The night was pitch black, and the dazzling city lights of Modu didn't paint the sky the usual yellowish hue today.
Dense dark clouds hung low, and a few towering skyscrapers, standing out like cranes among chickens, occasionally flickered with lights from a few floors, proudly reaching into the clouds, their domes no longer visible.
The city was ablaze with countless lights from homes, densely packed buildings, and crisscrossing streets. When traffic jammed the entire city, the flashing red car lights connected like slow-flowing blood vessels, spreading throughout the very heart of Modu!
Tang Miao and Tang Yue had been waiting there for a whole day, but Principal Zhu showed no signs of making a move.
Just as Tang Miao was starting to wonder if he had guessed wrong, Principal Zhu finally emerged. He seemed to be in a hurry, contacting someone and walking off into the distance.
"Wife, it seems my judgment wasn't wrong. This guy must be Modu's Blue-Clad Deacon!"
Tang Yue also began to believe it, as his panicked appearance clearly indicated he was trying to escape.
Immediately, Tang Miao and Tang Yue pursued him. They arrived at a large, open lake with no one else around. Tang Miao had Tang Yue stand guard while he jumped down from a tree, blocking Principal Zhu's path.
"Hmm?"
Upon seeing the newcomers, Principal Zhu paused, then said, "Tang Miao, it's you! What are you doing here?"
"Principal Zhu, long time no see."
Tang Miao smiled and greeted him, then his voice turned cold, "You look like a decent person, so why do you insist on doing things worse than a pig or a dog?"
Principal Zhu stiffened, his brows furrowed, and his voice also became much colder. He looked at Tang Miao and said, "What are you talking about?"
A star map appeared beneath Tang Miao's feet, and he said lightly, "Stop pretending. The Blue-Clad Deacon of Modu's Black Vatican, I think it must be you, old dog, right?"
"Heh heh..."
Principal Zhu looked at the lightning in Tang Miao's hand, completely unfazed. He chuckled and said, "It's truly intriguing. I'd like to know how you came to suspect me."
Hearing Principal Zhu's words, Tang Miao raised his hand, and lightning struck, saying, "It seems I wasn't wrong!"
"Rumble..."
However, the moment the lightning struck, Principal Zhu also released a light-element defensive magic.
"Crack..."
But he had underestimated Tang Miao's lightning. The moment the lightning hit the light barrier, it shattered it directly.
"Boom~!"
The remaining power still carved a hole in the ground.
Principal Zhu reacted quickly enough; the moment the light barrier was shattered, he put on his magic boots and managed to dodge.
"Good boy, an elementary magic, yet its power is almost on par with intermediate magic!"
Principal Zhu looked at the hole and praised, then said disappointedly, "It's a pity. If we had captured that adjudicator Tang Yue last time, I think you would be a slave of our Black Vatican by now."
"Violet Lightning!"
Upon hearing Principal Zhu's words, an unknown fury instantly erupted from Tang Miao. Just as he had suspected, the person who attacked Tang Yue was clearly him!
"Thunderbolt!"
While he was surprised by Tang Miao's speed in drawing the star map, he was already prepared to unleash a powerful spell.
At this moment, he no longer cared about the Earthly Holy Spring, because the incompetent people working there hadn't sent him any good news. But bringing Tang Miao back would definitely be much better than returning empty-handed!
"Wild Dance!"
As Tang Miao's lightning descended, a set of heavy armor magic equipment suddenly appeared on Principal Zhu. The defensive power of this magic equipment was considerable, but after putting it on, his speed also slowed down significantly. After all, it was incredibly heavy.
"Rumble..."
After the lightning struck Principal Zhu's body, a large area nearby was destroyed, but Principal Zhu remained unharmed.
"Blazing Fist!"
After enduring Tang Miao's attack, Principal Zhu's fist slammed fiercely towards the ruins below, and a massive surge of energy from his wrist instantly poured into the ground.
The energy infused very quickly, and a large area of the surrounding ground began to crack as if it were about to burst.
"Nine Palaces!"
Finally, the power reached its critical point. As Principal Zhu roared, nine enormous pillars of fire suddenly surged up from this hundred-meter radius area, one after another!
The pillars of fire erupted from beneath the ground. They not only bloomed into a shocking inferno, but also formed thick columns of fire that shot upwards.
There were nine pillars of fire in total, forming a Nine Palaces formation!
Tang Miao was within this formation, and the moment the flames erupted, his ice element domain unfolded.
Principal Zhu was, after all, a high-level mage. Even when using intermediate magic, its power was several times stronger than that of an intermediate mage.
The ice layer covered the area, but still couldn't stop the eruption of flames.
"Absolute Zero!"
Tang Miao currently had no magic equipment. If he were hit by this wave of flames, he would likely be severely injured if not dead. Immediately, he activated his domain, and all the lake water behind him turned into ice.
"Daughter, combine!"
"Copper Wall, Iron Citadel!"
After seeing the lake water freeze, Tang Miao first combined with the summoned Snow Maiden, then used the operation of his domain to gather all the ice in front of him.
A thick layer of ice, like a thousand-year-old freeze, enveloped Tang Miao.
After the power of the Nine Palaces dissipated, Tang Miao was completely unharmed.
But this attack wasn't over... After he released the Nine Palaces, he had already begun to connect constellations.
The high-level fire magic, Scorching Magic Ring, gradually enveloped a large area above Tang Miao's head, like a celestial anomaly during a fiery sunset!
"Heavenly Flame Funeral!"
As Principal Zhu shouted loudly, large swaths of flames, like a meteor funeral streaking across the sky, poured down densely towards Tang Miao!
Although most of the falling flames targeted Tang Miao, even more landed in the nearby area. After all, this was an area-of-effect attack!
Tang Miao was also relieved that he hadn't made a move the moment this guy left the hotel, otherwise, it would have been a real disaster... Tang Miao's ice layer continued to thicken, and the power of the falling flames was directly halved within the Absolute Zero domain.
"Pfft... Pfft..."
The originally aggressive flames, now fell like they had plunged into icy water, extinguishing upon impact.
Although they destroyed Tang Miao's defense, they didn't cause him the slightest harm.
Seeing the ground in front of him burned to ashes, while nothing seemed to have happened near Tang Miao, Principal Zhu cursed under his breath: "Damn it!"
After all, it was just a spirit flame. What good was it against a soul-seed level domain, even with a level suppression?
It really was nothing...