SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 117

Chapter 117: Flame Dragon Bloodline? Your Flames Submit to Me!

TL: Etude Translations

Holy Light Guardian, B+ Rank Skill.

This skill allowed oneself or a teammate to be enveloped in a holy halo, lasting for a specific duration.

While in this state, the holy halo absorbed a certain amount of physical damage on behalf of the person. Once the threshold was reached, the halo would dissipate.

It was an exceptionally powerful skill, especially effective against physical damage dealers.

This was precisely one of the skills Shen Lingfeng did not want Zhou Yi to use.

However, despite his aggressive attack, he was still a step too late.

“What the hell?! That’s Holy Light Guardian! When did Zhou Yi activate it?!”

“This is ridiculous! Immunity to physical damage? That’s insane!”

From below the stage, as the crowd saw the golden halo suddenly appear around Zhou Yi, they couldn’t help but gasp in astonishment.

Nobody had noticed when or how he had cast the skill.

Of course, for Zhou Yi, pulling off such a feat was incredibly simple.

The original casting time for Holy Light Guardian was approximately 0.7 seconds.

But due to Protection of the Holy Angel, he only needed 0.4 seconds to successfully cast it.

Ding!

On the stage, yet another physical attack was rendered ineffective. Shen Lingfeng’s expression darkened as he quickly retreated, taking a defensive stance from a distance.

“A wise choice.”

Zhou Yi smiled faintly.

Although the holy halo would disappear once it absorbed a set amount of physical damage, achieving that was no easy task.

It was better for Shen Lingfeng to switch to attacks imbued with magical damage.

“However… now it’s my turn!”

Truth be told, Zhou Yi had high hopes for Shen Lingfeng, who had transferred to the Berserker profession.

He anticipated a fight unlike any other.

As such, he had deliberately refrained from attacking first.

Yet, Shen Lingfeng, though significantly stronger than Liu Jing, still failed to capture Zhou Yi’s interest.

This became evident from the recent skills Shen Lingfeng had displayed—none of them posed any real threat.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi lost the desire to drag the fight out and decided to end it quickly.

He didn’t even bother applying multiple buff skills; he only used Weapon Blessing.

Then, with a single step, Zhou Yi closed the five-meter gap between them, gripping his battle axe tightly, and unleashed a ferocious strike!

The massive golden battle axe roared through the air, compressing the surrounding atmosphere as it hurtled toward Shen Lingfeng.

Bang!!

Shen Lingfeng barely managed to raise his saber horizontally to block the strike.

But the immense force from the axe caused his expression to change drastically. He almost lost his grip on his saber!

“How can his strength be this overwhelming?!”

Shen Lingfeng’s face twisted in shock.

With the Flame Dragon Bloodline, he was naturally endowed with greater strength than ordinary people!

How could he be overpowered in a direct clash of strength?

Before he could make sense of it, the next strike followed immediately!

This time, under the colossal force of the attack, Shen Lingfeng’s saber flew out of his hand. It spun through the air several times before embedding itself diagonally into the distant ground.

“Damn it!!”

Shen Lingfeng cursed, the arrogance in his expression now entirely gone.

At this moment, he realized that Zhou Yi’s strength far exceeded what he had imagined.

But retreating was not an option.

As the oppressive force surged toward him once again, Shen Lingfeng’s eyes flashed with resolve. Blood qi erupted around him, forming a massive, blood-red shield in front of him!

Squelch—

The battle axe easily pierced through the blood qi shield and struck Shen Lingfeng’s chest.

The crimson armor on Shen Lingfeng’s chest caved in the instant it made contact with the battle axe.

The immense force transmitted from the axe made him feel as though he had been struck head-on by a speeding truck.

Bang!

The next second, his entire body was hurled away like a cannonball.

He didn’t stop until he crashed into the boundary’s energy shield, creating a visible crack in it!

“Pfft!”

Sliding to the ground, Shen Lingfeng spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Before he could check his injuries, the shadow of the massive battle axe loomed over him once again!

If this strike landed, he would undoubtedly face defeat.

At that thought, his expression twisted with fury as he roared:

“I won’t lose!! Flame Dragon Body!”

Boom!!

At that moment, the Flame Dragon Bloodline within him was pushed to its absolute limit.

His entire body expanded, dragon scales surfaced across his skin, and his eyes transformed into the vertical pupils of the dragon race.

Scarlet flames coiled around him like living entities.

As the colossal axe descended once more, Shen Lingfeng extended his right hand and grabbed at the void. A fiery saber quickly coalesced in his grasp.

Clang!!

This time, he blocked the strike with his fiery saber without retreating a single step.

“Flame Dragon Body. It seems this is the hidden power within your bloodline.”

Watching this, Zhou Yi couldn’t help but click his tongue in admiration.

Jiang Churan had shown such power, and now Shen Lingfeng followed suit.

It seemed that those with special bloodlines all carried a formidable trump card inherently tied to their lineage.

This fact made him feel a twinge of envy.

“However, even with your bloodline power activated, you’re still not my match.”

Shaking his head, Zhou Yi prepared to strike again.

But Shen Lingfeng sidestepped rapidly, retreating to a spot five or six meters away from him.

“Hmm?”

This action momentarily left Zhou Yi puzzled.

Wasn’t the Berserker profession best at offensive tactics?

Moreover, with his bloodline power activated, Shen Lingfeng should have been launching an aggressive assault.

Besides, what use was there in retreating? They would still have to clash eventually.

“My Flame Dragon Bloodline isn’t just for close combat!”

Seemingly noticing Zhou Yi’s confusion, Shen Lingfeng let out a cold snort. His slightly dragonized face now carried a trace of arrogant wildness once again.

“Let me show you the might of the Flame Dragon! Dragon’s Breath!”

He opened his mouth, and an endless sea of scorching flames surged forth, transforming into an inferno as it engulfed Zhou Yi.

“Hiss! That’s Dragon’s Breath! A bloodline skill of the Flame Dragon Bloodline!”

“He’s fully unleashed his bloodline power. It seems Shen Lingfeng is giving it his all!”

“Come to think of it, Zhou Yi doesn’t seem to have any special bloodline. He’s at a real disadvantage here.”

Special bloodlines not only provided combat professionals with superior starting points in four-dimensional attributes but also granted unique bloodline skills.

Shen Lingfeng’s Flame Dragon Bloodline was exceptionally rare, and its derived skill, Dragon’s Breath, was incredibly domineering.

Buzz—

At that moment, an incomparably dazzling light burst forth from behind Zhou Yi, forcing the crowd to squint.

What followed was a sight they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

Behind Zhou Yi, a platinum-colored halo of flame, imbued with a grand and sacred aura, began to form slowly.

The vast, surging crimson flames, which had been overwhelming like a tidal wave, abruptly stopped before they could reach Zhou Yi.

Instead, they seemed to bow before a monarch, streaming endlessly toward the radiant halo behind him.