103: Chapter 103 The Decisive Moment! The entire arena was shocked! The dust had settled!

At the very moment Aliyah's gaze turned toward him—

Rowan moved.

The longsword at his waist unsheathed inch by inch!

A flash of deep illusory purple flickered!

His Great Knight Douqi erupted directly without reservation!

Winter · Frost Heart: Flash Ice Stab!

There was no magnificent sword light.

Only a pure, fine line fast to the limit tore through the blood-red color and holy light filling the air, suddenly stabbing forward in the gap when the Bloodthirsty Knight was distracted!

The hideous grin on the Bloodthirsty Knight's face suddenly froze!

The fatal purple line was reflected in his pupils.

He was extremely furious in his heart!

How could there be an unknown Great Knight?!

There was absolutely no mention of him in the intelligence!

But at the critical moment of life and death, the High-Order Grand Knight's combat instincts reacted instantly.

The massive Blood Wolf War Avatar let out a world-shaking roar, and its freezing cold giant claws suddenly snapped shut, tightly gripping that fine line of illusory purple.

"Clang—!!!"

The moment the Blood Wolf's claws contacted the illusory purple sword tip, dazzling blood-red and purple light exploded!

Violent ripples of energy burst outward!

The black stone ground beneath their feet shattered inch by inch!

Under the pincer attack of the Blood Wolf's claws' terrifying strength, the illusory purple line emitted a faint, overburdened hum, its piercing momentum forcibly halted!

The muscles in the Bloodthirsty Knight's arms bulged, blue veins popped on his face, and a bloody light flickered crazily in his eyes as the blood qi around him surged like fire, pouring frantically into the avatar's claws.

"Get the hell—away from me!!!"

His face was as hideous as a malevolent ghost.

The crimson light on the Blood Wolf War Avatar's claws flickered unsteadily, and it actually pushed that illusory purple sword tip out bit by bit, inch by inch!

The blade bent slightly, making a piercing sound.

"A mere Low-tier Great Knight!"

"Thinks he's worthy of killing me?!"

"Die—for me!"

A hideous smile crept back onto the Bloodthirsty Knight's lips, carrying the fury and cruelty of a survivor.

The Blood Wolf War Avatar's claws exerted force again, and crimson blood qi coiled around the illusory purple blade like flames.

But the expression on Rowan's face didn't change at all; only in the depths of his eyes did the light shift abruptly!

His left eye was icy blue like an eternal frozen abyss!

His right eye was crimson gold like boiling lava!

Within him, the Myriad Manifestations Furnace roared frantically once more!

Icy blue flowed down his meridians, coiling around the left half of the blade.

Crimson gold surged from his bloodline, plating the right edge of the blade.

The two forces met at the tip of the sword.

All the power and all the will were concentrated into a single point at the sword's tip at this moment!

Buzz—!

The sword moved again—

Puchi—!

The muffled sound of a blade entering flesh was exceptionally clear.

The hideous smile on the Bloodthirsty Knight's face completely froze.

He lowered his head—

Looking at the longsword that had transfixed him.

In his field of vision, a faint speck of Flame Purple light was emerging through his chest.

No blood sprayed from the wound.

The moment the flesh and bone there touched that dark purple, they turned into the finest dust and fell away.

A terrifying hole, visible from front to back, appeared in his chest just like that.

"Ugh... Ah—!!!"

The Bloodthirsty Knight let out a wail of extreme agony!

It carried the utmost disbelief!

He stumbled backward, leaving a deep, bloody footprint on the ground with every step.

He suddenly jerked his head up, staring intently at Rowan before him, his eyes filled with shock and absurdity.

"This power... is a Perfect-grade Breathing Method?!"

He hissed in a low voice.

That strange and overbearing power was frantically raging and spreading through his body, centered on the wound.

Everywhere it passed, blood evaporated, internal organs withered, Douqi collapsed, and vitality was ruthlessly erased!

This kind of damage was far more terrifying than simple physical destruction; it struck directly at the source of life!

However—

A High-Order Grand Knight's vitality was tenaciously beyond imagination.

Even with his chest pierced and his body ravaged by the strange power, the Bloodthirsty Knight still didn't fall.

Survival instinct and the ferocity of the Blood Barbarians allowed him to burst forth with even greater strength.

"Flee! I must flee!"

This thought flashed through his mind like a bolt of lightning.

"Roar—!"

He roared, recklessly burning all his essence blood and Douqi!

The dimming Blood Wolf War Avatar condensed once more; though its size had shrunk, it was more solid, emitting an aura of desperate madness!

