The black pagoda formed behind Mu Chen, attracting countless gazes at the same time. Many people had shock in their eyes. Judging from the might, the black pagoda didn't seem to be as powerful as the Spiritual Image summoned by Liu Qingyun. Therefore, they were doubtful if Mu Chen's trump card could contend against Liu Qingyun's means.
Only some powerful Deans of Spiritual Academies could vaguely sense the peculiar fluctuations coming from the black pagoda. Immediately, astonishment flashed in their eyes as they inwardly nodded their heads. This confrontation was going to be interesting.
Those two youngsters weren't simple.
Liu Qingyun looked at the black pagoda behind Mu Chen and narrowed his eyes. Shortly after, he let out a cold snort. Even Ji Xuan would find it troublesome to deal with the Spiritual Image summoned by him. He didn't believe that Mu Chen could withstand it today!
"Let me see exactly what you're capable of!"
Liu Qingyun sneered as his hand seals changed. The huge palm that was enveloping towards Mu Chen grew even more dazzling. Frightening Spiritual Energy ripples caused huge cracks to appear on the sturdy Golden Battle Stage.
Mu Chen raised his head. The energy that permeated through space was extremely violent. However, with his physique, this level of pressure couldn't cause any harm to him.
What he had to pay attention to was the attack of the green light image.
Huff.
A lump of white mist slowly spewed out from Mu Chen's mouth. His pair of black pupils turned even colder at this moment, akin to the edge of a blade. Shortly after, his hands came together and abruptly changed.
Buzz!
The black pagoda behind him trembled as a buzzing sound resounded. On the surface of the black pagoda, a golden dragon rune suddenly became dazzling. A dragon roar resounded as a lifelike golden dragon broke out of the pagoda. As the sunlight shone on its body, the golden scales reflected a dazzling lustre.
It roared towards the sky as a dragon roar shook the heavens. With a swing of its tail, it turned into a golden light and soared up. A substantial dragon pressure spread out. The pressure was even more powerful than the wind dragon that Liu Qingyun had formed with his Divine Wind Halberd.
A beam of golden light shot straight up. In the end, it violently collided with the giant green light palm that was pressing down on it under the attention of countless gazes.
Boom!
In that instant when the golden and green light clashed, they turned into two massive beams of light. As they spread out, the entire sky was filled with two different colours.
And under that dazzling color, there was an extremely violent collision of Spiritual Power.
When the two attacks collided, even space violently distorted.
"Liu Qingyun's attack has been blocked!"
Someone couldn't help exclaiming. Under the sweep of the golden light, the green palm could no longer descend.
"That Mu Chen does have some ability. No wonder he could become the champion of the elimination round."
Up in the sky, when Liu Qingyun saw that his attack had been blocked, he knitted his brows and changed his seals once again. In an instant, the green light emitted a deep roar that was akin to thunder. The green palm was like a meteorite streaking across the horizon as it smashed down.
Boom!
Boom!
A frightening shock wave wreaked havoc in the sky. However, what made everyone shocked was that no matter how ferocious the green palm was, the layer of golden light was not broken.
Liu Qingyun's face finally turned a little ugly.
"Since you're done with your attack, let me do it."
With a faint smile, Mu Chen took a step forward and heavily stomped on the ground. The black pagoda behind him instantly soared into the sky.
Whoosh!
Under the countless gazes, the black pagoda soared into the horizon and expanded at an extremely shocking speed. In a few breaths' time, it had grown to a size of a few hundred feet. Thereafter, the bottom of the black pagoda aimed at the green light and enveloped it with a rustle.
"Hmph!"
Looking at this scene, Liu Qingyun's eyes turned cold. The green light opened its huge mouth and emitted a substantial sound wave that charged towards the black pagoda like a storm.
Facing the sound wave attack, the black pagoda did not evade. The bottom of the black pagoda violently trembled and sucked in the sound wave like a bottomless pit. Thereafter, a ripple spread out from the pagoda, but it was quickly extinguished.
"Get in!"
With a cold roar from Mu Chen, the black pagoda finally brought along a huge shadow as it enveloped down. In the end, under the countless astonished gazes, the green light was sucked into the pagoda.
"You dare to suck in anything, aren't you afraid of bursting to death?!"
With a cold expression, Liu Qingyun's hand seals changed. Violent Spiritual Energy fluctuations exploded from the green light as a frightening palm wind swiftly slammed against the wall of the pagoda.
Boom!
Boom!
A deep sound constantly resounded as the black pagoda faintly trembled.
"Its appetite is too big, while your ability is too weak. It's too difficult to burst it to death."
Mu Chen smiled. However, there wasn't much of a smile in his eyes. Shortly after, he sat down in the sky and abruptly formed seals with both of his hands.
"Great Pagoda Art, Pagoda's Flames, refine the heavens and earth!"
