Chapter 225: The Foreigner Is Still Exerting Force

Chapter 225: Chapter 225: The Foreigner Is Still Exerting Force

Lance looked at her confident expression and smiled.

"Well, if I win, I’m going to use this to spank you soundly."

He hefted the Heavy Spear in his hand.

A blush crept onto Elvira’s face, though it was unclear if it was from embarrassment or excitement.

Since a winner had to be decided in the end,

Lance and Elvira began to regulate their breathing in unison.

The two slowly put some distance between them.

Just then, a peculiar change suddenly swept through the canyon.

Visible ripples spread through the air, and then, several new prompts appeared before Lance.

[Heroic Spirit Leonidas has intervened in the battle!]

[This Dominator is exhilarated by the duel between you two young dragons. He has decided to add fuel to the fire of this battle of dragons!]

[The trial has been forcibly modified with a special condition: Unyielding Duel (Leonidas’s Ecstatic Blessing)]

[Rule 1 (Duel): The canyon’s barrier has been sealed. Anyone who leaves the canyon will have their trial eligibility immediately revoked.]

[Rule 2 (Immortality): During this duel, any fatal attack will be forcibly stopped, leaving a sliver of life. Neither side can truly kill the other.]

[Rule 3 (Restoration): No matter how brutal the fight becomes, after a victor is decided and you return to the Star Realm for the coronation ceremony, the Star Realm will completely heal all wounds. Both of your bodies will be restored to their perfect, peak condition!]

Seeing these three rules, Lance cheered inwardly.

’This blessing couldn’t have come at a better time.’

It seemed Heroic Spirit Leonidas had realized that after spending so much time together, neither of them could truly bring themselves to attack the other with their full, unrestrained power.

That’s why, at this critical moment, he had used these rules to unburden them of all their psychological reservations.

"The rest of this battle is all up to you, Lance."

Ascalon’s voice rang in his mind.

Lance nodded silently. He completely understood the Gun Spirit’s meaning.

In this fair, final trial, the Treasure in a Trial Taker’s hands would not provide any additional ability boosts.

If the power of the Treasures was included, the duel would just become a simple exchange of their ultimate attacks, which would not at all meet the expectations of the three onlookers in the Heroic Spirit Hall.

Across from him, Elvira had also just finished receiving the rules transmitted by the Star Realm.

The young woman let out a long sigh of relief.

Although she had long suspected that he might be the successor to the White Dragon, she had absolute confidence in the combat system she had painstakingly honed over many years.

She had been secretly worried that once she entered her combat state, she wouldn’t be able to control her strength. If she accidentally injured this man she’d just started to like—or worse, crippled him—she didn’t know how she would handle the aftermath.

But now...

With this rule of immortality, she no longer had such superfluous worries.

A confident smile returned to the corners of her lips.

Elvira gripped the glowing golden Cross Longsword with both hands, its tip pointed steadily at Lance.

"Watch out!"

Her crisp warning rang out above the sound of the water.

Lance gripped his Heavy Spear with both hands, assuming a defensive stance, ready for anything.

However, just as the battle was about to erupt, an unexpected message popped up.

[Special Source Material "Foreigner" detected in an active state...]

A thought struck Lance.

’Sure enough, here in the Star Realm, which is saturated with High-dimensional Energy, the "Foreigner" Source Material can forcibly lift some restrictions and provide me with unexpected help.’

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE—

The mist kicked up by the crashing waterfall next to them filled the canyon.

Elvira didn’t bother with a probing attack; she immediately launched a fierce assault.

The pebbles beneath her feet shattered instantly as a powerful reactive force launched her like a cannonball, straight toward Lance, who was over twenty meters away.

Lance narrowed his eyes.

He could tell this wasn’t a simple dash. It was a special Charge Skill.

There seemed to be a powerful surge of Ether Energy propelling her feet, instantly boosting her explosive speed to a level the naked eye of an ordinary person could not follow.

However, no matter how fast she was, with his Perception Attribute of over twenty points, Lance could still clearly capture every detail of her movements.

Facing such a high-speed advance, dodging backward would only expose a fatal opening to her relentless combos.

