"What... what happened?"
Ophelia stared at her severed claws, completely dumbfounded.
She had not seen her opponent make any attacking motion at all, yet the two claws evolved from her arms had been sliced off at the wrists out of thin air.
You must know that Clare had swung a sword while infinitely close to awakening, yet in the end she still had not been able to break through the Life Energy barrier surrounding Ophelia's body.
More precisely, after mastering Life Energy, the gap in strength between Awakened Beings and Claymores of the same rank often became enormous.
Under normal circumstances, it was nearly impossible for the latter to execute the former.
As the organization's current No. 4, Ophelia had always thought highly of herself and never took anyone ranked below her seriously.
In her eyes, even No. 1 Arisia and No. 2 Bixi were only a tiny bit stronger than her. Once she awakened, she should have surpassed everyone and become an Abyssal like "North Horse," "South Cat," or "West Loli."
But she had never imagined that a mere No. 3 from Teresa's era would shatter all those beautiful fantasies the moment she appeared.
"High-Speed Sword" Ine Lily!
Simply standing there, she gave off an indescribable, terrifying pressure, as though any movement would mean death.
Especially those dreadful slashes that gave people no time to react—even several Abyssals would likely struggle to withstand them.
After all, Ine Lily had not spent the past ten years idling away.
Quite the opposite!
She had tempered her body, mind, Yoki, and Life Energy to the utmost limit.
When necessary, she could even assume a fully awakened form and unleash a relentless, storm-like barrage of high-speed strikes upon her enemy.
Combined with the abilities she had developed separately, it would not be surprising