Chapter 83 Lin Yun vs. Ma Xiaotao
"What is it? What's over there?" Xiao Xiao blinked, puzzled.
Compared to Lin Yun, her eyesight was far inferior. Aside from the mist rising from the Sea God Lake in the distance, she saw nothing.
Although she knew that such heavy fog at this hour could not be normal, with Lin Yun by her side, and considering this was Shrek Academy, Xiao Xiao felt no danger at all. Instead, she peered around curiously like a silly deer.
"It's nothing, just a brainless inner court madwoman with a big chest," Lin Yun smiled faintly as his spirit rings rose beneath his feet.
"Step back. I'm about to… no, I can't control the boiling blood in my veins!"
Afraid? Not in the slightest!
Beating trash like Zhou Yi with three rings was nothing. Beating Ma Xiaotao, an inner court prodigy, with three rings—that was true heroism!
A mere Evil Fire Phoenix dared act arrogant before the Golden Dragon King?
Xiao Xiao froze, glanced at Lin Yun's profile, then at the mist rolling toward them. Without hesitation, she sprinted away on her short legs.
She had wanted to help Lin Yun, but reality was harsh. Though the difference between them was only one ring, in truth she wasn't even on his level. She had no qualification to intervene.
Staying here would only drag him down.
Seeing Xiao Xiao flee so decisively, Lin Yun nodded in satisfaction.
If she had insisted on staying to fight by his side, he really would have spat blood. This was a hot-blooded male story, not a melodramatic romance!
"Then… let me see what weight the inner court disciples of Shrek truly carry!"
Rip!
The sleeve on his right arm tore apart as golden dragon scales burst from beneath his skin. Muscles and bones twisted violently until they formed a massive golden dragon claw.
"No… still not enough!"
Clang!
Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's external spirit bone—Golden Dragon Dreadclaw!
Five crimson-gold blades marked with dragon scale patterns shot from his fingers. The already terrifying claw now carried an even more dreadful aura. Its sharpness shredded the Blue Silver Grass beneath his feet into fragments.
A Yin: You've chosen the path of death!
Screech!
As Lin Yun finished preparing, a wave of heat rushed forth. Sensing danger by the lakeside, the berserk Ma Xiaotao, already consumed by her evil fire, let out a piercing phoenix cry. Flames roared skyward.
The eerie purple-red fire evaporated the mist around her, revealing her voluptuous figure wrapped in the crimson inner court uniform.
Her figure… even better than Wu Feng's! Was this the natural advantage of female fire-type spirit masters? Did fire attribute even promote physical development?
Lin Yun was intrigued, though what he truly wanted to see was the face hidden behind her mask.
They said a woman whose lowered head hid her toes was already a peerless beauty. Ma Xiaotao's case went far beyond that. To Lin Yun, who had just awakened his lustful soul, he could hardly wait to behold her face.
Screech!
Sensing his ill intent, Ma Xiaotao let out another sharp phoenix cry when they were still thirty meters apart. She spewed a cone of blazing flame from her mouth.
Phoenix Fire Line!
Facing Ma Xiaotao's fierce soul skill, Lin Yun lit up his third soul ring. Compressed air burst from his right fist in an instant.
Heaven-Breaking Dragon Fist!
Wind feeds fire, but wind can also scatter it. Under the blast of compressed air, the Phoenix Fire Line exploded apart, the conical flame dispersing into countless sparks before vanishing.
Though weakened, the Heaven-Breaking Dragon Fist did not lose all its force and still struck toward Ma Xiaotao.
With another piercing phoenix cry, the fiery wings on her back expanded several times over, and a surge of purple-red flames erupted from her body.
Nirvana Phoenix!
Ma Xiaotao crossed her arms before her chest, gathering flames into a blazing shield, while the wings on her back folded in tight.
Even though her mind was almost consumed by the evil fire and she fought purely by instinct, as a disciple of Shrek's inner court, her reflexes still revealed rich battle experience.
Boom—
The Heaven-Breaking Dragon Fist slammed against her shield of fire and wings, halting her advance instantly. The powerful pushback hurled her more than ten meters through the air.
Stabilizing herself by beating her flaming wings, Ma Xiaotao's face darkened with anger.
Even without reason, being forced back so openly struck at her lifelong pride. Already scorched by the evil fire, she now felt even more suffocated.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
With a roar, her sixth soul ring glowed with deep black light as her flames surged violently.
Phoenix Meteor Shower!
Dozens of fireballs gathered behind her, locking onto Lin Yun before plunging toward him like falling stars, brilliant and deadly.
"Haha, splendid!" Lin Yun laughed boldly. His right hand, already transformed into the Golden Dragon Dreadclaw, flared with crimson-gold brilliance. Five massive claw shadows formed, sharp and domineering.
External Spirit Bone Skill—Sky-Rending Dragon Claw!
Raising his claw high, Lin Yun smiled and swung down.
The five colossal claw shadows tore through the air with sonic booms, ripping the Phoenix Meteor Shower apart. Fireballs split in half erupted midair into a blazing wall of flame.
The searing heat evaporated huge swaths of lake water, and the once lush Blue Silver Grass along the shore was reduced to ash.
Boom—
The fire curtain split apart in the next second. Ma Xiaotao burst forth, her third and fifth rings glowing with purple and black light.
Phoenix Wings in Flight stacked with Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike!
"Enough. No more games." Lin Yun lifted his left hand and pulled a small emerald scorpion from his robes. The moment it appeared, the sweltering heat around them plummeted.
The near-boiling lake froze into ice in an instant. Cold mist spread across the shattered battlefield, frosting the scorched wreckage in pale white.
Ice Jade Scorpion—Qing'er!
(End of this chapter)
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