared to Gu Yuena's 'Sun', his 'Hell's Lava' seemed like a complete joke. For a moment, he felt that his title as part of the 'Golden Generation' was somewhat undeserved.
Hu Liena's gaze was locked tightly on that golden-haired back. Can he really do it?
Even if he couldn't, Hu Liena felt that His Highness the Holy Son would be glorious even in defeat. After all, His Highness was only a Spirit Grandmaster. Once the Holy Son fully matured, he would definitely be invincible under the heavens.
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"The outcome of this battle is already decided. As long as the Mast—... as long as Gu Yuena uses her full strength, then no one can defeat her," Di Tian stated.
Ning Fengzhi looked nervously at Ning Rongrong and Ye Lan, praying in his heart: Little Lan, don't you two do anything foolish. It's fine if you lose the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament. The clan has plenty of spirit bones, we're not lacking. You must not throw away your lives on the ring just for spirit bones.
Bibi Dong lowered her head, deep in thought. Neither Qian Renxue nor Ye Lan was the type to give up easily.
Aren't Ye Lan and Qian Renxue able to use a 'Spirit Fusion Skill'?
Why haven't they used it yet?
Bibi Dong was very interested in that Spirit Fusion Skill that could make people lose their memories, especially since it was the Spirit Fusion Skill of her most valued Little Xue and Ye Lan.
On the ring, Ye Lan looked at the calm Gu Yuena, and at the massive 'Sun' that blotted out the sky.
Ye Lan controlled the Blue Silver Grass to transfer Little Xue, Zhu Zhuqing, Shi Guang, Shi Mo, and Ning Rongrong all off the ring. On the stage, only Ye Lan, Ye Lengling, and Gu Yuena remained.
Ye Lan took Ye Lengling's small hand and spoke:
"Gu Yuena, if there are no other surprises, this victory does indeed belong to your Beast Academy."
"However, I am that one in ten thousand exception."
A ripple passed through Ye Lengling's pupils, and a crimson blush appeared on her fair cheeks. This was the first time Ye Lan had held her hand under the watchful eyes of so many people.
Ever since Ye Lengling had gotten together with Ye Lan, she had never competed for favor, only doing her best to maintain the relationship between the six of them. But her love for Ye Lan was no less than anyone else's.
Ye Lengling lowered her head and said, "Ye Lan, I believe in you."
"I believe in you too, Lengling." Ye Lan gripped Ye Lengling's small hand tightly.
Gu Yuena sensed an astonishing spirit power brewing between Ye Lan and the blue-haired girl. She smiled faintly, "A Spirit Fusion Skill? I don't feel the result will change in any way."
"If your spirit power levels had reached the Spirit Emperor realm, then you might have had a sliver of a chance to defeat me."
Ye Lan did not reply to Gu Yuena. To be honest, he had no confidence either. After all, he had never once performed a Spirit Fusion Skill with Ye Lengling.
Just as the spirit power fluctuations of Ye Lan and Ye Lengling reached perfect synchronization, a vibrant green light illuminated the entire arena.
At this moment, only two people remained on the ring: Gu Yuena and Ye Lan.
Ye Lan's previous Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniform had completely vanished. His body was now encased in a suit of 'Nine-Heart Sacred Begonia' battle armor.
The 'Nine-Heart Sacred Begonia' armor was primarily white as its base color. On the shoulders, chest, and legs, it was adorned with several golden 'Nine-Heart Begonias'. The white armor was also decorated with faint pink floral patterns.
Except for Ye Lan's head, every other part of his body was covered in the metallic-looking battle armor.
This suit of armor was exquisite to the extreme. Ye Lan's temperament, while wearing the 'Nine-Heart Sacred Begonia' armor, caused even Gu Yuena's purple pupils to ripple with a slight disturbance.
Sensing this strange reaction in herself, Gu Yuena forcefully shifted her attention and, without any more delay, smashed the 'Sun' from the sky straight down at Ye Lan.
(End of this chapter)