Chapter 619: Void Zhu

When Zhong Taiqiu's voice fell, Jiang Qing'e thrust the heavy sword in her hand into the stone slab before her. Her fair, breathtakingly beautiful features were like a deep, still pool—facing the formidable six-star Tian Zhu foe before her, she remained utterly composed.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Jiang Qing'e brought her slender hands together, her ten fingers forming a series of arcane and obscure hand seals.

As her hand seals shifted, the natural energy around Jiang Qing'e suddenly boiled violently. An incomparably resplendent holy light radiated from within her body, its dazzling brilliance causing countless people to squint.

Some of the more perceptive observers in the arena subtly changed expression as they sensed the resonance force fluctuations emanating from Jiang Qing'e surging upward at a terrifying speed.

Within the Four-Star House, there was no shortage of top students whose strength had already reached the Extreme Fiend Realm, yet at this moment they were horrified to discover that the resonance force fluctuations radiating from Jiang Qing'e had already far surpassed their own.

What kind of Extreme Fiend Realm resonance force could possibly reach such a level?!

"Oh? Is Senior Jiang planning to break through right now?" On the high platform of the One-Star House, Qin Qin Zhulu felt the wildly surging resonance force within Jiang Qing'e and said with some surprise.

Mentor Xi Chan pondered briefly and said, "I think the suppression she has endured these past few years was probably not just for the sake of claiming a so-called Seven-Star Pillar. So if she were to release all her previous suppression now, that would actually be wasting all her prior efforts."

She gazed at Jiang Qing'e's slender, graceful figure. However, from the latter's current state, it was clear that the resonance force within Jiang Qing'e had already swelled to the absolute limit. The volcano she had been straining to suppress was about to reach its critical point.

And this critical point—was she planning to shatter it now?

Li Luo was likewise watching the stunning figure radiating terrifying resonance force in the arena. His expression grew slightly solemn. Clearly, Jiang Qing'e also knew of Zhong Taiqiu's might; the gap in their levels could not be ignored. Even bearing a ninth-grade Light Resonance, it was impossible for her to truly cross so many minor realms with Extreme Fiend Realm strength to defeat Zhong Taiqiu. Therefore, she too was employing some hidden trump cards she had kept for a long time.

Under the tense gazes of Li Luo and everyone present, the energy between heaven and earth suddenly seemed to be drawn by some kind of summons, beginning to converge with extreme speed toward the position behind Jiang Qing'e.

At the same time, the brilliant resonance force within her also flowed out, condensing behind her.

In the span of merely a few breaths, everyone saw what appeared to be an especially radiant orb of light materialize behind Jiang Qing'e. Within that orb, an extremely fearsome resonance force gathered, and at this moment that resonance force seemed to be undergoing frantic compression.

The void around the orb of light was violently trembling.

That orb of light looked, in appearance, like a wondrous Tian Zhu!

Countless people cried out in horror—could Jiang Qing'e be planning to break through to the Tian Zhu Realm right here?!

Seeing this scene, Li Luo furrowed his brow slightly. Was she truly planning to release her suppression here and begin her breakthrough? Although a breakthrough was certainly something worth celebrating, based on Mentor Xi Chan's earlier analysis, the suppression Sister Qing'e had maintained these past few years was for some grander scheme than merely a Seven-Star Pillar.

But breaking through now, wouldn't that disrupt her plans?

However, out of his trust in Jiang Qing'e, Li Luo felt that a mere Zhong Taiqiu shouldn't be enough to make her do something beyond her plans.

So everything happening before their eyes should still be within her control.

Every gaze converged upon Jiang Qing'e.

And the Tian Zhu behind her, surging with terrifying energy, gradually stabilized. At the same time, a shockwave formed by resonance force seemed to sweep outward like towering waves, and the hard stone slabs around them all began to show signs of cracking.

"She broke through?!" Countless hearts trembled.

Li Luo also stared intently at the Tian Zhu orb of light condensed behind Jiang Qing'e. It was indeed the embryonic form of a Tian Zhu, but compared to the Tian Zhu behind Zhong Taiqiu, Jiang Qing'e's Tian Zhu seemed somewhat illusory.

"It's not a true breakthrough. She has merely taken half a step, loosening some of the resonance force she could no longer suppress. And this loosened resonance force has directly allowed her to condense a 'Void Tian Zhu.' Right now, she can be considered to have stepped into the 'Void Zhu' Realm. Like the Void General Realm, although it isn't a true breakthrough, it represents an important step toward a higher level." Mentor Xi Chan spoke slowly at this moment.

