"Primordial Frost Realm!"

When those frigid words came out of Lu Ruyan's lips, the entire snowy mountain seemed to have been dyed an icy blue. Even the snowflakes changed in color.

Furthermore, on every icy blue snowflake was an ancient rune. The energy in the world turned sluggish and only ice energy remained active.

The icy blue torrential snow continued to fall ceaselessly, burying the entire mountain range.

Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e were still floating in the air as Divine Mist descended from their Duke Bergfrieds, forming a barrier that protected them.

However, as the endless snowflakes continued to descend, even their Divine Mist began to show signs of freezing. What was most strange was the fact that as the snow melted, any resonant power in contact with it similarly dissipated away.

"It's not that your resonant power has vanished. It's been absorbed by the snowflakes and, through a wondrous method, converted into ice resonant power that then strengthens Lu Ruyan," Jiang Qing'e explained in surprise.

When Li Luo heard this, he looked in Lu Ruyan's direction. He indeed could sense that her resonant power undulations were slowly increasing.

"What a strong technique. She has turned this entire region into a domain that belongs to her." Li Luo was slightly taken aback. Lu Ruyan was just a sixth-grade Duke, so she had not yet formed a Worldspace Domain that truly belonged to her. However, her high-grade Mythic Armament could fuse with her Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried using a Destiny-grade Duke Art and recreate an effect that resembled one in the form of this icy world. It was no wonder why she had said that she had a great advantage in this terrain.

Jiang Qing'e's slender hands were wrapped around her sword's hilt and fighting spirit blazed within her eyes. "The Frost Realm's cold air will erode our body over time and these all-encompassing snowflakes have the effect of draining our resonant power. If we don’t make this quick, Lu Ruyan will quickly gain the upper hand. However, the good thing is that our resonant power is extremely pure; otherwise, I'm afraid that we would be exhausted in half the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Lu Ruyan is actually more capable than expected. It's no surprise she managed to obtain the first ranked position amongst the inner divine continent sage colleges."

Only such an opponent would be satisfying to battle. "The longer we fight, the more troublesome things will become. We have to swiftly get rid of Lu Ruyan and break through this Primordial Frost Realm. Hand Lu Ruyan over to me and just focus on Chi Li."

When Li Luo heard these words, he sighed. "Now that the opponent has taken the first move, if we separate and fight alone, things will become even more disadvantageous. Sister Qing'e, could you block both of them for a bit, please?"

The two of them had a tacit understanding of each other, so she instantly knew his plan. A smile appeared in her brilliant eyes.

Li Luo was planning to go big from the get go. This was the most appropriate move after all. Lu Ruyan wished to use the Primordial Frost Realm to slowly whittle them down and give herself time to not force a final decisive battle.

"Leave him to me, then. Although it might be a little troublesome, I'll make sure they don't disturb you."

Jiang Qing'e gripped her sword tightly and ascended into the air, her long hair dancing in the wind. Coupled with her graceful figure, which was illuminated by holy light, she was the living embodiment of a sacred goddess who had descended into the mortal world.

When she stepped forward, sacred runes spread across her snow-white skin before converging at a point between her eyebrows, forming an exquisite halo with wings made of light.

Bang!

Boundless amounts of resonant power unfurled in every direction, endlessly purifying the icy blue snowflakes.

She then lifted her sword, pointing it towards the opposing duo.

This single provocative act instantly attracted everyone's attention.

On the Hallowed Coruscation Ancient College's viewing platform, Sheng Qiao'er unhappily asked, "What is Li Luo doing? Is he planning to let Qing'e deal with Lu Ruyan and Chi Li alone?" ꞦΑƝȏꞖЕＳ

The environment already placed Jiang Qing'e at a disadvantage, and Lu Ruyan was borrowing the strange Frost Realm to further augment her abilities. If she were to join hands with Chi Li, even Jiang Qing'e would be under immense pressure.

"You really love to worry mindlessly. The fact that they did this means that there's a reason behind it. You don't understand anything," Ning Meng attentively rebuked.

Yue Zhiyu nodded in agreement and she gave her own opinion. "Qing'e must be buying time for him."

Sheng Qiao'er pouted. "I'm worried that they are wasting time. Lu Ruyan's Frost Realm is simply too strong, and the longer things drag on, the more at a disadvantage Qing'e will be."

The way she saw it, this entire Sand Seizing Battle was dependent on Jiang Qing'e for victory. Now that she was taking on the burden of buying time, it looked as though she had her priorities wrong. However, other than Lu Qing'er, Li Hongyou, and those who knew Li Luo, the rest of the crowd had similar thoughts to her.

"Jiang Qing'e, do you plan to deal with us alone? Don't you think that's too much?" As the crowd continued to gossip, Lu Ruyan flashed a seductive smile as she swept her gaze over towards Li Luo. "Just what sort of mighty art is Li Luo trying to come up with? Could it be that self-harming curse technique? I don't think we've given him the opportunity to obtain our blood essence, have we?"

Despite her mocking words, Lu Ruyan didn't hesitate. With a thought, the Blizzard Pearl embedded in her Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried began to spew out immense amounts of cold air.

This cold air was also icy blue and it froze whatever it passed through. It was incredibly domineering.

Chi Li didn't sit around idly either. He roared, his seven Duke Bergfrieds coming to life. A starry sky could be seen above it, emitting starlight which then condensed into the form of a humongous tiger that radiated a ferocious aura. It immediately started barrelling towards Jiang Qing'e.

Faced with their dual assault, Jiang Qing'e's expression remained incomparably calm, but a look of solemnity could be seen in her eyes.

Her lips parted and a golden mote of light was spat out. The mote of light immediately swelled in size, turning into a gigantic golden ring of light. Complex and ancient runes were engraved all around it and endless light bloomed from inside the ring, as if it contained a sun.

The ring then began to burn with sacred flames.

Lower Destiny-grade Duke Art: Radiant Divineflame Heavenly Ring! The next moment, a torrent of golden flames swept out from the ring, colliding against Lu Ruyan and Chi Li's offensive.

Bang, bang, bang!

A frightening shockwave created by the immense energy tempest shattered some of the snowy mountains around them.

The shocking collision caused the eyelids of many Dukes to jump, especially the likes of Fang Xingyun and the lower seventh-grade Dukes similar to them. Their scalps turned numb at this sight. Such a violent attack was something they could not block, even if they went all-out.

Was this the sheer power that peak upper seventh-grade Dukes wielded?

Roar!

Just as the crowd was taken aback by the terrifying energy undulations, a deafening draconic roar came from behind Jiang Qing'e.

Everyone's attention quickly turned yet again.

Li Luo had vanished from his spot and in his place was a titanic violet-gold dragon that was tens of thousands of feet long. It was coiled in midair, emanating a primal aura. Just its aura alone was capable of causing the icy blue snowflakes to melt, preventing them from even touching his body.

This was the Heavenly Dragon form with the aid of the Lesser Dragon Sacred Seed! Li Luo's violet-gold pupils had observed the heaven-shaking energy collision from earlier, and nows they were sharp with fury.

It looked like they wanted to play! Then he would give them a taste of the Heavenly Dragon resonance that had been brought to the middle ninth-grade. He was itching to see the sheer power of the Myriad Resonances Dragon Fang Sword Formation with his evolved resonance.

The violet-gold Heavenly Dragon gave a long roar that rumbled like thunder.

A gigantic and archaic sword formation gradually manifested behind him.