As Mu Chen's seals changed at lightning speed, he slowly closed his eyes and a deep roar resounded in his heart.
Roar!
In that instant when the roar resounded in Mu Chen's heart, an earth-shattering dragon roar resounded from the pagoda. Everyone could see three faint golden dragon silhouettes on the first and third floors of the pagoda being revived as they soared into the pagoda. Shortly after, they shook their bodies and started to burn, turning into golden flames that rose into the sky.
Golden flames howled within the pagoda. Those golden flames were seemingly exactly the same as when Mu Chen's mother had taken action to refine the Yellow Dragon Sovereign. However, the difference in scale between the two was clearly too great.
After all, at that time, when Mu Chen's mother made a move, it was a hundred golden dragons that turned into the Pagoda's Flames. That level wasn't something that the current Mu Chen could achieve.
However, it should be sufficient to deal with Liu Qingyun.
Along with the appearance of the golden flames, the azure spiritual silhouette that was trapped in the pagoda froze for a brief moment, as if it had sensed a fatal danger. Even its massive body was stimulated and condensed a little.
In the outside world, Liu Qingyun's face abruptly turned grave. Clearly, he had also sensed the threat.
"Go."
However, Mu Chen paid no attention to it. With a tap of his finger, the golden flames swiftly charged out and instantly enveloped the azure spiritual silhouette.
A dazzling azure lustre swept out from the azure spiritual silhouette like a tidal wave, forming into a defence that resisted the terrifying refinement of the golden flames.
Sizzle!
When the two came into contact, the green light was instantly melted at an astonishing speed. The destructive power of the golden flames was unexpectedly terrifying.
Through the opening of the pagoda, everyone could vaguely see this scene and their hearts turned cold. The golden flames were actually so terrifying?
Even the spiritual silhouette summoned by Liu Qingyun couldn't withstand it?
In the sky, Liu Qingyun's face was already somewhat ashen. However, he soon suppressed the restlessness in his heart and coldly stared at Mu Chen. Taking a deep breath, he pointed his finger and a scarlet red trace of blood instantly seeped out from his fingertip.
Swish!
His fingertip abruptly danced as the blood trace instantly formed into a blood-red ancient rune in the air.
Sizzle!
When the rune appeared, it fused into the air. At the same time, the body of the azure spiritual silhouette within the pagoda trembled. The azure lustre seemed to gradually become denser, so much so that even the blurry face started to reveal some of its facial features.
Faintly, an astonishing pressure started to spread out.
"That Liu Qingyun is actually able to summon his spiritual silhouette to such a degree, he truly has some means." When a few Deans saw this scene, they lightly nodded their heads and praised.
Clearly, the clearer the appearance of the spiritual silhouette summoned by Liu Qingyun, the more powerful the spiritual silhouette would be. It was so much so that when he cultivated it to the limits, the spiritual silhouette that he summoned would practically be as powerful as the true spiritual silhouette of the Wind Ancestor.
The azure lustre around the azure silhouette started to become deeper and more condensed. As the azure lustre surged once again, it actually managed to obstruct the golden flames. Sizzle!
Sizzle!
The two terrifying energies were corroding each other. Although the golden flames still maintained the initiative, they clearly couldn't be as ferocious as before. If this continued, Mu Chen's Spiritual Energy might not be able to hold on for a long time. After all, his Spiritual Energy wasn't that much of an advantage compared to Liu Qingyun, who had passed through the Third Grade Spirit Disaster.
Countless gazes were nervously watching this scene. That's because they knew that the battle between Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun had reached a climax. Right now, the one who was at a disadvantage would probably determine the outcome of the battle.
Under the countless nervous gazes, Mu Chen slowly opened his eyes and looked at the Nine-Layered Pagoda with a calm expression on his face. Shortly after, his slender hands formed seals once again and gently changed.
"Buzz!"
When Mu Chen's seals changed, everyone could see golden runes appearing on the walls of the fourth layer of the Nine-Layered Pagoda. Those golden runes were spreading out at a shocking speed, forming into another golden dragon rune in a short moment.
When the fourth golden dragon rune appeared, Liu Qingyun's face drastically changed.
Roar!
A dragon roar resounded as the lifelike golden dragon rune separated from the walls of the pagoda. In the end, it turned into a golden flame and poured into the sea of flames that surrounded the azure silhouette. Sizzle!
Sizzle!
Along with the addition of the fourth golden dragon rune, the golden flames instantly became even more radiant and the might of the flames had multiplied.
"Flames of the Nine-Layered Pagoda, refine!"
Mu Chen stretched his hand out towards the Black Pagoda and abruptly clenched it as his cold voice resounded in his heart.
Roar!
As his voice rang out, blazing golden flames swept out from within the body of the pagoda. In the end, it completely enveloped the green Spiritual Image.
(To be continued)