Chapter 1678: Frontline Decisive Battle

Silver lightning bolts struck repeatedly, creating two silver lightning screens over Qinglian Island. Lightning flashed and thunder roared, as if the end of the world had come. The Wang family members quickly retreated to a safe distance, not daring to approach within a hundred miles of the silver lightning screens. Each of them was terrified.

After a short while, two dark clouds churned violently. Amidst earth-shattering thunder, they transformed into two silver sharks, each over ten meters long, and plunged down towards the Thunder Phoenix and Ice Wind Dragon below.

Boom! Following an earth-shattering boom, two massive silver suns rose above Qinglian Mountain. They enveloped a vast area, their powerful air currents sweeping away large amounts of vegetation and leveling several small hilltops.

Wang Qingling's expression tightened, her gaze fixed intently on Bailing Peak.

Suddenly, a massive spiritual pressure erupted from Wang Qingling. Her aura rapidly intensified, reaching the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

She cultivated the 'Spirit Control Tome', a method focused on beast control. If her bonded spirit beast advanced to a higher major realm, she would also benefit, the extent of which depended on the spirit beast's rank.

Her advancement from the Nascent Soul Early Stage to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage was naturally due to the Ice Wind Dragon reaching the Fourth Rank. If the Ice Wind Dragon had advanced from the Second to the Third Rank, Wang Qingling would have gained only a slight increase in magical power. However, with its advancement from the Third to the Fourth Rank, she benefited greatly, directly entering the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

If the Ice Wind Dragon were killed, she would revert to the Nascent Soul Early Stage.

"Tenth Sister, you're..." Wang Qingshan felt the powerful aura emanating from Wang Qingling and was somewhat surprised. Although he wasn't familiar with the cultivation method of the 'Spirit Control Tome', he vaguely guessed that Wang Qingling's advancement to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage was likely due to the Ice Wind Dragon reaching the Fourth Rank.

"Xiao Bai has advanced," Wang Qingling exclaimed excitedly, her eyes lighting up.

She transformed into a streak of green light and flew towards Bailing Peak.

As she approached within several hundred meters of Bailing Peak, a loud dragon roar echoed. The Ice Wind Dragon flew out from within the silver sun. Many scales had fallen off its body, revealing raw, bloody flesh underneath, and emitting a scorched smell. Its aura was weak, yet it still emanated powerful spiritual pressure.

The Ice Wind Dragon came to Wang Qingling's side, circling around her and letting out repeated loud dragon roars. It seemed to be announcing its success to her.

A clear, loud phoenix cry rang out as the Thunder Phoenix flew out from the other silver sun. Many of its feathers had fallen off, and it was covered in bloodstains. Its speed was much slower than before, and its left wing flapped unnaturally, clearly injured.

The Thunder Phoenix flew to Wang Qingling's side, letting out joyful phoenix cries. It, too, was announcing its success to her.

She had personally hatched and raised both of them, and they regarded her as family.

Wang Qingling's expression was excited, a joyous smile spreading across her face. "You've both reached the Fourth Rank! That's wonderful!" she exclaimed.

Wang Qingshan flew over and said with a smile, "That's fantastic, Tenth Sister! With both of them reaching the Fourth Rank simultaneously, our family's strength has grown even more!"

Wang Qingling nodded and said, "Their injuries are quite severe. They'll need a period of rest and recuperation."

Although the Ice Wind Dragon and Thunder Phoenix had advanced to the Fourth Rank, their injuries were not light. The Thunder Phoenix, in particular, had a less robust physical body than the Ice Wind Dragon.

The family had collected a good number of elixirs and miraculous medicines over the years. Wang Qingling planned to visit the family's treasury to find some rare spiritual herbs to treat their injuries.

"Oh, right, Seventh Brother," Wang Qingling instructed, remembering something. "Don't let word of this get out. Keep it as a trump card."

Wang Qingshan gave a wry smile. "They made such a huge commotion," he said, "it'll be hard to keep it a secret. I'll do my best!"

There were thousands of cultivators on Qinglian Island, and trying to make everyone keep quiet about it would be very difficult.

He could only try his best to suppress the news. He knew very well that this secret couldn't be kept forever; it would get out sooner or later, it was just a matter of time.

After a few casual words, Wang Qingling jumped onto the Ice Wind Dragon's back. The Ice Wind Dragon made a circle in the sky and flew towards Bailing Peak, with the Thunder Phoenix following closely behind. Wang Qingshan returned to arrange the aftermath.

