Chapter 457: Finally Breaking the Secret Realm

Chapter 457: Chapter 292: Finally Breaking the Secret Realm

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Dust and sand flew as flames swirled. Sand and Fire merged in midair, forming the shape of a blade that shot fiercely toward Clara.

Furious Sand Blade Transformation: Burning Sand Blade!

Perhaps out of surprise that Su Zhi could break free from his restraints, or perhaps intentionally wanting to test the weight of this attack, Clara did not dodge. She took the blow head-on.

Golden Light flowed, converging at the point where the Burning Sand Blade would Puncture. It formed a thin but substantial-feeling membrane of light—this was Tier Four Hardening. It gathered high-purity Energy from within her body at a defensive point, arranging it in a specific sequence to achieve the Effect of enhanced Defense Power!

Once Hardening reached a certain realm, the high-purity Energy would form a light membrane visible to the naked eye on the body’s surface. In reality, the body beneath the membrane was what was truly solid.

Clara’s Hardening was far superior even to that of the Cyan Cloud Ball, Wanzi, from the past!

CLANG—

The moment the spear and shield collided, a sharp, ear-piercing sound erupted in the cavern.

Clara narrowed her eyes, watching as the membrane of light on her body was torn apart. The swirling blade of flames and sand vibrated at high speed, spiraling before gradually losing momentum and finally dissipating completely.

After cutting through the light membrane, the Burning Sand Blade scraped against her body for a moment longer, leaving a deep mark on her fur but failing to reach her flesh and blood.

Yu Bao’s Burning Sand Blade had been ferocious, but ultimately, it failed to break through Clara’s Hardening!

[‘I don’t know the origin of this blade-like Skill of yours, but I must say, it has a promising future. If I let you continue to grow, it wouldn’t be impossible for you to become an Alliance Leader Level Pet Beast…’]

Clara’s gaze shifted, suddenly turning vicious.

[‘Die!’]

“Yu Bao, watch out—”

SWISH!

Even though Su Zhi was using the Beast Taming Space to transmit his thoughts, he was still a beat too slow. Before a complete thought could be sent to Yu Bao, Clara’s sharp claws had already descended.

BANG!

The instant the tiger’s claw hit the ground, it produced a boom like a cannonball. The sheer brute force of this attack was terrifying!

[‘Hm? No, that was a Stand-In.’]

Staring at the dust under her claw, Clara raised an eyebrow. She turned to look for Yu Bao, only to be met with a flash of cold, gleaming light.

GRRR!

The moment Clara looked up, Wu Bao shot forward, accelerating abruptly. Its horn left an afterimage as it thrust straight at Clara.

Using its advantage in size and weight, Wu Bao forcefully pushed Clara back more than ten meters!

But Clara still wore a relaxed expression.

[‘Good speed~ Too bad there’s no power behind it.’]

SCREEECH—

A harsh, grating sound came from the ground. Wu Bao was shocked to find that with just a slight exertion of force from Clara, it couldn’t advance another inch.

Before Wu Bao could even activate Perfect Block, it felt the world spin. It was sent flying as if riding the clouds, violently thrown aside by Clara.

BAM!

Wu Bao was slammed hard into the rock wall.

At the same time, Clara casually turned her head and raised a claw, blocking a joint sneak attack from Fuyue and Profound Yellow.

[‘Too slow.’]

SWISH! SWISH—

Two blurry arcs of light flashed. Blood scattered along their paths, like a red silk ribbon dancing in the air. Fuyue and Profound Yellow collapsed together, each with a long, thin gash on their chest.

Tuoba Jing clenched his fists, his heart twisting in anguish.

‘It was only now that he understood. Even if he used every trick up his sleeve, it would be difficult to defeat this Disaster White Tiger.’

‘Besides, the earlier restraints had caused them significant internal injuries. Even without Clara’s claws, they would have struggled to unleash their full power…’

[‘Look, what beautiful light… It is the common origin of all Radiant Gold Vein Opening Stones. Once I completely absorb its Energy, this Secret Realm will no longer be able to contain me.’]

Atop the stone platform, the Radiant Gold Vein Opening Source Stone emitted an increasingly intense glow that was becoming somewhat blinding.

Clara looked down from her high perch, her eyes filled with mockery and indifference, like a Demon God.

[‘Why do you still struggle? Stubborn resistance only increases the pain. Peacefully welcoming the good night of death is the final destination for all life. Even if you fight to the bitter end, what can you save? What can you protect?’]

Tuoba Jing did not answer. Only his eyes remained fixed on her, like two sharp swords that would face the enemy even if broken.

Clara was not at all surprised by this.

The remaining Earthquake Beasts slowly swarmed toward Tuoba Jing, like a gradually rising tide about to drown him. And Su Zhi’s defeated Pet Beasts would not escape either…

‘Wait, where did Su Zhi go?’

The moment Clara sensed something was wrong, a flash of Golden Light appeared at the edge of her vision—Su Zhi and Shan Bao had used Flash Gold Teleportation to successfully leap out of the encirclement of the remaining Earthquake Beasts.

The instant he landed, Clara snorted with contempt and pounced viciously.

‘Such a short preparation time isn’t nearly enough for the Flash Gold Sparrow to use Flash Gold Teleportation again. Before Su Zhi can pull another one of his little mouse-like tricks, I’ll tear him to shreds!’

However, the moment she lunged, Clara sensed something was wrong—Su Zhi had a triumphant smile on his face.

At the same time, a sense of crisis washed over her from behind.

Clara hastily turned around, and what met her eyes was a Burning Sand Blade engulfed in raging flames.

Only then did she understand: Su Zhi had actually used himself as bait to create an attack opportunity for his Pet Beast!

And Yu Bao’s timing was perfect, compressing Clara’s reaction time to the absolute minimum and leaving her with no choice but to block.

SCHLICK—

A sharp, stinging pain shot through her shoulder, and droplets of blood flew past her eyes.

Clara was shocked to discover that while the oppressive feeling from the Burning Sand Blade wasn’t noticeably stronger than before, it had pierced her fur and even dug into her flesh.