He turned into a mournful bloody wolf shadow and dashed toward the dungeon exit!

His speed was far greater than before!

"Hmm?" A hint of surprise flashed in Rowan's eyes.

He can still run after such a fatal wound?

A High-Order Grand Knight's vitality is indeed formidable.

But his reaction was equally swift.

His figure blurred as the Wind Breath trait activated, turning him into a streak of light as he pursued.

One fleeing and one chasing, they instantly burst out of the dungeon, flying upward along the winding passage.

The Bloodthirsty Knight, transformed into a bloody wolf shadow, spared no cost as he forcibly smashed through the thick stone walls of the church dungeon like they were made of paper.

Rubble flew, and dust filled the air.

He forcibly carved out a straight escape path through the underground complex!

He wanted to break out!

As long as he reached an open area, he could escape with the speed of a Great Knight's war avatar!

The bloody wolf shadow recklessly crashed through the final wall, bursting into the daylight outside.

Rowan followed closely behind, reaching the surface.

As the sunlight poured down, he watched the Bloodthirsty Knight's sprinting avatar, his brow furrowing slightly.

The escape speed the opponent gained by burning his life was indeed extremely fast!

Even with the blessing of Wind Breath, it would be difficult to catch up in a short time.

And so—

He suddenly stopped and ceased the pursuit.

The silver star ring on his finger flashed.

The frost speaker longbow appeared in his hand.

An extreme cold star-fall arrow was silently nocked.

The furnace within him roared, and his Great Knight Douqi surged.

The bowstring was instantly drawn to a full moon.

Insight locked onto the bloody giant wolf leaping ahead in its desperate flight!

Wind Breath · Annihilation · Frost Bridge Chain Shot!

Twang! Twang! Twang!

The three sounds of the bowstring vibrating almost merged into one!

The first arrow crushed the blood shield.

The second arrow tore through the avatar's protection.

The third arrow, the fatal one, struck the Bloodthirsty Knight's actual body, and purple flame-light exploded!

"No—!!!"

A world-shaking roar came from within the bloody wolf shadow!

Buzz—!!!

The Blood Wolf War Avatar collapsed in mid-air!

Turning into a sky full of crimson specks of light that rained down!

Falling like rain!

A figure with a terrifying transparent hole in his chest fell helplessly from the dispersing light.

"Thud—!"

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

The crowd in the church forecourt and those further out who had come upon hearing the news witnessed this final scene.

Everyone's eyes widened, staring at the scene before them in disbelief.

What did they just see?

A High-Order Grand Knight!

A terrifying powerhouse who had condensed a war avatar!

Was shot and exploded in mid-air by three arrows in broad daylight, dying a miserable death on the spot?!

"Ah! Ah! Ah! What did I just see?!"

"That looks like the Bloodthirsty Knight... he's a famous villain from the Northern Wastelands, a High-Order Grand Knight!"

"Just like that... he was shot dead?"

"Who is that?!"

"That purple light just now... so strange!"

After a deathly silence came a volcanic eruption of clamor and exclamations!

The crowd completely boiled over!

Shock, fear, awe, disbelief, fanaticism, calculation... all sorts of emotions intertwined on countless faces.

Within the crowd.

Princess Alice lightly covered her slightly parted cherry lips with her slender hand, her iris-purple eyes staring unblinkingly at Rowan's tall figure in the dust, her heart beating uncontrollably faster.

If she remembered correctly, he was a descendant of a loyally devoted vassal family directly under the royal family.

Baron Rowan Flynn!

And he was only twenty-two years old!!!

She realized she was about to find a treasure!

In Vanessa Bryce's charming eyes, strange lights also flickered, her red lips curling into a playful arc.

Theodore Witton's face instantly became extremely unsightly, his fists clenched inside his sleeves.

The other members of The Senate and local nobles all had drastic changes in expression, their gazes toward the man in the field completely different now.

Being able to kill a High-Order Grand Knight alone was enough to make the name Rowan Flynn instantly leap to a status that could not be ignored in Gino County, or even the entire Will Province!

This was no longer a rising star with potential, but a powerhouse of real authority who had already shown his edge!

Just then, from the dust at the dungeon exit—

Aria Windsor walked out slowly.

Her silver hair was like snow, her expression calm.

She glanced indifferently at the corpse on the ground and then looked at Rowan, who stood holding his bow, a trace of an imperceptible ripple flashing quickly through her eyes.

Perfect-grade Breathing Method... it really is him.

The last bit of speculation in her heart was completely settled.

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