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The second day of the exchange battle kicked off on time at Wanyao Square.

Li Yanran was scheduled to be among the first to perform. Her opponent was an old acquaintance—the Golden Eagle.

Li Yanran was at the mid-stage of the Refining Void and Harmonizing Dao realm, while the Lightning Golden Eagle was at the Perfect realm, two minor realms higher than her.

Before the referee announced the start, Li Yanran put on a pitiful look and complained to the golden eagle with its amazing wingspan hovering in mid-air:

"Brother Golden Eagle! We're comrades-in-arms who fought side-by-side against the immortals! How could you bear to bully a weak woman like me?"

"One thing at a time." The golden eagle's golden eyes remained unwavering as it answered crisply and decisively.

"Straight man! No wonder you'll never find a partner!"

Li Yanran complained angrily, while at the same time she touched her storage ring and summoned her half-meter-long ancient calligraphy brush magic weapon.

The referee gave the whistle: "Begin!"

With a sudden flap of its wings, the golden eagle soared into the sky like a golden lightning bolt. Almost simultaneously, a violent gale, carrying blinding lightning snakes, poured down on Li Yanran like a torrential rain!

Li Yanran reacted extremely quickly, her feet moving nimbly as she dodged and weaved to avoid the wind and thunder, while simultaneously wielding her calligraphy brush rapidly.

A flash of dark light appeared, and a spirit body that looked exactly like her, with an aura that was indistinguishable from her own, instantly appeared beside her!

However, this tactic is not unfamiliar to the Lightning Golden Eagle.

He had seen it during the Heavenly Soldiers' Trial and knew that this spiritual body could not withstand a fatal attack.

With a flap of his wings, his attack range expanded instantly, and wind and thunder intertwined into a net that almost covered the entire arena area, leaving Li Yanran and her spirit body nowhere to hide!

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Li Yanran and her spirit body moved almost simultaneously!

With a brush in hand, he wrote swiftly in the air, and an intricate pale gold rune instantly took shape, transforming into two solid golden shields that stood in front of him.

Boom! Boom!

The wind and thunder struck the shield, creating ripples that barely managed to block the attack.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yanran's brush moved swiftly, and three more ink shadows flew out, landing and transforming into three spirit bodies identical to her!

Including the previous one, there were a total of four spiritual bodies. Adding her original body, five Li Yanrans appeared at the same time, each with a golden shield, and dispersed in different directions of the arena!

"What?!" The golden eagle in mid-air narrowed its eyes, unable to help but exclaim in astonishment, "Aren't you only capable of drawing one spirit body?!"

Five Li Yanrans spoke at the same time, their voices rising and falling, making one dizzy:

"Who said I can only draw one?"

How could you have such a misunderstanding?

"Brother Golden Eagle, what are you thinking about?"

"I never said I could only draw one spirit."

"Hehe, I can draw even more, aren't you mad?"

The lightning golden eagle's head was throbbing from the noise of the quintet, and what puzzled him even more was: "Then why did you only draw one during the Heavenly Soldiers' Trial, which was so dangerous?!"

The five Li Yanrans spoke in unison, their voices righteous and assertive: "Because it's unnecessary! We can just play normally, and Qin Le is there to cover for us. Why bother with all that effort?"

Upon hearing this, not only was the Lightning Golden Eagle speechless, but the human students watching from below the stage also facepalmed.

Good grief, so you've been slacking off all this time because someone else is covering for you, right?

Chen Yun watched from below the stage, amused. He turned to Luo Qiuyue beside him and said with a smile, "Qiuyue, I think we should give Yanran special attention during the next Heavenly Soldier Trial."

Luo Qiuyue smiled slightly and nodded: "Yes, you don't need to tell me, I had the same idea."

"Um...isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Wang Zhiheng tried to persuade his Daoist partner to be lenient.

Qin Le patted him on the shoulder with a friendly smile: "It's nothing, just a joke."

Wang Zhiheng: "..."

Looking at Qin Le and Chen Yun's malicious smiles, he silently thought to himself: Your expressions don't look like you're joking at all!

However, since Yanran was indeed in the wrong, he couldn't say anything more.

On the stage, the five Li Yanrans had already taken their positions.

The next moment, they simultaneously formed hand seals, and their spiritual power erupted!

Five pillars of spiritual energy representing the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—rose from the five Li Yanrans, converging and intertwining above the arena to form an ancient, profound, and slowly rotating five-colored light seal!

The moment the five-colored light imprint took shape, an invisible force field instantly enveloped the entire arena!

"What's going on?!"

The golden lightning eagle in mid-air felt its demonic power freeze like a river, instantly becoming still!

His massive body, no longer supported by demonic power, suddenly sank, like a bird with broken wings, crashing onto the hard arena, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"My demonic power... I can't use it anymore?"

The golden eagle struggled to stand up, but found that it couldn't even mobilize a trace of its demonic power. It was shocked and looked sharply at one of Li Yanran's.

