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

Chapter 68 The Final Battle: Darkness and Light 2

The discussion in the stands erupted.

"He's blindfolded? Blindfolded during a fight? Is he looking for death?"

"No, no, no, you don't understand." In the front row of the Lieyang Empire's audience section, a young man in an academy uniform stood up, his expression extremely complex. "That's Mu Lie's ultimate move. After he blindfolds himself, his visual senses are completely shut down, and all his perceptions are switched to the Dark Domain. In the Dark Domain, he can 'see' everything, not with his eyes, but with the perception of dark energy."

"What's the difference?"

"The difference is that illusions work on sight and hearing. Without sight, illusions lose half of their effectiveness. When blindfolded, his resistance to mental attacks at least doubles."

Several students from the Lieyang Empire Academy nearby nodded in agreement.

"What's even more terrifying is that Mu Lie's attack power increases dramatically when he's blindfolded. In the academy's combat training, even a ninth-level senior couldn't withstand three moves from him after he was blindfolded."

In the stands of the Dragon Empire, someone gasped.

On the arena.

After Mu Lie blindfolded himself, his entire demeanor changed.

He used to be a calm and reserved young martial artist. Now, he's like a black sword drawn from its sheath.

Black energy surged from his body, more than three times more concentrated than before.

The Shadow Dragon sensed the change in its master. The light in its black dragon eyes surged, its wings spread, and the black light on the surface of its dragon scales accelerated.

Su Qianxue's domain of light was pushed back by the dark energy. The fifteen-meter domain shrank to ten meters, eight meters, and five meters.

Darkness is devouring light.

Then, a voice appeared in Su Qianxue's mind.

It's not something you hear with your ears; it appears directly in your consciousness.

"Su Qianxue, I have entered your mental world."

Mu Lie's voice was unusually calm.

"It's not too late to surrender now. Otherwise, it will be very painful, and I can freely attack you in your mental world."

Su Qianxue's pupils suddenly dilated.

She sensed it.

A surge of dark spiritual energy seeped into her barrier of consciousness, not from the outside, but from a crack in the shield of light. Darkness has a natural penetrability to lightness.

The image of Mu Lie appeared in her mind.

A black silhouette, blindfolded, stands in some corner of the depths of her consciousness.

Su Qianxue's fingers turned white as she desperately circulated the Bright Dawn Heart Sutra, golden light surging from her body in an attempt to expel the black spiritual energy. However, Mu Lie's spiritual energy had penetrated too deeply, like a worm burrowing into wood, impossible to completely eradicate.

Yi Chen lay on the arena, his emerald green cat eyes staring at the blindfolded Mu Lie.

[Damn it, this kid's dark-type mental attack pierced through Qianxue's light shield defense. What kind of crappy skill is this? It's obviously designed to counter light-type attacks.]

He attempted to cast an illusion on Murray.

The strands of mental energy touched Mu Lie's barrier of consciousness and were bounced back.

When Mu Lie was blindfolded, his mental defenses more than doubled.

The illusion spell of the eighth rank of Emperor level struck the mental barrier, which was ten times stronger, but it couldn't even make a crack.

[Illusions can't penetrate him, and his void power dissipates the gravity field. He can't hit him, and he can't control him—is this guy Cat Lord's nemesis?]

Yichen's back hair stood on end.

Su Qianxue's body trembled slightly. Mu Lie's mental penetration continued to intensify, and her consciousness began to blur.

"Damn, you've got some skills!" Yi Chen growled. "Don't think you're the only one with a trump card!"

His pupils changed from emerald green to gold.

[Sorcery, activated!]

A completely new power erupted from his body. It was not mental power, not spiritual power, but some kind of ancient, more primordial energy.

hum!

The air in the ring distorted.

Mu Lie's body froze, and so did the Shadow Dragon's.

The bodies of the human and the dragon began to shrink. Their clothes collapsed, their scales fell off, and their bones began to reassemble. Two seconds later...

Two more little goats appeared on the arena.

One was black, with half a black cloth wrapped around its head. The other was dark purple, with a few dragon scales still clinging to its back.

"Meow!"

"Meow!"

The entire venue was deathly silent!

The stadium, which can hold 100,000 people, was so quiet that you could hear the wind blowing the flags.

