Chapter 1208 - 956 Not Obedient

So there was such a shocking secret hidden within the Ascender!

Elma stealthily glanced at the Ascender. Hayden’s eyes were very calm, but Elma could see the burning passion hidden within that tranquility!

The words of Long Yi were actually true! So there really was such a thing as the Holy Temple!

The Temple Knights lined up around, the Ascension Power exploding forth!

Lyd Jon immediately ordered all Crazy Demons to stop casting magic. First, the barrier slowly dissipated, and then the Array that blocked magic gradually lost its effect, the energy returning to Long Yi.

"Teacher, you wouldn’t think that these so-called Temple Knights could stop my advance," Long Yi drew the Cosmic Stone Greatsword from his personal space with a backhand, his expression serious.

Without any response, the Temple Knights had already charged up. You could faintly see that the red Ascension Power linked each of the Temple Knights together, their movements and retreats highly synchronized, whether in strength or speed, they were completely different than before! The speed of casting and the strength of the magic had also taken a qualitative leap!

Previously, Long Yi’s battles had always been overwhelming. But now, after just a few exchanges, Long Yi did not have a significant upper hand!

This was simply unthinkable! Inside the entire Ancient Mage Tower, how many had ever seen Long Yi not gain the upper hand? And now, it was exactly like this, Long Yi was not gaining the upper hand!

Elma discovered that although the casting speed and magic strength of the Temple Knights had improved, the quality of the increase was limited, but Long Yi was very cautious in dealing with those spells. On closer inspection, she noticed that the spells faintly carried a bit of red light!

Ascension Power! Those spells actually all contained Ascension Power!

It turned out, Long Yi feared this kind of Ascension Power!

Elma’s eyes widened, shocked by everything in front of her.

"Watch carefully, Elma. You see how Long Yi deals with the Temple Knights, perhaps this is the only chance you will get to learn," the Ascender said.

Elma immediately watched intently.

Long Yi’s performance could almost be described as flawless, each advance, each retreat perfectly executed. The actions of the Temple Knights were already perfect, but there was still a gap distance from Long Yi. However, by virtue of the protection of Ascension Power, Long Yi had not yet caused much damage to the Temple Knights temporarily.

"Is this what you want? To train a new student, and then take him to search for the Holy Temple?" Long Yi shouted loudly.

Elma felt her heartbeat stop, the Ascender was going to take me to the Holy Temple?

But at this time, the Ascender still gave no response, only watching the surveillance screen with a smile.

"No, you won’t do this, because you know very well. I am a genius like you have never seen before. The journey to find the Holy Temple is extremely difficult, Elma is just a fool, he absolutely cannot protect the now extremely vulnerable you. Do you remember, teacher, you even almost couldn’t handle my strongest strike! So much time has passed since then, I am stronger than that time! Do you dare to take on this sword of mine again!"

Long Yi shouted loudly, the Ascender still did not respond. But Elma, as a spectator, understood a lot of things!

It turned out the Ascender needed to find a protector to help him return to the Holy Temple! And I am his second choice! Clearly, Long Yi had been abandoned.

The battle continued, but Long Yi gradually gained the upper hand, the Temple Knights starting to falter!

"Do you see? This is your so-called pride, the Ascension Power! It’s nothing at all to me!" Long Yi roared.

The Ascender finally spoke in a low voice.

"Now, Group Leader of the Knight Order!"

Suddenly, Elma and Zulal both looked at Little Seven. But obviously, the Group Leader of the Knight Order the Ascender was talking about was not Little Seven, it was the original Group Leader of the Temple Knights.

Roar!

That person roared loudly, all the Temple Knights stepping back simultaneously, the red glow on their bodies dimming. However, the red glow on the Temple Knight Order’s Group Leader intensified dazzlingly! A Greatsword, radiating red light all over, was drawn from personal space, and struck down directly at Long Yi’s head.

"Concentrating everyone’s power together, you think you can defeat me like this?" Long Yi roared, the Cosmic Stone Greatsword meeting the Ascension Power Greatsword in a collision, a ray of light bursting forth from the sharp clash, the space around them trembling, followed immediately by a huge gash hundreds of meters long spreading out from under their feet!

Such terrifying power!

Elma was secretly astounded, but what surprised him was the strength of the Group Leader of the Knight Order! Apart from the last time facing the Ascender, it was the first time he’d seen someone able to compete with Long Yi in such one-on-one duels without being defeated, especially now when Long Yi was going all out!

Was this Ascension Power? Having Ascension Power allowed one to compete against Long Yi? Zulal was also shocked. He had once doubted the so-called believers and the so-called Ascension Power, but now, when the Group Leader of the Knight Order withstood Long Yi’s sword, he immediately understood that this so-called Ascension Power was an extremely precious force!

Of course, all of this was still fake.

