Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 362 Martial Arts Conference (2)

Shangguan Jingyun, a level 12 S-class killer whale spirit awakener, surprised Dongfang Yunbing with her combat power. Dongfang Yunbing sent out the remaining 4 zombie guardians and 4 zombie marshals, but Shangguan Jingyun defeated them within half an hour. Even the Donglu Marshal, a level 12 late-stage four-elemental ability user, was knocked out of the arena by Shangguan Jingyun's spirit summoning.

Currently, only three humans have been eliminated: Wang Ruyan, Ding Hai, and Zhao Liying. On the other hand, ten zombies have already been eliminated, including the six guardians and four marshals who came to participate.

However, Shangguan Jingyun's spiritual energy was already depleted. Although she had drunk half a bottle of special honey and a cup of flame juice before the battle, after half an hour of consumption, especially after using the spirit summoning twice, her situation was not optimistic.

Li Chenglong called out in time, "Sister Shangguan, eliminating eight strong opponents by yourself is already quite remarkable. Come down and rest for a while." Shangguan Jingyun had originally wanted to test Dongfang Yunbing's abilities to give her human team members who would be fighting later a hint. Hearing Li Chenglong's words, she slowly walked down. Li Xue and Zhou Siyun quickly stepped forward to help her. Since Li Xue still had to participate in the battle later and couldn't use her spiritual energy freely, Li Chenglong brought her honey water and fire juice so that Shangguan Jingyun could rest well.

Seeing that Dongfang Yunbing, a level 12 late-stage fighter, was about to enter the arena, Yunlan said, "Let me handle the next match. It's not suitable for Yan Song, Liu Zhigang, or the others to fight now, and the same goes for Xue'er. If I lose, you must win." Before Li Chenglong could agree, Yunlan had already walked onto the arena. Dongfang Yunbing also took off her coat and came up with a sickle in her hand.

Through the True Dragon Eye on the left, Li Chenglong could clearly see: Dongfang Yunbing, a level 12 S-rank Dark Angel Spirit Awakener, with attributes of 685 Constitution, 674 Strength, 680 Agility, and 697 Spirit, wielding the Bloodthirsty Demon Scythe. Even Li Chenglong was amazed by her power. It's worth noting that Yunlan, as an SS-rank Dragon-Phoenix Body Awakener, although nearing level 12, only had attributes slightly over 600.

Last night he had chatted with Qin Wan and learned that besides the Left Prime Minister Dongfang Yunbing, the Right Prime Minister's name was Nangong Yanran. She was a Level 12 late-stage S-rank Light Angel Spirit Awakener, and also a woman. However, Nangong Yanran rarely attended such combat-heavy occasions; she was more adept at internal affairs. She managed the internal affairs of the Zombie Empire, and it was thanks to her efforts that the Zombie Empire was established and expanded in such a short time.

Dongfang Yunbing looked at Yun Lan in front of her and smiled sweetly: "You are no match for me, let him take over, otherwise I'll beat you until you cry and he'll have to comfort you. But your darling is really quite handsome, even I'm starting to swoon." As she spoke, she pointed with her fair finger at Li Chenglong, who was sitting at the very front of the audience, while Yun Lan's expression grew colder and colder.

"You're courting death!" Yun Lan roared in fury, immediately activating her psionic form and charging forward with the Dragon-Phoenix Spear. Dongfang Yunbing, not to be outdone, also activated her psionic form, wielding the Bloodthirsty Demon Scythe and charging forward. Yun Lan's psionic form featured golden and red interwoven energy wings behind her, while Dongfang Yunbing had two pairs of black wings, with black streams of light spreading out as she moved.

Yunlan knew that there was a significant gap between herself and her opponent, and the longer the battle dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for her. So, after exchanging a few moves, she activated the second level of Dragon and Phoenix Blood, which boosted her aura to another level. For the time being, she was on par with Dongfang Yunbing.

Dongfang Yunbing frowned, surprised by her opponent's unexpected move, but she remained unfazed, wielding her blood-red scythe to deliver a series of heavy blows to Yunlan. The audience in the human section watched the arena with bated breath, fearing Yunlan might be injured. Shangguan Jingyun, still visibly exhausted, her face sunken, clearly drained by the previous battle, steadied her breathing and said with concern, "Dongfang Yunbing is truly too strong. Even at my peak, I couldn't possibly outmaneuver Yunlan."

Yunlan brandished her spear and unleashed a powerful strike: "Explosive Dragon and Phoenix Charge!" A surge of dragon and phoenix energy intertwined and shot from the tip of the spear, hurtling straight towards Dongfang Yunbing.

