Seraphina stared unblinkingly at Leo, her slender hand clenched slightly within her sleeve.
“Try my Death Flower Sea!” Gilberto’s eyes flashed with cold light as he saw Leo still branding the rune.
With a wave of Gilberto’s right hand, thousands of Jade Plaques flew towards Leo like a storm.
Leo retreated rapidly, and the Jade Plaque wall in front of him moved back as well.
The thousands of Jade Plaques shattered simultaneously.
A surge of red firelight rose, transforming into a massive fire wolf that covered half the sky.
From within the fire waves, bizarre red flowers began to grow.
These strange red flowers had no leaves, only long fiery stems and fully bloomed petals.
The petals were blood-red and extremely thin, resembling tentacles reaching towards the infinite sky.
Leo recognized these flowers as the legendary Death Flowers, which bloom without leaves and have leaves without flowers.
The eerily beautiful Death Flowers bloomed in the sea of fire, like a path guiding souls.
Among the sea of flowers, one central flower was the largest, at least ten times bigger than the others.
Gilberto stepped forward, appearing above the central Death Flower, his cold eyes fixed on Leo.
“Death Flowers, the legendary flowers of death from the Netherworld!” exclaimed a disciple from Falling Blossom Palace.
It was said that when a Cultivator dies, they enter the Netherworld. Some can reincarnate, while others become soulless spirits.
On the path to reincarnation, vast fields of Death Flowers bloom.
Spirits must not touch these flowers, or their souls will be burned to nothingness.
While he was standing in the sea of Death Flowers, his eyes turned red. Seeing Leo still wielding the Divine Rune Pen, he smirked coldly.
Leo who he had never taken seriously had managed to wound him. Only by killing him in front of everyone could he erase the shame!
“Give up struggling; in this Death Flower Sea, you will be reduced to ashes!” Gilberto pointed at Leo.
In the sky, nine hundred and ninety-nine Death Flowers detached from their stems.
The fiery red petals spread out like deadly tentacles, flying towards Leo.
The entire sky became scorching hot, as if it could burn everything in its path.
Below the stage, Mike watched anxiously as the Death Flowers surged towards Leo.
Leo’s face hardened as he retreated rapidly with the Jade Plaque wall.
“Hmph, you think you can escape?” Gilberto sneered, waving his right hand.
The enormous central Death Flower detached from its stem as well.
The gigantic flower stood upright between heaven and earth, its flaming petals aimed at Leo.
“Death Space Confinement!” Gilberto chanted coldly, forming a seal with his hands.
Behind Leo, a strange spatial fluctuation occurred, and a fiery red wall appeared.
The wall blocked Leo’s retreat completely!
Breaking through the wall with spiritual power would take considerable time.
Leo’s eyes turned cold. While waving the Divine Rune Pen with his right hand, his left hand extended, five fingers drawing runes on the Jade Plaque wall before him.
Both hands moved, quickly completing the runes on the Jade Plaque wall.
“Dual-hand rune drawing!” The spectators were astonished.
“One hand wielding the Divine Rune Pen and the other drawing runes with five fingers-how can that kid have such high talisman skills?” Elder Derick was baffled by Leo’s talent.
Dual-hand rune drawing required immense mental strength and multitasking ability.
In Runecarver Sect, only the patriarch and sect master could achieve this skill.
In other words, even Gilberto couldn’t do dual-hand rune drawing.
“You can master dual-hand rune drawing?” Gilberto’s fists clenched tightly in mid-air.
Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, a dazzling icy white light burst from the Jade Plaque wall before Leo.
The timing was perfect.
With a wave of his right hand, the Jade Plaque wall shattered completely, transforming into streams of light above Leo’s head.
The icy white light enveloped the sky.
One thousand icy white swords appeared in the air.
Cold snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
Among them, one sword was tens of meters long, dominating like a king among swords.
The other nine hundred and ninety-nine icy white swords emitted a chilling glow and fierce sword energy.
Leo’s eyes were icy cold as he pointed at the burning Death Flowers in the sky.
Above his head, a thousand icy white swords shot towards the Death Flowers with overwhelming cold energy.
In the stunned eyes of those below, a thousand burning Death Flowers collided with a thousand icy white swords in mid-air.
There was no terrifying explosion; instead, an eerie silence fell over everything.
The silence was so profound that one could hear their own heartbeat and breathing.
Time seemed to stop at that moment.
After a brief silence, the fiery red Death Flowers and icy white swords began to erode each other rapidly.
The intense heat and chilling cold clashed fiercely, creating billowing white mist.
The enormous suspended Death Flower faced off against the tens-of-meters-long icy white sword.
This scene was like a divine miracle, spectacular and grand.
In less than thirty seconds, the energy of nine hundred and ninety-nine Death Flowers was exhausted and dissipated with the wind.
The energy of nine hundred and ninety-nine icy white swords also dwindled. After advancing a short distance, they became illusory and then vanished into white light spots.
It was clear that the icy white swords had a slight edge over the Death Flowers.
Gilberto’s eyelids twitched as he focused on the remaining flower and sword in the sky.
Only the enormous suspended Death Flower and the tens-of-meters-long icy white sword continued to erode each other.
“I refuse to lose to a nobody!” Gilberto snarled. His figure flashed behind the enormous Death Flower.
Gilberto’s spiritual power surged wildly from his body, making him look like a fire god.
He pressed his hands against the back of the Death Flower, channeling his spiritual power into it frantically.
The Death Flower absorbed Gilberto’s spiritual power, its red light intensifying instantly.
The slender fiery petals emitted terrifying heat as they wrapped around the enormous icy white sword like tentacles.
The energy of the icy white sword began to dissipate rapidly.