I Was The Hero, But I Woke Up as a Phoenix Princess! – Chapter 185

Chapter 103
Even now, Igtaer still had lingering fear of Duke Oran’s extremely concise, straight, and sharp sword strike from before.
If it hadn’t been for the Ice Dragon Girl suddenly arriving and interrupting his offensive, Igtaer felt that in the next second, he himself, along with the End Sword Blade, would have been sliced into two.
“That’s not it!”
Unexpectedly, the Ice Dragon Girl vigorously shook her little head and, with her big eyes wide open, said very seriously.
“Clearly, I could feel the sword in your hand and the stance you took to contend with Duke Oran. That is not an easy feat… although it looked like just a few subtle changes in swordsmanship, in reality, it completely countered Duke Oran’s sword intent.”
The Ice Dragon Girl lifted her thoughtful little head, her ice crystal-like beautiful eyes looking at the seemingly ordinary human boy in front of her, speaking with a very affirmative tone.
“Hmm, something like that… at least, I definitely couldn’t do it.”
Igtaer thought back to the moment Duke Oran attacked, how that straight, sharp line was reflected and decomposed in his eyes, and his subconscious reaction.
The Ice Dragon Girl once again raised her delicate and soft little face, like pure white silk cloth.
“As for that Phoenix… although her personality is truly terrible, her power is indeed quite terrifying. Moreover, it seems that before her Nirvana, she was a very powerful individual. However, since she chose to leave her flames behind, and you can still bear them, that is definitely not a simple matter!”
When speaking of Verafia, Ophi’s little puffed-up face clearly darkened, evidently still quite aggrieved by what that hateful Phoenix had done to her before.
However, Igtaer couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly as he watched the Ice Dragon Girl, who was clearly very angry yet still expressed her unhappiness in a crisp and soft tone.
“Miss Ophi, you’re really overthinking it. I’m just an ordinary human, and my current level is only Bronze…”
The Ice Dragon Girl flicked her tail, her little face drawing closer. The slight reflection from the delicate, small ice crystal dragon horns also fell into Igtaer’s pupils.
The Dragon Clan girl showed a look of confusion, her pair of beautiful ice-blue eyes seriously appraising the human boy in front of her.
Igtaer’s voice faltered with fright. However, seeing that the girl seemed to have no ill intentions, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought to continue explaining. But suddenly, Ophi’s big eyes lit up, she raised her little head, and spoke with reason and evidence in a crisp voice.
“I understand! I remember my elder sister said that humans are usually wary of things they don’t trust and often deliberately hide their weakness! You must be doing this because you think we’re too unfamiliar!”
Igtaer fell into thought. Although his own Phoenix young lady also showed such innocent and cute appearances from time to time, compared to this little Ice Dragon Princess, this was the true blank slate!
“But, Father wants me to go on adventures with you guys, this won’t do…”
During the time Igtaer and Ophi were having this brief conversation, Duke Oran finally stood up by leaning on his battle sword. The warrior in broken armor stepped on the ground, grasped his long sword, and powerfully slashed the sword’s edge towards the two people a dozen meters away!
“My father told me the best way to develop tacit understanding and trust is to face danger together and fight together!”
The Ice Dragon Girl seemed to be hesitating. She turned her gaze to the human boy in front of her, her little face slightly flushed. As if gathering courage, she forcefully pulled out the ice crystal dragon spear.
“And Ace is seriously injured. Here, there’s only us… Hmm, well, in that case, Igtaer, let’s keep fighting Duke Oran!”
The girl’s excited tone, which instantly became spirited, made Igtaer feel like crying and laughing. The light radiating from Duke Oran’s sword edge was about to tear the ground apart in the next second. Igtaer didn’t have any more time to think about anything else, so he grabbed the End Sword Blade and jumped aside to dodge, shouting.
“Okay. Miss Ophi, what should we do!”
The cold air rapidly overflowing around Ophi froze the encroaching blood light. She raised her spear blade to block the battered long sword hidden behind the blood aura. The intense impact shattered the frozen frost. The Ice Dragon Girl’s expression was anxious: “Wuwu… I don’t know!”
What is this supposed to be?
Igtaer couldn’t help but complain in his heart. Why is this little princess of the Dragon Clan more naive than his own Phoenix lady?
The blood shadows that Duke Oran swung simultaneously were melted by the flames on the End Sword Blade. Igtaer landed beside the girl and attacked with his sword. The ancient blood sword almost instantly lifted to block the descending dragon spear.
The cracks hanging in front of Igtaer were evaporated by the self-ignited flames. The boy shouted:
“Like this, Duke Oran was severely injured by the Young Lady before, and his energy is not even as much as yours, Little Fei. All he can rely on is the blood authority brought by the Blood Race’s true origin and his will and swordsmanship as Duke Oran, just like that ‘Sword of Severance’ from moments ago!”
The dense blood blocking the front was thinned by being ignited by flames, and the traces of ice spread again. Ophi seemed to understand the human boy’s intentions, raised her spear blade and attacked, forcing Duke Oran to move his sword edge to block.
“Just now… Duke Oran’s sword strike was released by relying on his will from when he was alive. After the attack from the Young Lady, what he had left was not much, and now even his consciousness for attacking is a bit blurry.”
Igtaer seized the opening caused by the opponent’s sudden abnormal pause. The flames burning on the End Sword Blade transformed into a segment of fiery gold light and struck the warrior’s breastplate.
A scorching sound came from the blood light formed by blood, and a muffled grunt like the sound of wind breaking came from Duke Oran’s body. A burning sword mark appeared on his worn breastplate, and his body involuntarily retreated.
Igtaer slashed down with the End Sword Blade in his hand. Duke Oran raised his sword to block. The flames and blood-colored light dividing their vision the moment their two swords clashed.
“That’s it! Little Fei, I’ll tear open his defenses. At this moment, Duke Oran cannot tend to both his defense and his weaknesses. Moreover, Duke Oran’s current will is entirely derived from the original blood he left in reality. The Bloodwind Blade was lost on that sword after it was killed!”
As Igtaer’s voice fell, the scene of flame sword light and scarlet blood clashing and destroying each other was accompanied by a clear dragon roar. The ice crystal-like spear blade, carrying immense power, blasted out, striking Duke Oran’s body, which had no defenses.
“Boom!”
The extremely strong force directly pushed the swordsman back more than ten meters, and his boots carved deep ravines into the ground. Duke Oran’s body, unable to support itself, slammed onto the ground on one knee, the light in his eyes almost extinguished.
The blade of the End Sword Blade, fueled by the energy of the Phoenix girl’s remaining flames, was maximized. Igtaer intended to use this strike to thoroughly defeat this ancient Blood Duke!
Duke Oran’s broken body forcefully pushed itself up. Igtaer’s pupils suddenly contracted.
The swordsman of blood did not defend. Instead, he pushed his shoulder armor against the End Sword Blade, allowing the flame-burning blade to split the steel and cut into his body.
A sound like dry wood burning came from Duke Oran’s right shoulder where the End Sword Blade penetrated, but not a single drop of blood flowed. Duke Oran’s body remained standing, but he did not look at Igtaer.
“He’s trying to—”
Igtaer subconsciously raised his gaze. Duke Oran’s dim blood-colored pupils reflected the figure of the Blood Race girl standing and looking over not far away.