The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The Blizzard Beasts opened their mouths one by one, releasing magic spells.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Countless Rock Spikes burst from the ground, the horses that couldn't dodge in time were skewered by the spikes, and even some Knights were pierced through by the Rock Spikes. Other horses crashed directly into the spikes, falling and causing a domino effect as they tripped a swath of others, with screams of agony rising and falling one after another.

Merely in the first encounter.

The mighty Intermediate Magical Beast Blizzard Beasts had dealt a heavy blow to the Roaring Knights, totally disrupting their formation.

After two waves of Rock Spikes, the Coral Island Knights had already charged over. Liszt blew a whistle and, riding Douson, leaped into the Roaring River beneath the stone bridge, followed by the eight tiny ones.

They quickly cleared the path, allowing the Knight Order to charge through.

In the blink of an eye.

The Coral Island Knights had already plunged into the midst of the disarrayed Roaring Knights, using the favorable conditions created by the Blizzard Beast Squad to slaughter these elite Earth Knights. Countless Dou Qi collided and tore through the air, with various colors of Combat Skills being cast and spears clashing against longswords.

Blood and flesh splattered, with the screams of agony drowned out by battle cries.

Of course, the screams were mostly from the Roaring Knights, while the battle cries were predominantly from the Coral Island Knights. The advantage gained by the nine Intermediate Magical Beasts working together was not something that could be erased in a short period of time.

...

Watching his own Knights being slaughtered.

The Marquis Nuta, who had been following in the charge, was finally unable to bear it. He was riding a huge yellow tiger that was bigger than the Blizzard Beasts. If not obscured by the dust, it would have been extremely conspicuous in the crowd. Suddenly, the tiger's body heavily sank down.

Marquis Nuta had already risen into the air.

Behind him, four Sky Knights shot up.

Five Sky Knights soared through the sky, a formidable force that, once launched an attack on the Knight Order, would undoubtedly be a terrifying sight. Clearly, Marquis Nuta was completely enraged. He didn't plan to play a game of Earth against Earth, Sky against Sky anymore; he aimed to directly crush the Coral Island Knights and retake Little Riverheart Castle.

At this moment.

Liszt had already returned to the front of Little Riverheart Castle, and the nine Blizzard Beasts had also swum back and were lying on the ground to rest, recovering their Magic Power.

The Earl glanced at the five Sky Knights in the sky, then back at Liszt.

Liszt nodded, a smile brimming with battle intent appearing at the corner of his mouth. In a volume only he could hear, he softly said, "It's time for me, the Ghost Swordsman Liszt Tulip, to take the stage!"

He pulled out his Sky-Cleaving Greatsword, channeling his Dragon Dou Qi.

With a stomp of his feet!

Two deep footprints were left on the turf.

He took to the air, heading straight for the five Sky Knights. His gaze shifted, finally locking onto the Sky Knight clad in golden armor with the richest Dou Qi inside—without a doubt, this Knight who, like Deborah, favored golden armor, was Marquis Nuta.

In his youth, he was known as the Surging Waves Sword Saint, a Completion Level Sky Knight with the Water Attribute, the mastermind behind the assault on the river's source—Dimaria Yuhua Stone.

Liszt saw him, and he likewise saw Liszt.

Ignoring Liszt's companion Li Weiliam, Dimaria charged straight at Liszt, filled with soaring battle spirit but without a trace of complacency.

He had inquired the fleeing Knights from Little Riverheart Castle and knew that the day before, with a single sword strike each, Liszt had effortlessly defeated the Sword Saints Yevich and Deborah—since they could guess that Liszt was of the Ancient Warrior inheritance, he naturally could as well.

Inheritances of Ancient Warriors had their strength and weaknesses.

The strong among them, like the Cloaked Bear-wearer Marquis of Boulder, was declared the mightiest beneath the Dragon Knights. As for the weak, they must be similar to Knights in training, with both beginners and failures.

In his heart, he had already regarded Liszt as a strong one like the Marquis of Boulder, hence he was fully alert.

