Chapter 1184: Spaceborne Clan Dragonification

Summoning his Dragon Mount, this contestant’s steed was a rare, relatively slender Higher Dragon, its entire body radiating a dazzling silver light.

This dragon was only ten meters long—positively petite among Higher Dragons. Yet its gaze was exceptionally spirited. Moreover, it was clearly one of those dragons whose transformation was not entirely complete; its head was somewhat large, and trailing behind it were a number of tentacle-like appendages. If not for its body being covered in dragon scales and dragon wings on its back, it would scarcely resemble a dragon at all.

Was this a member of the Spaceborne Clan that had undergone dragon transformation during the Age of Dragonification? Lan Xuanyu had already formed some judgment. The part of this being that remained unevolved indeed bore a strong resemblance to the Spaceborne Clan.

“Lan and Huang Xiuxiu, versus Duan Yizhou and Zhou Tianyi,” the referee announced their opponents’ names.

Both sides entered the arena. The contestant gave a wry smile and said, “Our luck is simply atrocious. I would rather have faced Qi Tianlong and fought tooth and nail than run into you. I am Duan Yizhou.”

“Exactly, we really didn’t want to meet you,” the silver dragon said in a pleasant voice—a male dragon.

Bai Xiuxiu asked curiously, “Why wouldn’t you want to face us?”

“You’ll find out once we fight,” Duan Yizhou replied with resignation.

Lan Xuanyu was also curious. In terms of raw strength, though he and Bai Xiuxiu were two people, Qi Tianlong’s combat ability when allowed to use his weapons and Divine Dragon Armor could only be described as terrifying. Could it be that these two were somehow countered by their attributes?

They hadn’t watched the later matches the previous day, so they were unclear on what abilities this pair specialized in.

Lan Xuanyu could not help but feel somewhat ashamed. Busy with cultivation every day, they had failed to even study their opponents properly. After returning today, he really would have to do his homework.

“Begin,” came the referee’s voice.

The moment the referee’s voice sounded, a sharp sense of crisis struck Lan Xuanyu’s heart. Without the slightest hesitation, he spun around and pulled Bai Xiuxiu into his embrace. A pair of golden dragon wings curled around both their bodies completely.

“Clang, clang!” With crisp collision sounds, Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu were sent flying backward by the impact.

An exceedingly sharp aura instantly pierced into his body. His bloodline vortex spun rapidly, and his Dragon God energy surged at high speed, only just managing to dissolve the invading force.

Teleportation!

Their opponents possessed the space attribute.

Though their earlier words had sounded utterly dejected, they showed no mercy whatsoever in their attack. And from the very start, their assault was aimed squarely at Bai Xiuxiu.

To the spectators, all they saw were two streaks of silver light flashing past, with Lan Xuanyu taking the first silver strike on his back. Then, several more silver beams followed as Zhou Tianyi’s draconic form appeared and sent them flying.

After launching that attack, both Duan Yizhou and Zhou Tianyi’s expressions grew even grimmer.

On Lan Xuanyu’s golden scales, white scratch marks had appeared—just white marks, nothing more. And those marks were rapidly fading away.

What kind of defensive power was this?

The golden scales had ridges on their surfaces, slightly raised in the center. Even space-attribute attacks striking them could not penetrate. More terrifying still, the scales also carried a rebounding force, shining as brightly as a mirror upon impact.

Having guessed that Zhou Tianyi might be a Spaceborne Clan member who had undergone dragon transformation, Lan Xuanyu had already been on guard against space-attribute attacks. He unleashed both his Golden Dragon Body and Golden Dragon Tyrant Body simultaneously.

And just as Lan Xuanyu was withstanding their assault, blue-purple bubbles began to spread outward from his body. A vast flurry of snowflakes also descended from the sky.

Ice Demon Snow and Death Blight—Bai Xiuxiu unleashed two of her soul skills at once.

Duan Yizhou had not been speaking idly when he said he did not want to encounter Lan Xuanyu and the others. The control power Bai Xiuxiu had displayed in her previous matches made them extremely wary. Large-area control skills were the last thing space-attribute soul masters wanted to face—especially skills that could interfere with space itself.

Both Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu were highly experienced in battle. After being ambushed, they responded immediately.

Death Blight corroded the very air. In its presence, space became extremely unstable. Ice Demon Snow did more than just bring low temperatures and corrosion; it greatly amplified the effects of Death Blight. At the same time, by probing with ice and darkness elements, they could clearly pinpoint their opponents’ locations.

And that was only the beginning. Rings of black halos rapidly expanded outward from Lan Xuanyu’s body, and the Ice Demon Snow swirled at high speed under their influence. Meanwhile, a wide area around them was blanketed by Death Blight, rendering Duan Yizhou and Zhou Tianyi unable to teleport directly to their position.

Since Lan Xuanyu was himself proficient in the space attribute, he naturally knew what methods worked best against space-attribute opponents.

With dragon wings spread wide, the two stood hand in hand. Lan Xuanyu showed no intention of attacking himself, simply guarding Bai Xiuxiu’s side. And with his powerful augmentation and steadfast support, she was able to release her soul skills virtually without restriction—already at the level of a Super Douluo’s formidable ice and darkness techniques.

Duan Yizhou and Zhou Tianyi exchanged a glance. Were they not of one mind as well? The moment Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu adjusted their tactics, they knew that to win this match, they had to break their opponents within the shortest possible time. Otherwise, with their opponents’ large-area control abilities given full play, their maneuvering room would be compressed and defeat would be certain.

Blinding silver light burst forth. Duan Yizhou flashed behind Zhou Tianyi. The intense silver glow distorted the space around them. Zhou Tianyi’s already small body began to shrink further, though not into human form. The many tentacles on his head coiled around Duan Yizhou, and then his entire body turned into something like silver mucus, rolling back over him.

Duan Yizhou’s physique began to enlarge, and a silver longsword appeared in each hand. In the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a twin-blade warrior over five meters tall, clad head to toe in silver armor.

At this moment, he looked somewhat like a human mecha pilot. The powerful spatial fluctuations around him twisted everything in his vicinity. The next instant, silver light flickered—a silver path opened before him, and wherever it passed, the Ice Demon Snow vanished, and even the Death Blight was cleaved apart. He himself shot forward like a bolt of lightning toward Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu, crossing his twin blades to unleash two brilliant silver arcs.

Indeed, any dragon with a Dragon Mount possessed a powerful fusion ability with their steed, achieving a state of sublimation.

The fusion of Duan Yizhou and Zhou Tianyi was even more seamless than the pairing of Song Junhou and Luo Shuiyun from the day before. Layers upon layers of spatial attributes erupted outward, forcing a passage through Bai Xiuxiu’s area control.

But just as he was initiating his fusion, Bai Xiuxiu was also carrying out her own maneuver on the other side.

Lan Xuanyu released her from his embrace. Her lithe form turned, and guided by his right hand, she spun to face him. She smiled at him, crouched slightly, and extended her other arm upward in an exquisitely graceful pose—a perfectly standard dance movement. Executed by a beauty like Bai Xiuxiu, it was utterly captivating.

She raised the hand holding Lan Xuanyu’s, bringing it above her head, palm to palm. Her body spun once more, and this time, her spin seemed unable to stop, rings of dark-blue light swirling outward in all directions.