Chapter 92 Chapter 92 "Is this considered a boss? ...
There are constantly lit lampposts along the way, and all the lampposts converge into lighthouses, all pointing to one location.
The road to Zhenxingtai is filled with various obstacles and strange beasts. Once people step into this area, they will inevitably fight with strange beasts.
The strategy is consistent across almost all colleges.
The school team was responsible for expanding the surrounding outposts, and after quickly occupying them, they would leave a small number of people to guard them, and the remaining members would reunite with the main team as soon as possible. The main team would concentrate all their energy on attacking the Zhenxing Tower.
Jiang Qing flew through the Broken Star Valley at a rapid speed. The density of the light beams in front of him became more and more concentrated. Calculating the time, it was very likely that several teams would arrive at the same time.
A tug-of-war is inevitable at that time.
Zhu Tianba led the way. He sensed the subtle changes in the terrain and the hidden breath of strange beasts in advance. He caused the rock walls to close to block the pursuit, and then made the ground suddenly bulge to form an excellent jumping point.
It was as if this valley was its territory.
With Zhu Tianba solving most of the obstacles in front, the main team behind had almost a smooth journey.
Huoqiushan had a lot of thoughts in his mind.
"Jiang Qing, Zhu Tianba it..." Huoqiushan couldn't help but speak.
Jiang Qing looked straight ahead, his voice calm and unwavering: "It's ready."
Huo Qiushan thought she was talking about how to prepare for the finals, so he nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Deep in the Broken Star Valley, the Star-Suppressing Platform was already in operation, suspended in the air in the shape of a disk in the deep valley.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but the closer Jiang Qing got, the more he could feel the strange spatial fluctuations in the air.
Just as Jiang Qing expected, almost at the same time, the main members of the First, Second and Third Colleges arrived at the outskirts of Zhenxingtai from different directions, like streams flowing into a lake.
Everyone looked at each other and saw ambition in each other's eyes.
"Seize the commanding heights." Renata roared, and these words ignited everyone present. The members of the Fifth Academy immediately formed a formation and rushed forward.
Almost at the same time, Hai Yun's cold and decisive voice rang out: "Polar Fox, Water Curtain Barrier!"
The polar fox spun gracefully, and a huge curtain of water appeared out of thin air like a transparent wall, not only blocking the Fifth Academy's advance route, but also stopping the Second and Third Academy teams that were ready to move on the flanks.
"Hai Yun, we didn't provoke you for no reason!" Yan Ling looked at the water barrier in front of him and shouted unhappily.
Her contracted spirit beast, the [Burning Flame Lion], was digging at the ground furiously, sending sparks flying.
"The championship can only belong to the First Academy." Hai Yun said calmly. The polar fox paced beside her, emitting a cold breath.
The team from the Second Academy dispersed silently. Their spirit beasts were good at control and defense, and they were obviously planning to take advantage of the conflict between the two sides.
For a moment, the source of power with different attributes flashed under the Star-Suppressing Platform, the roars of beasts and the sounds of commands intertwined, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
Jiang Qing and Zhu Tianba were in the center of the storm, yet they strangely maintained a strange calm.
Zhu Tianba didn't even participate in the attack. He just relied on his instinctive ability of [Suppressing the Area] and stomped his feet slightly, which shocked several spirit beasts that tried to approach him to the ground. By the way, he helped Huoqiushan block a sneak attack from the wind blade.
"Jiang Qing, why are you still in a daze at this time? Hurry and go to the Star-Suppressing Platform." Ma Chengying shouted to Jiang Qing while commanding the Sky-Splitting Eagle to resist the attack of the Burning Flame Lion.
Jiang Qing took a deep breath and glanced at his teammates who were fighting hard around him. A hint of apology flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination.
She lowered her voice and said quickly to Zhu Tianba at her feet: "Tianba, go to the Star-Suppressing Platform."
"No problem." Zhu Tianba opened an air crack, and a black vortex wrapped around the figures of a man and a pig, and disappeared in the chaos in the blink of an eye.
