As the seductive fan was thrown out, it instantly enlarged and opened, and Chen Tian's attack struck it.
Seeing his attack blocked by the opponent's massive fan, Chen Tian's footsteps instantly shifted forward. With his spear in hand, golden light erupted along its length, coiling around the spear and making it appear like a golden lance, radiating dazzling golden radiance.
At the same time, Chen Tian thrust his spear forward, and terrifying spear shadows appeared before the seductive figure. The seductive figure's expression turned serious as countless golden spear shadows converged before their eyes, merging according to a mysterious pattern to form a colossal phantom spear. This phantom spear, carrying a sharp, cold gleam, lunged directly at the seductive figure.
The golden radiance represented the law of metal, and metal governed killing. This strike possessed immense penetrating power. The seductive figure spread their hands to the sides, and the folding fan in their hand slowly disassembled into individual leaves, which then spun together to form a circular shield. The rapidly rotating fan became like a light wheel, directly charging towards Chen Tian's phantom spear.
The phantom spear and the light wheel collided. Their moves came one after another, and for a time, they were evenly matched. The terrifying power generated waves of energy that continuously spread outwards, and both Chen Tian and the seductive figure were repelled.
Then, an explosion erupted, and their eyes met. Terrifying currents appeared on Chen Tian's body, and surrounding vortexes spun away from him, spiraling outwards until they formed a swirling vortex of light – composed of wind.
Chen Tian possessed mastery over the wind element, and naturally, he could control wind elements. Since the Lord of Destiny and Chen Tian were one, the latter could also utilize Chen Tian's wind elements.
The swirling vortex of wind elements shot directly towards the seductive figure. As the wind spun and impacted, it continuously expanded, with surrounding vortexes being absorbed and integrated, causing the size to increase.
Before long, a massive vortex of wind shot towards the seductive figure. Upon seeing this, the seductive figure's entire body was enveloped in thick, wicked energy. Their hands slowly transformed into sharp claws. Then, with both clawed hands positioned opposite each other, a crackling sound arose, and streaks of black energy collided. A sphere covered in long, black thorns appeared between their hands, black in color and composed of wicked energy, with the thorns also formed from wicked energy.
The seductive figure then thrust their hands forward, and the black, thorn-covered sphere instantly shot towards Chen Tian's vortex of wind. The terrifying vortex, spinning like a light wheel, had currents that acted like blades, rotating blades. Though it was invisible wind, it felt very real.
The wicked energy sphere, covered in black thorns, collided with Chen Tian's vortex of wind. At the same time, streaks of black light shot out from the explosion, and countless black thorns rained down on Chen Tian from all directions.
Chen Tian swung his spear left and right, his body radiating a faint golden glow. A golden shield appeared in front of Chen Tian, enveloping his body.
Innumerable thorns struck the shield, making ringing sounds. As time passed, cracks appeared on Chen Tian's shield, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes.
The seductive figure's strength had fully recovered. If they couldn't resolve this opponent quickly in their current state, they would perish here. If they died now, there would be no chance of awakening.
Chen Tian made a decision. With determined eyes, he looked at the seductive figure and then lightly released his left hand holding the spear. The spear instantly transformed into light and vanished from Chen Tian's grasp.
Grayish-white energy flowed from Chen Tian's body towards the void. His eyes slowly turned pure white, his hair became grayish-white and stood on end. A lotus-shaped mark appeared at the center of his forehead, a grayish-white lotus that shimmered. His eyebrows also turned grayish-white. His hands slowly opened, transforming into grayish-white dragon claws. Behind Chen Tian, six pairs of grayish-white wings unfurled, spreading out like a roc in flight, with feathers scattering in the sky, exceptionally beautiful.
Chen Tian's body was covered in faint gray skin and scales, resembling dragon scales and fish scales, a combination of both. At his feet, on both sides, a pair of grayish-white wings were attached. Chen Tian's thighs were protected by armor formed from layers of gray feathers.
The seductive figure's eyes widened in shock at Chen Tian's appearance. "You, you actually!"
