Chapter 341: The Ball's

"How could I not know?" Lily's expression was a little gloomy, but it cleared in an instant.

"Deal the cards, end this boring conspiracy!"

"I don't believe it, you're really that divine!" Ya De Fei Er angrily opened the hidden cards.

As Lily had predicted, it was the Legend that had appeared before.

And after Lily lifted the hidden card, Mu Yi appeared.

"If we defeat him, everything will be over!" Lily closed her eyes, looking somewhat weary.

Mu Yi nodded, said little, turned to face the Legend professional, whose attire suggested a melee practitioner.

In the previous round, the opponent was so weak that no sign of skill was visible.

"Princess Liliana Brenda seems to have a lot of confidence in you?"

"Sounds like you're pretty confident in yourself too!" Mu Yi sized up his opponent, sensing no trace of danger.

"Of course, do you know how I crossed the Legend?"

As he spoke, the opponent's body began to swell, emitting a faint Dragon aura, which Mu Yi found somewhat familiar.

After a moment of thought, Mu Yi recalled that this was the aura from La Ge Na's dragon‑slaying greatsword.

"Dragon Slayer Warrior!"

Mu Yi's gaze grew strange; the guy in front truly had strength, but Mu Yi wouldn't even believe a single punctuation mark that a non‑Legend could slay a Legendary Dragon.

Probably an entire Transcendent squad challenged the Legendary Dragon, and only he survived thanks to the melee professional's twisted physique, bathed in Dragon blood, and achieved promotion.

After all, even now, as the opponent begins to unleash all his power, Mu Yi feels no threat at all.

"Ordinary Legends are no longer dangerous to me at all?" Mu Yi stroked his chin, completely ignoring his front opponent.

"Arrogant brat!"

The ignored Dragon Slayer Warrior roared, brandishing his greatsword to charge at Mu Yi, but the moment the sword swung down, his gaze hardened and he instantly countered the spear thrust aimed at his head.

Clang!

Like the sound of a bell being struck, the Dragon Slayer Warrior felt as if he had hit something; the heavy force traveled through the greatsword, and his whole body tingled.

The massive impact shoved him back, and Ao Mo simultaneously withdrew his spear, staring at the Dragon Slayer Warrior with a solemn expression.

"Ao Mo, kill him!"

Mu Yi, calm and composed, watched the two separate after the clash and gave Ao Mo the order.

"Understood!" Ao Mo's eyes instantly radiated a heavy pressure, crushing the Dragon Slayer Warrior like a mountain avalanche.

"Hey, I didn't expect you to be a Dragon Summoner!"

The Dragon Slayer Warrior looked at Mu Yi with apprehension; from the Dragon aura he sensed Ao Mo's power, that of an adult Dragon, stronger than the one he had slain.

"Looks like I can slay another Dragon today! Too bad this is just a card game, not reality!" the Dragon Slayer Warrior gripped his greatsword and said arrogantly.

"You should be glad this isn't reality!" Dragon Scale traces appeared on Ao Mo's body, and he surged toward the Dragon Slayer Warrior like a meteor.

The spear and greatsword collided wildly, the clang of metal echoing across the gambling table.

Ah~

Ao Mo let out a dragon roar, his Sea‑Stabilizing Spear gleamed, and the combat space suddenly gathered dark clouds, sprinkling a light drizzle.

——Dragon Clan Divine Skill·Cloud‑Weaving Rain‑Spreading

The light drizzle hitting the Dragon Slayer Warrior's body instantly sent a bone‑chilling cold through his skin, making his body stiffen.

The cold‑induced rigidity froze him for a brief moment, and that split second was enough for Ao Mo to inflict a deep, painful wound.

The spear arced and carved a wound beneath the Dragon Slayer Warrior's ribs; had he not dodged in time, the spear would have pierced him to the core.

"What spell is that?" Before the Dragon Slayer Warrior could ask, Lily curiously stared at Ao Mo's technique.

"Cloud‑Weaving Rain‑Spreading, a true Dragon's innate divine skill, but Ao Mo's clouds and rain aren't ordinary—they're mixed with the netherwater of the Yellow Spring, usually stored in the Sea‑Stabilizing Spear and released when the skill is activated!" Mu Yi explained offhand.

This was a treasure Mu Yi exchanged from the Underworld after the previous war, a gift to aid Ao Mo in breaking through the Legend.

Normally, when a true Dragon bloodline awakens, most pursue Water‑elemental techniques, since the Four Seas Dragon Clan governs the seas and water aligns with them among the Five Elements.

However, Ao Mo is different; though born of the Four Seas Dragons, he serves as Mu Yi's war general, an Underworld Yin spirit.

Thus, when cultivating Water techniques, he also blends nether spells, turning the Cloud‑Weaving Rain‑Spreading divine skill into Yin clouds and Nether rain, which can freeze the opponent's body and corrode their soul.

