The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

"Pah!"

Li Si Te (Liszt), feeling nauseated, shook off the lines that flashed through his mind; he even felt a surge of envy. Rightfully, the scene of standing atop the seven-colored auspicious clouds, donned in golden battle armor, should have been his to create.

Yet, it was Marquis Nuta who had coolly pulled it off.

"An aberration!"

"A monkey dressed in silk!"

His brows knitted slightly, his form never pausing for a moment. No matter how flashy Dimaria Yuhua Stone's posture was at this moment, to Liszt, it was nothing more than a target for his sword to slash through.

Scorching Sun Sting!

Enveloped in flames, he brandished his Sky-Cleaving Greatsword with a mighty swing, his charged attack brutally colliding.

Marquis Nuta's eyelids twitched slightly, a cold light bursting forth in his eyes. He raised his Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword, both hands gripping it to cleave downwards at an angle. In an instant, the Knight Order's Dou Qi that gathered around him found an outlet for release, bursting forth with the ferocity of a raging tide, making even the earth and sky lose their luster.

Boom!

This overwhelming mixed Dou Qi clashed rapidly with Liszt's Dragon Dou Qi. The otherwise invincible Dragon Dou Qi could easily shatter the mixed Dou Qi, but the latter seemed endless, one batch collapsing only for another to surge forward, forcefully repelling the Dragon Dou Qi.

Then, like a tidal wave, it struck Liszt, who couldn't stop his motion.

Clang!

"A powerful attack!"

His Mithril Armor, as though struck by countless mighty hands, caused Liszt's internal organs to nearly shift out of place; his body could no longer maintain its leaping posture and he started to fall from mid-air.

Below were the Roaring Knights. How could these Elite Earth Knights let such a godsent opportunity slip away? They quickly swapped to bows and arrows, desperately shooting at the falling Liszt. The arrows fell like rain, swiftly enveloping the area where Liszt was plummeting, so numerous they were uncountable.

Setting Sun Drop!

Liszt once again emitted Dragon Dou Qi, a forceful strike sweeping away the arrow rain—he was not like those Sky Knights he had flung away with a single blow. Although Marquis Nuta's formidable strike caused him to fall, his body was still under his control, and his Dragon Dou Qi remained abundant.

Just as he cleared the arrow rain, a roaring cacophony surged from behind; Marquis Nuta had once again directed the Knight Order's Dou Qi toward him.

Caught in the momentum of the fall, Liszt couldn't even manage to turn and counterattack.

He had no choice but to diffuse his body with Dragon Dou Qi, to withstand this second blow from Marquis Nuta. The mixed Dou Qi could still use its mass to overcome and shatter the powerful nature of the Dragon Dou Qi.

Whizz!

Suppressing the urge to scream in pain.

Liszt, however, could no longer maintain any semblance of grace, crashing to the ground like a cannonball.

The moment he hit the ground, only one thought crossed his mind, "What kind of attack is this that even my Dragon Dou Qi can't counter? Is it a special Dou Qi Secret Technique from the Yu Huashi Family, or some unique Dou Qi Cultivation System?"

Afterward.

His body shook, darkness clouded his vision.

He had already slammed into the ground, creating a human-shaped shallow pit and kicking up a cloud of dust. A searing pain spread through his organs, and with the opening of his mouth, a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out. Since his arrival in this world, he had been through three major battles and countless battle drills.

This was the first time he had been beaten to the point of vomiting blood.

His heart was filled with utter shock. He had indeed hoped that Marquis Nuta would be powerful, a whetstone for his own skills. However, he had never imagined that Marquis Nuta would be so formidable; the attack that harnessed the whole Knight Order's Dou Qi was beyond his wildest imagination.

Unprecedented, unheard of.

Thump, thump, thump...

The ground trembled beneath the pounding steps of charging knights.

Liszt didn't dare to lie on the ground and gasp for breath, as a Sky Knight, once trampled underfoot and ravaged by the Knight Order's charge, could easily be crushed to death. Even with the physique of a Half-Step Dragon Knight, he couldn't brace his flesh against the terrifying situation of being trampled by countless hooves.

Dragon Dou Qi burst forth, and his body sprang from the ground like a spring. He didn't fly very high, just narrowly avoiding a few charging Elite Earth Knights nearby.

Then he turned back with a sword strike.

Full Sun Wheel!

Flames blossomed from the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword, sweeping away a few knights who were keen to kick a man when he was down. He then erupted with Dou Qi in a frenzy and fled into the distance.

For the Marquis Nuta, who wielded the colorful Knight Order's Dou Qi, was hot on his heels. Having experienced the power of this move before, Liszt no longer dared to confront Marquis Nuta head-on, constantly sprinting around to evade the fierce, torrential, and wild mixed Dou Qi attacks.
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He had never encountered such a perilous situation in his typically smooth-sailing battles.

Panic surged within him.

But Marquis Nuta, relentless in victory, had no other thoughts than to control the Knight Order's Dou Qi, doggedly chasing Liszt. With each swing of the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword, he channeled the mixed Dou Qi, transforming it into tidal waves to crush Liszt, who was desperately trying to escape.

Without a dragon to ride, the Half-Step Dragon Knight Liszt found himself in an embarrassing predicament.

On the other side, Li Weiliam, the Sea Wave Sword Saint who had placed his hope in his son wielding an unknown power, began to realize the situation had changed.

He had been pursuing one Sky Knight and delighting in their torment, but as Liszt got turned around and pursued by Marquis Nuta, those three Sky Knights he'd sent flying started to turn their spears against him. This meant that he, as a Sword Saint, was now facing four Sky Knights—at least two of whom were Sword Saints.

"How did this happen?"

Gone was his earlier swagger. Li Weiliam thought to turn and flee, only to find himself surrounded by the four Sky Knights, with no escape.

The situation in the sky continued to deteriorate.

On the ground, the two clashing Knight Orders saw the tide of battle slowly turn. Originally, the Coral Island Knights had been savagely crushing the Roaring Knights. However, as more and more knights from behind the ranks of the Roaring Knights joined the fray, the advantage that the Blizzard Beast Squad had created was gradually being offset by numbers.

The Coral Island Knights found themselves in a hard-fought struggle.

Emily, holding her third Knight's Spear, had her Mithril Armor stained red—that was the blood of the second Earth Knight she had slain, spattering out.

Looking into the distance, she saw her lord, Liszt, whom she loyally followed, being chased relentlessly by Marquis Nuta through heaven and earth. Turning to the other side, she saw Liszt's father getting beaten up in turns by four Sky Knights, with defeat just a matter of time.

And her fellow knights of Coral Island all around her—

Their entwined Dou Qi was in a state of utter disarray.

Emily knew that the scales of this war were gradually tipping in favor of the Roaring Knights—an Earl's Knight Order was no match for a Marquis' in quality or quantity, making victory incredibly difficult.

Yet, she was not the least bit afraid.

For she was fighting for Lord Liszt, willing to battle until the last drop of her blood!

Clenching her fist, a surge of warm restlessness within her body gave rise to a new strength of Dou Qi, which seemed to instantly fill her being.

A thought struck her.

She understood that she had touched the bottleneck of an Earth Knight and had become an Elite Earth Knight.

But she had no time to revel in the excitement, as the Knight Order once again crashed into the Roaring Knights. Pff, pff, pff—many knights, both familiar and foreign, fell from their horses, impaled by the Knight's Spear. Among them were even some who had taught her in Black Horse Island's Knight classes.

Suddenly!

A Knight's Spear's whooshing sound whizzed past her ear—a knight from the Roaring Knights, clad in black armor and garb, nearly skewered her right through.