Chapter 319 Ninth on the Heavenly Ranking! Su Qingying of the Su Family!

The seven-colored brilliance slowly retracted, yet it did not dissipate.

Instead, it lingered like silk ribbons around the figure descending from the clouds.

The first thing to catch everyone's eye was a pair of slender and elegant deer hooves, stepping down from the sky one step at a time on a staircase condensed from seven-colored halos.

The halos rippled beneath its hooves.

It was as if it were treading on water, yet it remained incredibly stable.

Following that, the deer's body fully revealed itself.

It was a giant deer emitting a soft seven-colored radiance from its entire body. Its size was taller and more robust than an ordinary horse, with a shoulder height of nearly two meters and a body length exceeding four or five meters.

Its fur was not physical hair, but rather seemed to be condensed from pure light elements, presenting a translucent texture. Red, orange, gold, green, cyan, blue, and purple flowing lights slowly rotated and blended on its body's surface, possessing a breathtaking beauty.

The antlers were not the usual branch-like shape, but rather like a crown carved from crystal, branching into seven main tines. Each one corresponded to a color, and their tips condensed light points like miniature stars, constantly breathing the surrounding light elements in and out.

The most peculiar thing was its eyes.

They were like two of the purest seven-colored gemstones.

Deep and wise.

As if they contained the mysteries and Laws of light.

A sacred, peaceful, yet incredibly noble aura permeated its surroundings, completely different from the ferocious pressure of ordinary familiars; it was the majesty belonging to the light.

It looked just like a divine deer.

And on the divine deer's broad back,

Sat a woman.

She wore a moon-white martial outfit embroidered with dark silver flowing cloud patterns. The style was sleek, yet it appeared luxurious due to the extraordinary material.

Her black hair fell like a waterfall.

Only a portion was pinned up with a simple seven-colored glazed hairpin, while the rest draped over her shoulders and back.

Her skin was fair, almost translucent. Under the reflection of the seven-colored light emitted by the divine deer beneath her, she seemed to be shrouded in a hazy halo.

Her appearance was extremely beautiful, but not in a delicate or charming way; rather, it carried a cold, aloof, and heroic spirit. Her brows were like distant mountains, her eyes like cold stars, her nose bridge was straight, and her lip color was somewhat pale.

At this moment,

She slightly lowered her eyes.

Her gaze calmly swept over the mess in Lingqi Valley below, finally landing on Jiang Yun and Feng Ziyue. Her eyes were devoid of waves or ripples, yet they naturally possessed a sharpness that made people not dare to look directly at her.

As this person and deer fully appeared,

Descending to a low altitude dozens of meters above the ground,

The entire Lingqi Valley was first met with dead silence,

Followed by an explosion of unbelievable exclamations!

"Holy crap! That deer... that light... is it the Seven-Colored Divine Deer?! Yes, yes, yes! It's definitely it!"

"Seven-Colored Divine Deer!"

"My god! Then the one sitting on top... isn't that Su Qingying! The Eldest Miss of the Su Family! The Sect Master of Tingxue Pavilion?!!"

"It must really be her! Su Qingying, ninth on the Heaven Ranking! Why... why would she come here?"

"Could it be... Tingxue Pavilion also wants to give this newly promoted Heavenly Saint Student and his Longxiang Pavilion a show of strength? To take him down a peg?"

"No way! That's Su Qingying! A monster in the top ten of the Heaven Ranking, the Sect Master of Tingxue Pavilion! To deal with a newly established Longxiang Pavilion, she needs to personally take action? This is too... too exaggerated!"

"Exactly! No matter how powerful the Sacred Student is, he's only Gold Rank right now. Senior Sister Su Qingying is a high-stage Amethyst powerhouse, and her familiar is... they're simply not on the same level!"

"But she clearly interrupted the battle between Feng Ziyue and the Sacred Student! What on earth is she trying to do?"

Everyone discussed fervently.

Their faces were filled with shock, confusion, and intense curiosity.

Su Qingying's reputation was far too great.

Ninth on the Heaven Ranking.

