207: Chapter 207 How about the two of us team up?

"Your Majesty."

The guards by his side wanted to say something.

Horn simply waved his hand, saying nothing as he walked forward.

He was the leader; he needed to shoulder everything.

He hadn't reached the point where those beneath him needed to worry for him.

After walking forward for a distance, his body suddenly felt light.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already suspended in mid-air above the arena.

Horn looked down; the arena beneath his feet was pure white, surrounded by boundless darkness.

Watching those people fight on it before, he hadn't felt anything special. Now that he was up here himself, he realized it was a wonderful sensation.

He withdrew his gaze and looked ahead.

A prompt box popped up.

[Please select a battle mode:]

[1. One-on-One]

[2. Three-Way Melee]

Horn hardly hesitated, reaching out to tap the second option.

Having learned from his previous disadvantage, he naturally wouldn't let the opponent have their way again.

He estimated those from the Star-Gazing Clan would have the same idea: eliminate the other party first upon entering the field, and then decide the winner between themselves.

The prompt box disappeared.

A new object appeared before him.

It was a three-sided spinner with patterns on it.

Horn stared at the spinner for two seconds, pursed his lips, and reached out to tap one of the sides.

The spinner began to rotate.

Horn stared at it, his eyes never wavering.

The spinner's speed began to slow down.

Finally, the pointer stopped steadily on the side he had chosen.

A flash of joy crossed Horn's eyes.

His hanging heart finally settled.

Fortunately.

The Goddess of Luck was on his side.

If the opponent had chosen and lowered the combat power, it really would be hard to say if things would go south.

But now, luck was on his side.

As long as his combat power wasn't lowered to the same level as the opponent's, there would be no problem in the upcoming battle.

He reached out and opened two options.

Without any hesitation, he directly chose to bring the combat power of the other two up to his own level.

Selection complete.

A white light flashed before his eyes.

He was already standing on the arena.

Dozens of meters away, he landed almost simultaneously with the Star-Gazing Clan fusion entity.

Horn gripped the giant blade in his hand—which was as wide as a door—and fixed his gaze on Gu Changming.

...

The moment they landed, Gu Changming also scanned the two of them and licked his lips.

Then, as his gaze fell upon the fused Noel, he pointed at Horn and spoke:

"Hey, how about the two of us team up? This guy looks stronger than both of us combined."

Noel was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

Then, he laughed out of sheer annoyance.

When he had called out to him before, this fellow played deaf and mute, wearing an expression like he didn't understand a word being said.

Now, look at him—he's speaking directly and even taking the initiative to suggest a team-up.

Do you have no shame at all?

With a cold snort, Noel wasted no more words.

He reached out, his fingers curling as if gripping something, and a long spear condensed from energy instantly formed in his palm, the shaft gleaming with a cold, eerie light.

In the next instant, he lunged forward with explosive force, turning into a streak of light as he charged straight for Gu Changming.

On the other side.

Seeing Noel move, Horn's eyes flashed.

Good, the opponent was thinking the same thing: team up to eliminate this damn human first.

Then, he gripped the door-wide giant blade with both hands and stomped the ground. His massive frame, like a moving hill, charged toward Gu Changming from the other side.

The two of them closed in from the left and right, a pincer attack that sealed off all paths of retreat.

...

Gu Changming flicked his wrist, and night erosion slid from his sleeve. Simultaneously, the Thousand Silk Shuttle transformed into silver light and wound around it, instantly condensing into a cold-glinting short blade.

Holding a blade in each hand, he braced himself and forcibly blocked the simultaneous attacks from the two men.

After blocking the strike, Gu Changming did not counterattack.

He kicked off the ground and glided backward, trying to create some distance.

However, the combat techniques of those two were no joke; they didn't give him any chance to escape at all.

With a flick of his wrist, Noel threw the long spear, which turned into a streak of light aimed straight for Gu Changming's face.

Gu Changming tilted his head; the spear tip grazed past his ear, taking a few strands of hair with it.

He had just dodged the strike and hadn't even caught his breath when Horn's figure was already upon him.

His speed was even a few notches faster than Noel's. Taking advantage of the gap during Gu Changming's evasion, he closed in directly, raising the door-like giant blade high and swinging it down fiercely.

Gu Changming had no time to dodge and could only cross his two weapons in front of him to parry.

"Boom!"

The giant blade smashed against his blades, and a massive force poured down.

Gu Changming was sent flying by the impact, his body tumbling out of control in the air for a full ten-plus meters.

"Ugh..."

Gu Changming knelt on one knee and shook his numbed hands.

At the same time, the Thousand Silk Shuttle had been shattered by that strike, turning into countless fine silver lights floating around him.

With a thought, those silver lights gathered again, condensing into a ball in his palm before stretching back into shape.

Then, Gu Changming looked up at the two of them, biting his lip slightly as his expression became one of a growing headache.

Opposite him, Noel and Horn exchanged a glance.

No communication was needed; in the next instant, the two moved again.

Noel raised a hand, and over a dozen energy spears condensed in the void above him, their tips all pointed at Gu Changming.

Then, he swung his hand down violently.

A dozen streaks of light shot out simultaneously, stabbing toward Gu Changming from every angle.

Gu Changming's body twisted and his footwork shifted as he wove through the dense rain of spears, dodging them all.

However, he had only just dodged them.

In the next second, Horn was before him again, that giant blade raised high once more, smashing down with the sound of whistling wind.

This strike was clearly much more powerful than the last. Gu Changming didn't dare be careless; he gripped night erosion with both hands, pressing his forearms against the back of the blade as he held it horizontally to block.

Clang!

A crisp crack echoed.

night erosion shattered upon impact, dozens of metal fragments exploding into the air and flying in all directions.

At the same time, a sharp blade qi penetrated through the break, slashing directly across his chest.

His clothes tore, and a wound stretched diagonally from his collarbone to his ribs. The flesh was turned out, and blood instantly gushed forth.

Seeing Horn about to strike again, Gu Changming flicked his wrist.

The Thousand Silk Shuttle flew from his palm, turning into countless fine silver threads that wove through the air, enveloping Horn.

An offensive defense.

Taking advantage of this gap, Gu Changming had a thought.

Psychokinesis supported his body, lifting him off the ground as he floated upward.

But he had barely risen ten meters.

Above him, a figure appeared out of thin air.

Noel had somehow circled above him. He performed a flourish with the energy spear in his hand, its tip gleaming coldly as it stabbed straight toward his head.

Below, Horn also broke free from the entanglement of the Thousand Silk Shuttle at that moment. Having finished charging his legs, he stomped the ground, soaring into the sky like a cannonball.

He swung that door-like giant blade in a full arc, carrying a violent current of air as it slashed upward from below.

One from above and one from below, the two of them sealed off all of Gu Changming's paths of escape.