Free Web NovelChapter 314: Chapter 43: A Sigh
With that thought, it let out a piercing cry and took a majestic step forward. As it did, a torrent of vibrant Spiritual Power erupted from its body, forming a resplendent, multi-hued fantail that stretched for hundreds of meters behind it!
The violent Spiritual Power roiled the very heavens, plunging the surrounding Spiritual Qi into chaos. At times it was active, then agitated, then still, then volatile, then solid and unmoving... This constant, cyclical transformation made it impossible to grasp the Divine Bird’s true state.
Even Su Zhou grew serious at the sight. Thunder Light flickered across his body as he once again summoned his Gale Armor, bracing himself against the immense Spiritual Pressure unleashed as his opponent revealed its full might.
Behind the Peacock Divine Bird, within its vast fantail of Spiritual Power, two particular Colorful Feathers pulsed with the five-hued radiance of azure, yellow, crimson, black, and white, glowing with an intense brilliance that shrouded its entire form.
"The Five-Colored Divine Light... It’s the innate Divine Technique of the Divine Bird, the Five-Colored Peacock."
In the distance, at his teammates’ insistence, Li Hanshan began to explain haltingly, "At the Junior Level, this Divine Technique allows the user to designate several Attributes before a battle, granting them complete immunity and even Sealing the enemy’s ability to use those types of Spiritual Qi."
"A fully realized Five-Colored Peacock, however, can use its Five-Colored Divine Light to achieve the state of Five Elements Reincarnation. This renders all things and all Extraordinary attacks originating from the Five Elements completely ineffective, making it nearly immune to all harm. It’s one of the most powerful avian Divine Beast Bloodlines, second only to the Phoenix."
"The aura of the Five-Colored Divine Light we’re seeing now is only at the Extraordinary Tier, so it can probably designate two Spiritual Attributes at most. It’s a far cry from the technique’s full potential... but it’s still absolutely terrifying."
At the same time, the Peacock Divine Bird, facing Su Zhou from across the distance, who was wreathed in his Gale Armor and Thunder Light, smiled casually. "Member of the Dragon Race," it said, "I imagine you must be one of the strongest among those remnants of the Immortal Realm. To be able to overcome your natural counter and defeat a Golden-winged Roc of the same tier is something to be proud of. That’s an accomplishment many Celestial Dragons have never achieved."
"But you were simply unlucky to run into me. The Golden-winged Roc may be the bane of Dragons, but I, the Five-Colored Peacock, am the bane of everything in this world that belongs to the Five Elements!"
The instant its words faded, the Divine Bird let out a long cry. Two streams of revolving, five-colored Divine Light circled around the massive Peacock. Its immense Spiritual Power blasted away all the Evil Beasts within dozens of meters, creating a vast domain overflowing with majestic Spiritual Light. Within it flowed a profound aura from a time before antiquity—this was the strongest Divine Technique of the Ancient Divine Bird!
"Wind and Thunder—be sealed!"
Though it takes time to describe, it all happened in an instant. At the Peacock’s solemn declaration, the two streams of revolving Divine Light instantly dissolved into a layered mist of Spiritual Light composed of countless, microscopic Runes. Then, carrying that immense Spiritual Light, they merged into the surrounding domain of Spiritual Power.
At the same time, the Thunder Light and crackling arcs of electricity wreathing Su Zhou, as well as his raging Gale Armor, all vanished completely.
He even found that his body felt significantly heavier—clear proof that his Wind Aid had vanished.
The Five-Colored Divine Light could even Seal an innate, instinctual Divine Technique like that!
"Professor Su!"
For a moment, all the exploration team members watching felt their hearts leap into their throats. Zhengguo had no records of the Five-Colored Divine Light; even their records on the Chongming Bird were incomplete. They had no idea what the technique did and never imagined it could Seal specific Spiritual Attributes!
"That Divine Technique is way too powerful! Sealing an enemy’s strongest Attributes... doesn’t that mean it will always have the upper hand and a counter for any opponent it faces?!" freewebnoveℓ.com
This was a Tutor’s startled cry. Beside him, the elderly Professor Xuan Lu murmured in a deep voice, "That is what makes it a Divine Bird, born holy... and it is also why our ancestors did everything they could to learn and seize this kind of power for themselves."
"Professor Su, don’t fight it! Just stall for time! In half an hour, the authorities can teleport us out of here!"
Bai Canglang roared, regardless of whether Su Zhou could hear him from that distance, "Tang Yuan, get Professor Su out of there!"
Tang Yuan did indeed intend to pull Su Zhou out via Spiritualization and retreat. ’The enemy’s already shown its Divine Technique,’ he thought. ’If you can’t win, you run. Besides, the Zhengguo military will just level the place with heavy artillery later, and then a group of Holy Seats can come gang up on it. No matter how strong this Divine Bird Peacock is, it can’t be stronger than humanity’s forte. There’s no need to take such a risk fighting it now.’
But Su Zhou’s Spiritual Power pushed Tang Yuan away, preventing him from getting any closer.
"Professor Su, stop being stubborn! Your Spiritual Power has been... Huh?"
Tang Yuan had started to warn Su Zhou not to force a fight now that his Thunder Power was sealed, but he trailed off mid-sentence. ’Wait,’ he thought, ’wasn’t Professor Su’s Spiritual Power sealed? Why does he still have Spiritual Power?’
"Well now, I didn’t expect this. My Thunder Technique and my Wind Aid... they’ve both vanished?"
At that moment, facing the haughty Five-Colored Peacock, Su Zhou’s expression was odd as he broke into an enigmatic smile.
He placed a hand over his heart and thought, ’The Heart of the Thunder Marsh isn’t reacting at all. This means that if someone had the Five-Colored Divine Light to apply a Sealing to the Thunder Light during their advancement and transformation, the process of shaping the Heart of the Thunder Marsh would be even safer than entering suspended animation. After all, suspended animation can easily turn into actual death.’
Of course, to everyone else watching, Su Zhou’s action looked for all the world like he was suffering a painful backlash from his Heart of the Thunder Marsh being deprived of its Thunder Power.
The Peacock Divine Bird seemed quite accustomed to such scenes, taking great pride in them. It laughed heartily. "That’s right, member of the Dragon Race, you have lost your greatest strength! Don’t make me act. Surrender now, and I might just let you live!"
But it did not see the supposedly pained Su Zhou bow his head in submission or surrender meekly.
It only heard Su Zhou let out a sigh.
Su Zhou: "Hah."
Then, a bone-chilling, yet scorching sense of danger began to radiate from the human.
