Chapter 490 Full Power Unleashed! Who is the Real Prey?

"Slash Heaven!! It's Slash Heaven!! Sect Master Feng Tianyang is ordering the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc to use that Legendary single-target finishing move!!"

In the Colosseum stands.

A student in the top twenty of the Heavenly Rankings suddenly sprang up from his seat.

His finger pointed dead at the mass of golden light crazily expanding above the arena.

His voice cracked from excessive excitement.

"That is one of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's strongest killing moves! A Legendary-Rank skill! It is said that this slash contains a sliver of the Ancient Divine Roc's will, ignoring 50% of defense. The area struck will be continuously destroyed by the power of Law, making even self-healing impossible!"

"The pressure from the opening stance alone is already this terrifying! You look at the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's right wing; the entire wing is turning gold! That isn't just spiritual energy attachment; that is the embryonic form of pure Gold-Wind Law condensing! It is compressing all the metal-attribute Law in its body onto its right wing! The power of this slash is definitely beyond Amethyst Rank!"

"Sect Master Feng Tianyang is getting serious! Having been suppressed by the Sacred Student's Divine Roc for several waves just now, he has finally shown his trump card after holding back until now! With this slash, no matter how fast the Sacred Student's Divine Roc is, it's impossible to dodge completely. The locking range of Slash Heaven is too large!!"

The entire Colosseum fell into a suffocating tension at this moment.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc stood with its head held high on the arena stage.

Its massive golden body was undergoing a terrifying change visible to the naked eye.

The densest patch of golden feathers on its chest had completely exploded outward.

A mass of golden Law light, so blinding it was almost impossible to look at directly, burst out from its chest cavity.

It was as if a small sun had suddenly been ignited above the arena.

The light spread along its neck, shoulder blades, and wing roots, dyeing every feather it passed over into a nearly transparent gilded gold color.

And what truly made everyone's scalp tingle was its right wing.

That wing, once merely sharp, was now being wrapped in a layer of Gold-Wind Law Origin so dense it was almost tangible.

Every feather on the wing surface was vibrating crazily, emitting the sharp sound of millions of blades rubbing against each other simultaneously.

The entire right wing, from root to tip, was bit by bit transforming into a golden Law giant blade over ten zhang long.

What flowed on the blade's edge was not spiritual energy, but strands of spatial cracks so fine they were almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.

That was proof of sharpness sufficient to cut through space itself.

A sliver of the Ancient Divine Roc's will slowly diffused from this giant Law blade.

It was an extremely ancient, barbaric, and pure-to-the-extreme sharp will, as if in that distant ancient era, a Divine Roc that blotted out the sky had once used this wing to sever mountains, cut through the firmament, and tear apart every enemy blocking its path.

And now.

This sliver of will had been reawakened by the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc at the cost of burning its Bloodline.

It was attached to this one slash.

Slash Heaven.

It does not slash the target; it slashes this world.

"Such terrifying power… The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's entire Aura has changed!! A moment ago it was only at the Purple Crystal Ninth Rank Peak, but now the pressure alone has broken through the limits of the Amethyst Rank! The power of this slash has definitely reached the Diamond Rank mid-tier!!"

"It's not just the power that has increased! You sense it carefully! The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's will has changed! When it was fighting just now, it was only sharp, but now there is an ancient barbarism in its will! That is the will of the Ancient Divine Roc! Sect Master Feng Tianyang is forcing out the Origin power from the deepest part of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Bloodline!"

"The Sacred Student's Divine Roc is truly in danger this time! Slash Heaven is a single-target locking skill with a massive locking range. Once anchored, even with Little Skylark's speed, it's impossible to dodge completely! Furthermore, the spatial tearing power contained in that slash will act directly on the Physical Body; defensive skills simply cannot block much of it!"

Exclamations rose one after another in the stands.

Like a pot of boiling water.

And in the Longxiang Pavilion camp.

The crowd, who had just been immersed in the ecstasy of their Pavilion Master completely suppressing the opponent.

Their smiles stiffened in unison at this moment.

Zhao Tiezhu still maintained the posture of cheering with arms raised, but his mouth was open, yet not a single word could come out of his throat.

He stared dead at the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's right wing, which was transforming into a giant Law blade, his pupils shrinking to the size of pinpricks.

"What… what kind of thing is this…"

His voice was as dry as if it were rubbing against sand.

"That bird's entire wing has turned into a blade?! Wasn't it just being suppressed and beaten by the Pavilion Master's Divine Roc a moment ago?! How did it suddenly erupt with this kind of power?!"

"That is Slash Heaven."

Xiao Chen's voice was low and heavy.

A layer of fine cold sweat had seeped out on his forehead at some point.

"The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Legendary-Rank single-target finishing move. I have seen records of this skill in the academy's intelligence files. It condenses all Gold-Wind Law into the right wing, transforming the wing into a blade, and strikes out in one blow. It ignores 50% of defense, and the struck area is continuously destroyed by the power of Law, making it impossible to self-heal in a short time. This is one of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's true trump cards; using it once consumes a massive amount of Gold-Wind Law Origin."

"Ignoring 50% of defense?"

The smile on Lei Qing's rugged face also disappeared completely.

"Can the Pavilion Master's Divine Roc's Wind and Thunder Body Protection block it?"

