In the royal palace's arena, an intense battle filled with countless flashes of blades was reaching its climax.
Two figures moved like bolts of lightning, pursuing each other across the arena at astonishing speed while swinging sword lights that filled the entire field of vision, causing the two Holy Swords to clash again and again.
"Clang clang clang clang clang—!"
The sound of steel striking steel rang out without end.
"Boom! Boom boom!"
Bursts of air exploded repeatedly like detonations.
Even sparks erupted violently through the air without pause. Every flash represented another collision between the Holy Swords, filling the arena with dazzling sparks and making for an exceptionally breathtaking sight.
If there had been a third person present, they would surely have marveled at this fierce battle.
If the spectator stands had been filled with people, they would undoubtedly have offered thunderous cheers for the scene before them.
It was an extraordinarily brilliant and intense clash. The fighting spirit of both combatants continued to rise, until eventually, the magic power throughout their bodies surged forth like a storm, shaking the air itself.
"Clang!"
After an unknown amount of time, a collision far fiercer and louder than the countless previous clashes rang out like a tolling bell.
The two Holy Swords collided for who knew which time, but this time, one side exerted greater force and drove the other back.
And the one forced back was actually Shien.
Shien's body trembled as though struck by lightning, and he was sent staggering backward. Amid a series of "thud, thud, thud" sounds, his feet continuously crushed the ground beneath him until he had retreated more than ten meters before finally steadying himself.
"Isn't your strength way too absurd!?"
Shien could not help shouting.
He had no choice.
After all, at this very