She was one of the few standing at the very Peak of the provincial capital's younger generation. Her appearance itself signified something unusual.

Jiang Yun looked up at the divine deer and the woman bathed in the seven-colored divine light in the sky, and his heart also jolted.

"Su Qingying..."

A few words that Su Yuntian had once mentioned with a hint of pride immediately flashed through his mind.

"The true leader of the Su Family's younger generation, ninth on the Heaven Ranking... I didn't expect to meet her so soon."

His gaze was more attracted by that Seven-Colored Divine Deer of light.

The appearance and aura of this familiar were too unique.

It was unlike any familiar he had seen before.

That pure and majestic power of light,

Carried a sacred meaning.

It was by no means comparable to ordinary light-attribute familiars.

Especially the seven starlike light points on the antlers, which seemed to faintly resonate with some kind of Law.

"What is her intention in appearing now?"

Jiang Yun grew a bit more alert.

Although his Brick Stone Rank Divine Sense did not actively probe, it maintained a high level of perception.

With a slight thought,

A pale blue flowing light flashed through his eyes and vanished.

The talent manifested by the data entries quietly activated.

He focused on that extraordinary seven-colored deer.

Suddenly,

Several lines of clear information light screens manifested beside the divine deer.

Only Jiang Yun could see them.

[Race]: Glazed Pure Light · Seven-Luminary Divine Deer (Light Attribute · Sacred Light Series)

[Realm]: Amethyst Sixth Stage Peak

[Aptitude]: Eclipsing Moon Rank

[Innate Talent Skills]:

Seven-Luminary Body-Protecting Radiance: Passive skill. Seven-colored brilliance flows on the body surface, automatically forming an all-around protective light shield. It has extremely strong resistance against shadow, evil, and curse-type attribute damage, and can continuously purify its own abnormal statuses.

Seven-Luminary Light Judgment: Condenses highly concentrated Holy Light energy to form light beams or light spheres for long-range precision strikes. It has a devastating counter-effect against darkness, undead, and other attributes, with an added purification characteristic.

Sacred Praise: Area-of-effect support skill. Scatters sacred brilliance, significantly increasing the vitality recovery speed, energy recovery speed, and positive status resistance of familiars within a specified range, and slightly dispels fatigue and fear.

Flowing Light Color Shadows: Transforms the body into seven colored light shadows that are difficult to distinguish between real and fake, moving at high speeds or dodging attacks. Each flowing light can withstand a certain amount of damage, and the main body can instantly switch between the flowing lights.

Radiant Sun Illumination: Large-scale attack and purification skill. Bursts the light core within the body, releasing strong light and high temperatures like a scorching sun, causing continuous light-burn damage to all enemies within range, and powerfully purifying negative energy fields, toxic barriers, etc., in the environment.

Seven-Colored Goddess Incarnation (Core/Burst Skill): Briefly communicates with the mysterious Seven-Colored Holy Light Law, drawing in sacred light empowerment to transform into a semi-energy state Seven-Colored Goddess form. In this form, all attributes are massively increased, light-series skill effects are doubled, and the Sacred Pure Land Domain characteristic is temporarily gained, weakening the attribute power of enemies within the Domain and boosting the power of allied light-series skills. Duration is proportional to the burden.

[Evolution Route]: Can evolve twice... [Tip]: A specially awakened light-series Vicious Beast, possessing the Rare Seven-Colored Goddess's Favor Aptitude, with the Seven-Colored Light Origin hidden within its body. If it undergoes a specific Divine Rank Baptism, there is a tiny probability of breaking racial shackles and evolving into the Mythical-potential Nine Heavens Profound Light Seven-Colored Goddess! Light/Sacred dual attributes!

Seeing this string of information,

Especially that last tip column,

Jiang Yun's pupils suddenly contracted.

His heart was filled with stormy waves!

Eclipsing Moon Rank Aptitude!

Amethyst Sixth Stage Peak!

Six powerful and practical light-attribute skills,

Covering defense, attack, support, displacement, area clearing, and even an ultimate transformation!

What shook his heart even more was

The words 'Divine Rank Baptism' and 'Nine Heavens Profound Light Seven-Colored Goddess'!

