Chapter 105: A Vast Expanse of Water, Sacred Flames Overcome the Enemy

Long Wushuang stepped onto the Dueling Stage, his expression arrogant, showing no regard for the opponent before him. His gaze swept around and only stopped when he saw Ye Rong. He stared heavily at him for a moment before sneering and shifting his attention away.

For this quarterfinal match, he could no longer hold back. All of his Magic Treasures were already activated—he intended to establish his authority!

A Liluan rose behind Long Wushuang’s shoulders. With a single flap of its wings, a fierce gale erupted, as if a level-ten storm had swept through, making it difficult for ordinary Players to keep their footing.

This Liluan spread its wings, which spanned over ten meters. Its Plume Feathers were brilliantly colored and very smooth, exuding boundless nobility and majesty.

Red Dust White Hair flashed with white light as he entered the Dueling Stage. In comparison, his appearance was far inferior, as if he wasn’t even in the same league as his opponent. Staring at the enormous Liluan before him, he felt a bitter taste in his mouth. Before he could even figure out how to deal with Yijian Kurong, another seemingly even more fearsome Player had appeared.

“Lver, do you have any information about this Long Wushuang?”

Ye Rong’s face was serious. Although he had always regarded Long Wushuang highly, he now realized he had still underestimated him.

He wondered what kind of Magic Treasure could form such a terrifying divine Liluan bird. An average Player probably wouldn’t even dare to think about resisting it.

“Not really. That person is very mysterious. We haven’t even found out which NPC he learned from, let alone the specific equipment he has.”

While Ye Rong was communicating with Manzhu Lver, the situation on the stage changed again. Red Dust White Hair slashed three times with his sword and loudly chanted a phrase. Immediately, countless rivers of water surged down, waves crashing high and mist spreading everywhere, turning the entire Dueling Stage into a vast expanse of water.

Long Wushuang clearly hadn’t reached the twentieth layer of his Sword Art Form, nor had he prepared any Water-repelling Treasures. He could only rely on the Liluan behind him, which opened its mouth and blew a bubble to push the surrounding water away.

Red Dust White Hair was very pleased. His sapphire-like wave Flying Sword moved through the water without any hindrance, with almost no noticeable drop in speed. With this auxiliary Dao Spell, which could create a water area or lake within a hundred-zhang radius in a specified zone, he had naturally prepared Water-repelling Pearls and similar Magic Treasures in advance.

In this water area, it was as if Red Dust White Hair was on his home ground. With a point of his wave-handling Flying Sword, dozens of water swords formed and shot toward Long Wushuang. This aquatic Dao Spell, which he hadn’t held much hope for, surprisingly achieved such remarkable results, rendering the opponent’s most powerful Liluan useless.

Apart from this auxiliary Dao Spell that could gather water into lakes, Red Dust White Hair also practiced a water-based heart technique alongside the Qingcheng Qi-Refining Art. This gave him bonuses to flight speed and attack speed in rivers and water bodies. He intended to exploit this advantage, depleting Long Wushuang’s stamina within the water area.

However, Long Wushuang’s abilities clearly were not limited to just this. It wasn’t only the giant Liluan divine bird—this was merely a projected image formed by activating a powerful Magic Treasure, not an actual physical entity.

Long Wushuang pressed his forehead. He wore a golden headband two fingers wide, with a pure, flawless red agate in the center. With a firm press, a curtain of flames burst out, encircling his body. When water swords rushed toward him, they sizzled and evaporated into large amounts of steam, extinguished by the flame curtain.

“Red Dust White Hair, do you think such a small water area can trap me?”

Long Wushuang shouted loudly. In this environment, his Flying Sword was extremely restricted, so he simply abandoned it. Bringing his hands together, he merged all the flame curtains into one, transforming them into a ferocious fire dragon that charged forward.

No matter how many water swords, water spears, or water tridents Red Dust White Hair formed through the water, they all evaporated into steam as the fire dragon rushed through them. The water area along the fire dragon’s path was vaporized, leaving a deep scar until the surrounding water refilled the space.

After a couple more rounds, almost half of the lake in the entire water area would be evaporated by this fire dragon; the water level had already dropped by a hand’s width. Meanwhile, the fire dragon’s size had only diminished slightly—it would still take a long time to extinguish it completely.

“This guy actually has such a powerful Magic Treasure besides the Liluan divine bird! It seems I have no choice but to use that thing ahead of time!”

Red Dust White Hair watched as the water level continuously dropped. Chased by the ferocious fire dragon, he fled in a panic, no longer even having the chance to manipulate water into swords. He was terrified. If this continued, the moment the Liluan no longer needed to help Long Wushuang push back the water would be the moment of his certain death.

Rather than that, he might as well gamble with his life!

Even if he revealed his Magic Treasure early and missed the top spot, advancing one more step would still be beneficial. The rewards for the top eight and the top four were definitely different, and the final top reward would be a qualitative leap.

“Midnight Cold Tide!”

Red Dust White Hair took out the oddly shaped Magic Treasure, pointed at both ends and oval in the middle, which Houdao Xiaosheng had lent him. As soon as it was activated, a black wind with sinister energy blew, carrying boundless cold air. The water area along its path froze completely into solid ice.

It was a water area over ten zhang deep, frozen from top to bottom in an instant—so solid that even a heavy hammer couldn’t break it.

“Is that the Midnight Cold Tide?”

“Exactly. I never expected Red Dust White Hair to hide such a sinister Magic Treasure. Indeed, none of the Players who made it to the top eight can be underestimated. Everyone has a trump card, and one careless move could lead to a disastrous defeat!”

Midnight Cold Tide was one of the most sinister and coldest Dao Spells, arriving and departing like a gust of wind, making it impossible to guard against.

In Far Shore, this Dao Spell could only be learned by followers of the Red Body Sect, which belonged to the Demonic Path. No one knew where Red Dust White Hair found such a rare Magic Treasure that allowed him to unleash the Midnight Cold Tide.

However, the power of a Magic Treasure’s auxiliary Dao Spell is permanently fixed at a certain value and cannot be improved, so Ye Rong wasn’t too concerned.

“Liluan Sacred Flames, go!”

As the Midnight Cold Tide raged and was about to reach Long Wushuang, threatening to freeze him solid within the water lake, he shouted loudly and leaped onto the Liluan’s back.

The Liluan took a deep breath, its body expanding several times, and then exhaled a blossom of Morning Sun Sacred Flames, instantly transforming into a sea of fire.

The fierce, overbearing Midnight Cold Tide surged onto the sea of fire but only extinguished a small portion of the flames before dissipating on its own, like a gentle breeze.

The sea of fire surged again, its flames blazing brightly. Red Dust White Hair was directly engulfed within the range of the Morning Sun Sacred Flames’ sea of fire. He lasted only a few moments before perishing in the inferno.

Long Wushuang’s supporters beneath the Dueling Stage cheered and shouted wildly. This battle was indeed won beautifully, overwhelming Red Dust White Hair, who had also performed impressively, further highlighting Long Wushuang’s strength.