"How is this possible? This state of yours, you actually... you truly are a madman!"
The seductive figure's face showed panic, not daring to look at the Lord of Destiny in this state. They turned and fled.
"Good heavens! This guy has gone mad. To activate their full form now, isn't that self-sealing? They don't want to die!"
"Run, can you escape?"
Chen Tian said calmly, and as his eyes opened, the seductive figure's body was instantly frozen. The seductive figure felt a mysterious power trapping them within that space, and it felt as if they were no longer in this world, like being in an alternate dimension, completely unable to move.
Chen Tian's wings slowly unfurled, and he slowly walked towards the seductive figure, beautiful grayish-white feathers continuously falling from his wings.
A man like a deity, a woman trapped in place. Question: Who is the villain at this moment?
Chen Tian said calmly, "To force me to use this divine state prematurely, seductive figure, you can be proud. This time, I will not seal you again. Disperse!"
"Lord of Destiny, you, you dare!"
The seductive figure said in panic and terror, and then, with a sigh from Chen Tian.
"Alas!"
A wave of energy swept through, and the seductive figure disintegrated into countless fragments. A sigh was enough to extinguish all life in the world; this was the true power of the Lord of Destiny.
Chen Tian slowly looked around, then with a thought, time seemed to freeze. When time flowed again, everything returned to normal.
Chen Tian's appearance returned to its original form. He looked around with curiosity, wondering, "Strange? What happened just now? Where is Qingling's breakthrough boss?"
Chen Tian remembered fighting the breakthrough mission boss with Qingling. What was going on? He couldn't seem to recall. What had happened?
"Never mind, it should be finished. I'll just send a message to Qingling."
Chen Tian opened his game interface and sent a message to Qingling. Soon, Qingling replied, and Chen Tian breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that it was completed.
Then, an interface popped up before Chen Tian, and his expression turned solemn. "Good heavens, time is up. It seems I need to return to the first floor."
His figure transformed into a streak of light and disappeared from the palace. The first floor, in front of a stone house, Chen Tian's figure appeared here.
Three days had passed. He needed to return here to kill the final imperial soldiers. This was an agreement he had made with Xiyazi. Although Xiyazi was no longer here, he still had to fulfill it. He had to keep up with the pace of this quest.
Then, the scene instantly shifted. Chen Tian reappeared on the arena. Time began to flow, and Yun Guo moved again, slowly raising his dual pistols. He looked at Chen Tian and said coldly, "Hmph, freezing my time for three days. I hope you've grown some. After killing you, I can go kill that imperial traitor."
"Today is different from three days ago. I am not the same as I was three days ago. Let's spar!"
Chen Tian became passionate, and instantly, dual blades appeared, weapons of golden quality in his hands. A cracking sound came from Yun Guo's body, and his level directly surged to seventy, his seals broken, and his attributes greatly changed.
Chen Tian also activated his "The More Battles, The Braver" and "Evolved Body Strengthening" buffs, and his attributes skyrocketed. Then, their eyes met. After the tempering on the second floor, Chen Tian's strength was no longer the same. Although he was still level thirty, he could withstand a few blows from a level forty opponent. As for killing Yun Guo, Chen Tian never intended to defeat him himself. This NPC was a bit overpowered, with a level of seventy and attributes close to twenty thousand. If he were hit even once, he would surely die.
Mysterious air currents instantly appeared beneath Chen Tian's feet, and his dual blades were enveloped in blue flames. Divine fire erupted, and the dual blades crossed, shooting out a massive cross-shaped flame blade towards the dual pistol wielder Yun Guo.
Yun Guo held a pistol in his left hand and another in his right. The left pistol was azure, and the right was crimson. He then crossed them, and a blue and red cross-shaped blade energy shot out, colliding with each other.
A massive explosion resounded.
Yun Guo's figure instantly appeared before Chen Tian, his left pistol thrusting forward. Chen Tian crossed his dual blades in front of him, blocking the attack, the gap between them trapping the gun tip. But Yun Guo's right pistol also moved, directly aiming for Chen Tian's abdomen. The crimson gun tip, carrying terrifying heat, attacked Chen Tian.
