novelraw Chapter 320: An Aotian's Defeat!
Chapter 320: An Aotian's Defeat!
On the swaying exploration ship, everyone held their breath, watching this battle intently.
Currently, all three Supernovas selected by the White Pigeon Times had gathered here!
Moreover, one of them had even touched the legendary 'A-grade' dimensional rift!
And the other two were the famously renowned Flower Witch and Hunter!
Today's battle would determine the fate of these three individuals, and also decide the position of the top Supernova.
Chen Qi's blood began to boil.
An slightly raised her head, gripped her staff with both hands, then aimed it at Chen Qi and whispered softly:
"Cannon."
A dazzling white pillar shot out!
Chen Qi instantly drew his blade, blocking the attack while simultaneously flashing instantly, leaping behind An.Tread Wind Slash, followed by Black Wave Slash!
"Shield!"
An gently spun her staff in the air, forming a shield that effortlessly blocked this slash!
Amidst the roaring gale, Fen also gripped her staff, aiming at An suspended high in the air.
Life Vine!
Thorn-covered vines rapidly expanded from the tip of her staff, attempting to bind the airborne An!
I'm going to drain you dry! Fen shouted inwardly.
A pincer attack from the Witch and the Hunter!
However, facing this dual assault, An unhurriedly raised her left hand.
Without using her staff, she once again deployed a spiritual energy shield.
Boom!
Fen's attack was also effortlessly blocked by An.
The shockwave swept past, and everyone looked up in amazement at this scene.
"So strong..."
Spirit Hunter Nancy exclaimed sincerely.
An, with her own power alone, using only basic moves, had easily blocked the dual attacks of the Witch and the Hunter!
Moreover, the Flower Witch was a legend! Although newly promoted, she was far stronger than third-tier Transcendents!
An held her head high with arrogance, her tied ponytail loosening in the wind, white hair dancing with the immense spiritual energy.
Under the vast spiritual energy, An now regained a unique rationality; her body intoxicated by this power, breaking open more and more light gaps.
Simultaneously, fresh blood continuously dripped from these tiny light gaps.
The corner of An's mouth lifted slightly. Usually reserved, in her madness, she unabashedly flaunted her power, taunting:
"Too weak, far too weak."
The madness of a Book affinity user was filled with arrogance.
"Stop, mage! If this continues, you'll die!"
Fen gripped her floral staff, trying to awaken An's reason.
At this moment, An was trading her body for power from another world!
And this vast, wondrous power had completely bewitched her!
She must be stopped... Fen took out a potion bottle and sprinkled it.
"Flower Mist!"
It was time to display the Witch's elegance!
The potion in the air rapidly evaporated, turning into thick pink mist that enveloped An!
Meanwhile, Fen seized the opportunity, charging into the pink mist, preparing to use vines to bind her opponent!
"I will end this farce!"
However, An raised her right hand holding the staff, aiming at Fen through the pink mist:
"Shot!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
An endless stream of spiritual energy bullets poured like torrential rain towards Fen!
In an instant, Fen's body was riddled with hundreds of bullet holes.
Without giving Fen a chance to react, An closed the distance between breaths, arriving right in front of Fen.
An leaned forward until her nose tip touched Fen's, her blue eyes staring intently at her like a beast's.
So close, I can even hear her heartbeat... Fen froze momentarily.
The next second, An gently leaned close to Fen's ear and whispered:
"Witch, farewell..."
Bang!
Oh no! Fen's pupils contracted. As a mage, she had been engaged in close combat!
"Ten Slashes!"
The next moment, An swung her staff, launching Fen into the air, then consecutively slashed out ten spiritual energy slashes.
Then, with a split kick, she kicked the Witch towards the distant Chen Qi:
"Catch your Witch, Hunter..."
Even in madness, a Book affinity user could maintain some rationality... Chen Qi caught the bloodied Fen with both hands.
The bloodied Fen lay in Chen Qi's arms, coughing up blood:
"You know what? I... I'm fine, I just didn't want to hurt her..."
"I know."
Chen Qi gently set Fen down.
Fen's life drain had no effect on An in her current state. Moreover, draining too much would directly kill An.
Fen weakly tugged at Chen Qi's clothes; her previous 'mad state' had consumed too much of her strength.
"Leave the rest to me."
Chen Qi gently set Fen down and took three steps forward.
An rose back into the air.
The corner of her mouth lifted slightly, her eyes filled with arrogance, mockery, and obsession with power.
In her eyes, Chen Qi and Fen were far too weak!
An tightened her grip on the staff again, smiling as she said:
"My mind is like glass, soaked in light, while you stand before me, pure as if naked."
Naked... Fen took a deep breath, unable to believe it.
Although the metaphor was somewhat strange, the current An, within the Fog Sea, possessed spiritual energy detection comparable to a Book affinity legend!
Under this powerful spiritual energy detection, every inch of her and Chen Qi's bodies, every movement, was completely visible to An's eyes!
