Faced with Signora's response—like a tank's explosive reactive armor—
Bai Ge had to admit one thing:
It was indeed very effective.
The Bai Ge who had transformed himself into a "falling star" was, in the end, not a real meteor.
Even with the weight of the Thousand-Rock Greatsword as reinforcement, relying solely on a leap and descent could never replicate the terrifying inertia of a true celestial body crashing down from the heavens.
Amid the continuous impacts and explosions, Bai Ge's slash was forcibly halted, and the "Heavenly Star" state shattered.
But his goal had already been achieved.
That goal was—
Closing the distance.
Landing right beside Signora, Bai Ge swung his blade.
Seeing a heavy greatsword user get in close, Signora's expression changed. Without the slightest sense of fair play, she immediately began condensing an ice cocoon.
Just like Lissandra's ultimate in League of Legends, Signora wrapped herself in a thick layer of solid ice!
For this purely defensive skill, she no longer restrained her power.
In an instant, the blizzards of Snezhnaya rose!
The air itself seemed frozen solid, a bone-chilling cold that seeped into the marrow and made it hard to breathe descended upon the scene!
Within the protection of the ice cocoon granted by the Tsaritsa, Signora cast a proud, contemptuous gaze through the ice at Bai Ge.
"Give up," Signora said from within the cocoon.
"You can't possibly break the protective ice bestowed upon me by Her Majesty the Tsaritsa!"
She was extremely confident.
And in truth, she had every right to be.
Normally, ice-type fighters who sealed themselves in ice lost the ability to attack—but Signora had broken that rule.
Even while frozen, she could still launch attacks freely!
Aside from being unable to move, she effectively possessed both the strongest spear and the strongest shield at the same time!
Clang—
A dull sound rang out as Bai Ge's Thousand-Rock Greatsword struck the ice cocoon.
As if echoing Signora's words, the collision sounded like two massive stones crashing together.
The violent recoil traveled back through the blade. At the point of impact, there wasn't even the slightest crack on Signora's ice cocoon!
Seeing this, Signora lifted her delicate chin slightly, her expression filled with arrogance.
But right in front of her, Bai Ge revealed a mocking smile.
"Is that so?" he asked softly.
Then, using the rebound force from that strike, Bai Ge withdrew the Thousand-Rock Greatsword.
A one-man dance began.
Borrowing the recoil, Bai Ge spun his body!
Against Signora—who had hastily formed her ice cocoon—he gripped the heavy greatsword with both hands. Using a dragging-blade technique, he unleashed a sweeping circular slash!
Snap!
A pale-white crescent of sword light struck the ice cocoon with a crisp sound!
"Hm?!"
Hearing that completely different sound, unease suddenly surged in Signora's heart.
But before she could analyze it or react, Bai Ge's next attacks came like a raging storm!
At some point, the rock-element coating on the Thousand-Rock Greatsword had faded.
In its place—
Blazing flames erupted!
Circular slash—retract—ignite the blade—vertical cleave!
A fiery wheel of flame tore through the air.
Then the blade was drawn back again—another circular slash!
With a flick of his right wrist to adjust the grip, his left hand seamlessly took over the hilt, just like a relay exchange.
Planting both feet firmly on the ground, Bai Ge pulled the sword upward with his left hand, carving out a fiery, rising half-moon slash!
At Bai Ge's extreme speed,
The trajectories of the first and second circular slashes, the flame wheel, and the half-moon slash almost overlapped into one.
But he wasn't done yet!
Repeating the motion, he switched hands once more—
Another identical circular slash burst forth!
Three circular arcs—one pale, two blazing red—linked together, slicing the air itself apart!
After this final circular slash, Bai Ge's spinning body finally reached its limit.
Riding the momentum of that rotation, he leapt into the air.
The blade ignited once more.
A full 360-degree spinning strike descended from above, carrying all the accumulated force with it!
The power of this blow far surpassed all the previous ones combined!
BOOM—
Just like before, the final heavy cleave smashed straight into the exact center of the cross-shaped scars left by the earlier six strikes—
one yellow, two red, three white!
"This is bad!"
Watching those rapid seven strikes land almost before she could even react, Signora finally cried out in alarm!
Only now did she remember that she could still attack, hurriedly trying to condense ice to strike back at Bai Ge.
But—
It was too late.
As Bai Ge's final heavy slash fell, Signora's ice cocoon shattered on the spot!
This—
Was Lightspeed QA of Searing Onslaught!
Including the very first strike—
Seven slashes in an instant!
The Thousand-Rock Greatsword, wreathed in roaring flames, rapidly enlarged in Signora's vision!
An unimaginable wave of searing heat surged toward her face!
No matter how she tried to imagine it, Signora never thought that—
As the former Crimson Witch of Flames,
She would one day have a flaming greatsword slammed straight into her face.
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