(Thank you very much to 'Some Shut-in', 'Pokémon', 'An Ordinary Person's Toughness', 'World's End Ballad', 'You Bi Ji Yue', 'Chenfeng☆', and 'Wufeng Haotian' for the tips!)
"Whoosh—!"
A gust of whistling breeze swept through the Elf Forest, where the seemingly crumbling trees were all twisted, dispersing some of the hazy mist hanging in the air.
Even in the Elemental Spirit World, there was still a distinction between day and night.
It was currently daytime.
Not dazzling, yet quite warm sunlight streamed down from the horizon, shining upon a clearing that had become much clearer as the breeze scattered the mist, revealing the two figures standing in its center.
On the left stood Grayvas, holding a pitch-black demonic sword.
Having absorbed Noah's immense divine power earlier, Grayvas's entire body rippled with an exceedingly dense phosphorescent glow. Yet her aura was gradually calming down instead, declaring the end of this battle.
On the right, facing Grayvas directly, Noah held a silver-glinting holy sword in one hand while clutching his chest with the other—or rather, the area above his chest, near his shoulder. His face was lined with pain.
That could not be helped.
After all, just two or three seconds ago, Grayvas's Spirit Armament had indeed pierced Noah's body, transforming entirely into a mental blow that inevitably brought a trace of pain to his face.
However, if the ultimate move of the Absolute Sword Technique known as Heavenly Absolute Flash Thrust truly landed, then the opponent should have been left completely unable to continue fighting.
Yet Noah had clearly only been wounded and was nowhere near unable to fight.
"At the very last moment, you actually avoided the vital point of your heart, causing my Heavenly Absolute Flash Thrust to strike only your shoulder. Was that all the damage it dealt?" Grayvas