Chapter 1188 - 936: Battle with the Female Demon Avatar

The three Female Demon avatars did not use the image of Female Demons but instead disguised themselves as ordinary looking people, starting their fighting careers in various arenas separately. To outsiders, they were just three delicate girls, and such girls participating in the competitions immediately sparked the enthusiasm of the audience. And when they achieved consecutive victories, they attracted even more attention.

At this moment, Long Yi was walking with Elma in an arena. Initially, Elma was somewhat nervous, fearing he might be recognized, especially since, in his view, the Stellar Realm arena was entirely Long Yi’s home ground. But now, he was completely different from his past self. If one could still find some semblance to his former self just after his rebirth, he now had many features of the Dragon Clan and had become completely unrecognizable from his past.

Participating in a major Stellar Realm arena competition is actually very simple: if you’re there to earn money, you need to sign a contract and fight with an examiner to prove you have enough strength. However, if you’re there solely to battle specific enemies, then you need to pay a sufficient fee. This money will be split between the arena and the challenged party.

Elma paid a sum of money to specifically challenge the Female Demon who Long Yi had identifed. The boss didn’t ask any questions; as an arena, battle was always the main focus here. Or perhaps, Long Yi had already notified the boss in advance.

The battle began quickly, and when Elma saw the Female Demon standing in front of him, he couldn’t help but feel tense. Although he felt as though he had made complete preparations, now that the day had actually arrived, his innate fear of Long Yi seemed to make him somewhat at a loss.

"Go, just like I’ve taught you. The opponent is merely one of Little Zi’s Female Demon avatars, and her combat experience is far less than yours!" Long Yi said.

With his mind made up, Elma charged forward. He did not use the basic magic missile to start but instead unleashed a burst of Mana that enveloped the Female Demon avatar.

"Mana Explosion!"

Boom!

The Mana was detonated, and in the instant of the explosion, the Female Demon opened up a shield. Although the blast was powerful, it didn’t injure the Female Demon directly.

Elma hadn’t expected his single strike to secure victory, so at the moment the Mana exploded, he had already prepared his second spell. The Female Demon, caught off guard by the aggressiveness of this newcomer, was taken by surprise. But as a Female Demon, she had a natural advantage—her reaction and casting speed were much faster than ordinary people. Using these advantages, she escaped Elma’s fierce attacks multiple times.

Meanwhile, Long Yi wasn’t continuing to watch the match; the outcome had already been decided. At this time, Long Yi was exchanging information with Ai Lin in their contract. Ai Lin was not far behind Long Yi in the stands, disguised as a stranger. Long Yi never looked back at Ai Lin from start to finish, but as they drew close, the link had already been established through the contract.

Ai Lin told Long Yi that the decryption of the Cosmic Accelerator was going smoothly. Though it wasn’t fast, she hadn’t encountered any obstacles. The only reason it wasn’t fast was that the accelerator was simply too large.

Another piece of news was that Landers had also joined in researching the accelerator. Landers’s progress in researching the Reverse Summoning spell was slow because most of the memories related to this spell had been hidden by Elma; he could even describe himself as clueless. He had to start anew with the most basic content. Frustrated by the slow progress, Landers went to research the accelerator to clear his mind. To his delight, the study of the accelerator broadened his thinking, which in turn led to good progress in researching the Reverse Summoning spell.

Both pieces of news from Ai Lin were positive, which pleased Long Yi. At the same time, Long Yi also shared what was happening on his end with Ai Lin. When Ai Lin heard that Long Yi had established faith there, she burst into laughter, which was buried by the surrounding cheers and shouts, so no one noticed why she was laughing so uninhibitedly in the stands.

"Are you trying to imitate the story of the Thirteen Apostles?" asked Ai Lin, laughing. Long Yi had once told her the famous story of the Thirteen Apostles, and now he himself had created a group of Thirteen Apostles, which he found quite amusing.

"While I’m not intentionally imitating it, it’s more like going with the flow. Moreover, I believe that these followers might very well be of great help to me in the future." Long Yi said.

"So you mean to say, you went to Elma’s house and managed to establish your own power under his very nose, and Elma doesn’t even know about it!?"

"I believe Elma definitely knows. He doesn’t stop it for many reasons: he doesn’t want to clash with me because I can make him stronger; my followers are actually always encouraging positivity, not opposition to Elma; and most importantly, my believers have truly grown stronger, and in Elma’s view, those stronger followers still belong to his power and will later be able to help him against me," Long Yi explained.

