Vol 3 Chapter 20.3 (1/2)
Chapter 20 – Summon, Zi (III)
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Similar to the Divine Celestial Protection, the Jade Silk was also uncontaminated by blood; Ye Yin Zhu didn’t know whether this was because it had once absorbed the source of life or not. At this moment, the Jade Silk appeared to be dark green in color, sparkling and translucent. Used to its fullest extent, the Bamboo Attack’s offensive power was comparable to that of a divine weapon, else it wouldn’t have been able to give Nesta such a huge injury. The dou qi Ye Yin Zhu utilized was not enough to kill a magical beast with such high defense such as the Maginot Iron Dragon in a single blow. The power the Jade Silk contributed couldn’t go unnoticed.
Crawling up from the ground, Ye Yin Zhu stumbled a bit before standing firm, looking towards the distant Nesta. He forced a smile and said, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to kill your dragon. If I hadn’t gone all out, I would’ve been unable to block your attack.”
By this time, Nesta had also dragged himself upright. His body was indeed tyrannical. He wiped away the blood dripping from his mouth and nose, brazenly stating, “That doesn’t matter. It seems to me there should be no difference between this compet.i.tion and a battlefield. Going all out in a confrontation is enjoyable. I’m delighted—I haven’t received such a wound in a long time.”
“Concede; your injury is worse than mine,” Ye Yin Zhu said. His opinion of this Heavy Cavalryman had increased even more, and he did not want to unleash another attack. This was the first time he used Bamboo Defense and Bamboo Attack when facing an enemy, and it was far more powerful than he had imagined.
Nesta shook his head and said, “From a compet.i.tive perspective, you killed my mount, meaning I should already have lost. I still have fighting strength, however, and am thus unlikely to give up. It seems that my original desire to keep this a secret until the final match was futile. Arise, my partner—Degas.” Shouting loudly, he lifted his left hand high, and a red Six-Point Star emerged and shone brightly from within his palm. A golden ray of light soared out, flying high into the sky in the blink of an eye.
“I agree.” Ye Yin Zhu looked with amazement at his adversary, instantly realizing, “You had another mount… no wonder I felt that your Maginot Iron Dragon didn’t suit you at all.”
A warrior’s mount could be replaced, unlike a mage’s magical beast. Similarly, a warrior also had only one chance in his entire life to enter into a beast contract. Only when a warrior genuinely found his ideal companion would he enter into such a contract. Once the contract was completed, this magical beast would accompany him until death. This kind of beast contract, interlinked with its master’s heart, produced the most powerful kind of strength. A warrior couldn’t summon his magical beast; he could only, by means of a contract, call out for his mount. Generally, the contracted beast wouldn’t be far from the warrior.
The deep, resounding dragon cry echoed from far away, the sound rolling forward as a red cloud quickly flew across the sky and towards the field.
Nesta bowed towards the rostrum and requested, “Please open the defensive s.h.i.+eld and allow my mount to come in.” Since the start of the match, the central training field’s defensive s.h.i.+eld had been managed by Ferguson.
Ferguson looked up at the sky with astonishment, automatically controlling his magic and using his power as the inst.i.tution’s president to immediately open up the defensive s.h.i.+eld. At this moment, the incoming arrival surprised him. As a dragon mage, he naturally knew what was flying through the sky towards the field. It was a Red Dragon like his Xhosa! Although its aura was far inferior to Xhosa, the Red Dragon actually produced a slightly pa.s.sable feeling. As a genuine Gigantic Dragon, a Red Dragon was ranked higher than a Green Dragon. He couldn’t help but secretly lament within his heart, ‘Students nowadays are indeed becoming increasingly powerful. Just now, second-year Nesta also unexpectedly possesses a genuine Gigantic Dragon.’
One must know that each and every genuine Gigantic Dragon was a growth-type magical beast. Once it matured, a genuine Gigantic Dragon had a strength of rank 7 or higher. A Red Dragon was known for its fire-inclined attack power as a Fire-attribute Gigantic Dragon. Regardless of its physical power, it could still utilize Fire Magic, making it violently powerful.
“Tie Bi, at the end of the match, I will need you to give me an explanation.”