Chapter 611: Fierce Battle! (Part 3) High-Speed Battlefield, Defeat Knight Hartna!

Clang—clang-clang—

Knight Hartna lowered his body, gripping the Dwarf Soldier Spear he had just obtained with both hands, one in front and one behind, his feet stomping forward; with every step, he used the momentum to thrust his arms.

Jier parried blow for blow, but his use of the long spear was not as standard as Knight Hartna's, relying solely on the strength of his arms to contend with the Knight's overall power.

This caused Knight Hartna, whose raw strength was inferior to Jier's, to actually suppress Jier during their brief exchange.

Not only that, the sharp spearheads parried and blocked each other while simultaneously finding opportunities to thrust forward.

Knight Hartna barely needed to think; he swung his arms, wielding the sturdy spear shaft like a soft rod, the tip wobbling constantly and emitting a terrifying whistling sound as it cut through the air, then he stepped forward to thrust, forcing Jier to retreat continuously.

Facing such a disadvantage, Jier simply stopped trying to compete with Knight Hartna in spear technique, tapping his toes on the ground to retreat rapidly, while Knight Hartna took the opportunity to quicken his pace, leaping and bounding as he accelerated his charge.

Due to the increase in speed, the clashes of their spears lengthened the duration of each exchange; they spent more time moving, searching for openings, then suddenly kicking off the ground with their legs to charge forward, aiming straight for the other's torso.

At this moment, the weapons in both their hands were identical Dwarf Soldier Spears, and because they had drawn blood, the Dwarf Runes on the spearheads had been activated, meaning the armor they wore could basically not block a single strike from the other.

The two Knights moved constantly within the small Yingdi, one retreating rapidly, the other in continuous pursuit; the Mao Mao warriors and Defeated Soldiers who brushed past them were killed by the passing pair before they could even let out a cry.

Jier killed every Defeated Soldier that passed by his side, while Knight Hartna killed every Mao Mao warrior that passed by his; the two were like whirlwinds of death—wherever they swept, nothing remained but the corpses of Human soldiers with their heads burst open by spear tips; their hard Metal Helmets were like paper, twisted and torn open, and the heads beneath them fared no better, either having a large hole punched through them with brains splattering out, or having half their skulls sliced off, blood mixing with brain matter as it sprayed.

The Mao Mao warriors fared no better; their bodies were weaker, and even if Knight Hartna merely swept his spear past them without using the sharp tip, the shaft alone was enough to break their bodies in two.

By comparison, Jier clearly still had energy to spare, but Knight Hartna was somewhat reckless. It was not that Knight Hartna's martial arts were inferior to Jier's—on the contrary, his martial arts were far better than Jier's—it was just that he did not have much time; while he appeared to be chasing Jier, in reality, every movement with a large range of motion caused his severely wounded, broken body to tear further, and blood, replacing pus and tissue fluid, began to seep out from the torn wounds; although still hidden by his armor, the resulting pain could no longer be suppressed by the analgesic effect of the 【Courage Potion】.

"Ha, you should see the look on your face right now." Jier was still able to make sarcastic remarks at this moment, which made Knight Hartna exceptionally furious.

He gritted his teeth, channeling the little remaining Life Energy in his body, shifting it from suppressing his wounds to enhancing his physical capabilities.

Consequently, Knight Hartna's speed and strength surged by another notch.

Boom! The Knight's movements stirred up air currents, the spear tip emitting a shrill whistle as it broke the air, each strike causing intense air vibrations that made the ears of the remaining living beings nearby ache, causing them to scramble away in terror.

Jier, facing Knight Hartna at full power, was in even greater danger; he dared not get close to the Knight, only able to struggle to maintain distance from his opponent, relying solely on the weapon in his hand to engage and make contact.

The immense force transmitted through the spear shaft made Jier accurately realize that this must be Knight Hartna's final burst before his decline.

He shouted excitedly: "That's it! That's it! 【Grass and Wood Source】, activate!"

The Agricultural God Church emblems on Jier's flanks emitted a cyan light, linking with the Nongshen Divine Power Seed within Jier's body, channeling wave after wave of Divine Power into Jier's body to replace all his physical consumption.

Jier's eyes glowed with cyan light as a result, and he used his Life Energy at full capacity without reservation; after all, the Life Energy within him would not be consumed because of this, but would be temporarily replaced by the Nongshen Divine Power, yet the effect remained exactly the same.

What's more, Jier let out a howl, his right eye turning pitch black; he used the power of the Shadow Bird, and at this moment, he suddenly discovered that while 【Grass and Wood Source】 was in use, even the Shadow Bird ability supported by the Great Bird deity's Divine Power was being replaced and consumed by the infinite energy of the Nongshen Divine Power.

The next moment, black feather-like mist flew out continuously from his right eye, projecting directly onto the spear in his hand, enchanting the Dwarf Soldier Spear with the destructive power of Shadow Divine Power.

