"Your aura is very similar to Violet."
Hycintos no longer felt like putting on an act.
"I really want to crush your heart."
He spoke in a voice only Sigrid could hear. In any case, no one could oppose him now.
The scorched battlefield was filled with the smell of smoke and blood.
Hycintos and Sigrid stood dozens of meters apart, facing each other.
Invisible sparks burst through the air where the gazes of the two powerhouses met.
Hycintos gripped his sword tightly. Despite being covered in wounds, his eyes remained as sharp as blades.
Sigrid stood straight, her fists clenched. The Divine Era Radiance rooted in the Primordial Slab swirled around her.
A breeze swept across the battlefield, lifting a wisp of dust.
At that instant, the two moved at the same time.
Hycintos swung his sword violently, cleaving out a terrifying linear slash powerful enough to split a mountain.
At the same time, Sigrid shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, charging straight into the sword aura.
Silver radiance wrapped around her fist.
Fist and sword collided, erupting with a thunderous boom. The shockwave spread in all directions from the two of them, sweeping up the surrounding rubble and dust into a vortex that filled the sky.
When the dust settled slightly, it became clear that Hycintos's ninth-tier strength far surpassed Sigrid's. Although Sigrid had avoided the strongest slash of the Ceros Spirit Sword, the spreading sword aura had left several wounds on her arm deep enough to expose bone, and blood was still gushing out.
Yet Sigrid seemed not to know what pain was.
Lightning-like fighting spirit blazed in Sigrid's eyes. Silver radiance erupted from her at full strength, while the power gathering in her hand seemed capable of shattering any obstacle.
She gathered all