Chapter 697: Chapter 182: Fierce Battle

With two gold heavy swords in hand, Lu Hong suddenly felt a familiar sensation. However, now was not the time to reminisce, as Natidak was already ready to strike.

“Are you ready?”

The weapons were prepared, and the battle was about to erupt.

Along with the blood energy adhering to the heavy swords, two streaks of light fiercely collided.

Natidak exercised great restraint, not utilizing the special abilities of the Sea God Trident, using it merely as a regular weapon.

Considering himself a combat expert among the sea race, even the God of Raging Waves had fallen under his trident, a point of pride that had finally met its match.

This made Natidak increasingly thrilled, his swirling Magic Power surged, continuously colliding with Lu Hong’s blood energy, causing ripples to splash around.

The battle lasted three days and nights, both of their Magic Powers were pushed to the limit, truly neck and neck!

Lu Hong took a deep breath, his heavy sword circled back, forcing Natidak to retreat several steps, and then he himself jumped back thirty feet, marking the first time the two had put distance between themselves.

Breathing heavily, Natidak exclaimed, “Your skills are truly astounding! If you leave the sea realm now, I can plead for leniency on your behalf from the Sea God.”

“Thank you for your kindness, but I have an indispensable reason for entering the sea realm.”

Seeing Lu Hong tactfully refusing, Natidak nodded. “I understand. Now, I must fulfill my duties as a member of the sea race. I hope you won’t blame me.”

With that, Natidak slowly sank to the seafloor.

Instantly, with him at the center, the seawater swirled into a vortex, being completely swallowed by Natidak.

The lost Magic Power also returned in the blink of an eye, a sea race War God revisited his fully victorious state.

Seeing the fully restored Natidak, Lu Hong, without a word, charged toward him.

“Heaven Slaying!”

Lu Hong shouted loudly, and a hundred-yard-long blood sword fiercely crashed down towards Natidak at the seafloor.

Natidak slightly raised his arms, a water-element-formed wild beast emerged, its claws catching the blood sword, and with a roar, shattered Lu Hong’s skill.

The wild beast, undeterred, opened its massive jaws to bite at Lu Hong.

Dodging the beast’s attack, Lu Hong once again displayed his skill, pointing at his opponent.

The fully restored Natidak was about to release another skill when suddenly his internal Magic Power stalled, his blood energy became chaotic, and a sense of crisis surged in his heart.

“Chaotic Uprising!”

This was Lu Hong’s desperate strike, nearly invoking a rebellion within all the blood in Natidak’s body with a limit push of his blood energy.

The strike was deadly and Lu Hong’s timing was impeccable, occurring just as his opponent executed a skill, blocking the flow of Magic Power and causing him to suffer the backlash of his own skills while simultaneously restraining him in two ways.

Although Natidak was in a terrible condition internally after being hit with this sinister skill, he did not panic; instead, he rapidly adjusted his state, first enduring the pain caused by the internal blood rebellion, then managing to sort out his blocked Magic Power, and finally utilizing the cleared Magic Power to relieve Lu Hong’s control over his bloodstream.

This too was a battle of attrition, if Lu Hong’s blood energy had been sufficient.

Of course, for Lu Hong now, Chaotic Uprising was just meant to temporarily limit Natidak’s actions, providing him an opportunity to advance.

Taking advantage of the moment Natidak suppressed the Chaotic Uprising, Lu Hong swung his sword to strike.

This blow contained all of Lu Hong’s strength—succeed or perish!

On the other hand, although Natidak had cleared the flow of Magic Power, his chaotic blood energy still hindered his normal actions.

There wasn’t enough time!

Seeing Lu Hong’s gold heavy sword swing close, Natidak mustered all his Magic Power, mustering it in the most robust manner to restore his arms, and hastily lifted the trident to block Lu Hong’s strike.

Accompanied by the roar of the Divine Artifact colliding, the two arms clutching the Sea God Trident were flung out and plunged into the sea bed.

Natidak finally regained the smooth flow of his blood and qi, and his four fists erupted with a strong Magic Power, blasting Lu Hong away.

The blasted Lu Hong had four huge dents appearing in front of his chest, and all the bones in his ribcage were shattered, continuously sending stabbing pains assaulting his nerves.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Lu Hong smiled and said, “You are indeed powerful, you dispelled the Chaotic Uprising so quickly.”