"It can't. Wind and Thunder Body Protection is an epic-Rank skill, while Slash Heaven is a Legendary-Rank one. It's a full skill Rank difference. Moreover, Slash Heaven ignores 50% of defense; no matter how strong Wind and Thunder Body Protection is, it will be cut right through. Unless…"

"Unless what?"

Xiao Chen was silent for a moment and did not answer.

Because there was only one answer.

Unless the Pavilion Master's Divine Roc also had a skill of the same or higher Rank to counter it.

But Legendary against Legendary, Amethyst Sixth Tier against Amethyst Ninth Rank Peak—the amount of spiritual energy alone was nearly double the difference.

In a head-on collision, the only one to suffer would be the Pavilion Master.

"The Pavilion Master…"

Shang Xiaoxiao clenched her fists tightly.

For the first time, a trace of undisguised worry appeared in those almond eyes.

"The Pavilion Master can win… he must be able to win…"

Her voice was very soft, but everyone present could hear it.

She herself was not very sure what she was saying.

On the arena, Sect Master Feng Tianyang stood in front of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc.

He raised his right arm, index and middle fingers pressed together like a sword, and a golden Law light identical to the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's right wing lit up at his fingertips.

The condescending smile reappeared at the corner of his mouth.

Deep within the smile was a cold severity and arrogance that signaled victory was in his grasp.

"Sacred Student, this Sect Leader gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. So now… let you see with your own eyes the true gap between you and me!"

And at this very moment.

Su Gumu gripped the guardrail of the stands tightly.

"Sister Qingying! This slash from Sect Master Feng Tianyang… can Jiang Yun handle it?!"

Su Qingying did not answer immediately.

Her clear eyes gazed quietly at the sky above the arena.

Gazing at the giant Law blade that the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc was charging up.

Gazing at Jiang Yun's back, which was still as straight as a pine.

Then she spoke, her voice soft but firm.

"He is not afraid."

"Not afraid?"

"You look at his expression."

Su Gumu suddenly turned his head to look at Jiang Yun's face.

The expression on that face was exactly the same as before.

Facing the sharp will of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's giant Law blade that was enough to sever space.

Jiang Yun's expression was still that damn calmness.

It was not feigned composure; it was genuine calmness.

As if he were watching a trivial matter without any ripples.

Just as the giant Law blade formed by the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's right wing finally finished charging.

At the same instant that the sharp Qi swept across the entire arena.

On the high platform.

Vice Dean Yan Lie suddenly turned to look at Ming Jing, a trace of urgency in his voice for the first time.

"Sect Master Feng Tianyang has unleashed Slash Heaven! This is a Legendary-Rank single-target finishing move; its power has already broken through the upper limit of the Amethyst Rank and has definitely reached the Diamond Rank mid-tier level! Dean Ming Jing, are we really not going to stop it?! No matter how strong the Sacred Student's beast is, it's impossible to withstand a slash of this level! If hit by this slash, it's not just a matter of serious injury… the Law destruction effect attached to Slash Heaven will cause the wound to continuously deteriorate, and even Medicine Dust Son's Medicinal Pill might not be able to recover it quickly! If it affects the competition for the spots in the Molten Fire Grotto Secret Realm, that's secondary, but if it leaves the Sacred Student's beast with permanent damage…"

"I trust the Sacred Student."

Ming Jing's voice was not loud.

Yet it landed steadily in the hearts of all the Deans like a needle to calm the sea.

His gaze calmly watched the slender and straight figure on the arena.

The faint arc at the corner of his mouth still hadn't disappeared.

"You ask me why I always favor this Sacred Student; what you are seeing now is the answer."

Vice Dean Yan Lie was stunned for a moment.

"But…"

"There are no buts."

Ming Jing raised his hand slightly to interrupt him.

"You only saw the gap in Realm and the skill Rank. But you didn't see… that from the start of the battle until now, the Sacred Student's beast hasn't even had its breathing disrupted once."

All the Deans frowned at the same time.

They exchanged a glance.

They indeed saw Jiang Yun suppressing Sect Master Feng Tianyang in battle, but with their discernment, they could certainly tell that it was more of a suppression in speed.

And now Sect Master Feng Tianyang had unleashed Slash Heaven, a single-target locking skill that could not be fully dodged even with extreme speed, so the speed advantage lost its meaning.

In this situation, why did Ming Jing still have such great confidence in the Sacred Student?

Zhan Qiong couldn't help but lower his voice and say to Vice Dean Yan Lie beside him.

"The Dean's confidence… is it a bit unreasonable? No matter how strong the Sacred Student is, Amethyst Sixth Tier fighting Amethyst Ninth Rank Peak, and Legendary-Rank skills clashing—no matter how you calculate it, he is the one who will suffer."

Vice Dean Yan Lie shook his head and did not respond.

Tie Kuang crossed his thick arms and said sullenly.

"Since Dean Ming Jing said he trusts him, then just watch. When has the Dean ever misjudged?"

Dean of Array Department Xuan Jizi, who had not spoken until now, suddenly voiced out.

"The outcome will be revealed very soon."

His gaze landed in another direction above the arena.

The direction of Jiang Yun.

At this moment, Jiang Yun was still standing on Little Skylark's back.

His posture was as steady as a rock, his hands behind his back, letting the sharp air waves rolling from the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's side whip his robes, yet his expression never changed from beginning to end.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc finally moved.

