“Triple Star Devours Sun!”
With a thunderous shout, Yue Xingchen unleashed his mightiest sword strike. A sword beam, like three meteors linked, soared, clashing with the terrifying black pillar.
“Boom!”
An earth-shaking explosion erupted, torrents of energy bursting forth, sweeping across the arena with devastating force. The piercing wail of power echoed.
If this strike had hit the ground, the destruction would’ve been unimaginable. Even the shockwaves from above sent many disciples tumbling.
Bang!
The brunt of the force surged towards Yue Xingchen. Despite his powerful protective aura, he was overwhelmed, coughing up blood and sent flying.
“Hand Covers Heaven!”
Lin Xiao pressed his advantage. A massive black-azure energy palm formed in the sky, slamming towards Yue Xingchen.
Simultaneously, he charged, swapping the Youtian Demon Pillar for the Yaoguang Broken Sword. Thunder martial intent erupted, lightning crackling around him as he prepared Thunder Style Three.
Boom!
Yue Xingchen, second on the Heavenly Star List, wasn’t gravely injured. Radiant sword light flared, blocking the giant energy palm.
Boom!
Another deafening clash sent shockwaves rippling. Yue Xingchen, caught off-guard and facing Lin Xiao’s enhanced fourth-grade high-level spiritual power, coughed up more blood, unable to fully resist.
“Thunder Style Three!”
Lin Xiao closed in, raising his sword skyward. Thunder Style Three unleashed, his thunder energy surging wildly, his aura skyrocketing.
The sky churned, clouds darkening as black clouds rolled in from all directions, dimming the arena. An oppressive pressure emanated from the clouds, brimming with terrifying energy.
“Boom!”
A colossal thunderclap exploded within the clouds. Torrents of lightning poured down, channeling into Lin Xiao’s sword and body.
“Thunder Judgment!”
With a resounding cry, Lin Xiao slashed downward. A deafening thunderclap rang out as a river of skyward lightning flooded towards Yue Xingchen.
Tempered by the thunderstorm, Lin Xiao’s Thunder Style Three was now terrifying, its force threatening to rend the void. The crowd watched in awe.
“Triple Star Defense!”
Yue Xingchen’s face paled, hastily activating a powerful defensive technique. His white sword blazed, forming three star-like lights that linked into a defensive barrier.
“Boom!”
The lightning torrent struck the barrier, unleashing a deafening roar. Dazzling light flared, the lightning morphing into a surging energy wave, rippling across the void.
“Pfft!”
As the lightning nearly exhausted itself, Yue Xingchen’s barrier shattered. The thunder’s force sent him flying, another mouthful of blood spilling.
“Roar!”
At that moment, Lin Xiao’s next attack followed. His mind surged with spiritual power, activating the Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon Spirit Energy. Endless thunder energy poured from his brow, forming a thunder dragon, its terrifying aura shaking the heavens, the void seeming to explode.
“What?! Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon Spirit Energy!” Baili He’s shocked voice echoed from the void.
Lin Xiao had used it before the Vice Dean, but Baili He, in seclusion, hadn’t known, nor had they discussed it.
He never imagined Lin Xiao had refined Shengyuan Academy’s core treasure, the Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon Spirit Energy, hidden and drawn by arrays. His body trembled with shock and excitement.
“Lin Xiao refined the Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon Spirit Energy?” Elder Wei Sheng, who’d arrived earlier, was equally stunned, unable to process it.
“How is this possible?” In the shadows, Xiahou Lan’s aged face showed disbelief, her heart quaking.
“This boy must not live!” Her killing intent surged.
“He refined the Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon Spirit Energy, Shengyuan Academy’s legendary treasure!”
“No wonder the thunder in the lightning array zone vanished a year ago—it was him!”
“Wasn’t it in the ninth-grade lightning array zone? How could he refine it? Was he rescued by the academy and placed there?”
“That’s unlikely. Baili He wouldn’t be unaware. Lin Xiao must’ve done it himself.”
“This is unimaginable! He has two spirit energies already, now this? Unprecedented!”
“How can one person refine so many spirit energies? What kind of monster is he?”
The plaza erupted in exclamations.
Ziling, Gu Juejin, Mu Yao, Wang Long, and others were dumbfounded. Ziling, a spiritual controller, knew the value of spirit energy—a single one was a rare treasure.
Lin Xiao possessing three was beyond comprehension.
Most spiritual controllers risked brain explosion refining one. Lin Xiao had succeeded with three!
It was mind-boggling. Refining multiple spirit energies was a death sentence for most.
“Wasn’t he in the ultimate battlefield? How did he get the Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon Spirit Energy? Was it in the thunderstorm?” Ziling speculated.
Others, less familiar with it, were even more baffled.
Even Mu Yuanhua was stunned, his earlier dismissal gone.
From the moment Lin Xiao repelled Yue Xingchen, his view had shifted.
Xiahou Li, Xiahou Wanyu, Yu Xiang, Jia Zhao, Fang Yang, and others stood agape, their faces etched with disbelief.
