The fierce battle with Aridia had given Shien a rough understanding of his current strength.
Now, Shien could say with certainty that he had nothing to fear from the strongest human of this generation.
Half a month ago, Shien had been confident that he could contend with Aridia without unsealing the Holy Sword, but only if he went all out in his normal state.
If it had been him from half a month ago, then without using Limit Break and the two great magic spells he possessed, there was no way he could have fought Aridia so fiercely at less than level sixty.
But now, half a month later, with the Fate skills he had obtained through fusion and his level of seventy-seven, Shien was already able to gain the upper hand in battle against Aridia.
And that was while Shien had not used Cycle of Fate, his trump card capable of increasing his strength tenfold, had not used magic, and had deliberately taken all of Aridia's attacks head-on in order to verify his own strength.
Otherwise, Shien only needed to keep using Outer Appearance of Heaven to teleport. No matter how powerful Aridia's Volta was, could it really land every attack when it could not even catch sight of him?
It was simply impossible.
If not for testing the defensive power of Inner Fate of Heaven and the sensory abilities of Outer Perception of Heaven, Shien would not have let himself be tossed around like a punching bag.
He could have vanished with Outer Appearance of Heaven, concealed himself with Inner Perception of Heaven, then launched a sudden attack while Aridia could not detect any trace of him. Would he still have needed to worry about defeating Aridia?
Not to mention that Shien had yet to use magic. One