Originally, everyone was wary of Zhu Tianba's spatial ability.
Seeing that Jiang Qing was about to capture the Star-Suppressing Platform, the other teams had to allocate some of their main forces to deal with Jiang Qing above.
Hai Yun was the first to notice Jiang Qing's intention. The polar fox carried her onto the platform easily, and opened its mouth to spit out several rapidly rotating ice cones, which brought a biting chill and blocked Jiang Qing's way.
The new commander of the Second Academy also snorted coldly, and a snow-white [Frost Pangolin] jumped three feet high. The next moment, the ground in front of Jiang Qing surged violently, and countless sharp spikes broke out of the ground.
Being attacked from both sides, Jiang Qing's eyes narrowed.
Zhu Tianba also glanced coldly at the spirit beast blocking the road, and stepped down heavily with its front hooves.
"boom!"
An arc-shaped barrier made of a mixture of hard rock and thick ice suddenly rose from the ground, blocking most of the attacks.
The aftermath of the shock blew Jiang Qing's hair backwards.
She always looks calm.
At this moment, Yan Ling, who arrived late, also joined the battle. The four of them all fixed their eyes on the position where the red flag was fluttering behind them.
According to the rules, whoever pulls out the flag first will obtain the Star-Suppressing Tower site, and the battle for the Star-Suppressing Tower will end immediately, unlike the outposts which can still be plundered.
All current nodes are critical.
Hai Yun began to prepare for both scenarios. She said to Yan Ling, "Our two academies will join forces. If you help me take over the Star-Suppressing Platform, I'll give you 30% of the points after the success."
Yan Ling was unmoved at first.
Hai Yun continued to coax him, "Your current scores are too low. Even if you win the Star-Suppressing Platform, you won't be able to win the championship. I promise you, after we win the championship, the second place will only be your Third Academy."
This time Yan Ling was moved. She lowered her head and thought for a while, but before she could nod in agreement, the newly appointed commander of the Second Academy interrupted her.
"Hai Yun, it's better for you to cooperate with our Second Academy than with them. In terms of strength, we are more than one level higher than the Third Academy. In terms of benefits, we are the best combination." The commander of the Second Academy said with a rude smile.
Hai Yun remained unmoved and rolled her eyes coldly: "In terms of character, you are not much better than the Fourth Academy."
"You!!" The Second Academy Commander's expression suddenly changed. With his own interests at the forefront, he briefly suppressed his surging anger.
Seeing that he was different from her, he turned around and looked at Jiang Qing. "You heard it too. The two colleges are going to unite to deal with you. Now I am the only one who can help you. Let's make a deal first. We will split the points earned by the Zhenxingtai 50-50. No less, no deal."
He guessed that Jiang Qing had no way out, and the best way was to ask him for help.
"Really?" Jiang Qing chuckled.
Jiang Qing's ambiguous chuckle sounded particularly clear in the chaotic battlefield, with a calmness that seemed to see through everything, which made the commander of the Second Academy who proposed the cooperation suggestion feel inexplicably depressed.
impossible!
The information he received was that no matter how strong Jiang Qing was, he could not deal with the three of them at the same time.
So even if it was just for the sake of pretense, she would not break off her relationship with him. Facing the covetous First Academy, he was the only one who could help their Fifth Academy.
Hai Yun and Yan Ling also frowned at the same time and looked at Jiang Qing warily.
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Jiang Qing's behavior at this moment does not seem like that of a person who is surrounded and eager to fight for points.
"Help me?" Jiang Qing repeated the word, his eyes sweeping over the three people who were on high alert, as well as the spirit pets beside them that were ready to attack. "Did you make a mistake?"
She slowly raised her hand, and Zhu Tianba immediately started to tremble.
"From the very beginning, my goal was not this flag."
Zhu Tianba's presence continued to expand.
"But...you guys." Jiang Qing's lips curled up in a perfect arc.
