114: Dragon——Xiao!

"Opening Heaven!"

A furious roar, like a clap of thunder, exploded as Chu Wujiu's Battle Intent boiled to its peak, his arm muscles bulging.

"Boom—"

The Void Realm behind him suddenly collapsed, and a phantom of a bronze battle halberd, wreathed in Chaos Evil Qi, burst forth—it was the projection of the Chu Family's guardian sacred object, the heaven-opening battle halberd!

At this instant, time and space froze!

The moment the battle halberd appeared, annihilation ripples from the shattered Void Realm swept out.

Qin Wangchuan's newly formed Supreme Heavenly Sword was actually torn apart by these pure Void Realm crack!

"Bang!"

The turbulent Sword Qi from the collapsing Heavenly Sword tilted the entire Nine Heavens Cloud Platform, and many spectators had to use Magic Treasure to stabilize themselves.

"I knew you brought it," Li Xuan said, his eyes gleaming as he watched the scene.

Chu Wujiu, holding the phantom battle halberd, continued his charge, bringing the power of the shattered Void Realm to strike directly at Qin Wangchuan's glabella: "Break for me!"

This strike was world-shattering.

"Supreme Void Step."

Qin Wangchuan's expression remained unchanged; he took another step, and his figure suddenly blurred—

However—

"Crack!"

As his figure solidified a hundred zhang away, a dazzling star-patterned Formation suddenly lit up beneath his feet.

Nine God-locking Chains, entwined with spatial Dao patterns, burst from the ground, instantly coiling around his limbs like venomous pythons!

"The landing point... should be here."

Yun Zexuan's voice came from the side; he held a Heavenly Mystery Compass, having seemingly waited there long in advance.

The pointer on his compass was firmly fixed on the "Prison" trigram.

"The God-locking Chains are set, you can't escape!" Yun Zexuan's lips curled into a triumphant smile, and the Heavenly Mystery Compass in his hand shone brightly. The spatial Dao patterns on the chains wriggled like living things, intending to completely bind Qin Wangchuan.

"Don't hold a grudge, okay? Who told you to use the same move twice~"

In front of a group of Prodigies, the same move certainly couldn't work twice.

But...

Qin Wangchuan suddenly looked up, a hint of playfulness flashing in his eyes: "You're also using the same move twice, aren't you?"

Before his words finished, a Flying Sword entwined with Chaos Qi burst from behind him! Wherever its blade passed, the God-locking Chains were effortlessly cut apart, like tofu!

It was none other than the other sword gifted by his elder brother, one he had never used—[Lixiao]!

"What?!" Yun Zexuan's pupils constricted. "These chains are..."

"Swish!"

The sword light was like lightning; Yun Zexuan's figure was struck by the sword and gradually dispersed like a reflection in water, turning into specks of spiritual light that vanished into the air.

Only a lingering echo, carrying a smile, remained—

"Impressive, but my goal has already been achieved."

As Yun Zexuan completely dissipated, what came into view was the Nine Flame Golden Crow's huge, wide-eyed gaze.

Its massive form crashed down like a meteor, and the scorching True Solar Flame warped the very air.

"Die!"

Yan Wujin's frantic expression was particularly striking atop the Golden Crow's head: "The one who takes first place is I, Lord Yan Wujin!"

At the same time—

Chu Wujiu, holding the heaven-opening battle halberd, leaped high, his Battle Intent soaring to the sky. The halberd's blade was less than twenty steps from Qin Wangchuan's crown!

Li Xuan brandished his long sword, and the five-character sword seal once again condensed in the sky!

In the distance, Yun Zexuan and Zhao Lingyun rapidly formed hand seals, seemingly preparing some even more terrifying combined attack!

Zhou Yunyi pressed against the edge of the Nine Heavens Cloud Platform, his face pale, preparing some unknown killing move.

Ye Lingchuan placed the ancient bronze coffin in front of him, his hands continuously tapping on it. The ancient coffin emitted strange "kaka" sounds, as if something was awakening within it...

All of this was slowed down ten million times in Qin Wangchuan's eyes.

"It's a dead end, huh?" Yu Niang's Qi-filled voice rang in Qin Wangchuan's ear.

It turned out she had intervened to slow down the flow of time.

In this almost frozen time, Yu Niang slowly analyzed:

"The divine feathers are sealed, and the landing point of the Supreme Void Step was precisely calculated by that Yun Family kid..."

"There's no escaping, and fighting each other creates a mutual restraint, making it impossible to break the deadlock."

"They are all waiting for you to show a flaw first."

Yu Niang paused, her gaze sweeping around—

Just now, when Qin Wangchuan's supreme Heavenly Sword struck, she thought it was over.

