Chapter 952: I'll Give You a Perm |
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That was...
a being Eve had never seen before.
Its entire body was dark gold, its wings like burning clouds, each feather flowing with light like molten lava. Its wings spread out, covering half the sky, its slender tail feathers trailing down like a cascading waterfall of flames.
It raised its head and let out a long cry.
That cry pierced through the seawater, pierced through the barrier, pierced through everything, echoing throughout the entire sea area.
There was no anger in that sound, no killing intent.
Only a kind of—
nobility that looked down upon all living beings.
As if this 120,000-year-old Juntian Demon Shark wasn't even worth a direct glance from it.
Eve had never seen such a beautiful creature.
As the Goddess of Nature and Life, she knew all the World Beasts of the Canglan Continent, and she was intimately familiar with the characteristics, habits, and combat power of any World Beast.
In that instant, she understood.
This beautiful bird did not belong to the Canglan Realm.
And at this moment, that demon shark that had just been roaring, its oppressive aura blanketing the sky and earth—
was frozen stiff.
Its dead gray eyes were filled with terror.
It wasn't fear in the face of a powerful being.
It was a tremor from the depths of its bloodline, from the very source of its soul.
Like ants gazing up at the vast sky.
Like dust facing the sun.
It wanted to move.
But couldn't.
It wanted to flee.
But couldn't escape.
As if pressed firmly in place by an invisible giant hand, unable to even blink.
And Li Qingran—
She hovered above the demon shark's head.
Her sleeves fluttered, her long hair dancing in the heat waves.
The dark golden flame mark between her eyebrows shone with a piercing brightness, turning her eyes into two burning flames.
She reached out her hand.
Her palm pressed against the demon shark's head.
The movement was very light.
So light it was as if the Juntian Demon Shark was merely her pet, and she was simply stroking its head.
But she dared to treat the Juntian Demon Shark like a pet.
Did the Juntian Demon Shark dare to accept being treated like a pet?
The hundred-zhang-long giant beast, the moment Li Qingran's palm pressed down, its body stiffened, its entire head sinking downward.
At the same time, the Vermilion Bird Law Manifestation behind Li Qingran suddenly lowered its head.
Screech——!
With a clear cry that seemed to split the heavens, the sky-covering dark golden wings suddenly stirred up a Burning Heaven storm.
Above the dome, that dazzling cloud of divine fire, like the Silver River of the Nine Heavens, burst its banks, transforming into a dark golden fire waterfall connecting heaven and earth, pouring down from the sky!
The violent divine fire instantly engulfed the hundred-zhang-long Juntian Demon Shark completely!
The hard scales that even Legendary Battle Masters couldn't break were as useless as nothing before this dark golden fire waterfall.
The surging waves and water elements around the demon shark didn't even have a chance to turn into white mist and evaporate; the moment they made contact, they were incinerated into the most thorough nothingness.
Boom——!!!
The demon shark's massive head was forcibly smashed down by this irresistible divine might.
With a dull, thunderous sound, the prison space containing the arena violently shook.
The ground inscribed with countless defensive magic formations instantly collapsed, forcibly smashed into a terrifyingly huge crater.
Several abyss-like cracks spread out in all directions like raging pythons, the fissures glowing crimson, spewing scorching magma.
At the center of the raging inferno, Li Qingran remained spotless, standing quietly atop the already charred demon shark's head.
Behind her, that noble Vermilion Bird phantom slowly folded its wings.
The Law Manifestation silently dissipated into the void, turning into dark golden flames dancing in the sky.
Those specks of divine fire, like weary birds returning to the forest, swirled and danced in mid-air, finally converging thread by thread into the mark between her eyebrows, returning to calm.
The myriad strange phenomena in the sky dissipated, leaving only the crimson flames flowing across the ground.
Li Qingran lowered her head, looking at the completely dead Tianjun Demon Shark beneath her feet, and curled her lips with a hint of boredom. "That's it?"
