Chapter 1200: We Won

Seeing this scene, the eyes of the eighteen Dragon Knights changed to varying degrees.

Only at this moment did they suddenly realize that Lan truly wanted to take Qi Tianlong as a slave. To make a true member of the Dragon Clan submit, the only way was to defeat the opponent in strength, to make them concede with their own formidable power.

Because Qi Tianlong could not afford to lose, he had used the Blood Dragon Self-Detonation Technique. And at this moment, Lan was willing to clash head-on, one-on-one, to subdue him.

Without a doubt, whoever lost this match would see their status change dramatically. Lan could still afford to lose—at least in the eyes of others, it seemed so; at worst, she would marry Qi Tianlong. But Qi Tianlong truly could not afford to lose!

And this battle truly set one’s blood boiling.

No one had expected that Lan could actually block Qi Tianlong’s attacks in a direct confrontation, climbing back up again and again. Just like when she had faced Xu Yanmo back then.

However, even the Dragon Knights did not see that every time Lan Xuanyu fell to the ground, it was when the seven-colored light on his body was at its most resplendent. And at that moment, he would absorb some seven-colored energy from the rifts in the ground and inject it into himself, then bounce up again and launch an attack.

After that battle with Xu Yanmo, he had discovered that there was already a subtle connection between himself and the Rising Dragon Platform. It was a sense of fusion brought by their bloodlines. So, when he mobilized his spiritual power, he could absorb the Dragon God energy within the Rising Dragon Platform. This was also why he had given up fighting in the air, given up Bai Xiuxiu’s assistance, and chosen to clash head-on with Qi Tianlong on the ground.

Every head-on clash, the enemy’s attack was equivalent to tempering his body. And what he was currently using was the Dragon God Force itself. He absorbed Dragon God Force from beneath the ground to replenish himself. With the Dragon God Force on his exterior, it was simply impossible to detect. Even a Super God-level powerhouse couldn’t.

The protective barrier around the competition grounds already isolated much perception. Moreover, the Dragon God Force was the highest-tier bloodline of the Dragon Clan, and if the interior of the Rising Dragon Platform could be easily probed, the Dragon Knights would have acted long ago. Would they have left the energy inside for Lan Xuanyu?

The Dragon God Force that Lan Xuanyu’s body could withstand was also limited, and in his current state, it was essentially forced tempering. Using Dragon God Force to repair his injuries. The injuries caused by using the Divine Annihilation Shock again and again. In the process of this repair was his tempering. Although he would need some time afterward to digest and absorb it, he couldn’t just come to the Rising Dragon Platform for no reason normally! This was the holy land of the Dragon Clan—if he didn’t absorb more during this final opportunity, when would he?

Doing this in front of eighteen Dragon Knights, Lan Xuanyu was truly audacious. But he also had his confidence. It was because he wasn’t afraid of being discovered!

So what if he was discovered? I can communicate with the Rising Dragon Platform. You can’t! The Dragon God Force I communicate with and draw out—even the Dragon Knights can’t absorb it. Since the Dragon Knights hadn’t moved against him before because he could absorb Dragon God Force, they definitely wouldn’t afterward either.

So, he wasn’t afraid. He could also claim that it was because his fresh blood had seeped into the ground again, drawing the Dragon God Force. If you have the ability, try it yourselves!

With the probability of discovery being very low, and even if discovered he wasn’t afraid, if he didn’t absorb now, when would he?

Blasted away again and again by the blood-colored light flames, climbing up again and again to charge once more. Relying on the effect of the Divine Annihilation Shock, even in the state of the Blood Dragon Self-Detonation Technique, Qi Tianlong had no way to attack him consecutively. Their collisions grew more and more brutal each time.

Scales shattered, blood splattered, and soon Lan Xuanyu’s arm was broken. With his right arm broken, he used his left, still continuing to attack without pause, nearly crazed.