Its right wing, transformed into a giant Law blade, suddenly lifted upward, and in that instant, the light of the entire Colosseum seemed to be sucked away a bit.

The metal-attribute spiritual energy and wind-attribute spiritual energy wandering in the sky were gripped by an invisible hand and poured crazily into the giant Law blade.

The golden light on the giant Law blade became more and more intense, more and more blinding, finally turning into a golden giant blade phantom that seemed to pierce the heavens and earth.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc raised its head and let out a shrill cry that could shatter stone and pierce clouds.

Then.

It slammed its right wing downward.

This slash had no flashiness, no hesitation; it was the purest, most barbaric vertical chop.

But where the giant Law blade passed, the air was forcibly cut into a vacuum crack visible to the naked eye.

The space on both sides of the crack rippled like the surface of water slashed by a blade.

The protective array patterns on the arena exploded in flashes under the impact of the crack, and the layers of array patterns closest to the impact point were torn apart at the very first moment by the extremely sharp Qi, turning into light spots filling the sky.

A golden slash over ten zhang long detached from the giant Law blade, like a golden lightning bolt descending from the sky, carrying the barbaric will of the Ancient Divine Roc, and struck straight at Little Skylark at a speed almost impossible for the naked eye to capture.

The speed of this slash was indeed fast to the extreme.

Fast to the point where even Little Skylark's flight trajectory was completely sealed off by its lock.

Sect Master Feng Tianyang's smile became even colder and more severe.

He knew the power of this slash very well.

Just when everyone thought Little Skylark could only take it head-on or passively dodge.

Jiang Yun spoke.

His voice was not loud, yet like an invisible sharp sword, it precisely pierced through all the wind and buzzing sounds, clearly transmitting into the eardrums of everyone present.

"Little Skylark. No need to hide anymore."

His voice was calm and composed, as if the earth-shattering Slash Heaven from Sect Master Feng Tianyang was just a slightly stronger gust of wind in his eyes.

"Divine Roc True Form!"

The moment the words fell.

Little Skylark raised its head and let out a cry that was clear to the extreme.

What was contained in that cry was not the Aura of slaughter.

But an ancient, majestic, and dignified Bloodline will that was enough to make the heavens and earth lose color.

The Bloodline will of the Ancient Wind-Thunder Divine Peng.

Its massive body, interwoven with sky-blue and pale-purple, shook violently, and its wings, with a span of thirty zhang, fully unfolded at the same instant.

Billions of fine Ancient Wind-Thunder Law patterns on the wing surface lit up in unison.

Like countless miniature thunder dragons and wind flood dragons awakening on its wings simultaneously.

Cyan wind and purple thunder exploded from the wing roots.

In the blink of an eye, it completely engulfed its entire massive body.

The light cocoon interwoven with wind and thunder bulged violently in mid-air.

Then.

One claw stepped out.

A giant bird, even more massive, even more dignified, and even more captivating than before, stepped out from the wind-thunder light cocoon.

Its divine feathers were no longer interwoven with sky-blue and pale-purple but had transformed into two more pure and profound colors.

That was cyan like the wind of the firmament, and purple like the thunder of Heavenly Tribulation.

These two colors flowed distinctly on every one of its feathers.

Yet they blended at the edges of the feathers into dazzling cyan-purple thunderbolts.

Three slender purple feathers on the top of its head shot straight into the sky, with three miniature thunder vortexes exploding at the tips of the feathers.

Deep within its pupils, the thunder pattern that was originally rotating slowly was now rotating crazily, and every rotation exploded a blinding thunder in its pupils, as if its eyes were two eyes of a storm brewing the extinction of the world.

The tail feathers hanging down like ribbons behind it had now completely transformed into pure thunder ribbons, bringing up a patch of crackling purple electric arcs when gently brushed behind it, leaving fine spatial cracks in the air.

Divine Roc True Form.

Legendary-Rank Bloodline True Form skill.

As Little Skylark's Realm improved, it had already developed a second usage for the Divine Roc True Form.

And this was not the end.

At the very same moment the Divine Roc True Form was activated, Little Skylark suddenly spread its wings wide.

"Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain! Activate!!"

With it as the core, a dual Wind-Thunder Domain covering hundreds of feet in radius burst open.

Wild winds were like blades, and ten thousand thunders roared in unison.

Within the Domain, billions of cyan wind blades and purple thunderbolts raged like a storm.

The sharpness of those wind blades was in no way inferior to the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's feather blades, and the destructive power of those thunderbolts was enough to make any Amethyst Rank opponent feel despair.

And after the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain was deployed, Little Skylark's speed within the Domain was no longer restricted, the power of all wind and thunder attribute skills doubled, and their consumption was halved.

Two Legendary Rank skills, activated simultaneously, superimposed.

The Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain activated while in the Divine Roc True Form state was even more terrifying than when Little Skylark instantly killed Lin Xinmu before.

It caused Little Skylark's comprehensive combat power to skyrocket within a few breaths to a level that even it had not yet fully adapted to.

At this moment, hovering in the center of the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain was no longer just an Amethyst Sixth Tier beast.

It was a sky hegemon, wrapped in the will of the Ancient Wind-Thunder Divine Peng and dominating an entire Wind-Thunder Domain.

This was Jiang Yun's tactic.

To deal with Lin Xinmu, he only needed to activate two Legendary Rank skills simultaneously to crush him directly.