Besides... when it came to a contest of pure power, Lance had never feared any Professional of the same Tier.

He gripped the heavy spear tightly with both hands, the muscles in his waist and back instantly tensing as he sank his stance.

[Specialty: Ice Barrier]: When you are stationary and in a "Brace to Intercept" stance, you receive a temporary +3 to your Power check. 15% of the physical impact from an enemy’s charge will be nullified.

CLANG!!!

The glowing golden Cross Sword and the black spear shaft collided violently in midair!

A tremendous shockwave erupted between the two.

A visible, violent blast of air radiated from the point of impact, instantly blowing a large, vacant circle in the surrounding white mist!

Immediately after,

A very peculiar judgment window appeared in Lance’s vision.

[Power Contestation: Your current Power value of 28.65 (+3) is far greater than your opponent’s 23. Contestation successful!]

This extra line in the judgment window was clearly a gift from "Foreigner."

’Being able to see my opponent’s details directly... how is this any different from using X-ray vision in a card game?’

Lance’s internal Melting Furnace began to churn wildly, and the silver-and-crimson Ash Dragon Breath instantly surged like a tide, coating the body of his spear.

The Silver-Red Ether Energy instantly erupted with terrifying heat. In this extremely humid environment, a massive amount of water was instantly vaporized, sending up huge plumes of acrid white smoke.

Meanwhile, Elvira, the attacker, wore an expression of utter disbelief.

The moment their weapons met, she felt a terrifying, overwhelming force surge up her Cross Sword.

The Power was absurdly immense, carrying a domineering momentum that threatened to violently throw her off balance, completely negating the inertia of her charge.

[Opponent’s Passive Specialization "Royal Barrier" has activated. This specialty grants immunity to all knockback and forced launch effects from enemy units whose Strength Attribute is not more than 1.5 times their own.]

Under the effect of this powerful Specialty,

the young woman’s feet seemed to root themselves into the ground. She held firm on the riverbank, locked in a stalemate against Lance.

Tremendous pressure bore down from above, causing the hard pebbles beneath her feet to crack and shatter, sending water splashing everywhere.

Elvira gritted her teeth.

She had never felt such pure Power from any peer, a Power that could surpass even a Red Dragon Bloodline.

After all,

her own Basic Attributes were already astonishing, and on top of that, she practiced the Royal Family’s Legendary Level Breathing Combat Technique.

Even with the boost from this double Aura, she was being ruthlessly overpowered in a contest of power, the very thing she took the most pride in.

Elvira felt him using that long spear to press her down with immense force.

Not only that, but she could also keenly feel the scorching heat from the Silver-Red Ether Energy coating his weapon radiating toward her.

’I can’t keep clashing with him head-on like this.’

The young woman made a snap decision, immediately flipping her wrist to forcibly change her move.

With a powerful twist of both hands, she slid her Cross Sword sharply up the shaft of the long spear.

It was accompanied by a shower of blinding, grating metallic sparks.

The sharp blade angled viciously, slicing toward the artery in the side of Lance’s neck.

The instant she changed her move...

[One of the opponent’s Energy Traits, "Radiant Wind," has activated.]

[Under normal conditions, high-pressure air currents wrap around the weapon, refracting light. This prevents enemies from visually judging the weapon’s true length and attack trajectory, and also increases its sharpness.]

Faced with this slash to the neck,

Lance found he couldn’t accurately judge the Longsword’s true position with his naked eye.

He had no choice but to decisively abandon the power struggle, quickly pulling back and retreating, narrowly avoiding the blade’s cutting range.

However, before Elvira could take advantage of forcing Lance back to catch her breath and regulate her breathing,

Lance had already used his backward steps to regain his center of gravity.

Without any pause, he unleashed the entirety of the Spear Technique he had painstakingly practiced day and night for the past dozens of days in the Star Realm.

He didn’t need to worry about stamina at all.

The heavy long spear seemed to come alive in Lance’s hands.

It transformed into a furious Black Dragon.

Cleaving, smashing, sweeping, thrusting.

There were no fancy, probing moves. Every one of Lance’s attacks was infused with his full Power.

Every strike was at full strength!