Chen Tian threw with all his might, and the azure pistol was instantly flung away by his dual blades. Yun Guo's figure retreated a step, and then his dual blades shifted, moving directly to his abdomen and slashing out repeatedly. The crimson pistol was blocked. Seeing this, Yun Guo stabilized his figure and, with both pistols, attacked Chen Tian's head.
Chen Tian slowly released his dual blades, and they instantly spun around him, forming a shield of light. Then, a cyan half-shield appeared on Chen Tian's left, and a purple-ice colored half-shield appeared on his right. They were instantly drawn to each other and merged. A blue-purple light shield combined with the shield of spinning blades protected Chen Tian.
Chen Tian's figure was instantly repelled. He then gripped his dual blades, looking at Yun Guo with a sense of lingering fortune. Fortunately, he had used his elemental shields just now, otherwise, the armor-piercing effect of that strike would have left him severely wounded, and his armor would have been destroyed.
"A decisive judgment. You are strong, but you have no chance of winning. Surrender!"
Yun Guo looked at his opponent, who could withstand his full-force attack across forty levels, and thought it was impressive. Unfortunately, this was an enemy that could not be spared. Otherwise, he would have really wanted him to live well. But as an imperial general, obeying the empire's orders was paramount.
Chen Tian pursed his lips and said, "Again!"
Chen Tian refused to admit defeat. He had activated "The More Battles, The Braver" and "Body Strengthening," and as time went on, his attributes would skyrocket. He didn't believe he wouldn't be able to defeat the opponent then, provided he could stall for that time.
Seeing Chen Tian's stubbornness, Yun Guo's killing intent surged. Such a resolute person absolutely could not be left alive. Since they had become enemies, he could only kill him, otherwise, he would become a great enemy of the empire, a disaster.
Yun Guo threw his dual pistols, and they instantly transformed into two figures of Yun Guo. Three identical Yun Guos appeared before Chen Tian, each holding two bright silver pistols.
Chen Tian's expression turned solemn and cautious. Three dual pistol wielders, his self-created skill. Caution was necessary.
Self-created skills were unique to players and NPCs, and they were the main combat skills for players after level one hundred. It could be said that every self-created skill was powerful, and some could even evolve.
Chen Tian gritted his teeth. "Damn it, all my self-created skills are on cooldown. Only the less powerful ones have quick cooldowns. Ice Fire Radiant Heaven, Ice Fire Burst Flame Kill, Elemental Light Wave, even the evolved skill Fire Kill Frost Shadow requires half a month to cool down."
Countless images flashed through Chen Tian's mind as he calculated various scenarios and outcomes. Then, an image froze.
Chen Tian shook his head. The probability of success with this method was too slim. A one-on-one fight was not suitable for elves, especially since the opponent's abilities were too tailored. As for the dragon and phoenix races, without specific conditions, Chen Tian could not awaken and use them.
"No, wait, I remember that back then...!"
Then, Chen Tian's dual blades slowly dissipated, and nine-colored scales instantly appeared on his palm skin. His hands transformed into nine-colored dragon claws. Chen Tian said with a hint of disappointment, "The level is too low. I can only transform my claws?"
"But it's okay, this state should be able to last for some time."
Chen Tian looked at his nine-colored dragon claws. The dragon race profession had previously been classified as a sub-profession, and some abilities could be used. However, because his level was too low, only the human-dragon form could be used, and even then, only his hands could transform. Ultimately, his level restricted Chen Tian's power!
Chen Tian watched as the three figures of Yun Guo, wielding six pistols, charged at him. Chen Tian's dragon claws began to move, clashing with the gun tips. Head-on, the dragon race's greatest strength was their body and scale protection.
The tips of the six pistols were all met by Chen Tian's rapidly moving dragon claws. Sparks flew, and with a clang, the bright silver pistols shattered. Seeing this, Yun Guo retreated, and the two flanking Yun Guos transformed back into pistols and returned to Yun Guo's hands.