Volume 6 Chapter 16

Volume 6 + Chapter 16: Dual Chanting

Never before had the opening been so perfect!

Xia Yi felt as though she had already glimpsed victory. It was the first time she had gained the upper hand in front of Xia Lulu.

Most importantly, she hadn’t even gone all out yet.

If she were to reveal her true strength… that would be something else entirely.

At this moment, two words surfaced in Xia Yi’s mind, 

I’ve won.

With things like this, how could she possibly lose?

Of course, having learned from past mistakes, the white-haired loli wouldn’t boldly declare victory out loud.

Just thinking it in her heart shouldn’t jinx things.

“Don’t be so surprised, Xia Lulu. My strength has improved tremendously in a short time. That journey to Fox Hill benefited me greatly.”

Xia Yi spun the rose staff in her hand, exuding complete ease.

“Right now, I’ve already reached the fifth tier.”

“No wonder you’re so confident.”

Xia Lulu adjusted her breathing and looked at her daughter once more.

“To raise your realm so quickly… there’s probably no one else like you on this land…”

After all, Xia Yi was no ordinary individual.

Not only did she possess the bloodline of the Silver Dragon Royal Family, she was also a Holy Sword wielder.

Even past Dragon Kings had never reached the fifth tier at her age.

“However, if you think gaining a slight advantage means you’ve already defeated me, that would be a grave mistake.”

A faint glow flickered in Xia Lulu’s silver eyes.

An invisible pressure surged outward like a shockwave, blasting away the surrounding snow and sweeping past Xia Yi’s body as if to send her flying.

“The Dragon King’s Authority!”

Xia Yi also activated her Silver Dragon bloodline. Her eyes glowed faintly as she resisted with her own Dragon King pressure.

In terms of realm, Xia Lulu was clearly stronger, so suppression naturally formed.

As long as the Dragon King’s pressure continued, Xia Yi not only had to maintain her own pressure, but her physical abilities would also decline to some extent.

If she didn’t maintain it, things would be even worse, she might not even be able to move.

“To be able to act under my pressure… it seems you’ve mastered this Dragon King-exclusive ability as well.” Xia Lulu was quite pleased.

“Xia Lulu, aren’t you just bullying me?!” Xia Yi protested.

“What? Not convinced?”

“You!”

Xia Yi was so angry she nearly jumped.

But then she realized, this must be Xia Lulu’s conversational tactic, trying to provoke her into losing composure and affecting her combat state.

She couldn’t fall for it!

“Even like this, I’ll still defeat you!”

“Then try my magic. I’m going to get a little serious now, ”

Xia Lulu raised both hands and began chanting in the dragon tongue.

She intended to enhance her magic through chanting.

A massive fireball appeared above her head, gathering violent fire elements.

“Isn’t that just a fireball? Watch me, ”

Xia Yi also intended to counter with her own fireball, chanting a spell to engage head-on.

But then she noticed something.

Something was wrong.

Xia Lulu’s incantation wasn’t right.

Her chanting speed was extremely fast, more than twice that of normal spells, and the dragon language pronunciation was strange, as if something else had been inserted into the fireball incantation.

One of Xia Lulu’s hands controlled fire elements.

The other… Was controlling ice elements?

Xia Yi looked around and saw towering ice walls rising all around.

She realized…

This was dual chanting!

While chanting the fireball spell, Xia Lulu was interweaving another chant, an ice wall spell. Separately, each was a complete spell, yet both were being cast simultaneously.

Magic required extremely precise control. Even minor variables could affect stability and quality.

Thus, dual chanting wasn’t merely twice as difficult, it was exponentially harder.

To ordinary mages, it was a hell-level technique, something that existed only in theory, not in real combat.

Xia Yi had only heard that among dragons, only the pinnacle mage Gran could achieve this.

And now Xia Lulu could do it too?

That was absurd!

Boom!

The ice wall erupting from the ground shattered Xia Yi’s unfinished fireball. Layer upon layer of ice walls rose like mountain ranges, trapping her within.

The massive fireball descended like a blazing sun.

Boom!!

Violent fire elements exploded into scorching waves, melting the ice walls as terrifying energy from fire and ice intertwined at the center.

If struck by this fireball, even dragon-scale armor would be useless, the flames would strip away combat ability.

Whoosh!

Within the flames, a dazzling golden light burst forth, cleaving through the inferno.

The Holy Sword mark on Xia Yi’s hand lit up. At the last moment, she abandoned magic and used the Holy Sword, cutting through Xia Lulu’s spell.

“You can still struggle? That’s a bit surprising. But what about next?”

Xia Lulu continued her dual chanting.

“Not happening!”

Xia Yi charged forward, attempting to interrupt her basic tactics when a warrior fights a mage.

But Xia Lulu had anticipated this.

While maintaining dual chanting, she simultaneously used chant suppression, casting magic without incantation to hinder Xia Yi.

This infuriated Xia Yi.

Damn it, why is chant suppression so annoying?!

Only now did she realize how unreasonable this technique was when used against her.

Thus, Xia Lulu once again unleashed magic under dual chanting, like an immobile magical turret bombarding Xia Yi relentlessly.

“Ugh… ah!”

Though Xia Yi swung her Holy Sword to cut through spells, she couldn’t block everything. She was blasted away and crashed to the ground.

If this continued, her defeat would be inevitable.

“You’ve already lost, my daughter.”

“…”

Xia Yi stood up. Hearing Xia Lulu’s words, she didn’t feel discouraged, instead, she laughed.

“Heh… hahahaha! Hahahahaha!”

“My daughter, you haven’t gone insane from the shock, have you?”

“Lost? That’s hilarious, Xia Lulu. I was just playing with you earlier, I haven’t used my true strength yet. I wanted to see what your so-called ‘seriousness’ looked like. To me, it’s nothing special.”

“Still talking tough at this point isn’t a good look.”

“This isn’t bluffing, Xia Lulu. Let me show you my strongest trump card…”

Xia Yi raised her hand as if grasping the entire space and declared…

“Dragon King Domain, descend!”

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