Chapter: Chapter 317
Why was this person still standing, even though their chest had been pierced? Why was she erupting with even more terrifying power than before?
The white-haired girl didn’t understand. Her almost nonexistent thinking ability was insufficient to comprehend what was happening.
Her sword was still stuck in black-haired girl’s chest. Since that was the case, she would just kill the girl again, or so she thought.
Before she could make a move, the girl who was slowly standing up had already placed her hand on the long sword plunged into her chest. A confident and domineering smile adorned the girl’s face, suddenly giving the white-haired girl a sense of impending doom.
Something felt wrong!
The girl immediately wanted to pull her sword out and distance herself from this girl, but the girl didn’t give her the chance.
A slender, fair finger extended and lightly flicked the sword.
*Clang!*
With a crisp impact, the white-haired girl’s sword shattered into pieces.
She herself was sent flying back several meters. That flick didn’t just destroy the sword; a terrifying magic, using the sword as a medium, surged into her body, inflicting considerable internal injuries.
“Your performance is over. Now, it’s my turn.” Leticia’s figure was engulfed in black mist. When she reappeared, she had already put considerable distance between herself and the white-haired girl. The wounds on her body had completely vanished, and the tattered yellow skirt she wore had been replaced by a long black dress.
As a mage, it was the correct choice to engage in combat at a distance.
Phantasmal crests appeared one after another behind her. These were symbols of various schools of magic. For every path of magic one mastered to the Grandmaster level, such a crest would condense behind them as a show of prestige.
Yes, it was for showing off. These crests had no practical use; they were merely for flaunting one’s strength.
But those were the rules of the real world. This, however, was the dream world.
The crests flew to the front of Leticia, stacking upon each other at incredible speed. A black crest, subtly different from the others, slowly materialized before Leticia.
The main body of the black crest was a profile of a girl’s face. Though simplified, it was still recognizable. Leticia reached out to the crest, and it responded by extending a black wooden hilt.
Grasping the hilt, Leticia slowly applied force and drew a black wooden sword from the crest. The wooden sword flowed with various colored magical auras. This was not merely a sword; it was also an exceptionally powerful staff.
What a nostalgic feeling. Fighting alongside an old friend.
“After slumbering for so many years, today is the day we reclaim our honor,” Leticia murmured to herself, stroking the black sword in her hand.
Following her words, terrifying magical fluctuations appeared around her as numerous powerful spells began to charge.
How many spells was this? The white-haired girl’s gaze darted rapidly among the points of magical reaction around Leticia. If there were only one, she might have been able to interrupt the spell before Leticia finished charging. But now, the sheer number was overwhelming.
By her current count, there were at least a dozen spells charging. It was impossible to interrupt them all.
If she couldn’t interrupt them all… then she would shatter all the spells head-on.
The girl clenched her right fist, and the long sword that Leticia had just shattered was once again in her grasp. The next moment, a starry domain expanded outwards, centered on her.
However, this time, the expansion of the starry domain was obstructed.
As the domain spread towards Leticia, it wasblocked by an invisible barrier. Amidst the vast, boundless starry sky, a conspicuous empty space appeared.
“Is it this strike? Let’s see who wins this time!” Leticia felt no fear. This strike was the very one that Bai Ling had used to defeat her in the past. Now, she was no longer afraid of it.
In the past, she couldn’t withstand this strike, but now she far surpassed her former self. Over the years, her strength had grown, continuously and rapidly!
Today, she was sure she could do it!
Highly concentrated magic was injected into the various magic circles around her, and lines of magical radiance appeared in the starry sky, creating a different kind of awe-inspiring spectacle.
But the two individuals on the battlefield paid no attention to these things. Their eyes were fixed solely on each other. The only thought in their minds was to utterly defeat the other.
“Slash!” The white-haired girl struck first. Although Leticia had started charging her spells earlier, because she was charging so many at once, the white-haired girl managed to strike first.
However, she was only slightly faster. This slight advantage was not enough to interrupt Lady Demon King’s spells before she finished charging.
A moment after she unleashed her sword strike, the various magic circles around Leticia erupted with torrents of magic.
The sword light and the magical torrents collided in the starry sky. After a brief stalemate, the seemingly terrifying and unstoppable sword light was actually pushed back inch by inch.
Seeing this development, Leticia’s confidence grew even stronger. She was now certain that she could defeat this opponent.
Before, she had been scaring herself. This opponent was not invincible. She could win.
Seeing her attack being repelled, the white-haired girl’s expression soured slightly. She was accustomed to shattering everything with a single strike, but now, her attack was on the defensive.
She couldn’t accept this. She would not lose!
The sword in her hand lit up again, and the white-haired girl unleashed a second strike.
This strike was even more powerful than the previous one.
The two sword lights merged into one, finally withstanding the deluge of magic. But sword lights were just sword lights; they lacked sustained power. Meanwhile, Leticia’s torrent of magic had a constant supply of fresh energy!
After a brief stalemate, the sword light again ran out of steam. Thus, the white-haired girl swung her sword a third time.
The new sword light collided with the magical torrents. This time, there was no stalemate. The collision of two such terrifying attacks immediately triggered a massive explosion, even more powerful than the two attacks themselves.
The seven-colored barrier that had been preventing Leticia from leaving instantly developed cracks under the internal shockwaves. It looked like it wouldn’t hold.
This immediately alerted Kira, who was watching in stunned silence, to the impending danger. If she stayed here, she might become collateral damage.
