Chapter 136: Legendary Equipment—Impossible to Compete With; the First Appearance of Spirit Armor in Human History.
The two clashed, but it was nothing more than a very simple mutual probe.
Even so, that single exchange allowed both sides to clearly gauge just how strong the other truly was.
"You're not weaker than an ordinary Fifth Rank Level Two, or even Fifth Rank Level Three," Han Yu said with some surprise, having grasped Li Xin's true strength.
"Your strength isn't bad either. Although you haven't reached the very top, you can still be considered upper-middle among Fifth Rank knights. From that clash of spiritual power just now, if my perception isn't wrong, your innate inner spiritual power should be around sixty points, not exceeding seventy, right?"
Li Xin looked at Han Yu and spoke calmly. After countless instances of "dual cultivation" with Ye Ling, she had become extremely sensitive to the quality of spiritual power, and had trained herself to probe deep into one's innate inner spiritual power through its quality alone.
"That's right. You guessed correctly. My innate inner spiritual power is sixty-three points, only seven points short of the Light Angel's seventy points of innate inner spiritual power."
Han Yu spoke indifferently, showing no particular emotion. He also felt no pride in his innate inner spiritual power, because he did not believe it to be especially high or exceptional.
Hearing this, Li Xin smiled faintly. After this comparison, her gratitude toward Ye Ling deepened once again. If not for his amplification, her current self would not even amount to half of Han Yu's strength.
That said, gratitude was gratitude. At this moment, her entire focus remained firmly on the battle.
In the midst of combat, there was no need for prolonged conversation. Facing the fight head-on was what truly mattered.
"I've seen Glorious-grade swords before, but none of them could have this kind of effect. Could it be that your sword is Legendary-grade?" Han Yu said with a trembling voice. Fighting a Fifth Rank match while pulling out a Legendary weapon—what kind of game was this? Was that even reasonable?
"Hehe, you guessed right. My younger brother gave me this sword. Doesn't it look nice?" Li Xin said smugly with a grin. To her, the Xinling Sword's significance did not lie in its power, but in the fact that it was the very first sword Ye Ling had ever forged. At the beginning, it had only been Magic-grade, then it was continuously upgraded to Spirit-Magic, then Glorious, and finally reached its current Legendary level.
"…" Han Yu fell silent. After a brief pause, he said, "Sister, I'll call you Sister, alright? In a Fifth Rank battle, you're using a Legendary weapon. Is that really appropriate?"
As for the other contestants, whether Third Rank, Fourth Rank, or those between Fourth and Fifth Rank, all of them stood up almost immediately under the pressure of that powerful aura and the intimidation of a Legendary weapon, staring toward the arena in shock.
"Brother Ye?" Seeing this, Long Haochen could not help but look toward Ye Ling. Although his strength surpassed Li Xin's, even he found the situation difficult to read at this moment.
Only Yang Wenzhao turned his gaze toward Ye Ling at the side.
They already knew how that earlier clash had ended.
As for Ye Ling, he had long since noticed Yang Wenzhao's scrutiny and observation.
But regardless of rank or grade, in Li Xin's heart, it was still the Xinling Sword that Ye Ling had forged for her back then.
After all, no matter how people thought about it, everything about her would inevitably be exposed sooner or later. Giving everyone a mental preparation in advance was not a bad thing.
At the very beginning, Han Yu still carried a trace of arrogance, believing that Li Xin was merely a powerful knight from a mid-tier city in some remote region.
Her strength surely could not compare to his.
A peculiar glow gathered around his body. This was the Fourth Rank skill Holy Light Shield.
On the arena, after hearing Han Yu's words, Li Xin thought for a moment before bursting into laughter. "Sorry about that, Number Three Knight. I'd also like to fight you using Spirit-Magic equipment, but since I already have this gear, how could I possibly not use it?"
After Li Xin displayed her strength and then revealed Legendary equipment that Han Yu himself could not possess, his mind directly went, "I'm scared, I'm scared."
With that thought, his aura surged, vast and imposing, as he once again charged straight toward Li Xin.
"Rose is sleeping and can't be woken up. She's getting lazier and lazier," Li Xin explained helplessly.
She did not bother to say anything more.
"Legendary… it's actually Legendary. Good heavens, using Legendary equipment at Fifth Rank—this is way too outrageous, isn't it?"
