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Did we win?

Everyone who was watching felt their emotions fluctuating dramatically, especially Chen Baifeng, whose breathing became rapid.

In his eyes, it was almost entirely a dead-end situation. There was no resistance from the Southern Sea, trouble had arisen for Jiangnan and His Majesty, and they themselves couldn’t fight their way out. It was a complete deadlock.

The only hope was to disrupt the opponent’s plans. If this trial competition could mess with the opponent, there might be some unclear turning point.

Just when it had reached the final step, he had thought Bai Su was certainly doomed, but unexpectedly, the tide turned and the Serpent Demon made a comeback!

This should have disrupted the opponent’s plan, right?

Zhang Zhiyun had lost, and now, from the Black Tortoise Palace, Murong Ziyi had lost too. Even if the Azure Dragon Palace didn’t win, it was still half to half.

The opponent’s plan surely wouldn’t go smoothly, and if Chen Ying could win the next match, it would definitely throw the opponent into disarray even more.

Chen Baifeng actually didn’t know how much the outcome of this competition could impact the opponent, but under the current circumstances, any bit of hope was good.

"Your Highness King Qin..." Chen Baifeng silently walked behind Chen Qing, "It’s the final match now..."

Chen Qing nodded slightly, whether it was to win or lose, the final grand act was about to start!

"Do you think Chen Ying, that girl, has a chance to win?"

"It’s hard to say..." Chen Qing shook his head.

That Zhang Xiaoyun was very peculiar. In the other arenas, they all used the environment to gain an advantage, but he was different.

The Azure Dragon Hall clearly favored the enemy.

With Chen Ying’s identity, once she entered, she would definitely head towards the direction of the Azure Dragon Hall, and the opponent, knowing this, still arranged for Zhang Xiaoyun to defend there, indicating that Zhang Xiaoyun might be the strongest among the candidates!

Zi Yue hasn’t sent back any message at all now, and it’s uncertain whether she is being completely monitored or for some other reason.

At this last moment, Chen Qing himself couldn’t grasp the opponent’s plans.

At the last moment, he didn’t hope for Chen Ying to definitely beat the opponent, but just wished her to come back unharmed.

Under the current situation, before his arrangements had started, he truly couldn’t help Chen Ying!

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Inside the Azure Dragon Grand Hall, Chen Ying appeared in a flash of white light at the center of the hall.

She proceeded very cautiously, activating several defensive barrier techniques on herself even before entering, in case the opponent disregarded the rules of engagement and attacked her upon landing.

However, it seems she had worried unnecessarily this time, as the opponent had maintained a sufficient distance from the beginning, looking at her in a very mocking manner.

Chen Ying frowned, sensing the energy around her.

It was indeed an Azure Dragon Formation!!

The sensation was very similar to that inside Daqing Mountain, even stronger than the Azure Dragon Sorcery energy in Daqing Mountain.

She could also clearly feel several energy arrays around her that could be activated by using the Azure Dragon Sorcery, but she hesitated to act right away for fear of traps.

"This Azure Dragon Palace contains three arrays, corresponding to Azure Dragon’s Cang Wood Life, Camry Thunder, and Sky Mellow Rain. Having inherited this knowledge for five years, you should be familiar with it, right?"

The opponent, Zhang Xiaoyun, still wore that mocking expression, seemingly completely unconcerned about her possibly using these three arrays.

Chen Ying’s frown deepened.

The opponent even explained it to her... was it because he feared she wouldn’t use it properly?

Cang Wood Life, the most fundamental art of Azure Dragon, plants a spirit seed using the Cang Wood property of the Azure Dragon, continuously providing unique Azurewood Spiritual Energy.

This kind of spiritual energy is almost free of burdens when used, unlike other sorcery powers, which can harm oneself if used excessively.

Cang Wood Spiritual Energy, as long as the caster is willing, can be used in any way without harming the body and is also known as the most enduring battle technique in the world.

Many who have encountered Azure Dragon Sorcerers know that once an Azure Dragon Sorcerer’s Cang Wood domain takes shape, it will never be exhausted.

