But before the attack could reach Rudra, it was easily stopped. Velgrend stepped in front of Rudra and tightly gripped the tip of Xiao's Harp of Peace with her hand.
Two sharp, imposing auras burst forth from them.
Seeing his attack blocked, Xiao frowned slightly. He did not linger, merely twisting the hand holding the Harp of Peace and breaking free from Velgrend's restraint. However, the recoil still forced him back several steps.
"Drip, drip."
Several drops of bright red blood flowed from Velgrend's right hand and fell onto the ground.
Velgrend was bleeding!!!
As one of the parties involved, Xiao unhurriedly flicked the blood of Velgrend, the Burning Dragon, from the tip of his Harp of Peace.
Xiao's eyes were filled with undisguised disappointment.
"What a pity."
Clearly, Xiao regretted that his strike had failed to pierce directly into Rudra's neck.
Had it gone in, everything could have ended cleanly and decisively.
The people around them were already too shocked by Xiao's sudden move to say a word.
Even the ever-emotionless Tatsuya Kondo stiffened at the sight of the Marshal, hailed as one of the World's Strongest, bleeding from his palm atop the main platform.
Damrada, the Royal Guard Knight ranked Sequence Two, broke out in a cold sweat at the sight.
"Hey, hey, hey... is this some kind of joke!? The Marshal actually got injured so easily!?"
In Damrada's eyes, Xiao had already risen to the level of a monster.
That sudden assault from Xiao earlier was something Damrada did not believe he could have blocked at all!
This was a monster-class existence!
That move just now, whether in magicules, technique, or control over power, had been honed to perfection.
He was now utterly certain that the other man's use of power surpassed even his own.
This was