Chapter 343: An Exchange! (4.5k)
“Snow?”
Hearing various voices from the audience, Chen Qianyun turned her head to look at Li Yi blankly. Her usually proud face showed some change, and she muttered, “What’s going on? An aura comparable to a Battle King is surging from him.”
“Clang clang clang—”
As the snow fell thicker and thicker, Li Yi, half-bent, was struck by frost and snow, which surprisingly rang with clarity like metal. A thin layer of frost surged outside his off-white school uniform, and countless strange runes adorned the frost. The source of the runes was Su Jiu, who was further away.
“Whoosh!”
Closing her eyes, she raised her long sword high towards the sky. A beam of azure light shot out from the sword, and three circles of blue halos appeared in the sky, gradually becoming lighter from bottom to top, strikingly similar to when the old man killed the Giant Squid.
A giant formation also appeared in the sky. It didn’t look complicated, but it was only one word – BIG! And the snow that filled the sky was caused by it. The light, fluttering snow continuously fell towards the lone figure on the arena, but it was as if there was an igniter; the more it fell, the higher his strength became.
Frost, like fierce fire, burns with the help of others. This is… Frost Ash!
“Your body can only support sixty seconds.”
Slowly opening his eyes, Su Jiu exhaled a breath of turbid air and transmitted her voice through the formation. There was a hint of helplessness in her eyes, but also more admiration.
To be with the person she liked in the future, even in adversity, she had to draw her sword and charge forward. She was very similar to her.
Frost Ash had a similar effect to Elegy. To put it bluntly, it was a life-burning killing technique.
However, for Su Jiu, they were both blood-burning divine skills. One could be given to teammates, while the other could only be used by oneself, but the limitations were also obvious. Frost Ash could only be used by the Ice Dragon Transformation, which was a legitimate ancient priest skill.
“Hoo…”
Patting the frost and snow off his body, Li Yi took a deep breath, straightened his body again, his blood-red eyes locked onto Chen Qianyun. The Battle King-level aura shot straight into the sky, and he silently chanted the countdown in his heart – “Sixty seconds, my only chance is sixty seconds… Enough!”
“His aura has been forcibly raised to the Initial Stage Battle King level. It’s that Priest!!!”
Sensing the aura, the other team captains in the arena were stunned for a moment, then their expressions changed drastically. With a series of rustling sounds, almost everyone stood up from their seats, their faces filled with extreme horror!
“That Priest actually has the ability to raise him to the same level as the captain. What kind of situation is this!?”
The Young Man with Yellow Hair’s eyes widened like dead fish, staring intently at the young man wrapped in an extremely cold frost-colored formation in the arena, swallowing with difficulty.
“This… This is a forbidden technique that only Grand Priests can perform! Those blue rings actually have a trace of the Law.”
Sitting in his seat, taking a deep breath, the substitute priest in their team suppressed the turmoil in his heart and said to the Young Man with Yellow Hair beside him, his voice slightly trembling.
“Captain Morin, what exactly is going on?” In the seats, a young man wearing a uniform similar to Harry Potter’s asked the captain beside him, looking at the people standing up around them.
“Something interesting has happened. The strongest of the Slacker Team is going all out. Their Priest can actually perform this forbidden technique that only Battle Kings can use. Truly a prodigy.” Leaning back in his chair, Morin gently took off his “magic hat” and sighed with a smile.
“It’s just forcibly raising it, burning life force. Nothing to worry about.”
Not far from them, Wend was still playing on his phone nonchalantly. Seeing the news of the Burning Dragon Valley being incinerated on his phone, a rare look of solemnity appeared on his handsome face. Then he secretly thought,
“Which force has mobilized a Demigod to save Vivian, and even Uncle is involved? If we don’t get first place in the World Championship, I will be punished when I return.”
“Morin, it is said that he can already exchange a few blows with an Intermediate Battle King. This time, his opponent should only be him and that Buddhist Holy Son from the Divine Elephant Kingdom.”
Then he slightly raised his head and looked at the young man holding the magic hat in the distance, his eyes somewhat dim.
The representatives of many countries in the audience exchanged glances, and their expressions became varied. This energy fluctuation was by no means something ordinary students could unleash. The fluctuations of the formation in the sky were too terrifying. Those who didn’t know would think that a High-Rank Battle King Priest was using Law-level power.
“Is this the Amplification a Priest of the Intermediate War General level can bring? If this were in those top teams, this Amplification would allow the strongest members of those teams to penetrate the opponent’s entire team directly.”
The Divine Elephant Kingdom representative who wanted to spectate earlier was also stunned in place. He looked at the front in disbelief and subconsciously blurted out.
