21st Century Necromancer

The thick Negative Energy shrouding the top of the Mage Tower had settled down, and although the skies were still a dense blanket of black clouds, the once-raging storm had subsided, with even the lightning within the clouds disappearing from sight.

But the sky was still filled with the roars of a giant dragon and the sounds of clashing weapons, as two silhouettes fought among the clouds.

At this time, Jounouchi Hiromi still maintained her Half-Dragon form, only now she was clad in blue Dragon Scale Armor, wielding the blood-red greatsword born with her.

With a flap of her Dragon Wings, she moved gracefully and nimbly like a startled swan or a freewheeling dragon, while her greatsword ceaselessly attacked her opponent. Each strike was unpredictable like an antelope hanging its horns yet carried the unavoidable grandeur of a royal decree, forcing her adversary to bear the brunt of her attacks.

However, even though Jounouchi Hiromi gave a 120% effort, her opponent seemed to handle it with ease, barely moving at all, just wielding - with one hand - what should have been a two-handed Cross Longsword, effortlessly blocking all of her attacks. It was clear that even with the strength of a Half-Dragon, gaining an advantage against him would be difficult.

But even as attack after attack failed to secure an advantage, Jounouchi Hiromi didn't give up on her offensive. Her eyes even showed a hint of madness, as if she had lost her reason.

With a dragon's roar, Jounouchi Hiromi finally remembered her casting ability and began to use the Blood Knight's signature skill—the Blood Rain Technique.

As the Blood Rain Technique was cast, the Necromantic Space's sky, which had faintly glowed, suddenly turned a dark red. The surrounding clouds of Negative Energy swiftly transformed and absorbed, morphing into a blood cloud that covered the entirety of the Necromantic Space's heavens, turning everything within view to the color of blood.

Under the blood-colored sky, everything was enveloped by the sanguine blood rain.

In this sea of crimson blood rain, the Blood Knight's most potent ability—Blood River—fused silently with the pervasive blood rain, suddenly turning into countless blood arrows that shot toward the enemy facing Jounouchi Hiromi.

The Blood Knight's Blood Rain Technique is not merely about raining blood, concealing the traces of Blood River and maximizing its reach. Within the blood rain, intense Curses such as bleeding, weakness, and agony were attached, and the Blood Rain Technique itself carried fatal poison and corrosiveness. Its tainted and dark essence could desecrate and corrode all beings of light or ordinary existence. Regardless of their power, anyone in the blood rain would continually erode until, eventually, they were transformed into Undead creatures, assimilating into the Blood Knight's Blood River.

It could be said that the Blood Rain Technique combined with Blood River was a very characteristic domain control tactic of the Blood Knight, quickly bringing an advantageous home field to the Blood Knight. After advancing to Legendary status, the Blood Rain Technique could even evolve into a Blood Domain, becoming even more enigmatic and powerful.

However, in the face of the envelopment of Blood Rain Technique and the various attacks hidden within it by Jounouchi Hiromi, her opponent simply vibrated his wings slightly, suddenly pushing aside the blood rain that enveloped him and forcefully carving out a spherical void amidst the omnipresent blood rain.

Having cleared the blood rain's interference, he raised the Cross Longsword in his hand above his head, and as a cold light flashed in the sharp gaze beneath his hood, he ferociously struck down at Jounouchi Hiromi.

The sword's edge flashed by, and it seemed as if the heavens and earth were cleaved apart, cutting a rift in the blood clouds that shrouded the entire Necromantic Space. The rain of blood that reached the sky was split in two, and the mountain peak beneath their feet was cleaved straight in half, leaving a profound chasm on the ground.

Avoiding this sword strike, Jounouchi Hiromi seemed to sense a threat to her life, the madness in her blue dragon eyes faded slightly, but she still longed to overcome the enemy before her.

Accompanied by a dragon's chant, another, more resounding roar came from the top of the Mage Tower. A blue giant dragon soared into the sky, heeding Jounouchi Hiromi's call. Xiao Lan had transformed into a giant dragon, fully stretching out her Legendary Dragon's massive form and charging toward the battlefield.

Jounouchi Hiromi flapped her wings, alighting on Xiao Lan's back, with the hilt of the crimson sword tucked under her arm like a lance.

Driving Xiao Lan, Jounouchi Hiromi pointed the tip of her sword toward her opponent and launched another attack.

Instead of charging directly at Jounouchi Hiromi's opponent, Xiao Lan circled around him, stirring up the blood rain and the clouds above, turning them into a blood-red whirlpool. The sheer force of the whirlpool enveloped the target, and the intense wind pressure forced him to stay put, leaving him no choice but to hard-block this attack without any opportunity to dodge.

As the blood-colored whirlpool spun, the blood clouds that covered the entire Necromantic Space began to contract and, at the same time, grew more intense. The surrounding air reeked of a thick scent of blood, and even the blood rain that had already fallen to the ground was swept up, forming a blood-red vortex that connected heaven and earth!

And on the long sword in Jounouchi Hiromi's hands, droplets of blood also started to condense, forming a huge Dragon Lance with the bloodstorm.

The ten-plus-meter-long blood-colored Dragon Lance and the several dozen meters long giant dragon complemented each other perfectly. Xiao Lan, in her continuous spiraling, had gathered enough kinetic energy and momentum, so she, carrying Jounouchi Hiromi, spiraled up along the blood-colored tornado to its highest point.

After a brief hover and stillness, Xiao Lan tucked in her wings and dove toward the target below. The huge Dragon Lance, like a spear or an arrow, carried by Xiao Lan's spiraling dive, gathered all the energy contained within the entire blood-colored tornado to one point and then fiercely thrust at the target.

"Clang!" A loud noise rang out as the blood-crafted crimson Dragon Lance was blocked by the target's longsword. However, the overwhelming force still proved too much for him to withstand; he was pressed by the still-descending Xiao Lan and plummeted toward the ground.

Faced with such a dive that harnessed the forces of heaven and earth, even though the target had power far surpassing Jounouchi Hiromi's, his only option was to tuck in his wings as much as possible and brace against the flat of the blade with his palms, continually falling to mitigate the impact of the dragon and rider.

Still, the Necromantic Space was not the real heavens and earth, and the height of their battle was not too great. Falling a few hundred meters and before he could ease his descent, he had already crashed into the ground, forming a large crater on impact. Meanwhile, Xiao Lan, carrying Jounouchi Hiromi, barely pulled herself up before landing, allowing for a composed landing next to the crater.

"Mr. Chen Yu, you lost!" Jounouchi Hiromi, having regained her senses, smiled as she looked down at Chen Yu lying in the pit below, while her aura subtly underwent a dramatic change.