However, Chen Ying’er couldn’t be killed. This was the Saint Hall Competition, not a life-or-death struggle! Therefore, in a sense, Chen Ying’er was fully exploiting the rules.

So, he couldn’t attack Chen Ying’er now. Summoners’ bodies were fragile, and Li Zhengzhi was truly afraid of accidentally killing this talented young girl. But without killing Chen Ying’er, these magical beasts wouldn’t become chaotic. If they continued to besiege him, even if he could kill most of them, he would probably be exhausted to death.

Moreover, the summoning magic was already complete. Although the thirty-six light gates had closed and disappeared, these magical beasts wouldn’t return to their original places unless Chen Ying’er wished it.

Only by killing them all could this battle end.

With an accurate judgment, Li Zhengzhi didn’t hesitate any longer. He brought his hands together in front of him, forming a hand seal. Two chilling, cyan lights flashed from his eyes.

A mad will rapidly surged within Li Zhengzhi. The speed of the windstorm rotation, a domain skill derived from the Wind God Domain, suddenly slowed down. The main body of the Wind God Summon quickly returned to Li Zhengzhi’s side, enveloping him and slowly shrinking, merging into his body.

At this moment, Li Zhengzhi’s entire body was covered in a dazzling cyan color. With a flick of his right hand, a wind blade that looked only the size of a palm quietly flew out. The wind blade seemed somewhat unstable, with obvious cyan currents flowing over it. In an instant, it landed on a ninth-tier magical beast. At this time, the speed of these ninth-tier magical beasts was slowed down by the windstorm’s influence, making them even slower, as if trapped in a mire. But even so, what difference would a wind blade make to a ninth-tier magical beast other than a tickle?

However, in the next moment, Li Zhengzhi allowed everyone to witness the power of his second domain skill.

With a soft “poof” sound, the cyan wind blade entered the ninth-tier magical beast’s body so easily. Just a second later, the ninth-tier magical beast completely turned cyan, its eyes filled with an eerie light, and suddenly exploded, without even the splatter of blood and flesh, simply turning into a few gusts of wind and disappearing.

This is…

Chen Ying’er widened her eyes, because she didn’t understand how Li Zhengzhi had done it at all.

Just as she was in shock, Li Zhengzhi flicked his hands repeatedly, and wind blades identical to the previous one flew out.

The result was exactly the same. No ninth-tier magical beast could withstand these wind blades. In the blink of an eye, they all turned into a gust of wind, leaving no trace behind.

Long Haochen’s eyes were full of solemnity. He had gradually seen the secret of Li Zhengzhi’s second domain skill.

The true meaning of wind. He had grasped the true meaning of wind.

What is the true meaning of wind? It is freedom. He had brought the freedom of wind to the extreme, thus evolving into his second domain skill.

That’s right, the name of Li Zhengzhi’s second domain skill is Freedom!

More than thirty ninth-tier magical beasts dissipated in this free wind. When the last magical beast disappeared, Li Zhengzhi’s body swayed, but his gaze remained firm.

A powerful roar resounded, and Mai Dou in Chen Ying’er’s arms suddenly leaped up. Its body instantly grew larger in the air, and when it landed heavily on the ground, many people couldn’t help but turn their gazes towards Chen Hongyu.

Because the magical beast that Mai Dou transformed into was none other than Chen Hongyu’s natal magical beast, the Four-Headed Chimera.

“Roar—” Four streams of breath sprayed wildly, heading straight for the Wind God Domain. After all, Mai Dou was only a transformation, and there was still a gap between it and a real Four-Headed Chimera. Therefore, these four breaths couldn’t be fused, and could only fight on their own.

But even so, it was still a ninth-tier attack.

However, the Wind God Domain in the domain skill state was indeed powerful. The four streams of breath entered it and were immediately swept up by the windstorm. First, they slowed down, and then they were decomposed by the windstorm, turning into nothingness.

Li Zhengzhi raised his hand, and another wind blade formed in his palm. He said faintly to Chen Ying’er, “If you don’t want your natal summoned beast to die, just admit defeat.”

Looking at Li Zhengzhi’s cold gaze, Chen Ying’er slowly stood up, snorted, and said, “If I couldn’t use equipment, you might not have been able to win against me.”

Li Zhengzhi smiled calmly, but didn’t say anything. He was an elder, so he wouldn’t tell Chen Ying’er that his equipment wasn’t weaker than hers.

The cyan wind blade in his hand flew up, heading straight for Mai Dou.

Chen Ying’er was startled. So many ninth-tier magical beasts had died under this seemingly ordinary wind blade before, and she really didn’t dare to bet on Mai Dou’s life. She quickly shouted, “I concede.”

The wind blade dissipated in the air, and Li Zhengzhi’s domain also instantly retracted. His face was obviously a little pale, but his steps as he walked down were still steady.

Chen Ying’er returned to her companions tiredly, pouting her small mouth, obviously not very satisfied with her results.

