Chapter 345: Chapter 248: Non-Human Skills
"Bajie, assist me!"
With a powerful roar from Long Yi, Bajie suddenly threw back its head, propelling Long Yi into the air. As he soared, Bajie twisted his body and gave a powerful beat of his massive wings, further accelerating Long Yi’s flight.
Take that!
With a battle cry, Long Yi descended from above, crashing onto the back of a Red Dragon. His crystalline greatsword hit the dragon knight’s back, right as the rider was recovering from a daze. Pinned against the saddle by Long Yi’s greatsword, the dragon rider was taken out of commission.
Another Dragon Knight was down!
Without a pause, Long Yi tucked away his sword and leaped high above, as Xiaoyou charged towards the next Red Dragon. Seeing Long Yi flying straight towards him, he immediately assumed a defensive position, but Long Yi suddenly darted out in mid-air towards another nearby Dragon Knight. Xiaoyou swiftly adjusted her direction with a barrel roll!
The ambushed dragon knight was so startled that he couldn’t react in time. His Red Dragon tried to fend off Long Yi with Dragon’s Breath, but Long Yi, already protected by his own dragon breath armor – immune to high temperatures – burst forth from the flames. His Dragon-Slaying Sword landed on the neck of the Red Dragon.
Typically, this move would be enough to put a dragon out of the fight.
Although the dragon knight was unwilling to concede, he had no choice but to retreat from combat.
In the midst of the aerial chaos, Long Yi suddenly lifted his hand. A large ice spear flew towards him from behind. He snatched it mid-flight, immediately issuing a command that sent the once aimless ice spear hurtling towards another dragon knight!
"Damn!"
The dragon knight cursed, attempting to dodge the incoming attack, but Bajie had already arrived beneath him.
Roar!
A stream of molten iron was launched, forcing the dragon knight to choose the incoming ice missile, as the molten iron was just too deadly to withstand.
Boom!
The ice missile collided with the dragon’s body, while Long Yi’s Dragon-Slaying Sword simultaneously smashed into the figure of the dragon knight.
"Oh damn, such beautiful teamwork! A magnificent tempo! I’m so envious I could cry!" Cain’s eyes were wide open, afraid to miss any detail of Long Yi’s battle.
Lin Qi let out a cold, noncommittal laugh. Even though he acted unfazed, his heart was rising and falling like a stormy sea.
Long Yi’s judgment and execution skills were simply terrifying. He was aware that dragon riding, separating the dragon and its knight in combat, was arguably the most dangerous style of fighting in this world. On dragonback, a knight has the protection and continuous energy supply from the dragon; it is undoubtedly the safest place in this world. But when faced with a tense standoff, abandoning the safety of dragonback takes immense courage.
Perhaps some wouldn’t approve, thinking that Long Yi relies on the assistance of the Twin Dragons and the Female Demon.
However, in this particular battle, if Long Yi hadn’t been present, the Twin Dragons and the Female Demon, regardless of their formidable strength, could have possibly fought a battle without being defeated, but they certainly couldn’t have won.
It was Long Yi that brought out the speed of the Shadow Dragon, the destructive power of the Demon Abyss Dragon, and the unpredictable ambushes of the Female Demon.
Behold Long Yi’s dazzling aerial combo assault as mesmerizing as juggling! He even factored in his opponents’ reactions, catching the tail of the enemy dragon and using it as a springboard for his next, long-distance leap!
In an instant, twenty-four dragon knights surrounding Long Yi had been reduced to ten.
"Surrender means losing half," Lin Qi suddenly said.
"I surrender!" exclaimed Cain without hesitation, tossing the bag full of gold coins toward Lin Qi.
Returning from the sky to the ground, Long Yi was still pumped with the adrenaline from the exhilarating battle. It felt damn good. Although he couldn’t fully unleash his power due to friendly fire protocols, he already put his strategic intentions into fruition.
The defeated Red Dragon Knights from the sky gathered around, looking at Long Yi in disbelief.
"Brother! We wholly submit to you! You’re incredibly powerful!"
"Height! We admit defeat! Fortunately, we’re allies. If you were our enemy, we’d be in deep trouble. Now, we truly understand how the Black Dragon riders must have felt!"
Not only were the Red Dragon Empire’s Dragon Knights impressed, but the team from the White Dragon Empire was completely subdued by Long Yi’s performance, too.
Initially, the crowd was incredulous about the Red Dragon Empire’s deliberate choice to target Long Yi. After all, one’s worth is measured by the attention received from enemies.
Even at the start of the intense battle, everyone percieved Long Yi as just a lucky fella with two dragons at his disposal.
But as soon as Little Zi appeared, all such notions vanished.
Candidly, Little Zi only dealt one direct Mental Impact at the start of the encounter, aiding Long Yi’s initial strike; other than that, she mostly collaborated indirectly with Long Yi’s maneuvers.
If given two dragons and a Female Demon, could they perform such feats in the sky?
The unanimous response in everyone’s mind was a firm no.
It was implausible—the whole notion was insane!
Wesley poked the chef’s chest with his elbow, "Fatso, could you do it?"
