Chapter 712: Purplish Gold Haoyue Sword (II)
"Sixth round, start." Chen Zidian's voice was still full of grandeur, as the final ranking's round for the individual competition started.
Long Haochen immediately returned to the lounge upon the end of his match. What he wanted the least was to be in the first match. As long as he would not be the first, he would have some time to recover, due to the Heart of Eternity's formidable recovery, which filled him with confidence on this aspect.
It is unknown whether the light of selection had its own will to make things like that, but its first light lit on Long Haochen, while the other one accurately illuminated Li Zhengzhi's body.
When the two lights of selections had settled, the whole Alliance's Great Stadium was visibly in total disorder.
The first match of the sixth round was unexpectedly opposing Long Haochen and Li Zhengzhi.
One could say that this was the most crucial battle out of the whole individual competition. If Li Zhengzhi managed to defeat Long Haochen, although the Mage Temple's total points would still be behind Bright Glimmer of Hope, it wouldn't be by much. And with Li Zhengzhi figuring in the top three, even if the other two spots were to belong to two members of Bright Glimmer of Hope, the number one powerhouse of the Alliance would surely be acknowledged by a lot to be him.
It wasn't easy to say whether this battle was fair. Long Haochen's consumption against the earth mage was certainly not as great as what Li Zhengzhi had exerted against Chen Ying'er, but Long Haochen had just finished his previous match, while on the other side Li Zhengzhi was the first one of the previous round to go on stage.
But, no matter what, since the light of selection had made its pick, it wouldn't be changed now.
Long Haochen had a quite severe expression, while Li Zhengzhi looked quite happy, obviously pleased with the light of selection's choice. Going up against Long Haochen was his most desirable outcome.
The two of them faced off each other. The instant they made it on stage, the whole audience went totally silent, devoid of the slightest whisper.
Long Haochen placed his right fist on the left of his chest, performing a standard knight salute in front of Li Zhengzhi.
"Greetings, Temple Head Li."
Li ZhenGzhi revealed a humble smile, deeply moved he declared , "I really didn't expect you to be my final opponent in this Temple's Great Gathering. Do you remember what I told you a few years back? That the next Temples' Great Gathering would be the time for you to challenge me. But you have shifted this time ten years ahead."
"The future is a world for you youngsters, but what I have said doesn't change. If you want to take my place in challenging the Demon God Emperor, you must defeat me. Come, show me whether you are able to achieve this."
Long Haochen nodded lightly and moved his right fist horizontally for another salute before his six wings that had vanished just a bit earlier reappeared, bringing him aloft.
Li Zhengzhi started a rapid chant, shifting his gaze to be locked onto Long Haochen. A dense green light spread as his chant carried a fantastic rhythm to the ears of everyone present.
Long Haochen did not opt for an offensive approach in the same way as the previous Lightspeed Flash. The Heart of Eternity pulsed intensely on his chest to recover his spiritual energy, and in the meantime, his right hand was pointed in front of him, summoning the Divine Unicorn Star King back to his side.
"Star King, lend me your strength." Long Haochen groped his head.
Star King nodded lightly, extending his wings, as a dazzling starlight of seven colors shone on its horn.
The next instant, the seven colors spread again, covering Long Haochen and his mount in their scope.
Long Haochen rode Star King, the multicolored starlight falling and going back up, to form a multicolored pillar of light, going all the way to the top of the barrier.
Although Star King had already become a Divine Unicorn, its foundations were still the same, a Starlight Unicorn king's.
This was its Star Domain.
Originally, for the sake of assisting Long Haochen, he had once forcefully used this skill. But now that it reached the ninth step of cultivation, utilizing Star Domain couldn't be more easy. Although it was still not a genuine domain, it was very close to that.
A light essence of incomparable intensity gathered inside Long Haochen's body in the midst of the Heart of Eternity's intense pulse: his spiritual energy was replenished at a frightening speed.
Star King's eyes lit up, and with a long hiss, the horn atop its head lit up, wrapping Long Haochen and itself in light, so that their silhouettes were hidden from the outside world.
Everyone had their own trump cards: just like Li Zhengzhi had yet to use his most powerful ability, Long Haochen also had yet to reveal his most powerful mode.
When facing Yang Haoyu, he did not have the opportunity to unleash it, as he had to utilize his domain nonstop and resist the opponent. But right now, when facing Li Zhengzhi, and as this was most likely his last match, why would Long Haochen show any more reservations?
The multicolored radiance vanished, and when Long Haochen reappeared to everyone's sight, the audience couldn't help but gasp at the sight of him.
Right now, his whole body was shining under the illumination of his multicolor armor, flowing with multicolored light rippling out. From the looksof it, he appeared to have a demeanor very close to Divine Knights.
The multicolored light was a sign of divine tools: the Divine Unicorn transformed into a multicolored armor was equivalent to a divine-tool-level armor! And, he benefited from the extreme boost from Star Domain, which had replenished Long Haochen's used up spiritual energy, making eighty percent of it available to him right now.
