Insufficient balance

  The entire arena was filled with my magic and his aura, I secretly cursed in my heart, how did I encounter such a strong thief? Are all cultivators this formidable? It's too terrifying.

  Gradually, his aura seemed to be not as abundant as it was at the beginning, and he had a feeling of being overwhelmed. I finally saw a glimmer of hope, although my consumption was also great, but I could still hold on. Seeing the opportunity, I immediately accelerated my attack. Effort will not be in vain. He was caught off guard and hit me on the shoulder, the 6th level magic's attacking power is terrifying, hitting him to fly high, falling far away. Although he had aura protection, this time he was also heavily injured.

  I stopped the magical attack because I knew that a trial by combat between knights should not continue to attack an opponent who is unable to fight back, since he can be gracious, why can't I act like a knight too.

  He got up from the ground, his left shoulder looking a bit unnatural. He gave me a strange smile and said roughly: "Kid, I didn't think you were so strong. At such a young age, you already have this level of skill, it makes me very impressed. Regardless of the outcome of this trial, I can let all of you few dozen people go. Actually, I know that if you want to leave, we can't stop you, but you're willing to stay for your friends, this is what I appreciate, you're a real man."

  No matter what the outcome is, does he still have the strength to counterattack? I calmly replied "Then thank you first, I also admire your knight spirit." This is indeed my heartfelt words.

  He brushed off the dirt on his body and said, "Let me show you my true strength. Come out, War Tiger." With a loud roar, a gigantic striped tiger appeared in the arena. "This is my Phantom Beast - War Tiger. You can summon your own Phantom Beast too. Let's go all out and have a good fight. I haven't felt this exhilarated in a long time. War Tiger, merge!" The tiger let out a loud growl and charged towards him at incredible speed. In an instant, the tiger and human merged into one body. Striped armor-like markings appeared on his body, covering over 60% of his vital areas, including his knight sword, which now had striped patterns etched onto it. His aura was so overwhelming that I felt like I couldn't resist him.

  Wow, this is the armor formed by the fusion of warriors and phantom beasts. According to Teacher Di, the phantom beast of a warrior and the magic of a magician are similar, both helping their masters attack and defend. However, when the phantom beast reaches level 7 or higher and the master also reaches the Tian Dou Qi state, they can fuse together to form a protective armor that enhances the master's combat abilities, making them much stronger than fighting alone. Knights who can perform this armor fusion with phantom beasts have already reached the level of a Luminous Knight (equivalent to a Magic Master).

  "Let me see your contracted beast too."

  It seems that if I don't let Xiaojin go to battle, I'll lose. But I haven't recovered from the shadow of Xiaojin's last battle yet. Let's do it, let Xiaojin come out and try. Times are different now, Xiaojin shouldn't be defeated so easily, right? "Come on out, Xiaojin." A flash of golden light, and Xiaojin's massive body appeared beside me.

  Xiao Jin's appearance clearly startled him, and he exclaimed in surprise: "What kind of beast are you? You're so big!"

  Xiao Jin is now over 10 meters in length, his entire body wrapped in thick white scales with three golden stripes shining brightly. The horns on his head have grown much longer, and the pair of wide wings on his back are only slightly shorter than his body length. His five sharp claws scrape against the ground, looking extremely fierce.

  I found that the little golden one had no sense of battle at all, it hadn't been out for a long time, and its mouth was making happy calls, probably thinking I let it out to play. Until I used my spiritual sense to send it information that there were enemies, it tensed up and shook its cute big head around, looking around everywhere. It may have also sensed that only the bandit leader could threaten me, using its spiritual sense to ask me "Is this an enemy?" I gave it a positive response.

  Without warning, Xiaojin suddenly emitted a powerful and majestic aura, staring fiercely at the bandit leader in front of him. The scales on his body stood up, his wings spread out, and with a flap, he stirred up a whirlwind of sand and dust. The astonishing aura caused the surrounding thieves to scatter and flee, and cries of "monster" echoed through the air.

  "Halt, halt, I won't compare." The voice of the bandit chief came through the wind and sand.

  I hastily called out to Xiao Jin to stop, and couldn't help but feel surprised in my heart. I hadn't even started attacking him yet, so how could he already be no match for me?

  "Whoa, what kind of beast is this? It's too terrifying! My battle tiger seems to be scared and wants to separate from me. I admit defeat, hurry up and recall it!" The bandit leader knew that he couldn't continue to resist my powers after facing the terror of Xiaojin, so he surrendered voluntarily.

  Indeed, Xiao Jin's strength makes me unbelievable, I know that I am absolutely not Xiao Jin's opponent now, especially the king's aura it just emitted, making me wonder if this is my former lovely Xiao Jin?

  Xiao Jin reluctantly returned to my body, and I suddenly felt a wave of weakness. My magical power was severely depleted. Although the match earlier had wasted a lot of my magical power, going into battle with Xiao Jin also had a huge impact. Xiao Jin was powerful, but he also consumed a lot of my magical power (his energy was all provided by me). This wasn't even an attack yet, or else I would have fainted already. It seems that the road ahead of me is still very long. If there's ever a time when I can bring out Xiao Jin's maximum power at the same time as mine, I estimate that I won't be far from becoming a legendary great magician.

  The dust gradually dispersed, and the bandit leader stood not far from me with a dusty head and face. His battle tiger had also been recalled, and he looked at me helplessly. From his gaze, I could no longer find any hostility. Relying on Xiaojin's great power, I won.

  He smiled wryly and said to me: "I'm telling you, little brother, this fantasy beast is too abnormal. How did you find it? I don't know what breed it is."

  I smiled and replied, "I don't know what breed it is either, I just know it's my best friend. Actually, you didn't lose, you just can't beat me with your fantasy beast. In terms of strength, we're evenly matched."

  I guess my words satisfied his vanity, he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, "Good, you're really a down-to-earth brother, I'm going to be friends with you."