Chapter 401: Light and Gold

The Earth Sha General Stage is divided into three major phases.

Sha Palace Stage.

Sha Body Stage.

Extreme Sha Stage.

Generally, when a Diviner's own cultivation breaks through to the Earth Sha General Stage, their sensitivity and clarity in sensing the energies of heaven and earth will become sharper, and at this point they will be able to perceive a special energy that drifts between heaven and earth, known as Earth Sha energy.

Refining and absorbing Earth Sha energy will bring about an enormous boost and transformation; not only will one's own Diviner Palace become broader and more resilient, but the upper limit of the Diviner Power it can contain will also surge accordingly.

The so-called Sha Palace Stage is a kind of evolution of the Diviner Palace.

And when the Diviner Palace completes its strengthening, the Earth Sha energy will overflow outward and begin to temper the physical body, and this phase is called the Sha Body Stage.

The Sha Body Stage is divided into three grades, distinguished by color, known as Silver Sha Body, Golden Sha Body, and Glazed Sha Body.

Generally, the vast majority of people stop at the Golden Sha Body, because tempering the physical body to the Glazed Sha Body requires extremely stringent conditions; looking at the current students of the Holy Mystic Star Academy, those who can reach the Glazed Sha Body during the Sha Body Stage can be counted on one hand.

This is also the reason why so many exclamations were drawn when Zhao Zhao Huiyin revealed her own Glazed Sha Body.

And after the Sha Body Stage comes the Extreme Sha Stage, the final realm of the Earth Sha General Stage, and also the realm where true power is revealed, because when one breaks through to the Extreme Sha Stage, a special power called "Sha Gang" will be born within the body, and this is the most obvious hallmark of the Earth Sha General Stage.

"Jiang Jiang Qinge, I heard you're also a Glazed Sha Body, so let me see what's different about a Glazed Sha Body of a ninth-grade Light Phase."

Zhao Zhao Huiyin spoke with a smile, then her slender jade fingers bent slightly, and the sky-filling golden blades and swords behind her suddenly erupted with an extremely sharp radiance; countless sonic booms rang out as they swept directly toward Jiang Jiang Qinge, enveloping her completely.

Ten thousand swords fired at once — that sight was truly a little spectacular.

Jiang Jiang Qinge lifted her chin, her golden eyes reflecting the sky-filling blades and swords forged from Golden Phase power, their flowing sharpness capable of piercing through mountain and stone; as the ten thousand swords surged forward, their momentum was indeed formidable—Zhao Zhao Huiyin truly possessed remarkable skill.

However, just by this much, it probably still couldn't pose much of a threat to her.

Jiang Jiang Qinge raised her jade hand, two fingers curved together, and gently waved it down.

Boom!

A curtain of light descended directly from the sky; upon the curtain, countless brilliant Diviner Powers could be seen cascading down ceaselessly, so fast that the eye could not take it all in.

Bang! Bang!

Countless golden blades and swords collided directly with the curtain of light, and then, like birds striking a cliff, they burst apart one after another.

The curtain of light, however, stood immovable.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhao Huiyin's eyes also narrowed slightly. Such pure and domineering Light Phase power — the quality of this Diviner Power was indeed a notch above her Golden Phase power. A ninth-grade Light Phase truly was blessed by heaven.

And just as such thoughts flashed through her mind, suddenly behind the curtain of light a great radiance blazed forth, and in the next instant, countless points of light were seen whistling out like cannonballs.

The light bombs were too fast — so fast that one had no time to guard against them.

But Zhao Zhao Huiyin was clearly well prepared. She extended her jade hand, and Golden Phase power directly condensed into a golden shield before her. And just as the golden shield had barely formed, fierce strikes came whistling in; countless light bombs slammed heavily into the golden shield, and a piercing buzzing sound rang out ceaselessly.

As the bombardment intensified, Zhao Zhao Huiyin's footsteps were shaken back step by step, and cracks gradually began to appear on the golden shield in her hand.