As the spear was swung, the pitch-black Shadow Divine Power left trails of movement, destroying everything it touched.

"Still saying you aren't a dog of the church!!"

Knight Hartna cursed, looking at the young man whose appearance had drastically changed, and fought with all his might.

He avoided those eerie-looking black feather-like mists of power and struggled to close the distance; at this moment, if either of their weapons struck the other, it would deal a fatal blow.

The air currents stirred up by the spear Knight Hartna swung were enough to blow over the soldiers' tents nearby, but the area around Jier was even more terrifying; his entire body was shrouded in two forces, cyan and black, to the point where he could not even be seen, only a blurred figure using a spear filled with pitch-black power could be seen fighting.

Every time the weapons collided, a ring of black feather-like mist would explode from the point of contact, and these black mists would crush objects from the outside in upon touching them.

These Shadow Divine Powers, having escaped Jier's control, each carried his will, destroying everything they touched.

The presence of such two terrifying existences caused everyone still in the Jiedian to crowd as close to the walls as possible, while those who remained in the center of the Yingdi had basically already been killed by the aftermath of the two fighting or by being struck down in passing.

The ground was covered in the broken corpses of Humans and Mao Mao; those who were barely alive were blinded, their ears deafened by the violent sonic booms, and they let out terrified howls.

In the continuous fighting, the two became increasingly uninhibited, often charging dozens of meters, clashing for an instant in the center of the Yingdi, passing each other, then charging another dozens of meters before turning around and accelerating to continue the clash.

The two terrifying existences clashed every few seconds like this, emitting deafening sounds of combat, and at the moment of impact, countless pitch-black feather-like mists would dissipate; although these terrifying things would destroy everything they touched, it was daytime, and these Shadow Divine Powers that had left Jier would evaporate and dissipate under the suppression of the sun in just over ten seconds.

They were originally forcibly transformed from Nongshen Divine Power; they appeared to be Shadow Divine Power, but in reality, they were still Nongshen Divine Power, only because Nongshen was a deity with powerful Divine Power, while the Great Bird deity was an ancient minor god on the verge of defeat, so the Nongshen Divine Power could be temporarily converted into other powers for Jier to use infinitely.

Jier gradually adapted to this high-speed movement and rapid-reaction judgment during the repeated clashes, excitedly letting out shrill cries; he couldn't help but be excited, because without such an intense battle, he himself would never have imagined he could display such terrifying strength.

Now that he had gradually adapted, his mind was even more set on winning; he was no longer satisfied with the 【Shadow Weapon】 ability, which was of little use, so he let out a howl, and after one clash, he did not accelerate again, instead standing his ground and raising his spear high with both hands.

The next moment, the black Shadow Divine Power all over his body transformed into pitch-black crows, flying up from him and flapping their wings as they accelerated from all directions toward Knight Hartna.

"Evil power! Extinguish you—"

Knight Hartna also shouted loudly, charging toward Jier, his spear thrusting left and right, stabbing and bursting the pitch-black crows rushing toward him at high speed.

At this moment, thanks to Jier's Dwarf Soldier Spear, Knight Hartna possessed a medium to exert his full power; otherwise, even with a Magic Material Sword, although the power would still be astonishing, the attack range would be far inferior to that of a long spear.

Although the number of pitch-black crows Jier summoned was not small, their flight speed and durability were not satisfactory, and they were directly burst by Knight Hartna with a casual stab from three or four meters away.

They could not get close enough to cause any damage at all.

Jier pursed his lips; he could usually only summon one at a time with this move because the Shadow Divine Power within his body was limited, and summoning one would occupy most of his Shadow Divine Power; at this moment, with the 【Grass and Wood Source】 ability, he temporarily possessed almost infinite energy, which was why he could summon these Shadow Crows that could be released to injure others one after another.

But this thing looked fine for dealing with ordinary people, but against an enemy of Knight Hartna's level, they were basically burst by the opponent before they could even get close, causing not a single bit of damage.

Jier immediately stopped releasing ineffective Shadow Crows and began to move, continuing the high-speed movement confrontation from before.

However, he had a new tactic in mind.

Bang!

Another confrontation, air currents rolling, black feather-like mist spreading, once again destroying various objects in the center of the Yingdi.

Some tent materials on the ground, the soldiers' personal belongings, and even the corpses of the Mao Mao warriors and Human soldiers of both sides were torn to shreds by these spreading black feather-like mists.

But before the next clash, Knight Hartna suddenly realized something was wrong, because the young man opposite him did not let the two weapons clash this time, but charged straight at him.

'Something is fishy!'

He thought this, but thought was one thing, and his body had already followed through, raising his spear to thrust at Jier's torso.

With an excited and agitated mood, Knight Hartna struck with all his might, the sharp spearhead piercing directly through Jier's abdomen.

"Hm?"

He immediately sensed that the feel was wrong, but the moment of their clash was less than a tenth of a second; having sensed something was wrong, it was already too late.

