Blue Card Starry Sky

Chapter 52 Secret Realm (3)

After emerging from the mysterious palace, Lan Tian spent a month consolidating his cultivation, improving his skills, familiarizing himself with new attribute skills, and comprehending advanced mysteries. He gradually increased his strength training and agility-based logical thinking training, and will face another test.

When he returned to the mysterious palace, Lan Tian was mentally prepared, ready to fight to the death and advance. He closed his eyes and silently recited the special entry incantation. In a flash, Lan Tian arrived back at the mysterious palace—the tenth palace where he had been kicked out. Lan Tian already had a sense of the challenger's level and how powerful it was. Now he needed to prepare a foolproof plan to meet its challenge.

With a "boom," the stone door burst open, and a dark shadow shot out, attacking Lan Tian directly with all its might without hesitation. Speed, speed—this creature was incredibly fast, giving Lan Tian no chance to prepare. Lan Tian, ​​however, was prepared. With a whoosh, it spread its wings and soared into the sky, its speed like lightning, flying onto the rooftop. Looking down at the monster, it was truly formidable. Unfortunately, it couldn't fly, and could only watch helplessly. Its speed advantage was immediately lost. Lan Tian pondered how to kill this incredibly fast creature. Its speed was too great; it needed to be immobilized or frozen to have any hope of defeating it. But immobilizing or freezing it in one go was impossible.

As soon as Lantian used her skill to freeze it, it sped away, so fast that it was impossible to find a precise spot! No matter what she did, she couldn't find its exact location and failed repeatedly. Lantian then switched to her ice-sealing skill to attack, but that also failed time and time again. The ground below was already frozen solid, but she still couldn't do anything about it.

It seems we need a head-on clash, a true battle of strength. Otherwise, continuing like this will deplete too much of Lan Tian's stamina and energy, which will be very detrimental to the next battle. A swift and decisive victory is inevitable.

A burst of fire shot into the sky, melting away the solid ice on the ground and revealing a spacious palace. This was the perfect opportunity to confront this guy head-on. Lan Tian gathered his full defensive power, forming a sturdy shield around his body. This guy was no ordinary opponent; seeing an opening, he immediately charged towards Lan Tian with incredible speed.

With a series of loud bangs, Blue Sky's defensive shield shattered, scattering debris across the ground. Seeing that it was about to be attacked at close range, Blue Sky unleashed a full-power lightning ball attack.
The palace crackled with lightning, its indiscriminate attacks failing to even scratch the monster. Each lightning strike was met with the monster's relocation, resulting in repeated failures. What to do? This was a waste of energy. Lan Tian switched to a different skill, sitting cross-legged, using stillness to quell all movement. "I'll just sit here and let you attack me," he thought.

Lan Tian mobilized all his senses, both hearing and perception, to fully perceive the creature's every move and breath. Calming his mind, everything seemed still. With focused awareness, Lan Tian's true self within his soul's sea of ​​consciousness sensed the creature's every action, both separating and merging. It attacked Lan Tian's body with incredible speed. Under the perception of his true self, Lan Tian could see how fast it moved; in the blink of an eye, it was beside him, aiming for a fatal blow to Lan Tian's head, determined to annihilate him without a trace.

With a whoosh, like a gentle breeze, the blue sky drifted away to its rear, moving with the force of its impact to its back. How could this be? Without a sound, the blue sky had evaded its attack.

Lan Tian had already cultivated his true form and now knew that using it allowed him to perceive everything, see the smallest details, and deal with situations with ease. At this moment, Lan Tian felt a sense of satisfaction. Dealing with this monster had become effortless. After several rounds, the monster couldn't even get close to Lan Tian and thus failed to launch an attack. Enraged, it charged around wildly, determined to devour Lan Tian.

Lan Tian, ​​having lost patience with this creature, decided to finish it off quickly! Dark energy gathered, and Lan Tian activated his Devouring skill, intending to devour it whole. Sensing danger, the monster began to scatter. A sonic attack was unleashed, stunning the monster and rendering it immobile. In a flash, Lan Tian flashed past like lightning, striking the monster's body, sending it hurtling against a wall. Before the monster could recover, Lan Tian was already upon it, activating his Devouring skill to its fullest extent. He struck the monster's forehead with his palm, instantly absorbing its energy and channeling it into his own body. The powerful Devouring force completely absorbed the creature in an instant, leaving nothing behind. After recovering, Lan Tian rested cross-legged for a moment before continuing into the next palace…

Skill fusion and the absorption attribute enabled Lantian to advance smoothly through the next few levels, moving forward all the way to the twenty-fifth level, where he swept away the monsters in front of him.

The twenty-fifth palace is different from the previous ones. The palace is more spacious than the previous ones, and there are no energy restrictions here. All attribute skills can be used without any restrictions on flight.

With a "boom," the stone door opened, and two figures flashed out. Two monsters, one on the left and one on the right, stared intently at Lan Tian, ​​as if they had spotted a delicious meal, eager to pounce. Lan Tian was dumbfounded. Two monsters, one against two—this was going to be difficult! What was he going to do? Was this going to be a series of multiple monsters against one opponent from now on? He was doomed; this might be the last level he could reach today.

I don't care, I'll take them both. Let's see what the difference is between them, what their abilities are, even if I die in battle. Full power! I quickly leap into the air to observe their movements. Seeing Lan Tian fly into the sky, the two monsters also spread their wings and flew into the air, surrounding him from one behind. You can fly, so can they. Two against one, let's see how you escape.

Without thinking too much, Lan Tian unleashed his ice blade attack. The blade whizzed past, but the monster in front simply swept it away, shattering it into pieces. With a thud, the monster behind him, already prepared for a fatal blow, knocked Lan Tian to the ground and forced him back several meters. Caught in a pincer attack, Lan Tian was utterly overwhelmed and powerless to retaliate.

"Thump, thump, thump!" Lan Tian slammed against the wall, spitting blood as he slid to the ground. Looking at the two men, Lan Tian was utterly powerless to retaliate; he was completely outmatched. A powerful energy ball, amplified by the combined force of the two, grew larger and larger, its energy fluctuations becoming increasingly unstable, before hurtling towards Lan Tian.

With a deafening roar, the heavens and earth trembled, flames burst forth, and everything went blank. The entire palace was engulfed in white light. At that moment, all was silent. Lan Tian's mind was blank; he knew nothing more. He had once again gloriously sacrificed himself.

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(End of this chapter)