In his hand was a pale blue longsword, as translucent and sparkling as Crystal. One could vaguely make out that it was originally a piece of bone, finely carved following its natural shape. There were no gemstones embedded, but the hilt, the guard, and the blade all seemed to be coated in a layer of faint silver sheen.

The surging water-attribute Dou Qi covered the longsword as Marquis Nuta flew towards Liszt, about to collide with him. With a fierce swing of his longsword, he released a pale blue light, which instantly transformed into a raging waterfall, engulfing Liszt from above.

His nephew, Deborah, possessed the thunder attribute.

He himself embodied the water attribute.

Boom!

The waterfall, a manifestation of advanced water-attribute Dou Qi, swallowed Liszt, who was wielding the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword, as if a giant wave crashed onto a surfer. But as soon as the illusory waterfall engulfed Liszt, it exploded with a loud bang in the next moment, with countless droplets of water vaporising and spreading into a huge cloud of mist in the air.

Immediately after, a flash of red burst forth within the mist.

Striking straight at Dimaria's chest was Liszt, cloaked in flames, his Dragon Dou Qi easily shattering the advanced Dou Qi—it was not even a contest, even as his opponent's concentrated water-attribute Dou Qi was nearly tangible, it still couldn't withstand the Dragon Dou Qi.

"Ah!"

Dimaria cried out as he was sent flying backward, his golden armor was sturdy, and the flame-engulfed Sky-Cleaving Greatsword did not cleave through the armor.

"Such strength is not even enough to test the depth of my power," Liszt said as he followed Dimaria's retreating direction and fell, "But the shell is quite hard... It must be armor made from Mountain Copper, possessing unbreakable properties and resistance to magic, not excluding Dragon Dou Qi."

Just this set of armor alone was probably worth a fortune.

Liszt looked down on this with disdain—he disliked rich people!

But he didn't have more time to ponder, as five Sky Knights from the Roaring Knight Order followed the Marquis Nuta who had cried out and fallen back, leaving four Sky Knights remaining.

One was being suppressed by Li Weiliam, leaving three to rush at Liszt after Marquis Nuta was sent flying, attempting to stop Liszt from continuing his pursuit.

"Get lost!"

Liszt's Dragon Dou Qi burst forth as he swung the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword in a full circle, unleashing the charged move Crimson Dawn Burn in an instant. Flames, like a sky full of burning clouds, swept toward the three Sky Knights advancing from different directions.

Lightning!

Wind!

Ice!

The three attributes of advanced Dou Qi were unleashed, performing powerful combat skills that met with the burning clouds. For a moment, the sky changed color, with thunder and lightning, howling winds, and scatterings of hail as if it were the apocalypse. The battle of the Sky Knights was capable of changing the weather, triggering intense local convection weather patterns.

However, it was only a momentary occurrence, and in the next instant, the burning clouds engulfed all changes in the sky, leaving only flames burning aloft.

The lightning ceased, the winds stopped, and the hail melted into vapor, dissipating and vanishing.

The three Sky Knights were each dealt a heavy blow; although they were not sent flying by Liszt's move, they were unable to soar in the air and could only accelerate their fall to the ground.

Using this collision, Liszt's body rose again, locating the direction of Marquis Nuta and preparing to strike while the iron was hot, aiming to settle the battle with one blow.

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The Eye of Magic, constantly running, suddenly detected changes in the Roaring Knight Order below. What was once a tumultuous blend of multicolored Dou Qi following the knight order's formation, seemed to be guided by some force. The Dou Qi rapidly coalesced and lifted a figure.

It was Marquis Nuta Dimaria Yuhua Stone.

He held his sword at an angle toward the ground, his body not leaping but stepping on the solidified mass of Knight Order Dou Qi, slowly rising in mid-air.

This massive collective Dou Qi of the Knight Order attracted and merged with his own advanced water attribute Dou Qi, rapidly condensing into a colorful auspicious cloud.

At this moment.

A classic phrase inexplicably surfaced in Liszt's mind.

"My ideal man is a peerless hero... One day he will appear in a situation where all eyes are on him, cloaked in Golden Holy Armor, riding upon clouds of seven colors to take me as his bride!"