3. I'm Xia Yi, And I Didn't Cheat!
Xia Yi watched as Sera retreated in silence, a hint of inexplicable anticipation surfacing in the maid's eyes.
The little dragon princess was bursting with words, yet she felt too embarrassed to voice them.
She had actually been hoping that Sera would switch her opponent to someone less outrageous, perhaps diluting the competition a bit and adding some value to her own achievements…
But why did you step back, Sera? I was just looking for a way out!
Sera, you should be more assertive here. Why are you just standing by? As my maid, do you really want to see me lose?
No matter how terrifying the opponent, life must go on.
Xia Yi shifted her gaze to the puppet giant.
In the face of this colossal creature, even if she transformed into her dragon form, she would still be minuscule.
"The royal trial officially begins!" Sera announced in a loud voice.
The magic crystal on the puppet giant lit up, initiating its movements. Although its actions were slow, each one was filled with absolute power, causing the ground to shake as if a minor earthquake was underway.
It advanced step by step towards the silver dragon loli, its towering presence casting a shadow that left Xia Yi dumbstruck.
"Why isn't the princess taking action?"
"Could she be paralyzed with fear…"
"Is there a chance that the princess is preparing a major move?"
It was only when she heard the voices of her clan members that she snapped back to reality and raised her hand.
"Rose Wand!!"
A wand adorned with roses was summoned by Xia Yi and held in her hand.
She indeed had a certain exceptional talent in magic, even capable of casting spells without a wand, but having a weapon to assist was always more efficient.
"Fireball!"
Not knowing what else to do, she decided to cast a fireball!
As Xia Yi's magic was channeled into the wand, the roses bloomed, and several fireballs ablaze with raging flames shot out from the tip of the wand, striking the puppet giant like cannonballs.
Boom, boom, boom!
Blessed with the dragon clan's bloodline, Xia Yi's magic possessed considerable power. These fireballs exploded on the puppet giant, instantly filling the air with smoke. Under the hazy cover, everyone could not discern the situation in the center of the arena.
"Did it fall…?!" Xia Yi's eyes were filled with anticipation.
Buzz!
In the midst of the smoke, the light of the magic crystal grew brighter, outlining the silhouette of the puppet giant, which continued its methodical advance.
Damn, it's the classic smoke and mirrors trick!
"Was the power of the fireball not enough to penetrate its defense?"
Xia Yi quickly began to recall if she had learned any useful spells from her past.
It seemed to her that her teacher had once mentioned teaching her a particularly powerful spell, something like a forbidden curse…
But because it was particularly difficult to learn, Xia Yi found it too troublesome and skipped class.
In the end, she just gave up.
Why did she give up back then?!
Xia Yi, with a mournful face, held her head in regret.
But the puppet giant wouldn't give her a chance to regret, it continued to advance, already close at hand.
"If attack spells are ineffective, then use control spells!" Xia Yi changed her strategy, "Blizzard!"
The staff lit up with a glow opposite to before, and under Xia Yi's casting, cold descended in the center of the arena.
A blizzard blew at the feet of the puppet giant, the chill spreading from the soles of its feet, clinging to every corner of its body.
Xia Yi wanted to use this method to delay the puppet giant's actions, creating more flaws to target for a focused attack.
This was only the first part, Xia Yi had a second phase of attack.
"Icefall!"
The ice crystals in the blizzard gathered to form sharp giant cones, hovering above the puppet giant's head, and once the target was locked, they fell swiftly.
This strategy was absolutely correct, first control, then hit hard.
Previously, Xia Yi had easily defeated many monsters and enemies using this method during her training, earning her teacher's high praise.
But the premise of such a tactic is - the opponent doesn't have exaggerated magic resistance.
Buzz!
The puppet giant swung its arm, increasing its output power, and the exaggerated force dispersed the blizzard.
Although Xia Yi's Icefall did have an effect, breaking the outer shell and creating visible large cracks, the puppet giant quickly absorbed the surrounding magic power and repaired the cracks within a few breaths, as good as new.
"Princess's magic power is really outstanding, even able to break the defense of the puppet giant."
"But it's a pity that she's challenging a higher level, if it was a puppet giant of the same level, the princess's spell should have already attacked the core part."
"Indeed, she's not as good as the queen of the past, this must be her limit."
Xia Yi was now anxious, the damned puppet giant, if it wasn't for its full magic defense, she would have killed the puppet giant ten times, or even nine times!
The puppet giant came to Xia Yi's face, raised its arm high, and its huge attack range left her with no escape.
Heavy hammer, smash!
Facing the heavy blow like a mountain pressing down, Xia Yi cast an ice magic shield around herself for defense at the last moment.
Boom!
With a loud noise, the ground collapsed, and Xia Yi lost her balance and fell.
"Princess!"
Sera was very anxious, quickly focusing her gaze, trying to confirm if the little princess had fallen to the ground with tears in her eyes.
However, due to the double protection of the ice magic shield and her own dragon body, Xia Yi was not seriously injured. But she had consumed a lot of magic power all at once and fell into a very disadvantageous situation.
In contrast, the magic puppet giant had almost no consumption.
It seemed that the outcome of the battle had been determined.
"Am I… going to lose?"
Xia Yi's slender arms propped on the ground, her silver vertical pupils were already shaking.
Facing imminent defeat, her mind went blank.
It seemed as if the whole world was just her and the magic puppet giant preparing for the final blow.
She remembered some vague memories. There was a time when she was also in a desperate situation, facing an enemy that was almost impossible to defeat.
But her choice at that time was…
Not to surrender.
Her pupils suddenly narrowed, showing her sharpness. The past realm sealed in Xia Yi's heart was awakened.
"No, I… don't want to lose!"
Xia Yi struggled to stand up, threw away the rose magic wand, and grabbed the air.
"Holy Sword! Gram!!"
A mysterious mark appeared on the back of the silver dragon princess's hand, summoning a holy sword. The sword glowed brightly, and she instinctively held it in both hands, swinging a dazzling slash at the magic puppet giant.
The sharp sword aura tore open the hard shell of the magic puppet giant, shattered its core, and it fell to the ground with a loud noise.
The battle was over.
Xia Yi had defeated it with a single sword.
"What just happened?" This time it was Sera's turn to be dumbfounded.
The dragons at the scene were so astonished that they fell silent, like a group of silent mages casting a wide spell.
After a while, Xia Yi's eyes returned to normal. She recovered and was also stunned by the scene in front of her.
"Eh?"
She moved her gaze to the sword in her hand…
Why does it look so familiar??
Oh no🤣
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