Whether it was Long Yi himself or the Group Leader of the Temple Knights, their power actually all came from Long Yi himself. Competing against oneself, was it not easy to come up with any special effects one wanted?

"Ascension Power! Truly worthy of being Ascension Power! But my power is infinite! And your Ascension Power is finite! How much longer can you hold on!" Long Yi roared loudly, his attacks becoming even more fierce, the Group Leader of the Knight Order finally starting to struggle.

"Go, fight, Elma, prove yourself with your own battle," the Ascender suddenly said.

"What? Teacher!" Elma was immediately petrified.

At this moment, the Ascender simply stopped talking, just watching him with a faint smile on his face.

"I..." Elma hesitated for a moment, then steeled his heart.

"I understand! Teacher! I won’t let you down!" Elma immediately set off, and Zulal instinctively wanted to stop him, but now he didn’t dare to speak rashly anymore.

Elma passed through the Teleportation Gate and left the top level, entering the battlefield. Long Yi, who was in the midst of battle, suddenly saw Elma appear and his eyes turned red: "Elma! Get over here! I will interrogate your soul!"

With that, Long Yi charged over, and Elma’s soul nearly left his body. Watching someone else fight from a distance was one thing; having Long Yi in front of him was another matter entirely.

Clang!

The sound of metal colliding rang out as the Holy Temple Knight Order Group Leader blocked Long Yi’s Cosmic Stone Greatsword at a critical moment.

This sound was like a wake-up call for Elma.

Yes! The Holy Temple Knight Order Group Leader could fight Long Yi evenly matched! That meant he just needed to find an opportunity to deal damage!

With this realization, Elma immediately sprang into action, always staying behind the Holy Temple Knight Order Group Leader. Originally, the fight between Long Yi and the Holy Temple Knight Order Group Leader was evenly matched, but now with Elma’s addition, the scales of victory slowly started tilting towards the Holy Temple Knight Order Group Leader!

At this point, Long Yi’s face was filled with urgency, and he tried to force an attack several times, but the Ascension Power burst forth again and blocked all of Long Yi’s strong attacks.

Meanwhile, Elma, who’d been at the back of the fight, summoned up courage from who knows where, and just when Long Yi carelessly exposed a weakness, Elma’s mind heated up, and nearly all his Mana condensed forth.

"Ship Cannon Technique!"

This Ship Cannon Technique had been taught to him by Long Yi, and now that he was using it, it even carried a trace of the red power of an Ascender!

Boom!

A light beam as thick as a wrist blasted out, and even though Long Yi did his utmost to dodge, his shoulder was still hit by the light beam!

Long Yi took several steps back, glaring at Elma, his rage uncontrollable.

"You dare use the Magic I taught you against me?" Long Yi frowned, his eyes nearly shooting out flames.

At this moment, Elma didn’t dare to speak. He was almost dead with nervousness.

Long Yi turned to look at his shoulder, where a glimmer of red light twinkled within the wound.

"Ascension Power, Teacher, you really gave him the Ascension Power as well? Does this mean, in the end, you chose him after all?" Long Yi let out a long breath, his words filled with helplessness.

"Alright, alright, I understand!"

With these words, Long Yi didn’t say anything else. He reached into his personal space and took out a scroll. Mana was injected, the scroll exploded instantly, and with a distortion of light, Long Yi disappeared.

Elma was stunned for a moment, but with the sudden disappearance of the surrounding pressure, he realized something—Long Yi was gone!

"I, I won!"

Nothing could make Elma happier than beating Long Yi. From the day he met Long Yi, in every aspect, he had never won against Long Yi by even half a measure. And now, the powerful Long Yi was actually injured by his hand! Whether the Holy Temple Knight Order Group Leader’s assistance was critical was not important; what mattered was that he had personally injured Long Yi!

The sudden ecstasy took over all of Elma’s thoughts; almost nothing else could fit in his mind now! Although he did not defeat Long Yi, just injuring him was enough to fill him with immense joy!

Returning to the top level, Elma approached the Ascender, barely able to contain himself. But he still restrained himself a bit, for he could feel that his last strike carried a special energy, which must be the Ascension Power, and it was this power that helped him beat Long Yi. Long Yi feared this power! That meant, at the last moment, the Ascender helped him! He chose him!

"Well done, keep up the good work," the Ascender said softly. Little Seven pouted, clearly upset about Long Yi being defeated.

The Ascender stood up and approached the window, looking out at the cosmic stars, then he sighed deeply and said, "Even now, I still consider you one of my best students. But sadly, I can’t take you to my Holy Temple. Do you know why?" the Ascender said softly, his eyes filled with deep regret, "Because you don’t obey."

A few light words, yet Elma remembered them well. He could imagine that someone as strong as Long Yi, who nearly had it all, had everything taken away by the teacher in an instant.

Disobedience.

These three words could mean so little or so much.

To defy the Ascender, absolutely not! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to cast your recommendation vote, monthly ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)