Chapter 1125: The Great Melee

The situation at this moment was extremely chaotic and intense.

Among the ten Greater Evil Specters, three had directly split off to surround and kill the strongest Wang Kong, and at this very moment, this usually low-key second seat of the Sacred Light Ancient Academy finally revealed his astonishing strength.

At this moment, Wang Kong's body was roughly several zhang tall, his skin flowing with a grey-white luster, as if carved from the hardest diamond. He held a heavy halberd, and when he swung it, it erupted with terrifying power, even cutting visible marks through the void.

Above his head, a scroll of "Celestial Phenomenon Diagram" slowly unfurled, within which surged vast and mighty grey-white energy. Looking closely, it seemed as if ten thousand towering mountain rocks and boulders stood within, extraordinarily magnificent.

From the "Celestial Phenomenon Diagram," it seemed Wang Kong possessed the Stone Phenomenon.

Wang Kong swung his heavy halberd, like a towering stone giant, fighting fiercely against the three Greater Evil Specters. His offensive was ferocious, and every heavy strike would send a Greater Evil Specter flying back. Although the Greater Evil Specters' attacks would occasionally land on his body, they were all dissolved by the grey-white light flowing on his skin.

Clearly, Wang Kong, who possessed the "Stone Phenomenon," had an extremely astonishing physical defense.

Moreover, his "Celestial Phenomenon Diagram" was a full eight thousand five hundred zhang in magnificence, revealing his powerful foundation, already at the top tier of the Da Tian Xiang Jing.

In the Da Tian Xiang Jing, there has always been the saying of "Ten Thousand Zhang Celestial Phenomenon Diagram," used to observe one's foundation and roots. Wang Kong's eight thousand five hundred zhang Celestial Phenomenon Diagram naturally indicated that he could already be considered at the top tier of the Da Tian Xiang Jing.

Therefore, he was able to rely on his own strength to fight the three Greater Evil Specters and keep them from attacking elsewhere.

And besides Wang Kong's location, Yin Yue Zhiyu was also being besieged by two Greater Evil Specters. The "Celestial Phenomenon Diagram" she revealed was dazzling and resplendent, as if flowing with surging bright light, emitting endless sacred aura.

Her "Celestial Phenomenon Diagram" was slightly weaker than Wang Kong's by a notch, probably around eight thousand zhang, but this could not mean her combat power was weak. After all, the "Celestial Phenomenon Diagram" was only one way to measure one's foundation; the true strength of combat power could still be augmented by many external forces, such as Marquis Arts, treasures, Mi Fa, and the like.

And Yin Yue Zhiyu belonged to the type with very luxurious equipment.

She held a golden scepter in her hand, with a fist-sized milky-white gemstone embedded at its tip, from which surged vast light-type energy. On the scepter, three purple vertical eyes faintly appeared.

Relying on a Three Purple-Eye treasure, Yin Yue Zhiyu's light-type phase force was even more powerful, and she single-handedly suppressed the two Greater Evil Specters.

Besides this, Meng Zhou, Zheng Song Yunfeng, and another student from the Upper Court of the Heavenly Star Academy of the Sacred Light Ancient Academy were each fighting fiercely against a Greater Evil Specter, locked in an evenly matched struggle.

Although Wang Kong, Yin Yue Zhiyu, and the others had blocked a full eight Greater Evil Specters, their expressions revealed a trace of anxiety, because at this moment two more Greater Evil Specters had broken away from the battle circle and charged toward a group of people in the rear.

It turned out there were still over a dozen figures there.

Among them were quite a few familiar faces, surprisingly Senior Zong Sha, Jiang Jiang Wanyu, Lu Lu Jinci, Deng Zhu, and several students of the Sacred Light Ancient Academy.

Among them, the strongest was only a student at the True Seal level.

Although they had the advantage in numbers, in front of two Greater Evil Specters whose strength rivaled Da Tian Xiang Jing experts, they were nothing more than a group of little foxes with little power to resist.

Therefore, in the first round of attacks launched by the Greater Evil Specters, the student whose strength had reached the Xiao Tian Xiang Jing True Seal level vomited blood and was sent flying back, his entire arm twisted, with blood spraying from his pores.

"Don't scatter, attack together!" Senior Zong Sha shouted sternly. At this time, the more they scattered, the more they would be picked off one by one. Only by combining forces could they hold out a little longer.

Jiang Jiang Wanyu, Lu Lu Jinci, Deng Zhu, and the others forcibly suppressed the panic in their hearts. Brilliant Heavenly Pearls manifested behind them one after another, and streams of sharp phase force attacks whistled out.

For those at the Xiao Tian Xiang Jing like Senior Zong Sha, they poured all their strength into activating the "Celestial Phenomenon Golden Seal" above their heads, wrapped in rolling phase force, and smashed it toward the Greater Evil Specters.

Bang!

However, facing their joint attack, the "Evil" character on the face of one Greater Evil Specter suddenly twisted. In the next instant, viscous evil-auras spewed out like a flood, within which seemed to be countless eerie whispers, colliding with everyone's attacks.

Streams of phase force attacks collapsed in an instant, and the "Celestial Phenomenon Golden Seal" and "Heavenly Pearls" used by Senior Zong Sha and the others to launch attacks also rapidly dimmed.

