Chapter 770: Shangyang Bloodline (First update, requesting everything)

It is a pity that Li Zhangsheng does not revere the Kailing Empire like an ordinary Pseudo-King, especially during the process of competing for a seat in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm; even if he kills Xiang Xiong's main Demon Pet, the Kailing Empire cannot exactly make a huge fuss over it, so they can only swallow this bitter pill.

Taking a step back, as long as he obtains a seat in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, Li Zhangsheng can be said to be absolutely safe during this period, because all contestants who obtain a seat in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm will receive the attention of the Heavenly Dao.

Even after this period passes, the Heavenly Dao will still grant the contestants a certain degree of favor, mainly determined by their performance in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.

The better the performance, the deeper the favor; if one achieves the best results in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, although it is impossible to become a Child of the Plane, one will more or less obtain some Heavenly favor, or even enter the ranks of those watched by the Heavenly Dao.

Thus, Li Zhangsheng did not stop Yuangungun at all, just watching as Yuangungun spat out Ice Breath, which landed squarely on the Golden Dragon's head.

Roar—

The Golden Dragon's weak Dragon Roar came to an abrupt end; its head was directly frozen by thick ice, and its massive dragon body, unable to continue flying, fell from the sky.

"You, how could you..."

Xiang Xiong revealed an expression of disbelief; Li Zhangsheng had actually not stopped it, which completely exceeded his expectations and left his mind in a state of chaos.

At the same time, Xiang Xiong's Consciousness Sea trembled violently, and he hurriedly used his Vigorous Mental Power to forcibly suppress the tremors in his Consciousness Sea.

"Yuangungun, catch it!"

Li Zhangsheng was unwilling for the Golden Dragon's corpse to be smashed into a mess, as that would inevitably affect the integrity of the Golden Dragon's corpse, and some materials would depreciate significantly; just like a complete Dragon Skin versus a pitted and bumpy Dragon Skin, even if the weight between the two is the same, the former is undoubtedly of more utility value.

At this moment, the Hydra let out a miserable hiss, as Kailan had once again severed a head.

In just one minute, the Hydra was left with only four heads, while Kailan was completely unscathed; the gap between the two was no smaller than the gap between Yuangungun and the Golden Dragon, after all, Kailan could be said to be Li Zhangsheng's strongest Demon Pet, with combat power not much worse than an ordinary Saint Grade Spirit Pet.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this situation, Xiang Xiong knew very well that if this continued, his Hydra would follow in the footsteps of the Golden Dragon; he no longer counted on Li Zhangsheng to show mercy, so he wanted to recall the Hydra.

Yet at this very moment, Aixi, who had been motionless all along, moved; taking advantage of the Hydra's attention being entirely focused on Kailan, she appeared in front of the Hydra in an instant and bit down on a neck.

Crack!

Encountering no resistance, Aixi easily bit through the Hydra's neck, and with a flick of her head, a head flew high into the air, causing the Hydra to lose yet another head.

Just at the moment the Hydra's attention was distracted, Kailan seized the opportunity and immediately brandished her green light blade, once again severing one of the Hydra's heads.

In the blink of an eye, the Hydra had lost two more heads, and now only two remained.

While they were acting, Li Zhangsheng was also executing a Mental Shock Secret Technique, a wave of Mental Shock forcibly striking Xiang Xiong's Consciousness Sea.

If Xiang Xiong were in his prime, the Mental Shock might not have had much effect, but now Xiang Xiong was in the midst of his Consciousness Sea trembling, and the Mental Shock made his Consciousness Sea tremble even more violently, forcibly interrupting Xiang Xiong's attempt to recall his Demon Pet.

Xiang Xiong let out a muffled groan, and a trickle of blood could not help but leak from the corner of his mouth.

Before Xiang Xiong could continue to recall it, Kailan and Aixi ignored the Hydra's counterattack and prepared to finish off the Hydra's last two heads.

Above Kailan's head hovered the Innate One Qi Profound Brake Wonderful Truth Green Lotus, and a layer of ink-green light screen appeared on her body surface; one of the Hydra's heads slammed into the light screen, only able to stir up wisps of ripples.

Losing seven heads had caused the Hydra's combat power to be greatly reduced, likely even worse than an ordinary Demon Beast.

Crack!

Kailan swung her green light blade, and a head flew high into the air, landing not far away.

On the other side, Aixi withstood the Bite of the Hydra's last head, and under the Hydra's fearful gaze, she opened her mouth to bite toward the neck of the final head.

"No!"

Xiang Xiong let out a desperate roar, but could only watch helplessly as Aixi bit through the Hydra's last head, his whole body filled with a sense of powerlessness.

Boom—

Even though the Hydra had exceptionally tenacious vitality and possessed the Limb Regeneration trait, having lost its last head, it ultimately met its death, and its corpse fell heavily to the ground.

Pfft—

At the instant the Demon Beast Hydra died, the tremors in Xiang Xiong's Consciousness Sea became even more intense; he could no longer endure it, opening his mouth to spew a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale.

For a Pseudo-King, the backlash from the death of a Demon Beast is significantly stronger than that of a Lord-level Demon Pet.

This is mainly related to the mental channel; the mental channel between a Demon Beast and a Pseudo-King already possesses a strong sense of pressure, equivalent to a spring compressed to its limit, and the moment the spring loses its restriction, it will erupt with powerful force.

After losing two Demon Beasts, Xiang Xiong was left with only the Red-Striped One-Legged Crane, which caused his strength to plummet; apart from having more Jade Bone, he was almost no different from a New Pseudo-King.

