Rise of the Legendary Emperor

The Murdering Shadow Lion

In the hall where the Life Shard was, Loretta stared at Knight without revealing her emotions with her sharp haze.

"This is my last warning, leave!"

Her glance caused Lia to shiver as her cold tone could really inflict fear in one's heart.

"Hahahahah" Yet Knight laughed heartily when he heard her as he already activated his battle energy to surround the area and seal all the entrances without her noticing.

Loretta could sense the tint of killing intent in his laugh but she was never going to leave this tomb without the Guardian Stone.

Those who were familiar with Loretta knew one thing; she was the most powerful student of the most powerful sect in the Evelon Continent, the Black Roses. Anyone who receives a warning from her, wouldn't even think to stand before her without fearing for their lives but today, someone talked back at her and there was not a shred of fear in his eyes.

"I know you may have a life protection spell or a talisman on you but that doesn't mean I can't hurt you"

Oracle revealed a concentrated energy spot near her chest and Knight took a guess that it might be a special spell or a talisman that would save her from a killing blow or blows.

"Arrogance is a weakness disguised as strength"

She no longer radiated a serene aura as before, instead, she now started to look at him with an extremely cold glance.

Lia realized both of them had no intent to leave with empty hands and the fight between them is inevitable. So she didn't want to be in Knight's way as she slowly took a few steps backward without making any sudden movements.

"Alright, I'll take this opportunity to see whether or not you deserve the right to be bitchy"

He said with an indifferent tone. He didn't have any enmity towards Loretta but her cold demeanor and her attitude just irritated him.

This was a fight between a genius who never lost a fight in her life and a beast who had never been bested by a beauty.

"Come!"

She blinked her eyes and snapped her fingers, instantly unleashing several bright flowers. These flowers were formed entirely from her Life energy, and they looked really beautiful as well as terrifying at the same time.

"Go!"

Loretta shouted as she threw all seven flowers toward him in a spiraling motion, raising powerful winds along their way. Each flower carried its own fragrance and was extremely beautiful.

"Amazing."

Lia couldn't help but be shocked witnessing the attack. Not only was this attack very powerful, but the fragrance emitted from the flowers could also confuse the opponent's mind, causing them to be immersed in a beautiful dream, unable to focus on what was going on.

In a match such as this one, a split second out of focus could bring death. She was indeed a frightening opponent; any careless mistake would be at the cost of one's life.

However, Knight's mind was extremely strong and focused. He might have been weak in breaking formations in this world but no one could play with his mind using mind-controlling spells.

His battle energy violently trembled in his body, and instantly Lia saw a monstrous shadow of a winged Lion appear behind him. The aura it radiated was extremely powerful as it immediately charged forward.

Clang, clang, clang…

The shadow clashed with all flowers, causing sound resembling metals clanging to resound. Although these flowers were extremely powerful, they were simply unable to withstand the might of the Murdering Shadow technique of Knight which was created using Battle Energy. After the flowers had been destroyed, the shadow lion didn't stop there, but it continued to charge towards Loretta.

"So powerful!"

Loretta's face showed emotion for the first time since she came here as she blinked her eyes in shock. She had always thought that a Peak Grandmaster couldn't destroy a Heavenly level mage's spell But now, she had proven wrong and finally tasted Knight's true mightiness. 

He had obtained the Murdering Shadow technique from the old wolf who was their teacher in the divine continent, and after he reached the Sun realm, he was able to unleash this skill at its maximum level, causing it to become one of his strongest attacks.

Faced with the huge incoming Shadow Lion, she immediately responded. A bright light appeared around her hand, and a black rose instantly appeared. When it appeared, she began plucking the petals and unleashing numerous waves of Life Energy, dispelling the Shadow Lion.

"Hmph, looks like you're not a typical guy. Although you're only a Peak Grandmaster, you still defended yourself from my attack. However, that was my weakest spell, have a taste of my Black Rose!" she said. 

"Stop talking and attack with everything you got, I wish to see how strong you so called geniuses are"

He said in an imposing manner. With his current cultivation, it was really difficult for him to find any opponent under the Mid Heavenly level, so he didn't even take Loretta seriously considering she was just at the Low Heavenly Level. Being able to fight the nominal genius of the Elvelon Continent, as well as an arrogant girl made him feel like he's in the Divine Continent.

Buzz…

The air was vibrating violently, dancing along with the Black petals released by Loretta. Countless mysterious-looking black petals burst out from the single Black rose in her hand. All these petals were radiating an immense amount of Life Energy. In the blink of an eye, the entire hall had been filled with Life Energy and magical fluctuations.

"This is a power of Grandmasters"

Lia watched the spells with a terrified look on her face.

"But who would win this fight?"

The question ran across her mind but looking at the calm look on Knight's face, she wondered what he's going to do. Yet, she was very optimistic about Knight. Although she didn't spend much time with him, he was a man who had killed a Grandmaster and a bunch of Great Masters like chopping vegetables. Furthermore, judging from their first exchange of attacks, he had clearly come out on top.

The sky was filled with Black petals. However, when these petals came closer to him, they vibrated in low pitched tunes. As Knight was her primary target, not only did these tunes possess devastating strength, they could also affect his mind. If he didn't pay enough attention, his mind might be injured badly by those deadly tunes. 

However, Loretta's opponent was Knight, a divine beast and a descendant of the Winged Lion bloodline. In front of him, her attacks were ultimately going to fail today.

Faced with the black petals that were seen everywhere, he simply responded with a faint smile. With a sway of his body, he forcefully waved both his arms, unleashing the Murdering Lion once more.

Roar…

However, unlike the first time, the Shadow materialized into a huge majestic golden Lion behind him. The Lion made of glimmering battle energy immediately let out a loud ground-shaking roar after it appeared.

"Oh my GOD!"

Lia's legs turned to jelly when she looked at the roaring Winged Lion behind him as the lion charged toward the ocean of petals in front of it with tremendous force.

Clang, clang, clang…

The petals acted like countless razor-sharp blades as they constantly collided with the golden lion, causing endless metal-ringing sounds to resound, as well as a huge amount of sparks. On the other side, Loretta was waving both her palms in front of her, as if she was dancing to her own beautiful music, causing her palms to look like butterflies flying around. With that, she unleashed endless amounts of black petals that looked extremely frightening.

Clang, clang, clang…

The lion and petals repeatedly clashed with each other. The battle seemed to be in a stalemate at the moment, where neither could defeat the other.

However, on Knight��s face, there was a relaxed expression, as if he didnt care about her attacks.

On the opposite side, the shock in Loretta's eyes became more and more apparent. This was because followed by her continuously attacking with the Black rose, she found out that he wasn't even distracted by her tunes that were intended to mess with his mind and Life Energy.

"Is this guy's mind really that strong?"

Lorretta felt a fit of extreme anger in her heart as her Black Rose had never failed her. In fact, the most frightening part of the skill wasn't the destructive power it possessed, but the ability to distract her opponent's mind. With her current strength, even many of the elders from the Elvelon Continent would be affected by this skill. However, it seemed like this skill had no effect on this young man in front of her. This really shocked Loretta

"Is he really just Peak Grandmaster?"

A small seed of doubt sprouted in Lia's mind looking at his demeanor and attacks.

Suddenly, the black petals hovering in the sky disappeared. Loretta placed her palm on the withered Black rose and stood atop the red lotus. She had actually stopped all her attacks.

Knight stopped his attacks as well. In a calm manner, he looked at her who stood opposite of him, wondering what kind of tricks this girl was going to pull.

Lia, who was watching the match terrified, didn't have an idea why she suddenly stopped her attack.