Chapter 1324: The beginning of the second match.

"Mili, you’re being reckless. How can such a valuable resource as the Seed of the Lightning Law be used as a bet?" Severin could not come to terms with his student’s decision.

Lavena and Renar, who were sitting next to him, shared his opinion.

It was the Seed of the Law, damn it!

It was much more valuable than the Fruits of the Magic Tree.

And even more so, it was perfect for Milisa herself, so that she could rebuild her foundation.

Milica didn’t get into an argument. Instead, she turned her gaze to the arena, where the next match was about to begin.

The Stoneheart Elf chose Idan as his opponent.

Earth against Lightning.

At the same time, the Eternal Flame Elf chose Arabel.

Fire versus Ice.

It was obvious that their opponents had taken into account what Idan and Arabel had demonstrated in the previous duel. In turn, Idan and Arabel also drew conclusions and realized the difference in their current strength compared to the real Diamond-ranked creatures.

Knowing this, they saw no point in continuing to hold back.

"Let’s get this over with," Idan suggested, cracking his fingers.

"Hmm, so the games are over?" Arabel tilted her head slightly, still smiling.

"That’s right," Idan nodded. "Now let’s see how big the difference in strength is on the other side."

The couple was talking openly, and their words were clearly audible.

The watching elves didn’t understand what they meant.

"What the hell are they talking about?"

"Games are over?"

Only two people knew what would happen next.

"Watch carefully, it’s about to start," Eulalia said with a smile, turning to Saelis and the others.

Tudum!

There was a sound like a heartbeat, and bloody energy began to condense around Idan. And the space around Arabel began to distort.

It seemed that the air throughout the arena had become colder.

Before the eyes of many elves, Idan’s skin began to turn pale, his black hair lengthened and turned silvery, and his brown eyes shone blood-red.

Next to him, his wife’s red hair turned silver, four silver dragon horns grew on her head, part of her skin was covered with silver scales, and a long silver tail with a sharp tip appeared behind her back.

Idan appeared in the guise of a Higher Vampire, and Arabel took on the form of a Spatial Dragon, revealing herself to the world of Junonia for the first time.

If someone from the Awakened had seen them in these images, they would have easily recognized in them the features of the Mad Vampire King and the Mad Dragon Queen.

There was a cold silence.

The opponents froze, trying to comprehend what had happened. Their elven minds were trying to digest what they saw.

Following his intention to end the duel in the shortest possible time, Idan raised his right hand and, pointing it towards the Stone Heart Elf, fired a bloody arrow created from his own blood.

The elf reacted with lightning speed: he stamped his foot, and a stone wall appeared in front of him.

Boom!

There was a deafening crash!

The blood arrow slammed into the wall with force, leaving deep cracks and an impressive mark on it, but it could not penetrate it.

Instead of feeling the joy of a successful defense, the Elf broke out in a cold sweat, and a shiver ran down his spine.

It was an attack that a Platinum—ranked creature couldn’t make-it was a Diamond-ranked power.

The second elf, seeing Idan’s attack, began to move. Flames engulfed his body, and sparks of fire danced around him. Behind him, fire arrows began to appear one after another, which whistled towards Arabel, leaving a thin trail of fire behind them.

Arabel, without moving, held the materialized "Dark Queen Sword" in her hands. Her vertical-pupiled dragon eyes were fixed on her opponent, ignoring the fiery arrows that were about to hit her.

But then something amazing happened.

One by one, the trajectories of the fire arrows began to change, and they flew past Arabel.

"Spatial distortion," said a voice that sounded in the void.

After that, the gaze, hidden from everyone, turned to Arabel.

"The Spatial Dragon."

"An extremely rare combination of elements and bloodline. It is extremely powerful by itself, but it has limitations at the level of the law."

Then the gaze turned to Idan.

"Hmm... a Higher Vampire?" the voice asked thoughtfully.

Idan, after testing the power of his usual blood arrow, created a second one.

"What about this?" he said, and sparks of the lightning element danced around him.

After activating [Elemental Fusion for Enhancement - Level 5] with the System, he enhanced his blood arrow with the lightning element, creating a Blood Lightning Arrow.

"Try to stop it."

The arrow flew off his palm.

This time, the Stoneheart Elf did not rely on a single wall. The stone in front of him began to move, thickening, and the second barrier grew after the first one.

BAM!

The first wall split.

Debris flew to the sides, and a blood-red flash flashed between them.

The second wall held up.

But only for a moment.

Cracks ran across its surface, from which thin lightning bolts shot out.

The elf abruptly retreated, covering his face with his hand. The stone beneath his feet rose, enveloping his body in dense armor.

Boom!

The remnants of the wall shattered, and a bloody lightning bolt struck his chest.

The elf’s soles slid across the arena. He retreated a few steps before he managed to stop himself.

Looking down, he saw a deep dent in his armor.

"Broke through two walls and almost broke through the armor?"

He raised his head.

Idan was no longer in the same place.

Lightning crackled from the right.

The elf managed to turn around and raise his hand. The stone on his forearm had grown to form a shield.

BAM!

It was the third blood arrow.

The elf’s ears clearly heard the crackle of lightning, and his body also felt the heat of the fire element.

"Element of fire?" he thought in horror, before his shield collapsed and was thrown aside by a strong blow. He collapsed onto the surface of the arena with his eyes wide open, staring at the roof of the building.

The elf felt it.

At the last moment, the arena protected him, which meant that he had lost.