One second. Two seconds. Three seconds.

"what!"

In the stands of the Dragon Empire, someone was the first to scream.

"What, what is that?! It turned into a sheep?! A person turned into a sheep?!"

The commentator's chair tipped over, and he jumped up, his voice cracking: "That's...that's the legendary sorcery! A god-level skill of shapeshifting! A forbidden art that only exists in ancient records! A tabby cat, knows sorcery?!"

Private rooms on the upper floors.

The teacup in Lin Bingyu's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. She stood there, her face deathly pale.

"witchcraft."

Chu Yun also stood up, and his smile disappeared.

On the arena.

The black mental energy in Su Qianxue's mind dissipated instantly, and Mu Lie turned into a sheep, so the mental attack naturally stopped.

Her consciousness returned to clarity, and the staff in her hand shone brightly.

opportunity!

Su Qianxue strode out.

The power of light condensed at the tip of the staff, its golden light more intense than ever before.

Her body swept across the ring and rushed towards the two goats.

But just as her attack was about to land, a dark crack exploded on the black goat's body.

Mu Lie's soul was too strong.

The sorcery lasted for five seconds, but Mu Lie completed the counterattack in just two seconds.

His body burst forth from the sheep's form, his clothes torn to shreds, a black cloth still covering his eyes, and black steam rising from his body. But he stood still.

Shadow Dragon wasn't so lucky; it was still a dark purple goat, its four legs kicking on the ring, bleating happily, completely immersed in the illusion of eating grass.

Bang!

Su Qianxue's Judgment of Light was caught by Mu Lie with both hands. The black energy and the golden beam of light collided, and the shockwave pushed both of them back a step.

However, Yi Chen's target offered no resistance! Foshan Shadowless Claw, a full-force strike.

Claw marks appeared beside the "little goat." It wasn't Mu Lie who was attacked, but his contracted beast.

A spatial rift struck the dark purple goat precisely, sending it flying from the center of the arena.

The little goat did seven or eight somersaults in the air, cleared the railing, and landed on the cushioning mat outside the ring.

"Meow~?" The little goat tilted its head, not knowing what had happened.

The referee raised his hand.

"Contracted Beasts have broken through the boundaries! Dragon Soaring Empire, Su Qianxue, victorious!"

Mu Lie pulled off the black cloth and glanced at the little goat outside the arena that hadn't yet turned back into its original form.

There was a two-second silence.

"—I lost, I lost..." He clutched the black cloth in his hand, unwilling to accept defeat, a tear rolling down his cheek.

At this moment, the entire venue erupted in cheers.

In a stadium with a capacity of 100,000, the Dragon Empire occupied less than a thousand seats. But the sound of those thousand people drowned out the entire stadium.

"Su Qianxue!"

"Su Qianxue!"

"Su Qianxue!"

The shouts grew louder and louder, and the golden dragon flag fluttered in the wind on the flagpole to the east.

On the mentor's seat, Mentor Fang jumped up from his chair, raised his fists above his head, and shouted something, but his voice was drowned out by the crowd.

Murong Hui jumped up and hugged a Dragon Empire player next to her, and the two of them spun around three times in the corridor.

Murong Qingfeng leaned back in his chair, a faint smile playing on his lips.

The champion, from the Dragon Empire.

The awards ceremony will be held at 4 p.m.

The Crown Prince of the Blazing Sun Empire personally presented the award.

A check for one hundred million spirit stones and an Emperor-level dragon egg were sealed in a specially made psionic incubator. Through the semi-transparent shell, one could see the small dragon embryo curled up inside.

The medal of honor was made from a meteorite from outer space. The front was engraved with the emblems of the four great empires, and the back was engraved with Su Qianxue's name and the year.

When Su Qianxue accepted the prize, Yichen was perched on her shoulder, his golden cat fur shimmering under the spotlight.

Reporters swarmed around her, surrounding her in three layers with microphones, psionic cameras, and holographic recorders.

"Su Qianxue, what breed is your contracted beast? How can a tabby cat reach the Emperor level?"

"How do you acquire that shapeshifting skill, Hex?"

"Su, you've received invitations from world-renowned families. Are you interested in joining?"

Su Qianxue didn't say much, and later left the venue under the escort of security personnel.