After a few breaths, the golden shield suddenly shattered.

In the instant of shattering, Zhao Zhao Huiyin's delicate form drifted back.

However, just as her figure had retreated, ahead of her a streak of flowing light seemed to flash past, and Jiang Jiang Qinge's figure appeared in front of her as if by teleportation; then with two fingers curved together, Light Phase power bloomed at her fingertips, and she thrust directly toward Zhao Zhao Huiyin's chest.

What terrifying speed!

The expressions of countless spectators changed in shock — such speed was truly hard to defend against.

The Light Finger radiance stabbed swiftly forth, and Zhao Zhao Huiyin's gaze also shifted slightly; then she let out a coquettish laugh: "Jiang Qinge, is the place you're attacking because you're jealous of me?"

At this, Jiang Jiang Qinge seemed to give a disdainful light laugh, her strike even faster; her fingertip swept past, and even the air was pierced and burst.

But Zhao Zhao Huiyin also curved two fingers together, golden light swirling around them; her slender two fingers seemed to have been transformed from gilt, carrying an extremely sharp aura, and they met Jiang Jiang Qinge's Light Fingers head-on.

Bang!

A visible energy shockwave erupted violently with the two girls at its center.

The surrounding rock formations were instantly swept aside and blasted apart, dust and smoke filling the air.

Even the ground was torn apart.

And neither Jiang Jiang Qinge nor Zhao Zhao Huiyin retreated even half a step; the two girls struck at full speed, actually transforming into streaks of afterimages, attacking each other's vital points all over the body with an extremely fierce posture, swift as lightning.

Light Finger radiance and golden Finger radiance flashed, collided, and crossed at extremely close range.

Pitch-black holes kept appearing on the ground, bottomless.

This scene made countless people hold their breath and focus intently, because they all knew very well just how dangerous such close-quarters combat was.

Although these two were girls, once they started striking, that fierce aura was in no way inferior to a man's.

Bang!

Another fierce collision; Diviner Power churned violently, and the ground where the two stood cracked open with a jolt, the fissures spreading rapidly like a spiderweb.

Zhao Zhao Huiyin gave a muffled grunt, her form shaken back several steps; clearly she had still come off worse in the earlier head-on clash. At this moment a patch of light spots spread over her right hand — that was caused by the erosion of the other's Light Phase power — an extremely domineering scorching heat spreading through her palm, bringing intense stinging pain.

Looking at Jiang Jiang Qinge's side, golden light was likewise surging ceaselessly over the latter's hand — that was Zhao Zhao Huiyin's Golden Phase power — but faced with this Diviner Power eroding into her body, Jiang Jiang Qinge was rapidly dissolving it.

The Diviner Power cultivated from a ninth-grade Light Phase clearly held an absolute advantage.

After a moment, Jiang Jiang Qinge was the first to dissolve the Golden Phase power in her hand. She looked at Zhao Zhao Huiyin, whose expression was shifting across her face, and said: "It seems my Light Phase power is still a notch above."

She stepped toward Zhao Zhao Huiyin, and on her slender jade hand Light Phase power rapidly condensed, brilliant as the great sun.

Watching Jiang Jiang Qinge approach step by step, a trace of anxious color swept across Zhao Zhao Huiyin's cheeks, and her figure retreated swiftly.

But Jiang Jiang Qinge's speed was too fast; her seemingly leisurely stroll was like teleportation, and in just a few breaths she appeared in front of Zhao Zhao Huiyin, after which a palm imbued with extremely strong Light Phase power slammed down directly.

And at the very instant Jiang Jiang Qinge's palm came slamming down, the anxiety on Zhao Zhao Huiyin's cheeks suddenly vanished, replaced by a mischievous smile.

Her red lips parted slightly, and between her pink, fragrant tongue golden light pulsed in and out; a substance of golden light, sharp to the extreme, shot violently forth from between her lips and tongue.

"Tongue Golden Cone!"