Ptooey!
Liszt disgustedly shook off the lines that had surfaced in his mind, even feeling a flicker of jealousy. That dashing image—standing on seven-colored auspicious clouds, clad in golden battle armor—should have been his to create.
Yet the Raging Wave Marquis had beaten him to it.
"Neither fish nor fowl!"
"A monkey wearing a hat!"
His brows drew together slightly, but his body did not pause in the slightest. No matter how dashing Dimaria Yuhuashi's current pose was, to Liszt, it was merely a matter of cutting him down with one sword.
Blazing Sun Scorching Pierce!
Flames cloaked his entire body as he swung the Sky-Slaying Greatsword with a thunderous crash, ruthlessly unleashing the charged strike.
The Raging Wave Marquis's eyelids lifted slightly, cold light bursting from his eyes. The Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword in his hand suddenly rose high, then he gripped it with both hands and slashed diagonally downward. In an instant, the knights' battle qi gathered around him seemed to find an outlet, erupting violently in rolling tidal waves that drained the world of color.
Boom!
That surging mixed battle qi swiftly collided with Liszt's dragon battle qi. The invincible dragon battle qi could still easily shatter the mixed battle qi. Yet the mixed battle qi seemed inexhaustible—one wave collapsed, and another surged forth, forcibly driving back the dragon battle qi.
Then, like a tidal wave, it struck Liszt, whose momentum he could not halt.
Clang!
"What a powerful attack!"
His mithril armor seemed to be battered by countless giant hands. The impact nearly displaced all his organs, and his body could no longer maintain its airborne state as he plummeted from the sky.
Below him was the Roaring Knight Order. How could these Earth Knights possibly let such a heaven-sent opportunity slip by? They switched to