Chapter 77 - Victory

The dust was billowing and flying around at this moment. Vaguely, one could seem to see spots of blood color, with dripping blood splashing out and spreading in all directions. Compared with before, the exchange of blows between the two this time was particularly fierce. Both Chen Heng and Durano had already gone all out and exerted all their strength. And the result caused by the collision of this blow was also astonishing. The power that erupted instantaneously from the knight's secret skill was quite terrifying. Even if a knight stood in front of them and was hit by this blow, he would surely end up either dead or seriously injured. There was absolutely no other possibility but to be either killed on the spot or severely wounded. After the two long swords collided with each other, they both broke directly. This was not unexpected. As knights, the weapons in their hands were naturally not ordinary weapons. They were both made of excellent materials and were the best weapons. However, no matter how good the weapons were, they couldn't withstand a battle like theirs. With the fierceness of their fighting, the degree of wear and tear on their weapons during their battle with each other was unimaginable. During the more than two hours of battle before, the weapons in their hands had already been close to their limits. It was only because of the blessing and attachment of life energy that the long swords in their hands had more power and thus managed to persevere tenaciously. But even so, by now, the swords in their hands couldn't bear it anymore and directly shattered. Washed away by the life energy contained within them, they dissipated directly. Chen Heng raised his head. Lying on the ground, he could clearly feel the gazes of Oriman and others in the distance. Besides Oriman, there were also Vinall, Kurudo and others. They were looking at him with worried eyes, appearing very concerned. Under their gazes, Chen Heng slowly got up, propped up his body, and gradually stood up. On the opposite side, Durano was also lying on the ground. At this moment, it seemed that, like Chen Heng, he was trying to stand up again, but in the end, he didn't have the strength anymore. For him, the battle with Chen Heng before had already consumed all his strength. That last move just now was the final blow for him. It was either success or failure. And once he failed, he had no strength left to fight back. In fact, his whole body was being washed over by powerful life energy at this moment. It was already a sign of his strong will that he could stand up now. Otherwise, in his current state, he should have been paralyzed in bed and lying there quietly. "You lost." Chen Heng managed to stand up with difficulty. His consumption was also very heavy, and his whole body was filled with exhaustion. Under the faint sunlight, his body was tall and straight, looking particularly heroic. Combined with his appearance, he had an imposing manner that was captivating. This formed a sharp contrast with Durano lying on the ground opposite. "Yes, I lost." Looking at Chen Heng walking towards him, Durano smiled bitterly and finally nodded. He knew clearly in his heart that in terms of strength alone, he and Chen Heng didn't actually differ much. If it really came to a fierce fight, the outcome was still uncertain. But Chen Heng was much younger than him and had a stronger physique. With the same amount of consumption, the other party was able to recover more quickly and surpassed him. With this difference, no matter how many times the two of them fought again, the result would be the same. He dejectedly threw away the broken sword in his hand and made a gesture of surrender. Immediately, bursts of cheers rang out all around. The small square that had been silent before became lively again. Everyone started to cheer and shout Chen Heng's name. Defeating an old and famous knight with a great reputation as a newly promoted knight could bring extremely huge prestige. Stepping on the corpses of the old to rise to power was always the fastest way. The spectators around were all excited. Many people's expressions became very solemn. Looking at the figure of Chen Heng standing alone below, at this moment, they raised his importance level by several grades. Some people who were close to Chen Heng, such as Vinall, Kerry, and Kurudo, already had smiles on their faces at this moment and seemed quite satisfied with the result. However, Oriman frowned and was a bit dissatisfied. "Kailin, he's still too pedantic." She frowned and was a bit dissatisfied. "At this time, he should have directly dealt with Durano. Why did he stop?" She could see the situation below very clearly. In this battle, Chen Heng had already occupied an absolute advantage. She believed that as long as he was willing to take action, he could have dealt with Durano. Durano was no ordinary person. As a knight of the Kingdom of Orlis, he himself was part of the power that Gries could borrow. In other words, he was an absolute enemy. When dealing with an enemy, he should have been more ruthless and directly taken this opportunity to kill him, but instead, he stopped and wasted such a good opportunity in vain. It was true that killing was not allowed in the trial tournament, but in battles, accidents always happened and it was easy to make mistakes. Given the situation just now, even if Chen Heng had gone all out and killed Durano, who could say anything about it? "After all, Knight Kailin is still too young. Although he is outstanding in ability, I'm afraid he didn't think of some things at all." Standing beside Oriman, Senbang also shook his head. "So he failed to seize the opportunity." "It's also my fault." Hearing Senbang's words, Oriman smiled instead. "I didn't expect that he could really achieve this level, so I didn't give instructions in advance." "However, being able to achieve this level is enough." "After this battle until now, I don't believe that Durano has much strength left." "Senbang, are you confident?" She looked at Senbang beside her and suddenly asked. "Your Highness, don't worry." A smile appeared on Senbang's cold face. "Before, I was no match for him." "But now..." The expression on his face was cold, looking rather creepy as he smiled coldly like this. Below, after the battle ended, Chen Heng left this place. Different from what Oriman thought, the reason why he had easily let Durano go just now was not that he hadn't thought of that aspect, but that he just didn't do it. If he was truly loyal to Oriman wholeheartedly, then for Oriman's sake, no matter what, he should have taken action just now and solved an enemy for Oriman. But unfortunately, he wasn't. Killing Durano was something beneficial to Oriman but not to Chen Heng. Killing an enemy when the enemy had already surrendered violated the code of knights. It would be okay to do it when there was no one around, but now, doing it in front of so many people would undoubtedly be a huge blow to Chen Heng's prestige. Moreover, Durano was far from being as simple as he seemed. Chen Heng could sense that the other party still had some strength left and had always reserved some. It was very likely that the other party was not as weak as Oriman had imagined.