Reincarnated as a Tabby Cat: Daily Life with the School Beauty Empress

Chapter 67 The Final Battle: Darkness and Light 1

The outcome of the semi-finals was pretty much a foregone conclusion.

Su Qianxue's opponent is Frost Moon of the Ice Phoenix Empire, a seventh-tier martial artist, and the eighth-tier contracted beast king-level "Frostwing Silver Raven". The Silver Raven excels in ice-based ranged attacks, is fast, and is adept at hit-and-run tactics.

Yi Chen activated a gravity field, preventing the Silver Crow from taking flight. After landing, he unleashed the Foshan Shadowless Claw in three stages to finish it off.

The entire process lasted forty-five seconds.

The results of the other three semi-final matches: Chi Yan of the Lieyang Empire lost to Mu Lie of the same empire—this battle was fierce, with the two people and their two contracted beasts battling it out on the arena for twelve minutes. In the end, Chi Yan was the first to run out of energy, and the Flame Demon Lion was pinned to the ground by Mu Lie's contracted beast and could not move.

Bai Li of the Ice Phoenix Empire lost to Jiang Yu of the Blazing Sun Empire—this match was even more brutal, with one of the horns of the Ice Crystal Qilin being broken off by Jiang Yu's unknown contracted beast, and Bai Li herself coughing up blood before raising her hand.

Mu Lie and Jiang Yu will meet in the semifinals.

The Lieyang Empire secured one of the two spots in the finals. Mu Lie defeated Jiang Yu and qualified for the finals.

Final matchup: Su Qianxue (Dragon Empire) vs. Mu Lie (Blazing Sun Empire).

The host country's top seed faces off against the Dragon Empire's sole remaining representative.

The atmosphere in the stadium reached its peak.

When Mu Lie stepped onto the arena, the 70,000 spectators from the Lieyang Empire shouted in unison, the sound so loud it shook the clouds in the sky.

He was half a head shorter than Su Qianxue, with a lean build, and wore a simple black short-sleeved shirt.

He has a young face, high brow bones, and deep-set eyes. His eyes are dark brown and look a bit gloomy when he's not speaking.

He had no weapons hanging from his waist.

His contracted beast emerged from the contract space.

It is not a giant beast.

A small flying dragon. It was a little over two meters long and had a wingspan of less than three meters. Its entire body was covered with dark purple scales, and black light flowed from the gaps between the scales—not spiritual power, but some kind of deeper energy fluctuation.

The dragon's eyes were completely black, without pupils, like two obsidian stones embedded in its eye sockets.

Emperor level.

It was smaller than 99% of the contracted beasts on the arena. But standing there, its aura was heavier than that of the Flame Demon Lion and the Ice Crystal Qilin.

The commentator flipped through the information: "Mu Lie, eighteen years old, a special recruit of the Royal Academy of the Blazing Sun Empire. Contracted beast—Shadow Dragon, Emperor-level 8th Rank. Dark element. He cultivates dark element techniques and is a 7th Rank martial artist. The tournament organizing committee hasn't released more detailed information about Mu Lie. However, according to interviews with sideline reporters, the dean of the Royal Academy of the Blazing Sun Empire said before the start of the competition—Mu Lie is the strongest student of this year, without exception. In the academy, even the upperclassmen are no match for him."

A buzzing sound came from the stands.

The audience at the Dragon Empire began to tense up. In the previous matches, Su Qianxue had won too easily, so easily that people forgot her opponents were also getting stronger.

Mu Lie didn't waste any words.

The referee's hand fell—"Begin!"

Mu Lie didn't move. Neither did the Shadow Dragon.

Yichen's cat ears twitched.

[Testing the waters.]

With a flick of her staff, Su Qianxue unleashed the Judgment of Light.

A golden beam of light descended from the sky, striking directly at Mu Lie.

Mu Lie extended his left hand, palm facing upward. A cloud of black mist surged from his palm, condensing into a black circular shield above his head.

The beam of light slammed into the black shield.

