Chapter 220: Battle for the Number One (6)
"Feathered Fury!"
Her peacock tail spread wide, displaying its mesmerizing beauty. Everyone felt entranced by the sight.
Suddenly, her feathers began to detach, transforming into razor-sharp projectiles that formed a whirlpool of attacks aimed at the descending phoenixes.
Her sharp, talon-like feathers pierced through the phoenixes, erasing them from existence.
The phoenixes, however, continued forward, destroying the incoming feathers as they advanced toward her.
Both skills clashed, neutralizing each other. The surviving phoenix attacked the young lady, while the remaining feathers struck Draco.
They both snorted at the same time, waving their hands and releasing a strong surge of power that obliterated the incoming attacks.
Draco saw this and sighed. He had been using only the strength of his level from two days ago. Even with his Three-Colored Phoenix Bloodline, she was still able to keep up with him.
If his Three-Colored Phoenix Bloodline were complete, this would have been an entirely different situation.
But if people knew about his other bloodline and strength, they would have questioned why he didn't just finish this match in a few minutes.
If Draco heard this, he would have chuckled.
Yes, he knew he could defeat his opponents in a single strike. But this was just a contest, not a battle against a lifelong enemy he had to kill.
Besides, there would be no meaning in this match if he ended it too quickly.
Fighting against one another was meant to be enjoyed. Pushing yourself to your limits and testing the full extent of your skills allowed you to understand your shortcomings.
Especially for Draco, who had numerous skills—there was no way to truly integrate them all without actual combat to reveal their flaws.
He wanted his opponents to fight with everything they had so that, even in defeat, they would have no regrets. They would simply know that they were weaker than him.
"What is your name?" Draco chuckled, looking at the young lady.
The young lady looked at Draco before answering indifferently, "Pearl."
Draco grinned when he heard her name. What a unique name. He observed her closely—the arrogance she unknowingly exuded showed that she must be from a powerful main clan.
"Pearl, I hope you can withstand this," Draco smirked.
He began using the full strength of his new level. Taking a step forward, he vanished in a flash.
Pearl also moved, disappearing as they clashed once again.
As Pearl collided with Draco, she felt an unstoppable force invade her body. She was sent flying.
She quickly channeled her own strength to counter the force, barely managing to stop herself before she crashed into the ground.
The crowd watched in shock.
Laura, too, was astonished. She had initially believed the two were evenly matched, but now she saw Draco suppressing Pearl completely.
She stared at Draco, wondering who he really was.
Now that he was overpowering Pearl so easily, they all questioned what kind of Phoenix Bloodline he possessed.
Draco didn't give Pearl any time to breathe. He attacked again, pressing down on her relentlessly.
Pearl felt indignant.
She had never expected someone to suppress her so thoroughly—to the point where she couldn't even counterattack.
She felt unconvinced...
MEY-OW!
A loud peacock cry echoed through the arena as Pearl's body began to shine with an intense nine-colored glazed light.
In just a moment, her body had already transformed. It was something familiar—almost identical to the image of the peacock behind her—but the only difference was that she was now much smaller than the projected image.
She spread her peacock feathers, looking like the most beautiful bird in existence as she proudly displayed them.
Draco felt her strength increase once again.
"Glazed Light!" Pearl called out.
Draco was stunned by this attack for two seconds. Before he could register what was happening, he felt an attack launched by Pearl strike him, sending him flying.
"Feathered Fury!"
Pearl took advantage of the opportunity, unleashing a storm of razor-sharp talon feathers toward Draco, intending to take him down in one swift move.
Draco saw this and quickly used Descent of the Heavenly Phoenix, but the talons pierced through the phoenixes. Though they managed to destroy some of the feathers, they couldn't eliminate all of them, causing Draco to be hit and injured.
Pearl pressed on, not giving Draco any time to recover, attacking him before he could get back on his feet.
The Phoenix Academy and the clans who were enemies of Draco erupted in cheers upon seeing this.
Tera and the elders of the Luminari Academy, on the other hand, grew worried. Is Draco going to be defeated?
"Hmph!"
Draco snorted, his voice echoing throughout the arena.
"Fiery Slash!"
Fiery Slash: Hardens the wings of a phoenix, increasing their sharpness and lethality. Damage increases by 10% (20x effect).
Everyone was shocked when they saw a curved phoenix-shaped strike heading straight for Pearl. The Luminari Academy smiled, realizing Draco wasn't done yet—he still had more in him.
Pearl recognized the sharpness of this attack and had to unleash multiple Feathered Fury strikes before she was finally able to neutralize it.
But this gave Draco a chance to breathe.
She now understood that she couldn't attack him as recklessly as before. The only reason she had been able to land her hits earlier was that Draco had been caught off guard by her skill.
Even then, she knew her ability could normally stun an opponent for a minimum of five seconds—but Draco had only been stunned for two.
Draco looked at her and smirked.
"I guess that's all you've got."
His words confused Pearl. Why would he say that?
CHIRP!
A long cry of a phoenix rang throughout the arena as Draco's body began to emit three-colored flames.
By the time the flames receded slightly, what they saw standing there wasn't Draco—but a Three-Colored Phoenix, the very same image that had appeared behind him before.
Laura couldn't believe what she was seeing. She knew about Pearl's background and the origins of her power. Does this mean Draco has the same background as her?
Before she could even process her thoughts, Draco had already attacked Pearl.
Pearl was just as shocked, wondering who Draco really was.
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With a single flap of his wings, Draco moved at sonic speed, appearing in front of her with his claws extended.
Pearl countered with her own claws, but Draco overpowered her, dragging her down to the ground, causing some of her feathers to fall off.
"Glazed Light!"
She called out again, and while the skill only stunned Draco for a second this time, it gave her just enough time to escape from his grasp.
When Draco regained his vision, he snorted upon seeing that she had fled.
He moved again.
Pearl quickly called out, "Feathered Fury!" but this time, she infused it with her Domain, along with the Peacock Aura Domain she had comprehended, granting the feathers the aura of a phoenix.
Draco simply snorted.
"Fiery Slash!"
But this time, he added the Fire and Water (Ice) Domains, along with his Phoenix Aura Domain.
Each of these attacks felt like an atomic bomb, defying the limits of power they had shown so far.
When Pearl's Feathered Fury collided with Draco's Fiery Slash—
Draco's Fiery Slash tore through it like butter, heading straight for her…
BOOM!