A chilling aura blotted out the skies and covered the earth as it radiated out, causing the temperature of the entire region to plummet. Even the air seemed to have condensed into strands of ice. Even the flowing Spiritual Energy between the heavens and earth had turned sluggish at this moment.
Everyone looked in astonishment at the gigantic object that had formed in the starry sky behind Mu Chen. It was a gigantic beast that was entirely jet-black in colour. It had the shape of a tortoise, and was quietly crawling on the ground. At its rear, however, was a long black python. As the giant python curled up, it revealed its malevolent head and flicked out its pitch-black tongue.
As it crawled within the starry sky, black waves swept out from within the starry sky. Crashing sounds that appeared to be substantial resounded across the entire region.
Black Tortoise Divine Seal.
The second Divine Seal of the Four Gods Constellation Scripture. Ever since he had obtained this Divine Art for such a long time, Mu Chen had finally managed to successfully display the second Divine Seal.
This Divine Art had finally started to display the magnificence that belonged to it.
Standing in the air, Mu Chen raised his head and looked at the gigantic beast that seemed to have stepped out from the starry sky. With a wave of his sleeve, an ice-cold voice rang out, "Go."
Moo!
With a long roar, the Black Tortoise abruptly swept out. Stepping on the waves, it appeared to have transformed into a gigantic black water pillar that was a thousand feet in size. Bringing along an extremely frightening chilling aura, it brazenly clashed against the jade-green feather blade that was furiously chopping down under countless shocked gazes!
Boom!
At the instant of the collision, the sky seemed to distort a little. In the next instant, a deafening noise resounded across the horizon as the black waves and the jade-green blade light hid the skies and covered the earth as they swept out.
Clearly, Mu Chen and He Yao were the first to bear the brunt of it.
Incomparably erratic Spiritual Energy shock waves smashed against them head-on, causing their faces to turn deathly pale as they were swept away.
Bang!
Mu Chen was directly shot into a mountain peak.
His body was embedded into the mountain wall as cracks started to spread out. The mountain wall shattered apart, causing rocks and rubble to fall in succession.
Mu Chen struggled out.
Wiping away the bloodstain at the corner of his mouth, he raised his head. Thousands of metres away, He Yao's entire body was in a sorry state. More than half of his clothes had been shattered, while his face was alternating between green and white. Similarly, there were bloodstains at the corner of his mouth.
Below, countless gazes looked at the two that were sent flying as they cried out in alarm.
Who would have thought that after the two of them displayed such a powerful Divine Art, they would not be able to withstand such a powerful Divine Art?
They were still evenly matched.
"This Mu Chen.
He Yao has even used the Crane Deity Arts, but he still can't do anything to him! "
"No wonder he was able to kill a Spirit King.
He should be the most dazzling dark horse. "
"Amazing."
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Countless people whispered to each other in this world.
However, those discussions clearly felt that Mu Chen was extraordinary. After all, He Yao was an influential figure at the apex, and was also a senior student. According to common sense, he should be able to crush and defeat Mu Chen. However, as of now, he was being dragged to a standstill by Mu Chen. From a certain point of view, this was an action that would cause him to lose points.
At the edge of the stone platform, Su Ling 'er and the rest, who had been paying attention to the fight, breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, Mu Chen had some hidden cards up his sleeves. If not, that attack from He Yao would have ended the fight.
"That He Yao has even used the Crane Deity Arts, but he's still unable to do anything to Mu Chen. Let's see how he'll fight!" said Su Ling 'er.
In fact, as long as Mu Chen didn't lose this fight, it could be considered as a complete success.
Su Xuan, on the other hand, was not as optimistic as Su Ling. Her beautiful face was still grave as she looked at He Yao, who was silently wiping the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth. However, the expression in his eyes was becoming more and more frightening. She said, "Don't look down on He Yao. He's not that easy to deal with."
In the sky, under the attention of tens of thousands of people, Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong looked at Mu Chen with slight astonishment. Obviously, they were amazed by the fact that the latter was able to receive He Yao's attack, and was even able to prevent He Yao from gaining the slightest bit of advantage.
"The Deity Arts he's using isn't simple," said Shen Cangsheng in a soft voice. With his extraordinary eyesight, he was able to detect the strangeness of the Deity Arts Mu Chen had used with a single glance.
"It's said that he obtained that Deity Art from the Spiritual Arts Hall. According to my conjecture, I'm afraid that it's a middle grade Deity Art."
Li Xuantong had exchanged blows with Mu Chen before. Therefore, he had some understanding of the Four Gods Constellation Scripture.
"A middle grade Deity Art?"
The astonishment in Shen Cangsheng's eyes became even more pronounced. Within the Spiritual Arts Hall, the number of middle grade Deity Arts could be counted on one's fingers. Furthermore, there was only an extremely small chance of obtaining one. Was Mu Chen's luck really that good?
Furthermore, Shen Cangsheng was also clear that although Deity Arts were strong, they weren't easy to cultivate. Even if some people obtained one, they might not be able to successfully cultivate it. Being able to obtain and successfully cultivate it, Mu Chen's ability wasn't small.
"He Yao wasn't able to finish off Mu Chen even after doing that. This time, it's quite a big blow to him," said Shen Cangsheng with a grin as he looked at He Yao in the distance.