The moment Jiang Qing finished speaking, the shadows of the earth and the starry sky suddenly rotated and enlarged in Zhu Tianba's amber eyes.
It no longer suppressed its own power, and the fully awakened [Town] origin exploded.
An invisible, mountain-like pressure, centered on Zhu Tianba, spread rapidly around like a tide.
The entire Star-Suppressing Platform, and even the entire Broken Star Valley, vibrated slightly under this pressure.
Hai Yun, Yan Ling, the commander of the Second Academy, and their spirit beasts all froze in their tracks.
It was as if he was stuck in a quagmire, making every move he made became extremely difficult, and even mobilizing his energy became sluggish.
Hai Yun's eyes were filled with disbelief.
It's not that she hasn't seen Zhu Tianba use [Domain Suppression] before. Her data includes detailed analysis and research of all the information about the [Domain Suppression] skill. However, she has never felt such a complete and powerful domain suppression in any spirit beast below the general level.
This was beyond their analysis of Zhu Tianba's abilities.
"Sorry." Jiang Qing's voice was still clear amidst the rustling wind in the domain. She looked at the three people with a complicated expression, "I need to borrow your 'power' for a moment."
Ji Changsu's voice echoed in her ears countless times. The beast core source power evolved with Ji Changsu's energy still had some flaws, so she discussed with the organizing committee and set up the Zhenxingtai as the competition point for points.
It's all about taking risks.
Jiang Qing had rehearsed this plan countless times in his mind along the way.
The eyes of the four colleges will surely be focused on the flag.
Under Zhu Tianba's four hooves, the originally dark runes on the side of the Star-Suppressing Platform all lit up one after another as if a clear spring was flowing through them.
She had noticed the patterns the first time she came here.
According to Ji Changsu, the Beast Taming World can be traced back to thousands of years ago. At that time, there were professions such as formations and talismans. This is one of the ancient relics they left behind.
Zhu Tianba's [Region Control] power is now perfectly serving as the key and energy to activate and guide this ancient formation.
After several consecutive vibrations, fog suddenly filled the entire Broken Star Valley.
The thick, indissoluble gray fog, like a bursting dam, gushed out crazily from the center of the Star-Suppressing Platform and from the gaps between the shining runes.
The gray fog spread at an incredible speed, swallowing up the Star-Suppressing Platform in almost the blink of an eye and pouring down into the valley below.
Wherever the fog passed, light was distorted and absorbed, sound became unclear, and even perception was suppressed to a great extent.
Wherever the fog passed, light was distorted and absorbed, sound became unclear, and even perception was suppressed to a great extent.
"What's going on?!"
"This is poisonous, everyone be careful!"
The sounds that came one after another echoed at the foot of Zhenxingtai Mountain. The ignorant and poisonous sounds were not very smart.
The fog came from above. Renata frowned, thinking that something must have happened up there that they didn't know about.
"Should we go help Jiang Qing?" Ma Chengying asked, revealing Renata's inner thoughts. "She's still a little girl. What if she gets bullied by people from those three colleges?"
"Let's go up." Renata glanced at the sound and shadow that were gradually disappearing in the fog, her voice steady.
Ma Chengying is right.
She can't let others bully her.
......
The other side.
Hai Yun looked at the sudden accident and her first reaction was to pull out the flag. She winked at the polar fox, and the man and the fox rushed out from two directions quickly towards the center of the fog.
Next second.
A huge black mouth emerged from the fog.
The sharp fangs were about to swallow Hai Yun, but luckily she reacted in time. At the moment when the strange beast was about to close its mouth and bite, a figure suddenly retreated.
The polar fox quickly changed direction, rushed in front of her and protected her.
Since this strange beast appeared, strange beasts have continued to appear around it.
No one knew where they came from. It seemed like they were all around and the fog brought them to everyone.
Moreover, any one of these strange beasts is quite powerful when attacking alone, so it is quite difficult to deal with them.
When everyone's attention was focused on the strange beast, Jiang Qing exerted his strength again.