"Besides Little Fire and Little Skylark... this is the third familiar I've seen with a clear tip indicating the possibility of a Divine Rank Baptism, pointing toward Mythical potential!"

Jiang Yun took a deep breath inwardly.

"Eclipsing Moon Rank Aptitude... As expected, no one who can reach the top of the Heaven Ranking is a simple character. This Su Qingying's strength is probably even more terrifying than the rumors. This divine deer is definitely her most important reliance to rank ninth on the Heaven Ranking!"

Whether it was Aptitude, Realm, skill combination, or that hidden Mythical potential,

They could all be called top-tier configurations.

Jiang Yun instantly raised his assessment of Su Qingying's strength to a new level.

This was definitely the most talented member of the younger generation he had encountered at this stage... or... perhaps a potential ally?

Just then,

Feng Ziyue, whose face had turned so gloomy it seemed about to drip water after the battlefield was forcibly separated by the seven-colored brilliance, finally couldn't help but speak up.

He looked up and glared at Su Qingying, who was sitting on the divine deer's back, his voice sounding somewhat sharp due to anger and the displeasure of being interrupted.

"Su Qingying! What is the meaning of this? Why are you stopping me from teaching this arrogant freshman a lesson?"

He deliberately emphasized his tone,

Bringing up the power behind him.

"Do you know that I represent not just myself, but the Jingfeng Sect! And our Feng Family..."

"Heh."

A cold sneer, carrying obvious disdain,

Interrupted Feng Ziyue's words.

Su Qingying finally let her gaze fall completely on him.

There was no warmth in those eyes that were like cold stars.

Her tone was flat, yet every word was like a knife.

"Only incompetent and brainless fools would constantly talk about their Family, using it as a protective charm and capital to show off. In the academy, you, Feng Ziyue, are not qualified to speak to me in such a tone."

She slightly raised her chin.

That Innate pride and dominance were fully revealed.

"Have your Jingfeng Sect's Sect Leader, Sect Master Feng Tianyang, come personally; perhaps then he could have a word with me. If you're not satisfied with my interference..."

Before Su Qingying's words even finished,

The Seven-Colored Divine Deer beneath her seemed to sense something.

It elegantly took a step forward.

"Buzz!!!"

An indescribably majestic pressure,

Like a physical tsunami,

Suddenly spread out with the divine deer as the center!

This pressure was not a simple impact of brute force,

But was filled with an aura of light, holiness, and the purification of all things.

Some of the onlookers who were closer

Instantly felt their breathing hitch.

It was as if they were placed in an ocean of light.

While their entire bodies felt warm,

They had the illusion that even their Souls were being seen through, and all dark thoughts had nowhere to hide.

The energy circulation within their bodies even became a bit sluggish.

That was an absolute suppression in terms of life level and energy quality!

Within Lingqi Valley,

The vegetation with weaker cultivation seemed to bow slightly under this sacred pressure, as if in worship.

Little Fire and Little Skylark

Sensed a hint of panic almost simultaneously.

The flames burning on their bodies and the leaping wind and thunder clearly dimmed a bit, and their beastly pupils showed instinctive alertness and a trace of... reverence that was hard to detect.

They could clearly feel

Just how terrifying the power hidden within that beautiful divine deer in the sky was!

It was an existence capable of easily crushing their combined strength at this stage!

Jiang Yun's heart was even more solemn.

"What a terrifying pressure! It's not just the energy intensity, but it also carries a sacred light attribute trait, which seems to have an Innate psychological intimidation effect on ordinary familiars. Is this the true might of Eclipsing Moon Rank Aptitude and Amethyst Sixth Stage Peak?"

The crowd of onlookers instantly boiled over.

Exclamations rose one after another.

"Do... domineering! Too domineering!"

"Terrifying! Is this the strength of the ninth on the Heaven Ranking? Just the pressure naturally emitted by her familiar makes my legs weak!"

"What a scary pressure! I feel like my familiar is trembling!"

"Could it be... Senior Sister Su Qingying is going to have a fight with Feng Ziyue here?"