Its power is indeed far greater than plain Cloud‑Weaving Rain‑Spreading, a novel path with a touch of innovation.

According to Ao Mo's own plan, next he intends to obtain Weak Water, Triple‑Light Divine Water, Yellow Spring Water, Forgetting River Water… to further amplify his Yin Cloud Nether Rain's lethality.

Mu Yi had no objections; perhaps he will indeed obtain those things someday, and when that time comes, if not giving them to his top general Ao Mo, who else could he give them to?

Lily, ignoring the ongoing gamble, immediately activated analysis magic, opened her spellbook, and began adding information about Cloud‑Weaving Rain‑Spreading.

Although the card game forbids the gamblers from fighting each other, it does not prohibit the use of abilities.

Ah!

Seeing the spell work, Ao Mo let out a dragon roar and fully transformed into a true Dragon form, diving into the clouds and rain.

——Wind‑Calling

The terrifying Yin wind turned into a black tornado that swept toward the Dragon Slayer Warrior, pulling rain into the gale and making him suffer unbearably.

He felt as if he were naked, thrown into an icy cavern, his very soul seeming to freeze.

Ah!!!

The Dragon Slayer Warrior let out a wildly ferocious roar that echoed like a cataclysmic blast.

The tornado was shattered by that terrifying roar.

"Do you think this will defeat me?"

The Dragon Slayer Warrior hammered his chest hard; his already massive frame swelled again, terrifying muscles and snarling veins surfaced, accompanied by crackling explosions, and he transformed into a colossal behemoth.

——Legendary Frenzy

The ground cracked under his terrifying power, and his incredibly tough skin sprouted worm‑like, snarling blood vessels, making him look like a violent war machine.

He raised his head and stared at Ao Mo in the clouds and rain; Ao Mo let out a dragon's roar, seemingly mocking the Dragon Slayer Warrior who couldn't fly.

"Idiot, if I can't hit you, can't I hit him?"

The Dragon Slayer Warrior hoisted the huge sword onto his shoulder, gave a cold chuckle, his form turned into a phantom, and lunged straight at Mu Yi.

——Undying Frenzy.

A blood-red aura covered the Dragon Slayer Warrior's skin; he roared and directly slashed toward Mu Yi, who stood in place.

Just a mere summoner; even if he could share the power of his summoned beasts, he's ultimately just a frail caster.

Clang!

A heavy beheading blade steadily blocked the attack of the two-handed giant sword.

In the Dragon Slayer Warrior's incredulous gaze, Mu Yi easily blocked his strike and then forcefully rebounded his two-handed giant sword.

"I've never said I'm what kind of summoner!"

Mu Yi sneered, swinging the beheading blade at the Dragon Slayer Warrior; the reason Ao Mo didn't protect him was simply because he was stronger than Ao Mo.

Cloud Energy gathered along the Human Path toward Mu Yi's beheading sword; for Mu Yi, who could draw upon the Great Army Cloud via the Human Path at any time,

A single chop split forth as if heaven and earth were collapsing.

Caught off guard, the Dragon Slayer Warrior, struck squarely by the sword, had his tiger's mouth shatter; the force pierced straight through his body, and he spat out blood as red as could be.

Amid the roar, his whole body shot forth like an arrow released from a bow, and on the ground a deep fissure split open under that force.

"I still need to find a good weapon; these weapons simply can't withstand my Cloud Energy burst!"

Looking at the ring-headed blade in his hand turning to ash and dissipating, Mu Yi felt somewhat regretful; this was a weapon he bought from the Comprehensive Net, and unfortunately even Legendary weapons could hardly withstand this power, let alone these ordinary weapons.

Even if they were divine weapons, they're still far too inferior compared to true divine artifacts.

The Soldier Lord's divine ability he wielded could protect one or two, but it also couldn't let a single weed cut through the stars.

Moreover, with practiced use of the Soldier Lord's divine ability, he increasingly felt that its further application was not to maintain the weapon's existence, but to make the weapon erupt with limitless power.

And the more it erupts, the easier it is to damage the weapon; this also stalls Mu Yi's research into the Soldier Lord's divine ability, after all, a good weapon is truly hard to find.

Mu Yi couldn't help but recall White Ze's words about the whereabouts of the Tiger Soul Blade; although according to White Ze, the Tiger Soul Blade has now fallen into obscurity, no longer a divine artifact capable of rivaling the Xuanyuan Sword.

But even a rotting ship has three nails; no matter how you say it, the fallen Tiger Soul Blade is still much stronger than these junky weapons he holds.

"Why not give it a try?" Mu Yi hesitated a bit.

After all, the place of the Tiger Soul Blade harbors a drought demon.

Even in the ancient great war, that would be a figure counted among the top.

Turning from a female drought demon to a drought demon likely weakened it.

But for Mu Yi, this guy who hasn't even reached the threshold of a demigod, whether it weakened or not is meaningless; it's just a matter of dying in one punch or two.

