Xie Shenghua's words hadn't yet fallen when the wooden whip in her hand lashed out towards Zi Linling.
Zi Linling had been on guard against the four of them all along and naturally wouldn't let Xie Shenghua succeed.
A devilishly charming arc curled up at the corner of her lips as she suddenly unleashed her Swimming Dragon Steps, effortlessly evading Xie Shenghua's attack.
Then, her delicate lips parted, and she shouted, "Blazing Fire!"
A vast wall of fire appeared before her, separating her from Xie Shenghua.
Xie Shenghua scoffed, "Hmph! Do you think you can rest easy by hiding behind a wall of fire?"
Zi Linling let out a cold laugh. "Whether I can rest easy is not your concern. You should worry about yourself!"
Xie Shenghua was stunned. "What do you mean?"
Zi Linling said with a half-smile, "What do I mean? Heh heh! Do you think it's just a wall of fire?"
She paused, her voice suddenly turning sharp, and shouted, "Blazing Fire—Prairie Fire!"
The seemingly inconspicuous wall of fire suddenly erupted into flames ten feet high, transforming into a sea of fire that rapidly swept towards Xie Shenghua, engulfing her.
"Prairie Fire" was different from ordinary spiritual arts. It was a true spiritual technique, albeit the lowest-grade Yellow-tier spiritual technique.
Spiritual arts involved manipulating the quantity and position of spiritual energy elements to form the simplest attacks, such as creating weapons—spears, swords, sabers, whips, shields, and so on.
Spiritual techniques, however, forcefully altered the arrangement patterns of spiritual energy elements with sheer willpower, causing them to erupt with even more terrifying power.
Spiritual arts had no tiers and, due to their simplicity and lack of difficulty, could be used by any spiritual practitioner.
But spiritual techniques were different. They were classified into four tiers based on difficulty: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow, with Heaven-tier being the most difficult and Yellow-tier the easiest.
Furthermore, executing spiritual techniques required strong soul power support. In contrast, the soul power consumed by spiritual arts was negligible.
Yet, even the lowest-grade Yellow-tier spiritual technique could unleash power that far surpassed ordinary spiritual arts.
Thus, Xie Shenghua, caught off guard, was engulfed by the flames from the sea of fire, which was only a dozen paces away.
Not good!
Xie Shenghua's reaction was not slow.
The moment the flames touched her, she transformed her wood spiritual energy into a spiritual energy shield, enveloping herself.
However, even so, half of her hair was burnt off, and her clothes were tattered.
"Palace Master Xie!"
"Fairy Xie!"
Li Luo and Xiong Tai cried out in unison. A fire dragon charged towards Zi Linling, and simultaneously, a crack appeared beneath Zi Linling's feet.
"Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao!"
Both of them were experienced fighters, and their thoughts coincided.
After all, even if they rushed to Xie Shenghua's side now, it would be too late to save her.
Therefore, they could only attack Zi Linling, not expecting much from this strike, but hoping that Zi Linling would shift from offense to defense, leaving Xie Shenghua a sliver of opportunity.
However, they were destined to be disappointed.
Because Zi Linling was not alone; she had a dragon and a tiger by her side.
Long'er and the Winged Phantom Tiger had been eager to join the fray since Zi Linling and Xie Shenghua first clashed.
If Zi Linling hadn't needed to synchronize her cultivation and forbidden them from intervening, they would have long since rushed forward to beat the detestable Xie Shenghua.
Now that Xiong Tai and Li Luo had joined the battle, Long'er and the Winged Phantom Tiger naturally had to make their move as well.
Thus, the Winged Phantom Tiger blocked the burly Xiong Tai, while Long'er stood opposite the effeminate Li Luo.
Zi Linling used her Swimming Dragon Steps to easily dodge the crack on the ground and then dissipated Li Luo's fire dragon with another whip of wood spiritual energy. With a thought, she forcefully pushed the fire elements from the fire dragon back into the sea of fire.
The flames in the sea of fire intensified again. Xie Shenghua's wood spiritual energy shield was already struggling to hold on. As the fire grew stronger, the shield shattered with a "bang."
Xie Shenghua's remaining hair was instantly incinerated, and her clothes turned to ash.
Fortunately, she was completely surrounded by flames, which concealed her exposed form.
In her panic, Xie Shenghua hastily condensed her spiritual energy into clothes to cover herself.
Concurrently, her enraged voice echoed from the sea of fire, "You slut, how dare you humiliate me like this! From this day forward, we are irreconcilable enemies!"
When Zi Linling saw that Xie Shenghua's clothes were completely burnt off, she couldn't help but be momentarily stunned.
Although she was vengeful, she had no intention of humiliating Xie Shenghua.
However, upon hearing Xie Shenghua's words, her expression turned cold.
Irreconcilable enemies?
Hadn't they already been irreconcilable enemies?
The moment Xie Shenghua tried to seize Long'er, an unresolvable feud had been forged between them.
"Irreconcilable enemies? Fine! Blazing Fire—Body Incineration!"
"Body Incineration" was the second move in this set of spiritual techniques.
As Zi Linling's voice fell, the flames in the sea of fire rose another foot. Sudan Novel Network
Xie Shenghua's wood spiritual energy clothes slowly began to distort.
"Palace Master Xie!"
"Fairy Xie!"
Li Luo and Xiong Tai's anxious cries rang out again.
Li Luo, his eyes red, was about to charge into the sea of fire.
Long'er's right hand quickly transformed into a dragon claw, which clenched into a fist and slammed towards Li Luo.
His childish voice rang out, "You old feminized freak! Your opponent is me! Give me back my mother's life!"
Li Luo didn't even spare Long'er a glance as a fire dragon lunged towards him.
"Little brat, get out of my way!"
However, he had no idea that the Long'er before him was no longer the little brat who could barely transform into a dragon yesterday.
After undergoing a second bloodline awakening, Long'er's physique and strength had undergone a qualitative leap.
Consequently, the fire dragon that Li Luo hurled at him was pierced by Long'er's fist without any obstruction and exploded.
Long'er's fist continued its trajectory without pause, slamming towards Li Luo's chest.
"Bang!"
Li Luo's body was sent flying by Long'er's punch, crashing heavily onto the ground.
How could this be?
Li Luo's shock was so great that he ignored the physical pain.
He scrambled to his feet, staring intently at the four-year-old boy before him.
"You! You..."
He was rendered speechless.
"You old feminized freak! This punch is for my father! If you hadn't ganged up to attack him, how would he have gone missing?"
As Long'er spoke, he raised his fist again. His speed was no less than Zi Linling's Swimming Dragon Steps.
Li Luo was greatly alarmed and circulated his spiritual energy.
Although Long'er's previous punch had been weakened by the fire dragon, it had still injured his internal organs.
If this punch landed squarely on him, he would only suffer further injuries.