...With only a blue dome separating her front from the sunbeam, Isla shouted, pouring energy into the dome, "HAAAA!!!"
Yasenia had blood on the corner of her mouth, eyes, and nose as she channeled the attack, and her meridians and Dantian pumped energy crazily. "ROAAAARR!!!!"
The beam took a blurred draconic shape and fired toward Isla!
Isla closed her eyes, and her blue aura turned yellow before the attack collided.
The draconic sunbeam consumed the dome and Isla!
*BOOOM!!!!*
The spectators held their breath as they waited for everything to settle.
After a short moment, they heard Yasenia's imposing voice, the sound wave blowing the dust away, "As the dust settles! As the day ends! [Sunset] approaches! My strength Transcends!"
Yasenia appeared, with blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, eyes, and nose. Her skin was split in some places, pouring blood. Even if she portrayed a sorry sight, her golden eyes radiated light and battle-will.
Suddenly, Isla's voice echoed as if answering Yasenia's chant, "Wake up, my blood, and make living beings kneel in reverence! [Oceanic Divine Transformation]."
Isla's aura exploded and cleared all the debris and dust from the arena. Her Valkyrie armor was in tatters, and her cultivation robes were partially destroyed. She had burns on her skin, but her eyes remained calm. Then, six-light spots appeared on her back, and woosh, six white feathered wings with light blue streaks manifested.
Everyone opened their eyes, stunned. Tatyana was with the other girls, and when she saw this, she closed her eyes and said, "I expected something like this, but… *Sigh*."
Evelyn picked up something from her tone and asked, "She will lose, right?"
Tatyana nodded. Angel shook her head and was about to retort, but seeing Tatyana's expression, she couldn't bring herself to speak.
On the destroyed arena, Yasenia continued charging toward Isla fearlessly. 'No matter what, I will never surrender! Even if the opponent seems unsurmountable, I will fight! If I have one last breath, I will use it to fight! Especially when retreat is not an option!'
Isla levitated as she spoke, "To think you injured me this much… It seems that you weren't all talk. However, the match ends here."
Isla flapped her wings once and disappeared; a moment later, she was before Yasenia swinging her sword downward.
Yasenia's instinctively reacted, and she hastily used her sword, slashing as strong as she could, "[SUNSET]!"
*Bang!!*
The swords collided, and the strength of Isla's slash shot Yasenia flying backward without control. For Yasenia, the impact felt like a mountain hitting her and almost ripped her arms off. Thankfully, she managed to maintain the grip on her sword.
Yasenia gritted her bloody teeth and pierced the ground with the sword while tumbling, regaining her posture while sliding backward. Isla flapped her wings again and chased after Yasenia with scary speed.
Yasenia saw a blur approaching and used her sword and tail to block.
*BANG!*
Isla's second attack landed, and like a beast ramming a mortal, Yasenia was shot backward with tremendous speed.
She had split skin, broken bones, even the ones in her tail, and her inner organs were tumbling.
She hit the arena's transparent wall heavily and got the air knocked out of her; even her skull cracked.
Isla flapped and appeared before her again. She lifted the sword upward and looked down at the badly injured dragoness.
Because of the heavy hit on her head, Yasenia saw everything blurry, how Isla appeared, how she lifted her sword...
Yasenia spoke with a tone so weak that it didn't even reach a whisper, a voice that seemed like her last breath... However, the word wasn't "surrender" or something similar.
Yasenia chanted a skill, fighting with this last breath.
"[Star… fall]."
All the stars fell onto them with tremendous speed, intending to bring down both together.
Isla couldn't help but praise Yasenia, impressed.
"Good fight."
Then, she slashed downward, faster than the falling stars.
*Slash!*
The monitoring senior appeared and stopped Isla's sword. With a hand wave, he made the falling stars disperse. Then, he raised his voice and declared the winner, "Isla wins!"
Cheers exploded from the stands as they shouted Isla's name.
Meanwhile, Yasenia couldn't hold consciousness anymore and fell limply forward. Isla hastily moved to catch her.
However, before anyone could approach, Tatyana appeared and supported Yasenia gently, extremely gently, as if carrying a fragile treasure. Even the spectators could feel the care in that gesture.
Tatyana spoke with an eerily calm voice that echoed in the whole Coliseum, "Bring the best medical cultivators. If a single after-effect is left in my daughter, I will add everyone in the medical department to my undead army."
The transcendent level medical staff instantly appeared beside Yasenia and started treating her the best they could. Everyone held their breath as they saw this happening.
A short while later, one of them said, "We can move her now."
Tatyana and most of the medical staff used their movement techniques and disappeared from the spot.
The ones that remained approached Isla and diagnosed her. Seeing that she could move, the staff carried her to the infirmary; her injuries weren't light after all. Isla looked at her wounds and thought, 'Overconfidence is a serious killer. If I had used my whole strength, like Yasenia did, from the beginning, I would have won a lot easier. Thank you for the battle, Yasenia. It taught me a lot.'
Now that everything had ended, the spectators had chills running up their spines.
"That battle was insane!"