The chef cracked a stiff smile, showing a grimace of a grin, "Even if I could jump that accurately, I’d probably tumble off the dragon’s back and fall to my death first."
Wesley laughed even harder, "Did you know? The force exerted on Brother Long’s wrist from his swing in the air could have snapped ours clean off."
"It’s simply... a technique no human should possess..." the mosquito muttered.
Ailin, her hands clasped to her chest, finally relaxed. She quickly descended from the sky to Long Yi’s side. The Dragon Knights of the Red Dragon Empire, who had been boastful a while ago, limped over and said embarrassingly, "That, Miss Ailin, truly only Long Yi deserves a person like you. We surrender!"
With a joyful look on her face, Ailin’s cheeks blushed. Her heart warmed a bit more for the eloquent knight from the Red Dragon Empire.
The poor knight didn’t even know that after half his life of being tongue-tied, he had been suddenly labeled as ’eloquent.’ But with Ailin’s amicable look towards him, he immediately felt that his pain had disappeared.
Yes, he was the unfortunate man who had been forcibly dragged off his dragon saddle by Xiaoyou.
From a distance, Cain and Lin Qi approached. Long Yi then asked:
"So, what’s next?"
Cain laughed heartily, "(The) Red Dragon Empire welcomes you!"
At that moment,
A higher plane.
The Heaven Realm.
The Heavenly Palace.
A grand dance party was on.
Since Elsa’s return, the sky has been filled with an unprecedented sense of joy, and whenever the Emperor felt like it, a feast would be prepared. But no previous day’s celebration compared to today’s grandeur.
Elsa didn’t know why, nor did she take an interest. She spent most of her time in her palace in the Heavenly Palace, practicing, resting, thinking of Long Yi.
Ever since her return to the Heavenly Realm, she resumed her training. She no longer needed to suppress her power. Instead, she needed to display her power as much as possible. Only in this way could she protect herself and deter those with evil intentions.
Now, she had three light wings.
As the dance party continued, the Emperor merely showed his face and left. The remainder of the party was left in the hands of Selena.
Today, all four most influential figures from the Celestial Clan’s major families arrived to celebrate Elsa’s return. They brought gifts and their good-looking young successors to the Heavenly Palace.
Selena was an expert at maneuvering among these established families and never showed favouritism. After all, the Celestial Clan’s internal structure depended on the various families. The combined power of these four major clans was significant enough to shake the entire Celestial Clan, and by extension, the entire Heavenly Realm.
However, it was clear that these families came here today not for Selena.
"Princess Selena, why has Princess Elsa not yet appeared?" Inquired the clan leader of the Dongfang Family, Jisi Yisi, a man in his fifties with dark skin and blue wings that only slightly glowed and had not transformed into light wings.
"Indeed, when we heard about Princess Elsa’s return, we pushed aside all other matters and hurried to the Heavenly Palace!" exclaimed clan leader of the Southern Family, Kuisi Sawusu, a man in his sixties with white hair and red wings that had dimmed and lost their light.
The clan leaders of the other two major families nodded in agreement but didn’t say anything.
"Esteemed clan leaders, please be patient. My sister will arrive shortly." Selena replied with a smile.
Ailin didn’t want to go, but the near-tears face of the small maid who came to invite her made her relent, so she agreed. She wore a pure white dress, devoid of any decoration, while her light wings were her grandest adornments, the pride of the royal family.
When Elsa appeared, the whole dance party paused. Even the musicians providing the music unintentionally stopped. In celebration of Elsa’s return, the Heavenly Palace had already hosted many dance parties, but Elsa never attended!
This was their first time seeing Elsa!
So beautiful!
A musician murmured to himself.
Unlike common royal members, Elsa’s light wings shone brighter, and within the white, there was a faint golden hue, which gave Elsa an unusual beauty.
"Come! Sister! Let me introduce you! Today’s distinguished guests!"
Selena approached Elsa’s side, affectionately trying to hook Elsa’s arm, but Elsa subtly dodged Selena’s hand.
Selena pretended not to notice the awkwardness, standing beside Elsa, she said,
"This is the Leader of the Dongfang Family, Jisi Yisi! The water spirit warriors of the Dongfang Family are very powerful!"
"This one, here, is the Clan Leader of the Southern Family, Kuisi Sawusu! You should know that the Southern Family are unrivalled weapon manufacturers, and their fire spirit warriors are very strong!"
"This one is the Clan Leader of the Western Family, Kuisi Weisi! We’ve visited the west during our childhood, remember the Gorge of the Gale that sent people flying! The homeland of the wind spirit warriors!"
"And this is the Clan Leader of the Northern Family, Daisi Nas! The earth spirit warriors are known to possess boundless strength as long as their feet touch the ground!"
Whenever Selena introduced someone, Elsa would nod at them, and in turn, they would observe Elsa.
On first sight, Elsa seemed to be carrying a colder expression, perhaps because she has spent so much time away from the Heavenly Realm. But that didn’t matter. On the surface, she looked stunning, like an exquisitely crafted work of art. Perfect amidst her imperfections. Plus, rumor had it that she only had a single light wing when she returned to the Heavenly Palace but now she has three. This terrifying rate of progress, her potential was truly boundless! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote and support us. Your support is our biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
