Song Jing's sudden actions attracted countless surprised gazes. After all, the only ones who had managed to get here were the true elites in the Celestial Mirror Pagoda. They had not expected that one of the Four Knights would actually take action against Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e.

Some other curious gazes turned towards Diwu Mingxuan and the Star of Light, and they then understood what was happening.

Li Hongyou and Chi Chan hurriedly snapped out of their stupor and stood beside Li Luo, their wary eyes staring at Song Jing, who was still fanning himself casually.

The opponent had a sterling reputation, having one of the highest cultivation levels within the Celestial Mirror Pagoda. The reason he had taken action was because he wanted to disrupt Jiang Qing'e from obtaining the Star of Light. Since she was busy dealing with the star itself, Li Luo had to step in.

There were also several individuals with bad intentions who were looking over as well, including the likes of Lu Ruyan, Chi Li, and those who had fought against Li Luo before.

That said, Li Luo remained unconcerned. He tightly grasped the Dragon Elephant Thunder Blade as his sharp gaze tunnelled into Song Jing. The latter was an upper eighth-grade Duke, yet Li Luo was completely unafraid.

The person he was protecting was Jiang Qing'e, so even if a ninth-grade Duke had appeared, he would do anything in his power to prevent them from disturbing her.

"I've killed an upper eighth-grade Duke before, and your foundation isn't even remotely comparable to hers," Li Luo coolly said, his words laced with murderous intent. Even though Song Jing was a mentor of the Divine Sun Ancient College with uncommon talent and resources, Li Luo could tell that there was a large gap between him and Qin Lian.

The pressure that emanated from him was a far cry when compared to her.

"Oh, is that so?" Song Jing smiled as eight imposing Duke Bergfrieds appeared in the sky. Each of them looked as though they had been forged from liquid magma, immediately causing the temperature around them to skyrocket.

Boundless amounts of crimson Divine Mist wafted into the skies, stirring up worldly natural energy.

"This should be enough to deal with you," Song Jing said. Crimson flames raged behind him and the piercing cry of a bird could be heard. A golden crow then took form, flapping its humongous wings, causing infernos to spread across the firmament.

Just as Song Jing unleashed his power, a cold voice rang out from behind. "Song Jing, if you want to play around, I'll accompany you. Don't you think that it's a little shameless to disrupt a junior?"

At the same time, a sea of light resonant power swept outwards, purifying the flames in the sky. When everyone turned to look at the source, they saw that it was none other than the Hallowed Coruscation Ancient College's Sheng Qiao'er who had spoken up. Her long spear was pointed directly at Song Jing.

Eight towering Duke Bergfrieds had also materialized above her.

Sheng Qiao'er had a good relationship with Jiang Qing'e, and seeing that Song Jing had stepped into the fray, she wouldn't stand by idly.

Seeing that she was locked onto him, Song Jing's eyes narrowed. The opponent was like him, one of the supposed Four Knights of this round of the Celestial Mirror Pagoda. Not only was she similarly at the upper eighth-grade, but if she truly wanted to stick her fingers into this, then he would be in trouble.

Just as Song Jing had paused briefly, resounding laughter sounded out like booming thunder, followed by thunderbolts and clouds filling the sky. "Haha, Sheng Qiao'er, why are you bothering with things that don't involve you? Let me get a taste of how much your light resonant power has improved."

The Mythical Spirit Ancient College's Zhou Jun was pointing his trident towards Sheng Qiao'er. Above him, his own eight Duke Bergfrieds which crackled with thunder energy emitted a terrifying pressure.

"Zhou Jun!" Sheng Qiao'er's beautiful eyes coldly stared at Zhou Jun. She had never expected this fellow to interfere as well. Could it be because of the fact that Li Luo had pilfered the opportunity on Thunder Finger Peak? Was this his form of revenge?

If that was the case, then she couldn't hold back Song Jing anymore. After all, Zhou Jun was no weaker than her.

𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Hehe, Li Luo, it looks like you're truly an annoying person who's incurred everyone's wrath. If that's the case, then why don't I join in on the fun?"

As Sheng Qiao'er began to divert her attention towards Zhou Jun, an enchanting laugh rang out and Lu Ruyan slowly walked out with an expression filled with hatred. She naturally felt great loathing towards the couple. After losing so much Celestial Mirror Sand to them, her attempt to forge a Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfried had failed.

Right behind her was also Chi Li.

Meanwhile, someone stood up from behind Li Luo, causing the entire void to freeze with bone-chilling frost. Who else could it be but Lu Qing'er? "Lu Ruyan, it looks like the loss of Celestial Mirror Sand wasn't a sufficient lesson for you. You've not learned how to restrain yourself either."

Behind her were two others.

When Li Luo looked over, he saw that one of them was the middle-aged lady responsible for protecting Lu Qing'er, Aunt Zhu. Beside her was another person with the strength of a seventh-grade Duke.

These seemed to be Lu Qing'er's two strongest bodyguards.

"Lu Qing'er, what makes you think you can stand before me without Jiang Qing'e or Li Luo?" Lu Ruyan shot an icy glare at Lu Qing'er.

"Lu Ruyan, after enduring until now, I believe it's time to settle our grudges once and for all," Lu Qing'er replied coldly as she watched a descending star that emanated a chilly aura.

If the star Jiang Qing'e had attracted was called the Star of Light, then this one would have to be termed as the Star of Ice.

This was Lu Ruyan and Lu Qing'er's goal at the Celestial Mirror Pagoda.

The Frost Divinewater could be found within it.

"Good. I've always wanted to tell everyone in Golden Dragon Mountain that I am the superior choice to inherit the Permafrost Sacred Seed. With your lowly peasant background, you'll never be able to elevate yourself to my superior class!" Lu Ruyan similarly stared at the falling Star of Ice, her charming face distorted with fury.

Lu Qing'er didn't bother responding and turned towards Li Luo. "I'll lead her away. Take care here."

Li Luo felt a hint of worry. "Can you deal with her?"

Although she was now a second-grade Transcendent, Lu Ruyan had similarly made a breakthrough and was much stronger.

"There's no need to be concerned. I have my ways." Lu Qing'er pursed her lips as her eyes took in the handsome young man in front of her. She looked as though she was on the cusp of saying something, but she then shook her head slightly, her beautiful figure zipping away into the distance, leaving behind a trail of brilliant cold energy as she flew straight towards the Star of Ice. Behind her, Aunt Zhu and the other seventh-grade Duke were right on her heels.

"Hmph." Lu Ruyan's expression was frigid as she shot after them.

"Haha... things are truly a mess." These words came from the Heavenly Origin Ancient College's Lin Ju. As the last of the Four Knights, he had no intention of sticking his hands into the situation and interfere with the enmity between these parties. Furthermore, he had no relationship with any of them, whether it was Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e, or Diwu Mingxuan.

Thus, the best choice was to help none of them.

"If that's the case, I'll have to go and find my own opportunities now." Lin Ju laughed gaily and soared into the sky, rushing towards a descending star.

In the corner of the square, Guo Jiufeng grinned as he looked at the situation. He then stepped into the skies, following Lin Ju as his gaze flickered with an unpredictable luster.