Chapter 2
1
"Qin Yang, can your familiar make a more grand entrance? Is it scary enough?"
Qin Taiyuan was already uncomfortable with having his thunder stolen, and Nofice's entrance was even more radiant. An 18-winged Angel, but it was a pity that it was hard to tell if it was a Fallen Angel or an Angel. This was a unique kind of Angel, one that had never before appeared in classical or legendary tales. And the familiar Angel that stood before everyone was indeed a special existence. More importantly, Nofice's beautiful form attracted the admiration of boys and the jealousy of girls.
"When people doubt you, the best way to clarify is through action. This should be the most effective method."
"Kurei!" The little girl familiar appeared by her master's side in an ordinary manner. She didn't look too good, probably because she was scolded by her heartless master after being easily defeated yesterday.
In fact, I haven't figured out how to strike a blow to the opponent's morale without arousing suspicion from the gods of The Divine Realm, who might come looking for trouble. If the gap between my abilities and the young men of The Human Realm is too large, it will only attract unwanted attention and lead to a dead end. After all, defeating Qin Taiyuan is already not a problem at all; it's just a matter of how to do it.
"Duke, your son has impressive abilities. My daughter has chosen a good man!"
"Your Majesty, you're being too generous to him! Besides, it's not the princess who has an engagement with Qin Yang, right?"
"Li Liu may have run away, but she still wants to stay by your son's side. When they marry in the future, won't I lose a daughter and a niece?"
"Thinking back, I've admired countless women myself!" The Duke of Qin looked down from his high platform with joy. Although the emperor and the duke were busy with government affairs, they still found time to come here. There were various reasons for their visit, but the main one was probably to see their own children. That's what I would guess, otherwise why discuss such a topic?
"In the end, you chose one too! Will your son make the same choice? That way, you probably won't lose out!"
"Well... I think it's difficult!" The Duke of Qin had seen the special connection that each girl by Qin Yang's side had with him. It would be extremely difficult to sever those ties, and he also knew that Qin Yang was a Demon Dragon, something that had been confirmed by the exile. Choosing just one was simply not in line with his character!
"But he is your son after all, so he might think the same way!"
"Hmm... we'll have to wait and see! The future is hard to predict." The Duke looked forward to finding out what my future would be like.
2
Qin Taiyuan and I each occupied half of the field.
"Ten Thousand Terracotta Warriors!" Nofice lightly waved her staff in a semi-circle and forcefully struck the ground. Our half of the field extended white lines, drawing out squares. Rows upon rows of terracotta soldiers emerged from the squares, standing in perfect formation. The first row was shield soldiers, followed by spear soldiers, cavalry, crossbowmen, and finally flag bearers. On either side of Nofice and me were the sword guards.
Qin Taiyuan's familiar immediately summoned hundreds of demonic wolves, with a three-eyed demonic wolf at the forefront. The wolf pack charged at the shield soldiers, who tightly huddled together and formed a solid defense. The cavalry circled around behind the shields, wielding long spears to cut down the wolves in front of them, but it seemed that the wolf pack had no fear of the iron cavalry and long spears. The hundred demonic wolves forcefully broke through the shield soldiers and engaged in fierce combat with the spear soldiers behind the shields.
The flag bearer waved his flag, and arrows rained down from the sky, wreaking havoc on the rear. Suddenly, a dark giant bear rose up in front of Qin Taiyuan, firmly blocking the arrows for him. The giant bear remained unscathed.
From the sequence of actions, it was clear that Qin Taiyuan's familiar excelled in controlling beasts. From yesterday until now, they had all been beasts conquered by her. This was her specialty, as every familiar had their own strengths and were not omnipotent.
Victory lies in exploiting the opponent's weaknesses, and this was a good strategy to undermine morale.
The giant bear grabbed the little girl familiar and, as she touched its back, it suddenly stirred up its destructive desire.
"Roar!" The giant bear let out a long howl and charged into the battlefield, disregarding friend or foe, knocking them all aside. It relentlessly moved forward, crushing both wolves and soldiers along the way. It swung its palm, ten times the size of a human hand, swatting at us and Nofice.
The sword guards, unwavering in their movements, bent down, swords pressed against their waists, drew their swords, and with a flash of brilliance, severed the giant bear's forepaws. The cavalry had already retreated to the rear, and the long spears pierced through the giant bear's body, leaving it lying in a pool of blood.
"Qin Yang, are these supposed to be terracotta warriors? Clearly, they are a group of well-trained soldiers!"
"Isn't this nonsense? If they were really fragile terracotta figurines, why would I bother summoning them?" He patted the terracotta figurine beside him, with a body as solid as steel, more sturdy than a strong soldier.
Time is running out, it would be better to end the competition.
"Nofice, let's summon the Nine-Tailed Fox!" There are many summoned beasts that can defeat the opponent, but he didn't feel like contemplating, so he chose the Nine-Tailed Fox from yesterday.
"Hiss... Is it still this fox?" The sight of the little fox in Qin Taiyuan's eyes almost made him grind his teeth, the fear from yesterday hadn't dissipated yet, but he had to battle again.
"Kurei, unleash it!" Qin Taiyuan's face darkened as he gave orders to his familiar, seemingly determined not to give up in order to win the match.
"M-Master..." the little girl's voice stuttered a little, she seemed reluctant, what exactly would this "it" be?
"Follow my command, you idiot, unleash it!" Qin Taiyuan scolded his familiar, truly annoying.
Kurei rolled up her sleeves, the strange runes on her shoulders, blood-red like a serpent, she touched them with her small hand infused with magic, forming a white light circle as her hands crossed over the runes.
"I, the true form, am sealed within!" Suddenly, a giant pillar descended from the sky, forcefully crashing onto the ground, the audience watched the black creature hovering above the giant pillar, moving on it but unable to escape its confinement, clearly sealed on the pillar.
"Master!" Nofice felt uneasy about this pillar.
"Jiao." The creature on the pillar resembled a black sea dragon, but with an elegant appearance without scales or dragon horns, resembling a dragon but not completely, as it was a hybrid of an ancient dragon and a kun, similar to the existence of dragon-human hybrids. They were also creatures who went through great hardships in their quest to transform into dragons.
Based on what the little girl said earlier, this Jiao should be her true form, and the little girl was just one of her other forms, a form that had been separated.
Although Kurei's true form is a Jiao, could Qin Taiyuan, with his abilities, prevent it from becoming a wild horse if he releases her true form? Could he successfully unleash her true form?
The answer was obvious, written on Kurei's face - genuine concern.
"Master! Are you really going to..."
"Quickly!" Qin Taiyuan's magic surged wildly, no, it was poured in without a second thought.
"Qin Yang! I can't control much anymore, this is our long-cherished consecutive victory, you can't hinder us!"
"You fool! This is pushing your own familiar to death!" If the unleashing of the true form fails, it is not impossible for it to be completely annihilated.
A trace of black aura emerged from my body, although not a lot, it was enough to strengthen the Nine-Tailed Fox to the same level as yesterday, intercepting the unleashing before this madness could proceed any further.
