Although Elsa's eyes were tightly shut, she knew everything about Natalie's attacks.
Precisely because she was completely suppressed in speed, she had no choice but to rely on her combat instincts. It was not that she wanted to wear her opponent down, though she knew very well that Natalie's enhanced state could not last long.
She used her combat instincts only to let her body adapt to Natalie's fighting rhythm. After half an hour, she had more or less mastered Natalie's rhythm.
Finally, when the battle reached its thirty-sixth minute, Elsa opened her eyes.
Noticing the change in Elsa, Natalie immediately sprang back warily.
Seeing that Elsa made no move, Natalie smiled. "I thought you were planning to defend until my enhancement ended."
"There's no need for that. I've never liked bullying the weak." The corners of Elsa's lips lifted slightly.
"What, were you thinking of how to defeat me with your eyes closed just now? Have you found the answer already?" A sharp glint flashed through Natalie's narrowed eyes.
"You'll find out if you try." Elsa looked utterly calm, as though she already had victory in hand.
"You said it!"
As soon as Natalie finished speaking, she turned into an afterimage and appeared before Elsa, her dagger slashing toward Elsa's throat.
But at that moment, she suddenly discovered that Elsa had not only blocked her dagger with a single halberd strike, but had also launched a counterattack at terrifying speed. The fearsome halberd swept toward her waist.
Natalie immediately sprang backward, but after pausing briefly in midair, she lunged forward again. "I refuse to believe your attack speed suddenly caught up with my movements!"
The second lunge ended even more miserably than the first. A wound was sliced across Natalie's throat.
Natalie sprang back, clutching her throat with a