But to deal with Sect Master Feng Tianyang, he did not need a one-hit crush, but rather sustained suppression.

First activate the Divine Roc True Form to raise its life level, then deploy the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain while in the True Form state, allowing the Domain's effects to stack with the Divine Roc True Form, creating a two-way amplification.

In this state, Little Skylark's speed, strength, spiritual power reserves, and skill power all skyrocketed.

And under the suppression of the dual Legendary Rank skills, every move and technique the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc made would be continuously consumed by the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain.

Speed suppression was just an appetizer.

This was one of Jiang Yun's true trump cards.

And by revealing this trump card in front of the entire school, he was telling everyone that the Little Skylark that instantly killed Lin Xinmu was not yet in its strongest state.

Now, it was.

Thousands of people in the Colosseum gasped in unison.

That suddenly deployed dual Wind-Thunder Domain hung over the arena like a small natural phenomenon, wild winds and thunder roaring crazily within the Domain, cyan wind blades scraping visible spatial ripples around the edge of the Domain, and purple thunderbolts interweaving into an airtight electric net at the core of the Domain.

Little Skylark hovered in the very center of that Domain, its wings—cyan like the wind of the firmament, purple like the thunder of the Heavenly Tribulation—flapping slowly, while the thunderbolt vortexes on the three feathers atop its head spun crazily.

And that Heaven-Splitting Slash, unleashed by the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc with all its might, was rushing into the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then, it was suppressed.

Billions of wind blades lunged at the golden slash like sharks smelling blood.

Every time a wind blade scraped past, it left a shallow crack on the surface of the slash.

Ten thousand thunderbolts followed closely behind, bombarding the same spot on the slash like a torrential rain.

Under the continuous bombardment of thunder, the cracks kept deepening and widening.

When that slash tore through the dual blockade of wind blades and thunder and finally reached Little Skylark, its power had already been weakened by at least forty percent.

And Little Skylark merely crossed its wings and blocked lightly in front of itself.

Ancient Wind-Thunder Wing Slash.

Two superimposed wind-thunder blade lights precisely hacked at the weakest point of the slash.

Boom!!!

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering loud noise.

The golden slash and the cyan-purple blade light tore at each other in mid-air, finally exploding with a roar.

The violent energy aftermath surged outwards like a raging sea, shaking the protective formation patterns on the arena violently, and the weaker layers of formation patterns at the edge were torn directly into fragments.

And when the aftermath dissipated, Little Skylark was still hovering in mid-air.

Its wings were intact, its Aura was still steady, and the spiritual light on its cyan-purple wings was still brilliant and dazzling.

It had not moved an inch, the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain around it was still roaring, and the pressure of the Divine Roc True Form was still crushing the entire venue.

The Heaven-Splitting Slash had been blocked.

It was not dodging, not evading, but a head-on confrontation, blocked raw.

And the power of that Heaven-Splitting Slash had been completely neutralized in this confrontation.

Boom!!!

The entire Colosseum exploded at that moment.

Thousands of people sprang up from their seats simultaneously, and gasps, screams, and incredulous roars swept through the entire Colosseum like a tsunami.

"It blocked it!!! The Sacred Student's Divine Roc blocked the Heaven-Splitting Slash!! And it blocked it head-on!! Not by dodging!! It was a hard clash!! It used a skill to counter-attack and shatter the Heaven-Splitting Slash!!"

A student held his head with both hands, looking as if he had seen something that completely overturned his cognition, his voice sharp and distorted.

"Heaven-Splitting Slash!! That is a Legendary Rank single-target ultimate kill skill!! Ignores fifty percent defense!! A full-power strike from a Purple Crystal Ninth Rank Peak!! Shattered head-on by an Amethyst Sixth Tier?! How is this possible?! How is this possible?!?"

"Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain plus Divine Roc True Form!! Two Legendary Rank skills superimposed!! The Sacred Student's Divine Roc is not at all at the combat power of an Amethyst Sixth Tier now!! Look at its current pressure, it's even more terrifying than when it instantly killed Lin Xinmu just now!! If the Divine Roc in that state just now could one-shot Lin Xinmu's Void Shadow Mink, then in this superimposed state—just how strong is it?!"

"It's not just superposition!! Look clearly!! The Divine Roc True Form first raised the life level, and the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain was opened while in the True Form state!! The two skills are progressively superimposed, not just simply added!! In this state, the Sacred Student's Divine Roc has completely surpassed the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc in both the quantity and quality of Legendary Rank skills!!"

"So the Sacred Student also had hidden means!! He was also testing just now!! He was testing Sect Master Feng Tianyang's trump cards!! While Sect Master Feng Tianyang was still testing, the Sacred Student was also testing!! Now that Sect Master Feng Tianyang has revealed his trump card, the Sacred Student has directly revealed two even stronger ones!!"

"No wonder the Sacred Student has had a calm and indifferent expression from beginning to end!! He wasn't arrogant at all; he was truly confident!! He had long known that his Divine Roc could suppress the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc head-on when at full firepower!!"

"This Aura... why do I feel that the pressure erupting from the Sacred Student's Divine Roc now is even more terrifying than the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc?! An Amethyst Sixth Tier suppressing a Purple Crystal Ninth Rank Peak?! Is the Ancient Divine Roc Bloodline really this unreasonable?!"