Thus, cities guarded by Azure Dragon Sorcerers are rarely breached.

According to records, the previous Azure Dragon Sorcerer once single-handedly blocked ten thousand Ghost Soldiers, continually using the Cang Wood technique to prevent the Ghost Soldiers from entering the city.

This is also why the Azure Dragon Sorcerer holds the highest position, guarding more cities than the other Three Saints combined.

Camry was the most aggressive technique within the Azure Dragon Sorcery, while Azurewood acted as the spirit, able to create spiritual clouds and produce a celestial drizzle, constantly nurturing the growth of the Azurewood Spirit.

The growing spirit emitted more spiritual energy, leading to more celestial drizzle, and the accumulated spiritual clouds could enable the casting of the mightiest Thunder Technique!

Once these three arrays were set, a single Azure Dragon Sorcerer could match the strength of an army!

Chen Ying remained silent for a few moments before, almost without hesitation, her spiritual power burst forth, swiftly linking the three formations!

"Oh, quite decisive!" Zhang Xiaoyun immediately smiled: "I thought you would carefully test it first."

"Faced with a senior like you, I’m afraid I don’t have that kind of time..." Chen Ying directly said: "If I hesitated, you would probably have taken action, right?"

"You are indeed astute." Zhang Xiaoyun smiled cryptically, for that was exactly what he had thought. If the other party had been timid, he would have found them uninteresting and wouldn’t have waited. But this decisiveness intrigued him.

"I’ll give you fifteen minutes. If you can set up the Nine Spirits..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Zhang Xiaoyun’s voice suddenly halted, stopping abruptly.

A series of green vapors shot up into the sky, with a celestial rain sprinkling down from above. In an instant, numerous spirit woods broke through the soil, and in a few breaths, they had grown into towering trees of over ten meters tall!

The speed was astonishing, the use of spiritual power so skilled, they didn’t seem like someone using these formations for the first time at all!

Zhang Xiaoyun’s smile momentarily faltered.

Information about Chen Ying had been investigated earlier.

During her time at Jiangnan Academy, she was the head of four institutes, involving not only the Heavenly Institute, which specializes in main formations but also the civilian-focused Xuan and Huang Institutes.

Many projects bore her name and featured her contributions, showing that in these five years, her heritage learning had been extensively diverse.

Initially, it was presumed that her profound skills in Spatial Arrays would have caused her to neglect her Azure Dragon Sorcery.

Indeed, although the Azure Dragon Sorcery was the premier among the Four Saints Techniques, compared to the transmission of formations from the Dragon Palace, it was significantly less expressive.

An Azure Dragon Array typically required many years of secluded cultivation to bear results, whereas a Magic Array could allow a novice magician to withstand a confrontation with a First Rank magician within just two or three years.

This difference inevitably led to a shift in focus.

Yet now it seemed he had been mistaken; Chen Ying’s talents were much more formidable than he had anticipated.

Not only could she utilize the heritage of the Dragon Palace so skillfully, but her own mastery of the Azure Dragon Sorcery had not slipped at all. It seemed her skills were no less than, perhaps even stronger than, those of Murong Ziyi...

Five years...

Murong Ziyi had inherited the Black Tortoise Sorcery at the age of eight and, with his exceptional talent, it took twelve years to achieve minor success. Chen Ying had managed this in just five years!

"What excellent aptitude!"

Chen Ying smiled slightly: "You flatter me, senior."

"No flattery!" Zhang Xiaoyun turned serious for a moment: "Your talent, even during the era crowded with geniuses in the Sorcerer Dynasty, is among the top. It would truly be a pity if you were to die here."

At those words, Chen Ying retained her smile, but alarm bells went off in her mind.

She recalled Chen Qing’s words.

This battle, she feared, was the most perilous.

"The other party definitely intends to seize the Four Saints Techniques.

Hence the previous two Four Saints Magicians were rescued, as they were their own people.

Ultimately, they need the living to guarantee what they do, but since you are not their people, they are likely.

.. aiming to force you to use the Azure Dragon Sorcery and then somehow seize it. "

"You must be careful, for they must be determined to get your Technique!!"