65: Chapter 64 Talents: [Chivalry]! [The Righteousness of the Peach Garden]!

"Clang!!"

"Clang!!"

Inside the Duel Secret Realm, the sounds of clashing metal were endless.

[Guan Yu] executed a mighty Mount Hua-splitting strike from mid-air, bringing down a cyan dragon-shaped blade aura with magnificent momentum toward [Gawain].

[Gawain] narrowly jumped backward, a few strands of his golden hair being sliced off.

[Guan Yu] dragged his blade upward, spinning his body to unleash a consecutive triple-strike with the green dragon crescent blade directly.

[Gawain] horizontally raised his broadsword to block, but each strike of the green dragon crescent blade was fiercer than the last.

The chopped-out "Green Dragon" blade auras also grew increasingly astonishing in momentum.

When the third Green Dragon blade aura, over ten meters long, was swung out,

[Gawain]'s broadsword was already trembling slightly in his hand. He braced the broadsword against his shoulder and dropped to one knee.

Blasted by the blade aura, he plowed a trench into the ground, retreating over ten meters before supporting himself with his sword, barely managing not to fall.

The audience outside the arena was greatly thrilled upon seeing this.

"As expected, Second Master is still too overpowered; he truly lives up to his reputation of shaking China!"

"I told you so, what does this blond pretty boy have to fight Second Master with?"

"What Twelve Knights? Isn't he still getting beaten down by Second Master?"

"Wait, this blond pretty boy hasn't lost yet, he's standing up!"

Seeing this, the knocked-down [Gawain] wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and murmured,

"Is this all you've got?"

[Guan Yu] stood proudly leaning on his blade, lightly stroking his long beard with his left hand as he said,

"A mere commoner, how dare you engage in mere verbal bravado?"

[Gawain] shakily propped himself up by the hilt of his sword and shouted,

"Master! Virtue!"

As his voice fell, Don Quixote, who had been cowering in the corner, immediately shouted aloud,

"Valor!!!"

The next second,

a crimson light rose from Don Quixote's body and floated into the air.

The scorching light turned into a small red ball of light, hovering above the broadsword in [Gawain]'s hand.

[Gawain]'s aura surged drastically in an instant.

The broadsword in his hand also underwent massive changes; the originally silver-white blade rapidly turned crimson,

and the dazzling red light ball at the crossguard spun rapidly.

[Gawain]'s aura became even more terrifying, already exceeding more than double its initial state.

This was Don Quixote's exclusive talent —— [Knightly Virtue].

Its effect was that Don Quixote could bless his own cards with the light of virtue.

This light of virtue came from the light clusters Don Quixote obtained by strictly adhering to the eight knightly virtues in his daily life.

Every time a share of [Light of Virtue] was applied, [Gawain]'s strength would receive a massive boost.

Coupled with [Gawain]'s inherent trait that his strength could triple under the sun, [Gawain] could be said to have been invincible all the way here.

But today, [Gawain] lacked the triple attribute blessing, and he happened to encounter [Guan Yu], whose strength vaguely surpassed his own.

This temporarily caused [Gawain] to fall into a disadvantage.

But as [Gawain] was blessed with the [Light of Virtue], his strength far surpassed [Guan Yu]'s.

[Gawain] raised his crimson greatsword high, and the terrifying heat it contained distorted the air.

[Gawain] shouted aloud,

"Excalibur! Sword of Promised Victory!!"

As his voice fell, the scorching, gigantic sword radiance was like divine retribution.

[Guan Yu] was enveloped within it. The dozen-meter-long Green Dragon blade aura was like a wisp of light smoke before that terrifying pillar of scorching light, dissipating the moment it collided.

The scorching light pillar struck [Guan Yu]'s tall figure with almost no obstruction.

Inside the dazzling light pillar, [Guan Yu] held the green dragon crescent blade in front of him, barely supporting himself, but completely unable to withstand it.

After the light pillar passed, [Guan Yu] had been burned down to nothing but a skeleton.