And on the other side, Qian Luoyun's posture of arms crossed over his chest had changed at some point to his hands pressing against the railing.

His entire upper body was leaning slightly forward.

His eyes, which had always been calm and indifferent, finally showed a clear fluctuation at this moment.

"Two Legendary Rank skills superimposed."

His voice was very soft, as if he were talking to himself.

"An Amethyst Sixth Tier Realm, actually able to support two Legendary Rank skills activated simultaneously, and maintained so stably. This Divine Roc's spiritual power reserves and skill proficiency far exceed my estimations."

Qian Rongrong stood beside him, completely stunned.

She opened her small mouth, her beautiful eyes wide round, the expression on her face like a child seeing a meteor shower for the first time.

"Brother... you said just now that he hadn't used his full strength... I thought you were comforting me. He really hasn't used his full strength?! When he was suppressing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc just now, he was actually still holding back?!"

"Not holding back."

Qian Luoyun slowly shook his head.

"He is controlling the pace. He didn't want to expose his trump cards too early because Sect Master Feng Tianyang was also testing. Now that Sect Master Feng Tianyang has revealed his trump card first, the Sacred Student revealed two simultaneously, directly snatching back the pace. This kind of tactical literacy... he doesn't just have strength; he also knows how to use it."

"Then... then what you said just now, whoever reveals their trump card first falls into a passive position..."

"So I was wrong."

Qian Luoyun admitted it frankly, a complex smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

"Sect Master Feng Tianyang thought that by revealing the Heaven-Splitting Slash he could snatch back the initiative, but the Sacred Student's hidden aces are far more than he imagined. He is not responding passively; he is waiting... waiting for Sect Master Feng Tianyang to reveal his trump card, then using his own trump card to directly crush him."

He paused.

"I take back what I said before. Sect Master Feng Tianyang's chances of winning this battle are already shrinking rapidly."

On the other side of the arena, the conversation between Qian Rongrong and Qian Luoyun had just ended.

Su Gumu on the nearby viewing stand was already so excited he was about to flip over the railing.

"Sister Qingying!! Did you see that!! Two Legendary Rank skills superimposed!! Shattering the Heaven-Splitting Slash head-on!! He really hadn't used his full strength just now!! Seven days!! From Gold Rank Eight to suppressing the Heaven Rank sixth place head-on!! What kind of monster is this!!!"

Su Qingying did not answer.

Her hands had already gripped her sleeves at some point, and in those clear-as-a-mirror eyes were reflected the dual Wind-Thunder Domain roaring crazily in mid-air, the Ancient Divine Roc wrapped in ten thousand tons of wind and thunder, and the young man standing with his hands behind his back, calm and indifferent, on the back of the Divine Roc.

She had to admit that her previous judgment of Jiang Yun had been refreshed once again.

She thought Jiang Yun's comprehensive suppression during the testing phase was relying on a speed advantage, a victory at the tactical level.

But she didn't expect that besides the speed advantage, Jiang Yun was also holding two Legendary Rank trump cards, waiting until Sect Master Feng Tianyang handed over the Heaven-Splitting Slash first before revealing them together.

This was not just power suppression; this was comprehensive suppression in terms of Heart-Nature, tactics, judgment, and composure—comprehensive suppression in every aspect.

"The current him..."

Su Qingying's voice was very soft, but every word carried a solemnity that one had to face squarely.

"I no longer have the confidence to defeat him."

Su Gumu turned his head abruptly, the expression on his face as if he were looking at a stranger.

"Sister Qingying, what are you saying?! You are the Heaven Rank ninth place!! The attack power of the Seven-Luminaries Divine Deer is one of the best in the same Rank!! You say you have no confidence?!"

Su Qingying shook her head slightly.

"The Seven-Luminaries Divine Deer's strengths are large-scale sustained damage and purification, but the Sacred Student's Divine Roc is superior to me in speed, burst, and Domain suppression. In a battle of the same Rank, I might still be able to contend with experience, but the current him... is no longer the Gold Rank freshman from seven days ago who needed my care... He has already surpassed me."

Hearing such high praise from Su Qingying, Su Gumu could not help but take another deep look at Jiang Yun on the arena, a complex look flashing in his eyes.

And Su Mingxuan in the Su Family crowd was already so scared that he swallowed hard, his face pale...

Only now did he know what kind of monster he had offended back then...

He was very fortunate that his father had made an extremely correct choice for him back then, otherwise he truly didn't know what kind of end he would have met in the future...

At the same time, in the Jingfeng Sect camp, Feng Ziyue had somehow already stood at Feng Yu's arena.

He collapsed at the edge of the arena, his whole person already like a puddle of mud.

His lips trembled violently, his gaze fixed tightly on the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain in mid-air, his pupils contracting crazily.

He was afraid when Jiang Yun instantly killed Lin Xinmu, he trembled when Jiang Yun forced back Lin Feng, and when Jiang Yun called his name, he directly collapsed.

And now, when he saw with his own eyes that Sect Master Feng Tianyang's Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc unleashed the Heaven-Splitting Slash but was shattered head-on by Jiang Yun, his nerves, which had been stretched to the limit, finally snapped completely.

"He... he actually still hid his means... he hadn't shown his full strength when he fought Lin Xinmu just now... Big Brother's Heaven-Splitting Slash was shattered by him head-on... shattered head-on!! That is the Heaven-Splitting Slash!! A Legendary Rank ultimate kill!! How is it possible... how is this possible..."

