The Clash of Blade and Sword

Gu Ding glanced around. He had been missing for nearly half an hour, but Bigge and his group hadn't encountered any trouble.

The demigods around them were also recovering from their injuries; in just half an hour, their combat strength had not recovered much.

Gu Ding looked up and focused his gaze on the Execution Platform. Dokter was still unharmed, which reassured him somewhat. Then, his gaze shifted to the platform not far in front of him.

Elizabeth remained expressionless, while the Speaker of the Council of the Senate, seated to her right, wore a cold and unpleasant expression. Queen, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, scrutinizing himself.

Gu Ding was also openly observing her, but a slight doubt arose in his heart. In the nearly half hour that he had been missing, this woman named Queen had not made a move. "Does she really not take us seriously? Or does she have some Trump Card up her sleeve?"

Gu Ding shook his head, banishing the thought from his mind. In this situation, being cowardly before even engaging in battle was the biggest mistake. Regardless of the opponent's reasons for not attacking, preserving the maximum Combat Strength of his team was actually a good thing.

Gu Ding took another step forward, his gaze fixed unwaveringly on Queen. He knew the other was merely a Will Projection, yet even so, Quinn's power was inconceivable. But Gu Ding still spoke, "I want to know, who is our next opponent?"

Queen's lips curled into a slight smile as she slowly rose to her feet. Without any apparent movement, she appeared on the platform below the Execution Platform. The platform she stood on was precisely the only way for everyone to rescue Dokter. Her actions conveyed a clear message: if you want to save him, you'll have to get past me first.

Just as Gu Ding was about to make a move, a voice suddenly came from behind him. "Captain, let me do it!"

It was Bigge who made the request; he looked extremely eager to fight.

Although Bigge was very strong, Gu Ding was still a little worried because Queen was just too powerful.

"This woman is no ordinary person. I'll go first and test her strength. If I'm no match for her, I'll withdraw from the battle," Bigge Way of Sound to Gu Ding.

Gu Ding nodded after hearing what he said.

Bigge took a step forward and appeared not far in front of Queen, standing facing her.

At Queen's right hip hung a longsword, identical to the longsword hanging at Bigge's right hip. Moreover, it was clear that the longsword hanging at her waist was also a divine artifact.

Bigge's killing intent surged relentlessly after he took his stance. Although there was still a significant gap in Combat Strength between him and his opponent, the outcome of a battle wasn't solely determined by the difference in Combat Strength, especially in a duel between experts. Bigge's killing intent was the culmination of countless deaths.

His terrifying killing intent completely locked onto Queen, but it was merely an outward manifestation of that intent. Yet, it sent chills down the spines of many of the demigods present.

Even Queen's Will Projection will felt a slight disruption in the flow of energy due to the chilling killing intent. Bigge, seemingly anticipating this, struck the moment his opponent revealed a weakness.

He swiftly drew his sword with a backhand motion, raising it from below, and an invisible divine energy shot out with lightning speed, aiming straight for the opponent's head.

But Queen reacted quickly. She gripped her sword hilt and thrust her sheathed longsword straight out, a beam of white light shooting out. Instantly, it collided with the blade 'Blade Force. The collision of the two energies actually produced a clanging sound like metal clashing against metal, which was rather unbelievable.

Immediately afterward, the two moved almost simultaneously, but Gu Ding could clearly see that Bigge was significantly slower. After all, he was only Thirteenth-Order Gene Body, not even a demigod, and didn't possess Gu Ding's amplification abilities. Compared to Queen, Five-Star Low-rank God, his foundation was far inferior.

Although his disadvantage in speed was insurmountable, Bigge managed to keep up with his opponent's attack speed, gradually shifting from being completely suppressed to finding openings to counterattack.

Without a doubt, Queen is a master swordsman; every strike of hers is as swift as lightning, powerful, fast, and unstoppable.

But Bigge was a prodigy in the art of the sword; all his moves were unpredictable, each strike containing infinite possibilities. If Queen were a powerhouse of his caliber, he would probably have been killed countless times over.

After forcing Bigge a single sword strike, Queen suddenly stood with his sword drawn, speaking arrogantly, "I admit that your talent in the way of the blade far surpasses mine in the way of the sword, but you are not even a demigod after all, and your Combat Strength is far inferior to mine. It would be a great pity to kill you. Use your strongest move and let me see just how far you can go."

Bigge knew that what she said was true; she hadn't used her full strength when they fought. That woman's strength was likely more than just a simple five-star; if she got serious, he probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single sword strike. He stood still, his aura steadily rising. His idea was simple: to inflict maximum damage on his opponent with his strongest attack, depleting her divine energy as much as possible, thus creating a greater chance for Gu Ding to win. This was also why he had volunteered to go first.

