62 Final Hurdle

Before they even began fighting, Vice Principal Zelle was thrown into a slight surprise.

This intense vivid white glow seemed to fuse with the creature's body! An onslaught of chaotic power erupted from the white light like frantic cyclones.

"Kehh!!" The creature swirled its tongue in its mouth and snapped it wide open.

While in Vice Principal Zelle's slight state of surprise, the creature blew out a stream of putrid red fluids at her.

Instantly, Vice Principal Zelle regained back clarity. The putrid stream of red fluid blitz towards her at lightning-like speeds, yet Vice-Principal Zelle could swiftly react to this.

In merely a split second, Vice Principal Zelle ignited her hand in beautifully bright blue flames.

The bright blue flames elegantly danced around her hand as she raised it up to create a vast dazzling wall of blue flames!

Now it was the creature's turn to be taken for a surprise. Nobody, besides that pair of boy and girl, nobody could appropriately react to its attack!

Still, the creature pressed on its putrid stream of red fluids in ferocious killing intent. Its blast of red liquids sailed right into Vice Principal Zelle's blue flames, violently clashing against it.

'Sssch!!'

Abhorrent sounds of sizzles slithered into Vice Principal Zelle's ears. The putrid stream of red fluids had nearly managed to drill into her blue flaming wall.

But, ultimately, the creature's red fluids stalled right in the middle of the blue flames.

Instantly, the creature's eyes narrowed on Vice Principal Zelle.

Explicit recognition of a threat filled his vision when watching the elegant blue flames of Vice-Principal Zelle.

For her, she will be its most excellent prey yet!

The human-like creature had then mobilized its enhanced power like raging storms. It's signature spine-chilling red mist gathered into its mouth, only now, the red mist held a slight eerie darker shade.

Snapping its mouth open, the human-like creature spewed outs its horrifying red mist before Vice-Principal Zelle could go on the offensive.

Quickly, the horrid red mist sprayed everyone in this small space, creating a dark red hell.

However, Vice Principal Zelle only felt a slight sickening feeling. It was nowhere near the level of nauseating that Elder Fere had experienced and slaught through.

Moreover, this little sick feeling didn't bother Vice-Principal Zelle in the slightest. Something like was as trivial as a small cold for her.

The chilling darker red mist began to ominously swirl around her blue illusion barrier, sealing all avenues of escape.

Yet, Vice Principal Zelle only took a single glance behind her. Once making sure Darcel, Aniela, and Hao Cao wasn't affected by the mist, both her hands had then blazed in luminous blue flames!

Instantly, Vice Principal Zelle began moving her hands at lightning-like speeds, to the point Darce's team stared a bit wide-eyed at her hand.

It was all merely a blue fire blur when watching her hand!

Although, Darcel could vaguely point out Vice-Principal Zelle seemed to be doing some sort of hand signs. And with each completed hand sign Darcel presumed, her blue flames only picked up in its raging intensity.

All around Vice-Principal Zelle's group, the appalling red mist had mysteriously slowed down when trying to cover them.

In Vice-Principal Zelle's body, a special kind Qi surged in her, a Qi that was tremendously superior to Innate Qi in every possible way.

It was a power close to the mythical Heavenly Transformation Realm, yet only a small step away. This was the critical half step state of the Heavenly Transformation realm!

Vice Principal Zelle couldn't will complete Heavenly Qi. Still, she could use a small vague portion of it to triumph over any Innate Core realm cultivator.

Sparks of blazing blue flames flashed against the chilling red mist as Vice-Principal Zelle was near completed with her hand signs.

This process only took merely a couple of seconds. With one last hand sign, a torrent of immense blue fires crazily spewed up from Vice Principal Zelle's body!

'Ssssch!!'

Vice Principal Zelle's torrent of dazzling blue flames formed into a whirlwind blue fire vortex!

The scorching blue fire vortex clashed with darker red mist, holding it in place and even negating small parts of the mist.

Both sides of darker mid mist and raging blue fire vortex kept each other at bay.

No matter how much Vice-Principal Zelle's flames negate the red mist, the human-like creature would instantly spew out more.

And yet, the creature couldn't simply overwhelm Vice-Principal Zelle's flames.

In this stalemate, Vice Principal Zelle's eye gained a hint of a deep blue glow at her pupils' center. Her unique kneen eyes manage to see through the complex red mist and blue flames.

