Chapter 489 Complete Suppression! No More Holding Back?!

Jiang Yun's smile had not yet fully faded.

His gaze calmly pierced through the distorted air waves caused by the collision of the two beast Auras and landed directly on Sect Master Feng Tianyang's face.

Then, he spoke.

His voice was not loud.

Yet it was like a cold blade, precisely piercing through the steps Sect Master Feng Tianyang had laid out—ostensibly polite, but secretly arrogant.

"Win against me first, then we can talk."

Six words.

No anger, no provocation, not even any superfluous tone.

It was as calm as stating a foregone conclusion.

Sect Master Feng Tianyang's brows furrowed sharply.

He had anticipated various reactions from Jiang Yun.

He might be angry, might be nervous, or might grit his teeth and say a few words to save face before being intimidated by the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Aura.

But Jiang Yun did not.

There was nothing on that face he wanted to see.

It was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

And this calmness was more unnerving than any provocation.

A trace of inexplicable dissonance rose in Sect Master Feng Tianyang's heart.

But after all, he was the sixth on the Heaven Ranking, the Sect Leader of the Jingfeng Sect, a powerhouse who had fought his way through countless battles.

That trace of dissonance was instantly suppressed.

"Stubborn and unyielding."

His voice grew cold.

The condescending smile on his lips completely vanished, replaced by a sharp chill.

"Since the Sacred Student does not appreciate the gesture, don't blame this Sect Leader for not giving you a chance. Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc..."

He swung his right hand down violently.

"Give the Sacred Student a proper welcome! Let him experience firsthand just how wide the chasm is between a Purple Crystal Ninth Rank Peak and a Purple Crystal Level 6!"

The moment the words fell.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc moved.

Those massive golden wings, which could cover the sky, flapped violently.

The layers of golden feathers on the wing surfaces erupted with blinding golden light all at once. Thousands of razor-sharp air currents tore out from the wing surfaces, accompanied by a piercing, tooth-aching sound of breaking wind, shooting wildly in all directions.

That was not a skill.

It was merely flapping its wings.

It was just the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc releasing its Battle Intent.

But the wind pressure from this single flap alone caused the protective formation patterns on the arena to emit an overwhelmed buzzing sound.

Immediately after.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc flapped its wings forward violently.

Hundreds of golden feathers on its wing surfaces lit up with a sharp luster simultaneously.

Under the infusion of spiritual power, the edges of those feathers became as thin as cicada wings and as sharp as blades. As the wings flapped, they detached and transformed into hundreds of golden streaks of light, shooting toward Little Skylark like a torrential downpour.

Myriad Feather Blades!

An epic-level area-of-effect attack skill.

The golden blades formed by the hundreds of feathers tore through the air, dragging fine white trails behind them in the sky.

Each trail represented a blade light sharp enough to cut through metal.

Hundreds of blade lights intertwined into an impenetrable killing net, covering Little Skylark from three directions simultaneously.

"It's coming! Myriad Feather Blades! This is one of the signature skills of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc! Using an epic-level skill right from the start, Sect Master Feng Tianyang intends to crush him directly!" Someone in the stands exclaimed.

"The coverage of Myriad Feather Blades is too large! The Sacred Student's beast also has a wingspan of ten zhang; such a large target, how can it dodge?!"

"Dodge what? Have you forgotten how the Sacred Student's Divine Roc dealt with the enemy just now? Watch!"

On the arena.

Jiang Yun saw the golden blade lights sweeping over like a deluge, but his expression did not change in the slightest.

His voice was calm and concise.

"Little Skylark, ascend. Wind and Thunder Body Protection."

Little Skylark flapped its wings violently.

The divine feathers, intertwined with azure and pale purple, burst into a brilliant flow of light under the morning sun.

It did not choose to take the hundreds of golden blade lights head-on but pulled upward vertically at an incredible speed. Its massive body drew a blue-purple afterimage in the air, moving so fast that most people's naked eyes could only capture a blurry trace of light.

Hundreds of golden feathers whistled past beneath it.