She didn't expect the Chu Family's kid not only used the momentary power of sacrificing the battle halberd to break that attack but also launched a counterattack.

Those two kids from the Yun Family and Zhao Family stood together, each more sinister than the other.

And there's no need to mention the one named Ye; he held that Funeral Immortal Coffin, relying on its extreme hardness to charge through the arena.

"They have strength and coordination."

"These Prodigies truly held nothing back; every move was a killing blow, a very exciting battle."

"But it ends here."

Especially the Nine Flame Golden Crow in front of him was something Qin Wangchuan couldn't deal with in his current state; he would truly die here.

"Do you want me to intervene?"

Qin Wangchuan's lips, however, curved into a defiant arc: "How dare I trouble Senior with matters between juniors?"

"Besides, it's not over yet."

The next moment—

The instant time resumed its flow, Qin Wangchuan put away his sword, his palm like a blade, and gently sliced through the Void Realm—

"Supreme Dao Sacred Art—Slaying Dao Heavenly Mark!"

"Chila!"

A hundred-zhang-long Slaying Dao Heavenly Mark traversed the Nine Heavens Cloud Platform. The dark crack was like a wound torn in the Heavenly Dao itself, exuding a terrifying aura of destruction.

That was no ordinary spatial rift, but a horrifying scar that seemed to sever the "Dao" itself!

Dark purple Chaos lightning flowed at the edges of the rift, and inside was absolute nothingness, where even light was swallowed whole.

The rift lay before Qin Wangchuan, blocking everyone's view.

The Nine Flame Golden Crow instinctively retreated, its Nine Flames True Fire dimming slightly before the rift.

But Chu Wujiu's momentum remained unchecked; the heaven-opening battle halberd still descended from the sky with the might of shattering the Void Realm!

He couldn't give up such a good opportunity.

"Surname Zhao!" Chu Wujiu roared, his voice tinged with urgency.

"Got it, got it!"

Zhao Lingyun gritted his teeth and unfurled the Heavenly Talisman Jade Scroll. Countless paper figures surged out like a tide. These paper figures rushed one after another towards the terrifying rift—

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

The first batch of paper figures that touched the rift were instantly torn to shreds, turning into a sky full of paper scraps.

But immediately after—

"Huala la—"

The second batch of paper figures charged without hesitation, holding hands. With the augmentation of Yun Zexuan's spatial Formation, they actually managed to construct a fragile bridge at the edge of the rift!

"It's not enough!"

Zhao Lingyun's forehead veins bulged, and Wang Xuance also came to help, pouring all his cultivation into it.

Under their combined efforts, the paper figures suddenly burst into dazzling golden light—

The third batch, the fourth batch, the fifth batch... the hundredth batch...

The paper figures rushed forward like moths to a flame, each batch instantly annihilated, but their remnants transformed into golden runes, covering the surface of the rift layer after layer.

Gradually—

The speed of generating paper figures exceeded the speed of consumption.

That dark crack, which devoured everything, was actually temporarily obscured by a golden light curtain formed from countless paper figure remnants!

"Now!"

Chu Wujiu's eyes flashed with brilliant light. The battle halberd, carrying the momentum of Opening Heaven, forcefully crossed the Slaying Dao Heavenly Mark that was temporarily obscured by the paper figures!

The moment the halberd's blade broke through the Void Realm.

"Boom!!!"

The golden light curtain obscuring the rift exploded with a roar, and the paper figure remnants flew like golden snowflakes.

Chu Wujiu's pupils constricted!

Behind that dark rift—

Qin Wangchuan's figure was gradually merging with a beautiful Dragon Clan maiden.

Her green hair flowed like a waterfall, her Dragon horns shimmered with a crystalline halo, and her pair of golden Dragon eyes flowed with the unique majesty of an ancient True Dragon.

The outlines of the two fused like ink wash painting; the maiden's phantom transformed into myriad Dragon patterns, outlining a fierce and magnificent phantom Dragon battle armor around Qin Wangchuan.

"This is..."

Chu Wujiu's halberd blade began to tremble involuntarily.

Just as the Dragon armor fully formed—

"Roar!!!"

A heaven-shaking Dragon roar echoed through the sky, and the Spiritual Qi of the entire Nine Heavens Cloud Platform surged like boiling water!

Chu Wujiu's halberd blade was only three inches from Qin Wangchuan's glabella, yet it could not advance another hair's breadth.

Beneath the Dragon armor's faceplate, an ancient Dragon roar, as if traversing time and space, exploded like thunder:

"Dragon—Xiao!"