He has already touched the edge.
Eugene was certain of Ais's current state.
It was already foreseeable that she was close to truly knocking on that great door and stepping onto the right path.
Now, only the final step remained!
That would be the scene he looked forward to the most!
To capture a girl's heart, you must leave her with unforgettable memories!
Before that, let him dance to his heart's content with the Sword Princess.
Let's have a Dance of Death!
Eugene stepped forward, pressing closer and closer.
Since the slash was undefendable and its reach was astonishing, then the only option was close combat!
Sun Breathing, Eighth Form: Solar Heat Haze!
Eugene cleaved horizontally with an ordinary-looking axe-chop. Ais, judging the distance, made no move.
But just as the axe was about to pass in front of her, the axe blade vibrated rapidly, extending an extra section out of thin air!
Ais's eyes suddenly changed!
This move relied on ultra-high-speed vibrations or some blah blah blah, but the effect was to make the weapon seem to change length, creating an illusion.
Clang!
But to Ais, this was merely a trick, not a winning move.
Her body was enveloped in wind, as if her senses had been magnified and made much more agile.
She had already sensed the anomaly before the axe hit.
With a wipe and a flick of her broken sword, she immediately deflected Eugene's force to the side.
Eugene flipped his wrist and, following the momentum, immediately executed the Sun Breathing technique again.
The subtlety of this sword style also lay in its ability to transition seamlessly at any time.
Sun Breathing, Sixth Form: Burning Bones, Summer Sun!
With a rumbling sound, the battle axe spun in the air, trailing a large swath of 18 flames.
This half-offensive, half-defensive move was also meant to guard against Ais's unpredictable slash.
Sure enough, facing the vortex of fire, Ais chose not to launch a meaningless attack.
She had seen the defense of Eugene's trench coat many times.
Therefore, an attack must be launched on the unprotected areas to be effective.
Head, wrists, ankles, groin, and the back of the heart/spine—only these few places.
However, for the Ais of today, these few places were enough!
She took a step forward, her figure moving silently.
While Eugene's battle axe was still in the movement of the Burning Bones, Summer Sun technique, her slender figure had already crossed the flames and arrived at his flank!
She held her breath, seized the opportunity, and brought the sword down vertically toward the exposed inch of Eugene's wrist!
Eugene naturally noticed it, but this girl was ridiculously fast!
He couldn't free his hand!
But he always had a way!
System Space Summon!
In this brief moment, Eugene successfully summoned "Rock Lee's Ankle Weights" onto his wrist!
The hardness could be inferred from the fact that several tons of mass were concentrated in such small pieces of ankle weights!
Clang!!
A loud shock caused both Eugene and Ais to tremble momentarily!
Eugene was unbalanced because of the sudden increase in weight.
Ais, on the other hand, was astonished by the way the object appeared and its mass!
She felt as if she had struck a giant boulder.
Recall!
With a thought, Eugene recalled the ankle weights from his hand, while a blast of flame forced Ais to retreat.
However, the flames that used to exert strong pressure on her now only made her take a slight step back.
She rushed forward again in just two steps.
Realizing that a single strike was difficult to achieve victory, Ais didn't care about anything else.
At this moment, she only wanted to defeat Eugene with all her strength!
Black Wind, full activation!
The long sword in her hand solidified again, as if it truly possessed substance, yet the tip seemed somewhat ethereal.
Every swing of it seemed to slash into the void, making it impossible to predict.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Ais's figure was like a close-quarters specter, relentlessly pursuing Eugene.
Her slashes were dense and continuous, like a pitch-black fishing net, completely enveloping Eugene, leaving him gasping for air.
Resistance Share!
Eugene was struck in the ribs!
Resistance Share!
Struck in the shoulder!
Resistance Share! Struck in the thigh and abdomen!
Resistance Share! Resistance Share! Resistance Share!
Share, share, share, share, share, share, share!
Facing this final offensive, Eugene went all out.
He continued to use Sun Breathing while enduring Ais's barrage of swords, bravely charging forward.
It was just pitiful for the 'Bull on the other side, who was passively taking a beating and felt utterly frustrated.
"What's wrong!? You think this level is enough to take my life?"
Facing the successive slashes, Eugene seemed to feel no pain, constantly launching counterattacks.