"Void Zhu Realm?" The crowd exchanged uncertain glances.

"But a Void Zhu Realm with such powerful resonance force... to be honest, even I am seeing this for the first time." Mentor Xi Chan sighed.

The other Purple-Glow mentors nearby nodded in deep agreement. The resonance force fluctuations erupting from Jiang Qing'e at this moment, frankly speaking, might not even be matched by a three-star Tian Zhu Realm.

And yet, she had only just condensed a single Void Zhu.

"When a volcano long suppressed finally erupts, it naturally possesses terrifying destructive power. I'm actually more curious—when the day comes that Jiang Qing'e completely unshackles her suppression, what kind of power will she unleash?" Mentor Cao Sheng said with a smile.

Mentor Mi Er pondered briefly and said, "It might be like a grand fireworks display—brief yet brilliant."

"That fireworks display was brewed from years of her heart's blood and effort." Mentor Xi Chan's thin veil stirred slightly, a note of anticipation in her words.

Listening to the conversation among these Purple-Glow mentors, Li Luo's face showed little change, but a faint pang of heartache stirred within him instead.

He gazed at that matchlessly elegant, dazzlingly radiant figure in the arena, wondering just how much pressure Jiang Qing'e had shouldered when she first chose this path.

For the Luo Lan Mansion, and to protect him who was then merely an Empty Resonance holder, she who had once shone like a phoenix began to conceal her brilliance, accumulating strength.

For the Luo Lan Mansion and for him, Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e had truly given so much.

But fortunately, he had ultimately broken free of the Empty Resonance's shackles, come to Daxia City, and stood together with her.

"Don't worry, Sister Qing'e—at the Mansion Sacrifice, I won't let you bear the pressure alone."

"No matter what storms the future holds, I will face them with you." Li Luo gazed softly at Jiang Qing'e, murmuring within his heart.

"Go for it, Sister Qing'e!" Li Luo roared out loud.

As his voice rang out, countless voices immediately joined in fervent chorus: "Go for it, Senior Jiang!"

"Big Sis, defeat Zhong Taiqiu and make history!"

"We are the strongest Three-Star House in Holy Mystic Star Academy!"

"..."

Jiang Qing'e's prestige within the academy today was at the absolute pinnacle. Coupled with her challenging the Seven-Star Pillar as a member of the Three-Star House this time, it gave everyone a sense of witnessing history, a blood-boiling feeling. So when the cheers rose now, they came like an avalanche, their momentum staggering.

Jiang Qing'e in the arena turned her head, looking toward Li Luo's direction. On her fair, exquisite cheeks, a faint smile surfaced, and then she extended a slender finger, making a victory sign toward Li Luo.

Then Li Luo felt countless gazes filled with jealous fire shooting toward him from all directions like sharp arrows.

But very quickly, their gazes immediately shifted back to the arena.

Because at this moment, Jiang Qing'e made her move.

She extended a palm white as jade, and the radiant orb of light behind her transformed into countless streams of flowing light that cascaded down, converging directly in her palm.

After a few breaths, that illusory Tian Zhu dispersed, but in Jiang Qing'e's hand, a vivid and lifelike sacred light lotus appeared.

《My Ice Mountain Beauty Wife》

Above the lotus, white flames rose slowly, seemingly possessing the power to purify all things.

The sacred lotus rotated, and the surrounding space twisted at this moment.

Countless gazes fixed upon that sacred fire lotus. Some who recognized it cried out in shock: "High-grade Dragon General Art, Sacred Light Flame Lotus!"

A High-grade Dragon General Art was already the most powerful type of resonance art below a Marquis-tier Art. Such arts were difficult to cultivate, yet the art Jiang Qing'e displayed was not unfamiliar to those present, for within the academy's Resonance Art Pavilion, this art occupied the highest position. Whether in cultivation difficulty or power, it ranked at the pinnacle of High-grade Dragon General Arts.

If one excluded the Marquis-tier Arts in the academy's collection, then this "Sacred Light Flame Lotus" was absolutely one of the most powerful resonance arts in the academy's Resonance Art Pavilion!

Jiang Qing'e truly lived up to her name—she had already mastered it quietly, without fanfare.