As a supreme-level transformed mount, the Divine Unicorn which seemed to be just a supportive character, and furthermore not up to much, was visibly underestimated by a lot. As it turned out, although Star King had just evolved recently, and had yet to acquire a lot of a Divine Unicorn's abilities, he was still a genuine Divine Unicorn!
The Divine Armor put on him, Long Haochen's eyes leaked a dazzling glow. Adding to that his six-winged appearance and extremely handsome face, it drew the gazes of all the females present to him.
"Haoyue!" Long Haochen shouted loudly at once.
In a dazzle of purple gold, Haoyue reappeared by his side, this time turned into a purplish-golden radiance rushing forth toward Long Haochen.
The spectators had all witnessed Haoyue's armor transformation. That's also what happened in the match between Long Haochen and Yang Haoyue, which combined with his domain's evolution enabled him to achieve victory.
Could he be planning to equip double armors? thought most.
However, they rapidly realized their mistake.
Haoyue did not transform into his armor form, but into a gigantic sword, appearing in Long Haochen's hands.
The Divine Unicorn Armor and Haoyue transformed into a purplishgold Haoyue Sword. That's Long Haochen's strongest mode, even in a situation without the use of any equipment from him!
Chapter 713: Terrifying Purplish Gold Haoyue Sword (I)
It was the first time for Haoyue to transform into a sword. Compared to Long Haochen's other two divine swords, Haoyue's transformation was much more massive in size.
The sword itself was over three meters long, colored purplish gold, with a one meter long hilt. Long Haochen also needed to use his two hands to wield it correctly.
This ultrlarge sword had nine lines stretching from the handle upto the sharp point. Six mini Haoyue heads extended from the thick blade, all spouting as if the edge came from their breath.
While gripping this heavy sword, Long Haochen felt an incomparably tyrannical power surge out from this heavy sword. Linked with the bloodline force in him, its power seemed as if an extension of his own body.
As a knight, Long Haochen had a keen link with his weapon. In front of this Purplish-Gold Haoyue Sword, even Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light of the Aria of the Goddess of Light seemed lackluster. Imperceptibly, he sensed the aura of a six-elemental Essence of Disorder surging out from this gigantic sword. How could he imagine that Haoyue would reach such a level of power after transforming into a sword?
As Long Haochen's two magical beast companions transformed into equipment forms, on the other side, Li Zhengzhi's forbidden spell was done getting cast.
An immense green shadow appeared behind him. Wind God Summon.
An immense wind god looking the same as Li Zhengzhi appeared out of nowhere. Right off the bat, that massive figure was fifteen meters long, but bizarrely, its volume compressed itself, and in just a little while, it reached a length of five meters. Although it remained relatively huge, that made it a lot nimbler. All clad in greenish golden armor, it wielded a pair of axes.
That was Li Zhengzhi's Wind God Summon, clearly different from the wind god used against Chen Ying'er. Not only its weapons differed, but it gave off an entirely different feeling.
Li Zhengzhi's whole body flashed in green color. In a flash, he entered in the midst of the wind god, whose eyes lit immediately as if infused with intelligence. Single-mindedly looking at Long Haochen, its axes pierced through the sky, and a hurricane burst out. That was the Wind God Domain's first domain technique, Hurricane.
Waves of golden light surged in tides, flocking frantically towards Long Haochen.
Long Haochen remained very calm, and his Divine Unicorn turned into a multicolored armor liberating flashes of golden light, accompanying the release of the Light God Domain.
Two brilliances of golden and green color clashed each other.
Due to Li Zhengzhi's domain technique, the instant the two brilliances flashed through the sky, Long Haochen's Light God Domain had a burst of power. But one could clearly see that where the two great domain techniques clashed, a white fire was ignited. Wind blew through this white flower, causing a remarkable shaking as well as a rise of strands of blue flames.
Elemental suppression.
This was an elemental suppression appearing in the midst of a contest of domains.
From Long Haochen's view, this was the last match of the individual competition, so he no longer showed any reservations. The power of the Light God Domain came out in full swing, erupting all around. The light essence of extreme purity was sufficient to suppress powerhouses of any elemental attribute.
Li Zhengzhi's domain technique also wielded some of the wind god's power, and at his cultivation level, his wind attribute was compressed to a great extent since long ago, but an insurmountable gulf still separated it from Long Haochen in terms of purity.
Long Haochen's light attribute came not only from his Scion of Light Physique, but moreover from the upgrade of the Divine Snail Shield of Sun and Moon and the assimilation of Elux's physique as a Scion of Light. The three great light entities reached such a level that even if the Goddess of Light herself were to came out in front of him, her spiritual energy's purity may not even be a match. So, light god was truly a well-deserved name.
Li Zhengzhi's domain was named wind god, but that was just a name, not the true wind god's power. Even if the purity of his attribute were to be a match for Long Haochen, wind remains inferior to light.
As a result, although Long Haochen's Light God Domain looked constricted, he actually had the advantage in the clash of domains.
The wind god made its move. Flashing across, it arrived at the point of collision between the two domains. Waving the blade in its hand, it immediately sent a greenish-gold ray flying through the Light God Domain, carrying along a hazy mist.
