Splurt!
Scarlet blood sprayed out.
Shiki, suspended in midair, moved sideways to the left as though he had struck after yet arrived first.
The famed blade Cherry Blossom Ten on his right foot swept out with a piercing whistle.
A peerlessly sharp blade aura, over a dozen meters long, cleaved the incoming flaming spear—and Shura, the Divine Officer behind it—in two.
Looking at his upper body still lunging forward while separated from his lower half, Shura's wide eyes were filled with disbelief.
"You can foresee my movements? You actually possess Mantra, something only gods have... Th-this is impossible!"
His fragmented words scattered away with the wind.
The two blood-spattered halves of his body flipped over and plunged headfirst into the White Sea before everyone's eyes.
Witnessing this horrifying scene, Mantis, who had been blustering away moments ago while praising his opponent's extraordinary strength, wore an exceptionally stiff expression.
No!
Not only Mantis—even Wyper, hailed as the strongest War Demon, revealed a shocked expression.
This was not their first time fighting the Four Divine Officers.
They knew their strength very well.
Against Shura, the Sky Knight, Wyper indeed had the confidence to kill him in a single strike with the Reject Dial.
However, accomplishing it as effortlessly as Shiki had was absolutely impossible.
"You know Roger?" Gan Fall was the first to lose his composure.
Having personally witnessed even a Divine Officer being killed in an instant, his slight friendship with Roger had undoubtedly become something like a lifeline.
"Heh, Roger's name is quite famous in the Blue Sea. This mad lion does know Roger, though." Qin Yu stepped forward through the crowd with a warm smile. "You don't need to be too nervous. We came this time to take Enel away."
"Since you're here, why don't you come out? Could