I'm the one from a small place here.
Hearing this, Yang Wenzhao became even more curious. What exactly was going on that made Ye Ling praise Li Xin's strength so highly? And what exactly was that spirit armor?
At the same time, Number Two Knight Duan Yi, as well as the unknown Number Seven Knight, also looked over. A trace of curiosity flashed through their eyes. As fellow Fifth Rank knights, they also wanted to know where her confidence truly lay.
Soon, the dust settled. The two stood facing each other. Everyone could see Li Xin standing proudly in place, while Han Yu clutched a broken sword, his hand trembling as he stared at everything before him in shock.
"My father is an Eighth Rank Temple Knight. Even he only has a single Legendary piece of equipment, which he treasures more than his own life. And yet a Fifth Rank knight can already use one?"
The two clashed again. Waves of radiant shock blasted outward in all directions, dust rising everywhere as everyone stared in astonishment at the scene, as if contemplating something.
But clearly, Han Yu—and everyone present—believed it.
"You sister-con!" Han Yu roared in fury, completely losing his composure.
"At the Legendary level, forget about us contestants. This is equipment used by Eighth Rank Holy Knights. Even Ninth Rank Divine Knights use equipment of this level. You—"
"Radiant Sun Slash!" Li Xin shouted loudly. This was a basic Fourth Rank skill of a Retribution Knight, Radiant Sun Slash. In a Fifth Rank confrontation, it seemed somewhat out of place, but skills were never judged by rank—only by the person using them.
Feeling the vast aura surging toward him, Han Yu was momentarily startled but did not hesitate. Li Xin was very strong—he knew that—but he was not weak either.
With that thought, he gathered his spiritual power and activated his corresponding skill.
With a single horizontal sweep of his sword, he unleashed all of his formidable strength.
"What exactly is going on with that sword of yours?"
His eyes widened in shock, as if he had suddenly realized something. Long Haochen might be exceptionally handsome, but at least for now, Yang Wenzhao felt he was a bit slow.
Everyone began talking at once. Clearly, at this moment, intense interest had arisen.
"Tsk, just who exactly is her younger brother? How can he be so generous?"
Immediately after, Han Yu swung his sword again. An incomparably dazzling dragon of light manifested. This was the Fifth Rank skill Ascending Dragon Strike. For this attack, Han Yu mobilized more than five hundred points of inner spiritual power, clearly showing his seriousness.
This was Han Yu's magical beast partner, the Evil Eye Lord, a Sixth Level magical beast, equivalent to a human Fifth Rank powerhouse.
"Don't worry. Although Sister Xin's spiritual power is slightly less than Han Yu's, even if neither spirit armor nor mount is used, Han Yu still won't be her opponent," Ye Ling said.
This was no simple horizontal slash, but a skill infused with surging spiritual power. Li Xin leapt into the air, the Xinling Sword in her hand wrapped in violent spiritual energy, its aura vast and overwhelming.
"Come out, Evil Eye!"
"You're not summoning a magical beast?" Han Yu asked in confusion as he looked at Li Xin standing there calmly, watching him summon his partner. With his coordination alongside the Evil Eye Lord, even a Legendary sword would be useless!
This was no joke—he could not even take out Glorious equipment, compared to Li Xin.
As Han Yu spoke, a massive eyeball appeared behind him, covered in tens of thousands of writhing tentacles, flickering with a strange aura.
But Ye Ling was different. Yang Wenzhao could not see through him at all.
"Besides, I promised my younger brother that in all my battles, I would use this sword. It represents that he is protecting me," Li Xin directly used Ye Ling as her excuse.
"If she said her younger brother gave it to her, then it must be this Sixth Knight named Ye Ling. It seems his strength isn't just superficial," Yang Wenzhao thought to himself.
Although Ye Ling had never said such a thing.
However, the others did not think that way.
"Then I'm sorry—just wait to lose," Han Yu said with a smile, clearly convinced of his victory.
Having a magical beast partner versus not having one was an entirely different level.
"That's not necessarily true," Li Xin said with a faint smile. A hint of triumph appeared on her breathtakingly beautiful face as a layer of light emerged around her body and a suit of armor materialized.
This was her spirit armor, Xin.
At the same time, it marked the first true appearance of spirit armor in human history.
End of chapter.
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