"It was not a Mental Nourishing realm battle; I bet those attacks reached the Unification realm strength!"
"Do you know what the scariest fact is? Yasenia is only in the first level of the Mental Nourishing realm!"
Only now did the spectators around remember. They opened their eyes, completely frightened.
On Another side of the arena, some people discussed Tatyana.
"That woman is Katherine, the academy's headmistress, right?"
A nearby senior cultivator exclaimed, "Yasenia is her daughter!? I heard that she was very opposed to having children! A very strange thing on cultivators of her level..."
One person nearby frowned and asked, "Wait, isn't her name Countess Tatyana from the Moon empire?"
"I've heard that Countess Tatyana is moving. All the maids, guards, and other staff, put their whole state inside spatial rings and left!"
An elderly man looked strangely at them and said, "You are all wrong! She is the [Death Empress], one of the protectors of the Demonic Sect. I remember seeing her 2000 years ago in the demonic side."
An elderly woman spoke to him, "I think you remembered wrongly. I saw her 7000 years ago as the protector of the Heavenly sect! They called her [Death Consuming Seer]. I can't be wrong because having red eyes like hers is very rare."
The elderly man snorted, "16 000 years ago; she was in a relationship with the demonic sect leader! I can't be wrong about this, can I?"
The elderly woman shook her head, "How could she be with him when 12 000 years ago she was with the Heavenly Sect leader? Is dementia getting you, old mummy!?"
"O-old what!? Do you want to fight?"
Everyone looked at the two elders, stunned. 'Just how many titles and identities does she have!?'
In the infirmary, the seniors were shocked by Yasenia's body regeneration. One of them couldn't help but speak. "Lady Tatyana, your daughter's body regeneration is amazing. Even if we didn't do anything, she would have been completely healed in one or two weeks at most! Better yet, she wouldn't have any defects in her body."
Tatyana nodded and asked, "How much time will you need to heal her completely?"
A female physician asked, "Do you have any haste, Lady Tatyana? The worst injury is in the head and dantian area. Next would be her meridians, which have overexerted too much, and her bones, which shattered in her ribcage and arm area. Luckily, they didn't damage the heart enough to need first aid. Yasenia's vitality and energy maintain everything together and regenerate her slowly."
Tatyana heard about the most serious injuries calmly. When the doctor finished speaking, Tatyana shook her head and answered her question. "The tournament ended for me the moment my little treasure lost. We don't have any haste; take all the time you think is best."
The female physician nodded and said, "We recommend you to let her heal naturally under the care of one of us or a doctor of the same skill. It will be beneficial to Yasenia. In case of choosing the second option, we will guide that person in everything we've done until now and pass the treatment to them" The rest nodded, confirming her words.
Tatyana nodded and said, "I have already called my personal doctor. She will be here shortly with Yasenia's personal maids, her disciples. The moment they arrive, explain everything in detail to them. After I hear their opinion, we will decide what to do."
The doctors bowed in acknowledgment. They weren't arrogant enough to say that they were better than the legendary Death Empress's PERSONAL doctor. They were more eager than anything else to get to know this person. They might learn something new today.
Tatyana moved to the bed where Yasenia lay bare with enhanced bandages that help align bones and improve the body's natural healing properties. Tatyana didn't mind the medical staff seeing Yasenia naked. She rather let them investigate her thoroughly and prevent any small injuries from escaping them than be an unreasonable person and not let them do their job.
When the doctors saw the male sex, they were surprised, but nothing more. They aren't thousand-year-old cultivators for anything.
Three minutes later, Andrea and the others arrived. Tatyana opened the door with her aura and let them pass.
Angel first looked around and saw no one but Tatyana near Yasenia, confirming that she won't bother the doctors. She ran toward Yasenia with teary eyes. "How is she? Is there anything wrong? Do we…"
Before Angel rambled more, Tatyana said gently, "Don't worry, it seems that her natural regeneration enhanced by the beauty pill is miraculous. She just needs rest. Moreover, her personal maids and my personal doctor are coming. They will be here shortly-" *Bang!*
"What happened to my young miss! Do I need to skin someone alive, Lady Tatyana!?"
"Slow down, sister. What if the young miss is sleeping? Do you want to wake her up?"
"You two are always so impatient. How often have I told you that patience is key in medicine?"
The first woman who entered was beautiful, with long blonde hair and a murderous aura around her. She seemed ready to slaughter devils and gods alike to avenge Yasenia.
The second one had the same face as the first, but with a shorter hair, she had a calmer aura around her, but if you looked closely, she was as quiet as a lake, without revealing the horrors under the mirror-like water. It was clear that these two sisters were completely loyal to Yasenia, ready to burn the world for her if needed.
The third woman had chestnut-colored short hair styled in a bob. Her icy blue eyes and stern face would make anyone straighten their back with a single look. She was much calmer than the other two because she understood how Tatyana operated. Since there wasn't an undead army outside… yet, there wasn't anything to worry about... Most likely.
Tatyana spoke to them, "Stop with the nonsense. Don't you see that I'm not burning this whole city with my army…Yet. What is there to worry about?"
Dr. Ava nodded, 'Just like I thought.'