Under normal circumstances, even if he reached the divine spirit level, he wouldn't dare to think of attacking the Tiger Soul Blade.

But he has the Heaven-Filling Great Mist; this thing is very useful against mindless monsters.

With the Heaven-Filling Great Mist protecting him, even a drought demon shouldn't be able to detect his trail.

But a drought demon, with a casual wide-range map cannon, could probably reduce him to ashes.

How about finding a great deity to be his bodyguard and accompany him?

Mu Yi thought it over and felt it unlikely; his reputation isn't big enough to have a great deity personally serve as his bodyguard.

"Ask White Ze?" Mu Yi recalled the White Ze horn in his backpack.

But he had nothing to trade with White Ze; information from the Ming world isn't a tradable chip, and it seems he also lacks anything White Ze would be interested in.

Mu Yi sighed; just as he was vexed, Ao Mo had already dealt with the heavily wounded Dragon Slayer Warrior.

Although as a Legendary Dragon Slayer Warrior, his vitality was terrifyingly tenacious, after being heavily wounded by Mu Yi he was no match for Ao Mo; he stubbornly held on for a quarter hour before being taken down, his vitality so tenacious it might even surpass that of a dragon.

Afterward, in the next two matches, without exception, Toraya and Vivian lost their duels, just as Lily said; they bore imperial orders and divine edicts, so they lost the battles.

And Ya De Fei Er was now also despondent, because she had already foreseen the outcome; she had a chance to win, but her arrogance and the Dragon Slayer Warrior's failure sent the situation into a deadlock.

Whether Vivian and Toraya admit defeat or not, it no longer has any effect on the overall situation.

She only has a Ranger card left in her hand, wholly insufficient to contend with Mu Yi.

"I lost!" Ya De Fei Er briskly ended the game; continuing to gamble would only make things more embarrassing.

"I will honor our betting agreement!"

Ya De Fei Er took off the headdress on her head and tossed it to the ground, then, with the people behind her, used the net to depart, leaving only the many nobles at the banquet.

They did not hear Lily and Ya De Fei Er's conversation; they only witnessed Lily's victory, and Lily's victory was the Silver Moon Empire's victory.

The banquet's atmosphere reached its peak, people tossed their hats in celebration, while Lily and Mu Yi's figures vanished from the hall.

Mu Yi and Lily, using divine abilities to evade everyone's sight, sat in a corner of the banquet hall, conversing.

"You don't seem surprised at all?" Mu Yi looked at the calmly‑composed Lily and couldn't help asking.

"Just boring politics!" Lily shook her head.

"In fact, the Emperor‑Father is protecting me in his own way!"

"Protecting you?" Mu Yi was taken aback.

"That's the only method he could think of to protect me—sending me to another empire!" Lily's voice remained calm.

"Why?" Mu Yi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Who do you think rules the Silver Moon Empire?" Lily retorted with a question.

"Of course it's the Silver Moon Empire's emperor… the Silver Moon Goddess?"

Mu Yi was just about to answer when he suddenly realized that the Silver Moon Empire is a divinely‑ordained monarchy, and in that nation the gods truly exist.

Lily, however, is a mage—a mage who does not worship deities. With Lily's growing power, she will sooner or later come under the Silver Moon Goddess's scrutiny, especially now that, having entered the Legend, the Silver Moon Empire's emperor is likely so worried his hair has fallen out.

"Sending me to another empire—that's the best idea Father thought of!" Lily said, pausing, "Of course, a marriage alliance can also solve some political issues."

Mu Yi was speechless; for him, such a tangled family matter was something an outsider like him could not resolve.

After a brief silence, Lily broke it.

"Would you like to dance with me?"

"Of course!"

Mu Yi was startled for a moment, then gladly agreed.

He, like a gentleman, extended his hand, leading the princess into the dance floor, blending into the large crowd of dancers.

Although he couldn't dance, a few glances at the people around him were enough for him to pick up the noble dance.

The two, still in disguise, danced on the floor until a song ended, and Mu Yi finally could no longer hold back and broke the silence.

"What do you plan to do next?"

"I'll go into the Zongwang to make a living; the Zongwang is vast, and the Silver Moon Goddess's hand can't even reach there," Lily replied simply.

Most Zongwang Players would not choose to live inside the Zongwang, because that would mean leaving everything they are familiar with.

"How about staying at my place for a while?" Mu Yi thought for a moment and extended the invitation to Lily.

"..."

"Until when!"

"Of course, until the time we can defeat the Silver Moon Goddess together!" Mu Yi said, as if it were obvious.

"The Silver Moon Goddess is a powerful deity..."

Lily was taken aback; even she had no confidence that she could ever grow enough in her lifetime to defeat a deity.

"Believe me, even a powerful deity is not that invincible!"

Mu Yi's thoughts drifted back to the battlefield he had just left, where a powerful deity had fallen before him.

"... Alright!" Lily laughed, her smile bright.