Douluo Continent: Becoming a disciple of Jing Liu, illuminating all the gods

Chapter 49 Protracted War

A golden light shone from Princess Jiujiu's forehead. It was a rhombus-shaped golden gem that, from a distance, did indeed resemble an eye—Chen Qiye's Eye of Life.

The golden rhombus-shaped gemstone appeared and immediately burst forth with dazzling golden light. Then it detached from her forehead, slowly floated upwards surrounded by golden light, and a magnificent crown appeared above her head. Then it slowly fell and landed on her head.

The crown appeared to be composed of countless stars, all of them a pale gold. Starting from the diamond-shaped gemstone, the stars quickly converged backward, with a total of eighteen larger stars protruding upward to form a beautiful ring of apex.

This is the long-awaited martial soul, Star Crown!

Two yellow, two purple, and one black spirit rings appeared on this princess at the same time.

.........

Ling Luochen had already summoned her ice staff, which she held high above her head. A dense mist of ice emanated from the staff, enveloping Xu Sanshi, herself, Huo Yuhao, and Chen Qiye. This mist was rapidly expanding to both sides, forming a massive arc that subtly clamped down on their opponents. The four of them were completely concealed within the ice mist.

A bright starlight shone upon the group of students from Emperor Pride Academy. They might be unfamiliar with the Star Crown Sect, but they would definitely recognize the Spirit Hall.

Under the prolonged amplification of the Starry Sky Technique, most of the attacks launched by Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng were blocked, unable to cause any effective damage. As long as these two main attackers were eliminated in a short time, this battle would essentially cease to be a significant contest.

At the same time, Ma Xiaotao snorted coldly and charged forward instead of retreating, heading straight for the dark demonic tiger's shadow. With a loud phoenix cry, her fiery wings suddenly unfurled, and in that instant, Ma Xiaotao seemed to truly transform into a fire phoenix.

The blazing phoenix flames suddenly intensified from fiery red to incandescent white. The sudden surge in temperature forced Dai Yueheng and Bei Bei to quickly create distance between them. Under the rising flames, the demonic tiger's shadow instantly turned to ashes.

Beibei wasn't so lucky. Her opponent was too fast, and Beibei was being tortured. Although the opponent's attacks couldn't cause any real damage, it was still very frustrating.

If the opponent were a power-attack type like Ye Wuqing, BeiBei would definitely unleash another Overlord's Might and Thunder Domain attack. But this time, even if he did, it's because BeiBei can't even touch his opponent...

Huang Heyun was taken aback. The blazing flames were already upon him, and he was horrified to find that he felt completely powerless to resist them. Wherever the incandescent phoenix flames passed, the air within a radius of several meters distorted completely, centered on him.

It actually blocked the Starry Night spell's support, and the high temperature directly caused the Starry Night spell's mist to explode in the air, making it impossible for it to provide any further assistance.

.........

Just as Huang Heyun was in grave danger, suddenly the pressure in front of him eased, and Ma Xiaotao's incandescent flames veered to the side and flew into the air.

Ma Xiaotao was also taken aback. How could her Phoenix Fire Line have gone wrong? With her Soul Emperor cultivation, there was absolutely no way such a mistake could have occurred. So where exactly did the problem go wrong?

But when she focused her gaze on another person, all her questions were answered.

The one who made the move was a woman standing not far behind Huang Heyun. She had an ordinary appearance, looking like a simple girl with long, dark purple hair cascading down her back and some freckles on her face. The most striking feature was her pair of eyes that actually seemed to be burning with flames. Five soul rings pulsed around her, and her right hand was pressing out towards Ma Xiaotao.

This wind-attribute Soul King clearly had some tricks up his sleeve, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to lure away Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Fire Lines. But this time it wasn't like in the original story. Although part of them were lured away, a portion of the Phoenix Fire Lines still fell. Even with Huang Heyun's support for a long time, he didn't dare to take them head-on.

In an instant, Huang Heyun distanced himself from the crowd, and the formation of the Imperial Ao Academy began to fall into slight disarray. Xu Jiujiu's expression on the opposite side also began to change slightly.

"Yuhao, amplify your Ultimate Ice with Senior Sister Ling Luochen. Senior Sister Ling, use your fifth soul skill to make them consume a lot of soul power right now. Once the soul power amplified behind them is exhausted, we don't need to worry about anything."

A voice appeared, and a strange light flashed in Ling Luochen's eyes. With Huo Yuhao's enhancement, Ling Luochen was also the Ice Queen on this battlefield. Chen Qiye's decision was to give her room to perform, so how could she not be happy?

Huo Yuhao stepped forward, closed his eyes, and placed both hands on Ling Luochen's back.

Instantly, Ling Luochen's gaze turned cold, and an indescribable aura emanated from her. An even more powerful force slowly emerged within her body—the amplification from the ultimate ice.

The next instant, she activated her fifth spirit ring. The black spirit ring, radiating a powerful and oppressive light, spread outwards.

This is Ling Luochen's fifth soul skill, the Ring of Ice!

With Huo Yuhao's boost, Ling Luochen's strength is definitely no less than Ma Xiaotao's. Moreover, after becoming the ultimate ice, Ling Luochen's terror level is even more frightening than Ma Xiaotao's.

For a moment, both Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng subconsciously took a step back.

The biting icy mist spread across the arena, and even through the defensive soul tools, the students of Emperor Pride Academy could feel the chilling cold.

"Damn it, how come there's another Soul Emperor? Isn't that woman a Soul King? How can she have such power!"

Despite the amplification she received, Xu Jiujiu frowned. Although her amplification, along with the soul tools they possessed, was enough to barely block Ling Luochen's Ice Ring, her soul power was being rapidly depleted.

In this tug-of-war, as long as it drags on, Ling Luochen can wear down Xu Jiujiu, since the more powerful the soul skill, the more astonishing the soul power it consumes.

Meanwhile, dark clouds blanketed the sky, the air grew chilly, and snowflakes began to fall, soon covering the ground. No one knew that these dark clouds were actually the manifestation of Chen Qiye's martial spirit…

Chen Qiye waited, wondering how long they would hold out.

(End of this chapter)