Through their clash of powers, Vice Principal Zelle observed something peculiar about this creature. This creature had kept its bloody red claws drilled tightly into that silverish white core as if it was absorbing it or trying to remove it.

Smirking at this discovery, Vice Principal Zelle gained a sudden idea. She had seen how the creature's eyes were having trouble focusing on her group since its own chilling red mist became far too dense.

In the creature's lapse of vision, Vice Principal Zelle ammas a massive surge of Heavenly Qi into her mouth.

Using a split second, she had then spewed out a concentrated stream of blue flames to the right of her from her mouth.

Darcel, Aniela, and Hao Cao were at first puzzled at Vice Principal Zelle's action. Where she exuded her blue flames didn't seem it would help out with killing this creature.

That is until this random stream of blue flames quickly began to take shape.

Promptly then, Darcel, Aniela, and Hao Cao were taken by colossal shock.

This stream of blue flames swiftly formed into an exact clone of Vice-Principal Zelle!

Down to the tiniest of detail, this clone was a perfect replica of Vice-Principal Zelle. It even held the same hand signs as the original when it was finished forming.

'Cloning, huh….I didn't think it was-hm? Where did she go.'

Darcel was commenting in his mind, but right he had taken his eyes off the clone, the original Vice-Principal Zelle was nowhere to be seen.

Aniela and Hao Cao had also noticed this sudden disappearance leading them to quirk their eyebrows. All three tried to spread out their Spirit Senses to find her, but they could only pick up the clone signature.

While with the human-like creature, it was growing weary of this troublesome stalemate.

Taking a split second to change its course of action, the creature poured less of the mysterious core power into its mist and had then poured it into its eyes.

Instantly the creature's vision became far better than previously.

Effortlessly it saw through the dense mix of red mist and blue flames, spotting Vice-Principal Zelle still standing around in the same pose.

Twitching its lips upwards in a cruel grin, the creature decided to unleash a surprise to its most powerful prey.

A small glow of silverish white flashed in its mouth for the briefest of seconds.

Swiftly then, the creature snapped open its mouth and spat out one condensed drop of its putrid red fluids.

This drop of fluid surpassed any speed the creature attacked with before as it quickly tore through its and Vice-Principal Zelle's clash of power.

And yet the human-like creature had immediately stiffened up all at once. For the first time since breaking into this Labyrinth, a real sense of dreading crisis took over its mind.

Hastily, the creature tore its claw out of the silverish white core. And in the same motion, the creature quickly jumped to its right as it abruptly felt the temperature spike up to boiling degrees.

Looking over to what tried to attack it, the creature's eyes slightly widen. Its eyes caught a long blue spiral sword enriched in dazzling blue flames right by the silverish white core.

And of course, one who was wielding this glamorous sword was Vice-Principal Zelle!

She had found it a bit impressive that the creature managed to dodge, but currently, that didn't matter now.

Her confidence in killing this thing had just skyrocketed!

Now that it was separated from that mysterious core, it shouldn't be able to hold power to match her. After all, she thought that the peak Innate Core bear was the main reason Elder Fere miserably lost to the creature.

Still, staying safe, Vice Principal Zelle didn't try to give chase to the creature.

Instead, she caused the blue flames on her spiral sword to chaotically surge, exuding a prowess above peak Innate Core power.

Gathering an immense amount of Heavenly Qi, Vice-Principal Zelle horizontally swiped her spiral sword and unleashed a horizontal beam of raging blue flames.

It was all but impossible to dodge in the creature's position. It had no other options but to face her attack head-on.

And though Vice-Principal Zelle was confident about her attack, her eyes had abruptly widened the next second watching the creature.

Before the beam of huge blue flames hit it, the creature gnashed its rotten teeth, forcefully mobilizing the mysterious extra power within its body.

Mysterious energy from that core still courses through the creature's body, and at its feet, a dark red glow shimmered with a speck of a silver shine.

The creature held zero hesitation and dived straight at Vice Principal Zelle's elegant blue fire beam!

Vice Principal Zelle's powerful suppressing aura prowess didn't matter in the slightest. Granted by the mysterious core power, the creature tore through Vice-Principal Zelle's aura in its maddening descent.

'Bang!'