This insane fighting style made even the Amazon sisters watching feel terrified.
What they didn't know was that Eugene was actually at HP-0-0-0 the entire time.
With the Minotaur's ultra-speed regeneration active, he was completely fine and didn't even need to drink potions.
This guy!
Ais was shocked by Eugene's charge.
In her eyes, this man had reached the point of risking his life, even actively seeking death.
If the two of them were truly enemies by position, she might have set aside her worries.
But now, her reason had mostly returned, and she was no longer blinded by anger.
She began to wonder why Eugene was pushing himself to this extent.
"If you don't grasp that power, you will lose everything!"
As if seeing through Ais's inner thoughts, Eugene started his motivational talk again.
"If you don't get used to loss, loss will crush you!"
"If you don't face the darkness, the darkness will swallow you!"
"I told you!"
"The root of everything is within you!"
"You shouldn't be constrained by past obsessions anymore!"
"Those so-called loves and hatreds are just memories!"
"Don't let memories control you; they are only a part of you!"
"Whether it's that little girl or these black winds,"
"They are just fragments of you!"
As Eugene spoke passionately, the demonic flames swirling around him surged like a volcanic eruption.
He temporarily abandoned his defense, letting the black long sword slash down onto him.
At the same time, facing Ais, who had clearly arrived at the door but was still shrinking back, he let out a thunderous roar!
"Wake up, Ais Wallenstein!"
"Your childish dreams should have ended a long time ago!!!"
Everyone has darkness in their hearts.
The reason Ais was attracted to Bell was his pure whiteness.
This was wrong.
People should have desires; love, hate, and sorrow are the true portrayal of a person's life.
If Ais continued to follow her own ideas, she would only be stuck in place, forever that little girl.
How can a little girl learn positions (postures)?
That last sentence was also the truth!
As the ground in the arena shook, the battle was about to come to an end.
A few blocks away, Finn, Gareth, and Riveria were rushing to the scene non-stop.
Bete and others, hearing that Ais was in trouble, also sped toward the arena at full throttle.
"Indeed, there is a very strong magical aura!"
Riveria's worry was written all over her face. She had raised Ais since childhood and had an almost motherly attitude toward her.
"The Flame Breather, I didn't expect his strength to be this great."
Finn, after hearing Shakti's summary, was even more concerned about Eugene's background.
"He killed Lefiya! He must pay the price!" Gareth, as an elder, was now furious.
He clenched his giant fist, glaring angrily at the large building ahead.
He was mainly in charge of training the younger members of the Familia and had a deep affection for the children.
When he heard the bad news, Gareth nearly went berserk.
His only thought now was to tear that damned Flame Breather to shreds!
"Calm down, Gareth!"
Finn tried hard to appease his old partner.
It wasn't just to stop the situation from escalating. There was one more thing.
He felt his thumb was aching again.
This meant that the matter might not be as simple as it looked on the surface.
What good would a meaningless public murder do for the Flame Breather?
It would only make him a target of everyone.
Moreover, according to Shakti, she had been chatting and laughing with Lefiya and the others just moments before.
Why would the situation suddenly change?
They must have missed a crucial point!
Finn, the strategist, quickened his pace while calmly thinking through the cause and effect.
Where exactly was the discrepancy?
"Damn it! That bastard dared to hurt Ais!"
Bete's speed was extraordinary, allowing him to keep pace with the three Level 6 adventurers.
His sharp teeth were exposed, and he was practically radiating fire.
"I'm going to kill him!"
"Stop talking, Bete!" Finn's thought process was interrupted, and he irritably snapped at the reckless werewolf boy:
"Even two of you together might not win..."
He trailed off suddenly.
Bete was about to retort but was stopped by Riveria.
Due to their tacit understanding, she saw enlightenment, shock, joy, and approval on Finn's face!
"That guy... is truly something else..."
Looking at the nearby arena, Finn's expression was complicated, almost unable to offer a comment.
Two people.
The answer was exactly two people!
At the edge of the constantly vibrating stands, a figure wrapped in a cloak, whose full appearance was unclear, had maintained the same posture for a long time.
"Ugh..."
Finally, she woke up.
And this meant that everything was about to take a turn.
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