Dongfang Yunbing neither dodged nor evaded, but instead swung her scythe with concentrated power in her right hand: "Deadly Scythe!" A streak of blood-red energy flew from the blade of the scythe, colliding squarely with the dragon and phoenix energy. However, the scythe's energy was clearly stronger; that energy, like a sharp knife, sliced ​​through the dragon and phoenix energy and flew towards Yunlan.

Yunlan was prepared and easily blocked the weakened energy scythe with her spear. After exchanging a blow, the two women resumed their fight. As their battle dragged on, a large crater gradually formed around them in the arena.

However, as the battle intensified, Dongfang Yunbing gradually found herself unable to withstand the attacks. Finally, Yunlan seized her weakness, striking her hard in the back with her spear. Staggered a few steps forward from the blow, before Yunlan pinned her to the ground. Yunlan then unleashed a barrage of powerful punches, relentlessly pounding Dongfang Yunbing until her hair was disheveled, her clothes torn, and her face bruised and battered.

Dongfang Yunbing suddenly launched an attack, but Yunlan immediately dodged to the side. She clapped her hands and laughed, saying, "Haha, looking at you like this, anyone who didn't know better would think you'd been raped. I just don't know what kind of strong man could subdue you."

Dongfang Yunbing was truly furious. She roared, "Little brat, I'll teach you a lesson! Spirit Summoning!" As she spoke, the energy within her body surged rapidly, and then a huge black energy burst forth from her body. In the air, an angel with two pairs of black wings, dressed in black, and wielding a giant scythe appeared.

Enraged, Dongfang Yunbing acted recklessly, unleashing a terrifying energy that instilled fear in both the human and zombie factions on the left and right. Even Li Chenglong, who was watching from the sidelines, felt his fighting spirit ignite by this energy.

Li Chenglong said to Yunlan, "Yunlan, hurry up and get down. This energy is too terrifying. Leave the rest to me." Yunlan turned to look at Li Chenglong, but shook her head with a smile. Then, facing Dongfang Yunbing, she said, "Come on, I want to see just how powerful you really are!"

After speaking, Yunlan put away the Dragon and Phoenix Spear: "Dragon and Phoenix Blood, highest level!" Everyone saw her assume a defensive stance, preparing to withstand Dongfang Yunbing's terrifying attack. At this moment, Li Xue, Zhao Liying, Shangguan Jingyun, and others tried to persuade Yunlan, but to no avail. Li Chenglong stopped everyone: "Don't say any more. This is Yunlan's choice, and also an opportunity for her. Ding Hai, Liu Zhigang, Yan Song, Xu Chu, the four of you quickly gather energy to form a protective barrier to withstand the impact."

Dongfang Yunbing had already completed the energy gathering for her spirit summoning. She sneered, "A mere level 11 Awakener dares to try and shake a tree like an ant? Since you're so eager to die, you can't blame me. Dark Heavenly Feather Slash!" As she moved, the giant dark angel in the sky also began to move. Its huge scythe displayed incomparably powerful energy and slashed down at Yunlan on the ground.

Yunlan, having activated the third and strongest level of Dragon-Phoenix Blood Energy, appeared to outsiders as a fiery red energy ball. The giant scythe in the sky then cleaved down, followed by a massive explosion centered on Yunlan. The resulting blast hurled everything in its path. At the epicenter of the explosion, a gigantic mushroom cloud appeared and continued to spin.

Dongfang Yunbing gasped for breath; using this move had also consumed a significant amount of her energy. At level 9, especially those still in human form, zombies can regain normal human physiological functions such as heartbeat, breathing, and blood flow. At level 10, they can eat certain foods; for example, Han Feng particularly enjoyed the Flame Fruit given to her by Li Chenglong. At level 11, they are completely identical to normal humans.

Li Xue was in tears, Zhao Liying was heartbroken, and Shangguan Jingyun had tears in her eyes. The human side was very sad because any superhuman or awakened person with sensory abilities could sense that there was only one energy left in the arena, Dongfang Yunbing, who was floating in mid-air, while Yunlan's energy could not be found at all.

Seeing everyone trying to rush into the arena, Li Chenglong stopped them in time: "Don't go. If you go now, you'll interfere with Yunlan's leveling up." Everyone stared wide-eyed at the arena, which was still filled with smoke and dust. They clearly hadn't sensed a trace of Yunlan's energy, so why would Li Chenglong say that Yunlan was leveling up?

Less than 10 seconds later, the arena finally changed. The billowing smoke and dust seemed to be blown away by a strong wind and disappeared without a trace. Suddenly, a very strong fiery red energy burst out from where Yunlan was standing, followed by the cry of some kind of bird. A firebird burst out of the ground, and then Yunlan, covered in flames, flew out with the firebird.