His voice grew smaller and smaller, eventually turning into incoherent muttering.

Feng Yu stood on Sect Master Feng Tianyang's main battle stage, his face so gloomy it seemed like it was about to drip water.

He did not lose his composure like Feng Ziyue, but his clenched knuckles were white, and the veins on the back of his hands were popping out one by one.

"This guy... he actually still hid his strength? Now that he has been offended... it seems this person... must absolutely not be left alive."

He squeezed these few words out from between his teeth, every word seeming to be hard-carved from the depths of his throat.

"Seven days ago at the entrance of Longxiang Pavilion, he couldn't even beat Feng Ziyue. Seven days later, he can already suppress the Sect Leader head-on. If this growth rate is allowed to continue, in another month... no, in another half a month... who else in the entire academy will be able to suppress him? I'm afraid even the Heaven Rank second place Qian Luoyun... will find it hard to suppress him."

He looked up abruptly at the back of Sect Master Feng Tianyang on the arena, a trace of hesitation flashing in the depths of his eyes, one he himself was not too sure about.

Sect Leader... will win, right?

He will definitely win.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc still has the Meteor Kill unreleased.

That is the true ultimate skill, ignoring all defenses, its penetrating power is among the top in Legendary Rank skills.

As long as Meteor Kill hits, no matter how strong the Divine Roc is, it won't be able to withstand it.

But just at the moment he stabilized this sliver of confidence in his heart, Feng Ziyue spoke up again, his voice carrying a crying tone.

"Brother Yu... Sect Leader... will he also..."

"Shut up!"

Feng Yu turned his head abruptly, his eyes as sharp as knives.

"Say one more word, and go back and take your punishment yourself. Who is Big Brother? Heaven Rank sixth place! His trump cards haven't been fully revealed yet! Saying such dispiriting words now, do you want to make the Jingfeng Sect lose face?!"

Feng Ziyue was startled by his shout and shook all over, shrinking into a corner and daring not to make a sound again.

But Feng Yu knew clearly in his heart that his shout was not just shouting at Feng Ziyue, but also suppressing the anxiety in his own heart.

And now, the Longxiang Pavilion camp had gone completely crazy.

"Pavilion Master!!! Awesome!!! Pavilion Master is awesome!!!"

Zhao Tiezhu grabbed the railing with both hands, his whole person as excited as a bull injected with stimulant, roaring at the top of his lungs until his voice cracked.

"I knew it!!! I knew the Pavilion Master still had a trump card!!! Just now, when he was suppressing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, I felt something was off!! How could the Pavilion Master only have this much ability?! Did you see that!! Heaven-Shattering Slash!!! Heaven-Shattering Slash was blasted to pieces by the Pavilion Master head-on!!! What kind of bullshit single-target finishing move is that!! In front of the Pavilion Master's Divine Roc, it's all scrap metal!!"

"Hahahaha!!!"

Lei Qing's laughter was even louder than Zhao Tiezhu's. His rugged face flushed deep red, and his copper-bell-sized eyes were filled with fanaticism.

"A dignified Legendary-tier finishing move ranked sixth on the Heaven Rankings!! Crushed head-on by the Pavilion Master!! What do you call this?! This is called strength!! True strength!! Sect Master Feng Tianyang thought he could turn the tables just by revealing his trump card?! Dream on!! The Pavilion Master has more trump cards than him!! And they're tougher!!"

"I'm convinced."

On Xiao Chen's usually composed face, it was now filled with irrepressible emotion.

He took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly.

"Just now, when the Pavilion Master used speed to suppress the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc, I thought that was the Pavilion Master's tactic... using speed to exhaust and wear down the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc. I didn't expect that the Pavilion Master wasn't stalling at all; he was just waiting for Sect Master Feng Tianyang to reveal his trump card first. He himself was still holding back two Legendary-tier skills. This kind of scheming, this kind of composure, this kind of self-confidence... I, Xiao Chen, have never been convinced by anyone in my life, but today, I am truly convinced."

"The Pavilion Master, he..."

"He has never let anyone down."

Liu Qingshuang did not speak.

She simply tilted her head, quietly watching the calm and composed figure standing on the back of the Divine Roc in mid-air.

Her cold, clear eyes reflected the cyan-purple lightning and the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain that was still roaring frantically.

Then she lowered her head and gave a soft laugh.

This was the second time she had laughed today, but it was even more relieved than the first.

The Pavilion Master had said he would settle scores with them one by one.

She believed it.

Then the Pavilion Master insta-killed Lin Xinmu and gifted her a victory platform.

She believed it even more.

Now, the Pavilion Master was suppressing Sect Master Feng Tianyang head-on.

She suddenly felt that deciding to join the Longxiang Pavilion after returning from the Bone Burial Area might have been the most correct decision she had ever made in her life.

On the high platform.

Zhan Qiong rested his hands on the railing, his upper body almost leaning out of the platform.

He stared at the dual Wind-Thunder Domain in mid-air.

Staring at the Divine Roc flapping its wings in the center of the Domain, his rugged face filled with undisguised admiration.

"Good lad!!! This kid hides too deep!!! Divine Roc True Form plus Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain, two major Legendary-tier skills stacked!!! When he fought Lin Xinmu just now, he only used these two skills and insta-killed him; I thought that was his full strength!!! Turns out, I only know now that at that time, his Divine Roc hadn't even activated the Domain in its True Form state!!! That's a whole amplification level difference!!!"

