Chapter 1484: Defeating Lu Ruyan

Bang!

When the liquid-like flames shrouded the Chaotic Sword Embryo, they were capable of purifying the overwhelming ice energy that emanated from Lu Ruyan's Ice Sword Embryo. The previous stalemate Lu Ruyan had worked hard to obtain collapsed almost instantly. After which Li Luo let out a heaven shaking roar.

Bang!

The Chaotic Sword Embryo shook. A moment later, boundless amounts of sword energy rushed forward in a wave, splitting the void into minute spatial fragments.

Peng!

The Chaotic Sword Embryo then struck downwards, and the Ice Sword Embryo was unable to resist, countless cracks appearing on it before it broke into numerous runic fragments with a loud

crunch

.

Ice energy descended from the skies, freezing all of the mountainous rubble within hundreds of thousands of feet.

After smashing through the Ice Sword Embryo, the Chaotic Sword Embryo's power had not lessened in the slightest as it struck towards the steely-faced Lu Ruyan.

Lu Ruyan formed a series of handseals at lightning speed, causing the Blizzard Pearl embedded atop the Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried to erupt with frost.

Bang!

Gigantic frozen icicles protruded from the ground covered with frost runes like frozen pillars. These seemingly indestructible objects were stationed in front of Lu Ruyan like an impenetrable bulwark.

The Chaotic Sword Embryo, which was enveloped with flames, swiped through the pillars with utmost ease, causing the icicles to melt instantly.

Just a few moments later, the Chaotic Sword Embryo rapidly approached Lu Ruyan.

The only thing she could do now was to violently rouse every remnant bit of resonant power within her body and use it to form a barrier to protect herself.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion filled the air.

The void continued to fragment and pieces of it descended from the sky like shattered glass. The residual energy shockwave ripped apart cavernous cracks in the ruined and repeatedly devastated mountain range.

Lu Ruyan was the first to bear the brunt of the blow.

Before the surprised eyes of the crowd, Lu Ruyan was sent flying like a cannonball, heavily crashing into the ground. A shockwave of dust and debris spread swiftly, and a humongous crater tens of thousands of feet wide was seen in the devastated region when the dust settled down. Lu Ruyan was embedded deep in the giant pit. She took a pained breath, but fresh blood spurted out of her mouth and many cracks could be seen on her skin, which then transformed into ice shards that rained down.

She had indeed been heavily injured. The resonant power within her body was in chaos and she was unable to support her Duke Bergfrieds any longer, causing them to be retracted back into her body.

Her expression was pale and winded, but fury remained in her eyes. She could scarcely believe that she had been left in such a miserable state as a result of being struck by the supposedly weak Li Luo!

Although the Chaotic Sword Embryo had been imbued with Jiang Qing'e's sacred flames, allowing it to counteract her ice resonant power, Lu Ruyan had clearly sensed the annihilative effects of the strike upon being hit by it.

If she had not focused all of her efforts to protect herself, activating a secret art that created a layer of icy armor, Li Luo's sword blow might have ended her life!

She had been grievously injured by a second-grade Transcendent Duke!

To the proud Lu Ruyan, this was humiliation worse than death!

If news of this were to spread to Golden Dragon Mountain, who knew how many people would question her.

Simply thinking about this caused Lu Ruyan to spit out yet another mouthful of blood in anger and frustration. Alas, she was so weak at this point that her eyes went dark and she directly fainted.

This scene was witnessed by everyone, immediately causing a resounding uproar. All of the experts present were left in disbelief, their mouths agape.

The strongest amongst the four in the Sand Seizing Battle, Lu Ruyan, was actually the first to be eliminated!

And the person who had done it was supposedly the weakest! Solemn and horrified looks were directed toward Li Luo. The latter had performed exceptionally during the Domain Traversal Battles, but who would've guessed that that wasn't his limit!

He had eliminated Lu Ruyan!

Although Jiang Qing'e had provided some timely assistance, no one would dare underestimate the sheer killing power of Li Luo's Chaotic Sword Embryo.

The eighth-grade Dukes looked on with serious expressions as well. Li Luo was only at the upper second-grade at this moment, but if he were to make a breakthrough, he would be like Jiang Qing'e, a third-grade Transcendent. This meant that they would step into the peak ranks of the experts within the Celestial Mirror Pagoda.

At that point, even they would have to be wary of him.

