The shield strike hit the cyan light, pushing Long Kongkong back on his slide step. Long Dangdang seized the opportunity to turn around and swing his twin swords again, unleashing a dazzling golden beam of light, the Light Beam Slash Sword!
Receding after the slide step, Long Kongkong's form once again flickered unnaturally, splitting into two figures and again releasing the target lock on the Light Beam Slash Sword. Long Kongkong retreated with a big grin on his face, "Can't touch me, isn't it frustrating?"
From a distance, Zi Tianwu and Hai Jifeng, their faces turned from shock to seriousness. Slide Step Clone, this was a unique skill of Na Ye.
Hai Jifeng considered his ability superior to Na Ye's. However, he knew if it becomes a head-on battle with Na Ye, he would have a tough time handling him. Na Ye focused on defense and movement supplemented by healing. Although less destructive on the battlefield, he was a tough nut to crack. His specialty was evasion and grinding down opponents. At this moment, the Long Kongkong battling Dangdang was much like a smaller version of the Cowardly Knight. Over a little more than four years, although his cultivation was still lacking, within the realms reachable for him, he was showing some essence of the Cowardly Knight.
Long Dangdang was also having a rough time facing Long Kongkong, feeling like his strength was not getting fully utilized.
The subsequent fighting confirmed this. When Long Dangdang tried to approach, Long Kongkong would use the slide step and clone to widen the gap. When Long Dangdang tried using ranged magic, his attacks could not break past Long Kongkong's Divine Defense Tactical Block. It was also able to absorb partial power and redirect it.
Time passed in such a fight. Long Kongkong seemed to have depleted a lot, but Long Dangdang, who was pursuing him, seemed to have depleted even more energy.
Time flew by, more than twenty minutes had already passed. Long Dangdang felt the gaze from Hai Jifeng.
He stopped and took a deep breath. The cyan glow in his pupils was replaced by gold. Attribute switched!
The wind specialty has been switched to light specialty. Knights belonged to the light specialty. When a light specialty mage supports a knight, this was Long Dangdang's ultimate state.
Long Kongkong retreated far, panting heavily. His clothes were soaked in sweat, but the sheen in his eyes never dulled. Leading Long Dangdang around, persevering for so long, boosted his self-confidence. The fruits of his relentless training in the past few years had changed his spirit.
"Warning," Long Dangdang took a deep breath and slowly heaved up his twin swords. In an instant, a brilliant golden light burst from his body. In this moment, his body had become translucent exuding a golden light.
"Light Element Physique!" Na Ye blurts out.
The next moment, Long Dangdang charged again! This time, the speed wasn't as fast as when wind element was added, but the momentum was much stronger than before. In the air, the light elements were vibrating due to him, continually converging towards him, making Long Dangdang seem like a sun radiating light.
He suddenly leaped high, uniting the twin swords and shouted, "Daylight Slash!"
A dazzling gold light in the air converged into a blinking ball of light over three meters in diameter, falling from the sky, chopping towards Long Kongkong.
Just as Long Dangdang charged towards him, Long Kongkong did not attempt to dodge or retreat, because he knew that his stamina would not allow him to widen the gap or create a clone.
A rotating golden vortex emerged around his chest, and some of the light elements in the air converged towards Long Kongkong as Long Dangdang started to absorb them with his Light Element Physique. Gold light also flashed in Long Kongkong's eyes. He held the shield with both hands, but did not dodge. Instead, he strode forward and shouted out loud.
Hai Jifen and Zi Tianwu were about to take action almost simultaneously. They both saw clearly that it was impossible for Long Kongkong to withstand the full attack from Long Dangdang equivalent to a 5th Rank intermediate knight.
Na Ye, however, held them back, grabbing their wrists.
"Boom—" The brilliant Daylight cut into the shield. At that moment, the rotating golden vortex in front of Long Kongkong's chest instantly became bright gold. He was holding the shield and, while being distorted, yelled out.
The glow on the Daylight Slash reduced by a fifth as it struck the shield. Long Dangdang was further surprised, feeling an odd traction that slightly diverted his own center of gravity.
Long Kongkong's arms turned golden in that instant, and the rotating shield in his hand also turned golden. It was still the Divine Defense Tactical Block, but it was significantly stronger than before.
"Boom—" Due to the distortion, Long Kongkong was hit by the Daylight Slash and flew out. He landed nearly twenty meters away and slid backwards quickly. The Daylight Slash's remaining energy created a pit over five meters in diameter on the ground, with a blaze of golden light.
This time, Hai Jifeng and Zi Tianwu were both taken aback with their mouths wide open. What did they just witness?
Devouring, power poaching, Divine Defense Tactical Block, and dodging the key point. In that short instant of contact, Long Kongkong had done so many things.
Most importantly, in that instant, a golden force field with a radius of three meters emerged around Long Kongkong's body. It was this force field that changed the direction of the Daylight Slash, creating an opportunity for him.
After delivering a full-force attack, Long Dangdang also panted heavily, turning to look at Long Kongkong in the distance.
A vortex was still at Long Kongkong's chest, absorbing the light elements in the air, the elusive rotating golden glow emerged again.
"Has his Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace evolved?" Hai Jifeng grabbed Na Ye beside him. In his life, he had never conceded to anyone nor been blocked by anything. He always moved forward, never retreating, admiring to face challenges head-on.
However, as he stood here and now, seeing Long Kongkong exhibiting such capability, he could not believe his own eyes.
True, even so, Long Kongkong is far from being Long Dangdang's equal. But don't forget, what talents did Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong have just over four years ago? With such a large talent gap, Long Kongkong was still trained to such an extent, what does it signify?
As he looked at the Cowardly Knight beside him, Hai Jifeng's eyes became incredibly complex for a moment.
Na Ye said nothing, but crossed his arms behind his back, lifting his head proudly.
Yes, Long Kongkong's Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace has evolved! That came from over 200 times of feeding the Archangel's Embrace once a week for four and a half years! The accumulated power used on the battlefield could sway the outcome of an epic battle. When used on Long Kongkong, it triggered an evolution in his Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace - Vortex Force Field!
Not until the end of the sibling competition did Long Kongkong reveal this miraculous power of the spirit furnace. This was one of the main reasons for Na Ye's full confidence and strategy.
The last grain of sand slipped through the hourglass at this moment.