Swish—
After those words left his lips, the black-clothed young man lunged forward, launching yet another assault upon Sacred Light Yu.
This time, Sacred Light Yu had no chance whatsoever to fight back.
The black-clothed young man had unleashed a martial art, and it was a Third-tier Sovereign Forbidden Art.
The black spear repeatedly pierced through Sacred Light Yu's body, and in the blink of an eye, his frame was riddled with horrifying, gaping bloody holes.
When the black-clothed young man finally ceased his attack, Sacred Light Yu had already lost the power to remain airborne. He plummeted from the sky, crashing down below the mountaintop. His aura was exceedingly weak — he didn't even have the strength to stand.
Yet everyone knew this was only because the black-clothed young man had held back. Otherwise, Sacred Light Yu would have long been dead.
Sacred Light Yu held an extraordinary status. Seeing him injured, many of the juniors below the mountaintop hurriedly rushed over, employing their own methods to treat his wounds.
But Sacred Light Yu's injuries were exactly like
"You… you…"
Sacred Light Yu stared up at the black-clothed young man hovering in the sky. His trembling lips seemed to want to say something, yet he didn't dare utter a word.
This black-clothed young man was utterly deranged. Knowing full well who he was, he still dared treat him like this.
It filled Sacred Light Yu with genuine, bone-deep fear toward this black-clothed young man.
If he spoke out of turn again, the other party might very well kill him.
"That bastard — how dare he treat Young Master Yu with such disrespect! We absolutely must kill him!"
By now, the clansmen of the Sacred Light Clan had been consumed entirely by rage. A towering killing intent radiated outward, and everyone could feel it.
Unfortunately, due to the age restriction, they were unable to enter the world within the Storm Battle Dragon Platform. They could only stand by and watch helplessly as Sacred Light Yu was humiliated, unable to do a thing.
All they could do was wait — wait for the Storm Battle Dragon Platform's world to open, and then punish that black-clothed young man ruthlessly.
But even if the Sacred Light Clan was prepared to deal with the black-clothed young man, what of it?
This battle had been lost by the Sacred Light Clan, and lost thoroughly and completely.
Because of this, the various factions throughout the Sacred Light Heavenly River all felt a certain degree of dejection.
After all, they were all people of the Sacred Light Heavenly River. Regardless of who they clashed with in their daily lives, whether they did good or committed evil, they all possessed at least some sense of shared honor and shame.
Seeing all of the Sacred Light Heavenly River's juniors defeated by that black-clothed young man, they all felt wretched inside.
Moreover, the black-clothed young man's strength was truly unfathomable.
Look at him — standing tall in the sky, gazing down upon all with contempt.
And then look at the Sacred Light Heavenly River's geniuses, sprawled beneath the mountaintop, every last one of them reduced to a wretched state.
This contrast made their hearts ache all the more.
Was this truly the gap between their Sacred Light Heavenly River and the other Heavenly Rivers?
Was their Sacred Light Heavenly River really this pathetic?
The older generation was inferior to other Heavenly Rivers, and now even the younger generation fell short?
They had to realize — this generation of juniors was the most outstanding the Sacred Light Heavenly River had produced in nearly ten thousand years.
If even they couldn't rise up, then the Sacred Light Heavenly River might truly have no hope left.
Boom boom boom—
But just at that moment, from within the Storm Battle Dragon Platform, waves of thunderous rumbling actually erupted.
It was lightning. A mass of thunderclouds materialized out of thin air.
Immediately after, an enormous creature burst forth from within the thunderclouds.
It was the Ice Dragon — the very same Ice Dragon that had previously clashed with the Fire Dragon.
The instant the Ice Dragon appeared, its overwhelming presence dwarfed everything. Even the black-clothed young man, who had just been looking down upon all, suddenly seemed insignificant.
In that stretch of heaven and earth, there was now only one truly powerful existence — that colossal Ice Dragon.
"Why did the Ice Dragon suddenly appear?"
"Could the outcome of its battle with the Fire Dragon already be decided?"
"Or does the Ice Dragon's appearance mean the Storm Battle Dragon Platform is about to close?"
Once the Ice Dragon emerged, speculation ran rampant among the crowd, yet none of them knew what its sudden appearance truly signified.
Not even the Sacred Light Clan knew.
"All of you being able to survive is thanks to this person."
But just as the crowd stood there in bewilderment, the Ice Dragon turned its gaze upon the juniors and spoke.