Chapter 397: Seven-Star Heavenly Pearl

"Seven Heavenly Pearls... The Princess's talent and foundation are truly solid."

As countless people marveled at the seven slowly rotating cyan light pearls behind the Princess, a look of wonder also appeared in Li Luo's eyes.

The Heavenly Astral General stage has two levels of cultivation.

The Heavenly Pearl stage.

The Heavenly Image stage.

The so-called Heavenly Pearl stage exists because after stepping into the Heavenly Astral General stage, one's own resonant power gradually compresses and condenses to form a pill-like energy-compressed body; this object is called a Heavenly Pearl. Heavenly Pearls are extremely peculiar; resonant power transformed through them becomes much sharper and more formidable.

Furthermore, once a Heavenly Pearl is condensed and formed, because it is an extremely compressed energy body, its ability to draw upon the energy of heaven and earth becomes clearer and more powerful. During battle, once activated, one's combat strength increases significantly.

It is said that within the Heavenly Pearl stage, there is the concept of the Nine-Star Heavenly Pearl, meaning that if one cultivates to the extreme, one can condense nine Heavenly Pearls. However, people who can reach this step are extremely rare, because the condensation of each Heavenly Pearl not only places extremely harsh requirements on one's own talent and potential but also requires an extremely vast amount of cultivation resources. Therefore, the vast majority of people at the Heavenly Astral General stage choose to begin breaking through to the Heavenly Image stage once they have condensed about five Heavenly Pearls. Only those with true confidence and strength choose to continuously condense Heavenly Pearls, and only after reaching a certain limit do they choose to break through.

This kind of breakthrough after reaching the limit, whether in terms of foundation or future achievements, will surpass those with only five Heavenly Pearls.

It can be said that the Heavenly Pearl stage is a realm for accumulating one's foundation.

This is also why everyone was so astonished to see the Princess possess seven Heavenly Pearls, as one can see from this the Princess's expectations and ambitions for higher realms.

And right now, the Princess revealing her seven Heavenly Pearls clearly signifies that the battle between the two sides has gone all out.

Boom! Boom!

As the seven Heavenly Pearls behind the Princess continued to rotate, the energy in this world boiled over at this moment. Everyone could clearly see the energy of heaven and earth seemingly transforming into tornadoes, then continuously converging toward the location of those seven Heavenly Pearls.

Light pulsed between the seven Heavenly Pearls, connecting them like a halo, and within the halo, terrifying energy condensed, causing the void there to become somewhat distorted.

With the Heavenly Pearls manifested, the Princess's expression also became colder and more solemn. She did not say another word; she curled her slender fingers together, then slowly extended them, pointing from afar toward Zhongnan below.

Behind her, the seven Heavenly Pearls vibrated, and extremely astonishing energy surged into the Princess's body like a torrent.

At her fingertips, cyan light shone brilliantly.

The Princess's red lips parted slightly: "Wind Luan Spirit Light."

In that instant, it seemed as if the clear cry of a Luan bird echoed through the world. A slender cyan stream of light suddenly erupted from the Princess's fingertips. Above that stream of light, it seemed as if a gale was flowing, emitting an extremely astonishing sharpness and penetrating power.

Clearly, the Princess also knew that Zhongnan's defense was powerful, so she had prepared a formidable resonant technique specifically for breaking defenses.

As the Princess made her move, Zhongnan's expression below also became extremely grave. He took a deep breath, and the resonant power within his body erupted without reservation. One by one, light pearls formed behind him; counting roughly, there were actually seven of them!

It was just that the brilliance of the seventh light pearl was slightly weaker than the other six.

He stomped his foot on the ground, his resonant power exploded, and a low shout rang out: "Nine-Layer Heavenly Stone Gate!"

Boom! Boom!

The earth shook violently at this moment. Gray-white resonant power surged from the earth into the sky, and immediately, one after another, ancient stone gates formed in front of Zhongnan. The stone gates were thick and weathered, with countless peculiar light patterns on them, giving people a sense of solidity like a mountain.

Swish!

The cyan stream of light arrived in an instant and collided directly with the ancient stone gates. A massive energy shockwave erupted, splitting a corner of this forest sea.

Three layers of stone gates shattered instantly.

But six layers still stood firmly.

Yet this was not the end, for before the dust had dissipated, three more cyan streams of light pierced through the void. Accompanied by a rumbling sound, the remaining six stone gates were instantly pierced through. Of the three cyan lights, one remained, and with lightning speed, it shot directly toward Zhongnan's body.

As the cyan light flashed past his eyes, Zhongnan finally took a step forward. That step seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, causing even the ground to shake violently.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest, and as the gray-white resonant power rose, his arms seemed to transform into ancient rock.

Bang!

The cyan light shot directly onto his arms. In that instant, an energy shockwave erupted. The ground around Zhongnan began to crack continuously, and his figure was sent sliding back hundreds of meters by the immense force, his feet plowing two deep furrows into the ground.

Finally, Zhongnan steadied his figure. His expression remained calm, and cracks appeared on his arms, but as the gray-white resonant power flowed, those cracks gradually dissipated.

Hiss!

On the tiered stands, a series of gasps rang out. No one expected that Zhongnan's defense would be so monstrous to this extent; even after taking a strike from the Princess with his physical body, he remained unscathed.

The strongest shield of the Blue Abyss Holy Academy lived up to its reputation.

Moreover, anyone could see that Zhongnan had not launched a single counterattack so far. Clearly, all his abilities were focused on defense, and his goal was very clear: he did not expect to defeat the Princess, but he could drag it out until the time ended.

Countless students could not help but glance at a high platform somewhere, where a bronze tripod stood, and inside the tripod was a half-meter-long incense stick. When the incense burned out, if no winner had been decided, it would be a draw.

While many students were worried, the Princess standing in mid-air had no change in her expression. Her phoenix eyes stared at Zhongnan below. She had actually anticipated this outcome long ago because she had more intelligence and had even studied some of Zhongnan's battle data; the opponent's monstrous level of defense was indeed very troublesome.

However, she had also made some preparations for this. Let's see next who can hold on until the end.

She was not someone who would easily admit defeat.

Thinking of this, the Princess lowered her eyes slightly. A cyan Luan light shadow appeared at her feet again, and then the seven Heavenly Pearls behind her slowly descended at this moment, falling one by one into the body of the cyan Luan light shadow.

Screech!

As the seven Heavenly Pearls fell in, the cyan Luan light shadow suddenly erupted with a clear cry. Its originally somewhat illusory body gradually became solid at this moment. Looking from afar, it seemed like a real cyan Luan bird flapping its wings and flying.

An astonishing fierce aura was emitted.

The Princess stood tall on the head of the cyan Luan, and then her red lips parted slightly, and a soft voice echoed among the mountains.

"Cyan Luan Secret Technique, Cyan Luan Fire."