The fireball struck the ground, and Josephine used two consecutively triggered random Dimensional Leaps at blistering speed, shooting toward Jiang Han like a rocket.
Flowers of magic power bloomed across the ground where she had lingered for an instant.
Her strength and speed had, in an instant, been raised to an extreme level without regard for the consequences. Even a fully armored legendary shield-bearing dwarf standing before her—even a wall made of special steel—would be punched through like a paper window.
Josephine had opened with an approach that defied conventional thinking.
Had this been Jiang Han from before yesterday, her head would have been effortlessly blown apart by now.
Having undergone countless drills against rapid assaults, Jiang Han was only briefly startled no matter what kind of opening she faced. Her instincts had already reacted ahead of her thoughts.
Armor-piercing rounds? They might kill her opponent, but Jiang Han would definitely get her head blown off first.
Pull away? The 0.00 reverse gap between two Dimensional Leaps made it impossible to create distance.
Ignore her and just stack buffs? Suicide.
At a speed beyond words, Jiang Han's mind rejected 162 conventional and unconventional tactics alike, reaching one conclusion: if she did not strike back with everything she had, she would not last until they could widen the distance between them.
So she drew the Bone-Eroding Light Sword.
Just as Josephine had, she primitively flooded her body with magic power.
Forming a bull stance with one hand, she used the fierce impact of a forward step to meet her with a slash.
Blade and staff collided.
A shriek exploded from the impact, sharp enough to make teeth ache and burst eardrums, like the omen of some catastrophic disaster. Then, in the next instant, the heavens and earth seemed to collapse.