Back at Nuo Ai’er’s side…
Just moments ago, Leinata had locked onto Stella’s nape in an instant, attempting to kill her instantly.
But just as the blade was about to slit her throat, Stella’s entire body burst with electric light, golden lightning instantly covering her densely, condensing into a thick defensive layer.
Thanks to lightning armor, the fatal strike only sent Stella flying.
Stella: “How dare you ambush me.”
Stella was both angry and annoyed, the lightning crackling.
But Leinata couldn’t be bothered with her anger. After sending Stella flying with that slash, she immediately rushed to Nuo Ai’er, who was collapsing limply to the ground.
Nuo Ai’er: “Ugh…”
From the high-intensity extreme escape just now, Nuo Ai’er had completely exhausted her stamina. Her eyes were crossed out, and she fainted.
Leinata said nothing. She knelt on one knee and carefully reached out to gently lift Nuo Ai’er.
Behind her, Stella, who had already gotten up, watched this bastard Little Red Riding Hood who was ignoring her, her eyes full of anger.
“You ambushing bastard… You’ll regret not killing me with that one slash!”
At this moment, Stella’s entire body was wrapped in ferocious lightning several times stronger than before, the air itself trembling from her power. She had become completely serious.
But in the face of her harsh words, Leinata remained silent from start to finish.
Awoo—!!
A low, ethereal wolf howl rang through the forest.
***
The next moment, a huge silver wolf soul with a slender build, white and translucent fur, and cold, sharp eyes—Little Grey—appeared.
Little Grey first rubbed gently against Leinata’s shoulder, then landed, firmly coiling beside Nuo Ai’er, protecting the little loli in the center, never leaving her side.
With Little Grey guarding Nuo Ai’er, Leinata could rest assured.
Now she could safely start fighting.
Leinata slowly stood up.
She raised her hand to grip the enchanted short sword at her waist, tightening her fingers.
A thick, bewitching blood-red light burst from the blade, and layers of crimson blade aura coiled around the entire short sword.
Leinata turned her head, glancing at Stella behind her, a flash of red light in her eyes.
Expressionless, but killer intent overflowing.
Stella: ‘?!’
This killing intent made Stella’s lightning become restless.
Now Leinata’s pressure was completely on par with a full-power Stella.
Leinata: “Five minutes.”
“What do you mean?” Stella asked cautiously.
“Five minutes from now, if you’re still standing on the ground, you win,” Leinata said expressionlessly as she drew her short sword.
With those words, she didn’t make any unnecessary feints. She slightly lowered her stance, then lightly pushed off the muddy ground.
Whoosh—!
Leinata held nothing back. Her speed was so fast it left a crimson afterimage, closing the distance to Stella in the blink of an eye.
Stella: ‘So fast?!’
Even Stella, who possessed lightning power, couldn’t help but be surprised by Leinata’s speed.
The next moment, Leinata’s enchanted short sword came straight down at Stella’s head.
“Don’t underestimate me!”
Relying on the extreme speed amplified by lightning, Stella twisted her body to the limit and dodged the slash.
After dodging, the blade aura from that swing directly severed several tree branches behind her.
Stella: ‘Not good. If that sword hits me, it’s over.’
But before Stella could steady herself, Leinata’s relentless assault was already upon her.
Stella hurriedly swung her lightning whip to parry repeatedly, the black whip wrapped in golden electric light madly weaving sharp whip shadows in the air, trying to intercept Leinata’s attack.
But the wolf girl Leinata, who often fought in close quarters, had the greatest advantage of never giving her opponent any chance.
She swung faster and faster, countless blade shadows layering on top of each other, the attack speed so fast it was nearly impossible to track with the naked eye.
As the fight continued, Stella realized she was gradually being suppressed. If this kept up, she would definitely lose.
Stella: ‘Looks like first gear isn’t enough…’
She understood the speed difference between them.
Actually, few people knew that Stella’s lightning talent had three levels, or three gears.
First gear was golden lightning, the one she was using now.
Second gear was blue lightning.
Third gear was purple lightning.
Each time she shifted up a gear, all the lightning’s parameters multiplied, and her combat power directly jumped a tier.