Her figure was like an arrow shot from a bow, accurately finding the source of the continuous outpouring of strange beasts in the chaotic battlefield and the diffuse gray fog.
A huge gray fog core that kept rolling and expanding, as if it had life.
The exclamations of teammates seemed to fade away in an instant.
She glanced hesitantly at the gray fog and walked in alone.
The figure was enveloped by fog, and the golden shield on his body used for self-defense was now dazzlingly bright, as if constant wind pressure was hitting it.
At the same moment Jiang Qing broke into the gray fog.
At the highest point of the seats outside the stadium, Ji Changsu's figure, who had been standing still, moved slightly.
Her face was still pale, but her eyes were as sharp as an eagle, staring intently at the area on the screen where the Star-Suppressing Observatory was shrouded in gray fog and had an extremely unstable signal.
When she saw the light representing Jiang Qing sinking into the core of the gray fog without hesitation, the fingers hanging by her side curled up imperceptibly.
"I've finally been waiting for this..." She whispered to herself, but no one heard her.
The next moment, her figure disappeared from the spectator seats like ripples on the water, without attracting anyone's attention.
Only where she had just stood, there was still a trace of imperceptible spatial fluctuation in the air.
Ji Changsu also has spatial abilities, and even compared to Zhu Tianba's abilities, she can activate them more silently.
......
The moment he entered the gray fog, Jiang Qing felt as if he had fallen into another world.
The sounds from the outside world were completely isolated, leaving only a sticky silence.
The surroundings were filled with a thick, indissoluble gray, and the vision was severely obstructed. Even the light of the golden shield was suppressed to an area less than half a foot around the body.
What’s even more terrifying is that the sense of space here is disordered.
She was clearly moving straight forward, but she felt like she was spinning in place, and sometimes she felt dizzy.
"Jiang Qing, follow my perception closely." Zhu Tianba's steady voice sounded directly in her mind through the seal of the contract.
Its four hooves seemed to be rooted in this chaotic space. The power of the [Town] was strongly suppressed here, but precisely because of the same spatial properties, it could barely distinguish the "veins" of direction.
Jiang Qing held his breath, completely trusting Zhu Tianba's guidance, and struggled through the gray fog with extremely low visibility.
She could feel the distorted aura around her constantly condensing and dissipating. That was the process of the gray fog generating strange beasts. Fortunately, they did not seem to be completely stable yet and did not attack her immediately.
I don’t know how long I walked forward, it seemed like just a moment, but also like an eternity.
The gray fog ahead suddenly became thinner, and a relatively stable and strange space could be vaguely seen.
This place seems like a huge bubble, with no distinction between up, down, left and right inside. Countless gray air currents are wriggling on the surrounding walls like blood vessels.
And in the center of the space, suspended was a constantly beating "heart" shape made of pure gray mist.
Right in front of this "gray fog heart", a figure was already standing there.
Jiang Qing slowly approached, and the figure slowly turned around.
It was Ji Changsu.
She didn't know what method she used, but she found the core earlier than Zhu Tianba.
At this moment, Ji Changsu's face looked even uglier than before, with even a trace of blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. It was obvious that she had forcibly broken through the space blockade to arrive here, which made her body, which was already weak from purifying the beast core, even worse.
But she stood straight, staring at the "gray fog heart" with burning eyes. The snow-white Bai Ze Tuanzi system on her shoulder, with its horn, was emitting a strong light, forming a weak light shield, barely resisting the erosion of the chaotic energy emitted by the core.
"Principal." Jiang Qing called her softly.
Ji Changsu had only told her up to this point, and she would not go the rest of the way.
Ji Changsu retracted his gaze and told her in the most serious tone, "This is the 'distortion core' formed after the spatial rift was contaminated by abnormal energy. It is constantly devouring the spatial power of the Broken Star Valley, multiplying and expanding itself. Our forced intervention activated it, allowing those things to escape. It must be destroyed, otherwise the entire arena and even Qiuluyuan will be affected."