Qi Tianlong was about to go mad. His rationality was still intact, and he couldn’t understand what deep hatred Lan had for him, to risk death in battle and keep fighting like this.

With every strike, he felt he should have won, but Lan just kept climbing up.

“Boom—”

“Crack!”

Lan Xuanyu was blasted away once more. This time, his left arm was broken too. He crashed far across the ground, and if not for the rise and fall of his chest, he would have looked dead.

Finally won?

Qi Tianlong’s mind was somewhat dazed, and a sense of emptiness instantly spread through his whole body. He had fought using the Blood Dragon Self-Detonation Technique for so long that he was nearing the point of complete exhaustion.

“I-I… I won…” Qi Tianlong struggled to raise his hand.

“No…” At that moment, a weak voice sounded from nearby. Then Qi Tianlong saw that Lan, lying on the ground, slowly turned over, writhing like a worm to arch his back, then slowly and with difficulty tried to climb up.

“You… why are you doing this…” Qi Tianlong’s voice already carried a tremor. He was truly about to cry.

Even like this, you still won’t concede? Do you really want to die?

The fury in his heart rose to its peak, and evil surged from within. He strode forward and charged at the writhing Lan Xuanyu.

At this moment, though he was nearing complete exhaustion, he still had a sliver of strength left. Before the Blood Dragon Self-Detonation Technique fully burned out, he had to win immediately. Otherwise, even his teacher might not be able to save him!

Frantic with rage, Qi Tianlong finally staggered to Lan Xuanyu’s front and raised his foot to stomp on his back. He had already decided—break Lan’s spine. This battle truly could not continue!

But his foot came down on empty air. Yes, empty air.

The foot wreathed in blood-colored light flames stomped onto the ground, while Lan Xuanyu’s body simply vanished into thin air.

Immediately after, a tremendous force abruptly came from the back of his head. Qi Tianlong’s vision went black, and he knew nothing more.

“Thud!” Lan Xuanyu’s body fell to the ground almost right after Qi Tianlong. But this time, he didn’t collapse completely—he dropped to one knee, gasping for breath in great gulps, blood continuously seeping from all seven orifices, his whole body reeking of char. But just like that, without the help of his arms, he struggled, bit by bit, to stand up.

Even the Dragon Knights’ eyes were dull at this moment.

What had they just seen? They had sensed a spatial fluctuation, and what they saw was Lan Xuanyu suddenly teleporting into the air behind Qi Tianlong.

A sweeping kick with his right leg struck the back of Qi Tianlong’s head. It made Qi Tianlong, already near complete exhaustion, unable to hold on any longer, finally losing all power to fight.

“She” actually knew how to teleport? No one knew when she had learned it. But in the previous matches, “she” had never used it.

When Qi Tianlong used the Divine Dragon Armor to stick to “her” dragon wings, if she had teleported, “she” could have instantly broken free and gained the initiative. But “she” hadn’t used it.

When Qi Tianlong used the flame vortex to pull “her” in, “she” used an ability similar to illusion plus invisibility to gain the upper hand, still not using teleportation. And that illusion plus invisibility was also used for the first time.

This teleportation ability had actually been saved until the very end, the true final moment, to suddenly erupt and create such an opportunity for herself. What incredible forbearance!

In the very next instant after standing up, Lan Xuanyu could no longer hold on. With a “thud,” he collapsed to the ground.

The moment he fell, even the Celestial Dragon Head let out a sigh of relief. For this match, nothing was a better outcome than a draw. Lan had fought so desperately—how could he not see that Lan actually didn’t want to marry Qi Tianlong!

A draw was surely a result both sides could accept.

But just as he was about to announce the final result of the match, a figure suddenly descended from the sky, beautiful eyes brimming with tears. She lifted the fallen Lan Xuanyu from the ground. Then, turning toward the direction of the eighteen Dragon Force Pillars, she cried out mournfully: “We won.”