The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

```

The Earl was shocked in his heart.

However, Liszt felt great. He went all out, barely giving the Earl time to react. High-level Fire Attribute Dragon Dou Qi clung to the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword, rampaging wildly.

Taking advantage of the slowed dissipation rate of Dou Qi, he almost filled the surrounding area within tens of meters with Dou Qi.

"Full Sun Wheel!"

He roared inwardly, and the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword danced like a round of glowing morning sun, intensely compressing the Dou Qi. In the next tenth of a second, it ignited all the surrounding Fire Attribute Dou Qi. With a rumbling explosion, a vast sea of flames surged toward the Earl.

The blue-white Water-Attribute Dou Qi was compressed to just a few meters in front of the Earl.

Facing such roaring flames, his Dou Qi simply could not cause the qualitative change to transform into seawater. It could only evaporate continuously within the flames, and when he wanted to replenish it, he had to face Liszt's relentless assault. He was pressed into a state of passive defense, an embarrassing situation.

He wanted to counterattack, but he couldn't break through the pervasive flames.

This caused his anger to accumulate more and more in his heart, feeling not as if he was receiving instruction from Liszt, but rather being suppressed and beaten by Liszt, as if being locked in a steaming cage, completely embarrassed.

However, having been through countless sword battles, his embarrassment did not lead to his capitulation.

If he couldn't outlast in Dou Qi consumption, he focused on defense, patiently looking for opportunities. Finally, he found a flaw in Liszt's overwhelming assault and immediately unleashed a powerful attack. Water-Attribute Dou Qi, along with the Ever-Resilient Sword, brushed aside the attack of the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword.

Then his Dou Qi burst forth, and his body soared a hundred meters into the sky with a whoosh.

Leaving the area of flames, it was truly like the vast sky after a storm, where the birds could fly freely. The howling cold wind cooled his face, quickly cooling his flushed face from the near-boiling flames.

The refreshing sensation stimulated him to shout, "Liszt, my son, the real battle of the Sky Knights has just begun!"

But before he could get into position, he saw in the corner of his eye four streaks of fiery arrows coming straight for him.

One in front, one behind, one to the left, and one to the right. They sealed off his space for nimble evasive maneuvers. After all, being in the high altitude with no support, it was difficult to avoid the arrow attacks.

"Arrow techniques are hardly lethal against Sky Knights!" The Earl calmly and effortlessly swept a circle with the Ever-Resilient Sword, ready to block.

However, the next moment, when the Ever-Resilient Sword touched the arrows, they suddenly exploded.

The power was not very strong, but it was entirely unexpected. Never had he seen arrows from such a distance still imbued with Dou Qi. Therefore, with one careless move, the Earl was close to being knocked out of the sky by the explosion of the Fire Attribute Dou Qi, and the chaotic blast almost caused him to fall. Even though he stabilized his form in time, his brow hair was singed by the flames.

"My hair!"

The Earl's recently cooled face quickly reddened again, visible to the naked eye.

However, before he could get enraged, Liszt, who had quickly put away the Swift Shadow Bow, pushed off the ground, his Dou Qi spewing out as he too soared into the air. He became a red rocket shooting straight for him, the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword waving in the air, as the move "Rising Sun Ascend" suddenly struck the Earl.

The next second.

The Earl let out a cry as he flew towards the distant sea in free fall.

Liszt adjusted his form, pursuing the Earl, not planning to give him any chance to counterattack. He had entered the state of a sword battle, immersing his whole heart in this fight. He was well aware that his opponent was a powerful Sword Saint, and only by going all out could he defeat the other party.

Even in a real combat drill between father and son, there should be no holding back in a sword battle.

Stronger fighters always go all out in battle.

"Setting Sun Drop!"

The charged move from "Rising Sun Blaze" was released again. Liszt, catching up to the Earl, delivered another fierce blow. Even though the Earl had adjusted his posture mid-flight and was prepared to meet the attack with his strongest fighting power, he was still heavily struck by the blow. The exploding Fire Attribute Dou Qi was not something his Water Attribute Dou Qi could resist.

There was a fundamental disparity in strength.

"Why is this happening!"

With a thought of incomprehension flashing through his mind, the Earl fell towards the ground like a plane crash. He didn't understand why, even though he had taken to the skies, starting the fight in the way of the Sky Knights, he still couldn't block Liszt's attacks. His Water Attribute Dou Qi, known for its toughness, crumbled before the Fire Attribute Dou Qi.

"I am a Sword Saint! It shouldn't be like this, my Dou Qi should be denser!"