"It's not just skill stacking."

Vice Dean Yan Lie took a deep breath, his gaze scanning back and forth across the edge of the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain, his tone full of professional scrutiny.

"Look carefully at that Domain... The density of the wind blades and lightning is at least 30% higher than when he insta-killed Lin Xinmu, and the range of the Domain has also expanded significantly. This shows that the Divine Roc True Form has an additional amplification effect on the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain. The Domain's power doubles in the True Form state, and the True Form itself receives replenishment from within the Domain. This is an overlapping structure where two skills amplify each other, not simple addition. When the Sacred Student designed this set of skill combinations, his logic was very clear."

"In other words, the current combat power of the Sacred Student's Divine Roc has already reached the Diamond Rank?"

Tie Kuang asked in a muffled voice.

Vice Dean Yan Lie was silent for two breaths, then slowly nodded.

"At least in the two dimensions of speed and explosive power, it has firmly stepped onto the threshold of the Diamond Rank high-tier. Moreover, the continuous exhaustion effect of the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain will make the opponent weaker and weaker, while the Divine Roc itself can continuously receive replenishment from the Domain. Once this rhythm of mutual attrition takes shape, it is very difficult for the opponent to turn the tables."

"No wonder Dean Ming Jing was certain from the very beginning that the Sacred Student would not lose."

Dean of Array Department Xuan Jizi stroked his beard and spoke thoughtfully.

"I do have a question I'd like to ask Dean Ming Jing... Did the Dean know long ago that the Sacred Student's pet beast had these two trump cards? As far as I know, Dean Ming Jing's insight is the strongest in our academy; surely you discovered some clues at that time?"

Dean Ming Jing remained seated in the main seat.

His expression was still that indifferent and composed look, but the faint arc at the corner of his mouth rose just a little bit at the moment when Little Skylark activated its two Legendary-tier skills simultaneously.

He did not answer Dean of Array Department Xuan Jizi's question, simply watching the slender and upright figure on the arena with a calm gaze.

He said secretly in his heart: "It seems that the Head Dean's Radiant Sun-Level treasure will likely be cashed out today."

...

Returning to the scene.

On the arena.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's right wing had already retreated from the state of the Giant Law Blade.

Although the golden feathers on its wings were still brilliant, they were significantly dimmer than before it unleashed the Heaven-Shattering Slash.

This strike of the Heaven-Shattering Slash consumed more than half of the Golden Wind Law Origin it had stored in its body.

It would be unable to use a finishing move of the same level again in a short period.

And its opponent, the Divine Roc hovering in the center of the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain, not only showed no signs of weakening, but was actually even stronger than when it had just unfolded its Domain.

The Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain continuously absorbed free spiritual energy from the air to feed back into Little Skylark while in operation.

The Divine Roc True Form also gained additional amplification within the Domain.

The two stacked to form a virtuous cycle.

The more the Domain operated, the stronger it became, and the stronger the Divine Roc became, the stronger the Domain became.

Sect Master Feng Tianyang stood on the arena, looking at the figure in mid-air wreathed in immense wind and thunder.

He had to admit it.

He had miscalculated.

He thought Jiang Yun could suppress the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc only because of a speed advantage.

As long as he used the locking mechanism of the Heaven-Shattering Slash to force the opponent into a head-on engagement, the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's attack power would be enough to crush him.

But he never expected that Jiang Yun's Divine Roc would not lose to the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc in terms of attack power either.

The two Legendary-tier skills stacked, shattering the Heaven-Shattering Slash and forcing his Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc into a passive position.

"Damn it... This kid's pet beast also held back a hand."

Sect Master Feng Tianyang gritted his teeth.

His voice was low, audible only to himself.

"To be able to withstand the Heaven-Shattering Slash at Amethyst Sixth Tier, his Divine Roc's configuration of Legendary-tier skills is only more, not less, than the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's. I cannot drag this out any longer. The longer it drags on, the more obvious the exhaustion effect of the Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain will be, and the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's condition will get worse and worse."

He took a deep breath.

He ruthlessly suppressed the surge of shock and unease in his heart.

Then he raised his head again, his face once again wearing that sharp and arrogant smile.

"Sacred Student!"

His voice rose again, still carrying that condescending sharpness.

"It seems your pet beast is qualified... to fight my Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc head-on in its Peak state."

He raised his right arm suddenly, fingers spread, and a golden magic array light, even more dazzling than before, lit up in his palm.

"This battle, at least, won't be that boring."

"Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc! Golden Wind Absolute Domain! Activate!!"

Since the single-target finishing move couldn't break the opponent's defense, he would use Domain against Domain, using a dual-Law slaughter Domain to collide head-on with the opponent's Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain.

A mass of blinding light exploded again from the golden feathers on the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's chest.

But this time, it wasn't sharp Golden Wind Law that exploded, but a Golden Wind dual-slaughter Domain covering several hundred zhang.

Myriads of golden wind blades poured down frantically in the Domain like a rainstorm, and the Metal-attribute Law and Wind-attribute Law were completely dominated by the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc within the Domain.

Two completely different Domains collided violently in mid-air.

Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain versus Golden Wind Absolute Domain.