"This is called the 'Five Elements Spirit-Suppressing Array'," Li Yanran explained with a grin as she walked over. "Once the array is complete, all spiritual and demonic power within its range will be temporarily sealed."

Lightning Golden Eagle: "..."

He glanced at the five Li Yanrans surrounding him, then at the empty demon sea, sighed, and helplessly lowered his head:

"I... admit defeat."

Having lost his demonic power, possessing only a powerful physical body, he was nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter within this formation. The outcome was already decided; there was no need for futile struggle.

"You flatter me, Brother Golden Eagle!"

Li Yanran dispelled the formation, released her spiritual body, playfully cupped her hands in greeting to the lightning golden eagle, and then lightly jumped off the arena.

She won this battle seemingly easily, but in reality, it largely depended on information asymmetry.

First, the Lightning Golden Eagle was unaware that she could control multiple spirit bodies simultaneously; second, it had no idea of ​​the existence and characteristics of the Five Elements Spirit-Severing Array.

If it were a human opponent, seeing her positioning intentions, they would probably have already desperately attacked one point to disrupt the formation.

Without using formations, relying solely on raw strength, even with the assistance of multiple spiritual bodies, defeating the Lightning Golden Eagle, which excels in speed-based attacks, across two minor realms would be no easy feat.

As for why Li Yanran was able to draw such a realistic spirit body.

Naturally, it is closely related to the artistic conception of the painting that she has come to understand.

Back with her friends, Li Yanran couldn't hide her pride, and slightly raised her chin: "How about that? Aren't I amazing?"

"Indeed impressive." Luo Qiuyue nodded, her tone calm and even. "Therefore, you will be the main attacker in the next Heavenly Soldier Trial."

"Huh?!" Li Yanran's smug expression instantly vanished, replaced by a bitter look: "No way! Being a main attacker is exhausting! I still want to..."

"I am the commander," Luo Qiuyue interrupted her, a smile that left no room for argument. "I have the authority to make tactical adjustments."

"...Okay." Li Yanran dejectedly agreed, her head hanging low.

Although I was extremely unwilling, I still had to obey the orders given to me.

The day's fierce battle quickly came to an end.

The result surprised many people—the human students achieved a total of 346 wins today!

There were 23 more matches than yesterday!

This result surprised and delighted everyone, but it was also somewhat unexpected.

The reason for this is that the human students today are showing more varied fighting styles, and their tactical coordination and use of individual trump cards are becoming more and more skillful, often catching their demon opponents off guard.

The most memorable scene undoubtedly comes from Chen Yun.

He was facing off against a ferocious wolf demon.

As soon as the battle began, Chen Yun didn't immediately pull out his pile of technological artifacts. Instead, he took out his storage ring...

They brought out a bunch of fragrant roasted lamb legs, fried chicken legs, braised pork knuckles, and other delicious foods!

Then, under the wolf demon's wary yet bewildered gaze, Chen Yun began... to feed it?

"Hey bro, try this! It's a specialty from my hometown!"

"This fried chicken leg is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, absolutely amazing!"

"Don't be shy, I'll treat you to something even better after I win!"

While using various conversational techniques to distract the wolf demon, Chen Yun precisely tossed the food into the wolf demon's unconsciously open mouth.

The wolf demon initially maintained its fighting stance, but couldn't resist the temptation of the food, or perhaps Chen Yun's throw was too accurate, and while dodging, it couldn't help but start chewing...

Just as the wolf demon was distracted by the delicious food and its vigilance was at its lowest, Chen Yun's eyes sharpened, and he suddenly pulled out a strangely shaped... rocket launcher from behind his back?

Whoosh-!

A specially made rocket, without an explosive charge but with powerful propulsion, roared out and struck the wolf demon's broad chest with precision.

Bang!

The immense impact sent the unsuspecting wolf demon staggering backward. By the time it realized what was happening and tried to regain its balance, it had already lost its footing and fell off the stage with a thud.

The battle is over.

Chen Yun put away the rocket launcher, clasped his hands in a fist and smiled at the still somewhat bewildered wolf demons below the stage: "Thank you for your kind gesture! I'll treat you to the full meal later!"

Wolf Demon: "..."

With half a chicken leg still dangling from his mouth, his feelings were complicated.

Below the arena, the crowd fell silent for a moment, then erupted in uproarious laughter. The human students laughed so hard they were doubled over, while the demon students looked on with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

On the high platform, Ye Li, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, and the burly tiger clan man, who had been watching the battle closely, all showed extremely subtle, complex, and even speechless expressions on their faces when they saw Chen Yun's series of actions.

Ye Li rubbed her temples, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox covered her face with her sleeve, and the burly tiger's lips twitched a few times before finally letting out a helpless sigh:

"These human brats... they really have a lot of tricks up their sleeves."