On the other side of the city, Bai Ling, who was entangled with two witches, suddenly ceased her continuous attacks and looked towards the distant, faintly visible massive palace with a gaze of shock and uncertainty.
In her perception, an extremely terrifying energy reaction had suddenly appeared there. It even contained an energy reaction similar to her own. What on earth was happening?
No, she had to go and see.
Bai Ling made a decision immediately. She abandoned her two opponents, turned, cradled her sister in her arm, and transformed into a stream of light, flying towards the massive palace.
Bai Ling’s reaction immediately made the white-haired girl anxious. That was a crucial location that the master had specifically mentioned. She absolutely could not let this white-haired girl go there!
Without seeking Zi Meng’s consent, the white-haired girl followed directly, intending to stop Bai Ling.
But this time, Zi Meng did not act. She stood rooted to the spot, looking down at her hands. This battle made her feel a deep sense of helplessness. She was completely outmatched by the white-haired girl, who seemed to be toying with her like a child.
If that person hadn’t held back, she would have died several times already.
Her period of introspection did not last long, not because she had figured anything out, but because the loud noise from afar drew her attention towards the direction of the sound.
What a colossal and beautiful mushroom cloud that was. The once magnificent palace had completely vanished. In its place, a massive mushroom had grown.
The white-haired girl, who had rushed over in a panic, was flying back even faster than before. What sent her flying back was not an enemy, but the shockwave from the massive explosion.
Seeing this scene, Zi Meng immediately controlled herself to enter a state of incorporeality. In this state, she could be immune to most physical damage, which was more than enough to evade ordinary shockwaves.
The problem was, this explosion was no ordinary explosion. This shockwave was no ordinary shockwave either.
The shockwave was not only physical; its magical impact was even more immense, and this dealt a severe blow to Zi Meng, who had entered an incorporeal state. She was almost instantly knocked out of her ethereal state, spewing blood and flying backward like her younger sister.
Compared to these two, Bai Ling and Xiao Ya were in much better shape. Although not skilled in defense, Bai Ling had managed to carve out a safe passage with her sword, protecting herself and her sister.
Pushing through the shockwaves, Bai Ling brought Xiao Ya to the epicenter of the explosion. Where a massive and beautiful palace once stood, it was now gone, leaving only a pile of rubble.
These were just the outer buildings. Further inside, even the small stones had disappeared.
The might of this explosion was evident.
Amidst the flying dust and smoke, a striking colorful light appeared, followed by a circular shield that materialized in Bai Ling’s view.
Within the shield, Kira was curled up tightly in Leticia’s embrace. Leticia, with one arm around her sister’s waist, was staring in another direction, as if something was there.
Sensing Miss Bai’s presence, Leticia turned her head. “Help me look after Kira. I still have some things to handle.”
Saying that, she patted Kira’s shoulder. “Go on. Sister will find you after she’s dealt with the enemy.”
“Okay.” Kira looked up from her sister’s comforting embrace. When the explosion broke through the barrier, she hadn’t fled very far. If her sister hadn’t arrived in time to erect a shield, she might have been evaporated along with the palace.
Speaking of which, the enemy her sister had been fighting earlier and this elder sister named Bai Ling were quite similar, as if they were carved from the same mold.
Erecting a shield herself, Kira toddled over to the Bai sisters.
“Is there an enemy here? Do you need my help?” Bai Ling noticed that Leticia was still on guard. And the current Leticia was exuding a terrifying power that even she had to acknowledge.
The girl who had been powerless before had now become a powerhouse comparable to herself.
But she was on guard, which meant she had encountered a formidable enemy. The recent violent explosion was likely triggered by the battle between Leticia and this unknown enemy.
“There is an enemy, but it must be resolved by me.” Leticia let out a soft sigh. She had a rough idea of how to destroy this dream.
In fact, it was quite simple: just cause irreversible damage to this dreamscape. Quantified, it would be roughly equivalent to leveling an entire country.
For ordinary people, this would be nearly impossible. But in the eyes of Leticia and Bai Ling, it wasn’t that difficult.
They both possessed the strength to destroy a nation single-handedly.
Of course, this was a foolish method, purely relying on brute force. Leticia still preferred another, more technical approach.
“On everyone in this world is an invisible thread, collecting energy and supplying it to the gods outside,” Leticia revealed the truth in her eyes to Bai Ling.
In her sight, behind the heads of everyone present were faint, colorful threads. These threads led in the direction Bai Ling had just come from, meaning the transfer targets of these threads were over there.
“You go and help me stall the people over there. Don’t let them escape or anything. I’ll be there shortly. I have a way to resolve this.” Leticia flexed her wrist, her gaze fixed intently on the white-haired girl slowly emerging from the dust.
The white-haired girl did not fare as smoothly as Leticia in the explosion. Her self-preservation abilities were limited, and she had sustained far more damage than Leticia in the recent massive explosion.
Her clothes were now scorched with several gaps, her fair body was covered in bloody wounds, and one of her legs moved unnaturally as she walked, clearly injured.
“Upper hand established,” Leticia was clearly satisfied with this outcome. That explosion had been part of her plan. In that indiscriminate, massive impact, she had a stronger survival capability than this white-haired girl.
When a warrior who had maxed out their attack skills but neglected survival could no longer overpower the enemy in terms of offense, and the enemy’s defense was not inferior to their offense, the warrior had already lost.
“Now, sharpen your eyes and witness my revenge!”