“Boss, do you think I would have a better chance of winning if I used elite troops?” Chen Ying’er asked Long Haochen.

Long Haochen smiled slightly and said, “Don’t be unhappy.殿主 Li’s cultivation is indeed very strong. Ying’er, you’ve done very well.” Although he didn’t know the true extent of Li Zhengzhi’s consumption, using the domain in conjunction with two major domain skills continuously would definitely take a significant toll. At least before the next round of the competition, Li Zhengzhi wouldn’t be able to recover to his best state.

The Dawn of Light Hunter Group had been eliminated by another member, but no one felt that Chen Ying’er had lost. That was thirty-six ninth-tier magical beasts! Enough to confront a demon god emperor’s army with plenty to spare. A summoner cultivating to this extent couldn’t be described as simply being at the peak.

The light flashed again, this time landing on Lin Xin. His opponent was a knight.

Although the strongest knights of the Knight Temple, Yang Haoyu and Long Tianyin, had already been eliminated, there were still two of them who had entered this fifth round of competition, which showed how strong these two knights were. Lin Xin was about to face a ninth-tier Holy Knight with a domain.

Walking into the arena, Lin Xin’s expression immediately became serious. He knew that the greatest test he would face since the start of the Saint Hall Competition had arrived. Whether he could defeat his opponent or not, he had to go all out, with the main goal of weakening his opponent’s strength. Even though this opponent was from the Knight Temple. Among the six who advanced in this round, it was very likely that three of his own party would be able to advance. Therefore, weakening his opponent’s strength now was equivalent to laying a good foundation for his companions in the next battle. Of course, it would be even better if he could defeat his opponent.

The Holy Knight was very old, with white hair and beard. He looked like he was at least not younger than Long Tianyin.

Facing Lin Xin, he didn’t summon his mount right away. He raised his left hand, and a bright golden shield was already in his grasp, the Linggang Condensed Shield.

This Holy Knight was a Guardian Knight, and he looked calm and collected. Facing this opponent, Lin Xin suddenly felt a little strange, because he was surprised to find that the Saint Hall Competition had been going on for so many rounds, and this Holy Knight should have gone through thick and thin to get to this point, but he hadn’t left any impression on him.

To be so low-key, yet able to get to this point, what did this mean? Guardian Knights weren’t usually good at one-on-one battles! Background, this was the background of the Knight Temple! Before, there was Yang Haoyu, and now there was this quiet and low-key, powerful Guardian Knight. It was no coincidence that the Knight Temple had been the number one temple in the alliance for so many years. I’m afraid that even if their Dawn of Light Hunter Group hadn’t emerged this time, it would still be difficult for the Mage Temple to completely overwhelm the Knight Temple. This was even under the condition that only one of the three Divine Seal Knights had come.

In recent years, the Mage Temple could be said to have been in the limelight, especially after the Holy War. Because it suffered less damage, it achieved greater results on the battlefield, and the Mage Temple’s limelight had completely overshadowed the Knight Temple. However, when it came to the Saint Hall Competition, the battle that determined the rankings of the six great temples, the Knight Temple’s background was fully displayed. If it weren’t for the existence of the Dawn of Light Hunter Group, there was an eighty percent chance that the Knight Temple’s score would still be leading now.

A flash of blue light appeared in Lin Xin’s eyes, and a pair of huge fire wings spread out behind him. His spiritual wings were very different from those of ordinary mages. First of all, they were large.

The size of the spiritual wings was directly linked to strength. Apart from Long Haochen’s special multi-wings, generally speaking, the larger the spiritual wings, the stronger the cultivation.

But Lin Xin had only just broken through the ninth rank not long ago, but the size of his spiritual wings was so great that it could be compared to the Wind Wings of Li Zhengzhi, the Lord of the Mage Temple.

The huge wings spread out, more than ten meters away, opening behind him like two rising walls of fire. Moreover, the flames shining on Lin Xin’s spiritual wings were the blue of the Heart Flame.

With the continuous improvement of his cultivation, after breaking through the ninth rank, the blue of his Heart Flame had a kind of intoxicating beauty. With the rhythm of the spiritual wings, the depth of the blue was constantly changing, as moving as facing the clearest sea by the sea.

Lin Xin brought his hands together in front of him, and the divine light flickered in his eyes. He raised his right hand, and a fire blade launched a tentative attack towards the Holy Knight.

“Bang—” The blue fire swirled, and the Holy Knight stood motionless in place. The Heart Flame flowed over his shield, but it didn’t touch him at all, nor did it penetrate his shield condensed from Linggang.

This first attack was just the prelude to a full-scale outbreak. As a fire mage, the strongest thing was the explosive nature of the attack. It could be said that this game was a powerful spear facing a solid shield.

Lin Xin unhesitatingly launched a full-scale attack. He saw him flicking his hands, and blue fire blades flew towards the Holy Knight like blue lightning.

(To be continued)