Big News in the Longwu Competition Zone Today!

Twenty seconds, thirty seconds…

The doppelganger began to show signs of instability, its ice crystal edges trembling slightly.

Forty seconds…

With a soft 'pop,' the doppelganger shattered, dissolving into countless tiny ice flakes that scattered into the air.

Ziyue opened her eyes, somewhat dejectedly flicking her tail.

“Forty seconds,” Liu Yi’s voice came from the rest area. “That’s much better than yesterday.”

“Bingbing…” Ziyue turned her head, a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

“Don’t rush,” Liu Yi said, standing up and walking to the floating island. “At thirty-five seconds, there was a fluctuation in the doppelganger’s energy supply. Do you remember why?”

Ziyue tilted her head in thought, then let out a cry.

“Bingbing.”

“Exactly,” Liu Yi nodded. “The hardest part about the Ice Crystal Doppelganger skill is simultaneously controlling the doppelganger’s energy supply and concealing your true body’s aura. You need to make your true body completely vanish from the opponent’s perception while the doppelganger remains stable.”

She paused, then continued, “But your progress today is already very clear. The doppelganger’s details are much more refined than before, and it lasts longer.”

“Next, try maintaining the doppelganger while moving,” Liu Yi said, pointing to several floating islands around them. “Jump between the floating islands while keeping the doppelganger active.”

Ziyue’s eyes lit up, immediately understanding Liu Yi’s intention.

She reformed an Ice Crystal Doppelganger, then began leaping between the floating islands, traversing the Frost Path.

The doppelganger followed closely by her side, its movements almost perfectly synchronized with her true body. The ice crystal fox shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight, complementing Ziyue’s silver-blue fur, a sight as beautiful as a dream.

Liu Yi watched Ziyue’s practice, a faint smile unconsciously gracing her lips.

Then she turned her gaze to Chiying.

Chiying hovered in the center of the arena, its body once again radiating golden and purplish-black light.

This time, it didn’t rush to fuse the two energies but instead allowed them to stabilize separately.

The golden Dragon-type energy formed a thin film of light over its body, while the purplish-black Poison-type energy flowed like a swimming snake across the surface of the light film.

The two energies began to slowly approach each other, producing a slight tremor the moment they made contact, but they didn't dissipate instantly like last time.

Chiying carefully controlled them, allowing the Poison-type energy to seep into the Dragon-type energy little by little.

Golden light and purplish-black began to intertwine, their color gradually deepening.

Chiying opened its mouth, and a mass of mixed golden-purple energy gathered in its throat—

Then, with a 'poof,' it dissipated again.

Chiying frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the result.

“You’re on the right track,” Liu Yi’s voice came from nearby. “You successfully fused some of the two energies just now; you just couldn’t control it during release.”

Chiying turned its head, its crimson eyes questioning.

“Try this,” Liu Yi said, walking to the edge of the arena. “The moment you release it, don’t just spray all the energy out at once. Instead, release it rhythmically, like you control Venom Spray.”

Chiying nodded thoughtfully, then closed its eyes again.

This time, it was more focused. The golden Dragon-type energy and purplish-black Poison-type energy slowly fused within its body, forming a deep, dark golden energy.

It opened its mouth, controlling that energy as it slowly flowed out—

A dark golden breath sprayed from its mouth, arcing through the air to strike a training target five meters away.

The training target’s surface immediately glowed with a purplish-black aura, a sign that the highly venomous state had been triggered.

However, the breath’s power was clearly insufficient; it only made the training target wobble slightly, causing no substantial damage.

Chiying watched the faint breath, silent for a moment.

“Mo.”

It turned its head to look at Liu Yi, a hint of reluctance in its crimson eyes.

“Being able to release it the first time is already very good,” Liu Yi said with a smile. “Next, you need to increase its power. The key is the degree of fusion; the more thoroughly they fuse, the greater the power.”

Chiying nodded, then began to try again.

On the other side, Ziyue’s practice continued.

She had already darted around the floating islands over a dozen times, her Ice Crystal Doppelganger consistently steady by her side. Although it shattered a few times midway, the speed at which she reformed it increased each time, and the doppelganger’s details became increasingly refined.

Liu Yi watched for a while, confirming that both pets were in their rhythm before returning to the rest area.

She sat on a chair and took out her phone from her backpack, intending to check the Beast Tamer Forum for real-time information on second-year and third-year contestants, preparing for next week’s matches.

Starting next week, the points matching mechanism would officially be activated.

This meant she might be matched against opponents with similar points, many of whom would be strong second-year or even third-year students.

Although she had won all six matches in the first week, accumulating 60 personal points, Liu Yi knew very well that this was only under the same-grade matching mechanism.

Next week would mark the real challenge.

She tapped open the Beast Tamer Forum and entered the National High School League section of the Huaining Group Region.

At the top of the section, two posts were prominently pinned, each followed by a red “Hot” indicator.

She had seen the first post last week; it was published after Tuesday’s match.

《In-depth Analysis: How Many Trump Cards Does Tianqi’s Liu Yi and Her Moling Dragon Truly Hold?》

The poster was an account named “Monte Spectator Group,” and the post detailed Chiying’s abilities displayed in Tuesday’s match:

· Immunity to Poison-type skills (Counter-Poison trait)

· Immunity to Psychic-type skills (speculated to be an unknown trait)

· A-rank skill “Rising Dragon Strike”: Ascends skyward then dives to attack, ignoring defense, but causes a brief paralysis after use.

Below the post, comments had already exceeded a thousand.

Liu Yi quickly scanned through it. Finding no new information, she exited the post and looked at the second one.

This post was published yesterday evening, from the Longwu Region sub-forum.

《Longwu Competition Zone Battle Report: Qinglan Advanced Beast Taming Academy’s Ji Xiaoyao’s Juvenile Rock Dragon Evolved into a Flying Rock Dragon in the Basalt Mountains Specialized Arena!》

Liu Yi’s finger paused.

She tapped open the post, and the first floor was a video.

【OP:

Everyone! Big news in the Longwu Competition Zone today!

Ji Xiaoyao from Qinglan Advanced Beast Taming Academy—you know, the one who was first on the Qinglan Secret Realm points leaderboard! This afternoon, in the Basalt Mountains specialized arena, her Juvenile Rock Dragon evolved right there on the spot!

Here’s the video first! [Video Link]】

The footage began in the Basalt Mountains arena, a unique feature of the Longwu Region.

Continuous black rock peaks snaked like a giant dragon’s spine, and reddish-gold ley line energy seeped from the rock crevices, forming a distorted halo in the air.

This was the Longwu Region’s exclusive “Dragon Ridge Battlefield,” a specialized arena that fully utilized the subtle energy characteristics overflowing from the local “Dragon Vein Ridge.”