"But how did you manage to display such miracles?" asked Ai Lin, somewhat puzzled.

"It’s simple; use strengthening elixirs when they aren’t paying attention. The effect of the elixir takes time to manifest, and by the time it fully takes effect, several days will have already passed," Long Yi said.

"Any progress with Land’s memories and the keys to the Teleportation Gate?" Ai Lin asked.

"None at all, because the bastard has also sealed his own memories. Any attempt to touch those memories is treated as an intrusion, including his own attempts to access them."

"So what shall we do?"

"My plan is still to gain his trust first," Long Yi said. "As for those things, I’ve given up on them for now. As long as we figure out the planar teleportation technology, I can crush him in minutes."

By this time, the battle in the arena had reached a climactic intensity. The magic combat between Elma and the Female Demon’s avatar was at its most ferocious, the center of the arena filled with light and shadow, shaking the ground continuously. The surrounding audience was shouting hoarsely, cheering wildly for both sides.

Elma was inwardly anxious; he had almost revealed all his techniques, yet the Female Demon’s avatar seemed hardly damaged. It turned out that even as an avatar, she was incredibly powerful!

Elma took a quick glance back at Long Yi, who was also watching him intently.

Even though Elma felt that victory was difficult, he had made a boast when he first arrived, and he had to stick to it, even if things seemed impossible!

But the Female Demon’s avatar’s offensive was just beginning! The previously defensive avatar suddenly radiated light all over. The very spells that Elma had just cast were all being hurled back at him. It was at this moment that the various defensive techniques Long Yi had taught him proved truly useful. He defended while silently thanking Long Yi in his heart.

Just then, as he watched the battle, Long Yi suddenly announced a surrender. This puzzled Elma, because he was only at a disadvantage, not yet defeated.

"Sometimes, we have to learn to assess the situation. When it looks bad, don’t waste that time; it does us no good at all," Long Yi said to Elma.

Elma couldn’t agree more.

Elma’s admiration for Long Yi was now bordering on worship.

Now rejuvenated, Elma, like many young people, idolized the Ascenders and was proud to be a student of one. After all, compared to being granted power suddenly by an Apostle, receiving personal instruction from an Ascender was a completely different concept!

Elma had thought that in the entire Ancient Mage Tower there should be no more dissenting voices, but he had forgotten some people.

Lyd Jon had finally completed the training of the Semi-Crazy Demons and the Black Crystal Mages of the Ancient Mage Tower and had fully mastered the characteristics of these two types of mages. Now he was returning to the Ancient Mage Tower with his commanders and mages, and the inexplicable atmosphere within the tower filled him with doubts.

"Haha! Lyd Jon, you’re finally back! Thank you for your hard work!" Elma said happily.

"Are you... Master Elma?" Lyd Jon could hardly believe his eyes; the once declining old man had become a Semi-Crazy Demon, and in the blink of an eye, he had transformed into this!

"Yes! I am Elma! How do you like my new look?" Elma’s eyes shimmered with excitement.

"Is this some kind of substitute?" Lyd Jon asked.

"No, no, no! This is my completely rejuvenated new body! Younger, stronger, and more vital!" Elma said.

"Well, can you start from the beginning and tell me what this is all about?" Lyd Jon asked.

"Of course!"

So Elma unhesitatingly recounted to Lyd Jon the events that everyone in the Ancient Mage Tower was aware of.

After hearing Elma’s account, Lyd Jon was left with one overwhelming question.

"Ascenders? What are those?" It wasn’t just Lyd Jon; the leaders of the space pirates who had just finished their training with Lyd Jon also doubted this so-called Ascender. They wandered around the Ancient Mage Tower and saw these so-called faithful spreading their beliefs, preaching that the Ascender was a super Powerhouse from the Giant era who had once created Long Yi’s strength and could just as easily destroy him. However, destroying Long Yi was not his main purpose for coming here; his purpose was to select a group of people who truly believed in his power to join him in a mysterious space in search of a hidden formidable power. Whoever was fortunate enough to join him would eventually become a Powerhouse transcending all planes. But to test whether a person truly wished for this power, the Ascender had established strange behavioral guidelines: help others whenever possible.

It sounded easy, but doing it every moment of every day turned out to be too difficult. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)