The closest ones were less than three feet from its tail feathers, but those three feet were like a chasm.

The attack missed, and the hundreds of golden feathers shot into the protective formation patterns at the edge of the arena after losing their target, emitting a dense series of impact sounds that made the entire arena tremble slightly.

And just at this moment.

The instant Little Skylark reached the limit of its vertical ascent.

Its body flipped violently in the air.

Its wings spread out, and the azure divine feathers at the wing edges exploded with dazzling thunder electric arcs.

Those electric arcs jumped and spread wildly across the surface of its wings, weaving into an impenetrable lightning shield in the blink of an eye, completely enveloping its entire massive body.

Wind and Thunder Body Protection!

Purple lightning and azure wind blades circulated crazily on the surface of the shield, emitting crackling explosions.

Just as the shield was formed, the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's second wave of attacks arrived.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc had somehow chased to a position below Little Skylark.

Its two giant, hook-curved claws lit up simultaneously with two Laws of light: one gold and one azure.

The sharp metal energy of the Metal Law and the extreme speed power of the Wind Law converged, fused, and compressed at the tips of its claws, finally exploding violently the moment its claws crossed and swung out.

Golden Roc Void-Rending Claw!

A cross-shaped golden-azure claw light tore away from the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's claw tips, expanding against the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it swelled to more than ten zhang in size.

Wherever the claw light passed, the air was cut with a piercing shriek, and even space itself twisted slightly under that extreme sharpness.

This claw went straight for Little Skylark's chest.

"Well done!"

In the Longxiang Pavilion camp.

Lei Qing slapped his thigh excitedly.

"The Pavilion Master's Divine Roc could even crush Lin Xinmu's Void Cutting, so what is a mere claw light!"

But before his words had finished.

That cross-shaped claw light had already slashed fiercely onto Little Skylark's Wind and Thunder Body Protection.

Boom!!!

The moment the two forces collided.

A blinding light exploded above the arena.

Thunder, wind blades, golden light, and azure light—energies of four different attributes tore at each other crazily at the center of the collision, emitting a series of deafening roars that made one's scalp tingle.

Little Skylark's Wind and Thunder Body Protection flickered violently, the thunder electric arcs on the surface of the shield jumping crazily, desperately offsetting the claw force that was sharp to the extreme.

And the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Golden Roc Void-Rending Claw also crumbled inch by inch under the counter-shock force of the Wind and Thunder Body Protection.

Fragments of the golden-azure claw light splashed in all directions, with a few fragments grazing past Little Skylark's wings, leaving a few shallow white marks on the surface of the divine feathers.

Finally.

The light of the Wind and Thunder Body Protection dimmed suddenly.

But in the end, it did not shatter.

And the claw light of the Golden Roc Void-Rending Claw had completely disintegrated in the air.

"It blocked it! The Sacred Student's Divine Roc took the Golden Roc Void-Rending Claw head-on! That is an epic-level killer move that can ignore 30% of defense! How could Wind and Thunder Body Protection possibly block it?!" Someone in the stands shouted in disbelief.

"It wasn't taking it head-on! Look closely! The Sacred Student's Divine Roc actively adjusted its angle the moment the body protection was hit, letting the claw light slash at the thickest part of the shield. Moreover, the thunder attached to that Wind and Thunder Body Protection was constantly offsetting the sharpness of the claw light; by the time the claw light actually penetrated the shield, its power had already been weakened by more than half! This isn't taking it head-on, this is using technique to neutralize it!"

"This battle consciousness is too terrifying... Sect Master Feng Tianyang used two epic-level skills in a row, one missed and one was neutralized, and the Sacred Student's Divine Roc hasn't even truly counterattacked yet!"

Sect Master Feng Tianyang stood on the arena.

Looking up at the blue-purple figure surrounded by thunder electric arcs in the air, the furrow between his brows deepened a little more.

He had to admit.

The speed of Jiang Yun's avian beast.

Indeed exceeded his expectations.

