Chapter 1025: The Battle Between Rulers Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales Translated by XephiZ Edited by Aelryinth “How arrogant of you!” The Dark Swordmaster’s gaze sharpened as it held its giant sword with both hands. The Dark Swordmaster had not used the power of the phantom horse he was riding so far. This time, it clenched its legs tightly. The phantom horse immediately let out a screeching neigh and sprang forward. It was surrounded by a blood-red energy barrier as it charged forward at a terrifying pace! As it arrived in front of Mo Fan, the phantom horse lifted its front limbs. Its muscular body rose to a shocking angle to the ground. Meanwhile, the Dark Swordmaster lifted its sword and slashed down at Mo Fan as the horse was coming down! The force tore the ground in half, creating a long ravine. If the Dark Dueling Ground was not in place, the ravine would most likely have extended a kilometer further! The flames engulfing Mo Fan transformed into a fiery phoenix as soon as the sword came down at him. Mo Fan stepped on the fiery phoenix and zipped a great distance away, dodging the powerful slash. “Lava rock, up!” Mo Fan raised his hand and triggered the fire seal he had left at his previous location. The Dark Swordmaster was unaware that it was stepping on an enormous fire seal. When it felt a strong energy rumbling under it, it quickly turned to the side and forcibly urged the phantom horse to leap away. As soon as the Dark Swordmaster sprang away, a thick pillar of fire burst out from the fire seal! The pillar of lava was a lot stronger than Fiery Fist: Nine Halls. It was actually wider than all the nine pillars of Fiery Fist: Nine Halls combined together! It totally resembled the eruption of a volcano, with the fire surging a few hundred meters up into the sky before the lava poured down like a huge burning rain, setting the ground aflame when they landed. “Gravity Space!” Mo Fan pushed his hand down. The ground that the Dark Swordmaster stood on sank suddenly into a huge pit in the shape of a rhomboid. The edges of the pit were perfectly straight, like it had been molded for the purpose! The armor on the Dark Swordmaster started to crack. The phantom horse it was riding fell to the ground under the enormous pressure, trembling under the pressure! Mo Fan stepped on the fiery phoenix and leapt into the air. When he reached the highest point, several fiery dragons appeared him. The dragons danced around him and encapsulated him in flames! Mo Fan stayed in the air and threw his fist at the Dark Swordmaster. A fiery dragon of Calamity Fire plunged down and rammed into it hard! With another punch, a second fiery dragon went from spiraling in the air to extending its wings and diving down at the burning area! The continuous explosions of the burning fists and dragons crashing into the Dark Dueling Ground ended up creating a huge burning pit, as if a large meteorite had landed! The Dark Swordmaster stood in the hole, being blasted endlessly. It quickly swung its sword to construct a wall of energy, keeping the fiery fists and dragons at bay. However, the Dark Swordmaster was obviously not the kind of undead with a good defense. The fiery dragons still left quite a number of scorch marks on it! The Dark Swordmaster was knocked back continuously. Its eyes were burning with rage. “Land of the Dark Spirits!” The Dark Swordmaster ignored the flames burning upon it. It plunged the giant sword in its hand deep into the ground. Half of the sword sank into the ground instantly. The sands dyed red with blood suddenly turned black. The darkness continued to spread across the Dark Dueling Ground. Thick black smoke rose from the soil and formed a black fog... The Calamity Fire scattered across the place was put out by the black soil. The whole place had been set aflame by Mo Fan and Flame Belle Empress’ Calamity Fire, but now, only an area less than a few dozen meters from Mo Fan was still burning in his Domain! “Sword, rise!” The Dark Swordmaster mumbled some ancient curse of darkness. The sword it stabbed into the ground was suddenly covered in curses. It was buzzing slightly now. The black smoke rising from the soil started to gather, before turning into hundreds of shadowy, black swords! The swords were hanging in the air with their tips pointing down. They had formed a spectacular formation of dark swords, and as the Dark Swordmaster screeched, the giant swords started approaching Mo Fan rapidly. These black swords seemed to have their own consciousness. They either flew high up into the sky and slashed down, or stuck closely along the ground and sliced from unexpected angles. Some even turned into cold flickers, stabbing at their target. The swords swept out, leaving long, black trails behind them. Mo Fan had just dodged a wave of the swords when he lifted his gaze and saw a few dozen of swords hanging above him. They immediately poured down and stabbed at him! Each of the swords was ten meters long. As they were falling they would emit a wave of swords outward in a circle, making it impossible to dodge them all. “Ten Thousand