The sharp spear had stabbed into a pitch-black, blurred area on Jier's body, and the entire spear actually passed through as if piercing through a patch of viscous air, coming out from behind Jier completely intact and without a single drop of blood on it.

It was as if a hole that was not part of his body had suddenly appeared on Jier; Knight Hartna did not know that this was Jier using the Shadow Bird's 【Enhanced Shadow Concealment】, allowing a part of his body to rapidly shadow-ize, thereby avoiding damage and creating an opportunity to win.

The next moment, the shadow area on Jier's abdomen rapidly contracted, forcibly clamping onto the shaft of the Dwarf Soldier Spear. Jier, meanwhile, had long since dropped the spear in his hand, pulling out the sword at his waist a step early, and at their extremely close distance, swung the blade in a wide arc, slapping it heavily onto Knight Hartna's head with a 'snap'.

Knight Hartna was not wearing a helmet, or rather, the matching helmet for his Knight Armor had long since been lost somewhere; Jier had no intention of killing him outright, which was why he used the side of his sword to strike the Knight's head.

The Knight's entire body continued to rush forward due to the inertia of his speed, then, because there was no footwork to support him, he flipped over onto the ground, sliding and tumbling for over ten meters in an unsightly manner before finally coming to a stop.

Blood bubbled from his mouth and nose, and one of his ears had been completely scraped off during the friction with the ground; his hands and feet twitched as if he still wanted to fight, but his consciousness had already passed out from the heavy blow.

"Ha... hah... haha! I won! Haha, I won after all!"

Jier shouted excitedly; although it could be considered a trick and not a true defeat of his opponent with blade and spear, and Knight Hartna was not in his best state, it was, after all, a head-on victory over a formal Knight.

Jier could not help but be excited; while pulling the Long Spear out of the shadow area on his abdomen and throwing it to the ground, he excitedly punched at the air.

With one punch, he actually sent out a pitch-black shadow in the shape of a fist.

Although the fist-shaped shadow dissipated after flying only twenty-some meters because it was under the sunlight, Jier was still happy to treat this move as celebratory fireworks, continuously punching toward the sky and sending out one flying pitch-black fist-shaped shadow after another.

After the excitement, Jier looked at the ruined scene around him, as well as the Mao Mao corpses and Human Soldier corpses everywhere, and let out a breath: "Anyway, I didn't kill the Mao Mao Warriors; although there might have been some accidental injuries, that's unavoidable."

He picked up two Dwarf Soldier Spears and strode toward Knight Hartna, who was trembling slightly on the ground ahead. Passing by a surviving Defeated Soldier, he casually stabbed the man to death with a spear.

Jier carefully used the Long Spear to flip the Knight on the ground over, guarding against the opponent struggling in his death throes and landing a heavy blow on him.

But fortunately, he had used quite a lot of force with that blow to the Knight's head earlier.

Even if the Knight's head was sturdy, this blow was likely a severe concussion.

He looked at Knight Hartna, whose chest was rising and falling slightly on the ground, raised his right hand, and aimed the tip of the Long Spear, which was still glowing with mysterious runes, at the opponent's chest.

Hesitating for a moment, Jier, still caught in the emotional excitement of the intense battle just now, suddenly felt a bit reluctant to lose such a powerful opponent. Because fighting such a qualified opponent was far more helpful to the improvement of his Duanbing than defeating a hundred, or even two hundred, ordinary people.

Just as Jier was hesitating, Knight Hartna on the ground suddenly collapsed like a deflated balloon.

The steady breathing that had been somewhat forceful just a moment ago suddenly became only exhalation, with no inhalation.

The hands and feet that had been trembling from the intense battle before he lost consciousness were now motionless, as if he were already dead; after the effect of the 【Courage Potion】 wore off, his true state was immediately revealed.

Knight Hartna had originally been in a dying state from severe wounds, and having fought and won against an opponent who could only fight by barely taking medicine, Jier suddenly felt a sense of emptiness.

Did he really win?

Was the opponent he defeated really worth his pride?

Was his victory somewhat dishonorable?

Thinking of these things, Jier's expression changed; he threw away the Long Spear in his hand and reached toward the Backpack on his back.

Fumbling around, he pulled out a thick glass bottle; the bottle was full of a chaotic, broth-like 'Potion', and one could even see some scattered flesh tissue inside through the glass.

His breathing grew heavy, and Jier squatted down, hesitantly bringing this bottle of 【Lizardman Transformation Potion】 to Knight Hartna's mouth.

Finally, he hardened his heart, twisted off the screw cap of the Potion, pried open Knight Hartna's mouth, and poured the Potion in the bottle into the unconscious Knight's mouth bit by bit.

Subconsciously, the unconscious Knight swallowed the Potion in his mouth, as if he himself knew in his unconscious state that this thing could save his life.

And Jier wore a strange smile on his lips, muttering to himself: "Get up, get up! Let's have another fight, another fight! This time, it will be a fair, evenly matched battle! Haha..."

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