Chapter 1243: Continue Working Hard


    Through his dragon''s pupils, Zhang Lie could identify that Li Feng wasn''t among any of his copies charging toward Zhang Lie from the front.


    However, Zhang Lie had been truthful in iming that his mental state, and he had barely been affected by Li Feng''s technique.


    "[Holy Dragon Sword: Light and Darkness]!"


    Li Feng struck again, causing heaven and earth to turn dark as the light all around was extinguished.


    Zhang Lie strode forward and shed against Li Feng''s de with his own. In an explosion of scintiting light, the world regained color once more.


    "[Holy Dragon Sword: Extinguishing Heaven''s Light]!"


    Light-attuned gic energy rose into the air as a holy dragon soared toward the heavens. Ripples of gic energy emanated from the point of impact. Even before the blownded, the light of the entire world began to flicker and dim.


    The ground cracked as sword energy filled the arena. The holy dragon roared; starlight fell. The light of the world concentrated on the tip of the sword.


    Zhang Lie blocked the overwhelming blow with Hanguang and counterattacked with Guicang.


    "[Second Form: Piercing the Soul]!"


    Zhang Lie''s disaster-grade mistmeld m soulshard activated as he infused its energy into his swords, causing them to shine radiantly with multicolored light.


    Through his dragon''s pupils, he could see Li Feng''s soul wrapped up in motes of silver light in the shape of a holy dragon.


    A rainbow arc apanied Zhang Lie''s sh, as though an aurora borealis were visible in the sky. It shone in all the colors of the rainbow, momentarily hypnotizing anyone who looked at it.


    Li Feng, who was struck by the attack in close proximity, stood dazed and petrified for moments, all thoughts of battle having fled his mind.


    Zhang Lie''s sword shone as brightly as the northern lights overhead, bringing him momentarily out of the physical into the intangible.


    It stopped right by Li Feng''s neck.


    "The battle is over."


    Only then did Li Fenge back to his senses. He sheathed his sword.


    "Thank you for your pointers, Captain."


    Zhang Lie chuckled and shook his head. "You''ve grown so much since the second realm that there isn''t much I can teach you."


    Li Feng shook his head. "No, Captain. Through our earlier battle, I learned that my willpower''s stillcking. You were easily able to deal with my hypnotizing light."


    In terms of technique, Li Feng could hardly win out against Zhang Lie, who had ess to a disaster-grade mistmeld m soulshard and [Second Form: Piercing the Soul].


    Zhang Lie said, "You''ve already stepped down your own path. You''ll need to keep working on your techniques, however."


    Li Feng nodded. "I understand, Captain. I''ll work hard in the future."


    Zhang Lie dismissed him. "You must be tired both mentally and physically after the battle. Go rest. Zhu, you can start your work."


    Zhu quickly set up another pocket dimension, one locked up with spatial and dimensional barriers. She didn''t say anything about Zhang Lie and Li Feng''s fight, which had copsed the original pocket dimension—likely having grown used to the wreckage and destruction.


    By the time Zhu was finished, Sun Mengmeng was raring to fight Zhang Lie, garuda bow in hand.


    Sun Mengmeng pledged, "Captain, I won''t repeat what happened in the second realm when west fought!"


    Zhang Lie gave her a gentle smile. "I look forward to witnessing your growth from this period of time.


    Sun Mengmeng raised her garuda bow. Three arrows, brimming with purple me, flew toward Zhang Lie like tracking missiles. "[Lunarme Shot]!"


    With a wave of his hand, Zhang Lie caused the three ming arrows to explode in mid-air.


    With a sh from his eyes, Zhang Lie blew the explosions away from the arena with a wave of pale blue gic energy.


    After the resplendent purple explosions, Sun Mengmeng immediately struck. Fire-attuned gic energy burst from Sun Mengmeng''s body as her body erupted in mes. She pulled her greatbow taut.


    "[Lunarme Shot]!" Sun Mengmeng''s right hand blurred as countless arrows of purple me shot out of her bow like a meteor shower that tinted the air purple and gave the battlefield a phantasmagorical appearance. The air turned dry and arid, as though a cataclysm was nigh.


    Under the brilliant purple sky, everything began to burn, drowned in a sea of purple me. However, the ming arrows seemed to avoid Zhang Lie entirely; even the purple mes spreading across the ground did the same.


    Sun Mengmeng frowned. She loosed arrows more and more quickly, until her hands blurred. Purple arrows struck the ground like raindrops in a storm, drowning out Zhang Lie''s figure.


    When her arrows exploded, they formed pirs of me over ten meters high.


    For an entire minute, Sun Mengmeng continuedunching arrows through the battlefield. She panted for breath; her fingertips trembled. All she could see was purple me.


    With a snap of his finger, ripples of energy spread out from Zhang Lie, warping the space around him. The mes were easily extinguished by his spatial maniption.


    "[Baptism of Hellfire: Full Moon]!"


    Sun Mengmeng whirled her daggers all around her as a ck moon rose into the air, blocking the pulse of energy from Zhang Lie''s attack.


    The ground exploded. mes burst into the sky. Cracks ofva spread across the ground.


    Sun Mengmeng stabbed forward with a dagger, causing the ck moon behind her to explode. Sun Mengmeng rocketed forward with [meburst Step].


    Purple mes transformed into her raiment. A long tail of mes whizzed by behind her, radiating a phantasmagorical glow. Like a meteor, she shot toward Zhang Lie.


    Her beautiful features took on a tinge of the fantastical when lit by the purple firelight, causing the onlookers to stare at her agape.


    With the barest hissing of wind, she unsheathed a long dark-red dagger.


    As she thrust forward, Zhang Lie swiveled his body to the side to avoid her de, supported her by the waist, and pirouetted on one leg to dissipate her forward momentum. The mes continued to burn, and purple ash fell from the skies. The twobatants looked as though they were carrying out a dance under the night sky.


    Sun Mengmeng''s eyes shone with passion and scorching me, as though she were trying to light Zhang Lie aze. Zhang Lie wrapped a hand around Sun Mengmeng''s slender waist and spun her around and around, his eyes fixed on her, causing her mind to blur as she slowly closed her eyes...


    Zhang Lie suddenly let go of Sun Mengmeng, sending her flying into the distance like a honed de. She flew higher and higher into the air, higher still, until she finallynded by the side of a mountain with so much momentum that her body was half-stuck in ce.


    The members of Team Zenith winced.