Dongfang Yunbing took a few steps back in surprise and said, "How is this possible? You can break through like this?" Li Chenglong smiled and said, "The phoenix, reborn from the ashes, just as I thought."

Recently, while Li Chenglong and Long Ling were researching Awakened Ones, Long Ling looked at ancient Chinese mythology books and said with some surprise, "Is this a phoenix?" Li Chenglong nodded, "Yes, actually in our Chinese culture, the phoenix refers to two kinds of birds: Feng and Huang. Feng is the male bird, and Huang is the female bird. But in the ancient royal family, they were generally referred to as dragon and phoenix, where Feng refers to the female. So the meaning of phoenix is ​​really different in different contexts."

Long Ling shook her head: "That's not right. On our planet Meral, the Fire Phoenix isn't the kind of phoenix you have. It's a divine bird whose body emits flames. When this bird is on the verge of death, it will be reborn from the flames." Li Chenglong said in surprise: "Isn't that the phoenix from Western legends? Sometimes we Chinese also call it the Fire Phoenix, but it's actually a modern artistic creation, different from the Chinese phoenix."

Long Ling laughed and said, "That's because Xiao Feng and I misunderstood your culture when we came to Earth, which caused the problem with Yun Lan. Now that we've figured it out, maybe a miracle will happen when she reaches level 12."

What Li Chenglong is witnessing now is this phenomenon. Based on the magnificent divine bird covered in flames that just rushed out, he is certain that it is not a phoenix, but an immortal bird, which is the fire phoenix that China has been talking about since modern times.

想到此处李成龙打开真龙之眼：云岚，12级SS级火凤凰灵体觉醒者，属性体质733、力量725、敏捷730、精神735。能力有：圣灵枪、灵能空间、究极自愈、灵能形态、灵体召唤、火凤凰之瞳、火凤凰之体、流星火雨。

"It seems that Yunlan and I are the same. Reaching level 12 is basically like being reborn. Our abilities are vastly different from before," Li Chenglong muttered to himself.

After her upgrade, Yunlan, empowered by the Phoenix's abilities, was restored to her peak condition. Her entire body was engulfed in flames, yet the flames seemed nonexistent, causing no damage to her fur or clothing. Yunlan pointed her spear at Dongfang Yunbing: "Come on, let's settle this in one move."

Dongfang Yunbing smiled and flew into the air, saying to Yunlan, "Alright, that's exactly what I was thinking. After all, you've only just leveled up to level 12. I don't believe you can defeat me. Spirit Summoning!"

Yunlan released scorching energy from her body: "Just what I wanted, Spirit Summoning!" Two enormous streams of energy flew out from each of them, gradually forming the shape of spirits. At this moment, everyone on the human side, except for Li Chenglong who had been somewhat prepared, watched the scene before them in astonishment.

Yunlan released her fiery red spiritual energy, which gradually transformed into the image of a beautiful young girl, and then into a giant firebird that soared above Yunlan's head, occasionally letting out a cry.

Dongfang Yunbing struck first: "Dark Heavenly Feather Slash!" Yunlan followed with a shout: "Annihilation Slaughtering Formation!" The two spirits clashed, unleashing an energy several times greater than before. Even Li Chenglong had to mobilize his spiritual energy to counteract the shockwaves. The ordinary people in the human camp were largely unaffected thanks to the defensive shields erected by four level 12 ability users.

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, a red figure fell out of the arena. It was Dongfang Yunbing, dressed in a red combat uniform, though the explosion had ripped it to shreds and even exposed some parts of her clothing. Yunlan, on the other hand, hovered effortlessly in the air, pointing her gun at the zombie contestants' rest area, preparing to face her final opponent.

(I've changed the setting here. Actually, I was very reluctant to change it, but today I read someone else's novel and some readers got into a fight over the name "phoenix." I felt that even if no one reads my novel this way, there's no guarantee that similar situations won't happen in the future. So, I thought I'd take advantage of Yunlan's level 12 advancement to change the setting. I'll change it to "Undying Phoenix Spirit," also known as "Fire Phoenix," so that no one can find fault with it.)

I originally wanted to change the setting to Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, and White Tiger, but considering that we've only created Li Chenglong and Yunlan so far, changing it would require two more characters, which would make later writing more difficult. The reason I initially wanted to use dragons and phoenixes was because I originally intended to write it based on emperors and empresses; emperors are usually represented by dragons, and empresses by phoenixes, like Wu Zetian, with all sorts of phoenix pavilions and phoenix terraces. But I changed it today, and to be honest, I'm a little reluctant, haha, because changing the setting midway through is really painful.