Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 678 - 338 Mouse Swallows Elephant_2

Chapter 678: Chapter 338 Mouse Swallows Elephant_2

The next moment, a crisp "crack" echoed. Two-thirds of the war mammoth’s trunk had been gruesomely bitten off. Its long tail lashed downwards, striking the war mammoth directly on its forehead. Seizing the opportunity before the battle axe knight’s onslaught could fully unleash, the Rat King bounced back. Suddenly, its entire body glittered in dark gold as it quickly rushed towards Long Kongkong, all the while chomping mightily on the severed chunk of its elephantine prey.

"Oh my..." This scene not only left the other knights in shock, but also Long Kongkong himself.

Among knights, there’s an unspoken rule during intramural contests: one should avoid harming the mounts of their fellow knights. A mount and its master share a deep bond, and as one of a knight’s key assets, it is typically cherished deeply. Although the contract space allows healing through the bond between a knight and their mount, no knight would ever want to see their mount harmed!

The Rat King’s actions were undeniably sacrilege, not only injuring another’s mount but also rather audaciously feasting on it. The elephant trunk represents the essence of a war mammoth.

Overwhelmed by severe pain, the war mammoth roared and thrashed wildly in place, spurting blood in all directions. The battle axe knight had no choice but to take to the skies with Spirit Wings, open the contract space and hastily withdraw his injured companion.

Ever since the knight acquired the war mammoth as his mount, he had treasured it dearly. Being in possession of such a top-tier mount, particularly one that was a formidable force on the battlefield, had always been a source of his pride. The war mammoth had never suffered such a severe injury even since entering the contract with him, let alone in a friendly spar!

Therefore, the battle axe knight’s eyes turned bloody red. With a roar, he declared, "I’m going to go all out with you," and charged directly at Long Kongkong.

At this point, the surrounding referees were rather baffled as well. Everything had happened too quickly – from the Rat King’s charge to a series of clashes with the war mammoth, it all unfolded in close quarters. When it sank its teeth into the mammoth, the referees were unable to discern whether it intended to attack or intimidate, and hence did not intervene immediately. By the time they could react, the situation had progressed to its current state.

Even Long Kongkong was taken aback when the Rat King returned to him, noshing on the trunk, its face visibly content yet showing no intention to continue defending him. Thus Long Kongkong was left wholly exposed in front of the battle axe knight who likely held 7th Rank Temple Knight cultivation level.

Kaleidoscopic lights exploded from the knight’s pair of axes, akin to the Sacred Sword’s power but infinitely more formidable.

With plenty of combat experience, or more accurately, experience in fleeing, Long Kongkong initiated the Slide Step and veered away swiftly. As he slid, he changed direction three times, maintaining his pace despite each abrupt shift.

Deprived of his mount, the axe knight could still target Long Kongkong but fell short in terms of speed. This initiated a chase sequence across the trial field, enacting an intense chase scene.

Undoubtedly, as a knight’s duel, this spectacle was rather unsightly. Yet the majority’s attention was still gripped by the scene of the Rat King boldly severing the war mammoth’s trunk. It was ruthlessly savage. The war mammoth, although not fully matured yet, was close to an 8th Rank, or even boasted the combat power of the 8th Rank. Its physical strength was always the most formidable aspect of a war mammoth. But Long Kongkong’s mount, the Rat King, had just achieved the impossible: it had struck a major blow to the war mammoth. Under normal circumstances, this would have been grounds for surrender.

The axe knight’s chase couldn’t be sustained for long given his spirit furnace’s unique feature – it could only unleash its maximum power when paired with his mount. With his mount critically injured in such a short span, his combat prowess drastically diminished. Speed wasn’t his strength, either. After two charges, he began to feel a pervasive weakness creeping into his body.

The devouring power of the Touch of the Abyss was extremely formidable – even a 9th Rank powerful expert had to face it head-on. Especially for a 7th Rank knight like him. Initially, Long Kongkong was slightly taken aback, but soon realized how much easier it was to face the axe knight compared to when he was confronting Teacher Hai Jifeng. As the axe knight’s speed dwindled progressively, the devouring power of the Touch of the Abyss met with less and less resistance. Soon, the rage in the axe knight’s eyes began to subside in sync with his physical weakness.

He decided not to run anymore. He continued to use the Touch of the Abyss completely, and began to evade the attacks from the battle axe knight at close range using Slide Step. Quickly, the battle axe knight became weaker.

"Surrender, surrender. According to the properties of the contract space, your mammoth can recover on its own, but it needs some time. I’m sorry! My mount is quite special, I can’t control it." Long Kongkong waved his hand at the battle axe knight.

The battle axe knight had no choice but to surrender even if he didn’t want to! His Spiritual Power was mostly devoured, what could he do? He could only huff in anger and choose to surrender.

The Rat King had already finished eating by this time too, contentedly lying there, not in a hurry to return to the contract space.

Long Kongkong said somewhat irritably, "Can you behave? If you continue like this, don’t expect to eat ribs in the future!" When it came to ribs, he paused slightly, and the strong longing in his heart for Hep Benn immediately diluted the joy of his victory.

At the same time, Long Dangdang’s match had also started on the other side.

To ensure fairness, the Great Impartation Contest would redraw lots in each round. Therefore, Long Dangdang had gone through the lot drawing process again today. This time he drew number three, so he was the second to play.

Unlike the knights’ battle which mostly wouldn’t last long, the first match on the Magic Temple’s side today had taken a long time. The strengths of both sides were very close, and they fiercely clashed with each other. They were at a stalemate for a long time until one side took advantage of the power of the spirit furnace to gain an edge in terms of Spiritual Power endurance, thus ending the battle.

Long Dangdang’s opponent today was a male mage, whom both were unfamiliar with. But the look in the opponent’s eyes was clearly filled with caution. It couldn’t be helped. Long Dangdang, who was the first to play yesterday, had put on too explosive a performance. Facing Yueyang Golden Shower, an Eternal Class magic staff, and being able to win in a short time in the face of instant 8th Rank magic; moreover, he also showed a strong spatial Instant Transfer ability. This kind of opponent is not a seeded player? That was what many people found strange yesterday.

So, this male mage facing him was also very cautious. As the countdown began, he quickly began chanting spells.

When the five-second countdown ended, a blue light suddenly sprang up in front of him. It turned into a huge water element that was over five meters high and shielded his entire body behind it.

Such fast spell-casting speed! Although this kind of large-scale water element was not particularly high-ranked magic, it was of the 6th Rank and integrated both offense and defense. It was quite powerful.

At the same time, above the head of this mage on the opposite side, a blue light rose, and it turned out to be a blue-gold colored crown-like existence. It was obviously a spirit furnace, and it looked very brilliant.

With Long Dangdang’s spiritual perception, he could almost instantly sense the water elements fluctuations on the opponent’s body crazily increasing and rapidly ascending. All the water elements in the entire field were congregating towards his direction.