"They've won!" Meanwhile, at the East Divine Continent's side, the mentors were absolutely ecstatic. It felt like they were in a dream as the fierce battle had basically caused their hearts to jump into their throats!

After all, they had invested a significant amount into this Sand Seizing Battle, and if the duo had lost, their efforts in earning them would have been for nought. No one could have expected that Li Luo would defeat Lu Ruyan in a single attack.

With her elimination, only Chi Li was left. Although Li Luo was completely spent, Jiang Qing'e had retained a large amount of her strength and dealing with Chi Li was not difficult.

This basically meant that victory was in the bag.

Everyone was filled with emotion. This victory would not only return their initial investments, but also net them even more sand! To them, this would be the biggest reward of the Celestial Mirror Pagoda trials.

"This is too insane." Mi Er and Cao Sheng had complicated expressions. Just a few years ago, they had witnessed these youths enter the Astral Sage College as weak fledglings. Fast forward a few years later, Li Luo's achievements in battle left them at a lack for words. Despite being second-grade Duke, Li Luo had defeated someone with a Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried and more power than an upper seventh-grade Duke. If Vice Principal Su Xin were to hear about this, her eyes would likely pop in disbelief. The youths that had studied in their college had already far surpassed their mentors.

"Perhaps... he might truly be able to resolve the Astral Sage College and the Xia Kingdom's predicament," Cao Sheng mused. Hope could be heard in his voice.

Li Luo's potential had shown them that there was a chance.

Chi Chan nodded in agreement, her sparkling eyes focused on the dragon that was transforming back into a human. If Vice Principal Su Xin found out about this, she would started celebrating as well.

Meanwhile, Li Hongyou turned to look at the slightly dazed Lu Qing'er with a smile. "It looks like Li Luo has helped you express your thoughts to your sister."

Lu Qing'er's icy lake-like eyes rippled momentarily in her surprise before returning back to a state of calm. She then shook her head. "This has nothing to do with me. It was the optimal choice to make in that situation."

Li Hongyou grinned upon hearing her words. This girl truly was dishonest when it came to her emotions.

Meanwhile, Li Luo was back in his human form, and he could sense the weakness pervading through his body. He couldn't help but to click his tongue in dissatisfaction. Consecutively activating two upper Destiny-grade Duke Arts was too much for him. Even with his exceptional foundation and having four resonant palaces to store more resonant power than the average person, he was basically sucked dry.

"Sister Qing'e, I'm afraid everything is up to you now. I don't have a shred of strength left." Li Luo slowly descended onto a ruined plateau and flashed Jiang Qing'e a smile.

Jiang Qing'e's gaze turned warm and she nodded. "Alright, take a breather for now."

After which, the three Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds above her shone with wondrous light and the floating Goddess' Sacredflame Mirror overflowed with flames, locked onto the gloomy and trapped Chi Li.

The latter's mood was at rock bottom at this moment.

He had never imagined that Li Luo would be able to eliminate Lu Ruyan in a single blow.

Although Li Luo was now incapable of fighting, Jiang Qing'e was basically in peak condition and was like a tiger waiting to pounce.

And it was up to him to defeat her alone.

"Damn it! It looks like our boat is about to capsize..." Chi Li bitterly mumbled to himself. He didn't have much confidence in beating Jiang Qing'e on his own. However, he couldn't retreat at this point in time, especially considering how much Celestial Mirror Sand was at stake. Even he would feel the pinch if everything was lost.

"Come on, then. Let me see just how amazing a third-grade Transcendent is!" Chi Li bellowed. He clasped his hands together, and the Cosmic Star Seal rose into the air. He lifted his head with a gaze filled with the intent to fight.

Unfortunately, his enthusiasm merely lasted for a few moments as he saw endless amounts of light bloom from behind Jiang Qing'e, transforming into a gargantuan figure that resembled a goddess of light.

Within the figure's hand was a beautiful holy sword inlaid with seven jewels.

In its other hand was the terrifying Goddess' Sacredflame Mirror, from which flames surged out endlessly. Jiang Qing'e looked absolutely merciless as the Archaic Runes on her forehead blazed with light.

After which, the goddess chopped downwards with her sword. The heavens and the earth were illuminated by endless light with this single act.

Chi Li's eyes were filled with abject terror as he sensed the incredible pressure pressing down upon him. However, he still roared, summoning the Cosmic Star Seal and condensing its energy in a valiant attempt to resist.

Bang!

Sacred flames capable of reducing the world to ashes swept through the sky, cleansing everything in their path.