That thunder was no joke!
The immense energy erupted, and almost all the warlocks couldn't help but subconsciously activate their own spells to protect themselves; only a very few were able to maintain their composure.
The Emperor, the woman in red from the Northern Lands, Chen Qing
Even Chen Baifeng could only barely calm himself down after seeing that Chen Qing had not made any move.
Chen Qing looked up at the Heaven and Earth Hall. A barrier had appeared outside the hall, clearly used to defend against the lightning. This meant that Zhang Zhiyun's lightning technique was not an illusion, but real and could indeed destroy the palace, but it could only destroy the palace.
Chen Qing smiled slightly, having already roughly guessed Zhang Zhiyun's methods. Now it was up to Shen Yuan to see if he could guess them too.
White Tiger Palace, Shen Yun faced the terrifying thunder, his nerves taut, his mind racing.
There must be a reason for something illogical, but the pressure from this thunder was too real to be fake. It didn't seem like an illusion. Since it was real, we had to analyze why it was able to do it.
Shen Yuan was certain that his opponent was definitely not at the Dragon King Level. Based on this, even if the opponent had achieved this, it must have been through some kind of trickery. But what was it?
With his eyes closed, Shen Yuan took a deep breath. Just as the thunder descended from the sky, seemingly about to devour the White Tiger Palace, Shen Yuan opened his eyes and met Zhang Zhiyun's gaze once more.
Zhang Zhiyun frowned instantly, his eyes filled with that same indifferent, level gaze.
In fact, he had many ways to deal with someone who only knew how to use spell arrays. He didn't need to use such a high-energy-consuming lightning spell right away, which would be very disadvantageous when facing other candidates later. But he still used it.
He didn't know why he did it; he simply felt that the other person's gaze was irritating and wanted to destroy their calm.
But the power I displayed seemed only enough to throw the opponent into a moment of panic.
"Imperial decree!" Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Zhiyun formed a hand seal, and terrifying lightning, as if it had a life of its own, poured down, engulfing the entire White Tiger Palace.
But faced with this overwhelming power, Shen Yuan felt no fear whatsoever; instead, a smile appeared on his lips.
Chen Ying was in the second level, smiled the moment she saw that smile. She had seen Shen Yuan smile like that many times. It was always when he finally got a clue about the technique that had been troubling him for a long time. He would show that smile, a very pure smile of joy after successfully solving a problem!
Bang!!
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the most unbelievable scene unfolded.
The entire White Tiger Palace suddenly shattered!
Yes, it looks like a mirror has been shattered, very dramatically, completely broken apart.
Many sorcerers were stunned by this scene. Chen Baifeng, however, suddenly realized what was going on. When he turned to look at Chen Qing and the others, he found that their expressions remained unchanged. His face twitched. Clearly, these three had already noticed.
The dark clouds in the sky shattered, and the terrifying energy dissipated almost instantly. Moreover, as the White Tiger Palace crumbled, the dark clouds over the entire palace seemed to vanish, allowing the sunlight to stream in. This puzzled the sorcerers; could it truly have been an illusion?
White Tiger Palace, the shattered White Tiger Palace was now scattered in many fragments. On one of the larger fragments, Zhang Zhiyun stared intently at his opponent. "How did you figure that out?"
"Just a guess." Shen Yuan laughed, a genuinely happy laugh, just like when he successfully tested a theory at the academy. In this life-or-death situation, being able to use what he had learned to resolve the crisis was truly a delightful thing.
"I learned something at the Dragon Palace Academy: even if the current Dragon King regains his power, he cannot leave the Dragon Palace because the spiritual energy in this world is still sufficient to withstand such a monster. I believe that the strongest beings in the world right now, whether it's Chen Qing or His Majesty, are all below the Dragon King, and that certainly includes you!"
"Anyone below the Dragon King cannot use the Dragon King's power. The Heaven Follows the Cloud Form is a technique that transcends the power of the present world. You cannot use it normally. However, the feeling I got just now did not seem like an illusion. Therefore, I suspect that you used a trick. Since you used a trick, we must start by analyzing the root of this technique. The Heaven Follows the Cloud Form requires the rapid gathering of water vapor from a vast area to form cumulus clouds, thereby changing the celestial phenomena. This requires a huge amount of spiritual power to search for and extract water vapor over a wide area. It is extremely difficult for one person to do this. Therefore, this is something that only the Dragon King can do."
"But upon closer examination, there are many ways to do it. For example, multiple people could collect water vapor, but the highly consistent spiritual energy just now clearly indicates that's not the case. That leaves only one possibility: you've extracted and prepared enough water vapor in the surrounding area."
"But another problem arises here. Water vapor is fluid. Preparing it around in advance doesn't mean it won't escape. If we keep it under control, maintaining such a massive amount of water vapor would consume almost the same amount of spiritual energy as creating a Heaven Follows the Cloud Form, which is clearly impossible."
"Then it suddenly occurred to me that the first two trials of the Celestial Master Trial are in different spaces. Clearly, your Celestial Master Mansion possesses extremely advanced spatial techniques. Thinking about it this way, it makes sense. You use an extremely powerful spatial barrier to condense ample moisture into a spatial block. When you need to use it, you simply break that spatial block."
Zhang Zhiyun: "."
"However, there's a drawback to doing this," Shen Yuan said with a smile. "Space fragments containing powerful elemental energy are difficult to control and carry. Otherwise, who would use energy stones to store energy these days? Those fragments can only be placed in advance on a spatial barrier and can only be used in fixed locations. In fact, it's the same principle as barrier spells. Senior's expertise has never been in lightning magic, but in spatial magic!"
Clap clap clap clap!
The loud applause only echoed in the fragments of space where the two were. At this moment, Zhang Zhiyun's gaze towards the other person was no longer cold, but filled with appreciation.
"Great job, you're very good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fragments of the White Tiger Palace began to dance, and in the blink of an eye, they returned to their original state.
This scene made Shen Yuan's expression turn serious.
The reason he could shatter the White Tiger Palace was because the White Tiger Palace itself was a spatial barrier. The reason it was so easy to destroy was because he found a fragment that the opponent used to store water vapor in the barrier. The opponent used that fragment, which was equivalent to creating a gap in the barrier. Even if it was tiny, it was easy for the Heaven Academy sorcerer like him, who specialized in barriers, to find it.
Therefore, he was able to easily destroy the White Tiger Palace before the lightning struck, causing the lightning spell to break.
But the way the opponent rebuilt the White Tiger Palace in an instant was quite frightening.
This spatial manipulation technique is something even Lord Ziyue might not possess today.
"Want to continue?" Zhang Zhiyun asked the other party with a smile.
This kid has good talent; I heard he's only been cultivating in Jiangnan for five years?
Your mastery of barrier techniques has reached such a level, but I'm sorry to say that I have been cultivating in this area for ten thousand years!
"You're right about one thing, the world can't support King Level being right now, but that doesn't mean I haven't reached that level." Zhang Zhiyun said quietly, "Kid, you're still too green!"