"She combined water and lightning styles... just as expected from that masochistic girl," Sirzechs smiled with approval from Lord Gremory's balcony.
"That move was smart, however, it doesn't look like it will work again," Lord Phenex said as he raised his right hand to pick up a wine glass from the table.
On the battlefield, Yubelluna quickly rushed forward with her weapon aimed at Akeno.
However, Akeno quickly noticed this and stopped casting her lightning to dodge at high speed.
...
"It's not as simple as that, huh, Rias..." Riser smiled. Once again, he unleashed a powerful burst of flames that forced the redhead to retreat.
Rias, her clothes slightly singed, couldn't help but kneel on one knee, she watched as Akeno had to dodge Yubelluna's attack and how Issei was surrounded by girls specialized in physical combat. She couldn't help but growl with some frustration.
"Riser, hehe... Do you think it's that easy to catch me?" Rias smiled, but her current state said otherwise, she prepared to dodge again, waiting for the right moment to counterattack.
"Then why don't you make it harder?" Riser smiled. This time, he narrowed his eyes, moved at high speed, and charged toward Rias like a comet.
Rias's eyes widened. Thanks to her body being slightly more powerful in every way thanks to chakra, she managed to react in time and move.
"Oh! It looks like the heir of the Phenex family wants to end this quickly!!" The announcer finally reacted and started narrating the battle after having been stunned for a while.
Riser's body was covered in bright yellow flames, and he charged like a powerful phoenix toward Rias.
However
Rias somehow managed to react in time. She smiled, pulled out a small scroll while dodging, and threw it toward Riser.
"What?" the Phenex heir widened his eyes, he couldn't stop his charge, and he quickly collided with the scroll in mid-air, triggering a large explosion.
Explosion
The blast immediately drew everyone's attention. The four leaders of the major clans focused on Riser, after all, a massive explosion had just happened in his direction.
Rias watched this with a smile, licked her lips, sharpened her hearing, and began to wait.
However, even after several seconds passed, she didn't hear the voice announcing Riser's defeat, and her face quickly turned serious, "It didn't work?" Rias asked herself with some disbelief.
She had seen the strength of that explosion, it should have been enough to leave Riser in a completely miserable state and ready to be removed from the battlefield.
"Attention! Several members have been defeated!!" The voice of the announcer made Rias smile after being a bit surprised. She sighed in relief and was about to crouch down when the voice spoke again.
"Akeno Himejima, Mira, Marion, and Yubelluna have been removed from the battlefield!!" The voice of the announcer immediately put Rias back on alert.
She clenched her teeth in anger and quickly moved her hands, "How tough can this bastard be?!!" she asked as she began to condense a ball of destruction in her palms.
However, at that exact moment, a powerful burst of flame was launched at high speed from the site of the explosion.
Rias's eyes widened, her mind flooded with thoughts, and the sudden surprise prevented her from dodging.
Impact
The impact of the massive column of fire against Rias's body caused a small explosion, and the sound of the flames was accompanied by the scream of a demon girl.
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"Boost!!" Issei punched Isabela hard in the face, making her disappear from the battlefield. He had managed to dodge the attacks from the four girls with difficulty after using Itachi's scroll.
Taking advantage of the momentary blindness of the girls, he rushed in quickly, managing to eliminate Isabela.
Issei moved at high speed again, "Fire Style: Blazing Flame!!" His fire attack quickly reached Kalarmine, who was still rubbing her eyes to recover from the blindness.
"Attention! Kalarmine and Isabela from Riser Phenex's peerage have been completely defeated!!" Once again, the announcer's voice drew everyone's attention.
"Niobe!!"
"Burent!!"
Both girls, specialized in physical combat, shouted each other's names. They had just recovered from the temporary blindness and now charged toward Issei at high speed.
"Hmph..." The poor boy made a hard-to-hear sound as he charged forward as well.
Niobe approached Issei with a punch, while Burent planned to attack Issei's legs with a low kick. However, the poor boy dodged by jumping slightly and passed between the two attacks.
In the middle of his evasive movement, he extended his right hand to grab Niobe's fist.
"Come on, I'd like to show you the Dragon Style..." Issei murmured with a smile before wrapping his arms tightly around Niobe's body in a powerful bear hug.
"Boost!!!" The mechanical voice of his gauntlet rang out again, "Boy, this is your last Boost for now, you need to save your energy for that technique..." Ddraig murmured in Issei's mind.
"Hmph..." The poor boy made an indistinct noise as he let out a powerful roar, "Grraggh!!!" Issei roared while squeezing Niobe's body and neck tightly.
"Kyahh!!!" The girl screamed while blushing almost instantly, the overwhelming strength of Issei crushed her quickly, her nose and ears began to bleed in the blink of an eye, and before Issei could continue, Niobe's body vanished.
Issei, however, turned and saw Rias being hit by a powerful column of fire and sent flying, his eyes quickly filled with chaos, and he stood up at high speed.
He moved rapidly, dodging Burent's attack, and headed toward Riser, who seemed to be descending to check Rias's body on the ground.
"Why don't you just surrender?, my love" Descending from the air, Riser murmured some mocking words as he watched Rias struggle to get up. Her demon clothes had been completely scorched, barely leaving anything to cover the important parts.
However, no one in the audience dared to look at Rias with lust, after all, Lord Gremory was present.
"I..." Issei forced a smile, he watched Riser not far from Rias as he ran forward, then he looked at Itachi's box, and finally he let out a powerful sigh.
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