The coverage of Myriad Feather Blades was enough to block the evasion route of any beast of the same rank, but Little Skylark's vertical ascent speed was ridiculously fast; before the hundreds of feathers could reach the target position, it had already pulled up out of the attack range.

And the pursuit speed of the Golden Roc Void-Rending Claw was already top-tier among those of the same rank, but Little Skylark, without the slightest panic, calmly adjusted the angle of its body protection and neutralized this claw with the minimum cost.

This was not luck.

This was a pure, crushing level of speed advantage.

Sect Master Feng Tianyang snorted coldly.

"The speed is indeed fast. But speed alone won't win against me."

His beast was indeed inferior to the opponent in terms of speed.

But he was not panicked.

Because the truly terrifying thing about the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc had never been its speed.

"Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, close in and entangle it!"

Sect Master Feng Tianyang's order was issued again.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc flapped its wings, and its massive golden body drew a sharp golden arc in the air, rushing straight at Little Skylark like a sword drawn from its scabbard.

Although its speed was not as good as Little Skylark's, with the blessing of the Ancient Divine Roc Bloodline, the Golden Roc's extreme speed was enough to allow it to catch up with any avian beast of the same rank.

Two massive figures began a dazzling chase and entanglement above the Colosseum.

Every flap of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's wings brought up a sharp golden wind blade.

Every dodge of Little Skylark left behind a blue-purple thunder afterimage.

Gold and blue-purple intertwined and entangled in mid-air, like two lightning bolts of different colors chasing each other.

And during this process, Jiang Yun remained standing on Little Skylark's back.

His posture was as steady as a rock; no matter how rapidly Little Skylark flipped and maneuvered in the air, his feet remained motionless, as if they were nailed to those azure divine feathers.

His voice passed clearly through the roar of the wind and thunder into Little Skylark's consciousness.

"It is testing your speed limit. Do not let it figure out your rhythm. Use Wind Rush to accelerate, open up the distance, and then counterattack with Thunder Claw."

Little Skylark let out a clear, melodious cry.

It flapped its wings violently, and the azure divine feathers on the wing surfaces instantly lit up with a layer of even more brilliant spiritual light.

Wind Rush!

Little Skylark's speed surged violently.

Under the dual superposition of the five-fold speed bonus from the wings of the firmament and the Innate blessing of the Divine Roc Bloodline, its figure almost instantly turned into a blue-purple streak of light difficult for the naked eye to capture.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc only felt a blur before its eyes.

The blue-purple figure it was chasing disappeared from its field of vision.

It did not disappear; it was that Little Skylark's speed had surged to a level that even the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's extreme speed could not keep up with at that moment.

It was behind the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc turned around violently, but before it could complete the turn, Little Skylark had already changed its position again.

Left wing.

Right wing.

Directly above.

Diagonally behind.

Every time it flashed, Little Skylark would appear in the most uncomfortable position for the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, making the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc exhausted as it constantly adjusted its posture.

Sect Master Feng Tianyang's expression changed completely.

Because he realized a fact that made his scalp tingle.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc could no longer keep up with Little Skylark at all.

The speed was so fast that even the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's lock-on could not keep up; any skill release required at least one breath of lock-on time, but with Little Skylark's current frequency of changing direction, it could change its position three times within one breath.

What could it use to lock on?

Just at the moment when the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc had a very brief stagnation due to frequent turning.

Little Skylark moved.

It was not dodging; it was attacking.

It folded its wings violently, and its massive body swooped down like a Meteor, with both sharp claws exploding with dazzling thunder electric arcs during the dive.

Thunder Claw!

Before the sharp claws arrived, the sharp power of the thunder had already made the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's feathers stand on end.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc instinctively wanted to dodge, but its posture had not yet been adjusted, and Little Skylark's sharp claws had already arrived.

Rip!

Two sharp claws wrapped in purple thunder slashed fiercely onto the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's left wing.

The loud sound of metal clashing was mixed with the explosion of thunder.

Dozens of golden feathers on the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's left wing were torn apart directly by this claw, and golden fragments splashed in the air.