Feathers!” Mo Fan stomped the ground, sending thousands of fiery feathers into the air, all densely packed together. The burning feathers scattered in all directions and exploded immediately when they came into contact with the black swords... The explosion of his own Thousand Piercing Fire Feathers was absolutely shocking, but this attack had evolved into Ten Thousand Soaring Feathers, with a longer explosion. It destroyed the black swords with brute force! — The people outside were utterly dumbfounded when they sensed the overwhelming energy rumbling within the Dark Dueling Ground. If either of the two inside the barrier had been unleashing their attacks on the battlefield, hundreds, or even a thousand humans or undead would have died a horrible death. Even the combined strength of a squad was nowhere as strong as any of their attacks! “Mo Fan is absolutely nuts!” Zhao Manyan’s admiration toward Mo Fan was off the charts. “Taking on a Ruler-inferior creature by himself... Mo Fan is simply a maniac among maniacs!” Xinxia’s eyes flickered with disbelief. Not only was Mo Fan still alive, he had managed to hurt the Dark Swordmaster, too! She clearly remembered how they barely survived against a group of Servant-class One-eyed Magic Wolves during the Calamity of Bo City. A creature like the Darkwing Wolf was enough to bring doom to their city! However, any of the attacks that Mo Fan had executed was almost strong enough to kill the Darkwing Wolf instantly. It was hard to believe how strong he had become! “What is going on?” Mu Ningxue looked at Zhao Manyan and Jiang Yu with a blank face. “It’s the Time Liquid, we found it in a secluded city of an ancient Indian tribe! It can temporarily evolve a Summoned Beast to its complete form! Previously, we were caught in a disaster that was meant to kill all of us, but Mo Fan’s Little Flame Belle turned into the Flame Belle Empress to save the day. I thought he had already used up all the Time Liquid, but it turns out that he was still keeping some of it!” “No wonder Mo Fan dared to challenge the undead, but I agree that he still has balls of steel. If I was in his shoes, I wouldn’t dare to take on a Ruler-level creature even if I was still holding onto a trump card...” Ruler-level creatures were like Grim Reapers. Not many humans were able to stay calm when facing a Ruler-level creature, but Mo Fan acted as if he was naturally fearless. He even dared to fight a Ruler-level creature. His courage was impressive! When they saw Mo Fan fighting the Dark Swordmaster, the people could feel their hot blood rising in their chests. Not many people in the world could take on a Ruler-level creature alone, even though the Dark Swordmaster was only a Ruler-inferior creature... Many so-called geniuses were unable to come this far taking on a Ruler-level creature on their own, yet Mo Fan had done it. He had fought against a Ruler-level creature when he was only in his twenties! It was absolutely shocking and unbelievable! — The Dark Swordmaster lifted its head and let out a furious cry, blowing out a black smoke of death. The flames had burned its mount into a pile of black ash. The phantom horse had kept the Dark Swordmaster company for over a thousand years, but it was burned to death today! The Dark Swordmaster stood on the ground. After losing its mount, it was unable to utilize the full potential of its sword art. However, since it was a duel as demanded by the Dark Contract, only one of them could leave alive! Otherwise, the Dark Contract would drag them both into a bottomless abyss of darkness with no escape! The Dark Swordmaster was obviously an expert with the Shadow Element. It suddenly disappeared when it was sprinting forward. It reappeared eerily behind Mo Fan and slashed with the giant sword. The dark energy surged forward like a tide! The sword sliced through Mo Fan’s burning flesh. The Dark Swordmaster almost felt like bursting out laughing. However, it soon discovered the flames were simply dissipating in the air. It did not get the satisfaction of seeing blood splattering everywhere. The Dark Swordmaster felt that something was not right. It immediately scanned the surroundings and saw a slight ripple in a certain spot, which the human engulfed in flames stepped out from. Before the Dark Swordmaster could react, Mo Fan vanished and immediately reappeared right in front of it! “Die!” Mo Fan slammed the fist with all his power of the Fire Element into the Dark Swordmaster’s chest. There was an explosion, and the Dark Swordmaster was sent flying. It slammed hard on the barrier of the Dark Contract. Half of its armor was broken, revealing the dried, ugly flesh beneath! Blink! Mo Fan was using the Space Element, but it did not belong to him. It was from Flame Belle Empress. Flame Belle Empress was the purest empress of fire, but she was also the beloved child born under the starry sky of the North Burning Valley. She possessed the power of the Space Element. Teenage Flame Belle was only slowly mastering the power of the Space Element, but in the form of Flame Belle Empress, she was extremely adept at using it!