Waves of blue flames spiraled in a turbulent storm as the creature managed to tear straight through Vice-Principal Zelle's attack!

At the tip of the creature's claw, wisps of blue flames burned there, but the creature didn't care for the scorching pain at all.

However, no matter how fast the creature went, Vice Principal Zelle had lightning like reactions. At the nanosecond, Vice Principal Zelle narrowly dodged the creature's charging red hue claws.

Though while dodging, Vice Principal Zelle suddenly felt this burning sensation in her blood. Her eyes quickly snapped to the creature's claw, spotting slight wisps of red mist shooting towards her.

Ignoring this burning sensation, Vice Principal Zelle could still efficiently mobilize her Qi and body, unlike other previous victims.

Quickly, Vice Principal Zelle counter-attack by speedily swiping her blue flaming spiral sword at the unexpecting creature.

Undoubtedly like many of its previous victims, the creature at least expected to hear a scream or grunt of pain.

But Vice-Principal Zelle went against the grain again.

Hastily, the creature sparked a considerable sum of the mysterious core power, enriching its body in a brief white glow.

'BANG!'

Savagely, Vice Principal Zelle smacked the creature away for a meter, feeling like she just clashed with hardened magical steel.

Simultaneously she had also noticed that brief silverish white glow enriching the creature before she struck.

Vice Principal Zelle didn't become shocked or let her mind go at this revelation. No matter how much that mysterious core power is in the creature, she was assured it'll eventually run out.

Though, the creature didn't stay idle after getting struck.

Immense burning pain scorched its body, and a patch of blue flames was around its stomach. It also honestly didn't have much of that mysterious core power left, but it was enough for its next course of action.

There was something very....unique about Vice Principal Zelle's power it had notice.

Flipping itself in midair, the creature put one foot on the ground while also mobilizing a tiny portion of the mysterious core power.

All at once, in a split second, the creature swirled out its tongue and flicked multiple droplets of putrid dark red fluids.

The fluids blasted off with immense speeds, but Vice Principal Zelle was always one step ahead.

Before the droplets even reached her, she dodged to her left while also surging more Heavenly Qi into her spiral sword.

Right when doing so, Vice Principal Zelle was prepared for the appearance of the creature who rushed right along with the droplets of fluids.

Once again, blue flames raged intensely on her spiral sword as Vice-Principal Zelle fiercely swiped down.

But in a surprise twist, the human-like creature crashed its foot into the ground. Strangely the creature bent its body in such a way impossible for a human.

Doing so allowed the creature to dodge the initial strike of Vice-Principal Zelle's blue flaming spiral sword.

Quickly then, the creature shimmered a silverish white glow at the tip of its claw and savagely struck out to Vice Principal Zelle's face.

Abruptly, Vice Principal Zelle relied on her lightning-like reaction speeds and swiftly struck her spiral sword at the creature's red hue claw.

Blue flaming spiral sword clashed against red hue claws, but Vice Principal Zelle had immediately overpowered the creature even with the mysterious core power.

'BANG!'

The creature once again got sent flying back like a bullet.

Only this time, the creature used the sheer overwhelming force of Vice-Principal Zelle's attack to crash right into the silverish white core!

The core was initially tightly embedded into the wall, but after the creature violently crashed into it, the core was smacked out of its place.

Swiftly, the creature had latched on to the core, drilling its claws deeply into it once again.

This time massive changes happened when drilling into the core. The creature could freely use more of its power!

Previously it was like something was binding the mysterious core into the wall. Yet, now, thanks to Vice Principal Zelle's unique power, it was able to set the core free.

A massive frown etched on Principal Zelle's face as she knew the battle's whole situation had just massively changed.

A harsh silverish white glow pierced into her eyes as she saw the creature become entirely encased in this glow. Even with her lightning speeds, she couldn't prevent this from happening.

In an instant, the creature snapped its body over in midair, glaring into Vice Principal Zelle's eyes as it landed on the ground.

'Whir!!'

Immediately frantic surges of chaotic blue flames clashed against an intensely dazzling silverish white glow.

Vice Principal Zelle clenched her spiral sword as she needed to take a split second to gather enough Qi to attack.

But the creature didn't need to do it at all now!

Tremendous waves of power perfectly infused with its body as a bloom of chilling, killing intent glazed into its eyes.