Eve stared dumbfounded at this scene, her expression one of utter disbelief.
So...
one of the Endless Sea World Beast overlords, the 120,000-year-old Tianjun Demon Shark, was just slaughtered by Li Qingran with a single Battle Technique?
No, wait.
It didn't seem like a Battle Technique.
Li Qingran didn't even unfold her World Ring!
It was the power of that flame mark and the divine bird.
Eve suddenly realized.
In the Canglan Continent, the only way to launch an attack without using a Battle Technique or unfolding a World Ring is with a World Bone.
World Bones contain the will of the World Beast from when it was alive.
When using a World Bone to launch an attack, it's highly likely to resonate with the residual soul of the World Beast within the bone, forming an apparition of the World Beast behind the Battle Master.
And everything Li Qingran just displayed was exactly similar to the bone skill carried by a World Bone.
But the difference was still significant.
The World Beast soul within a World Bone is residual, a tool without intelligence.
But the disdainful and arrogant look that divine bird gave the Juntian Demon Shark just now clearly indicated it possessed intelligence.
She didn't know what exactly the flame mark on Li Qingran's forehead was. But based on her knowledge, she could only tentatively consider it something similar to a World Bone.
Having taken care of the Tianjun Demon Shark, the Killing Intent on Li Qingran's face vanished as she gracefully floated back to Chen Huaian and Eve's side, transforming back into that smiling, coquettish little girl.
"Master, how was that?" Li Qingran hugged Chen Huaian's arm, shaking it left and right. "Isn't your disciple amazing?
That big dumb fish didn't even get to use its skills. Your disciple just dropped one fireball and instantly finished it!"
Chen Huaian couldn't help but laugh, reaching out to lightly tap Li Qingran's little nose. "What do you mean 'how was that'? Wasn't that all the power of Senior Vermilion Bird?"
"Who says?" Li Qingran placed her hands on her hips, pouting. "The fire was Senior Vermilion Bird's, that's true, but activating its full power requires my Profound Yin Body as the medium.
Simply put, that was a combined strike from me and Senior Vermilion Bird!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Before Chen Huaian could speak.
A small flame drifted out from between Li Qingran's eyebrows, from which came a clear, beautiful female voice, grumbling, "Little An, don't you dare bully my sweetheart Qingran, or I'll use divine fire to give you a perm!"
Chen Huaian: "..."
So she's 'sweetheart' now, is she?
Speaking of which, when sharing a room at night, wouldn't the Vermilion Bird be able to see what he and Li Qingran were doing?
Yikes——!
Although it wouldn't matter if the Vermilion Bird saw—the Vermilion Bird is a Sacred Beast.
But... he's also a Golden Immortal.
Wouldn't it be embarrassing to be watched doing that?
What if the Vermilion Bird even made a few comments? That would be disastrous!
No, I need to find a way to shield against the Vermilion Bird.
Can't let her run rampant within Li Qingran's body!
Chen Huaian began to space out.
Completely unaware that the Sea World Beasts in the surrounding seawater were gradually retreating.
The pitch-black seawater once again enveloped the arena.
Seeing this, Eve frowned slightly. This trial certainly couldn't end so simply. With the Juntian Demon Shark dead, other World Beasts would be sent.
But...
they even sent out a 120,000-year-old Juntian Demon Shark.
Could Poseidon really be planning to send other Sea World Beasts to their deaths?
By now, Eve's thinking had shifted.
For other examinees, these Sea World Beasts were threats.
But for Li Qingran and Chen Huaian, starting from that fireball strike, unless a Demigod-level Sea World Beast came, they were all just here to be slaughtered.
Little did she know.
The question puzzling Eve.
Was also puzzling certain others.
...
In a hidden space within the Sea God Temple.
The Third Prince and Amphitrite stared at the mirror surface before them, their expressions grim.
And that mirror clearly showed Li Qingran and the others, who had already slain the Tianjun Demon Shark.
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