Naked, a fitting metaphor.
This was the absolute perception of a mad Book affinity user!
Everyone stared dumbfounded at this scene. The current An undoubtedly possessed power rivaling a legend.
But what astonished them even more was that this strength hadn't peaked yet!
An, she was still growing stronger!
"It's time to go further..."
An gripped her staff, her eyes full of arrogance:
"Book Release: Spiritual Energy Liberation!"
Bang!
Accompanied by a sound of rupture from her body, an endless stream of spiritual energy surged forth from An.
This vast spiritual energy had materialized into a blue ocean, overwhelming the Fog Sea before them!
And within the immense sea of spiritual energy, everyone seemed to hear whispers from another world:
"Do you want boundless spiritual energy? Then abandon flesh and blood, embrace the Magic Net!"
The crisis that could destroy the Witch Sea... Chen Qi watched everything before him with excitement.
So this was An's state of madness!
The Magic Net crisis was one of the main storylines in the White Tower Federation section, and it actually appeared here!
Buoyed by the vast spiritual energy, An held back no longer. She gently hooked her staff.
"Magic Array!"
Behind her, a full hundred magic circles, each two meters in radius, blotted out the sky!
Every magic circle was a spiritual energy cannon launcher!
"Spiritual Energy Cannon: Hundred Volley!"
With infinite spiritual energy, An could easily employ 'firepower saturation'!
Coupled with her absolute perception, the Hunter before her had nowhere to dodge!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A hundred spiritual energy cannons shot towards Chen Qi simultaneously, their dazzling light even creating a brief daylight in the gloomy Fog Sea!
Everyone squinted, watching the terrifying scene in panic.
A mage's spiritual energy cannon barrage—this should have been a powerful move only achievable by legends!
Just as one cannon blast ended, a new spiritual energy cannon would form from the staff behind An!
Absolute strikes with no blind spots, no gaps! This was firepower saturation!
Boom! Boom!
"Interesting..."
Amidst the sky-filling white light, Chen Qi burst forth from the dazzling radiance, opened his mouth, stuffed all the Philosopher's Stone Potions prepared by the Flower Witch inside, and bit down hard.
By now, Chen Qi's body bore many scalding wounds.
However, these wounds didn't make him feel fear or pain!
On the contrary, he only felt immense pleasure, immense exhilaration!
His blade desire was swelling!
Fight! Tear An apart, make her understand what true power is!
Shadow Release: Shadow of the Flame Demon!
Blade of Fury: Activate!
Philosopher's Stone Potion: Berserker Blood, Wind Spirit Medicine!
In that instant, it felt like an erupting volcano existed within Chen Qi. An endless stream of power filled his body, pushing his physique to a whole new realm!
His solid muscles bulged. Influenced, his dark-fire hands also became thicker, more ferocious, like protruding magma!
Even with the rationality limit of 'Night Monster', Chen Qi could hardly restrain this incredibly violent power at this moment!
Crimson blade blood mist coiled around his body!
Finally, dark flames, like twisted armor, completely covered and devoured him!
This was the power of the Witch's potions!
The Witch is truly amazing! Chen Qi, becoming as excited as An, charged forward with a fierce slash!
His speed was so fast that a ten-meter crimson shockwave trailed behind him!
"Shield!"
An said softly again, aiming her staff at Chen Qi.
But this time was different from the last!
Blade and shield collided!
Soon, An felt a scorching heat transmitted to her arm. Her spiritual energy shield rapidly cracked, fissure after fissure appearing.
Crack!
With a sound of shattering glass, Chen Qi had already reached right in front of An.
"Teacher An, having only spiritual energy quantity without depth is not enough..."
Chen Qi's blood-mist-shimmering eyes were merely five centimeters away from An's.
Simultaneously, his body was already prepared for the next slash!
"Arrogant fool!"
An's blue eyes glared back. She didn't choose to retreat. Instead, standing on the ship, she raised her staff and chose to engage Chen Qi in close combat!
Dark-Fire Hand Machine Gun!
The thick dark-fire hands behind Chen Qi instantly threw hundreds of punches in a split second!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
White light flashed!
With her powerful spiritual energy perception, An could predict Chen Qi's every move. However, her speed and stamina could hardly keep up!
She possessed infinite spiritual energy, but Chen Qi had faster speed and more tentacles!
Madness flashed in Chen Qi's eyes.
Too slow!
And furthermore, a mage should behave like a mage!
Overly pursuing individual combat capability had caused An to lose the proper stance a mage should have!
This blade clash lasted a full thirty seconds!
Clang!
Under a white light that illuminated the Witch Sea, Chen Qi executed an upward slash with his long blade, knocking the staff out of An's hands!
The final victor of this blade clash was him!
Left with no choice, An could only retreat, quickly creating distance.
Having lost her staff, An instinctively raised both hands, palms aimed at Chen Qi.
Spiraling spiritual energy once again constructed itself in her palms.
Even without her staff, in her Liberation state, she could still perform a Release!
