Though slightly shorter in stature than Nie Li's Holy Blood Winged Serpent, the Dark Moon Dragon Beast's aura was vastly more powerful. All of its bones grew on the outside of its body, forming a hardened bony armor, and its entire skeleton radiated with a dark, lustrous sheen. A surge of overwhelming power erupted outward like floodwaters breaking through a dam.
It was another outstanding-grade growth-type dragon blood Demon Spirit — and one at the Ninth Life realm!
Boom!
The Dark Moon Dragon Beast stomped on the ground with one foot. With a deafening crash, the ground caved in, forming a massive crater. Carrying an unstoppable imposing aura, it charged straight at the Holy Blood Winged Serpent.
Sensing the tremendous force hurtling toward him, Nie Li lowered his body slightly, bracing into a defensive stance.
Bang!
A heavy, muffled impact rang out like a clap of thunder as a colossal wave of energy exploded outward.
Following the thunderous boom, a huge crater appeared in the hard blackstone arena. Shattered stone flew in every direction, and enormous cracks radiated outward from the two titanic beasts, spreading dozens of meters in every direction. The surrounding students scrambled to leap away.
The raised platform had been completely flattened.
What terrifying power!
The Eastern Court students' faces were all filled with shock.
The Holy Blood Winged Serpent was driven back, step after step, under the Dark Moon Dragon Beast's charge, nearly flying off the arena.
Nie Li's strength was still far too lacking compared to Guo Huai at the Ninth Life realm.
Guo Huai's Dark Moon Dragon Beast had thoroughly suppressed Nie Li's Holy Blood Winged Serpent. Sensing that Nie Li's strength was inferior to his own, Guo Huai's lips curled into a slight smile. Just as he had expected — Nie Li was no match for him at all!
Dark Moon Strike!
The Dark Moon Dragon Beast suddenly swung its massive palm, smashing down toward the Holy Blood Winged Serpent's neck.
As the Dark Moon Dragon Beast's enormous hand was about to strike his body, Nie Li let out a roar. Golden light rippled across his entire body, and sharp spines sprouted from his back at an astonishing speed. His body surged in size once more.
The surrounding Heavenly Dao energy surged wildly. The mutated Holy Blood Winged Serpent had undergone a dramatic increase in power.
Pfft!
The Dark Moon Dragon Beast's palm slammed into one of the spines on the Holy Blood Winged Serpent's neck. The spine pierced clean through its hand, and blood splattered in every direction.
Aoooo!
The Dark Moon Dragon Beast let out a piercing, agonized shriek — a sound of sheer, desperate agony.
This sudden turn of events left everyone momentarily stunned. A Holy Blood Winged Serpent with spines growing on its back — none of them had ever seen anything like it.
So Nie Li's god-grade growth-type Holy Blood Winged Serpent was actually a mutated variant!
A god-grade growth-type dragon blood Demon Spirit was already exceedingly rare — one in ten million. And because the dragon blood lineage was already incredibly powerful, those that had further mutated into an even higher tier were vanishingly scarce.
Their value was beyond imagination!