"This fellow has always been concealing his strength within the academy. It should be for the sake of dealing with me. If that's all he has, he shouldn't have the guts to do so."
Said Li Xuantong with a faint smile. "Perhaps, he didn't expect that he would be forced to such a state by Mu Chen."
Turning his gaze towards Mu Chen in the distance, he said with a smile. "However, this doesn't seem to be good news for Mu Chen."
As the two of them were conversing, the distant He Yao expressionlessly raised his head. His extremely gloomy and cold eyes looked towards Mu Chen, while his hands slowly tore off the tattered clothes on his body.
"I never thought that you would be able to successfully cultivate such a powerful Deity Art."
Mu Chen smiled and didn't say anything. However, vigilance gradually rose in his heart.
"I was originally saving it to deal with that fellow Li Xuantong. However, there's no other way now. I can only use it to deal with you." A smile appeared on He Yao's expressionless face. However, that smile was so cold that it caused people to shiver.
Mu Chen's eyes faintly narrowed. The eyes that were staring at He Yao's body suddenly froze.
As He Yao's clothes were completely torn off, lines of blood patterns appeared on his chest. Those blood patterns seemed to be drawn from viscous fresh blood. Faintly, they seemed to form a blood-red imprint. That fresh blood was extremely strange. Even though it had been exposed for a long time, it still emitted a powerful life force, and the blood was even slowly flowing.
"That's …" Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong's gazes also focused on the imprint that was drawn from fresh blood on He Yao's chest.
"It seems to be the essence blood of a Spiritual Beast. Judging from the undulations, it's probably a Spiritual Beast that's ranked rather high on the Myriad Beast Record's Earth Ranking." said Li Xuantong.
Shen Cangsheng lightly nodded his head. "It looks a little like the essence blood of a Heavenly Demon Crane."
"The Heavenly Demon Crane that's ranked 26 on the Myriad Beast Record's Earth Ranking?"
Li Xuantong's brows faintly twitched. "I seem to have seen it in the Spiritual Value Hall before. It's worth over a million Spiritual Value Points. This He Yao has really gone all out to deal with me."
"However, Mu Chen is out of luck now."
The unlucky Mu Chen that they were talking about was also faintly frowning as he looked at the scene unfolding before him. Although he was not too clear about what exactly He Yao was planning to do, he could feel a faint scent of danger.
He Yao did not pay attention to anyone else. Lowering his head to look at the blood imprint on his chest, he bit his fingertip. Fresh blood flowed down, dying both of his hands red. In the next instant, he furiously formed a seal with his hands, and dazzling seals started to appear.
As his seals changed, the blood imprint on his chest grew increasingly scarlet-red. In the next instant, ear-piercing screeches erupted from it. As the blood imprint spread, it very quickly covered He Yao's entire body.
At this moment, his eyes started to slowly turn scarlet-red, while an aura that caused people's scalps to turn numb started to radiate from his body. At this moment, he appeared just like a human-shaped ferocious beast.
"Divine Crane Art, Descent of the Divine Crane!"
He Yao's hoarse voice slowly rang out. At the instant his voice rang out, the skin on his entire body unexpectedly started to split apart bit by bit. Blood-red glowing feathers emerged from within his body, before completely wrapping around his entire body.
In a short instant, He Yao's appearance had undergone a huge transformation. Blood-red feathers covered his entire body. Those feathers were akin to sharp longswords, as they covered his entire body, while an indescribable aura started to radiate out.
At this moment, He Yao had become exceedingly dangerous.
Hiss.
Below, the countless He Yao who were watching this transformation uncontrollably sucked in a mouthful of cold air, before taking a step back. What kind of Divine Spiritual Art was this?
There was actually such a frightening secret technique?
"Mu Chen, you can only blame yourself for forcing me to this step. Next up, get the hell out of here!"
He Yao's scarlet-red eyes locked onto Mu Chen. Blood-red light gushed out, seemingly transforming into an incomparably gigantic shadow of a crane behind him. Spreading its wings, the shadow of the crane appeared to cover the heavens and earth.
Blood-red light violently erupted from He Yao's body. At this moment, he appeared just like a blood-red full moon. With a long howl, he directly tore apart the sky, as the blood-red light seemingly permeated the entire sky.
Looking at the blood-red full moon that was bringing along a frightening power as it approached, Mu Chen deeply inhaled a mouthful of air. At this moment, black flames started to fiercely blaze within his black pupils.
At this moment, Mu Chen's arms slowly spread out, as black flames gushed out. Unexpectedly, a clear ringing sound suddenly rang out from within his body. As the black flames surged, they had already pervaded the horizon in an instant.
Countless gazes tightly locked onto the black flames that curled up and blotted the skies. Under the appearance of the black flames, the temperature of the world started to rise.
Screech!
Yet another clear cry resounded across the heavens and earth, as if the entire world had started to boil. Under the attentive gazes of countless people, within the surging black flames in the horizon, a pair of blazing black wings that were able to cover mountains suddenly unfurled.
As the black flames pervaded the air, countless people looked towards the horizon in shock. At that location, where the black flames had weakened, an incomparably gigantic black bird had appeared in the air!
"That's …"
At this moment, the eyes of Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong furiously contracted, as thick astonishment flashed within their eyes.
Jiu You Sparrow!
(My apologies, I'm late by an hour. Please forgive me.
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