The golden and black energies collided, emitting a piercing hiss. Thirty percent of the light was swallowed by the darkness, while the remaining seventy percent exploded on the surface of the black shield, sending shockwaves radiating outwards.

Mu Lie swayed slightly, leaving two white marks on the ring with his feet, but he regained his footing.

"Light element," Mu Lie spoke, his voice more indifferent than his appearance, "Perfect for countering me. But what level have you reached in your Light element cultivation?"

Su Qianxue did not answer.

Yichen jumped off her shoulder.

Gravity space, open.

Eighty times.

Mu Lie's knees bent for a moment—just a moment.

Black energy surged from the soles of his feet, spreading along his legs and throughout his body, forming a thin layer of black armor. The pressure of the gravitational field was gradually dissolved by the black energy, and his body straightened up again.

Yichen's cat-like pupils narrowed slightly.

[It was offset?]

Mu Lie patted the black armor on his arm: "One of the core abilities of the Dark element is the power of nothingness. It can neutralize the influence of externally applied force fields. Your gravity field is strong, but it has no effect on me."

He spoke very objectively, without any intention of showing off.

Yichen increased the gravity to a hundred times.

Mu Lie's foot sank half an inch into the stone slab, but he still stood.

[Great, finally we've found a space that's not affected by gravity.]

Su Qianxue gave him no chance to catch his breath.

Light's divine punishment!

Twelve golden beams of light fell from the sky simultaneously, surrounding Mu Lie in the center.

Each beam of light is one meter in diameter and lands precisely, forming a cage-like array of light.

Mu Lie's Shadow Dragon opened its mouth and spewed out a black dragon breath. The dragon breath was not linear, but fan-shaped, like a black fan, which weakened the energy of the three beams of light in front of it by half.

Mu Lie slipped out from the gap in the beam of light.

He wasn't fast, but every step he took was precise—he was using dark energy to sense the gaps in the pillars of light, and he could walk through them even with his eyes closed.

Su Qianxue waved her staff continuously.

The Judgment of Light and the Divine Punishment of Light were released in turn, and golden light rose and fell on the arena, illuminating the entire arena like the midday sun.

Mu Lie kept dodging, occasionally retaliating, but black energy shot out and was blocked by Su Qianxue's shield of light.

Three minutes have passed.

Neither of them gained anything.

Su Qianxue's light-based techniques suppressed Mu Lie's dark-based techniques, but Mu Lie's void power neutralized Yi Chen's gravitational field.

One side attacked, the other defended, and the game was evenly matched.

The audience began to stir.

"They can't be defeated; they're both mutually restraining each other, and neither can do anything to the other."

"Su Qianxue's light type is effective against dark type, but Mu Lie can withstand the gravity field and neutralize most of the damage from the light pillar."

This match was tougher than any of the previous ones.

"I bet on Mu Lie to win. The Dark faction is better at attrition warfare than the Light faction. If this drags on, Su Qianxue won't be able to hold on much longer."

"Not necessarily. Didn't you see that the cat hadn't even used its full strength yet? In the previous matches, it basically only used the Gravity Field and the Shadowless Claw; it hadn't even used the Illusion Technique yet."

five minutes.

Su Qianxue's breathing began to quicken.

It's not a matter of physical strength—the consumption of light-type techniques is bidirectional; while suppressing the dark-type, one's own spiritual energy is also rapidly depleted.

Mu Lie was not having an easy time either. His left shoulder was grazed by a beam of light, tearing his black armor and leaving a burn mark on his skin.

Yi Chen's Shadowless Claw left two blood marks on Mu Lie's body. The Shadow Flying Dragon blocked most of the attacks for its master, but two claws pierced through the dragon's defenses.

Mu Lie wiped the blood off his shoulder.

"Su Qianxue, you are indeed stronger than any opponent I have ever encountered."

He reached into his collar and pulled out a strip of black cloth.

"But I cultivate the dark arts, and I'm determined to win this championship today."

He wrapped a black cloth around his eyes twice and tied it in a knot at the back of his head.

They were blindfolded.