In the blink of an eye, Li Lin did not retreat but advanced instead. His figure leaped up, with the Wings of Wind expanding behind him, transforming into a blur that surged forward. At the same time, he pushed forward with his hand sign, and a fireball spun out from his palm, which then rapidly expanded, tearing open a scorching arc through the space. A terrifyingly hot oppressive force spread out like a tidal wave.

The fireball also grew with the wind, the terrifying force crushing the space. To everyone's surprise, two fireballs collided in an instant, and at the moment of collision, everyone could clearly see that the fireball condensed by Li Lin was significantly smaller.

"Bang bang..."

The two fireballs exploded in mid-air, causing the space to ripple violently. The boundless flames swept across the sky, turning even the ripples in space a reddish color under the terrifying temperature. The firestorm spread over a thousand meters, engulfing both Li Lin's figure and the Fierce Fire Falcon within it.

As the flames surged, covering the sky and the earth, the ground below cracked open with spider-web-like fissures as the entire space was engulfed by the wild flames.

Such spreading flame energy caused the surrounding spectators to exclaim in shock. Even the powerful figures from the three sects and four schools couldn't understand why Li Lin, knowing he was not as strong as the Fierce Fire Falcon, chose to confront it head-on instead of avoiding it with the Cloud Sun Sect's Floating Light Fleeting Shadow technique.

"What is this kid trying to do?" Yun Xiao Tian was also surprised, as this direct confrontation was extremely disadvantageous for Li Lin.

Li WuShuang and Yun HongLing were also worried under such circumstances, clearly seeing that this was extremely unfavorable for Li Lin.

On Li WuShuang's right shoulder, Bai Ling watched with slight attention but without much gravity, its body lazily lying on Li WuShuang's shoulder.

"WuShuang sister, you don't have to worry. A mere mid-stage fifth-order demonic beast won't be able to hurt our boss," Little dragon said, rolling his eyes disdainfully at the mid-stage fifth-order Fierce Fire Falcon in the sky. Such a beast was not worth its attention.

Amidst the surging flames on the plaza, terrifyingly hot energy burst forth under numerous shocked gazes, turning into arcs of flame that shot out, causing the hard rock plaza ground to crack and break. Dust filled the air, and the originally neat plaza was now in ruins.

At this moment, within the second area, the victor was already decided, with a female spirit practitioner from the Earth Spirit Sect defeating the black-clothed youth from the Heavenly Sword Gate.

As everyone watched the wild flames enveloping the space, unable to see anything clearly inside except for the exploding fireballs and spreading flames, this all lasted only about four or five seconds. When the flame energy finally dissipated within the space, a vaguely visible figure of the Fierce Fire Falcon appeared in everyone's sight.

And at that moment, as the dust and heat began to fade, the figure of the Fierce Fire Falcon's head revealed a human silhouette above it.

This figure had true qi wings on its back, and its body was enveloped in a thick, light yellow glow. Upon closer inspection, one could see that under the light yellow glow, there was armor made of thick scales, covering everything except the eyes and part of the face, even the palms were covered in scales.

"What defensive martial skill is this? It's so powerful," Yin Yi, the sect master of the Myriad Beasts Sect, exclaimed upon seeing the figure in the hot air.

At this moment, everyone, without exception, wore expressions of surprise and incredulity.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Li Lin's figure appeared, and the entire plaza fell silent, with everyone staring at him in amazement.

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"Good lad," Yun Xiao Tian smiled brightly.

Li Lin also began to move, his speed describable only as lightning-fast. His yellow-glowing body left a blur as he charged directly at the Fierce Fire Falcon, and some very strong individuals could clearly see a blood-red glow beginning to emanate from Li Lin's palm...

"Aow..."

A sound resembling that of dragons, phoenixes, lions, and tigers emanated faintly from Li Lin's palm. In an instant, a strange seal appeared on his right palm, resembling but not quite a dragon or a tiger, entirely blood-red, with a tremendous oppressive force spreading from it.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Li Lin flicked the strange seal in his hand like a tiger hunting its prey, tearing through space with the sound of dragons, phoenixes, lions, and tigers, fiercely smashing into the Fierce Fire Falcon's forehead and disappearing into a burst of blood-red light.

