Sword qi tore through the air, churning the clouds into a murky mess.
Below, the Egyptian military magess were terrified.
Finna had guessed that the Dark Sword Master might appear here, but when it actually did, she finally understood why so many Super-Order Mages had died under the Dark Sword Master's sword qi.
"Run! The Dark Sword Master is a Monarch-Level Undead! Everyone, tighten your formation and reduce casualties!!!" Finna shouted, the wind carrying her voice to everyone's ears.
As she spoke, her Super-Level Wind Magic also began to brew.
She knew she couldn't deal with the Dark Sword Master alone and only hoped to buy more time for the other two Super-Order Mages to provide timely support.
Black sword qi raged in the sky, and the powerful wind pressure even made it difficult to breathe, as they watched the sword qi draw closer and closer.
Closer and closer!
"Step back!"
A voice rang out.
It wasn't Finna, but a figure encircled by a sky-blue ribbon!
Jiang Yuan immediately had Little Yunmeng perform elemental possession.
Clouds rose from beneath his feet, carrying him to directly clash with the black sword qi above!
"Ooom~~~~~~~!"
The moment they made contact, heaven and earth trembled.
The clouds above the peak were split in two by the immense impact.
Jiang Yuan's body was like a spring emerging after a mountain collapse and an earthquake, with sky-blue water flowing from his hair.
In just a blink of an eye, the sky had formed a shocking scene of a vast ocean of clouds!
The black sword qi that scattered after the collision fell into the ocean, and ripples on the surface stirred up monstrous waves above their heads!
"What are you all still standing around for?" Jiang Yuan turned back and shouted at Mo Fan and the others who were stunned.
Only then did they react and rush forward to help.
"Don't go! Even the aftermath of a Monarch-Level battle can tear a High-Level Mage to shreds!" Finna shouted, stopping them.
A pair of azure wind wings grew from behind her, and she flew directly towards the Dark Sword Master: "I'll help you!"
The Dark Sword Master did not stop its actions because of Jiang Yuan's intervention; the Dark Greatsword in its hand continuously unleashed one black sword qi after another.
Some of the sword qi passed through the vast ocean above and struck the sand and rocks, causing the earth to tremble!
Fortunately, there were no people there, only some Undead.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuan frowned.
He couldn't cover such a wide area and keep everyone safe; someone would always die from the aftermath of the battle.
There were too many people, and he couldn't unleash his full power, feeling somewhat constrained.
However, there was one way to perfectly solve this problem.
Jiang Yuan stepped on the clouds and ascended into the sky.
He looked down at the Dark Sword Master from above:
"Following the ancient covenant, I challenge you to a duel!"
Upon hearing this, the Dark Sword Master finally stopped its actions.
It could feel that Jiang Yuan's aura was extraordinary, vaguely feeling as if it had seen the true form of the Pharaoh.
The human in front of it was very powerful!
The Dark Sword Master slowly raised its Dark Greatsword, pointing the tip directly at Jiang Yuan, and said in ancient Egyptian: "As a fellow Dark one, I accept your duel. Until Death!"
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Jiang Yuan and the Dark Sword Master were enveloped by dark energy.
When a Dark Contract is formed, no one can interfere in the duel between the two!
Finna still wanted to come and help, but just as she finished sketching her Star Palace, she saw a triangular dark contract barrier isolating the space in front of her.
"That's the Dark Contract that only exists in ancient texts!" Wangkos exclaimed in shock.
This barrier, condensed from dark energy, would only be broken when a winner was decided!
Winning meant life or Death.
Just as the Dark Sword Master said—
Until Death!
"This is bad, Old Jiang is going to face a Monarch-Level Undead alone inside!" Mo Fan said anxiously.
He was desperate to rush in and help.
But Finna had just used the Wind Element Super-Level Magic, Wind Mutilation Thousand Blades, on the dark barrier, and all of it was absorbed by the barrier.
They could only watch Jiang Yuan and the Dark Sword Master duel one-on-one, and everyone was helpless!
Inside the Dark Duel Arena.
Jiang Yuan calmly looked at the Dark Sword Master.
If he wasn't worried about Khufu, that old immortal, he could have instantly killed the Dark Sword Master with the power of his Armor Robe.
But now, he could only expend a little more effort to deal with the Dark Sword Master.
"Human, you possess supreme Undead power. I promise that after your Death, I will lead you into the supreme Underworld, to serve the Pharaoh alongside us!" the Dark Sword Master said.
As a Monarch-Level Undead, it already possessed considerable intelligence.
Jiang Yuan chuckled lightly, disdainfully saying: "Make me serve the Pharaoh? What is it even?"
Blasphemy, naked blasphemy!
The Dark Sword Master would never allow anyone to insult the Pharaoh!
The darkness on its body surged in an instant, and the ghost horse beneath it neighed and charged forward on all four legs.
"Yunmeng Sea." Jiang Yuan said calmly.
White clouds flew out from beneath his feet, forming a sea of clouds within the duel arena.
The ghost horse, carrying the Dark Sword Master, charged into the white clouds like a headless fly, crashing around everywhere; even with Jiang Yuan standing nearby, it couldn't find him.
Jiang Yuan moved his thoughts, and the sea of clouds turned pitch black.
Thunder roared, and a torrential downpour poured down.
Every drop of rain had the power of an Intermediate-Level Magic, and even stronger penetrating power!
Of course, this power had little effect on the heavily armored Dark Sword Master.
Jiang Yuan's goal was simply to let the rainwater seep in, so he could proceed with the next step.
The Dark Sword Master's true body was not the armor, but the body composed of an endless swarm of black insects beneath the armor.
Black insects naturally feared low temperatures.
He quietly hovered at the highest point of the Dark Duel Arena, like a god, watching the Dark Sword Master charge wildly below.
Once the rainwater completely filled the armor's crevices.
Jiang Yuan lightly tapped the black clouds beside him with his finger.
Instantly, the temperature plummeted!
Endless cold air replaced the heavy rain, and the entire Dark Duel Arena felt as if it had entered a winter apocalypse, with chilling ice crystals as far as the eye could see!
Even the Dark Sword Master's body was covered in ice crystals, and it and its mount were almost unable to move.
It laboriously raised the Dark Greatsword in its hand, making to plunge it into the ground.
"Dark Spirit..."
"Clang!!!!"
An ice spear suddenly flew across the sky, striking the Dark Greatsword and forcing it from the Dark Sword Master's hand.
Jiang Yuan did not give the Dark Sword Master a chance to use other powers, so as not to prolong the duel and waste time.
The Dark Sword Master, trapped by ice crystals, had lost its Dark Greatsword, which meant it had no ability to resist Jiang Yuan's attacks.
And Jiang Yuan quickly ended the Dark Sword Master's life, gaining another Monarch-Level Essence Orb.
With one side dead, the Dark Duel Arena collapsed and dispersed into the void.
When Jiang Yuan emerged.
Everyone present looked at him with incredibly complex eyes.
There was shock, admiration, terror, excitement...
All sorts of emotions intertwined into a final cheer:
"The Dark Sword Master is dead!!!!!"
This meant that the greatest threat to the Pyramid Mirage had been removed; they only needed to clean up and finish the work to restore Puccini to its former state!