"Book Release: Spiritual Energy Rain!"
An laughed maniacally, shouting loudly.
Her combat instinct told her that without her staff, she must use a Release to regain control of the situation.
An endless stream of spiritual energy vortices gathered in her palms.
"All of you, get farther away!"
Chen Qi stood up, commanding the crew behind him.
"O-okay, Black Hunter, sir..."
Spirit Hunter swallowed hard and, along with the other crew members, huddled together, trembling.
"Hoo..."
Chen Qi took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and gripped the sword hilt with both hands.
Over this past month, he hadn't only been digesting the Flower Witch's potions and searching for clues in the Fog Sea.
He had also, relying on his own comprehension, mastered a new technique!
This move, although not a Release, was one he could only use by combining his Flesh Cleaver Bone Breaker, dark-fire hands, dark flame, Blade Breathing Technique, and more!
Boom! Boom!
As his entire body's violent blade energy surged, scalding blue fire emerged from the long blade, which was then rapidly covered by black flames.
The two ferocious flames intertwined, spiraled, overlapped each other, and finally transformed into a towering inferno a full ten meters tall!
This flame took the shape of a burning ten-meter greatsword!
At this moment, the long blade itself became the hilt, and the spiraling flame became the new blade!
Simultaneously, the twelve dark-fire hands behind Chen Qi all grasped the burning 'hilt' of this greatsword.
"Burn!"
Chen Qi laughed wildly.
In an instant, the spiraling flames coiling on the blade also terrifyingly grew to a length of forty meters!
Chen Qi stepped forward, once again assuming a drawing-slash stance. Then, he took a fierce step forward, pouring all his spiritual energy out.
"Slash Everything!"
"Vortex!"
At the same time, An unleashed a massive spiritual energy vortex. A huge vortex sphere shot from her hands, crashing towards Chen Qi like an unstoppable meteor falling from the sky.
The ultimate techniques of the two collided, stirring up unprecedented waves!
The sea of the Fog Sea was churned into wave after wave, as if welcoming an overwhelming tsunami!
Everyone on the ship had to grab the railings to avoid being thrown overboard.
They closed their eyes; they simply couldn't see the clash of these techniques clearly.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The collision of their techniques lasted a full ten seconds before gradually subsiding.
Whoosh—
The fierce wind blew past, and everything slowly returned to calm.
After the giant waves, the entire ship fell into an unprecedented minute of silence.
What exactly happened? Nancy curiously opened her eyes.
It was only after this minute passed that Fen slowly spoke:
"It's over..."
It's over! Hearing this, everyone widened their eyes, looking at the scene before them in disbelief.
They saw Chen Qi, using his long blade stabbed into the deck for support, standing unsteadily in the breeze.
Blood dripped from his body, and a clearly visible 'spiral wound' could be seen on his chest.
Did An win?
No, An had already fallen beside Chen Qi's feet, unable to get up.
An's physical condition was like a shattered porcelain doll, helplessly lying on the ground, blood continuously flowing out.
"The Black Hunter won..."
Nancy murmured, unable to believe her eyes.
The genius of the Witch Sea, the successor favored by the Disaster Messenger, An, who possessed the secret of the Magic Net rift, had lost.
In that instant, she didn't know whether she should feel excitement or fear!
If An had won, they would have become toys of the Magic Net rift, lost souls adrift at sea.
But if the Black Hunter won?
Perhaps the Black Hunter would lock me up and play with me using whips and tentacles... Nancy hugged her own body tightly.
Fear, helplessness, pitiful and weak.
"Please, spare us, I swear, I will never..."
Nancy said loudly.
Only now, in the storm, did she wake up from the illusion of capturing the Black Hunter.
The Black Hunter's strength was definitely not at the third-tier Transcendent level!
The gap in power could absolutely not be bridged by numbers!
Only someone like An, who defied conventional logic and carried secrets, could briefly rival the Black Hunter.
From the very beginning, they weren't the hunters, but the toys being played with!
However, amidst the storm, the Witch and the Hunter paid no attention to the terrified crew.
Fen slowly walked to An's side. She reached out, carefully picked An up in her arms, then took out a potion and gently poured it into An's mouth.
Gulp, gulp!
Like a mother tending to an injured child, Fen closed her eyes, gently stroked An's injuries, and began using healing magic.
"Hoo, hoo, hoo..."
Chen Qi exhaled blood mist heavily, enjoying the tranquil sea breeze.
The Fog Sea's shallow layer boss, the Fog Merchant, and the genius from Damarro Town, An, had both been defeated by them.
In the shallow layers of this Fog Sea, no one was their match anymore!
"Won..."
Chen Qi relaxed his tense body, enjoying the momentary peace brought by victory, his hair gently waving in the sea breeze.
In the comfortable sea breeze, unprecedented prompts also appeared before his eyes.
[You have defeated the monster that could have destroyed the Witch Sea...]
[You have completed the professional mission for advancing to Legend!]