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Even now, standing before her, I, Chen Xuanfeng—cold, calculating, and self-serving—can't help but feel a pang of awkwardness and guilt. That's because Julia was the lover of Lansino, the knight I killed. After I was gravely injured by the "Dragon Slaying Sword," it was Lansino who begged Julia to secretly obtain the "Dragon Heart Blood Wine" for me. Though I eventually healed on my own, I still owed them a debt. When I killed Lansino, it was due to the circumstances, and while I felt regret, I had no remorse. Yet, meeting Julia now has left me momentarily at a loss.

Julia gently removed her faceplate, revealing a pale and serene expression. My memory of this girl from Sacred Dragon Mountain was of someone confident, strong, lively, and flamboyant. In less than two years, however, she had changed dramatically, as if she had aged five or six years overnight. Her once lively and confident demeanor had been replaced by a melancholic, introverted presence. Her eyes, like an unfathomable ocean, sent a bone-chilling cold to anyone who met her gaze.

"Yes, I didn't expect it either. I never thought that the friend Lansino saved with everything he had would one day be the one to kill him. I didn't realize, even after all our battles, that you were a spy." Julia's voice was calm and unperturbed, yet it carried an intense heat of hatred and a cold, deadly intent. Facing it head-on was like having a blade pointed at my brow. I hadn't realized that she truly loved Lansino, a man who, though somewhat frivolous, was unexpectedly steadfast in crucial moments.

"I... don't intend to explain myself further. I regret Lansino's death, but I don't regret my actions. I did what I had to do. If you want revenge, let's settle it with swords and blades." I really didn't like the feeling of being under Julia's gaze, so I shook "Hu Po" and launched a direct strike at her.

"Hmph, Julia, it's useless to talk to orcs. The only solution is to kill them all." At the moment of my strike, a cold voice resounded from above me, accompanied by two chilling auras descending. The unique power signature of the "Dragon Battle Aura" clearly revealed the identity of the newcomers.

Although the "Dragon Emperor Knights" is the smallest knight order in the human world and has never been fully staffed, with only six members including Julia, any one of them could rival the orc sword empresses. Moreover, they are all Dragon Knights with their own dragon mounts, making their battlefield lethality terrifying. It was unexpected for them to send half their force to support this battlefield, which led me to a more troubling thought: "Since Sacred Dragon Mountain has officially intervened in this war, there's no reason for the 'Supreme Dragon Saint,' that old immortal, to stay out of it. So where is he now? The only reason for him to hide would be to deal with the old lion, Leimen. Do the humans think the 'Six Star Demon Slaying Formation' isn't enough to take care of their opponent and are preparing him as a final trump card?"

The "Dragon Battle Aura," known as the second most powerful battle aura after the "Emperor Martial Overlord Art," summons a dragon phantom behind the user, significantly boosting combat power. The phantom serves as both a formidable weapon and an impenetrable shield. However, this level of power wasn't enough to restrain me, who had achieved dragon-wolf unity. With both the "Saint Ice Thorn Aura" and "Magic Aura" unfurled, and wielding "Hu Po" and "Divine Sword Punishment" in each hand, I could still handle three "Dragon Emperor Knights" with ease. However, my White Dragon "Winter Night" wasn't as unoccupied. This time, his opponents weren't the low-level dragons from before but a fiery red dragon, a massive sea dragon, and an elegant silver dragon.

The red dragon was famed as the most combat-proficient among dragons, with a fierce and warlike nature. If not for its average magical abilities and intelligence, it could rival the gold dragons for leadership of the dragonkind. The sea dragon, living in the deep oceans and battling giant prehistoric sea beasts, possessed formidable physical strength, power, and magic, though it was less adept at land combat and slower in flight, which was why it ranked below the gold dragon. As for the silver dragon, though only a mid-level dragon, its superior intelligence and magical talent rivaled the gold dragon, making it no weakling. Unfortunately, "Winter Night," in his white dragon form, was inherently one of the weaker dragons. Even though he had worked hard to break through the innate boundaries and become an intermediate dragon, he still couldn't match even the weakest of his three enemies, the silver dragon. Fortunately, with the assistance of the "Magic Aura" and the ice dragon tower phantom summoned by the "Ice Space Reflection," and the fact that dragon knights' dragons rarely engaged in deadly combat, he wasn't in immediate danger. However, unless "Winter Night" was willing to risk being hunted by the entire dragon race and reveal his true form as the offspring of the Demon Dragon King, he wouldn't be able to hold off all three enemies alone.

So, I had to abandon the ground battle and leap back onto "Winter Night's" back. When I wasn't riding him, he could only amplify the "Magic Aura" to a little over three times the speed. But when I was on his back, the "Magic Aura" could boost our speed sevenfold. As the white dragon soared through the sky at speeds exceeding a thousand kilometers per hour, occasionally breaking the sound barrier, powerful blade auras and platinum sword lights shot forth from his back. This combination of strengths immediately turned the tide of battle. Even the three "Dragon Emperor Knights" and their dragon mounts, who worked together seamlessly, could only maintain a defensive stance under my overwhelming assault and had no chance to interfere elsewhere. Of course, correspondingly, I also couldn't make a move to eliminate the human mage group and disrupt the "Six Star Demon Slaying Formation."

As the high-ranking fighters clashed on the battlefield, both armies surged forward. However, the battlefield where the seven sword saints fought was a no-man's-land, almost completely cutting off the main battlefield. And just then, the "Six Star Demon Slaying Formation" underwent another transformation.