But correspondingly, each gear amplification placed an extreme load on her body. The higher the gear, the heavier the backlash.
In ordinary fights, she never easily opened high-level gears. Using only first gear golden lightning was enough to crush the vast majority of players.
But now, facing Leinata, whose attack speed was overwhelming her own, she had no room to hold back.
“Tch, no choice…”
Stella clicked her tongue, then her mana surged.
The golden lightning flowing around her began to transform. The dazzling golden light rapidly faded, replaced by cerulean blue electric light.
Stella activated second gear.
Her body immediately felt a sour, swollen backlash of burden.
But the effect was good.
Proof was that in the next moment, Stella’s speed and power directly matched Leinata’s.
Stella began to actively counterattack with her whip.
The sword and whip clashed again.
Leinata: ‘…This power is off.’
Leinata also realized that Stella had become stronger.
Leinata: ‘I thought it was just a color change. I didn’t expect she could actually get stronger (O_O)’
Even so, Leinata was not afraid at all.
After an extremely intense direct confrontation, both of them used the momentum to backflip, instantly creating a safe distance of over ten meters. They each landed steadily, locked in a brief stalemate.
Upon landing, Stella breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Stella: ‘Finally got some distance…’
Her lightning whip had long attack range, while Leinata only fought with a close-quarters short sword.
Stella: ‘Now the advantage is mine.’
But Stella’s confidence had just risen when it was shattered the next second.
Because Leinata had no intention of continuing close-quarters combat.
She gripped the short sword with one hand, continuously channeling mana into the blade.
Huum—!
The short sword swung out red long-range blade auras. Dense masses of crimson blade qi came sweeping in like a tidal wave.
Stella: ‘Huh?!’
Stella was stunned for half a second.
Does she have long-range attack ability that’s this ridiculous too?
Hastily, Stella immediately mobilized her blue lightning armor for full defense, while swinging her whip to intercept the incoming red blade auras.
But these red blade auras were extremely astonishing in both quantity and penetrating power.
Stella: ‘This woman really was hiding her strength all along…’
Under these circumstances, even with second gear activated, Stella couldn’t reverse the downturn.
She exerted every ounce of strength to block and dodge, but still failed.
The powerful blade auras eventually hit her.
Stella’s entire body shook, and she was sent flying several meters away.
“Aah—!”
Falling clumsily to the ground, Stella couldn’t believe the battle situation before her.
Why…
Why did the Glaze Guild have such a strong guy?
Just who the hell was this cosplaying Little Red Riding Hood?!
But there was no time for Stella to figure out this question.
Because Leinata never gave her opponent any chance to catch their breath or adjust their rhythm.
Seeing that Stella had been knocked away by the blade auras, Leinata added two more blade auras, then charged in, intending to finish her in close combat.
Of course, the main reason was that the red long-range blade auras couldn’t break through Stella’s defense and end the fight.
To secure victory, Leinata knew she had to get close.
Watching Leinata rapidly approaching, feeling that terrifying, overwhelming pressure, Stella, still on the ground, made a decision in her heart.
The thought of losing was unacceptable.
At that moment, she no longer cared about the physical burden or mana backlash.
Stella’s eyes burned with extreme obsession and rage.
If second gear wasn’t enough—
Stella: ‘Then go all out!’
An earth-shattering magic storm suddenly erupted from within Stella!
The next second, the blue lightning evolved again. Violent purple lightning wrapped around Stella’s entire body.
Just as the purple lightning fully exploded, Leinata had already closed in.
She raised her enchanted short sword high, aimed at Stella’s chest, and drove it down with all her might.
But this time, the sword tip was firmly lodged against the surface of the purple lightning, unable to penetrate even a fraction.
The lightning had become stronger again.
Even in close combat, Leinata couldn’t break through the defense.
Leinata: ‘…’
And it wasn’t over yet.
The next moment!
BOOM—!!!
The violent purple thunder exploded with a roar, and the terrifying blast force slammed directly into Leinata, who was right on top of her.
Leinata was sent flying.
Stella slowly straightened her body, dark purple lightning roaring around her.
“But… I will never yield victory to you!”
“After using this, I don’t know what will happen to my soul…”
Stella said, her eyes red.
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