Even if this blade was still far from Long Haochen, he felt very clearly its sharpness, perfectly combining blade intent and wind.
Long Haochen felt secretly alarmed. Li Zhengzhi was a mage! But even in this capacity, he managed to deploy blade intent with his sheer technique. That was really a shocking talent.
Long Haochen didn't avoid, neither did he shrink back. In this situation, if he were to retreat, Li Zhengzhi's attack would certainly make way inside the Light God Domain, and thanks to his own Wind God Domain, he wouldn't get too much affected by the Light God Domain. But more importantly, should his domain be breached through, Long Haochen would be unable to utilize the Divine Light Waltz he had just comprehended recently.
So, Long Haochen faced the attack, coming up after his figure flashed. Wielding the Purplish-Gold Haoyue Sword in his hands, he performed a downwards hacking motion.
A purplish-golden sword ray was abruptly released from the Purplish-Gold Haoyue Sword, but to Long Haochen's shock, his sword soul was actually unable to merge into Haoyue's sword form. This gigantic sword gave off the feeling that it would reject everything other than his spiritual energy and sword intent.
The purplish-golden sword ray was over one meter long, vastly contrasting with Li Zhengzhi's Wind God blade ray. But these two powerful lights produced an unexpected scene at the time of their clash.
The current wind god was entirely under Li Zhengzhi's control. With the longblade in its hand, as well as his Hurricane domain technique aiming at Long Haochen, he believed with certainty that this strike would at least send Long Haochen flying away. Then he would keep using the Wind God Domain to assault Long Haochen's domain over and over. Although his opponent had the advantage in terms of sheer domain strength, he had already comprehended two domain techniques, and, his research and understanding of his own domain surpassing Haochen's by far, he was confident in being able to surpass Long Haochen and achieve a final victory.
But the instant his longblade came into contact with Haochen's Purplish Gold Haoyue Sword, Li Zhengzhi felt indescribable surges of terror from his brain, and immediately, the sword rays emitted from that longsword turned purple.
In a flash of purplish-gold, a rainbow light seeped out from the massive sword in Long Haochen's hands. That terrifying power full of destruction and havoc forced Li Zhengzhi to draw back swiftly as he flipped his blongblade, forcefully cutting his connection with the blade rays.
Everywhere those purplish-golden sword rays passed, the hurricanes within the Wind God Domain were smashed to pieces, as the rays would keep travelling until reaching the defensive barrier on the edges of the field, causing it to tremble violently before piercing a hole inside, passing through it, and smashing into the ceiling of the Alliance's Great Stadium.
To say nothing about Li Zhengzhi's dilemma, even Long Haochen himself was shocked. He absolutely didn't expect Haoyue's sword transformation to reach such a terrifying level. This seemed to be beyond the power of any ordinary divine tool.
When sensing it, that purplish-golden sword ray did not give off an excessively powerful feeling. But Li Zhengzhi's wind elemental Spiritual Highland was simply routed upon contact.
This was already beyond divine power. From the Purple-Gold Haoyue Sword, Long Haochen could feel clearly a frantic demeanor seeking for destruction. He subconsciously lifted it horizontally.
Immediately, a purplish-golden curtain of light extended, sweeping away all the hurricanes everywhere it passed. Li Zhengzhi's Wind God Domain became full of cracks, appearing close to collapsing at anytime.
After a short time of shock, Li Zhengzhi came back to his senses. Once again waving the longsword in his hands, a small-sized wind blade was shot out, aiming straight at Long Haochen. That was the second domain technique he also had to use in his fight against Chen Ying'er, Freedom.
This domain technique filled with the true essence of wind took a flash to arrive in front of Long Haochen, who slightly drew back, pointing the Purplish-Gold Haoyue Sword forward.
Dang. A sonorous sound reverberated in the air.
The wind blade ruptured, but countless gales swept at Long Haochen's direction.
The Purplish-Gold Haoyue Sword was waved once again, and from it came out a drizzling brilliance. In just a split second, that explosive wind blade disappeared completely in the midst of purple rays.
This was the six elemental Essence of Disorder combined with his bloodline force.
After making this short attempt, Long Haochen gradually came into the realization that the whole earth was in his grasp with a sword in his hand.
This was the tyrannical bearing brought by Haoyue. This was a suprdivine tool that only he could control. Although he did not know how Haoyue achieved this, no one could deny the power of a divine sword that could even stand in front of Li Zhengzhi's second domain technique.
However, after a short time of interaction, Long Haochen also realized some issues withthe Purplish Gold Haoyue Sword. First, this divine sword could only be infused with pure spiritual energy, and consumed his spiritual energy massively. Three sword strikes had depleted over thirty thousand of his spiritual energy. In the meantime, when using this divine sword, no offensive technique could be used alongside it. Only pure slashes and strikes.
This was with Haoyue in a six-headed state. If the Purplish Gold Haoyue Sword was already so powerful, then when he would evolve to an eight-headed state, what terrifying level would this sword transformation reach?