Chapter 156: Shining Combat Skill, The Path to Shining!! p1
“Whoosh——!!!!!”
High above the Dominating Cauldron Palace, in the All-Pet Beast Tournament, two legendary auras clashed, painting the sky with vibrant colors. Centered around the Second Princess and Returning Dust, a dense sea of clouds stretched for thousands of kilometers, forming a sharp arrowhead before the magnificent white, winged horse. From below, Returning Dust’s aura resembled a giant, misty arrow.
Meanwhile, around awakened Star Sand, a golden whirlwind of sand and dust raged, obliterating nearby mountain peaks. Except for the golden-haired girl in white stockings, the surrounding terrain had been flattened.
Returning Dust versus Star Sand… a breathtaking battle, a clash of titans, unfolding before countless viewers.
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“…”
“What is that!?” Unlike the silent audience, the Second Princess’s eyes widened as she saw the star-shaped shackles binding Returning Dust.
Why were Returning Dust’s combat skill and Arcane Art slots permanently gone? They should have been temporarily disabled.
“Lian Xing, what did you do!!!?” the Second Princess demanded, her gaze now furious.
Lian Xing twirled her golden hair, a seductive smile playing on her lips. “Calm down, Second Princess. I just wanted to observe whether Returning Dust, with its wings clipped and legs broken, could still reach its former glory~~~”
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“…”
“Boom!!!!!”
The arrow-shaped cloud of mist shot forward, shattering the colors of the sky. Returning Dust, despite being a close-range attacker, moved with the speed of a teleporting projectile, slamming into the golden-haired girl. However, a shimmering, rainbow-colored barrier appeared, stopping Returning Dust in its tracks. The space around Lian Xing remained undisturbed, not even her eyes blinking.
“So, without its combat skills and Arcane Arts, it’s just an ordinary…rainbow pony…?” Lian Xing chuckled, admiring Returning Dust’s beauty up close, her lewdness showing.
The Second Princess, suppressing her frustration, said, “Lian Xing, I apologize. You don’t have to provoke me. I’ll fight seriously, with everything I have, to kill you here.”
“Returning Dust, Awakening!!!”
“Whoosh——!!!!!”
As the Second Princess’s voice echoed, Returning Dust’s wings unfurled, the arrow-shaped clouds transforming into wind turbines that absorbed the surrounding mist. At Commander-Tier, Returning Dust’s direct combat power couldn’t surpass Rainwater or Dark Ink Candlelight, but what captivated its audience wasn’t just its past glory…
It was because—
Once Returning Dust activated Awakening, no one could match its speed! Its power boost was among the highest of all Legends.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!!”
Propelled by an explosive force from its wings, the white horse shot forward like a rocket, charging towards the golden-haired girl. The world shifted colors, and Dreamflow Sunset Glow’s viral shield began to crack rapidly.
So fast…even without its combat skills and Arcane Arts, I can’t even see it!!! Dreamflow Sunset Glow’s Throne-Level characteristic had already suppressed the opponent’s speed, but it wasn’t enough. Lian Xing barely registered her shock before the rainbow shield shattered.
Just as the white horse was about to crush Lian Xing…
Returning Dust was stopped.
A giant, emerald green horn emerged from the mist. As Pet Essence crackled, a massive, jade-green dragon, covered in crystals, a rainbow halo around it, emerged from Lian Xing’s seemingly bottomless space.
[Floating Cloud]
[Illustrious Form]
Commander-Tier Viral Species, Dreamflow Sunset Glow!!!
Its horn collided with the white horse’s wings. Normally, nothing could catch Returning Dust. This was Lian Xing’s largest and most imposing pet beast. Dead Ash, having just regained consciousness, stared in disbelief. So this was the Viral Species’s true form!? It could withstand Extinction and millions of Royal-Tier pet beasts… But could it stop a full-powered Returning Dust…?
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”
The white horse blurred into countless afterimages, circling Lian Xing. But no matter the angle, Returning Dust’s attacks were intercepted by Dreamflow Sunset Glow. The white and green figures clashed in the sky. Dreamflow Sunset Glow not only blocked the attacks but also prevented Returning Dust from reaching Lian Xing.
Then, as it blocked another attack, Dreamflow Sunset Glow extended its horn towards the Second Princess.
[Spectral Severance]
“Buzz—”
A green, particle-like energy coalesced.
The Second Princess’s expression changed. Thousands of green laser beams erupted from the horn, slicing through the sky. The sky cracked, mountains were bisected, and even the Second Princess was in danger. Just as the beams were about to hit her, Returning Dust, its speed increasing exponentially, teleported, carrying her away.
The green beams swept across the map, closing in on Returning Dust. The participants in the spectator area, protected by the Emperor’s aura, paled.
“So strong!!!” Tears Maiden’s eyes narrowed.
“I didn’t expect the Second Princess to be pushed to this point. How unexpected…” Snow Sun, the cold, white-haired woman, blinked in surprise.
This Throne-Level Commander-Tier pet beast, evolved from the Mist Colt, could suppress a Legend of the same tier. It was unbelievable and threatening. Even with Star Sand’s sealing, everyone had to fight disabled against Moon Rabbit Lian Xing.
As it carried the Second Princess, dodging the laser beams, a strange look appeared in Returning Dust’s eyes. It turned to look at Dreamflow Sunset Glow.
“I didn’t expect to face you again after all these years…in this situation…”
“The Dominating Cauldron Palace boasted so much. I thought you had succeeded~~~”
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“…”
“I don’t remember. Almost, I guess~~~” Dreamflow Sunset Glow yawned.
Returning Dust chuckled. “I was half a step away—”
Through this brief exchange, Dreamflow Sunset Glow understood. This wasn’t a reincarnation. Like itself, it had been reset before reaching its goal. But since Returning Dust had spoken, they weren’t facing a newborn controlled by the Second Princess, but a true Emperor-Tier consciousness.
