Chapter 435: The Unrivaled Empress

At this moment.

Lan Lan Lite's heart trembled.

Or perhaps "moved" is a more fitting word.

She even wanted to abandon everything and simply become his woman.

To transform back into the Julia in his eyes right before the crowd...

"Is that possible?"

Jiang Li looked at Lan Lan Lite.

Lan Lan Lite also looked at Jiang Li.

Two men with profound gazes locked eyes; originally, Jiang Li believed he would not lose, for in a contest of wills, who fears whom?

But he had never seen a man's gaze so gentle...

He actually lost in this stare-down.

"Sorry, Jiang Li, I have reasons I cannot yield!"

"You say I used the power of darkness and despicable means to assimilate some people; I can only say this is the method of the strong! You are stronger than me now, so you are qualified to stand opposite me!"

"But I do not admit that your passing of the Trial of the Flame Valley was anything but a trick to deceive the world!"

Before Lan Lan Lite could finish speaking.

Seven-colored flames appeared before Jiang Li.

"Ah—those are seven-colored flames, the flames that only appear after passing the ultimate trial of the Flame Valley!"

Yet Lan Lan Lite sneered repeatedly, saying, "The trials in the current Trial Valley—perhaps even a three-year-old could pass them?"

Confusion filled the faces of the crowd.

Jiang Li frowned deeply.

This Crown Prince before him was truly difficult to deal with.

He had indirectly admitted his defeat, yet the other party refused to let go, insisting on ruining his reputation?

What he did not know was that there could never be a second Julia in this world.

Lan Lan Lite was even less likely to expose her true female form...

Jiang Li thought for a moment and said, "Very well, then let us go to the Trial Valley and take a look."

The great battle between Lance and Consort Xiao shook all of Norland.

The two fought with such intensity that heaven and earth were overturned; a single sword slash split great rivers down the middle.

A single palm strike turned a Shanfeng into nothingness.

One technique caused the earth to split open and the magma flows to cease.

With such power, the two were already employing methods worthy of level ninety demigods.

It was just that...

Lance has already nearly reached his limit.

While Consort Xiao looked completely relaxed.

At this moment, Lady Consort Xiao wore a golden-red gauze robe that displayed her perfect figure against the sky.

She stood over two meters tall, and her hair was equally long, reaching all the way to her heels; when she activated her skills, her sky-filling long hair left no place to hide.

Gasping heavily, Lance said, "You possess such pure power of darkness; you are definitely not from Norland!"

"Correct, I am indeed not from Norland; I am from the Dark Abyss! Your second-generation King of Norland was nothing special; after being eroded by my power of darkness, he was no match for me and had to flee the Kingdom of Norland to seek a method to break the power of darkness!"

"You—"

"With such methods and such power, why steal Norland?"

"For an existence as powerful as you, Norland should not even be in your sights!" Lance said, his face full of shock.

He never expected the truth to be like this.

There was no jealousy over love at all.

Nor was there any scheme of swapping a civet cat for the Crown Prince.

It was more like a game.

With Consort Xiao's immense power, she could have directly overturned the Kingdom of Norland by force alone.

There was no need to go to such great lengths.

"You are wrong, Lance!"

"Although the Kingdom of Norland is not that powerful in my eyes, your first-generation King of Norland was incredibly formidable—I stole Norland solely to contain him—"

"And there is a second reason—I have no need to tell you!"

"Today, I will first capture you, then seize the Third Prince of Norland in your heart and tear him apart by five horses, thus ensuring Norland loses its only hope!"

"In your dreams!"

Lance twisted his body, forming a powerful storm around himself; a Long Juanfeng directly pierced the sky, linking heaven and earth.

"Hmph—refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

Possessing the bearing of an Empress, she reached one hand toward the sky, and the laws immediately took form.

A giant hand that suppressed heaven and earth pressed down from the sky, and in an instant, most of the blue Long Juanfeng on Lance's body dissipated.

"Damn it!"

Blue roared in fury.

Consort Xiao said, "Lance—your giant Long Juanfeng sword energy possesses only the form of the second and first generations, lacking the true essence! Better to surrender!"

"Hmph—Consort Xiao, you will never know who he is in your entire life!"

"He is smarter than me, even smarter than the second-generation elites! Knowing that the situation cannot be defied, he will simply hide!"

"Moreover, I tell you, he has already mastered the essence of the Dragon Whirlwind Sword Qi and grasped the Sword Intent. Once he cultivates to perfection in the future, it will be your time of death, you dark humans!"

"Is that so? Then I'm afraid he is not as smart as you imagine!"

"I'm sorry! I must return now to manage the overall situation. I won't kill you; I will make him despair!"

As Xiao Fei finished speaking, she directly suppressed the pitch-black giant hand, smashed the massive dragon whirlwind, grabbed Lan Lan Lite in her palm, casually tossed him, and sent him straight into a spatial rift.

Immediately after, a thought swept across most of Norland—"Hmm, what's going on? They're actually in the Valley of Blazing Flames?"

A bit dissatisfied, Xiao Fei flew directly toward the Valley of Blazing Flames.

Valley of Blazing Flames.

When everyone first arrived here, they were shocked by the Five Elements Formation of the Valley of Blazing Flames.

Not because it was too strong, but because it was too weak.

The power of the Five Elements Trial was far weaker than before.

Given the current situation, many people would likely be able to pass the trial of the Valley of Blazing Flames.

In that case—Jiang Li's trial would be tainted.

Lan Lan Lite said with a look of triumph: "Jiang Li, give up in the face of difficulty! I will spare your life."

"I can swear once again: if anyone passes the Five Elements Test of the Trial Valley, or the Ultimate Body Tempering in the future, then I will accept their challenge!"

"But Norland cannot remain without a ruler forever!"

"Today, only the two of us have passed the test of the Trial Valley. So—let us decide the winner and loser in public. If you lose, just withdraw, how about that?" Lan Lan Lite said.

Jiang Li patted his chest and said: "If I win, you will release Julia, how about that? As for the King of Norland, I don't want the position anymore. How about that?"

Jiang Li suddenly saw clearly.

The people of Norland are all real flesh-and-blood humans.

He cannot be so selfish; he cannot lose his lover just because of a hidden skill at the First Transformation stage.

At worst, he could just be a normal Six-Star Synthesizer; what's so bad about that? Why must he be unsatisfied and become a hidden class job changer?

Sometimes, contentment brings fewer disasters.

Meanwhile, in Lan Lan Lite's heart, which was also Julia's heart, she was moved as deeply as the Yangtze and the Yellow River.

"My man, no matter what happens today? I will not let you die! Even if I have to die myself!"