Chapter 1692: Moonflare! Falling Heavenly Stars
"The next strike will end this battle!"
Ao Jue's tiger-like eyes widened as he fixed his gaze on Tuoba Yan.
His figure flashed and vanished into the void.
Taking advantage of that brief instant, he prepared to unleash the same killing move he had used against Ling Feng.
Yet just as he was about to strike, he suddenly noticed a strange scroll appearing behind Tuoba Yan.
Her beautiful face was flushed red, as though she were gathering strength for some terrifying technique.
"The Tiance Mirror!"
In the waiting area, Ling Feng's eyelid twitched.
In theory, he was the true master of the Tiance Mirror, while Tuoba Yan was merely its host.
Only he could fully unleash the artifact's true power.
Tuoba Yan could only borrow a portion of its strength.
Against an opponent as powerful as Ao Jue, why wasn't she using the divine abilities Saint Lady Hui Yue had taught her?
Why was she instead relying on the Tiance Mirror?
The next moment, a golden divine inscription appeared on Tuoba Yan's forehead.
The Tiance Mirror behind her began trembling violently.
"Moonflare... Falling... Heavenly... Stars!"
She spoke the six words with immense difficulty, each syllable coming out slowly and unevenly, as though the technique itself was unstable.
But the moment the chant ended, a horrifying aura suddenly descended from the boundless heavens above.
Everyone instinctively looked up.
Far beyond the Nine Heavens, a terrifying meteor shower was falling toward them.
"Th... this..."
The corner of Ling Feng's mouth twitched.
This was simply too brutal.
Using the Tiance Mirror to draw upon the forces of nature and then amplifying them with her Cold Moon Power, Tuoba Yan had somehow managed to push the Tianheng Techniques of the Tiance Clan to such an astonishing level.
The meteor shower descended from beyond the heavens.
Its scale was not particularly large, yet it was still enough to destroy the entirety of Longxiao Sacred Mountain.
The high-ranking elders from the three Sacred Lands all sucked in cold breaths.
As expected of Saint Lady Hui Yue's disciple.
Once she became serious, her attacks were absolutely terrifying.
At the summit of the sacred mountain, the ten Divine Generals exchanged glances.
Golden light erupted from their bodies simultaneously.
A vast golden barrier instantly appeared over Longxiao Sacred Mountain, covering everything except the area directly above the arena.
Any meteor summoned by Tuoba Yan that fell outside the arena would be blocked by the barrier created by the ten Divine Generals.
It was not because the meteor shower itself was too powerful.
Rather, they were concerned that the impact might disturb the sealing power of the Primordial Heaven Dragon Mirror and loosen the spatial passage connecting the Human Domain and the Demon Domain.
The meteor shower itself was relatively small.
After all, Tuoba Yan was only an Extreme Human Emperor.
She was not yet strong enough to freely manipulate the power of the stars.
Still, even a small meteor shower was shocking enough.
On the arena, Ao Jue's heart pounded wildly.
His pupils shrank.
This was completely absurd!
Fortunately, the meteors would still take some time to reach the arena.
As long as he could knock Tuoba Yan out of bounds before they landed, victory would still be his.
"I'm going all in!"
Ao Jue gritted his teeth.
Gathering every ounce of strength in his body, he unleashed a devastating punch toward Tuoba Yan.
Meanwhile, after using Falling Heavenly Stars, Tuoba Yan had become utterly exhausted.
Ao Jue's force swept over her.
Unable to resist, she was blasted straight off the arena.
The puppet referee immediately intervened, dispersing most of the force behind the attack.
Tuoba Yan was sent flying through the air toward the waiting area.
At that moment, a figure flashed forward.
Catching her falling body effortlessly, he immediately poured several drops of spirit liquid into her mouth.
Naturally, that figure was Ling Feng.
Rumble!
At the same time, the meteor shower Tuoba Yan had summoned finally arrived.
Massive fragments of stars crashed down onto the arena one after another.
The enormous bronze platform instantly disintegrated into dust.
Even Longxiao Sacred Mountain itself shook violently several times.
That was only because the ten Divine Generals had blocked part of the power of the falling stars.
Otherwise, the entire sacred mountain might have suffered catastrophic damage.
When the dust finally settled, the arena had completely vanished.
The puppet referee stood within a golden barrier, protecting Ao Jue inside.
Without that protection, he would likely have been flattened into a bloody paste by the force of the falling meteors.
"Cough... cough..."
Ao Jue slowly rose to his feet.
His legs were trembling uncontrollably.
For a brief moment earlier, he had genuinely believed he was going to die.
Back in the waiting area, every top-ten contestant inhaled sharply.
Gu Changfeng felt his scalp go numb.
He glanced toward the unconscious Tuoba Yan, the corner of his mouth twitching.
Terrifying.
She was simply terrifying.
Even a battle maniac like Ye Ting revealed a trace of seriousness in his eyes.
In a normal arena match, he was confident he could defeat Tuoba Yan.
But if she truly intended to fight to the death...
She might very well drag him down with her.
Only Shi Haoxuan reacted differently.
A flicker of battle intent flashed through his eyes as he muttered to himself,
"I wonder whether I could withstand that attack."
Had anyone else said such a thing, most people would have scoffed.
But when it came from Shi Haoxuan, nobody found it strange.
After all, he was universally acknowledged as the strongest participant in this year's Sunset Heaven Selection.