Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 85 - 85 42 Impressive Cousin The Assessment Begins

Chapter 85: Chapter 42: Impressive Cousin! The Assessment Begins! _2 Chapter 85: Chapter 42: Impressive Cousin! The Assessment Begins! _2 The deepest sensation was felt by Long Kongkong, because accompanied with the increasing energy in the air, his Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace independently responded and began to rapidly absorb the elemental energy in the air into itself. Long Kongkong felt that the speed of absorbing this energy could even compete with when his teacher bestowed upon him the Archangel’s Embrace.

The nine ethereal lights in the sky gradually solidified, vaguely revealing nine enormous spirit furnaces. Each spirit furnace looked extravagant, emitting a strong and radiant glow, with a large number of light patterns fluctuating violently on them.

What was most peculiar was that atop each spirit furnace floated a figure that vaguely resembled a human being, male and female, tall and short. Even though all were just shimmering apparitions, they were still overwhelmingly impressive.

Without a doubt, these were the foundation upon which the Spirit Furnace Academy was established, and were the nine Wisdom Spirit Furnaces that are revered as the strongest on the Land of the Sacred and Demonic. They were also the sages referred to by the Dean.

Their aura was so vast that it turned the sky colorful as they appeared. At this moment, Long Kongkong’s gaze was fixed on the spirit furnace in the middle. It was clearly the same spirit furnace he and Long Dangdang came across when they first arrived at the Spirit Furnace Academy.

Now, it sat in the center of the Nine Great Spirit Furnaces, with the womanly figure shrouded in an unusual nine-colored halo. Strangely enough, Long Kongkong felt as if she were watching him.

“Are you ready?” A gentle female voice rang out.

Dean Zhou Shuixi respectfully replied, “Honorable senior, all of the academy’s students are ready.”

“Good. Let’s begin.”

In an instant, the nine Wisdom Spirit Furnaces in the air erupted with dazzling splendor. All the students could only see a world dominated by light, losing sight of their surroundings.

Distortion, distortion! Long Dangdang felt discomfort in his body, as if his surroundings were severely distorting and changing.

At this moment, he felt his arm being grabbed by a slender hand, and the sense of distortion seemed to ease somewhat.

It felt like just a moment had passed, yet it also felt like a whole century. The sense of distortion disappeared quietly, and everything in front of him became clear again.

The first sensation was endless darkness.

The sky was grey, and the light was dim. The earth was brown, barren and endless. In the distance, some hillocks could be seen. An intangible sense of oppression lingered in his mind.

The slender hand holding Long Dangdang’s arm let go, and a soft voice followed, “It’s so oppressing here! The darkness element is thick, while the light element is very sparse. Cousin, I’m a bit scared.”

Long Dangdang turned his head to look at his divine maiden cousin, somewhat helplessly said, “Cousin, can we talk normally? We are all on the same side here.”

Menglu curiously asked, “Huh, won’t you be more comfortable if I don’t speak like that?”

Long Dangdang spread his hands, “No pretenses, I’m showing my cards here. Cousin, I’m only at 4th Rank Level 9. You’re the Academy’s Divine Maiden, so you have to protect me!”

Menglu was taken aback, “You’re not at 5th Rank? How did you become the class monitor of Knights Class One?”

Long Dangdang shrugged his shoulders, saying, “It’s just the kindness of others.”

Just as Menglu was about to say something, her eyes suddenly narrowed, and she turned her head towards a direction, “The enemy is coming.”

Yes, the enemy is coming.

In the distance, a mass of dark figures were rapidly approaching their direction. They were monsters resembling the praying mantis, about a hundred of them. Each of them was almost two meters long and their front limbs were as huge as sickles. They advanced at an alarming speed, charging directly towards them.

“The demon tribe’s green dual blade demons, strong in attack, weak in defense. Cousin, block them from the front,” Menglu said softly.

“Alright, Cousin.” Long Dangdang stepped forward, positioning himself in front of Menglu. With a flip of his hands, two estoc appeared in his grasp.

Menglu said, “This should be simulating the area once occupied by the demon tribe. The deep darkness attribute is the most intense, and the light attribute is scarce, which is unfavorable for our attributes. The assessment is likely about enduring continuous attacks from the demon tribe. The longer we hold on and the more demons we kill, the higher our score. The light attribute has a significant restraining effect on the demon tribe. This first wave of green dual blade demons is not very strong. If you can block all of them, it will buy us some time. I’ll try to establish an array formation to absorb more light elements, providing us support for the subsequent battles.”

“I’ll give it a try,” Long Dangdang said.

“Great, it’s up to you then,” Menglu said with a smile. As she was talking, a golden magic staff appeared in her hand with a flash of light. A touch of the staff sent a glimmer of gold spreading across the ground.

Long Dangdang observed her serious gaze, seemingly not worried about the green dual blade demons attacking at all, and he couldn’t help but inwardly admire her. Was this a symbol of complete trust in him?

So, he shouldn’t let down his cousin’s trust in him!

After inserting his estocs into the ground, a magic staff appeared in his hands as he activated the Space Ring on his finger. His eyes turned jade green instantly.

Noticing something different about him, Menglu instinctively looked up. Seeing Long Dangdang, who was a dual cultivator of magic and sword arts, holding a magic staff, she was reminded of that fact.

With a wave of the staff, a trickle of green light shot out from the tip. It did not seem intense at first, but grew larger quickly once it left the staff, turning it into wind blades. After flying five meters, they suddenly accelerated, creating a sharp howl as they charged towards the group of green dual blade demons within thirty meters range.

The first demon seemingly continued charging forward even after coming into contact with the Wind Blade, which disappeared afterwards. However, after running a few meters more, the fierce-looking creature was quietly split into two and fell into dust.

The Wind Blades seemed sentient, precisely cleaving through the bodies of each green dual blade demon, effectively wiping out these menacing creatures from twenty meters away.

The green dual blade demons felt that something was wrong and tried to scatter, charging from different directions. Yet no matter how they readjusted their positions, they could not avoid being precisely targeted by the wind blades, which severed their bodies.

When the last green dual blade demon fell, the vast land regained its tranquility once again.

Menglu raised her head to glance at Long Dangdang, seemingly unaffected by the ferocious demon corpses not far away, “Cousin, you’ve got some skills. Worthy of being the disciple of the Wind Listener.”

“How much longer do you need, Cousin?” Long Dangdang asked.

“It’s almost done, almost done. Just block one more wave and we should be good.” Menglu said softly, “Go for it, Cousin.”

Just as they were speaking, the corpses of the recently dead green dual blade demons gradually became ethereal and disappeared. Meanwhile, three figures had emerged from the distance.

They were still green dual blade demons, but there were only three of them. However, each one was over four meters tall, their bodies entirely jade green. With low growls coming simultaneously from their mouths, in the next moment, they charged directly towards the two at a speed more than twice as fast as the ordinary green dual blade demons.

“Cousin, be careful, these are jade-green dual blade demons. Each one is equivalent to a 5th Rank powerful expert. They’re fast and both their offense and defense are strong,” Menglu warned.