newbobooks Chapter 552 Preparing to Return Home
Chapter 552 Preparing to Return Home
After helping the 50 people successfully upgrade, everyone worked together to try to upgrade the remaining people with high potential again, but only one person succeeded. The rest failed quickly, and some even almost got into danger.
After this incident, everyone realized that things cannot be forced. They thanked Li Chenglong and Queen Raimon repeatedly before leaving Roland Star to await the moment of the final battle.
In this operation, the royal family of Roland can be considered one of the biggest winners. Queen Raimon's eldest daughter Laura, second daughter Sera, third daughter Nami, fourth daughter Amy, and fifth daughter Hela all successfully leveled up to level 14. Meanwhile, the captain of the royal guard, Cynthia, and the vice captains, Plu and Plutz, also leveled up to level 14.
It's worth mentioning that Princess Nami and Princess Amy were originally helping Earth build an interstellar fleet with Princess Nina, but because of this, they were urgently summoned back by Queen Raymond and made it to the upgrade.
The second biggest winner was the mechanical lifeform, the Setan aliens. Three of them came, but Marina, Keltilan, and Sitros all successfully leveled up to level 14. However, since they have now joined the planet Milan, they are considered members of Milan.
而本次升级成功的一共51人中，罗兰星、海兰星和美兰星三大星球占据了37人。其中罗兰星13人、美兰星12人、海兰星12人，还是很平均的。
On July 29th local time, Li Chenglong and others saw off Teacher Lena and the others at the airport in Princess Laura's territory before taking a train back to Roland City.
Inside the carriage, Yunlan smiled and said to Li Chenglong, "How about it? I've leveled up to level 14 now. Want to spar with me? And after so much time getting used to it, I can now use the Phoenix very skillfully."
Li Chenglong looked at Yun Lan, who was full of anticipation, and then at Li Xue and the other two who were staring at them. He nodded and said, "Alright, a friendly spar is fine, but don't cry if you lose."
Yunlan rolled her eyes: "What are you talking about? When did I ever cry because I lost? When we get back to Roland City, I'm definitely going to have a match with you." Li Xue then asked from the side, "Brother, when are we going back? One day on Roland is one and a half days on Earth. It's only August on Roland now, but it's already October on Earth."
Zhao Liying nodded: "I calculated the date, and today is October 25th in Earth time, which is almost November."
Li Chenglong thought for a moment and said, "Let's set off the day after tomorrow. I already told Queen Raymond yesterday that we'll be leaving in the next few days. Queen Raymond said that she'll be visiting Meilan Star and Hailan Star starting today and won't be able to see us off. But when we leave, Princess Sera and Princess Nami will lead a team of royal guards and members of the science department to accompany us and help us build the interstellar fleet better and faster."
After returning to the villa in Roland City and taking a short rest, the sparring match between Li Chenglong and Yun Lan began in the small arena behind the villa. Upon learning that two level 14 princesses were going to spar, all the princesses except for the seventh princess Nina, who was still on Earth, came here. Cynthia, Plu, and Plutz, three level 14 powerhouses from the royal guard, also came to witness this rare spectacle.
To prevent the intense battle from damaging the buildings, the powerful figures unleashed their energy to form a strong barrier. Li Chenglong took out his Starry Sky Spear and stood on the left side of the arena, while Yun Lan stood on the right side, holding the Phoenix Spear in one hand.
Regarding the naming of the weapons, Li Chenglong accepted Yunlan and Teacher Lena's suggestion to change the name of the Shattered Star Spear back to the Starry Sky Spear, while the weapons of the others retained their original names.
Since it was a competition, there had to be a referee. Princess Laura, as the second strongest person on Roland Star, took the initiative to assume the role of referee.
"This match has a time limit of 20 minutes. Begin!" With Laura's command, the sparring between the two officially began.
"Take this!" Li Chenglong shouted, charging towards Yun Lan with his Starry Sky Spear held diagonally behind his back. Yun Lan hadn't expected Li Chenglong to adopt such an open and powerful fighting style, charging directly at her. She prepared to block with both hands holding her Phoenix Spear.
But Li Chenglong only took a dozen or so steps before disappearing from the spot in an instant, without even a trace of energy fluctuation. Laura, who was acting as the referee, was also taken aback. Although she herself had reached level 14 and knew many people who could teleport or move through space, she had never encountered anyone at Li Chenglong's level except for her mother.
Yun Lan remained calm and composed, holding her spear vertically with both hands to block Li Chenglong's suddenly appearing Starry Sky Spear. The two then engaged in a fierce exchange of blows. Yun Lan had used the spear as a weapon far longer than Li Chenglong and was more skilled in its handling, initially holding a slight advantage.