However, he didn’t know that energy is always conserved. To obtain powerful strength, the price to pay is far greater than the price the captains of top teams are willing to bear.
Not far in front of him, Yun Mo rested his slightly wrinkled hands on the table, clasping them together. He slightly turned his head and smiled at the secretary, saying, “A miracle… the miracle brought by that bullet. Very passionate, very youthful, just like when our generation went to the demon battlefield.”
“From impossible at the beginning, to possible, then impossible, and now possible… It truly carries the spirit of some seniors.”
Hearing this, the secretary also recovered from her shock and sighed inexplicably, still with an expression of disbelief in her eyes.
“Defeating the strong with the weak… Even I thought they had lost until just now, but unexpectedly, that silver bullet unleashed a formation that only Grand Priests could perform.”
Looking again at the other four permanent country representatives who looked very surprised, Yun Mo inexplicably felt a sense of relief and pride. In the previous session, there were many teams whose paper strength was stronger than this Slacker Team, but none of them were as full of miracles.
Yes, miracles…
The two words that the Night Watchers most adhered to—
Miracles.
“The price of miracles, hehe, just like those old guys… Is it worth it?”
Yun Mo’s gaze shifted back to the arena, from Li Yi to Su Jiu, who stood holding her sword. He chuckled, and his cloudy eyes gradually became deeper. He could feel the life force burning from Li Yi.
His gaze returned to the arena.
“Fight!”
Then, the aura from Li Yi surged. That burning aura also suddenly increased significantly, making the surrounding coldness seem to decrease by a lot. His figure once again turned into a crimson streak and rushed out!
Sensing the sudden surge in Li Yi’s aura, Chen Qianyun’s face no longer held its previous composure. Her expression was uncertain as she retreated, floating backward, and muttered, “This lunatic is directly burning his life force. I can’t let him get close. I’ll find an opportunity to use my mental power.”
“Raging Lion Slash!”
The Crimson Flame Battle Blade flashed rapidly. Li Yi raised the Crimson Flame Battle Blade in his hand fiercely, and then the scorching external energy surged. Finally, with a mountain-splitting force, he ruthlessly slashed diagonally towards Chen Qianyun’s head.
“So what if you’ve become a Battle King? This power doesn’t belong to you, and you can’t hold on for long.”
Gently flicking her long sword, a strong pale golden light suddenly emanated from the blade. She smiled faintly. The dazzling bright light, like a radiant sun, made it impossible to look straight at it. And within the bright light, an extremely sharp sword energy gust, fierce and unparalleled, surged out, fiercely meeting it head-on.
Suddenly, the blade light and sword shadows flashed out, and the two began to fight. After a moment, they used the impact of external energy to separate their distances!
“Thirty seconds left… Raging River Collapse!”
Feeling his blood churning, Li Yi’s expression was solemn. He forcefully shook his arm, pointing the battle saber at the sky, and then with a whistling sound of breaking wind, it slammed down. As the saber landed, instantly, a terrifying flame spread out from the ground. The flames soared hundreds of feet, as if to swallow Chen Qianyun.
Seeing the flaming slash attack, Chen Qianyun’s pupils contracted. She quickly retreated more than ten meters, frantically forming hand seals with her hands. Golden light surged from her body, forming a sun-like light shield. The light shield collided with the crimson flame.
Between the golden and crimson light reflected in countless pairs of eyes, the two extremely terrifying attacks collided with a bang, like the collision of meteorites!
At the moment of their collision, everyone’s hearts involuntarily tensed. In this terrifying confrontation, who would win?
In the silent arena, faintly, faint hissing sounds could be heard from the energy in mid-air, and a mushroom cloud filled with smoke and dust surged up, obscuring the sky above the plaza.
“Still not enough…”
After releasing the slash, Li Yi felt completely exhausted. His face was as pale as paper, and his body swayed. He looked at the figure slowly walking out ahead, a bitter smile on his face. There were still 5 seconds left, and he gritted his teeth, raising his saber and charging forward.
“Drip drip…”
“Fortunately, Floating Life Blossom is enhancing me. Break through with mental power!”
Exhaling a breath, Chen Qianyun’s complexion was not much better. The tiger’s mouth of her hand had cracked open, and blood dripped from the tip of her long sword. Looking at Li Yi, who was also swaying, she let out a cold laugh. A beam of mental power shot out from her eyes.
“What’s going on?! Who’s protecting him…”
However, the moment it was about to hit Li Yi, she suddenly spat out blood, as if she had hit an extremely hard mountain, like looking up at a high mountain. Then, looking at Li Yi, who was already slashing towards her, she could only slowly raise her sword to block.
“Clang!”
Her long sword was sent flying by the battle saber. She wanted to summon her beast pet for protection but found her throat being firmly grasped. She was forcefully pushed to the ground, and her eyes looked at the ferocious young man in front of her in fear—
Lost…?