As Bigge's aura surged, the clouds above his head shifted and changed, seemingly disturbed by some strange force. In the void, a phantom hundreds of meters tall slowly materialized. It was an emperor clad in black armor, silently seated on a black iron throne forged from countless longswords, his hands gripping a blood-red longsword, its blade stained with blood...

Bigge slowly closed his eyes, just like an emperor with his eyes closed, and gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, the tip of the blade pointing directly at Queen.

At the same time, the phantom also moved, drawing its swords with both hands, and the illusory hundred-meter-long blades pointed in the direction where Queen was.

In that instant, a crack appeared in the ground in front of Bigge.

Then, everyone heard a series of cracking sounds as the ground began to crack rapidly, and the direction of the cracks was clearly towards where Queen was standing.

Queen watched the scene unfold with a calm expression. She also sensed that she had been locked onto by a strange aura. She knew that she couldn't dodge this attack. She felt a faint excitement in her heart, looking forward to seeing just how powerful Bigge's attack would be.

The crack quickly extended to a spot not far in front of Queen. Queen simply touched the ground with his feet, floated up, and hovered in the air less than fifty centimeters above the ground. This was a unique ability of gods, ignoring the constraints of gravity.

However, she had underestimated Bigge's move. As the crack collapsed to Queen's feet, Bigge's longsword swung down, and the longsword of the illusory Emperor Projection also slashed down in Bigge same arc. At the same time, the cracks in the ground suddenly changed, collapsing violently, and a terrifying force, like Black Hole, emanated from beneath Queen's feet. Queen could even clearly feel that the force was not only pulling her downwards, but also constantly draining her divine energy. It felt as if what lay beneath her feet was not collapsing ground, but the gaping maw of a monstrous beast from the abyss.

On the other side, Bigge's Blade Force, semi-transparent, slowly condensed into a blade shape in the void. That semi-transparent longsword grew rapidly in the wind, expanding from about a meter long to a size similar to the Emperor's Longsword. Under everyone's gaze, it merged with the illusory image of the Emperor's Longsword, and the originally semi-transparent Blade Force became remarkably solid. The giant blade, over a hundred meters long, hurtled wildly towards Queen's location.

In that instant, even powerful figures like Gu Ding and Elizabeth couldn't determine whether Queen would be unharmed after that attack.

Queen, now caught in a double crisis, finally lost his composure and his face turned pale.

She gripped the hilt of the longsword with both hands, frantically channeling all the divine energy in her body into the blade. As the giant blade hovered above her head, a roar suddenly emanated from the sword, followed by a white behemoth breaking free from the blade, soaring into the sky, baring its fangs and claws, and crashing into the giant blade.

After the two collided, everyone could see the true appearance of the white behemoth; it was actually a white dragon.

Dragons have become rare in this era, and most artifacts imbued with dragon Artifact Spirit were created in Ancient Era. Clearly, the longsword in Queen's hand is no ordinary weapon.

However, something unexpected happened quickly: a beam of Black Radiance suddenly shot up from the collapsed ground and struck the white dragon. Upon being struck, the dragon immediately let out a piercing scream, seemingly in immense pain. The giant blade struck again, and the white dragon fell to the ground after the impact. The even more piercing screams continued for a moment before completely silencing, and the longsword in Queen's hand visibly dimmed.

No one knows what lies hidden beneath the collapsed ground, capable of instantly killing the white dragon whose strength is no less than that of a god, but Queen is undoubtedly in an extremely dangerous situation.

The massive blade above her head continued its relentless slash, unscathed, while the terrifying pull from beneath her feet made it impossible for her to break free. She frowned, finally making her decision. With a flick of her wrist, she thrust her longsword fiercely into the ground. Intense sword light erupted, and she completely ignored the massive blade above her.

Just as everyone was filled with doubt, a strange roar suddenly came from underground, causing the ground beneath their feet to tremble. But after the roar, the terrifying attraction suddenly disappeared, and the ground began to rapidly close up.

Queen then looked up, raised her sword, and the tip clashed with the giant blade in a straightforward manner. At the moment of impact, an immense force surged forth, and the ground beneath Queen's feet instantly shattered into fragments. But she withstood the force; a crack appeared on the giant blade where it had struck the sword tip. Moments later, the giant blade completely disintegrated.

A cold glint flashed in Queen's eyes; after this battle, she was truly filled with killing intent. In a flash, she appeared not far from Bigge, her longsword flashing, aimed directly at Bigge' throat...