Thunder electric arcs drilled into the soft tissue of the wing surface along the gaps of the torn feathers, causing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's left wing to twitch violently.

A painful screech erupted from the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's throat.

And Little Skylark had already used the counter-shock force of this claw to ascend again, easily leaving the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's counterattack range.

Strike once, and fly away a thousand miles.

This was Jiang Yun's tactic.

There was no need to go head-to-head with the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc.

Little Skylark's speed advantage was enough to allow it to output at will outside the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's attack range.

No matter how strong the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's defense was, it would eventually be unable to hold up under repeated tearing.

And Little Skylark only needed to keep its distance and continue to consume, and the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc would eventually be exhausted of spiritual power.

In the stands of the Colosseum.

After a deathly silence.

It exploded.

"Suppressing it!! The Sacred Student's Divine Roc is suppressing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc!! My God!! Am I seeing things?! Purple Crystal Level 6 suppressing Purple Crystal Ninth Rank Peak?! How is this possible?!!"

A student in the top thirty of the Heaven Ranking held his head with both hands, his whole person looking as if he had seen something that overturned his worldview, his voice full of unbelievable shock.

"It's not suppressing, it's hanging and beating it!! Didn't you see clearly? Sect Master Feng Tianyang's Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc hasn't even touched a single hair of the Sacred Student's Divine Roc from start to finish! That skill missed, the Golden Roc Claw was blocked, and in that close-quarters entanglement just now, the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc was spun around dizzily by the Sacred Student's Divine Roc, and finally, a claw grabbed its left wing, tearing off a large patch of feathers! This is a Purple Crystal Level 6 fighting a Purple Crystal Ninth Rank Peak?!"

"Speed! The key is speed! The Sacred Student's Divine Roc is too fast! The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's extreme speed is already top-tier among those of the same rank, but in front of the Sacred Student's Divine Roc, it's like crawling on the ground! This gap is too outrageous!!"

"Skill acceleration plus the bonus from that treasure, plus the Innate speed blessing of the Bloodline—threefold superposition; this speed is probably something even a Falling Star Rank beast couldn't catch up with! What can Sect Master Feng Tianyang's Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc use to catch up?!"

"And have you noticed that the Sacred Student's Divine Roc hasn't used a single Legendary-tier skill yet? Just now, when it fought Lin Xinmu, it activated the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain and Divine Roc True Form simultaneously, and the pressure was approaching Diamond Rank. Now, it hasn't even activated its Divine Roc True Form, yet it's already suppressing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc. What does this mean? It means the Sacred Student isn't even using his full strength yet!"

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone around gasped in unison.

Not using full strength.

Suppressing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, ranked sixth on the Heaven Rankings, and he's not even using his full strength?

"No... calm down, everyone."

Another student spoke, frowning, his tone cautious.

"This is just the beginning; both sides are probing. Sect Master Feng Tianyang definitely isn't using his full strength either. The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc has only used two epic-tier skills so far, and not a single Legendary-tier skill has been revealed. Sect Master Feng Tianyang is testing the speed limit of the Sacred Student's Divine Roc. Once he figures out the rhythm, he will definitely have a targeted countermeasure. Don't forget, what makes the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc truly terrifying are its Legendary-tier skills, especially 'Meteor Kill', a fatal blow that ignores all defenses. No matter how fast the Sacred Student's Divine Roc is, can it be faster than the 'Meteor Light'?"

"That's true. It's said that Sect Master Feng Tianyang's beast has two powerful Legendary-tier skills, 'Sky-Slaying' and 'Meteor Kill'. Both are single-target finishing moves; once they lock on, it's very hard to dodge. Although the Sacred Student's beast has terrifying speed, if it gets locked on by the 'Meteor Light', it won't be able to escape no matter how fast it is."

"So, we can't draw any conclusions yet. Sect Master Feng Tianyang is only probing. Once both sides reveal their trump cards, the situation might be completely different."

