Chapter 442: The Final Battle: Lan Xue vs. Golden Crocodile

Looking at Xun Yu, who remained neither humble nor arrogant even when facing him, Qian Daoliu thought to himself, "I originally thought only Nan Feihuang and Lan Xue could be considered figures of note in the Gu Lei Kingdom; I didn't expect there to be such a formidable fellow here as well."

He realized that Xun Yu had used his wisdom to change the instability of relying on luck to win, ensuring that at least one of the second or third matches could be secured.

If Nan Tianchen encountered Qianjun or Jiangmo, he would use the pre-determined tactics to assist Yu Yuanzhen.

If he encountered Lion, that would be even better; he could simply concede, as in a one-on-one fight, Yu Yuanzhen was far stronger than either Qianjun or Jiangmo.

Now that the Gu Lei Kingdom had successfully taken two of the first three matches, they truly had hope.

Lan Xue, with her Extreme Ice, definitely had the strength to fight Golden Crocodile Douluo; this match was, in a practical sense, the final one.

If Gu Lei won, they would have completed the best-of-five and secured victory; if Gu Lei lost, there would be no need to fight the last match, as Dugu Bo could never be a match for Qian Daoliu.

"Hey, Jiangmo Douluo, here is your thing back!" Before both sides retreated to their respective camps, Yu Yuanzhen suddenly flicked his hand, throwing a golden radiance toward Jiangmo.

Jiangmo Douluo summoned his Coiled Dragon Staff and absorbed the radiance; this was precisely his Heaven Awakening Sacred Golden Dragon Origin.

Yu Yuanzhen had no intention of keeping it; the dragon he held strongest in his heart was still his own Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

"Hmph, I will settle this score with you sooner or later." Jiangmo Douluo would not feel any gratitude for this; he was largely to blame for the Spirit Hall's defeat today, and naturally, he blamed the Gu Lei Kingdom, the primary culprit, for it all.

The first three duels had concluded; next was the crucial fourth match, which was also the final one in a practical sense.

"Your Majesty the Queen, up to this point in the duels, everything has been within my expectations, but this is all I can do. In this final match, my strategies can no longer play a role; it can only rely on you," said Xun Yu.

"Xun Yu, I am very grateful to you, and I am also very comforted that my son has someone like you to assist him. Rest assured, I will definitely use my Halberd to carve out a path toward the future for you young people." Lan Xue walked forward silently.

There was not a shred of fear on her face; or rather, she was someone with high fighting spirit who had never known what fear was.

When she was young, she dared to challenge Tang Hao of the Haotian Twin Stars, and even after being crippled, she never gave up; she had also once pursued an Evil Spirit Master alone, forcing them into Slaughter City.

Golden Crocodile Douluo walked forward wearing golden armor; looking at the woman before him, who was nothing more than a little girl in his eyes, he felt an incomparably stern fighting spirit.

"I truly didn't expect that after living in seclusion for decades without taking action, my first opponent would be a little girl like you," Golden Crocodile Douluo sighed.

Although Lan Xue was already over fifty years old and had long since married and had children.

But Golden Crocodile was over one hundred and fifty years old, older even than Qian Daoliu; with a gap of nearly one hundred years between them, calling her a little girl was truly not a problem.

"Please, Senior, grant me your guidance!" Lan Xue held her Halberd horizontally in front of her, and the Extreme Ice on her body emitted a thick chill, causing the surrounding temperature to drop abruptly.

"This weather is truly fickle; the first match was wind, the second fire, the third thunder, and now it has turned to ice," Nan Feihuang laughed. "I estimate that the world here will undergo strange changes and become uninhabitable, and it has even destroyed the famous mountains of our Gu Lei Kingdom. I'll have to ask the Spirit Hall for compensation later." Everyone was covered in cold sweat upon hearing this; at such a tense moment, how could he be so composed? He was truly so confident in his mother; one had to know that her opponent was the ninety-eighth-level Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"You brat, that mountain seems to have been collapsed by your own people; what does that have to do with me?" Qian Daoliu retorted. No wonder his granddaughter always mentioned that while Nan Feihuang was very smart and powerful, he could sometimes be a bit unreliable.

However, Nan Feihuang's joking words at this moment effectively dissolved the tension in everyone's hearts.

Fighting until now, the folks of the Gu Lei Kingdom had their hearts in their throats; if they didn't relax even a little, they feared they might all faint.

Feihuang didn't need them to do anything; they only needed to cheer for his mother with a normal state of mind. If they were too nervous, it would only increase his mother's pressure.

Lan Xue turned her head and smiled slightly at her son; mother and son were of one heart, and she naturally understood Feihuang's intentions.

When she turned back, her spirit, energy, and essence were concentrated to their peak. "Then, I will not be polite, Senior Golden Crocodile!"

"First Soul Skill, Mysterious Ice Slash!"

Striking first to gain the advantage, Lan Xue put her full strength into swinging her Halberd, but it was blocked by a golden crocodile tail.

This was the Golden Crocodile King, one of the top-tier beast spirits, possessing formidable strength and defense.

"Haha, good, very good! I haven't left the Elder Hall for fifty years; today, I want to see just how much weight you juniors have."

Blinding golden light erupted suddenly from Golden Crocodile Douluo's body; every scale on his body stood up, and his white hair instantly turned into thick keratin, covering his head. His upper body leaned slightly forward, just like a giant crocodile. The nine soul rings on his body shone brightly—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red; the last soul ring was actually a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

If they hadn't just seen two Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings appear on Nan Feihuang, the spectators would likely have gasped in shock again.

But now, thinking about it, even Nan Feihuang had Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, so it didn't seem strange for the Second Offering of the Offering Hall to have one.

By comparison, Lan Xue's soul rings were much more ordinary, with the standard optimal configuration of two yellow, two purple, and five black. Even though her Ninth Spirit Ring was black with a hint of red and had a very high age, it had not truly reached the qualitative change of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and she was suppressed by Golden Crocodile Douluo in terms of aura.

But Lan Xue was not afraid in the slightest; she took a large step forward, her whole body like a whirlwind, the Mysterious Ice Halberd in her hand dancing rapidly as she charged straight at Golden Crocodile Douluo. If Golden Crocodile Douluo was like a scorching golden sun at this moment, then Lan Xue was like ten-thousand-year ice, cold and filled with a chill that could freeze everything.

Golden Crocodile didn't waste words; golden light radiated from his entire body, his figure turned instantly, and the giant long tail behind him whipped toward Lan Xue like a steel whip.

That was certainly not a simple lash; as that giant crocodile tail swung out, the air wherever it passed became completely distorted and illusory, making it impossible for anyone to see the true position of the long tail. The terrifying airflow stimulated the air to emit a series of shrill whistles and air explosions. Without using any soul skills, it was just the simplest physical attack, yet its power was stronger than many Title Douluo soul skills.

(End of chapter)