Cyan-purple lightning and golden wind blades tore at each other frantically at the boundary of the two Domains.

Every breath, thousands of energy impacts exploded in the collision, blasting the space between the two Domains into violent distortion.

Sect Master Feng Tianyang's true trump card.

It was both a Domain and a suppression.

It was also... the first time since the battle began that the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc had attempted to seize back the initiative of the battlefield from Jiang Yun.

And what he wanted to take back, Jiang Yun never intended to return.

"Little Skylark."

Jiang Yun's voice was still calm.

"Nirvana Thunder Prison."

Little Skylark flapped its wings violently, and the thunder vortexes on the three purple feathers on its head simultaneously exploded with three blinding flashes of lightning.

Inside the Golden Wind Absolute Domain, a small thunder prison woven from ten thousand bolts of lightning descended from the sky.

After the Nirvana Thunder Prison fell, the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's figure suddenly stagnated, and the golden wind blades flowing on its wing surfaces began to become chaotic under the continuous bombardment of the Nirvana Thunder Prison.

The operation of the Metal-attribute Law and Wind-attribute Law appeared to have a momentary lag under the suppression of the Nirvana Thunder Prison.

The density of golden wind blades at the edge of the Golden Wind Absolute Domain dropped visibly by a notch.

And at this moment.

Jiang Yun spoke again.

"Ancient Wind-Thunder Wing Slash."

Little Skylark crossed its wings, and the Ancient Wind-Thunder power that had been accumulated on its wing surfaces erupted simultaneously.

Two overlapping cyan-purple blade lights detached from its wingtips, carving a perfect intersecting arc in the air.

Wherever the blade light passed, space shattered, and the will of the Ancient Divine Roc, carrying a trace of faint Ancient space-tearing power, slashed directly at the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc at a speed so fast it was almost impossible to dodge.

Golden Feather Defense triggered automatically.

The layer of golden feathers on the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's chest suddenly expanded, forming a ring-shaped metal-attribute defensive barrier, forcefully blocking in front of the blade light.

Boom!!!

The moment the blade light struck the barrier, the entire arena trembled violently.

Rings of distorted energy ripples exploded on the surface of the Golden Feather Defense barrier, and those ripples spread frantically from the point of impact to the surroundings, causing countless fine cracks to split across the surface of the barrier wherever they passed.

But the Golden Feather Defense was, after all, a Transcendent Rank defensive skill, and after being slashed with cracks, it still held on stubbornly, without completely shattering.

However, the true power of the Ancient Wind-Thunder Wing Slash was not in the blade light itself, but in the trace of Ancient space-tearing power contained within the blade light.

At the moment the blade light collided with the barrier, the space-tearing power had already penetrated the barrier, acting directly on the root of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's left wing like an invisible blade.

Puchi!!!!

A gash over a foot long was torn open in the densest patch of golden feathers at the root of the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's left wing.

Golden blood gushed out from the wound; that was the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Law Origin blood, and every drop of blood contained extremely rich Metal-attribute Law power.

The Law Origin of the Ancient Sky Roc Bloodline was directly torn open by this slash.

The Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc let out a sharp shriek of pain, and the operation of the Golden Wind Absolute Domain showed an extremely obvious lag at this moment.

The myriads of golden wind blades that were pouring down frantically all paused for an instant at the edge of the Domain, and that momentary pause allowed Little Skylark to find an excellent angle.

The Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain pressed forward violently, and the cyan-purple lightning and cyan wind blades took the opportunity to tear open the edge defense of the Golden Wind Absolute Domain, fiercely compressing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Golden Wind dual Domain backward by a large margin.

The battle situation above the arena.

After this round of Peak confrontation, it tilted visibly to the naked eye.

It was not evenly matched.

The Wind-Thunder Calamity Domain was biting at the edge of the Golden Wind Absolute Domain.

The pressure of the Divine Roc True Form was crushing the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Ancient Sky Roc Bloodline.

Little Skylark's state was still climbing, while the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's spiritual energy and Law Origin were being consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Everyone was looking up at the cyan-purple figure in mid-air.

Watching the Domain of intertwined storm and thunder beneath his feet devouring the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's golden killing Domain inch by inch.

Watching him calmly command his pet beast to shuttle, counterattack, and suppress amidst ten thousand wind blades and thunder.

Watching him shatter the Heaven-Shattering Slash in just one encounter.

And using another round of offense and defense to tear a hole in the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's Domain.

Watching the wound on the Heaven-Splitting Golden Roc's chest that was still bleeding Law Origin blood.

Watching the arrogant smile on Sect Master Feng Tianyang's face, which he could no longer maintain, stiffening, twisting, and cracking bit by bit.

Thousands of people fell silent simultaneously.

It was not a silence of contempt.

It was a complete, speechless silence, not knowing what expression to use to face this shock after an Amethyst Sixth Tier freshman had used a way no one expected to crush the sixth-ranked Sect Leader of the Jingfeng Sect from head to toe.

And in this speechless silence, a voice suddenly sounded from a corner of the spectator stand, hoarse as if just waking up from a nightmare.

"Sect Master Feng Tianyang... is being beaten while suppressed by him. It's not testing, not a speed advantage, it's pure, head-on, indisputable... suppression."

No one refuted it.

Because everyone had seen it, and seen it clearly... The Sacred Student had crushed him head-on with absolute power and strength!!!!