This was the greatest improvement Shen Wanqing had gained after cultivating the Azure Dragon Method.
Previously, she could only unleash one support soul skill at a time. Now, she could unleash three simultaneously.
Liu Yunlan rushed out from the rear, five soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—lighting up.
Her fifth soul skill, Emerald Jade Poison Domain, spread out. Centered on her, a pale green poisonous mist filled an area thirty zhang in every direction.
The poisonous mist did not harm allies, but it inflicted continuous poisoning effects on enemies—paralysis, corrosion, and Soul Power drain.
The old woman's second soul skill was unleashed at the same time. An emerald-green venomous snake flew from her sleeve and silently slithered through the grass, searching for weak points in the Wind Wood Dragon's defenses.
Qing Zhengyue charged from the front, six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—lighting up.
The sixth soul ring was black, a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
His sixth soul skill, Azure Snake Slash, was unleashed. A layer of black light coated his saber, and even the air around its blade distorted.
This was his strongest single-target attack soul skill, as well as the trump card he had kept in reserve.
He put all his strength into this strike.
High in the sky, Qing Mufeng hovered more than a hundred zhang above the ground, looking down at the battlefield below.
At that moment, he released his dragon might without reservation.
It was not a deliberate release, but the natural suppression that Azure Dragon bloodline exerted over lesser dragons.
That suppression did not rely on Soul Power or spiritual force. It was an instinct engraved deep within the bloodline.
When lesser dragons faced higher dragons, they felt a shudder rising from the depths of their bones.
The Wind Wood Dragon's body suddenly stiffened.
The pressure bearing down from above slowed its movements by half a beat.
That half-beat decided the course of the battle.
Qing Hongyuan's Azure Snake Strangling bit down on its neck.
A snake phantom coiled around the Wind Wood Dragon's neck, tightening ever further as wood-attributed Soul Power continuously eroded its scales and muscles.
Qing Zhengyue's saber struck its right foreleg. The black blade split its scales apart, leaving a bone-deep wound in its flesh.
Blood gushed out, staining the grass beneath it red.
Liu Yunlan's poisonous mist enveloped its entire body. Emerald-green toxins seeped into its wounds, visibly slowing the Wind Wood Dragon's movements and accelerating its loss of Soul Power.
The Wind Wood Dragon let out an enraged roar.
It was a thirty-thousand-year soul beast. It would not submit so easily.
That dragon might had indeed suppressed it.
Its speed had slowed, its reactions had dulled, and its attack power had fallen.
But it was still a ten-thousand-year soul beast. Even suppressed, its strength could not be underestimated.
It violently swung its tail at Qing Hongyuan on the left flank.
The serpentine tail carried the force of a thousand jun and smashed viciously into Qing Hongyuan.
The light shield of Jade Protection blocked most of the force, but the remaining impact still sent Qing Hongyuan flying. He crashed into a large tree, a trace of blood spilling from his mouth.
"Hongyuan!" Shen Wanqing cried out.
"I won't die!" Qing Hongyuan climbed to his feet. Blood still stained the corner of his mouth, but his movements remained nimble.
His injuries healed rapidly beneath the light of Spring Returns to Earth, while Jade Rejuvenation continuously restored his stamina and Soul Power.
Spring Returns to Earth.
This was the second soul skill Qing Mufeng had been maintaining all along.
From the moment that thirty-thousand-year Wind Wood Dragon had appeared, Qing Mufeng had unleashed Spring Returns to Earth from high in the air.
Green light poured down from above, covering the entire battlefield. Its range was nearly twice what it had been when cast from the ground.
Within this area, everyone's injuries rapidly recovered, and their Soul Power was continuously replenished.
That was the value of Spring Returns to Earth.
It was not a one-time treatment, but continuous, uninterrupted recovery.
As long as Qing Mufeng's Soul Power was not exhausted, no one on this battlefield would fall.
The battle continued.
Although the Wind Wood Dragon was suppressed by dragon might, its counterattacks remained ferocious.
Its claws, fangs, tail, and Wind Blades—every strike carried the destructive force of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
Qing Zhengyue took three of its Wind Blades head-on. Each one left a deep mark on his saber.
Liu Yunlan was struck once by its tail. Her left arm swelled badly, but the old woman gritted her teeth without making a sound and continued releasing poisonous mist.
Qing Hongyuan was sent flying three times. He wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth, only for more to flow out; he wiped it again, and it flowed again.
Yet every time, he rose to his feet and rejoined the battle.
Shen Wanqing was the only one who had not directly engaged in combat, but her expenditure was no less than anyone else's.
Maintaining three support soul skills at once was an enormous test of her Soul Power and spiritual force.
Fine beads of sweat had already appeared on her forehead, and her face had gone somewhat pale. Yet her hands remained steady, and her support never faltered.
High in the sky, Qing Mufeng's dragon might never weakened.
His Soul Power was being rapidly consumed—maintaining Azure Dragon Armor, casting Spring Returns to Earth, and suppressing the enemy with dragon might.
Handling three fronts at once was an enormous test of both his Soul Power and spiritual force.
But all four paths of his Azure Dragon Method were fully open. His Soul Power recovered several times faster than that of an ordinary person, barely keeping pace with the rate of consumption.
While maintaining his dragon might, he searched for an opportunity to strike.
The moment the Wind Wood Dragon was forced back by one of Qing Zhengyue's saber strikes and its balance faltered slightly, he moved.
Azure Dragon Claw Probe!
His right arm transformed into a dragon's limb. Azure scales covered the entire arm, and his fingers became sharp claws.
He dove down from the sky, his dragonized right claw enhanced by the force of his descent as it viciously clawed at the Wind Wood Dragon's head.
Five dark-azure claw lights struck the Wind Wood Dragon's skull, and the corrosive force of the wood attribute seeped through its scales into its bones.
The Wind Wood Dragon let out a pained shriek and violently flung its head, sending Qing Mufeng flying.
Qing Mufeng spun twice in midair. Using Azure Dragon Wind Control, he steadied himself and rose back into the sky, uninjured.
The defensive power of Azure Dragon Armor, combined with the continuous recovery of Spring Returns to Earth, gave him a certain margin for error.
He could not withstand every attack, but at least a single hit would not make him lose his combat strength.
The battle continued for nearly half an hour.
The Wind Wood Dragon's body was covered in wounds.
More than half its scales had shattered. Blood stained the grass beneath it red, its left foreleg was nearly severed after Qing Zhengyue's successive attacks, the snake phantom around its neck made it increasingly difficult to breathe, and the toxins invading its body continuously drained its Soul Power.
It was still resisting, but its resistance grew weaker and weaker.
It had tried to flee.
It spread the scales on its back.
That was the posture the Wind Wood Dragon assumed when flying.
It wanted to take flight.
But Qing Mufeng's Azure Dragon pressure bore down on it like a mountain, preventing it from taking to the air.
It also tried to flee deeper into the valley, but Qing Zhengyue blocked its retreat.
The old man stood between it and the ancient tree like an insurmountable mountain.
In the end, one strike from Qing Zhengyue ended the battle.
His saber, empowered by a black soul ring, pierced into the Wind Wood Dragon's neck and emerged from the other side.
The Wind Wood Dragon's body suddenly stiffened.
The light in its golden vertical pupils gradually faded.
It released one last low whimper, and its enormous body crashed to the ground, making the earth tremble faintly.
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