263: Origin vs. Legend

The dragon's roar faded as three bolts of lightning condensed, transforming into three Thunder Dragon Bullets that descended from the sky.

“Rumble—!!!”

In an instant, the sky and earth changed color. The three Summoned Thunder Bullets, like divine punishment, blasted toward the location of the Little Natural Mage.

The opponent, on the other hand, struck a pose, ready to block the attack.

“Level 50! An Origin-Grade Spirit Beast!”

“Oh no, run!!!”

On the ground, they looked up at the terrifying spirit beast that had unleashed the strike.

Ouyang Haoyu and the others were immediately scared out of their wits, scrambling away. Even Consort Li was no exception, dragging her heavily injured body as she crawled far away.

This was an attack from an Origin-Grade Spirit Beast. If they didn't run and got caught in the crossfire, they would truly be turned into dust.

The three Summoned Thunder Bullets were extremely fast and powerful, suddenly striking the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage with a deafening boom.

Crack! The Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage's Natural Armor nearly failed to withstand the power, with more than half of it being destroyed.

With the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage at the center, the surrounding ground collapsed layer by layer, the destruction even worse than before.

Immediately after, Li Jinian twisted his dragon body and dove down, his wings flapping to accelerate as his massive claws struck at the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage.

Bang!

Li Jinian's strike was heavy and powerful, pressing the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage back into the ground, causing the earth itself to start crumbling.

Roar! The enraged Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage launched a counterattack.

The four thick stone arms on its body reached back to grab Li Jinian, but in terms of size and strength, the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage was no match at all.

Boom!

The two massive spirit beasts engaged in close-quarters combat, attacking each other.

Li Jinian's claws descended, tearing apart two of the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage's stone arms. Then, his massive dragon head looked down.

“Roar—!!!” Li Jinian opened his dragon mouth and spat out endless, scorching Dragon Breath.

Many of the stone parts on the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage were rapidly incinerated, its entire body scorched by high-temperature flames.

Yet despite such an attack, the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage's health was still at a full eighty percent.

Emerald green energy surged across its body.

The Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage unexpectedly returned to its Peak state, and all the injuries inflicted moments ago were fully healed.

“As expected of a Level 65 spirit beast, eating it will surely provide a lot of energy!”

With that thought, Li Jinian decisively intensified his attack rhythm, aiming to take down the opponent within five minutes... “Huff, huff, huff... Consort Li, how are you?”

Ouyang Haoyu and the others forced themselves to use the little strength they had just recovered, retreating to a remote location. Although they were still within the battlefield, it was at least the furthest they could run.

If they were still caught in the crossfire of the battle between these two powerful spirit beasts, they would have nothing left to say.

After a soft call, Ouyang Haoyu noticed she didn't respond. When he looked again, he saw that Consort Li was staring blankly, lost in thought.

It was no wonder, because that was—an Origin-Grade Spirit Beast.

Ahead, in the center of the battlefield, the slaughter between the two powerful spirit beasts continued.

The power of every attack in their battle could heavily injure a Level 45 Main Hall Beast Master. The shockwaves alone had already caused unimaginable destruction.

More importantly, barring any accidents, this was the most powerful spirit beast battle recorded on video since the establishment of the Human Race's living zone in the Ruoxi Region.

Boom, boom, boom!!!

Three more Summoned Thunder Bullets were fired, only to be blocked one after another by the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage. The damage of this thing was still very high; if a typical Level 65 spirit beast took a direct hit, its body wouldn't be able to handle it.

It was just that Li Jinian happened to encounter a spirit beast with magic attack resistance skills.

The Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage endured a few hits and then swung its fists to attack again.

After five minutes of fierce fighting, victory was still nowhere in sight.

“Roar—!!!” Li Jinian roared, gave up on using skills, and dove straight down, his dragon tail tightly coiling around the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage's legs.

Immediately after, his massive wings flapped rapidly. Under the influence of immense wind pressure and strength, the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage was lifted up.

Flying into the sky, Li Jinian turned in mid-air and flicked his tail.

With a bang, the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage's stone body slammed heavily into the West District, making a loud thud as another section of buildings in the West District collapsed.

This wasn't all. Li Jinian flew high into the air again and dove down, using his weight and agility to smash down heavily.

The Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage was pinned firmly beneath the ground of the West District, and as it looked up, it was blasted in the face with Dragon Breath.

It barely managed to stand up and was about to use its Stone Spikes Summoning skill to counterattack, but it didn't expect to be hoisted up by its feet again by the unscrupulous Li Jinian.

Then, history repeated itself with another round of combo beatings.

This combo was a revelation; once Li Jinian started, it was as if he had discovered a new world.

As long as one's thinking doesn't backslide, there are always more solutions than problems, right? He had already found a way to easily crush the opponent.

What? Cheap tactics?

Don't worry about it; as long as he could get the energy, it was fine.

What followed was simple. Li Jinian cast aside his dragon-like dignity; since the combos were effective, he used them relentlessly, his tail wrapping around the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage as he flew up and slammed it down over and over again.

While destroying most of Shenglan City's West District, he also beat the Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage to a pulp.

However, what Li Jinian didn't expect was that this scene was also being broadcast live to all the beast-taming cities in the Ruoxi Region.

In an instant, countless ordinary citizens and even Beast Tamers watching the battle gaped in shock.

In their imagination, this battle between a Level 65 Legendary Spirit Beast and a Level 50 Origin-Grade Spirit Beast should have been a satisfying, bloody duel between powerhouses.

After all, both sides had extremely high rarity, powerful Racial Stats, and were not low in level.

“The destructive power of the Origin-Grade Spirit Beast is undeniable, but why do I always feel it's a bit...”

“A bit what? I can't quite say, I can't quite say. Anyway, it seems to be missing that little something I imagined.”

“Yeah, an Origin-Grade Spirit Beast is just so-so.”

In front of their screens, some Beast Tamers were talking animatedly, critiquing the great battle.

Back in reality, inside Shenglan City.

West District, the edge of the battlefield.

Amidst the rubble and debris, Consort Li, Ouyang Haoyu, and the others huddled in a corner, trembling. A fragile little barrier was barely maintained around them.

It existed, but it was practically useless.

Gazing at the rumbling battlefield ahead, they had even finished giving their last words.

Far from the battlefield, numerous Beast Tamers stood in mid-air, numbering at least a hundred.

They all watched the battlefield's movements nervously. Unless absolutely necessary, they were unwilling to get involved in a battle of this level.

Lacking decisive power, they were much like Ouyang Haoyu and the others; going up would only result in heavy injury.

All they could do was wait on the sidelines and see if they could reap the rewards of the spoils.

“Summoned Thunder Bullet!!!”

The Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage's health bar was about to reach the kill zone, and Li Jinian was frantically firing Summoned Thunder Bullets.

But as so many Summoned Thunder Bullets flew toward it, the desperate Natural Immortal Spirit Little Mage resisted with all its might, accidentally deflecting some of them.

The trajectory of one of them was perfectly aimed, heading straight for Consort Li, Ouyang Haoyu, and the others.

“It's over... it's coming right for us!”

“No! I'm only 64 years old, I haven't lived enough yet.”

Unlike the panicking Beast Tamers, at this moment of crisis, Ouyang Haoyu spoke his deepest secret to Consort Li beside him.

“Waaaah, Little Feifei.”

“I have to confess something to you... Actually, I'm... ga—”

Before Ouyang Haoyu could finish his sentence, a figure suddenly appeared in front of everyone, blocking the way...