In the sky, the battle between the Crowned Sunlight Luan and the Red-Striped One-Legged Crane had also entered its final stages.

The Crowned Sunlight Luan dodged the Red-Striped One-Legged Crane's offensive, then flapped its wings and appeared above it, its sharp Bird Beak piercing through the base of the Red-Striped One-Legged Crane's left wing in one go.

Chirp—

The Red-Striped One-Legged Crane let out a mournful cry and fell helplessly from the sky; this is also the drawback of most Flying Demon Pets—once the wings are injured, it is possible to lose one's greatest advantage.

Given that the Red-Striped One-Legged Crane was Xiang Xiong's Life-Bound Demon Pet, the Crowned Sunlight Luan did not launch a final strike and returned to Li Zhangsheng's side.

"Well done!"

Li Zhangsheng praised it, ignored the grief-stricken and indignant Xiang Xiong, and headed straight toward the location where Wu Zetao was.

If it weren't for the rule against killing contestants, Li Zhangsheng would have long since cut the weeds and eliminated the roots.

Li Zhangsheng has never been a kind person; he had already added Xiang Xiong's name to his must-kill list. Since he had offended the other party so severely, he must find an opportunity to kill him later to avoid the other party holding a grudge.

Xiang Xiong watched Li Zhangsheng's retreating back with hatred; he did not know Li Zhangsheng's thoughts, but his losses this time were unprecedentedly large, almost cutting off his possibility of advancing to King, so how could he not hate him?

Rumble—

Just as Li Zhangsheng was preparing to support Wu Zetao, an earth-shattering explosion sounded, accompanied by countless Fire Element flames; for a time, the temperature within a radius of several dozen miles rose sharply, and the closer one was to the center of the explosion, the higher the temperature.

The explosion came from above the Large Demon Barracks; if nothing went wrong, this was the Burning Body Explosion of a Flame Demon, and a Great Demon-level Flame Demon at that, the power of which could be said to be quite astonishing.

Under this strike, the Demon Pets of the three Pseudo-Kings, including Xiang Yutian, inevitably suffered some losses; one directly lost its combat capability, two were severely injured, and the rest were more or less carrying some injuries.

It was also fortunate that when the Flame Demon executed the Burning Body Explosion, the three Pseudo-Kings had their Demon Pets retreat in time, otherwise they might have lost one or two Demon Beasts.

This Flame Demon was the last Great Demon; after it self-destructed, it meant that Xiang Yutian and the others had finished off six Great Demons.

Of course, due to the Flame Demon's self-destruction, they only collected five Great Demon Hearts, along with several Intermediate Demon Hearts and lower-level ones.

On the way over, Baitan and Heiye were carrying the corpse of the Six-Armed Snake Demon with some difficulty; for them, the Six-Armed Snake Demon was still a bit too heavy.

"Good job!"

Li Zhangsheng praised them, and after collecting the corpse of the Six-Armed Snake Demon, he continued to ride Aixi toward Wu Zetao.

By the time Li Zhangsheng arrived at Wu Zetao's side, the dust had already settled; it was not that Wu Zetao had defeated his opponent, but that Ning Bizhen had arrived a step earlier, and that Senior Pseudo-King, seeing that things were not looking good, turned and ran.

However, the Three-Legged Fire Crow was extremely fast, and with the Long-Eared Cold Jade Rabbit's tide-like offensive, they managed to leave behind a Demon Beast known as the Azure Feather Eagle.

The Azure Feather Eagle possesses a Concentrated Grade Shangyang Bloodline; many people subconsciously assume the Shangyang belongs to the sheep-type Divine Beast, but in reality, the Shangyang is a divine bird, and like the Bifang, the Shangyang is also single-legged, legendarily dancing gracefully whenever a heavy rain is about to arrive.

Right, there is also a pitiful Abyss Demon Dragon that hasn't been dealt with; this fellow never managed to escape from start to finish.

Upon seeing Li Zhangsheng approach, Wu Zetao fell into hesitation, not knowing whether he should finish off the Abyss Demon Dragon or let it go.

"Old Wu, this is your prey, why are you looking at me? Hurry up and finish it off, we still have to face the Kailing Empire's team in a while!"

Li Zhangsheng could see Wu Zetao's hesitation and couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle; he wouldn't part ways with Wu Zetao over such a small amount of points, as he was still planning to share the brunt of the Kailing Empire team's fury with Wu Zetao.

If not for Wu Zetao and the three contestants from the Shayi Kingdom sharing the pressure, relying solely on the strength of Li Zhangsheng, Ning Bizhen, and Zhao Rui, they might not necessarily be able to defeat the Kailing Empire's team, and even if they won, it would be a pyrrhic victory, as the opposing side had a full twenty people.

One Sixth Rank combatant is almost equivalent to one Demon Beast, so fifteen Sixth Rankers would be fifteen Demon Beasts, and with the addition of five Pseudo-Kings, this is a quite formidable combat force.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Wu Zetao set his mind at ease and commanded his four Demon Beasts to simultaneously deal with the pitiful Abyss Demon Dragon.

The Abyss Demon Dragon put up a desperate resistance, but it only lasted for two or three breaths of time before being slain by Wu Zetao.

At this moment, Zhao Rui and Li Zhangsheng's three Temporary Spirit Pets also converged toward this side.

Seeing Li Zhangsheng's three Temporary Demon Beasts, Wu Zetao and his three companions were inevitably filled with shock, because to them, this was simply too extravagant, completely exceeding their imagination.

Today is September 1st, I imagine many book friends are starting school; I wish you all good grades in the new school year.

(End of this chapter)