Chapter 536 (2/2)
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Li Chengfeng's expression turned dark and brooding, and he immediately barked out orders to the party members besides him. “It'll take about twenty minutes to finish off this boss. We need to hold on for these precious twenty minutes so that our comrades behind us can finish off the boss! This is our line in the sand! We'll stop Candle Dragon here or die trying!”
Everyone nodded their heads in unison.
Li Chengfeng drew his Tempest Sword with a metallic screech as he shot back a taunt. “Why do we need to run? Candlelight Shadow, who the h.e.l.l do you think you are!? You think Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls will flee at the mere sight of you and your men!? Tsk, you're not worthy!”
“Heh, oh really?” Candlelight Shadow replied in an unperturbed voice. “Li Chengfeng, just what benefits did Lu Chen give you to make you so loyal to Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls?”
Li Chengfeng stared at the sky and let the snowflakes fall on his resolute face. He dryly said, “Lu Chen… He only gave me two things. Respect and conviction. However, these are two things that you, Candlelight Shadow, definitely don't have. You're a selfish and arrogant b.a.s.t.a.r.d, so these things are naturally beyond you.”
Candlelight Shadow couldn't help but let out a roar of laughter. “History has always been written by the victors! Can respect buy you any food? When you have stepped across hundreds of thousands of corpses to claim your throne, who the h.e.l.l do you even need to respect!? Who the h.e.l.l do you even need to fear!? Hahaha, the entire world will bend their knee to you and everyone will fear and respect you! That is the conviction of a king!”
“Your conviction of a king can go f.u.c.k itself! I'll chop you into pieces, you f.u.c.kwit! Then I'll see what conviction of a king you have then!”
Li Chengfeng raised his sword into the air before he charged at Candlelight Shadow and yelled, “Candlelight Shadow, fight me!”
“I've been waiting fot this!”
Candlelight Shadow pulled out the longsword he had thrust into the ground. As he brandished it, he grinned and said, “I won't even need my pet to kill you!”
“Me neither!”
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Fragments of ice sprayed across the ground as Li Chengfeng's boots crunched against it. He dashed straight towards Candlelight Shadow, his sword glowing with a brilliant light. Candlelight Shadow's expression had become solemn as well. He had no choice but to go all out against an expert of Li Chengfeng's calibre. If he didn't, he might very well lose his life!
Both men weaved beautiful arcs towards each other as they clashed. They exchanged lightning-quick blows the moment they met! Candlelight Shadow's speed was a little slower, so he only got off a Barrier Break and a basic attack. Li Chengfeng, on the other hand, managed to launch three strikes of his own, as he struck Candlelight Shadow with a Barrier Break, Cyan Dragon Horn, and a basic attack!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Brilliant light danced in the air as they used their skills against each other. Candlelight Shadow slid across the icy ground, his body wildly shaking. A ghastly wound had been carved into his chest and he had actually lost more than 19000 HP in a single exchange of blows. He barely had 20000 HP altogether, so this single exchange had nearly killed him!
This was even after he had blocked 50% of Li Chengfeng's Barrier Break effect! If he had taken the full brunt of Li Chengfeng's attacks, Candlelight Shadow would have died then and there!
“Gulp!”
Candlelight Shadow's smile remained fixed on his face even as he downed a health potion. “Oh, your attack power isn't bad! You're a lot stronger than before. However, you still aren't good enough to face me.”
After he said that, Candlelight Shadow let out a deep yell, “Second Wind!”
Beams of red light instantly shot up from his feet as his HP bar swiftly filled back up again. Candlelight Shadow actually had a self-recovery ability as well! I had seen this skill in the champion arena before and its healing was even more incredible than my Regeneration of the Undead. This was also one of the reasons that Candlelight Shadow could maintain that incredibly high win rate. I mean, no one could remain on top of the ranked arena without having a few tricks, right?
“Hah hah…”
Li Chengfeng desperately gasped for air as he knelt down on the icy ground. The Tempest Sword had also been thrust into the ground and his chest filled with wounds. He had clashed with Candlelight Shadow head on and he had even used his Blitz Famous General Skill to sneak in another hit, but he hadn't been able to gain a single advantage over Candlelight Shadow. In fact, the dragon warrior's health had already dipped to critical levels and another attack from Candlelight Shadow would be the end of him.
“Gulp!”
+3500!
After he quaffed a large health potion, Li Chengfeng slowly stood up and yelled in a low voice, “Dragon Blood Revolution!”
The image of a huge cyan dragon superimposed itself over Li Chengfeng's body as his HP bar quickly filled up as well. However, the speed of his recovery ability was far slower than Candlelight Shadow's. Candlelight Shadow's Second Wind had recovered a huge chunk of health for him in just a single second and it could fill up his whole health bar in about ten seconds. Meanwhile, Li Chengfeng's Dragon Blood Revolution healed him at a rate that was a lot closer to my Regeneration of the Undead.
“One more time!”
Both warriors charged at each other and Candlelight Dragon started to show off his superior mechanical skill. As he danced a beautiful spiral of death around Li Chengfeng, his attacks had shaved away more than half of the dragon warrior's health. Li Chengfeng was put at a complete disadvantage in the first few moments of combat and he simply couldn't deal with Candlelight Shadow's intricate movements which wove a tight circle around the dragon warrior. Li Chengfeng had to counter Candlelight Shadow's movement with a circling movement of his own, but his own mechanical skill was still a fair bit lousier than Candlelight Shadow's right now. As a result of that, he was very quickly put on the back foot and he looked like he was right on the brink of being overwhelmed!
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Bang! Bang!
I endured the Frost Dragon's attack, causing a searing pain to erupt from my left shoulder, so that I could turn around and yell, “Fighting Spirits, Chaos Moon! Go and help Li Chengfeng! Candlelight Shadow is way too strong for him to handle on his own!”
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