Jiang Qing raised an eyebrow and said casually, "Does this count as a boss on the way home?"
"It's fine if you understand it that way." Ji Changsu shrugged. "Stop talking nonsense and get started."
Jiang Qing said nothing, made an OK gesture, and started doing the dirty work.
Ji Changsu took the lead and set an example. She quickly formed seals with her hands, and the afterimage flew around. The Bai Ze ball on her shoulder let out a long and clear cry, and the light from its horn became brighter, turning into a solid white beam of light, which slammed into the beating "gray fog heart".
"laugh--"
Like a red-hot iron being plunged into ice water, a harsh corrosive sound was heard.
The heart of the gray fog rolled violently, and expanding bubbles appeared on the surface. The thicker gray fog lashed at the white light column like tentacles, trying to extinguish it.
Ji Changsu's body trembled violently, her face turned even paler, and blood continued to flow from the corners of her lips, but her eyes were fierce and she output her source power without reservation.
"Jiang Qing!" she said in a low voice.
She knew that if she didn't take action, Ji Changsu wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Jiang Qing issued a command through the seal of the contract, and Zhu Tianba moved and took action.
It tried to pry the rules themselves, but was backfired by strong resistance.
Over and over again, repeated overlapping attacks.
Under the power of Zhu Tianba, the chaotic gray space stagnated for a short time, the wriggling "blood vessel" barriers became clear, and the rolling gray fog also became sluggish.
It brought a lot of pressure to Zhu Tianba, and even tore the vest that was said to be "indestructible".
For the first time, the beating of the "gray fog heart" showed a rhythm that could be captured.
Seeing this, Jiang Qing also used all his attack skills.
The colorful skill rays slowly imprinted towards the heart of the gray fog.
Ji Changsu cooperated tacitly, and the white light column shrank instantly, turning into countless thin but extremely tough white chains, which quickly wrapped around the gray fog heart, binding it tightly and fixing it in the air.
"boom--"
There was a sound of something heavy falling nearby.
Immediately afterwards, the heart of the gray fog began to collapse inward and disintegrate in circles.
The sticky gray fog dissipated like the tide, revealing the hidden essence of the space.
A crack with unstable black and red electric light flickering at the edge.
With the annihilation of the gray fog's heart, the rift seemed to lose its support and began to tremble violently, with the edge collapsing at an accelerated speed.
Beyond the rift, there was no longer the scene of the Broken Star Valley, but a void passage with bizarre lights, chaotic colors and distortion.
"The passage is open, but it's extremely unstable!" Ji Changsu said hastily. She wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth and raised her hands again. Powerful spatial energy surged out, barely stabilizing the rift that was about to collapse. "This is all I can do. The coordinates have been set. Let's go!"
Jiang Qing took one last look at Ji Changsu and saw the same desire and determination to return home in her eyes as in his own.
She took a last look at the direction she came from, turned over and jumped onto Zhu Tianba's broad back.
A soft and steady ochre-colored halo appeared around his body, protecting Jiang Qing tightly, and then he rushed headfirst into the bizarre crack without hesitation.
The moment their figures disappeared, the fissure let out a final wail, suddenly shrank into a tiny point of light, and then completely disappeared.
On the Zhenxing Terrace, the gray fog suddenly dissipated like a phantom.
The sun shone again, illuminating the devastated table, as well as Hai Yun, Yan Ling and others who had just escaped from the entanglement of the strange beasts.
The flag still fluttered gently in the breeze.
However, Jiang Qing and Zhu Tianba, who were supposed to fight for it, have disappeared.
"Where is Jiang Qing...?" Yan Ling panted, looked around, and her face was full of confusion.
Hai Yun frowned, and the polar fox vigilantly sensed the surroundings and finally shook his head at her.
There was no remaining trace of any movement in space, nor any breath of dissipated life.
It was as if Jiang Qing and Zhu Tianba had never appeared here.
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