Chapter 299: Fated Showdown (Part 6)

“It’s useless! You can’t break through my double shield style!”

Serina had already set up her defense, her two shields interlocking, forming an impenetrable guard. But she was still a bit nervous, cold sweat beginning to bead on her forehead.

The Gale Hero’s wind-blade was ever-changing and unstoppable. No one had ever seen such a bizarre swordsmanship.

Yet at this moment, it was like a freeze-frame from a final showdown—The Hero of the Gale attacked with only an ordinary sword, while Serina was fully armed.

Of course, battle aura was the strongest “equipment.” The two sides were evenly matched, and no one could predict the outcome.

Even Samimi could no longer interfere in the battle.

Her mana was nearly depleted. All her support spells had been pushed to the limit. From here on, it was up to fate.

Victory or defeat, in this instant!

“Blade-Shattering Style.”

The Hero of the Gale had found a way to break the double shield.

During her thrust, she suddenly exerted force, shattering the longsword in her hand!

The broken sword exploded into countless fragments, each one wrapped in wind battle aura, scattering like shotgun pellets, leaving no gaps.

This kind of dense attack couldn’t be completely blocked by two small round shields.

Especially the lower body—Serina’s legs were bound to be hit.

Moreover, this fragment attack perfectly countered light shield-type defenses.

“[Lullaby].”

Serina also held back no longer, directly activating the legendary skill of the Cradle Sword.

The black small round shield emitted a strange fluctuation, the surrounding space seeming to twist.

All the incoming sword fragments were rebounded away.

The Hero of the Gale was neither anxious nor impatient, attacking again.

“Net-Sword Style.”

She raised her hand, manipulating the broken swords on the ground to form a dense sword net, enveloping Serina.

Yet Serina still followed the same method, using “Lullaby” once more to bounce away all the attacks.

The Hero of the Gale frowned slightly, quickly analyzing the principle—

This was an invisible qi shield, capable of rebounding all attacks.

“The overlapping shield style… really is annoying.”

But now that she understood the mechanism, she could definitely break it.

She was no longer the person who only knew how to brute force things.

She had a goal, an obsession, she was fighting for herself.

“Give the Divine Official back to me!”

The Hero of the Gale attacked again, condensing all her battle aura at her fingertip, thrusting out with a single finger-point!

This strike directly pierced the “Lullaby” qi shield.

The invisible qi shield was forcibly forced to reveal its outline, the two forces violently colliding—

In the end, offense proved superior.

The qi shield was broken!

This move of The Hero of the Gale was originally a shield-breaking technique specifically targeting energy shields.

Whether it was a Magic Shield or this kind of illusory shield generated by a skill, their essence was energy defense.

Her “Sword Finger” was the ultimate compression of power into a single point, specifically designed to pierce through such structures.

But her finger could not destroy a physical shield.

It wasn’t that the power was insufficient, but her body’s strength did not allow it.

“What?!” Serina was shocked.

“You’ve already lost.” The Hero of the Gale sneered.

“What nonsense!” Serina roared, but still maintained her defense.

However—

The next instant!

All the broken swords on the ground simultaneously exploded!

Countless sword fragments shot out from every direction, leaving no blind spots!

Without a Magic Shield or an all-around Divine Artifact shield, this kind of attack was simply impossible to defend against completely!

So it turned out—

Her earlier “randomly throwing swords” was all preparation.

She had already buried swords around Serina, infused them with battle aura, and waited for the best moment to detonate them.

This was a trap.

An extremely insidious “Blade Landmine.”

“Thud! Thud! Thud!”

Serina was instantly hit.

Her legs and lower body were pierced by numerous fragments. Her whole body went limp, and she knelt on the ground.

Cold sweat poured down; her lower half had almost lost sensation.

She wanted to stand up but couldn’t.

This move was impossible to guard against.

It could no longer even be considered a “sword technique,” but a tactical trap.

The poor Villainess was instantly defeated by the protagonist like this, the entire exchange only a few moves, not even having time to use her ultimate skill.

“Serina, you useless…” Samimi was speechless.

She had spent so much mana strengthening her, and this was the result? Defeated so cleanly?

Now—

Only she was left.

The Hero of the Gale walked over step by step, walking slowly, very calmly.

So slowly that the medical staff could come on the field and carry away the unconscious Bemore and the severely injured Serina.

Samimi even had time to toss a Healing Spell to help Serina stop the bleeding.

Scolding with her mouth was one thing, but her body was honest.

“Now it’s just the two of us. We can have a proper chat.” The Hero of the Gale said gently.

Sure enough—it was starting again.

This kind of person, not beating them up once just wouldn’t do.

But Samimi was indeed forced into a corner at this moment.

Her mana was bottomed out, while The Hero of the Gale had entered mid-battle, with at least half her battle aura remaining.

Fighting head-on—there was no chance of winning.

“Tsk…”

But she quickly calmed down.

There was still a chance.

The key point was—

Bemore had already been carried away.

No one knew about her “hidden trump card.”

“So, how do you want to chat?” Samimi forcibly suppressed her anger and spoke calmly.

Buy time.

Recover mana.

“Let go of past grudges. We can start over. Come back to the team, Shalum.” The Hero of the Gale said kindly.

“Really looking down from on high, aren’t you?” Samimi laughed. “But before that, I want to ask you a question.”

“Ask.” The Hero of the Gale raised her hand in invitation.

“Our so-called ‘Hero Party’ is just a name given by outsiders. From beginning to end, we never had a real team name.”

“To put it bluntly, it was a temporarily assembled team, dispersing after the act was over.”

“You’re calling me back now—is everyone gathered?”

“Can you find everyone else and bring them back?”

Samimi hit the nail on the head.

The Hero of the Gale was silent for two seconds before speaking. “Yes. I will find everyone and bring them back.”

“Empty words.” Samimi smiled.

“Speaking of people—I just came from the Royal City and happened to meet Close.”

“Close?” The Hero of the Gale’s expression changed.

“She went back to the Jingling Tribe to find her clansmen. Do you know where the Elf village is? That’s classified information on the same level as the Association Headquarters.”

“I left her a message…” The Hero of the Gale frowned.

“Hah, you left the letter in the room. She never saw it.”

“She thought you all abandoned her and left heartbroken.”

Samimi began to fabricate.

“How do you know all this?” The Hero of the Gale’s expression wavered.

“Because before she left, she took me to your dormitory.”

“I conveniently… hid your letter.”

“And used Fabiana’s money to give her travel expenses, letting her leave the Royal City for good.”

Samimi smiled like a villain.

“Tell me—did I do the right thing?”

The Hero of the Gale fell silent, her fists clenched tightly.

“Want to reassemble the Hero Party? Dream on.”

“Why did you do this?” she asked in a low voice.

“To get back at you, of course.”

“You drove me out of the team, out of the Royal City, left me with nothing—so I’ll destroy everything you have!”

Samimi pointed at her, her anger erupting.

“I’ll form a new Hero Party—I’ll be the Captain.”

“And you—you’re only fit to wash my feet!”

After saying that, she charged straight forward.

The Thorn King Armor launched her forward, her Runic Staff swinging out!

However—

She was, after all, a Pastoralist.

Her close combat skills were pitiful.

In front of The Hero of the Gale, she was full of openings.