...

The audience outside could not help feeling regretful.

[Guan Yu] was originally stronger than [Gawain].

But simply because Don Quixote's [Knightly Virtue] talent could provide [Gawain] with a strength-doubling buff,

this caused [Guan Yu] to suffer defeat. However, this was not the defeat of [Guan Yu], but the defeat of Guan Zhen.

Right?

Just as everyone was waiting for the electronic announcement of "Don Quixote wins", suddenly,

wind rose in the secret realm.

Patches of peach blossoms drifted down from above the sky of the secret realm.

For a moment, the debris of raging fires all over the ground formed a sharp contrast with the falling blossoms filling the sky, giving people a bizarre sense of beauty.

Petals also fell upon that charred, pitch-black skeletal frame.

Those petals began to gradually change, growing into flesh and blood.

At the same time, a beautiful peach garden slowly emerged behind [Guan Yu].

Right in the center of the peach garden, two phantom figures—one black and one red—were sitting before a table, enjoying wine and chatting merrily.

The loud shouts of two men faintly drifted from the wind:

"Second Brother! You must not abandon me and Big Brother and leave today!"

"Second Brother! The netherworld is empty, return quickly!!"

[Gawain] leaned on his longsword with both hands, his expression grave.

Don Quixote was also screaming wildly in his heart:

"Resurrection? A field card?!"

But he did not know that this peach garden, resembling a field card, was actually Guan Zhen's exclusive talent —— [Righteousness of the Peach Garden].

This was an exclusive talent Guan Zhen had possessed since birth. His spiritual space had been this peach garden since he was born,

so it could also be said that Guan Zhen was born with a field card.

Three heroic spirits existed within this peach garden.

And by sheer coincidence, Guan Zhen had used an ordinary Warrior to combine with a heroic spirit within this peach garden, completing the True Name Awakening.

Its true name was precisely [Guan Yu].

The effects of this peach garden were not many, only two.

First, [Guan Yu]'s attributes were drastically increased, and skill cooldowns were massively reduced.

Second, [Guan Yu] would not die before this peach garden was destroyed.

Outside the arena, Sun Po was also shaken to his core.

"The intensity of this provincial tournament is a bit too bizarre. Aside from me, there is actually a second commoner who possesses a field card?"

"This Guan Zhen probably needs to be paid special attention to."

...

Inside the Duel Secret Realm,

in a short moment, [Guan Yu] had completely recovered to his original state.

He cast a grateful look at Guan Zhen,

then cupped his fists in salute and said in a clear voice,

"Big Brother and Third Brother, drink first!! Watch your brother brandish his blade today to add to your joy! I'll slay this commoner!"

Having said that, [Guan Yu] once again dragged the green dragon crescent blade in his hand and charged toward [Gawain].

How could [Gawain] be a match for him at this point? Originally, his strength was slightly inferior to [Guan Yu]'s by a notch.

At this moment, [Guan Yu] had also obtained attribute blessings, and the hard strength of the two returned to the same starting line once again.

[Gawain] hurriedly shouted,

"Master! Virtue!!"

Don Quixote, however, had grievances he couldn't voice. Among the eight knightly virtues, he had only collected the light of virtue for bravery; the light of virtue for the other virtues could never be gathered.

In the end, the invincible Sir Gawain fell once again amidst the sky-filling green dragon crescent blade auras.

Meanwhile, [Guan Yu] also withdrew his blade, turned around, and returned into the gradually fading peach garden, disappearing from sight.

"Match over!! Guan Zhen wins!!"

As the booming electronic voice sounded, the top twelve to top six provincial tournament matches were also declared over.

Sun Po and the other four went forward on the spot to draw lots. Since Li Tiance was not present, he had found Yuan Tiangang to draw lots on his behalf.

Sun Po unfolded his palm, looking at the handwriting on the slip of paper. Strikingly, it read the two characters "Guan Zhen".

Sun Po anticipated in his heart:

"A field card, is it?"

"Just right, I have one too."