Chapter 332 — The Exhausted Shi Jin

Then, accompanied by a piercing cry, firelight burst forth, and from within the flames a shocking phoenix might swept up, an orange blaze surging straight into the clouds and spreading across the entire sky.

The dazzling flames tore through the Thousand-Eye Domain and lit the arena once more, and at the same time, the phantom of an enormous fire-red bird soared amid the flames in midair. Its splendid orange-red tail feathers trailed long behind it; upon its perfect form sat a crown-like crest, and its brilliant plumage, gleaming wings, and gorgeous appearance, together with its melodious cry, proclaimed the majesty of the king of birds.

Beneath the phoenix might of this sovereign of all birds, the power of the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow opposite was shattered outright, leaving it unable to catch its breath.

Attribute and bloodline—a double suppression!

The next instant.

Shi Jin, with his red hair and crimson eyes, moved at a speed so swift it seemed like teleportation, appearing atop the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow at a velocity no one could even comprehend!

"Undying Golden Body, Golden Light Burst!!!"

At the sight, Emery's composure collapsed almost entirely.

She only hoped the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow could endure the enemy's assault with its two skills, Undying Golden Body and Golden Light Burst.

"Your Undying Golden Body is exactly what I was waiting for!" the falling Shi Zhao recited.

The next instant, Shi Jin drove the crossed sword pressure down onto the enemy from above, and with a "BOOM," the ground caved in, leaving a crater over ten meters across. Amid the thunderous crash came a shriek, and the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow's massive body was slammed straight down into the earth!!!!!

"BOOM!!!" A second thunderous roar rang out, and smoke and serpents of fire billowed everywhere.

At the same moment, the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow's Undying Golden Body activated, converting a portion of the tremendous damage into life force, letting it withstand the combined finishing blow of Crimson Eyes and Shi Ying head-on!

In that same instant, the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow's entire body, there in the crater, blazed with fierce, dazzling golden light; the radiance carried a powerful repulsive force that instantly flung Shi Yan's Crimson Eyes, still pressing down on its body, back into the air.

Bzz!!

Shi Jin steadied himself in midair. By now, even the second scapegoat had been utterly destroyed, and the powerful backlash of the possession began to stack upon Shi Yan's Crimson Eyes themselves.

At the thought of having to spend several more days condensing another scapegoat, Crimson Eyes felt a stab of frustration.

Still, it was all worth it.

[Name]: Undying Golden Body

[Recorded successfully]

"Again!"

The next moment, before Shi Jin could savor his triumph, Emery's unwilling voice rang out again. Seeing that Shi Yan's Crimson Eyes attack had failed to finish off the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow, she felt her heart ease—as long as they had not lost, there was still hope!

Boom!!

The shattered fragments of the Thousand-Eye Domain slowly began to reassemble.

Down in the great crater, the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow also rose slowly, every eye burning with rage.

Seeing this, Shi Jin frowned. He had copied the skill—who would keep fighting you now!

"Go!!!"

In the sky, Shi Jin hurled down the Crimson Eyes sword.

Bzz! Bzz! Bzz!

Then, before everyone's dumbstruck eyes, the flame sword spirit—which even for Jue had not counted as a giant blade—swelled during its fall to a hundred meters in length, becoming a heaven-shaking, earth-rattling greatsword that crashed down amid terrifying deterrence, interweaving the powers of utmost yang and utmost yin!!!

With the enhancement of its gigantification, its might was several times greater than before.

It left Emery and the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow gaping in bewilderment!!!

Earlier, if not for the difficulty of copying skills while wielding such a huge sword, Shi Jin would have unleashed this burst long ago.

BOOM!!!

On the stage, the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow had only just risen when the hundred-meter greatsword came crashing down once more...

Even though the Undying Golden Body could convert part of an injury into life force, before absolute power the conversion was far from enough to bring it back from the brink—its proficiency level was simply too low...

"Screeee——" With a shriek, "BOOM," the arena was instantly reduced to ruins, and Emery's form was blown clean off the stage.

In the blink of an eye, the outcome was decided.

Beneath the vast cloud of dust, the Golden Phoenix Dragon Sparrow's pitiful form lay collapsed in the wreckage.

Emery, blasted far away by the shockwave, was pale-faced, half-kneeling on the ground with one hand braced against it, her expression one of utter disbelief.

Across from her, Shi Yan's Crimson Eyes also withdrew from the heavily taxing possessed state, exhausted beyond measure—but fortunately, with the Flame of Regeneration and Shi Jin's physique comparable to a King-tier dire beast, Shi Jin's expenditure was not as great as the opponent's. Having grown used to the whole team sharing a single sword, he found it tolerable for Crimson Eyes alone to be possessed and swing one or two strikes.

At this moment, as the round's victor was decided, every beast tamer in the hall had lost the power of speech, stunned by Shi Jin's astonishing strength.

The two Minghua Legendaries in particular could not fathom how their own quasi-Legendary prodigy could have been smashed through two of her main forces in a row by a single man and a single sword!!

"Impossible!"

The Legendary Katavi, who regarded Emery as her pride, shot to her feet in disbelief, unable to accept that her disciple had been defeated by a beast tamer with a level-five telepathy talent.

The other Legendary wore a grave expression as well, and he tugged at Legendary Katavi to calm him down.

Chairman Xia and Director Zhong, standing on the same platform, looked composed on the surface—but only on the surface. In their hearts, they were just as utterly stunned as every contestant and spectator below.

Could it be... that this was Shi Tan's true strength?

So the National Tournament really was a toddler's cup after all!!!

A moment later.

"I concede." In the dead silence of the arena, Emily on the opposite side stood with a reluctant expression for a while. Then, feeling out her remaining stamina and weighing the strength of her third-string beast, she fell silent briefly. Without consulting anyone, with both of her main beasts defeated, she lifted her head and looked toward Qi, trying to burn the image of this Donghuang beast tamer deep into her memory, and conceded.

In a situation like this, she no longer had any way to defeat Shi Jin.

With Emily's concession,

the Minghua contestants and the Donghuang contestants alike parted their lips slightly.

The Minghua contestants stared at Shi Jin one and all with wary eyes.

The Donghuang contestants, meanwhile, stared at Shi Jin in astonishment—King Zou above all, whose sense of crisis had reached its absolute peak.

He had the distinct feeling that this kid Qi's strength could not only steal his headlines now, but his ranking as well!!!

But the very next moment, King Zou froze.

"Cough—"

The instant Emily conceded, Shi Jin visibly started, his face going pale at once. Drawing on his virtualization experience—skill elevated to the level of the Way—he put on a show of having overexerted himself utterly. By all appearances he looked a hundred times more drained than Emily did, and no one could find a single flaw in it: "You're strong—you pushed us to our limit. My condition is no good for fighting anymore either. I'll leave the rest of the matches to the others."

"Mimi mi?" The moment Shi Jin's words landed, Emily opposite him was taken aback—and then Crimson Eye, beside Shi Jin, was taken aback too.