Dreamflow Sunset Glow focused its energy.
“Whoosh, whoosh!”
The white horse flickered. As if time had stopped for a second, no one saw its movements, and the Second Princess on its back vanished. Returning Dust had hidden her. Then, a pure white beam of light shot into the sky.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!!!”
Before Returning Dust, a wave of white energy erupted, Dreamflow Sunset Glow’s green beams dissipating, the surrounding Pet Essence vanishing. A white energy shield enveloped the white horse, blocking all Pet Essence and auras.
[Talent — Purity: Blocks all Pet Essence. Deactivates only upon contact with another entity, reactivating upon separation.]
Within the white energy shield, the white horse shrunk to the size of an ordinary horse. Then, its upper body transformed, white fur and flesh shedding, a beautiful, naked, white-haired, female, centaur-like body emerging. Her long, white hair, adorned with shimmering, star-like ornaments, flowed gently, her exposed body captivating everyone. The viewers in the Dominating Cauldron Palace livestream couldn’t even type, their hands frozen.
A Legend, in human form…
This was—
Second Stage Awakening!!!
Meanwhile, Lian Xing, wiping the drool dripping from Star Sand, frowned.
“This isn’t something a newborn could do…”
“Could a deceased Sovereign-Tier Emperor pass on so much experience and memory to its descendant!?”
“Whoosh——!!!!!”
The Pet Essence before her eyes was torn apart. Before Lian Xing could react, the white, dreamlike horse-woman, enveloped in a cloud of thorns, had crossed the distance between them, slamming into Dreamflow Sunset Glow and sending it flying beyond their field of vision. The camera seemed to lag, unable to capture their movements, only a white blur pushing a green dragon through the sky.
Hundreds of cloud-covered peaks were shattered, green, jade-like fragments raining down, the world of the Dominating Cauldron Palace trembling.
Dreamflow Sunset Glow was losing…
Seeing this, Lian Xing frowned.
Returning Dust’s increased combat power was unexpected, even more destructive than Snow Sun’s Dark Ink Candlelight. It completely countered her lineup. Returning Dust’s Purity talent could block all ranged attacks. The white barrier couldn’t be removed without direct contact, rendering the Heaven-Gracing Curtain and the Sun Harp useless.
Only Dreamflow Sunset Glow could fight against Returning Dust.
If she could stall until its Awakening ended, her chances of winning would increase significantly.
Should she use that…?
Lian Xing glanced at the livestream camera.
If it was recognized, the Dominating Cauldron Palace wouldn’t let her go so easily…
Illustrious Form, Spectral Severance, Viral Duel…these Green and Crimson combat skills were just items from the Azure Sky Emperor’s collection. The chances of them being recognized were…close to zero.
But that…it was different…
After all, Fluorescent combat skills were the…signature moves…of many Emperors.
“But the Azure Sky Emperor was a second-stage Sovereign-Tier pet beast. It must have had a full set of Black Quality combat skills. Even if it had used a Fluorescent combat skill, it might not be remembered.”
“And even if it’s recognized, I can just say that Fluorescent combat skills aren’t unique… They can’t prove anything…”
“Let’s gamble!!!” After a brief hesitation, Lian Xing made her decision.
In the next second, hundreds of kilometers away, on a cloud-covered peak, a multicolored beam of light shot into the sky.
[Fluorescent combat skill, North Wind!!!]
Dreamflow Sunset Glow’s crystalline body, constantly being battered by the horse-woman, was deformed…
And just then, its almost shattered Illustrious Form was suddenly covered in a layer of icy scales, the freezing cold allowing it to withstand Returning Dust’s attacks once again. Seeing the Fluorescent combat skill on its opponent, Returning Dust’s expression twitched.
In the next second, its charge was abruptly stopped.
Before it could react, a frozen horn was pressed against its soft abdomen.
[Mist Walk, North Wind]
“Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Instantly, an ice-blue, freezing aura filled the sky above the Dominating Cauldron Palace. Under the viewers’ horrified gazes, a deafening roar echoed, and the ice-blue dragon, trailing icy sparks, like a reverse meteor, sent the horse-woman soaring into the sky, tens of thousands of meters high.
How…how was this possible!?
This was…
A Fluorescent combat skill!!!
Moon Rabbit Lian Xing, she actually possessed a Fluorescent combat skill, something only Emperor-Tier pet beasts should have!?
This was unreasonable…!!!
No, this level of power and destruction…it wasn’t something two Commander-Tier pet beasts could achieve!!!
Seeing this, the members of the Ten Greats academies in Baiyue Province were speechless.
They, the Ten Greats of Baiyue Province, were also Commander-Tier Beast Tamers…
But why…why were these two Commander-Tier pet beasts so different…?
As they watched, their breath held, the two figures soared higher and higher, finally surpassing the clouds above the Dominating Cauldron Palace, reaching the Azure Sky Emperor’s cauldron.
“Boom!!!!!”
In the next second, under the Dominating Cauldron Palace Beast Tamers’ horrified gazes, Dreamflow Sunset Glow, its ice-blue body shimmering, carrying Returning Dust, slammed headfirst into the cauldron’s entrance.
Then, both figures vanished.
The entire Dominating Cauldron Palace fell silent…
“Whew, whew, whew, whew, whew~~~~~” Seeing this absurd scene, Lian Xing casually whistled, pretending to be unconcerned…
Meanwhile, she discreetly glanced at the spectator area.
As expected…
The Dominating Cauldron Palace Emperor, the one that had tormented her earlier, was back, its gaze fixed on her, as if waiting to arrest her after the battle.
It seemed the Fluorescent combat skill had been exposed…
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