Chapter 1160: Ancient-Tracking Phase Pattern

A giant hand with eighteen fingers, wrapped in black mist formed from a skyful of evil-thought energy, came whistling down with tremendous force, pressing down upon the top students led by Ning Meng, Jiang Jiang Qinge, Wu Changkong, and others.

A terrifying pressure descended, causing the many students to turn pale one after another.

If previously, when this True Demon was still a Marquis, its attack still allowed everyone to feel some resistance, then now, this eighteen-fingered giant hand covering down like a mountain of death caused even top students like Feng Lingyuan to feel full hearts of fear.

After all, this was the true power of a Marquis.

Only the three strongest—Ning Meng, Jiang Jiang Qinge, and Wu Changkong—could suppress the fear in their hearts. They exchanged glances, knowing their companions' morale was currently crushed; if they wanted to lift their companions' fighting spirit, they had to step forward.

The three moved their minds, and the three spectacular, majestic Celestial Phase Diagrams rolling above their heads immediately erupted with violent energy fluctuations. The next instant, three energy pillars thousands of zhang in size shot out violently from within them, taking the lead to meet the eighteen-fingered giant hand pressing down.

Boom!

The moment the two made contact, the eighteen-fingered giant hand, like a mountain of death, paused slightly, but immediately boundless evil-thought energy swept out, and the three thousand-zhang energy pillars immediately began to collapse section by section.

However, the moment these three made their move, it also jolted Feng Lingyuan and the others awake from their horror. After all, they were elites, so they understood that the current fear was not only useless, but on the contrary would get everyone killed.

Although the True Demon was powerful, after all, on their side there were still three top-tier Da Tian Xiang Jing cultivators. With these three's foundations, if they fully erupted with all their means, it was not necessarily impossible to resist.

Boom! Boom!

Thus, the next instant, everyone exerted their full strength to activate their own "Celestial Phase Diagrams," drawing upon the majestic, surging heaven and earth energy, and then energy pillars of various attributes shot out violently, raising a skyful of rumbling sounds, colliding with the eighteen-fingered giant hand.

Violent energy storms immediately ravaged between heaven and earth; the commotion could be called heaven-cracking and earth-splitting.

With everyone joining forces to attack, the momentum of the giant hand pressing down like a mountain of death was finally slowed, but the brilliant, majestic energy pillars were also gradually emitting cracking sounds of being unable to bear the burden.

Li Luo was also looking up at this peak collision between the two sides. It could be seen that the White-Pupil True Demon still maintained an obvious advantage. This was normal; if it weren't for Jiang Jiang Qinge, Ning Meng, and Wu Changkong bearing most of the pressure, Feng Lingyuan and the others would likely have been severely injured the instant they made contact.

After all, that was a True Demon comparable to a true Marquis-level expert.

"What a pity, if only the Qing Ming Banner troops were by my side." Li Luo's brows were tightly furrowed, his palm tightly gripping the Sky Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow. In the past, with eight thousand Qing Ming Banner troops by his side, he could erupt with the power of a Third Rank Marquis at any moment. If he still had this power now, this White-Pupil True Demon could be suppressed with a flip of his hand.

Of course, Li Luo also knew this was some meaningless thought. Special units like the Twenty Banners were not really suitable for the Ancient Academy.

Li Luo's gaze remained fixed on Jiang Jiang Qinge, afraid that she would once again employ a life-risking technique like "Sacrificial Burning of the Light Heart." He did not want to experience the pain of parting again, so if Jiang Jiang Qinge truly had such an intention, he would rather wake the slumbering Five-Tailed Heavenly Wolf and use its power to break the situation.

As for whether the Five-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's power would allow the All-Beings Demon King to seize the opportunity to erode it, there was nothing that could be done.

Therefore, in this great battle, his side might be the only desperate, life-risking fallback in the final extremity, but Li Luo hoped it would not come to that step.

But looking at the current situation, even if the top ten seats of the two academies exerted their full strength, they were clearly still at a disadvantage. To change the situation, they could probably only rely on Jiang Jiang Qinge's group of three.

This point, Jiang Jiang Qinge's group of three clearly also knew well.

Wu Changkong's gaze shifted, turning toward Li Hongyou's side in the rear, and he shouted loudly: "Hongyou, can you buff us three?!"

Upon hearing this, Li Hongyou's "Red Heart Golden Seal" buff effect was the strongest, but normally she could only condense one at a time, and clearly one was not enough now.

So she hesitated slightly, and finally gritted her teeth and agreed.

At this time, she could not hold back either.

So her slender ten fingers pricked each other, and bright red fresh blood immediately flowed from her ten fingers, the fresh blood emitting an otherworldly fragrance that delighted the heart and refreshed the mind.

Li Hongyou's ten fingers stained with blood, she swiftly sketched in the void before her.

Three mysterious talismans, flowing with golden light within crimson red, gradually took shape.

And Li Hongyou's complexion was also turning pale at a speed visible to the naked eye; on her smooth forehead, fine beads of sweat appeared.

Sketching three high-intensity "Red Heart Golden Seals" at once was also an enormous burden for her.