Puchi!

Quite a few people were shocked into vomiting blood on the spot, simultaneously feeling evil-auras pollution invading their hearts, causing their minds to become vexed, and even the circulation of their phase force to become sluggish.

Several students showed fear on their faces. Only by facing the Greater Evil Specters head-on did they realize the terror of these things.

"Hiss."

The "Evil" characters on the faces of the two Greater Evil Specters wriggled, seemingly exuding a cruel and vicious aura. Then their sharp, ghastly-white nails shot out directly at this moment, sweeping toward the crowd like sharp swords.

Horror appeared on everyone's face.

"Don't sit and wait for death, prepare to self-detonate the Heavenly Pearls!" Senior Zong Sha spat out bloody foam, his eyes blood-red as he shouted sternly.

In just a short moment, they had been driven into a desperate situation by the two Greater Evil Specters. Only by self-detonating their Heavenly Pearls or even their "Celestial Phenomenon Golden Seal" could they buy time.

Jiang Jiang Wanyu, Lu Lu Jinci, Deng Zhu, and the others gritted their teeth, and a Heavenly Pearl had already begun to emit extremely dazzling light, clearly intending to self-detonate.

However, just at the instant they were about to detonate them, suddenly crimson ribbons shot over violently, coiling like red snakes, forming a defensive line in front of them and blocking those sharp nails flowing with ghastly-white aura.

Clang clang clang!

The crisp sound was so pleasant to the ears of Jiang Jiang Wanyu and the others.

The sudden assistance also brought joy to Wang Kong, Yin Yue Zhiyu, and the others who had been keeping a close eye on this side. Immediately after, they saw two figures tear through the air and land in front of Senior Zong Sha and the others.

"Li Hongyou!"

"Li Luo!"

Upon seeing Li Hongyou, Wang Kong and Yin Yue Zhiyu both felt a weight lift from their hearts. They both knew that the latter ranked tenth in the Tian Yuan Ancient Academy. Although her "Red Heart Zhu Guo Phenomenon" was not adept at offense, in this kind of group battle, Li Hongyou's role was probably better than that of a top-ten seat who specialized in combat.

"Jiang Wanyu, are you all right?" Li Luo glanced at the group behind and asked.

Jiang Jiang Wanyu shook her head in pleasant surprise. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said, "Good thing you came, otherwise we could only have fought to the death."

The others were also full of the wild joy of having survived a disaster.

Li Hongyou glanced at them, her jade hand holding the Mysterious Wood Feather Fan, then fanned streams of Bai Guang toward them. Outside the Bai Guang, crimson aura also lingered.

These Bai Guang landed on Senior Zong Sha and the others, and they immediately felt with pleasant surprise that the phase force within their bodies was recovering at an accelerated rate, while the inexplicable whispers constantly echoing in their hearts were also gradually fading.

The throbbing pain from their injuries was also rapidly fading.

"Thank you, Senior Hongyou!" Senior Zong Sha's face was full of pleasant surprise. Li Hongyou's move directly made him understand why even Wu Changkong and Feng Lingyuan were so enamored with Li Hongyou.

Li Hongyou nodded slightly. She gently stroked the feather fan in her hand, and a look of fondness actually shone in her eyes. The Mysterious Wood Feather Fan Li Luo had given her was only a Single Purple-Eye treasure, but it was truly an exceptional match for her.

Then her gaze looked toward the two Greater Evil Specters ahead, which were emitting a sky-filling evil-auras. Compared to ordinary Evil Specters, their bodies were sturdier, and they had grown several arms, exuding an overwhelming oppressive aura.

"Two Greater Evil Specters..."

Li Hongyou pressed her red lips together lightly. Although she was also at the Da Tian Xiang Jing, because she herself was not adept at offense, at most she could only rely on the advantage of her level to hold off one Greater Evil Specter. Against two, she would most likely fall into a disadvantage.

"Senior Hongyou, I'll assist you." Li Luo stepped forward at this moment. Even when facing two Greater Evil Specters, he showed no sign of fear.

Behind him, six and a half brilliant Heavenly Pearls condensed out.

At the same time, he directly detonated all the golden water droplets in his Water-Light Phase Palace within his body. The origin aura within the water droplets emanated and merged with his phase force.

Thus, the brilliant Heavenly Pearls behind Li Luo directly swelled to eight stars.

Moreover, beyond that eighth star, a faint, tiny point of light seemed to vaguely appear.

That was the embryonic form of the ninth star, but clearly, the Nine Star Heavenly Pearl was far too special; even a brief evolution found it difficult to cross this heavenly chasm.

Li Hongyou glanced at the heavenly pearl behind Li Luo. Li Luo's combat power indeed far surpassed those of the same rank, but if he wanted to threaten the Greater Evil Specter, it probably wouldn't be easy either. Moreover, this time, she couldn't possibly provide Li Luo with a perfect killing opportunity the way she had suppressed ordinary Evil Specters before.

Being able to hold off this Greater Evil Specter was already no easy feat; as for suppressing it, that really wasn't her forte.

Li Hongyou's eyes flickered, she pondered for a few breaths, then beamed a smile at Li Luo.

"Want to try the Nine Star Heavenly Pearl?"