Chapter 729: One Move, Divine Dragon Transformation
"Divine Dragon Transformation!" Zhang Ruochen silently recited.
"Roar!"
A dragon's roar echoed from the battle platform, resounding throughout the entire Divine Platform City.
Zhang Ruochen fully activated the power of the Dragon Pearl. His body swelled, sprouting dragon scales, dragon claws, and a dragon form, transforming into a golden divine dragon. He raised a massive golden claw and struck down toward She Er's head.
Divine Dragon Transformation was a ghost-level upper-rank martial technique. Zhang Ruochen relied on the dragon qi of the Golden Dragon Pearl, combined with the power of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Palm, to unleash this formidable technique.
He activated the invisibility power of the Meteor Invisibility Cloak, not to hide himself, but to conceal the aura of the Golden Dragon Pearl, preventing it from being detected by the saints in Divine Platform City.
She Er could not see Zhang Ruochen's form, but she sensed an overwhelmingly powerful force pressing down from above, crushing her protective heavenly firmament inward.
"Sword One."
She Er gripped the sword hilt with both hands, channeling the full power of Sword One's ten-layer great perfection, and thrust her sword upward with all her might to meet the attack.
This sword strike was like a white rainbow piercing the sun, soaring straight into the sky.
The power of Sword One was indeed formidable, ranking among the deadliest killing moves at the Fish-Dragon Realm.
However, Divine Dragon Transformation was a top-tier ghost-level upper-rank martial technique, a quasi-king-rank martial art. Once unleashed, it was far beyond what She Er could withstand.
With a thunderous crash, the dragon claw shattered She Er's protective heavenly firmament and true form manifestation, colliding with the serpent-shaped sacred sword. She Er was sent flying backward.
In terms of raw power, Zhang Ruochen had actually suppressed She Er. Even when she unleashed the devastating Sword One, she could not withstand a single strike of the Divine Dragon Transformation.
Zhang Ruochen struck again and again, unleashing twenty-seven consecutive claw strikes.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
...
Each claw strike carried boundless power, equivalent to a full-force blow from a first-rank Half-Saint, driving She Er backward step by step as she coughed up blood.
Even when She Er used the Dragon-Serpent Ghost Shadow, she struggled to evade.
"Such terrifying power! She Er is completely helpless against it. How did Lin Yue suddenly become so strong?"
"I sense a faint trace of dragon qi. Could Lin Yue be tapping into the power of a divine dragon bone?"
"Impossible! Lin Yue isn't a dragon; there's no way he could refine a divine dragon bone. Besides, even if he were a dragon, he couldn't refine one in such a short time."
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At the top of the formation tower, Shengshu Cainü's eyes also showed confusion.
She, too, sensed a dragon qi emanating from the battle platform. However, that dragon qi was concealed by the Meteor Invisibility Cloak, giving it an elusive, unfathomable quality.
"So Lin Yue still has a trump card like this. No wonder he dared to face the four masters of the Demon Sect alone." A faint, enigmatic smile curved at the corner of Shengshu Cainü's lips.
She suddenly felt that this Lin Yue had become even more mysterious.
Lingding Saint, fearing that Shengshu Cainü might misunderstand, quickly explained, "Lin Yue must be using the ghost-level upper-rank martial technique, Divine Dragon Transformation. He's had some fortunate encounters; he probably swallowed a dragon pearl, which allowed him to master such an incredible technique."
Divine Dragon Transformation was a quasi-king-rank martial technique, difficult even for Half-Saints to withstand. For a Fish-Dragon Realm cultivator to master it was indeed remarkable.
Shengshu Cainü could naturally see that Lin Yue was using Divine Dragon Transformation, so she merely smiled at Lingding Saint's words, saying nothing. No one could guess what she was thinking.
Ao Xinyan sensed the dragon qi on the battle platform and immediately recognized it as the aura of Divine Dragon Transformation.
What a coincidence!
