Chapter 392: Is the Head Coach Warming Up?
When Lette drew the Holy Sword Sin Light, the entire duel arena came to a halt.
After two gambling duels, he and the Holy Light Divine Court had become stars among stars.
Their every word and deed tugged at the nerves of every god present.
The audience could be excused, but the other two camps were truly panicking!
What did it mean, why was he drawing the sword?
He, he, he! He wouldn't be planning to take the stage himself, would he?
Well, then, what's the point of everyone else playing?
But on further thought, it's not entirely impossible!
The gods of the Dragon Clan and Life God System suddenly realized they had overlooked a major issue!
That is, while Lette was not a god and couldn't replace Afra on the dueling platform,
he was essentially still a Holy Knight, meaning he was considered a favored of the two Holy Light Goddesses!
Strictly speaking, he could have entered the arena from the very first duel!
Believe it or not, according to the rules of the duel arena, the judge might actually allow him to enter!
This was terrifying!
If he went in to fight, then no one would stand a chance!
After all, the existence of gambling duels was to strictly limit conflict below the level of gods.
Even if a Heroic Spirit could reach the level of a demigod, they were not gods.
As a god, dignity was still present.
Including Heroic Spirits, favored, and favored clans, who could contend with such a conceptual-level mortal?
Forget Heroic Spirits and favored clans, even if the gods of the Dragon Clan and Life God System stepped in personally, they might not be able to defeat this man!
"Damn it! He calculated this all along! He didn't take the stage in the first two rounds just to trap us in the third."
"It's over, completely over..."
Rafdel seemed to have all the strength drained from his body, collapsing to the ground.
Although he had the means to make the Heroic Spirits in the Life God System's Heroic Spirit Hall unleash extraordinary power, it was only on the level of favored and Heroic Spirits.
Even if he himself burst into extraordinary strength, he might not be able to deal with Lette.
So how could there be any chance of winning?
The Dragon Clan wasn't faring any better.
Seeing Lette roll up his sleeves and stride forward with Sin Light, a few Dragon God Emperors instinctively stepped back.
When they saw Sin Light in his hand, their expressions slightly relaxed.
But on second thought, it didn't seem to make any difference.
The Dragon God Emperor standing on the dueling platform was more depressed, initially thinking of putting on a display to showcase the Dragon Clan's formidable might.
Instead, it turned into a battle with no chance of victory.
Lette realized the scene had led to some misunderstandings, so he quickly planted Sin Light in front of Afra and retreated two steps.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't look at me like that. You don't really think I plan to take the field, do you?
It's really disheartening. What about the basic trust between gods?
We, the Holy Light Divine Court, aren't some third-rate divine system that cheats and plays tricks.
We still care about dignity and won't resort to shady tactics just to win!
Rest assured, everyone.
I'm just placing the tools to be used here for convenience."
After saying this, the atmosphere among the audience visibly livened up.
But the gods of the Eternal Dragon Realm and Life God System wore even uglier expressions.
Although it was confirmed that Lette wouldn't take action, the words he just uttered felt no different from pointing fingers at them with insults.
They wanted to rebut, but they had no solid grounds, with the scenes from the first two rounds fresh in their memories.
They dared not argue, as his announcement of not stepping into the arena was the best outcome.
If pride provoked Lette into entering, there would be tears and nowhere to cry over it.
So, knowing they'd been scorned, they could only endure it with heads down.
Don't even mention talking back; they didn't dare show a displeased expression.
That feeling of extreme frustration made them all uncomfortable. One god with less tolerance even felt so pressured that they began to retch.
The gods in the audience were exceedingly excited.
They were genuinely happy because both the Dragon Clan and Life God System were among the leading forces in the Divine Realm.
This bunch often strutted around showing off and committed many acts of tyranny, especially the Dragon Clan.
The Life God System was full of hypocrites, at least mindful of appearances. The Dragon Clan, on the other hand, truly had no limits.
Now, to see them suppressed by a small divine court, looking like they had eaten something disgusting but had to swallow it, was truly satisfying!
"Since there's no other issue, let's start promptly!"
Fearing delays might cause complications, Rafdel quickly requested to commence the match.
The judge nodded slightly and opened his mouth to announce.
[Heroic Spirit War, commence...]
Afra, quick on the draw, immediately threw out the Blood Colored Rose card.
After the second match, she realized that being slow to act in such moments would result in passivity.
Therefore, she had been biding her time from the beginning, and now finally seized the opportunity to summon the Heroic Spirits first.
"Well done."
Lette stood on the railing, looking down at the arena below.
The ladies of the Blood Rose Knights had been summoned there along with a burst of light.
Before the duel, Lette had already informed them of the divine court duel through the Fairy Tale Subspace via dreams.
So they had been prepared, showing no surprise, and instead forming a battle formation at once, ready for the fight.
"Now, I apply for a divine blessing to descend once, and then play another card."
Afra, transforming into a merciless card-playing machine under Lette's command, immediately applied to the judge and, upon approval, threw out a second card.
This card's effect was an all-encompassing blessing, aiming to enhance the state and halo of the Blood Rose girls.
Afra was well aware of this.
After all, in a Heroic Spirit duel, such operations were common.
It's a non-negotiable requirement to enhance one's summoned Heroic Spirits with various halos and boosts.
However, there were only three divine blessing opportunities in a duel, and using them all on halos would be wasteful.
Moreover, the enhancement capability of just three halos was limited.
Under such circumstances, gods would want to throw every possible enhancing halo onto the Heroic Spirit.
Thus, through the long evolution of duels, methods like halo compilations emerged.
In this method, the gods embedded all halos into one divine curse or a divine artifact, granting all the enhancements to the favored Heroic Spirit at once.
Though it burned through divine coins and consumed a lot of effort, at this level of duel, both parties no longer cared about these aspects.
As the all-encompassing radiance of the Holy Light Divine Court spread, the ladies of the Blood Rose Knights all displayed Holy Truth Magic Rings above their heads.
Under the workings of the Magic Rings, beams of blood-colored Sea God protection began to shine.
Initially, everyone didn't think much of it.
However, as five minutes went by and the blood-colored glow still lingered, some gods in the spectator seats grew restless.
Regardless, wasn't there a bit too much enhancement bestowed?
And it seemed there was no sign of stopping.
Finally, after another ten minutes or so, the blood-colored glow ceased flashing.
Just as the gods and both sides of opponents breathed a sigh of relief, the Holy Truth Magic Ring started operating again.
Subsequently, a milky white glow began to flicker!