Facing that earth-shattering strike, Night Cherry Tangle took a deep breath. The little power he had left surged through his meridians like a flood bursting through a dam.
He had no intention of retreating.
"Feel despair, insect!"
Every feather on the God-Tier Archangel's wings burned with golden Holy Flame.
He moved so fast that a string of afterimages trailed behind him, as though dozens of him were attacking from different directions at once.
His holy sword thrust forward. Light gathered at its tip until it was almost solid, tearing fine black cracks through space along its path.
The strike cut off every route of escape Night Cherry Tangle had.
"Come on!"
Battle fervor blazed in Night Cherry Tangle's eyes, and the Judgment Shadow Blade hummed in his hand.
He did not meet the attack head-on. His opponent's power was too violent now.
"Shadow Step!"
His figure suddenly turned hazy, like a wisp of smoke dissolving into the wind. He narrowly slipped past the holy sword's edge.
Yet the terrifying gust raised by the enraged God-Tier Archangel's strike still made his protective shadow ripple violently, nearly shattering it.
"Is dodging all you can do, thief?"
The God-Tier Archangel's first strike missed. His fury burned hotter, but his assault never slowed.
With his vast combat experience, he pinpointed Night Cherry Tangle's position in an instant. His holy sword swept sideways, sending a crescent of golden sword energy toward the spot where Night Cherry Tangle had just landed.
Night Cherry Tangle pushed off with his toes and shot upward, swinging the Judgment Shadow Blade at the same time.
"Shadow Flow: Slash!"
Several concentrated shadow blades tore through the air and struck the golden sword energy precisely at its weakest points.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Shadow and Holy Light collided in a series of muffled