"That may be true... but think about it. From the moment the Sacred Student appeared, his Divine Roc has been fighting non-stop. When it instantly defeated Lin Xinmu, it used two major Legendary-tier skills, yet its Aura didn't diminish much afterward. Now it has suppressed Sect Master Feng Tianyang for several rounds, its breathing is still steady, and the lightning on its wings is still bright. This shows that its spiritual power reserves far exceed those of the same rank, perhaps even thicker than those of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc. Even if Sect Master Feng Tianyang has a backup plan, how long can it last? The energy consumption of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Legendary-tier skills is not low."

The debate on the viewing platform grew increasingly intense.

Meanwhile, on the Longxiang Pavilion side.

The crowd had completely erupted.

"Pavilion Master is awesome!! Pavilion Master is mighty!!"

Zhao Tiezhu cupped his hands around his mouth and roared at the top of his lungs, his voice so loud that even the opposite viewing platform could hear it clearly.

"Did you see that? Did you see that!! That shitty Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc can't even touch a single feather in front of the Pavilion Master's Divine Roc!! So what if it's at the Purple Crystal Ninth Rank Peak?! So what if it's ranked sixth on the Heaven Rankings?! It's still being suppressed and beaten by the Pavilion Master!!"

"Good!! Good!! Well fought!!"

Lei Qing stepped onto the railing, his face flushed with excitement, his booming voice even louder than Zhao Tiezhu's.

"Pavilion Master!! Tear off its wings!! Let it know that the people of our Longxiang Pavilion are not to be trifled with!!"

"Lei Qing, keep your voice down!"

Xiao Chen transmitted his voice, telling Lei Qing to be more low-key. But the corners of his own mouth couldn't help but curl upward.

"The Pavilion Master is fighting beautifully. From start to finish, he has controlled the rhythm, and the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc is being led around by the nose."

Liu Qingshuang looked up at the cyan-purple stream of light in mid-air, the light and shadow of the thunder reflecting in her cold, clear eyes.

She didn't shout at the top of her lungs like Zhao Tiezhu and Lei Qing, but her slightly trembling hands betrayed her excitement at this moment.

The Pavilion Master had said he wouldn't let a single one of them go.

Lin Xinmu had been instantly defeated.

Lin Feng had been forced to retreat.

Now Feng Ziyue was sprawled in the corner of the arena, and Sect Master Feng Tianyang was being suppressed.

Every word the Pavilion Master had spoken was becoming reality.

Shang Xiaoxiao stood below the stage, her small hands tightly clenched into fists, her round almond-shaped eyes wide open, staring unblinkingly at the battle in the air.

Her breathing was as rapid as if she were the one fighting in the arena.

Every time the Little Skylark successfully dodged.

She would gasp sharply.

Every time the Little Skylark landed a counterattack.

She would fiercely wave her small fist.

The entire Longxiang Pavilion camp, from top to bottom, from core members to peripheral Disciples, was cheering wildly for their Pavilion Master.

The momentum.

Was countless times greater than that of the Jingfeng Sect side.

Watching the commotion from the Longxiang Pavilion side.

The members of the Jingfeng Sect all wore ugly expressions.

On the other side of the viewing platform.

Qian Luoyun stood with his arms crossed, his gaze calmly watching the flickering cyan-purple trail of light in mid-air.

His discernment was sharper than most people present.

He could see clearly.

Every change of direction, every ascent, every counterattack of the Little Skylark was not random.

Each time, it precisely caught the gap in the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's breathing, and each time, it struck at the weakest point of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's defense.

This level of combat awareness.

Could absolutely not be achieved by talent alone.

This was solid, real combat experience.

Qian Rongrong stood beside him, her beautiful eyes wide open, her small mouth slightly agape, completely dumbfounded.

After a long while, she stammered.

"He... is the Sacred Student's strength really this terrifying? A difference of three Realms, and he can still suppress Sect Master Feng Tianyang?! Brother, if you were to fight him, would you be confident in defeating him instantly?"

Qian Luoyun chuckled upon hearing this.

He didn't answer immediately, but continued to watch the cyan-purple trail of light in the air.

After watching for several more breaths, he slowly spoke.