However, she ultimately gritted her teeth and persevered. After a dozen or so breaths, the three Red Heart Golden Seals took shape, seemingly full of spirituality as they revolved around her.

"Go."

Li Hongyou flicked her finger, and the three Red Heart Golden Seals shot out violently, like three swimming fish, directly burrowing into the bodies of Jiang Jiang Qinge, Ning Meng, and Wu Changkong.

Boom!

The phase force fluctuations rising within the three people's bodies almost in that instant suddenly became powerful, and at the same time the otherworldly fragrance spread within their bodies, even the flow of qi and blood accelerated accordingly, repairing some hidden injuries caused previously from colliding with the White-Pupil True Demon.

"You two, if you have any tricks, bring them out now!" Wu Changkong shouted.

Ning Meng stepped out first, her cute oval little face now covered in solemnity. She brought her hands together, her hand seals changed, and the next instant, a dazzling spirit envoy existing behind Ning Meng immediately transformed into countless mysterious light points that flowed into her petite body.

Then everyone saw that on Ning Meng's skin, an ancient black-and-white light pattern actually appeared. These light patterns seemed to cover her entire body, even appearing sketched out on her cheeks.

Immediately following, within the black-and-white light patterns, black-and-white fuzz actually grew out.

Ning Meng gripped a mottled big stick, casually swung it twice, and immediately the void was directly torn with broken marks, while sonic booms exploded beneath the stick.

That terrifying power made even Wu Changkong's pupils contract slightly.

And when he saw those mysterious black-and-white light patterns on Ning Meng's body, envy even more appeared in his eyes, and he could not help but say: "This is... Ancient-Tracking Phase Pattern?!"

Ning Meng nodded carelessly, saying: "Yes, every time I use this thing, it makes me very ugly, so normally I don't want to use it."

Wu Changkong's expression was complicated. The so-called "Ancient-Tracking Phase Pattern" was an ability that required a Middle Ninth Rank phase nature to activate. This phase pattern could allow the possessor to "trace back to the ancient, the origin," thereby giving themselves a stronger compatibility with their phase nature.

Therefore, the black-and-white fuzz growing out on Ning Meng's skin surface was because she "traced back to the ancient," thereby causing the "Light-Chasing Beast Phase" to manifest. This way, Ning Meng's power was also greatly enhanced.

Wu Changkong also very much wanted this kind of ability, but unfortunately this was something only a "Middle Ninth Rank" phase nature could do. Although he possessed a Lower Ninth Rank main and auxiliary phase, in the end he was still lacking a bit.

And just as Wu Changkong was feeling envy and jealousy in his heart, he suddenly sensed that Jiang Jiang Qinge's location also erupted with dazzling light. He saw endless light flowing along her skin, rendering her body incomparably sacred.

That was... sacred light patterns flowing along her skin, ultimately also appearing on Jiang Jiang Qinge's exquisitely beautiful cheeks, converging into a halo of light at her brow.

At this moment, Jiang Jiang Qinge held a heavy sword, and behind her, four dazzling, resplendent wings of light slowly unfurled.

Wave after wave of incomparably pure light-phase force continuously erupted from within Jiang Jiang Qinge's body, sweeping away the cold aura emitted by this All-Beings Palace.

Wu Changkong stared in disbelief, because the sacred light patterns on Jiang Jiang Qinge's cheeks were unmistakably also "Ancient-Tracking Phase Patterns."

In other words, among Jiang Jiang Qinge's dual Ninth Rank phases, one light phase had also reached Middle Ninth Rank.

"With such talent, even if you said she was Li Li Tianwang's direct bloodline, I'd believe it!"

Wu Changkong's heart burned. Such a woman, whose appearance, temperament, and talent were all unmatched—if she entered the Wu family, even the great-grandfather would have to enshrine her properly. Perhaps in the future, the Wu family's bloodline could be elevated because of this.

But immediately, Wu Changkong's heart cooled down again, because this was an impossible matter. Jiang Jiang Qinge and Li Luo not only had a marriage contract, but the feelings between the two were also solid as a rock. This wall, there was absolutely no possibility of being dug through.

This caused endless regret to rise in Wu Changkong's innermost heart, and at the same time he was extremely unwilling. This Li Luo, why does everything good belong to him?!

Truly damnable!

Should I... kill him?

Wu Changkong's gaze swept toward Li Luo behind him, and a flash of killing intent rose in his eyes.

But then a chill ran through his heart, and he hurriedly reined in his emotions—this was... the Evil Thought Qi stirring up the negative emotions within him!

However, although he withdrew his gaze quickly, that fleeting killing intent was still detected by Jiang Jiang Qinge, who was right beside him. She carried the Bright Heart, making her especially sensitive to the emotions of others, so she also sensed that the killing intent Wu Changkong had briefly harbored was actually aimed at Li Luo.

Immediately, her gaze turned icy and bone-piercing, and the edge of her sword in hand instantly swung toward Wu Changkong.

Ice-cold words, brimming with killing intent, came through.

"Wu Changkong, rein in your filthy heart, or I won't mind cutting you down first before I go slay this White-Pupil True Demon!"