Drakar and Rin Qiao looked at Soluna, confused. As far as they knew it, Yasenia was a Beast. So, according to heavenly laws, she should be unable to create soul-contracts with other beings.
Rin Qiao, slightly more knowledgeable, looked at Soluna and asked, confused. "Are you… from the spirit race?"
"What?" Drakar opened his eyes in surprise when he heard the question. Spirits were rare, almost more difficult to find than Natural Treasures, due to their intelligence. Not to mention, both Natural Treasures and Spirits had the same origins. Therefore, seeing one was rare, let alone having a contract with one.
Soluna blinked and looked at Rin Qiao. "Yes, I am a Spirit that has made an eternal contract with Yasenia."
This time, even some seniors in the stands felt a trace of shock. There were many types of contracts between spirits and other races. However, something most of the contracts shared was a time limit. After all, spirits were semi-immortal since birth. Tying themselves with any living creature, even long-lived ones like dragons, went straight against their nature and also limited their nearly everlasting existences.
Soluna even went as far as hugging Yasenia's arm and smiling. "I am also her wife!"
Yasenia chuckled, not denying it. The girls back at home were already well-aware of Soluna's and Yasenia's relationship, and they had all accepted her. So, she had no reason to deny it. On the contrary, she proudly hugged the spirit's waist and kissed her cheek, making Soluna blush and giggle.
Rin Qiao calmed down her surprise, but she couldn't help but look between Yasenia and Soluna a few more times. In Blue Pearl World, costumes were quite traditional, so same-sex pairings were not just rare, they were almost mythical.
Drakar looked at Yasenia and Soluna and snorted. "What kind of relationship can you have without the proper tools?"
Yasenia raised her eyebrow and then moved her extremely long and gorgeous tail forward, wiggling it quite temptingly in front of her. "Your tool or mine? Which one is longer, thicker, and more flexible?"
Many women in the stands were struck in the brain with a thousand ideas that left them helplessly aroused, while most men suddenly felt a sense of danger from all dragon women.
Just that single sentence would give dragon and other tailed courtesans a boost in popularity and a new market cap!
Yan Huang coughed, forcibly returning the conversation to what mattered. "The fight will begin in ten seconds! Since all of you are prepared, let the countdown begin!"
"10…9…"
Yasenia spoke with her treasures during the countdown. "Draheart, you will kill all low-level undead that Rin Qiao summons and aid us when you see fit. Remember, don't let them create a horde. Dramel, don't sing a strengthening song straight away. Use [Lyra's Harmony] as a debuff until I find myself cornered. Soluna, you will deal with Rin Qiao and her main summons. I will attack Drakar head-on and defeat him until he can't be recognized."
All three of them acknowledged her orders and prepared.
"3… 2… 1…"
"Let the battle start!"
Drakar and Rin Qiao didn't rush forward. Instead, they jumped back and activated their Level Four Intent Domains.
"[Rot Field Intent Domain], [Underworld Intent Domain]."
"[Demon Magma Intent Domain]! [Battling Demon Intent Domain]!
Their auras manifested, fields of darkness and rivers of magma intertwining to form an apocalyptic scenery around them. Since they were in a 2 v 1, they decided to create a terrain that could prevent Yasenia from rushing them. This way, they could drag the battle and defeat Yasenia easily.
However, while their Intent Domains spread out, Yasenia's and Soluna's voices similarly boomed with no less power and presence.
"[Celestial Intent Domain], [Empyrean Galaxy Domain], [Tyrant Warlord Intent Domain]."
"[One With The Cosmos]."
The space above them changed from a cloudy sky into the very manifestation of the cosmos itself.
As Soluna's and Yasenia's auras engulfed the battlefield, the battlefield was divided into two.
The land was covered in darkness and magma rivers, while the sky was full of stars, galaxies, and worlds. A gargantuan Sun and Moon illuminated half of the violet cosmos each, while Yasenia and Soluna's Celestial Energy struck Drakar and Rin Qiao's domains violently.
After quite a bit of time, Yasenia's and Soluna's Celestial Energy purity had gone a long way. While she still didn't control pure Primordial Celestial Energy, as that would only happen much later, Yasenia and Soluna's current energy was not something other beings could contend with.
If Yasenia were a dragon that represented the cosmos, Soluna became her Sun and Moon that helped her illuminate it. Together, they looked like Empyrean Goddesses overlooking all creation.
Those in the stands couldn't help but widen their eyes in awe, some even feeling chills that went from their neck down to the tip of their toes.
Drakar spoke to Rin Qiao with a frown. "I didn't expect our Intent Domains to fail to gain an advantage. While we are not losing, using them for anything other than strengthening ourselves will be impossible. Our plan to suppress her with them is now void."
Rin Qiao nodded, her gaze landing on Soluna. "While that spirit only used one domain-type skill, its strength is truly boundless. Now that she has released her energy, I can tell that she is in the fourth level, just one below us. If her strength is anything close to Yasenia's, we'll need to force her out of the battle before we attack Yasenia."
Their conversation lasted a split second. Drakar even had time to add one last thing. "We need to make the battle last. My [Battling Demon Intent Domain] will eventually make me strong enough to suppress Yasenia. Just hold on against the rest of Yasenia's treasures."