```

Thud!

In the critical moment before landing, the Earl twisted his body and fiercely stomped on the rocks of Rocky Beach, shattering them to pieces. Using the reaction force and the bursting Dou Qi, he once again leaped into the air.

Just barely avoiding Liszt, who sought to accelerate his attack by falling.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Boom!

The Fire Attribute Dou Qi exploded on the ground, blasting all the rocks within dozens of meters around the impact site. After missing his strike, Liszt didn't pause for even a moment, swinging the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword again and unleashing Dou Qi that jetted out dozens of meters from the blade.

"Crimson Dawn Burn!"

The Dou Qi, transformed into flames, caught the Earl mid-leap, instantly dispersing his Water-Attribute Dou Qi, preventing him from ascending further.

"Scorching Sun Sting!"

Surging forward, in sync with the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword, within one breath he was upon the Earl who had just landed. The flames became a drill, effortlessly destroying the Earl's hastily released blue-white Dou Qi—from start to finish, the Earl's Dou Qi never managed to undergo transformation, never induced any natural phenomena.

Every clash of Dou Qi was crushed by the Fire Attribute Dou Qi.

Moreover, he had to release multiple times more Dou Qi just to ward off the seemingly slow but actually swift erosion of the Fire Attribute Dou Qi, a situation he had never encountered in countless sword fights.

Crash!

The Dou Qi was blasted apart once more.

The Earl attempted to release his Dou Qi again but was already too late, for the Sky-Cleaving Greatsword pierced through the flames toward his neck. Just one inch more, and it could penetrate the skin. He could even feel the sting and burning sensation on his neck—the pressure created by the sword tip compressing the air.

He faintly sensed the threat of death.

This was a profound sense of helplessness, an emotion he had almost never experienced in his career as a Sword Saint—his duels usually ended with him conquering his opponents, and even in the few defeats, he could easily escape.

This time.

It was a crushing defeat, almost without the strength to fight back, passively taking hits from start to finish until his Dou Qi collapsed.

The Longsword at his throat.

No more tactics at his disposal.

...

At the critical moment.

The Sky-Cleaving Greatsword halted and slowly retracted.

The sky full of flames also rapidly dissipated, revealing the handsome face of the youth panting heavily, "Father, you were careless." Liszt, suppressing his rapid breathing, broke the silence with a calm voice.

His eyes shone like the stars, and his face once again bore an expression of nonchalance as if nothing mattered.

Stay connected with empire

Inside, however, he was ecstatic, having thought that it would be a tough battle. Who could have imagined it would instead be an overwhelmingly one-sided domination? The Sea Wave Sword Saint, whose combat strength was ranked in the top ten throughout the Duchy of Sapphire, was so easily defeated by him—he couldn't even manage to escape.

In one explosive burst, the battle was over.

Winning decisively, he had become the strongest person on Coral Island.

There were no words to describe his feelings at that moment, it was simply exhilarating. Had it not been for the complex expression on the Earl's face, he would have burst into loud laughter. For now, he had to lower his head while sheathing his Sky-Cleaving Greatsword, struggling to suppress his urge to smirk.

Still, he sneakily observed the Earl from the corner of his eye.

On the Earl's face, emotions like anger, frustration, fear, relief, excitement, and confusion surfaced one after another, continuously changing and contorting, creating a conflicted, twisted expression of embarrassment.

After a good while of this flickering.

He looked painfully at the sky and stuttered, "Yes… I was careless."