High-End

Angel A's stats had not been low before, but compared to him, they held no advantage.

Most importantly, Angel A possessed no special "techniques." He lacked sufficient fighting spirit.

The difference between the strong and the weak was not determined by stats alone, but also by one's understanding of power.

When stats were equal, traits were similar, and both used the same set of Swordsmanship techniques, would there still be a difference between strength and weakness?

The answer was yes.

It lay in the most fundamental thing of all: the heart.

Stats, traits, and techniques were all, in essence, forms of power.

Someone timid and lacking a fundamental understanding of battle would naturally lose when facing someone who treated combat as instinct and possessed a clear understanding of power.

Fundamentally, although Angel A was Naimus's "clone," and his soul had been derived from the True Spirit of Naimus's main body, three years in the Astral Realm had diminished his combat ability to the extreme, replacing it with abstract abilities.

Though he could still wield all his strength normally, whether he could bring it out perfectly—or even exceed his limits—depended on whether his abstraction happened to fit the situation.

But Angel Nai was different now.

With Jian Nai at the forefront, the battle instinct emerging from his very core gave off an entirely different feeling.

His palm opened slightly, and a flaming longsword instantly condensed within it.

The next moment, he shot up from the ground into the sky.

Holy power surged from the earth toward the heavens.

Sword aura formed by terrifying sword techniques instantly blanketed the entire sky before converging upon a single point.

Twin Demon's pupils contracted, reflecting his own future: in an instant, he would be sliced into countless fragments.

Moreover, every fragment seemed to retain a