frightfiction Chapter 540 Evenly matched
Chapter 540 Evenly matched
The entire arena was completely enveloped by the five-colored energy reflected by Li Chenglong's "Dragon Emperor's Reverse Scale Light," and no matter how strong the surrounding spectators were, they could not detect what was happening inside.
Although the crowd could not see or investigate the situation inside the arena, they could clearly hear the sounds of the two fighting inside.
After more than an hour of continuous and intense fighting, both combatants had expended some energy. Queen Raymond carefully sensed her superpowers and found that she still had more than half left, while Li Chenglong on the other side also carefully sensed his psychic energy. Not counting the energy stored in the G-Gem, he still had nearly 40% of his psychic energy remaining.
Since his energy reserves were inferior to his opponent's, he had to finish the battle quickly. With that thought, Li Chenglong raised his sword in his right hand: "Emperor Holy Dragon Slash!" As soon as he finished speaking, a golden dragon flew out from his body and began to tumble in the air, gathering more and more energy as time went by.
Seeing this, Queen Raimon's longsword transformed back into her staff, which she then raised and proclaimed, "Holy Judgment!"
Immediately, two streams of energy flew out from the staff and began to fly through the air, continuously drawing a huge circular emblem. The center of this huge circular emblem was becoming brighter and brighter, clearly indicating that a huge amount of energy was gathering there.
Seeing this, the seven princesses, including Laura, Sera, and Nina, along with Cynthia and others, quickly stood up, extending their right hands to unleash energy and reinforce the crumbling energy barrier. Following their lead, other members of the royal family and the royal guard also rose to their feet, using their own energy to strengthen the arena's barrier.
Seeing that they had all stood up, Zhao Liying, Nangong Yanran, and the others also began to channel energy into the energy barrier. With the help of the hundreds of people present, the energy barrier, which had been on the verge of collapse, finally stabilized.
Li Chenglong finally finished charging up and made the first move: "Emperor's Holy Dragon Slash!" He swung his sword down fiercely in his right hand, and the giant dragon above his head charged towards the direction where Raymond was standing, following the swing of the Emperor's Sword. Meanwhile, the Queen's staff shone brightly, and the emblem in the air shot out a huge beam of light that shot straight towards the golden dragon.
The moment the two energies collided, the energy barrier maintained by hundreds of powerful individuals at least level 11 was instantly shattered. Everyone hurriedly deployed their own energy barriers to counteract the impact of this terrifying energy.
Because the arena's perimeter and ground had been specially reinforced, and because Queen Raymond and Li Chenglong consciously avoided damaging the arena, most of the energy was ejected into the air. The energy pillar formed by the collision of the two enormous energies shot straight into the sky, even breaking through the thick atmosphere of Roland Star, and could be observed on Meilan Star and Hailan Star.
The energy pillar lasted for a full five minutes before gradually disappearing. When everyone straightened up, they saw that the arena had not suffered much damage, and the two were still fighting.
However, their battle was not as intense as before, and it was obvious that they were both panting heavily and their movements were not as agile as before. Clearly, the energy clash had taken a toll on them.
After fighting for nearly twenty more minutes, Queen Raymond knocked the Emperor Sword from Li Chenglong's hand with a single blow, and then her staff was pressed against Li Chenglong's throat.
Li Chenglong removed his armor from its fully-fitting form, bowed slightly, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, you have won. I, Li Chenglong, am completely convinced of my defeat."
Queen Raimon frowned slightly. She had clearly sensed that Li Chenglong had deliberately made her knock his weapon away, and that Li Chenglong still had at least 20% of his spiritual energy remaining, indicating that he still possessed considerable combat power.
However, she quickly understood Li Chenglong's true intention. After deactivating her explosive form, she put away her scepter and said with a smile, "You flatter me. You are also very powerful, truly deserving of the title of the strongest in the solar system."
As the intense battle that had lasted for nearly two hours finally came to an end, the crowd erupted in enthusiastic applause and cheers that lasted for a long time. Those representatives from Meilan Star and Hailan Star who arrived later to watch the battle, having witnessed the fight, felt even more confident about the upcoming engagements.
Queen Raymond smiled and said, "Give me your Imperial Sword and Star Spear. Once I've recovered, I'll personally forge them for you. If we combine these two weapons into one, your combat power will increase again. Moreover, if you do this, you can also have the ability to transform your weapons at will, just like me."
Upon hearing the Empress's words, Li Chenglong quickly took out his two weapons and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I don't know what to say for your help."
Queen Raimon smiled slightly: "You just need to promise me that once you have the new weapon, you will definitely fight me seriously again. This time, due to the terrain limitations, we didn't have a very satisfying fight, and neither of us used our trump cards."
After speaking, Queen Raymond turned and left without waiting for Li Chenglong to reply. Cynthia walked to the center of the somewhat dilapidated arena and said, "I hereby declare this sparring match over. Please leave in an orderly manner."
Princess Laura walked up to Li Chenglong and said a few words to him before leaving with her six sisters. Once most of the people had left, Cynthia came over and said with a smile, "Lord Li, you are truly amazing. I have lived for over a thousand years and have had the honor of witnessing Her Majesty the Empress in action once, but such an intense battle is something I have never seen before in my life."
Seeing that Li Chenglong looked tired, Cynthia quickly said, "Let me take you to the place where we've arranged for you to rest." The group followed Cynthia at a leisurely pace and soon arrived at the place that had been arranged for them.
This is a three-story villa, luxuriously decorated, and quite luxurious even in the imperial city of Roland. Roland is a vast and sparsely populated planet, 1.5 times the size of Earth, with a total population of just over 6 million. This means that most of their houses are only three or four stories high. Even Queen Raymond's castle is only six stories tall.
The villa had over a dozen maids, many rooms, and all sorts of amenities. Cynthia explained, "This is Her Majesty's usual retreat for leisure. She often comes here to relieve the fatigue of official duties during her holidays. There are two other such retreats in Roland City, each with a different style. After Her Majesty learned of your upcoming visit, she specially arranged for you to stay in a retreat with a style similar to that of China on Earth."
Just as Li Chenglong was about to express his gratitude, Cynthia continued, "I still have work to do with the Royal Guard, so I'll be leaving now. I've arranged everything else. You can rest here. Her Majesty the Queen will send someone to find you later."
Everyone sat in the living room, and Nangong Yanran spoke first: "Lord Li, after watching your battle with Queen Raimon today, I realized how big the gap is between our level 13 ability users and your level 14 users. If a level 13 powerhouse is like a tennis ball, then a level 14 powerhouse is like a yoga ball."
Suzaku continued, "Moreover, although the difference in strength can be compared in this way, even so, dozens of level 13 experts may not be able to defeat a level 14 expert."
The group chatted simply about their thoughts on today's battle. At this moment, Sun Menghua asked a question she had always wanted to ask: "Captain Li, what I want to ask you is, if you had fought with all your might today, would it have been possible to defeat Queen Raemon?"
Hearing her question, everyone turned to look at Li Chenglong. Li Chenglong glanced around, noticing the maids in the living room looking completely calm, before saying, "I don't know either. Although I still have some trump cards, I can sense that the Empress does as well. So, in the current situation, our strengths are evenly matched."
Since a day on Roland is equivalent to 1.5 days on Earth, a day on Roland is 36 hours. Li Chenglong took out watches from Roland and distributed them to everyone. The time displayed was 28 PM, which was still quite some time before midnight.
The group ate a simple meal served by the maids. Having been traveling through space, and then traveling by car and watching battles on Roland Star, everyone was quite tired. Therefore, after finishing their meal, they returned to their rooms to wash up and then went to rest.