Drakar flapped his massive, black, fleshy wings, his towering and muscular body rushing forward, enveloped in black flames. "Yasenia! FIGHT ME! [Magma Battle Demon Rampage]!"
Yasenia looked down, her golden-colored slit eyes noble and indifferent. "As you wish. [Pegasus Gallop]."
Her body rushed forward, transforming into a white streak as the two gorgeous white wings flapped behind her. Black and white approached one another, colliding into an explosion that shocked the land.
The explosion was blinding, but on both sides, it was Drakar who was pushed back. His giant sword was inferior to the ancient battle flag, and unlike Draheart, who was semi-indestructible, Drakar's sword groaned under the pressure of a higher-ranked weapon.
Drakar frowned as he slid back. 'That Ancient Treasure is stronger than I anticipated. I'll need to reinforce my sword with a touch of my energy so that it doesn't break before the battle ends.'
The black flames surging around the sword melted into it, transforming the blazing black fire into a surface-level covering. 'At least Yasenia doesn't have a Natural Treasure. Otherwise, I'd be in trouble.'
Yasenia stomped the ground strongly, closing the distance and sweeping at Drakar with her flag. "[Grand Cosmos Martial Art, Second Form: Galaxy Flow]."
Drakar reactivated [Magma Battle Demon Rampage], strength coursing through his veins as his muscles tensed with endless power.
Both sides collided and exchanged attacks at an extremely high pace.
Yasenia used her range advantage, striking Drakar's sword by using her monstrous bodily strength and using the sharp tip of the flag to attack him. The very tall and muscular Demon almost couldn't believe his eyes as he exchanged attacks.
'How can her strength be so high!?'
Yasenia's slender frame, other than her curves, looked healthy but nothing muscular. She was like a perfectly sculpted femme fatale, her muscles twitching and moving with the only intent to seduce.
And yet…
BANG!
Drakar blocked a horizontal sweep of the battle flag, and he felt his hands trembling under the strain. His sword hummed, the body bending ever so slightly as he blocked.
After defending, he deflected the flag and attacked her, but Yasenia used the butt of the long flag to strike the side of his sword, closing in the distance. Due to the position, she couldn't flip it around, so she used the backside of the flag to strike, which was also sharp.
Drakar gathered a magma shield around his stomach right before the flag struck.
BOOM!
His eyes bulged, his back bending while a literal shockwave blew away any lingering smoke from the black flames. 'So… Heavy…!'
"RAHH!"
With a shout, Drakar activated a strengthening skill, sending his body into new heights. And yet, even before he attacked, he heard a single, soul-piercing sound.
Twang~.
It was the start of a melody, and that single cord was extremely powerful, sending him into a momentary daze. Yasenia noticed and didn't lose the chance.
[Fairy Moon Steps] accelerated her body, her hands twirling the powerful flag and sweeping it horizontally. 'If I stab, he will react too fast and dodge. With this, he can't dodge even if he reacts.'
Drakar managed to regain his composure right after, as Yasenia predicted, and prepared to dodge. However, the attack's trajectory was too broad for that. He glared at Yasenia, and then gritted his teeth, preparing for impact.
BAANG!!
His body bent sideways like a bow, his organs flipping inside him as his left side sank while his bones cracked under pressure. 'Fucking monstrous dragon! How did she train her body to have this much strength!?'
Unable to resist, his body streaked across the battlefield, blasting through a few undead creatures Rin Qiao had summoned. Rin Qiao noticed her companion flying and Yasenia following in hot pursuit, but she couldn't do anything.
Soluna's echoey voice reached her. "Hey, where are you looking? [Myriad Worlds Celestial Twilight: Bow]."
Her Celestial Energy manifested and transformed into a bow that she pulled until it bent into a full-moon shape. "[Star Destroying Lunar Flame Arrow]."
BOOM!
Her fingers released the string, and the world around her exploded violently from the recoil of the arrow. Her hair and dress fluttered wildly from the violent winds, but her expression remained noble and indifferent.
The gold, silver, and blue-colored flame that created the arrow tore through everything in the battlefield like the lance of a divine being.
Rin Qiao cursed under her breath. 'Why is this spirit so powerful!?'
"[Rotten Flesh Immortal Wall]!"
Putrid flesh and bones entangled and rose from the ground, standing in the path of the arrow. The searing projectile arrived a moment later.
The world turned white for an instant, followed by a deafening explosion that spread outward and struck the defensive walls with a loud bang.
Rin Qiao's heart thundered in her chest. 'If I received that arrow, I'd be half-dead.'
Soluna didn't smile. When she fought, Soluna was like the empress of the sky. Her hands moved, the Star Destroying Lunar Flame that made up her body transforming under her will. "[Myriad Worlds Celestial Twilight: Warhammer]."
Extending her arm, a weapon that almost doubled her own size appeared in her hand. The flames that were made out of the hammer burned even more fiercely than the black flames around Drakar's sword.
"Let's see how you do in a melee."
With those words, Soluna transformed into a brilliant beam of celestial light and crossed the distance between them. Any undead that tried to slow her down were dealt with by Draheart, almost leaving a free way.
Rin Qiao wanted to curse again, but she complained to herself in her heart. 'This is not a 2 v 1, it's a 2 v 4!'