She was exchanged one-for-one by a Peerless Battle General?!
Looking at the situation in front of her, Su Jiu also rushed forward a few steps and held the Priest named Chen Mengmeng hostage like a pet. She said softly to the stunned referee, “Mr. Referee, please announce the result.”
Coming back to her senses, looking at Chen Qianyun, whose neck was held tightly, the referee confirmed that the other party was indeed unable to break free. He then scanned the surroundings and shouted, “Li Yi wins! The Slacker Team zeros out their opponent and takes the match point, earning five points!”
“Boom!”
As the referee announced, passionate applause erupted in the arena. A victory of defeating the strong with the weak always earned the highest respect, especially since the class of the weak represented their ordinary people.
Hearing the verdict, Li Yi slowly released Chen Qianyun in front of him. His vision gradually blurred. Just as he was about to fall, a delicate figure rushed up. Without caring about the blood, she tightly hugged him. Chen Jia’er, with red eyes, whispered, “Why bother? It’s unnecessary…”
“I have to prove that I’m no worse than your fiancé. I know you have an engagement…”
Lying in her arms, Li Yi softly closed his eyes, a smile on his lips, and said.
Chen Jia’er froze for a moment, then sobbed slightly and buried her face in his chest, biting her lip tightly, and whispered, “You are ten thousand times stronger than him. He’s just an ordinary member for the World Championship, and you’ve already defeated the sister from the top academy…”
“When you were young, you gave me destiny. I will return it to you with precious jade. How wonderful…”
Not far away, Su Jiu looked at the two people in front of her and chuckled, shaking her head, and softly muttered. Suddenly, her hand was also grasped by a pair of warm hands, and Yousy’s singing softly sounded in her ears.
“Are you going to Scarborough Fair. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.”
“Remember me to one who lives there. He once was a true love of mine.”
Turning around, she saw Vivian holding a bottle of brandy and offering it to her. The latter smiled and made a gesture to drink.
“You still love this song so much.”
Su Jiu understood and took a sip with a smile. She felt slightly tipsy, but this alcohol content was nothing to her.
Looking at the two embracing each other in front of her, Vivian tilted her head and looked at Su Jiu’s face. Her already beautiful face showed a smile, and she said softly, “There’s nothing more interesting than the story of a knight and a princess.”
“Perhaps.”
The wine didn’t make her very drunk, but Su Jiu’s face showed a hint of intoxication. Looking at the tear mole on her face, she slightly turned her face away, her eyes becoming a little hazy.
Wait for me, my Princess.
In another place, there was an unusually magnificent manor. In the center of the small manor was a very exquisite small Western-style house. In the living room of the small Western-style house, several figures were watching a display screen.
“Who is that student who fought with Qianyun? Why did he use a blood-stained forbidden technique to risk his life?”
The first to break the silence was a burly white-haired old man. He sat on the innermost sofa, his hawk-like eyes staring at the display screen in front of him, his words expressing neither joy nor sorrow.
Behind him, a man dressed similarly to a butler bowed and replied, “Reporting to the former patriarch, he is from a family in a small city. He seems to be quite close to Miss Jia’er. He visited our manor last time, but the madam called him away.”
“Jia’er? Who is that?” The butler’s words made the old man slightly stunned. Then he thought hard but couldn’t recall.
“It’s the girl who hugged Li Yi. The illegitimate daughter the family head brought back a few years ago. The family is quite taboo about it, so they didn’t tell you…” The butler paused and continued, “It is said that the madam has already prepared to let her elope with the Lin family, who has several Intermediate Battle Kings. However, Miss Jia’er has always been running around, so it has been delayed.”
“Intermediate Battle King? Has my Chen family fallen to selling daughters for marriage?”
Hearing this, the tall old man shook his head, then looked at the rather tragic scene in the video. He summoned a golden great saber and thrust it directly into the floor, letting floor tiles shatter. He smiled calmly and said,
“Hmph, tell those women with bound feet not to meddle. This young man suits my taste. Let the young people handle their own romance.”
The butler was stunned for a moment, then continued, “Master, because of Li Yi’s team, our family might be the first to have its resources cut. If they were to be together, perhaps…”
“Stop talking!”
Waving his hand, the old man glared at him, then said loudly, “Family and country resources, that little profit, I don’t fancy it. It’s just that they like to exploit loopholes.”
The old man’s voice made the small Western-style house tremble slightly, but it was filled with unquestionable authority. It was clear that Li Yi had won the favor of this old ancestor of the Chen family by winning with an exchange.
And just as Chen Jia’er had thought at first—Su Jiu was indeed their benefactor.
