There was a moment of silence. The world seemed to hold its breath as Zarach and Alex silently stared at each other, the words they exchanged merely a way to buy a moment to process what had just transpired.
Their exchange just now, though it didn't end with one of them dying, came as close to that as possible, and it was only made possible by the skills both of them had used.
They both expected the other person to hold an ace of his own, and now they knew what they were up against.
The stakes of the battle had just reached their absolute peak; the slightest slip-up, and death was all that awaited either of them.
Even Zarach, as prideful as he was, understood this truth well.
The domain of nothingness around Alex made it so that any fate string was erased before it could anchor and infect his fate, but clearly, the string that affected him was not ordinary.