"It's too early to talk about defeating him instantly. Sect Master Feng Tianyang hasn't used his full strength yet. Look closely at the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's chest; the spiritual light beneath those golden feathers is pulsing rhythmically. It's accumulating the power of the Golden Wind attribute. Sect Master Feng Tianyang is only testing the Sacred Student's speed. Once he figures out the rhythm, his Legendary-tier skills will be unleashed. Only then will we be able to see the direction of the outcome."

"Still not using full strength?"

Qian Rongrong frowned.

"He's already being suppressed and beaten, and he's still holding back? Isn't he afraid that he'll be crippled by the Sacred Student before he even uses his full strength?"

Qian Luoyun shook his head slightly.

"It's not holding back; it's caution. Sect Master Feng Tianyang is not a brainless idiot like Lin Xinmu. He knows that the speed of the Sacred Student's Divine Roc crushes his own Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc. If he rashly unleashes a Legendary-tier skill and misses, he will be dragged into the Sacred Student's rhythm. So he is waiting, waiting for an opportunity when the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc can firmly lock onto the Little Skylark. Until he waits for that, he won't easily make a move."

He paused.

"However... the Sacred Student should also be waiting for the same thing. Look at that beast's wings; the Wind-Thunder power has been flowing along its feather edges, but it hasn't been released on a large scale. This shows that the Sacred Student also hasn't brought out his full strength. Both sides are currently testing each other's trump cards. Whoever reveals their trump card first will be the first to fall into a passive position. That's why Sect Master Feng Tianyang dares not make the first move, and the Sacred Student isn't in a rush either."

"Then... then, Brother, who do you think will win?"

Qian Rongrong was stunned.

On the other side.

Su Gumu rested his hands on the railing.

His whole body was almost leaning out of the viewing platform.

He stared intensely at the cyan-purple stream of light in mid-air, his pupils contracting violently, his lips moving for a long time before he finally managed to squeeze out a complete sentence.

"He... he is only at the Purple Crystal Level 6!! Seven days ago he was only at Gold Rank Eight!! I thought at that time I could still fight him!! Now only seven days have passed... and he is already suppressing a ruthless person like Sect Master Feng Tianyang who is ranked sixth on the Heaven Rankings!! What the hell kind of cultivation speed is this?!!"

He turned his head abruptly to look at Su Qingying behind him.

His voice was full of incredible shock.

"Sister Qingying!! Is this kid even human?! Seven days ago, you and I both saw with our own eyes what level he was at! Back then, he struggled just to fight Feng Ziyue! Now he's suppressing the sixth-ranked person on the Heaven Rankings in the arena?! Uncle Third's decision to bond and befriend him back then... this is simply a perfect decision?! This is practically finding a treasure, isn't it!!"

Su Qingying didn't answer.

Her eyes, clear as a mirror, gazed quietly at the cyan-purple figure in mid-air.

Her expression remained calm, but beneath that calmness was a trace of shock that even she hadn't noticed.

She saw deeper than Su Gumu.

Su Gumu only saw the Little Skylark suppressing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, only saw the speed suppression, and only saw the advantage in the situation.

But she didn't see just these.

She saw Jiang Yun's tactical thinking.

From beginning to end, Jiang Yun had been fighting in the way that best countered the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc.

Sect Master Feng Tianyang's Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc was strong in sharpness and strong in single-target finishing moves.

If the Little Skylark were to face the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc in a head-on skill exchange, the three-Realm gap would cause the Little Skylark to suffer a great loss.

Therefore, from the very first second, Jiang Yun did not choose a head-on confrontation.

Ascending, pulling away, changing direction, consuming.

Always staying outside the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's attack range, always appearing at the most uncomfortable angle for the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, and always striking during the gaps in the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's breathing.

This was weaving an invisible web with speed, tightening it little by little, leaving the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc with terrifying attack power but nowhere to use it.

This level of tactics wasn't something thought up on the spot; it had already formed in his mind the moment he saw the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc.

She had to admit that even if she were facing Sect Master Feng Tianyang, it would be impossible to suppress him directly during the probing stage.