However, this situation only lasted for a minute. Although both sides began to channel their spiritual energy into their weapons, the difference in their energy levels immediately became apparent. After exchanging only a few blows with their weapons, Yunlan felt numbness in her hands, pain in her palms, and her arms were trembling slightly.
"As expected of my man, Yunlan, he's really strong. It seems I'll have to use some tricks myself. I can't let him down in front of so many people." Yunlan thought to herself as she activated the Blood of the Fire Phoenix.
Everyone felt a surge of intense energy emanating from Yunlan's body, and she instantly transformed into her psionic form. Although the psionic form consumes psionic energy, it enhances her current combat power by at least 30% to 40%, and after leveling up to level 14, the duration Yunlan can maintain in her psionic form will be greatly extended.
Li Chenglong nodded in satisfaction. Yunlan's current strength was still enough to overpower Princess Laura. Although she was certainly not as good as Queen Raymond, he was certain that even if he were no longer in Dawn City, she could protect herself and her family well on her own.
Yun Lan, now in her Phoenix Blood form and further empowered by her psionic form, instantly overwhelmed Li Chenglong. However, despite being at a disadvantage, Li Chenglong didn't activate any of his forms, not even the Holy Dragon Blood. He wanted to test his limits at level 14 in his normal state.
After fighting for about ten seconds, Yunlan understood Li Chenglong's idea. She did not hold back her power and continued to attack Li Chenglong with all her might.
The fierce battle continued for another three minutes. Li Chenglong was panting heavily, clearly at his limit. "It seems that facing Yunlan's full power under normal conditions is still too much of a strain. Holy Dragon Blood, activate!"
Yun Lan, who had seemed on the verge of defeat, suddenly gained a surge of power as a faint red glow emanated from her body. Yun Lan, not to be outdone, declared: "Fire Phoenix Blood, Level 4, activate!"
After the third level of Phoenix Blood was activated, Yunlan seemed to be enveloped in flames. Her pair of fiery red wings grew slightly larger, and the intense heat emanating from her body caused everyone present to take a step back.
"This is the first time I've used spirit summoning at full power," Yun Lan said calmly. "But there's a first time for everything, and I'm going to test its power. Wind Chime, come forth, spirit summoning!"
Immediately, a gigantic phoenix flew out from Yunlan's body, soaring through the sky and constantly crying out. Princess Laura looked at the ever-growing firebird above her head, then at Li Chenglong, wondering how he would react.
Seeing that Yun Lan had used a spirit summoning technique many times more powerful than before, Li Xue, Han Xiaoling, and Zhao Liying all assumed that Li Chenglong would also use spirit summoning to fight. However, to their surprise, Li Chenglong stood still, quietly waiting for Yun Lan to accumulate energy.
Yunlan, who was a little further away, was also somewhat surprised, wondering what Li Chenglong was thinking, as he didn't seem to have any countermeasures. However, out of trust in Li Chenglong, she continued to inject her spiritual energy into the phoenix above her head.
At this moment, a scene that shocked everyone occurred. Just as the phoenix was about to attack, Li Chenglong disappeared from his spot and then instantly appeared behind Yunlan. He picked her up with his right hand, pointed the Starry Sky Spear upwards with his left hand, and released a powerful energy that struck the firebird in the air.
The wind chime, which had transformed into its physical form in the air, reverted to its original spiritual form due to insufficient energy and the attack from Li Chenglong. It looked at Yunlan with a mixture of helplessness and shame.
Li Xue, Zhao Liying, and Han Xiaoling all stared wide-eyed, never expecting that spirit summoning could be interrupted in this way. Li Chenglong smiled as he looked at Yun Lan, who was in his arms and had an incredulous expression, and said, "Your spirit summoning is too slow right now. In real combat, you'll be at a disadvantage. You need to practice this more."
Li Chenglong had discovered this problem long ago, but initially, due to his low level, he didn't have a good solution and left it as it was. However, after leveling up to 14, especially after fighting against Queen Raymond, who could almost instantly cast spells, Li Chenglong diligently studied the technique and finally achieved the ability to quickly summon spirits.
He's been quite busy lately, and he only recently figured out a solution, so he hasn't told Yunlan and the others about it yet. Today, he took advantage of this weakness and easily defeated Yunlan.
The audience erupted in enthusiastic applause, but it wasn't just for Li Chenglong; many rounds of applause were also for Yun Lan. Their spectacular fight and heroic demeanor earned the approval of everyone present.
Yunlan accepted her defeat wholeheartedly, but still bit Li Chenglong's shoulder hard: "You better tell me how to quickly activate the spirit summoning method later, or I won't let you off the hook."
Li Chenglong said with a smile, "That's for sure. In a little while, I will teach not only you, but also Li Xue, Han Xiaoling and Zhao Liying. Although their level is relatively low and they cannot fire quickly, it will still be much faster than it is now."