Now, she was ninety percent certain that Lin Yue was Zhang Ruochen.
Everyone in the world thought he was dead, yet here he was, hiding in the Liangyi Sect, disguised and thriving. It was utterly astonishing.
Although Ao Xinyan knew that Zhang Ruochen must have his reasons for concealing his identity, how could he not even tell her?
After all, Ao Xinyan's first kiss had been given to Zhang Ruochen. Toward this man who had saved her multiple times, she naturally harbored some budding feelings.
That was why, upon discovering that Zhang Ruochen might still be alive, she felt deeply aggrieved. She bit her lip lightly, her eyes filled with resentment, genuinely angry.
On the battle platform, Lin Yue drove She Er back relentlessly, leaving her no room to counterattack.
"Senior Brother Lin Yue, your battle tactics are unmatched; the Demon Sect masters are nothing!"
"Even a primordial behemoth is nothing special. Facing a genius of the Eastern Domain, it can only taste defeat."
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Below the battle platform, cheers and encouragement erupted. The cultivators of the Eastern Domain were all fervently excited. If Lin Yue could defeat She Er, he would have taken down two Demon Sect masters in a row, enough to humble the arrogance of the Central Domain cultivators.
She Er snorted coldly, steadying her stance. "Your strength is indeed impressive. It seems I'll have to go all out to defeat you."
"Whoosh!"
She Er fully mobilized her spiritual power. At the center of her chest, a dazzling white light emerged. It was as if a star was hidden within her body, radiating a cold glow that swept across the entire battle platform.
That was a sacred heart.
The sacred heart of the Sacred Heart White Snake was innate, vastly different from the sacred hearts cultivated by spiritual power saints.
However, one thing was certain: a Sacred Heart White Snake possessing a sacred heart could become a spiritual power saint far more easily than so-called spiritual power prodigies.
She Er's spiritual power had already reached the peak of the forty-fourth rank. By activating the power of her sacred heart, her spiritual power surged dramatically, reaching a strength comparable to the forty-fifth rank.
The forty-fifth rank of spiritual power was equivalent to a Half-Saint in spiritual power.
As her spiritual power erupted, She Er began to manipulate the power of water.
Above, a thick layer of black leaden clouds gathered, covering a thousand miles in radius, making the air in Divine Platform City oppressively heavy.
"Splash, splash!"
With a flick of She Er's finger, a torrential downpour descended from the sky, drenching the streets and alleys of Divine Platform City with a steady patter.
"She Er is not only a sword dao expert; her spiritual power is even more terrifying. Has she become a spiritual power Half-Saint?" Kongling Half-Saint remarked in surprise.
Lingding Saint said, "Becoming a spiritual power Half-Saint is no easy feat. She Er is a primordial behemoth, the Sacred Heart White Snake. She must be borrowing the power of her sacred heart to temporarily possess the strength of a spiritual power Half-Saint. Even if it's only for a short time, it's already incredibly fearsome."
Then, he sighed, "It seems Lin Yue is doomed to lose."
Even a first-rank Half-Saint would suffer greatly against a spiritual power Half-Saint.
Let alone Lin Yue, who was only at the seventh transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm?
Shengshu Cainü nodded slightly. "Lin Yue's spiritual power is also strong, but he lacks She Er's innate advantage. Losing is only natural. For a cultivator at the seventh transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm to force She Er to use her sacred heart's power is already quite impressive. If he could break through to the eighth transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm, he should be able to defeat She Er."
Even Shengshu Cainü, who had great faith in Lin Yue, had to admit that at his current stage, he was no match for She Er.
The innate conditions of a primordial behemoth were beyond human comparison.
However, she knew that Lin Yue still had one more trump card. If he used it, he could still turn the tide. Just as She Er could borrow the power of her sacred heart, Lin Yue could also draw on external forces.
(Tomorrow, updates will return to normal. I've done my best today.) (To be continued.)