Because although her Seven-Luminaries Divine Deer had stronger overall strength, she didn't have the speed advantage that Jiang Yun had.

No, it wasn't just a speed advantage; it was that Jiang Yun's beast possessed this crushing level of speed, and Jiang Yun happened to be able to push this speed advantage to the extreme.

The combination of the two.

Was the fundamental reason he could suppress Sect Master Feng Tianyang.

She gradually realized.

The young man in front of her, who had been brought into the Su Family as a son-in-Law, the young man she had previously viewed from a near-bystander perspective, his strength had already faintly surpassed hers.

It wasn't a surpassing in terms of Realm.

It was the comprehensive strength of tactics, awareness, combat experience, and beast coordination.

"The current him..."

Su Qingying spoke softly.

Her voice was so quiet that only she could hear it.

"Is very strong."

On the arena.

Jiang Yun still stood with his hands behind his back.

Standing on the back of the Little Skylark.

His expression was exactly the same as it was before the battle started.

No, perhaps even calmer than before the battle.

Because before the battle, he still needed to analyze the weaknesses of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc through Entry Manifestation.

But now, after these few waves of probing exchanges, he had already figured out the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's combat habits, reaction speed, and the precursors to its skill releases.

Under Jiang Yun's command, the Little Skylark once again completed a beautiful flank change, calmly dodging a pursuing claw strike from the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, while using the lightning arcs exploding from its tail feathers to leave a scorched mark on the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's right wing.

Sect Master Feng Tianyang stood at the other end of the arena.

His expression had changed from the initial composure to a coldness so gloomy it was about to drip water.

He knew better than anyone what the current battle situation meant.

His Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc had been suppressed from start to finish during these few probing waves; the 'Ten Thousand Blade Feathers' couldn't hit, the 'Golden Roc Void-Rending Claw' couldn't cut, and in close-quarters combat, it was being circled and beaten by the opponent, unable to find the rhythm at all.

He had originally thought that with the 'Golden Roc Extreme Speed' of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, even if it were at a slight disadvantage in speed, it wouldn't be completely unable to keep up.

But reality slapped him hard in the face.

It wasn't a slight disadvantage.

It was completely unable to keep up.

The Little Skylark's speed was more than a whole tier faster than the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc.

"Heh."

Sect Master Feng Tianyang chuckled lowly.

There was no mirth in that laughter, only the sharp, cold edge of someone who had been provoked.

He raised his head, his gaze locking onto the cyan-purple figure in mid-air like a blade.

"Sacred Student. I admit... I underestimated you."

His voice wasn't loud, but that sharp Killing Intent swept out in all directions as if it were tangible.

"This beast of yours truly has the capital to be arrogant. To be able to achieve this level at Purple Crystal Level 4, even looking across the entire younger generation of the provincial capital, one wouldn't find many."

"However."

He took a step forward.

The Aura around him surged violently, and a sharp Killing Intent, so keen it almost seemed to cut the air, exploded like an invisible storm.

"If you think that a dignified sixth-ranked person on the Heaven Rankings, the Sect Leader of the Jingfeng Sect, only has this level of skill... then you are greatly mistaken."

He raised his right arm abruptly, his index and middle fingers pressed together like a sword, pointing directly at the Little Skylark in mid-air.

A dazzling golden spiritual light lit up at his fingertip, and the light contained not ordinary spiritual power, but a trace of the Golden Wind Law Origin unique to the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc.

"Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc! No need to hold back anymore."

His voice was cold and overbearing.

Every word was as sharp as blades clashing.

"Let them witness... what true Ancient Heavenly Roc Bloodline is!!"

"Sky-Slaying!!"

The moment his voice fell.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc raised its head and let out a piercing shriek that could split stones and pierce clouds.

A blinding golden light suddenly burst forth from the densest and most dazzling golden feathers on its chest.

That light was not ordinary light.

It was the light of the Gold Wind attribute, condensed to the extreme.

Contained within that light was a pure, extreme sharp will capable of severing all things.

A trace of the Ancient Heavenly Roc's will...