Seven beams of starlight hung in the sky, visible from every corner of the thirty-two floating islands.
"Mei Xue is over there. It's a pity that I won't be able to get there in time."
"Red Wolf, come and fight me."
Xuanyuan Jianying smiled as he flicked his sword. In front of him was the killer of White Tiger Academy, Red Wolf, whose eyes were as cold as ice.
"Those who stand in my way shall die." The jade on Red Wolf's Dragon Emperor Robe danced in the air, instantly condensing into the form of a red lotus demon.
"Alright, I also want to know what kind of divine being your avatar is!" The sword light in Xuanyuan Jianying's eyes soared into the sky, and a huge ancient character "Punish" appeared.
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The seemingly weak white rabbit stood in the middle of the prairie, looking at the light blue figure riding on the huge white flood dragon with disdain.
"Isn't this the little princess of Penglai? Are you also interested in participating in the Battle of the Four Symbols?"
The white flood dragon spoke, looking at the rabbit that was not even the size of its claw with great interest.
"Hiss!" The rabbit waved its claw, and Princess Yuetu's body suddenly dispersed, turning into a dense fog.
A huge fog monster over ten thousand meters tall appeared in the middle of the prairie, letting out a deafening roar.
"Hehe, this won't scare me!"
"My king!
I will help you defeat this little princess who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth! "
"In the Seven Seas, you are the strongest king!"
Amidst the excited dragon roar, the white flood dragon flew up, and its huge body spiraled in the sky, attracting thousands of divine lights.
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"Even if you are really from Kunlun, you must die today!"
Hua Feng, who came from the Five Mountains Gate, waved the flag in his hand that depicted the reflection of the five mountains.
"Five Mountains Stabilizing Flag, appear!"
Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Song, Mount Heng, Mount Heng!
The power of one mountain from each of the five mountains was added to this immortal treasure. This was a top-notch treasure even among the major immortal sects, and as the user's cultivation increased, the power could be increased to two or three mountains.
This flag was an immortal treasure derived from a supreme divine ability, and it was Hua Feng's greatest trump card.
With this trump card, he was confident that he could challenge anyone, even Divine Will Immortal Warlocks.
The evil demon, whose body was covered in a black aura, slowly raised his hand and lifted the power of Five Mountains, inch by inch.
"What? How is this possible?!" Hua Feng was terrified out of his wits. How could this be the power of flesh and blood?
Not to mention Divine Will rank Immortal Warlocks, it is impossible to lift the five peaks with the power of the fleshly body!
What on earth was this black demon?!
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No one had expected that in less than 15 minutes, more than a dozen names would lose their luster. This meant that the marks of the floating islands on their bodies had disappeared. Even if they were still alive, they had completely lost their ability to fight.
Most of these names were elites from large academies, but there were also a few names that made people's jaws drop.
Tu Wu, Cha Jin, and the Ox King, the three newly ascended Dharmakaya geniuses, were the first to have their Levitating Island marks disappear, and at almost exactly the same time.
What did this mean? Were these three Immortal Warlocks of the same camp defeated in an instant?!
Subsequently, the names of ZhuQue Academy's Gemini ZhuQue, which was favored by many people, also disappeared, making countless people sigh in regret.
Countless questions, countless curiosity. Unfortunately, the original rules of the Battle of the Four Symbols were not open to the public. The Battle of the Four Symbols was a true battlefield.
People could only guess the progress of the battle from the surviving names on the Four Symbols Roulette.
Now, every name that remained on the battlefield was a flag, a symbol.
As soon as the Battle of the 32 Floating Islands began, people learned the cruelty of the original rules of the Battle of the Four Symbols in the immemorial era.
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"Rumble!"
In the sky full of lightning and fire, the Heavenly Lightning Sword Formation composed of 1,024 Lightning Immortal Swords erupted with power that shook the world.
The entire sea of sand was swallowed by the endless lightning. Hundreds of millions of lightning bolts formed a wild thunderstorm, forcibly changing the color of the world.
"Why aren't you dead yet!" Lei Tian couldn't believe what he was seeing.
In the endless thunderstorm, Mei Xue's figure was like a floating boat. No matter how the lightning raged, he strolled leisurely in the thunderstorm.
"Because you can't." Mei Xue shook his head, and then added:
"You're not the one I'm waiting for."
"Are you kidding me?!"
Lei Tian became more and more furious. The beehive on his chest issued a loud cry, and then hundreds of golden electric wasps flew out.
This was his ability as a Nine Nether seed, the true name of the Nine Nether "Thunder Nest".
With the endless power of lightning as the source, he could nurture these electric wasps that fed on the power of lightning.