"Fight my foot! Wake up! Senior Sister Su Qingying is a peerless Prodigy in the top ten of the Heaven Ranking! What about Feng Ziyue? He's eighty-seventh! There's a gap of nearly eighty ranks between them! They're not on the same level at all, okay? If they really fought, it would probably be a one-sided crushing!"

"Exactly! Senior Sister Su's Seven-Colored Divine Deer is said to possess a Rare sacred light attribute, which suppresses many other attributes. Although Feng Ziyue's Void-Splitting Profound Gold Eagle is Amethyst Second Stage, it would likely suffer an attribute disadvantage, not to mention the gap in Realm!"

"Feng Ziyue really kicked a steel plate this time. No, he's crashed into a mountain!"

Hearing the surrounding discussions

And feeling that suffocating pressure,

Feng Ziyue's face turned from green to white.

The fire of anger in his chest was blazing,

Almost about to explode.

When had he ever suffered such face-to-face humiliation?

Especially in front of a freshman he regarded as an ant!

But... reason told him

He couldn't take action.

The gap was too large.

Su Qingying, ninth on the Heaven Ranking,

Was a figure even their Jingfeng Sect's Sect Leader, Sect Master Feng Tianyang,

Had to treat with caution.

Her familiar, the Glazed Pure Light · Seven-Luminary Divine Deer, was even more famous, possessing rare Eclipsing Moon Rank Aptitude and powerful sacred light attributes.

Although his Void-Splitting Profound Gold Eagle was also a rare and powerful gold-attribute flying familiar, it was more than four stages lower in Realm... the difference in combat power was even harder to estimate.

If they really fought,

He would probably be completely defeated within a few rounds.

It would be seeking his own humiliation.

"You..."

Feng Ziyue's teeth chattered from clenching them.

His fists were tightly clenched, his nails almost sinking into his flesh.

He gave Su Qingying in the sky a viciously resentful glare, then pierced his gaze like a venomous snake toward Jiang Yun on the ground, his eyes looking like they wanted to swallow Jiang Yun alive.

Today's humiliation

All started because of this person!

Continuing to stay here

Would only make him more of a laughingstock.

"Hmph!"

Feng Ziyue squeezed a cold snort from between his teeth.

He forcibly suppressed his churning blood and killing intent,

And spoke with forced bravado.

"Su Qingying, I, Feng Ziyue, will remember today's events! And you, Jiang Yun!"

He pointed at Jiang Yun, his tone sinister.

"Consider yourself lucky today that someone stood up for you! Next time, I'll definitely let those two nonsensical familiars of yours know what a real gap is! Let's go!"

With that,

He gestured

For the Void-Splitting Profound Gold Eagle to descend,

Preparing to take the heavily injured and dispirited Hurricane Spirit Owl and leave in disgrace.

He didn't want to stay in this humiliating place for even another moment.

However,

Just as he turned to leave,

And the Gold Eagle had just lowered its altitude,

A calm yet clear voice

Rang out from behind him,

Piercing through the noisy discussions that had not yet fully subsided.

"Senior Feng, please wait."

Jiang Yun took a step forward.

He looked calmly at Feng Ziyue's back, his voice not loud, yet sufficient for everyone nearby to hear clearly.

"Surely you haven't forgotten that there is still a bet between us that hasn't been fully settled."

He paused,

His tone still steady,

Yet carrying a sense of being beyond question.

"In the Gold Rank familiar battle just now, your Hurricane Spirit Owl was defeated by my familiar. According to our agreement, shouldn't those 5,000 contribution points be paid now?"

"Could it be that Senior Feng, as the third-in-command of the Jingfeng Sect and a figure on the Heaven Ranking, wants to... break the agreement and default on the debt in front of everyone?"

As the words fell,

The atmosphere in Lingqi Valley, which had just slightly relaxed,

Instantly froze again.

Everyone's gaze

Shifted in unison from the departing Feng Ziyue

To the face of Jiang Yun, who had stepped forward.

The air was so quiet that one could hear the rustling of the wind blowing through the leaves in the valley.