Feeling this immense oppressive force, the Fierce Fire Falcon was immediately shocked, its huge body trembling, and seemingly suppressed invisibly.

"Again, this strange martial skill," the powerful individuals in the stands were surprised once more, all eyes fixed on Li Lin.

In the stands, Yuan RuoLan, clad in a purple robe and with a delicate figure, watched Li Lin with a gleam of sharpness flashing in her eyes momentarily.

In the blink of an eye, everything happened very quickly. Just as the strange seal smashed into the Fierce Fire Falcon's forehead, everyone suddenly saw an incredible scene: the huge Fierce Fire Falcon froze like a wooden chicken, and then its massive body fell heavily from the sky to the ground.

"Bang!"

The ground shook violently as the several hundred meters large body fell, its weight imaginable.

"Pfft..."

A mouthful of fresh blood spurted from Lan Ling's mouth, her face suddenly turning pale, her delicate body staggering backward several steps before stabilizing, her eyes filled with shock as she looked at Li Lin. She could fully feel that her mind had been struck hard just now, her soul force injured by Li Lin's attack, affecting the Fierce Fire Falcon, her bonded demonic beast, as well.

"Huff huff..."

On the ground, the Fierce Fire Falcon's massive body, just two seconds after being smashed to the ground, began to flap its wings but could not take flight.

Mid-air, Li Lin, now armored in Qing Ling armor, his expression darkened as he began to condense another seal in his hand, ready to strike down...

"Lin'er, sister admits defeat," Lan Ling's face changed drastically, knowing the trouble if her bonded demonic beast were killed.

"Thanks for letting me win," Li Lin withdrew his seal, his wings fluttered, Qing Ling armor shed, and he landed on the ground, his green robe fluttering, spreading an invisible force.

"Li Lin, well done."

"Li Lin, we support you."

In that moment, the plaza erupted into thunderous cheers, today's scene having secured Li Lin's position in the hearts of many, his popularity soaring.

"This feeling, actually not bad," Li Lin also waved for the first time, feeling a surge of excitement in his heart.

"Li Lin, we love you."

Some lively and bold girls were completely won over, waves of voices washing over him.

"This character, hmph," Yun HongLing watched Li Lin and lightly snorted, while Li WuShuang's eyes sparkled with a gentle smile, a smile that could captivate a city.

At this moment, Qu DaoJue also seemed somewhat excited. It was only now that he realized that during their previous contest at the top of the Earth Dragon, Li Lin had never used his full strength.

"Hmph!" Only Zhao QingHai and Zhao QingTian, the two brothers, had a cold look of envy, jealousy, and hatred in their eyes.

"Clap..."

"Lin'er, your master has not doted on you in vain."

Yu Yu slapped his thigh with a crisp sound, then jumped up excitedly. Having such a disciple, what more could a master ask for?

"Elder Yu, you slapped me again," Elder Song protested loudly but soon also showed a smile, saying, "If your precious disciple can make it into the top three tomorrow, I'll let you slap me twice more."

At this moment, the elders of the Cloud Sun Sect, Elder Yang and Elder Xie, couldn't help but get a bit excited. Two disciples from the Cloud Sun Sect making it into the top five, especially with Li Lin's performance in this match, was commendable. His strong advancement had really made the Cloud Sun Sect proud.

"Ah..." Yin Yi sighed, showing a look of helpless resignation. His own disciple, with a mid-stage fifth-order bonded demonic beast, had lost.

"Hehe, fellow sect leaders, a bet is a bet. A set of high-level Xuan-grade martial techniques, Yun someone won't be polite," Yun Xiao Tian chuckled, his gaze already on the sect leaders.

"Ah..." The sect leaders sighed softly, giving Yin Yi a fierce glare before reluctantly handing over a set of high-level Xuan-grade martial techniques to Yun Xiao Tian.

"Sect Master Yun, I have nothing to say in defeat, but you must tell me, what are the origins of those strange martial and defensive techniques used by your disciple, Li Lin?" After Yin Yi handed over a set of high-level Xuan-grade martial techniques, he retracted his hand and looked at Yun Xiao Tian with inquiry.

At this moment, all the sect leaders were also curiously looking at Yun Xiao Tian. They were equally curious about the origins of those strange martial and defensive techniques, which were clearly no ordinary skills.