Each of these wasps could cause a series of thunderstorms, so they didn't need the support of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range's lightning. This was Lei Tian's innate ability.
This kind of power that didn't rely on external objects and only the power of one's own bloodline was the original ability, the power that the Myriad Seas Mountain Range had almost lost.
If he hadn't transformed into a Nine Nether body, Lei Tian might never have this level of power. That was why he was willing to become a pawn of the Skyfiend.
In the grand scheme of things, everyone was a pawn. Since they were all pawns, he naturally had to find a better and more powerful chess player.
The divine child of the Nine Nether Demon Cult, the perfect incarnation of the Nine Nether seed, the Skyfiend, was the perfect chess player in his mind. This was an ancient Nine Nether seed that had fought against the four sacred beasts in the past and couldn't be destroyed.
"I'll let you know what true despair is!"
Lei Tian's face was filled with malevolence. No one would be able to associate him with the usual courteous swordsman.
"You're going the wrong way."
"The power of the Nine Nether seed can't be used like that."
Mei Xue sighed. He originally had a good impression of the small and medium-sized academies, but now it was all gone.
Before obtaining the Classic of Mountains and Seas, he was just an ordinary youth. He thought he had the Fire bloodline, so he wanted to become an outstanding apothecary.
In his eyes, the geniuses who fought in the battle of the four beasts were all great and worthy of respect.
Even though he had become the representative of Blue Dragon College, he was still happy for these geniuses who had worked so hard to make their mark.
Unfortunately, it seemed that he had misjudged them.
Their strength wasn't truly cultivated by themselves. Instead, it was forcefully pulled up to help it grow, and mixed with other things.
They had already taken the wrong path when they accepted this kind of excessive enthusiasm. It was just that they themselves did not realize it.
"What right does a true genius like you have to say that I'm going the wrong way!" As if his weakness had been poked, Lei Tian's eyes were filled with madness.
"How would monsters like you know how much people like me have to pay to catch up to you?"
"I only sleep for two hours every day. I've never slacked in my sword practice.
Everyone says I'm a genius, but only I know that I'm only slightly more talented than the average person. "
"I've used all my methods, even using forbidden techniques to raise my cultivation to reach the Immortal Ring rank."
"You real monsters, reaching the Immortal Ring rank is as easy as eating and drinking. Reaching the Dharmakaya rank is like taking something out of your pocket. Even the Divine Will rank can't stop you!"
"I know. I know that if this goes on, whether it's a few hundred years or a thousand years, I'll only be left further and further behind!"
"This battle of the four beasts is already the closest I've ever been to you. But I'll only be your background. You're the real main characters. I'm not even a supporting character!"
"I don't accept this!"
"I don't accept this!"
"I don't accept this!"
"I don't accept this!"
This wasn't just Lei Tian's voice, but Tu Wu, Cha Jin, Ox King, and everyone else who had been controlled by the Great Freedom Sky Demon Dance and received the power of the Nine Underworlds.
Among these people, there was the white-haired dean, and also the students who had long lost the right to participate in the battle of the four beasts. Only at this moment, their thoughts were the same. Unity was the best portrayal of the current situation.
"So, even if I know that I have to borrow the power of the Nine Underworlds Seed, I'll let you real geniuses know that if we gather our powers together, even you will lose miserably!"
The electric wasps around Lei Tian increased in number. In the sea of lightning, Lei Tian's entire body was covered by the densely packed electric wasps. It looked extremely terrifying.
"Is that so? I see." Mei Xue finally understood why these people had taken the wrong path.
Jealousy, insane jealousy. Because they couldn't do it, because they had failed, they wanted to win at all costs, even if they had to cheat.
Actually, this was human nature. If they hadn't cheated, but challenged openly, Mei Xue might have even praised them.
Such tenacious wills, such strong desires, but in the end, they had all been led in the wrong direction.
The Omen was indeed terrifying.
What she had manipulated was not their bodies, but their "hearts".
She had triggered all the demons in the hearts of these people and twisted them to an extremely terrifying degree.
Lei Tian was the embodiment of these inner demons, a representation of the dark side of human nature.
"It's time for you to wake up."
"Power that doesn't belong to you isn't real."
"Everything in this world isn't real."
Mei Xue's eyes were a little dazed, as if she had said this to someone a long time ago.
When was that? It must have been a long, long time ago.
"Go to hell!" What answered Mei Xue was Lei Tian's maniacal roar and the attack of thousands of electric bees.
"In the name of Mei Xue, I open the contract with you." Mei Xue extended her wrist and a drop of transparent honey fell from her fingertip.
It was the contract used to summon the Cosmic Terror, the Forbidden Door that Mei Xue had opened.