Natidak’s expression turned grave, if not for his quick reaction, he might have truly died under this bizarre Skill. “Is this Skill called Chaotic Uprising?”

“Yes, it utilizes the target’s own blood to explode the target and render the enemy temporarily unable to move. However, it’s also very simple to defend against, as long as the enemy protects themselves with Magic Power from the beginning of the fight, my traction will lose its effect.”

After listening to Lu Hong, Natidak nodded. “Thanks for letting me know, but it seems you no longer have the capacity to continue fighting.”

“Really? But I feel like this battle has just begun!”

“Hmm?” Natidak was taken aback, gazing intently at Lu Hong, and said solemnly, “I’m sorry, I tarnished this sacred duel. From now on, I will bring out my strongest form and pay you, a strong member of the Human Race, the highest respect!”

Lu Hong gave a slight smile, “Then bring it on, let me see how strong you Nagas of the sea clan really are!”

“As you wish!” Natidak’s voice was deep, and the Sea God Trident shot out from the sea bed and returned to his hands.

Under the influence of Magic Power, the Sea God Trident burst forth with a burst of scorching white light, with the power of the Water Element and Thunder Element crazily circulating on it, connecting with the Magic Power inside Natidak; at this point, the Sea God Trident and Natidak seemed to merge into one.

And with the integration of the Divine Artifact, Natidak’s body also burst forth with a brilliant divine light.

Even though not in the Heavenly God Realm, with the enhancement from the Divine Artifact, Natidak gained the manipulation of Divine Power.

Seeing Natidak surrounded by divine light, Lu Hong suddenly deeply missed the Warrior’s supreme Skill—Descent of the Heavenly God.

Sadly, his body had not been tempered by Dragon Blood and Magic Fire, unable to use this innate divine Skill.

Watching the god-like mighty figure of Natidak, Lu Hong proactively switched his professional form, his overwhelming Pure Steel Battle Energy burst forth, painting half of the sky a silvery gray.

Natidak was greatly surprised by Lu Hong’s sudden switch. “You have actually cultivated two types of power?”

“No, I have actually cultivated three.”

“Three?!” Natidak gasped, “All three powers cultivated to the extreme?”

“That’s right!”

After receiving an affirmative answer, Natidak suddenly felt a sense of shame; he had mastered the Water Element to its peak, yet his auxiliary cultivation of the Thunder Element was still far from its peak. Previously, he thought he was sufficiently powerful, but compared to the human in front of him, he was far inferior.

“Xiao Zheng, you are the most talented and strongest human I have ever met. If you lose this fight, I am willing to spare your life, but you must swear to never enter the sea again.” Although impressed by Lu Hong’s strength, Natidak, while powering the Divine Power in the Trident, didn’t believe he would lose.

“Natidak, you don’t need to hold back. I can see you also want to break through in this battle and seek the chance to ascend to the God Realm. Thus, this battle will determine the superior and decide life and death!”

“Understood!” Natidak nodded, his Divine Power suddenly erupted, and a huge phantom emerged from behind him, resembling the previously appeared phantom of the Sea God—mysterious and powerful.

At that moment, a violent wind swept through like steel blades, scraping against people’s faces.

The appearance of the phantom brought tremendous pressure, like a mountain weighing on Lu Hong’s shoulders.

Sheathing a gold Heavy Sword, Lu Hong, wielding a single sword, slightly pressed down, and began to gather his strength!

Sensing the enemy was gathering power for a major attack, Natidak also raised the Sea God Trident high; in an instant, countless seawaters backflooded, entering the three prongs of the Trident, while the sky’s thick clouds rolled, and Tao Tian Thunder descended continuously, merging into the seawater and entering the body of the Trident.

Moments later, Natidak’s gathering of power reached a critical value, feeling the trembling Trident eager to slip from his grip. Natidak hesitated no longer and thrust fiercely at Lu Hong, “Angry Sea—Relentless!”

Watching the elemental torrent surged out from the Trident, Lu Hong also slashed his sword, “Eternal!”

The Seven Ocean King watched the two Skills that could easily crush them about to collide, instinctively began to retreat, even the aftermath could be fatally damaging to them.

In the blink of an eye, the supreme Skills of the strongest contenders finally collided, within a radius of ten thousand miles, including the two Spellcasters, all were blinded by the burst of Magic Power.