At the front lines, tens of thousands of cultivators were fighting fiercely in the sky. Over twenty Soul Transformation cultivators engaged in intense battle high above, the sounds of battle incessant.

In a vast sea area, Wang Mengbin, Li Rui, and Nangong Fu were besieging five Nascent Soul cultivators. The leader from the Tianlan Realm was Jin Dingtian.

Countless silver electric arcs surged around Wang Mengbin's body. Above his head, a house-sized silver lightning orb suddenly appeared, emitting violent power as it hurled towards the opponents.

A shimmering golden shield continuously spun around Jin Dingtian and the other four. The silver lightning orb struck the golden shield, dispersing into countless silver electric arcs that enveloped it. A blinding golden light then erupted from the shield's surface, repelling the attack.

Jin Dingtian and the other four each held a light blue command flag. They simultaneously waved their flags, causing specks of blue light to emerge in the void and form a blue giant over three hundred meters tall. The blue giant held two shimmering blue giant axes and hacked towards their opponents.

The blue giant walked on the surface of the sea as if on flat ground, steady and unperturbed.

Wang Mengbin frowned deeply. After years of war, cultivators from the Dongli Realm had discovered some weaknesses in the Tianlan Sect cultivators. Those below the Nascent Soul Middle Stage lacked extensive individual combat experience and were not adept at seizing tactical opportunities. Some Nascent Soul cultivators lacked the resolve to fight to the death and were thus slain by Dongli Realm cultivators who embraced a suicidal resolve.

The high-ranking members of the Tianlan Sect were also aware of their disciples' weaknesses. To counter this, they trained their disciples to form battle formations: three formed a squad, seven a team, and twenty an army. Tianlan Sect cultivators mostly fought in groups, rarely one-on-one. Over more than ten years of confrontation, their combat experience rapidly improved, changing their disadvantaged position to an equal footing.

Relying on battle formations, Tianlan Sect cultivators gained some advantages in several major engagements. However, they also had a weakness: once their battle formations were broken, they were easily defeated one by one.

The Tianlan Sect suddenly launched a decisive battle, deploying all their top experts. Perhaps because Fu Wen had tied down many Soul Transformation cultivators, the Tianlan Realm had fewer Soul Transformation cultivators than the Dongli Realm. However, the Tianlan Realm's Soul Transformation cultivators deployed battle formations against their enemies and wielded complete sets of spiritual treasures, causing the Dongli Realm's Soul Transformation cultivators to fall into a disadvantageous position.

Over more than ten years of conflict, Dongli Realm's high-level cultivators had also grown, their combat experience steadily increasing.

A deafening roar sounded, and a colossal golden sun appeared high in the sky. A powerful air current rushed towards Wang Mengbin and the others, who quickly retreated.

Boom! The blue giant was shattered by the powerful air current, dispersing into countless drops of seawater that filled the sky.

High in the sky, Lei Yunbin's body was enveloped by countless golden electric arcs, while Dongfang Yulin was pale, his clothes tattered, and his aura faint.

Sun Tianhu stood on the back of a red giant tiger, over ten meters long, which had two pairs of silver fleshy wings on its back. This was a Fifth Rank spirit beast, the Thunderwing Blazing Tiger, and it was also Sun Tianhu's bonded spirit beast.

Only after the Thunderwing Blazing Tiger advanced to the Fifth Rank could Sun Tianhu enter the Soul Transformation Middle Stage. If he used a secret technique, merging with his beast, he could attain the cultivation of the Soul Transformation Late Stage. However, this technique had a major flaw: he would undoubtedly die afterwards.

He still hoped to use the Thunderwing Blazing Tiger to advance to the Soul Transformation Late Stage and ascend to the Spirit Realm. Thus, he would not use this secret technique unless absolutely necessary.

The Tianlan Realm suddenly launched a decisive battle, deploying all their top experts. Perhaps because Fu Wen had tied down many Soul Transformation cultivators, the Tianlan Realm had fewer Soul Transformation cultivators than the Dongli Realm. However, the Tianlan Realm's Soul Transformation cultivators deployed battle formations against their enemies and wielded complete sets of spiritual treasures, causing the Dongli Realm's Soul Transformation cultivators to fall into a disadvantageous position.