Chapter 597: A Draw

"Is Chen Jing, is she alright?" Shui Yunyue asked with some worry, looking at the smoke-filled arena.

"This kind of attack is nothing but a piece of cake for Chen Jing!" Su Wanyue said very calmly.

"Whoosh—"

A gust of fierce wind suddenly dispersed the smoke and dust on the arena, and an afterimage suddenly shot into the sky, appearing in front of Joseph.

"Get down!" Chen Jing slammed a punch heavily toward Joseph's face.

Joseph's reaction speed was also extremely fast; the Long sword in his hand suddenly blocked forward, holding off Lingyun's fist.

Amidst a violent boom, Joseph was slammed heavily onto the arena like a cannonball, his feet carving a large crater into the arena floor.

Chen Jing hovered in mid-air, a gorgeous suit of armor formed from starlight lingering around her body; it was precisely this armor that had just blocked Joseph's Judgment Wings.

"What is this armor?" Shui Yunyue asked with some curiosity.

"This armor is the Star Essence Armor that Chen Jing condensed by combining her own Star Power with a Protective Qi Shield. Don't let its thin appearance fool you; with the weapon in Joseph's hand, it is impossible to break through this layer of armor," Lingyun explained.

"True Essence transforming the void into reality? This is an invitation to the legendary Nascent Soul Realm!" Meng Juan appeared beside Chen Jing at some unknown moment and said with an amazed expression.

"An invitation to the Nascent Soul Realm?" Looking at the armor on Chen Jing, there was a hint of envy in Shui Yunyue's tone.

"Little Moon, you don't need to be envious. With your talent and hard work, there will certainly be a place for you among the great Nascent Soul experts of the future," Meng Juan comforted Shui Yunyue.

"Mm, Senior Aunt, I will work hard!" Shui Yunyue nodded vigorously.

Chen Jing spread her fingers, and vast True Essence gathered continuously in her hand, finally condensing into a Painted Halberd.

Sensing the dangerous aura emanating from the Painted Halberd, Joseph's pupils could not help but shrink to the limit.

"Lingyun, could this move be the Star Destruction Halberd you used before?" Looking at the Painted Halberd in Chen Jing's hand, Su Wanyue could not help but ask. "When did Xiaojing master the ability of Condensing Qi into Crystal?"

"That's right, but in Chen Jing's current state, she can only use the Star Destruction Halberd once," Lingyun said.

"Damn it, how can this woman have such a terrifying move?" A trickle of cold sweat overflowed on Joseph's face.

Now he was completely locked on by Chen Jing's momentum; even if he dodged this move, he would inevitably face an even more terrifying next move.

"No choice, I have to go all out!" Joseph gripped the Long sword in his hand tightly, and dots of white light drifted out from his body, merging into the sword in his hand.

Two massive auras crushed against each other, causing the entire arena to vibrate. People could vaguely see two huge True Qi vortexes appearing on the arena, constantly grinding and colliding.

"Holy Light Verdict!"

Sensing the pressure on himself growing stronger and stronger, Joseph gritted his teeth. He knew he absolutely could not let the opponent condense her aura to the peak, otherwise, he would definitely not be able to block this move.

The wings in Joseph's hands spread to their maximum, turning into a white meteor as he charged into the sky. A three-foot-long white light extended from the Long sword in his hand, tearing through the air and slashing straight toward Chen Jing.

"Star Destruction Halberd!"

Starlight flowed in Chen Jing's eyes, and the energy storm around her was entirely retracted into the Painted Halberd, followed by a light, airy strike smashed down toward Joseph's direction.

"Boom—"

A violent shockwave instantly swept across the entire arena, and a powerful energy storm simultaneously swept toward the area below the arena, frightening the crowd standing around the arena into retreating repeatedly. Several experts guarding the perimeter of the arena struck simultaneously, joining forces to construct a protective barrier to block the raging energy storm.

"Tsk tsk, looking at these two, then looking at myself, I really feel like I've spent these past few decades cultivating in vain," one person said, wiping cold sweat from his forehead.

"The future, it is still the future of these young people," another person said, gazing at the raging energy storm in the field with an expression of admiration.

"Lingyun, who do you think won this move?" Su Wanyue asked.

"Won or lost? It should be considered a draw!" Lingyun said.

After the energy storm raged for a while, it finally dissipated, and people finally saw the situation in the field clearly.

The Painted Halberd in Chen Jing's hand had already dissipated, and drops of fresh blood dripped from her hand. The Star Essence Armor on her body had shattered, with only a few fragments remaining attached to her. At the corner of her mouth, a trace of blood overflowed.

Joseph's appearance was also very disheveled; the armor on his body had completely shattered. He did not know how many feathers had been torn from the wings behind his back, almost turning them into bald chicken wings. As for his Long sword, it had already completely snapped into two pieces during the impact; the hilt was still in his hand, but half of the blade had already flown outside the arena. Sharp-eyed people on the scene could see that Joseph's hand was trembling continuously, clearly having suffered no small injury.

"It seems you cannot knock me off the arena!" Chen Jing coughed lightly and said with some difficulty.

"You..." Flames burned in Joseph's eyes.

As the Saint Son of the Secret Court of the Holy See, the seed of Angel Power had been planted in his body since he was young, and he had undergone many harsh trials. At the time, there were hundreds of people who became candidate Saint Sons with him, but in the end, he was the only one who successfully stepped onto the throne of the Saint Son, while all the others became his stepping stones.

This time he came to participate in the Dark World Exchange Conference, it was to become the Holy See's surprise force, to make a name for himself at the Hidden Dragon Assembly, and to win the greatest benefits for the Holy See. He had always thought that his opponents would be the Saint Son of the Dark Council, Luoni, the rising star of S. H. I. E. L. D., Bulu, or even the reclusive geniuses of the Dragon Group. But just after he entered the arena, he encountered a powerful interception; this woman, who was not on his list of enemies, actually possessed strength not inferior to his own, and he even had the possibility of losing.

Losing was not something unacceptable to Joseph. However, this was the arena of the Hidden Dragon Assembly, this was his first time appearing in front of everyone, and this was his first battle. If he lost, he could imagine how those in the Secret Court who were eyeing his position would spare no cost to pull him down from that seat and then trample him forever into an unfathomable abyss.

Chen Jing looked at Joseph in front of her, whose expression was gradually becoming ferocious, and her brows could not help but knit together. She sensed that an aura that made her hair stand on end had appeared on Joseph's body; if she were not careful, she might die.

Thinking of this, Chen Jing could not help but once again urge the Star Power within her body; the shattered Star Essence Armor began to be recast, and before long, it once again enveloped her body. At the same time, her Divine Sense quietly connected with a certain object.