Chapter 32

Ouma showed no fear, using Dragon Claw to block.

The silver-gray heavy fist rang out like thunder, striking the Dragon Claw hard!

"Clang!"

The gravity transmitted through the Dragon Claw to Ouma's body, and his feet left clear marks on the battleground, but Ouma, relying on his physical strength, withstood Luo Mio's fierce blow!

"!"

With a quick flash, Luo Mio instantly appeared at Ouma's side.

Half-floating in the air, his left leg swept rapidly in a 180° arc across Ouma's side.

"Iron Strike · Phoenix Soaring Kick"

Then, Ouma's body shot out of the battleground like a bullet, smashing hard into the wall!

"Bang!"

"So amazing! Is this the battle between A-Rank Knights?! Now, contestant Ouma has been kicked out of the battleground by contestant Miohua, smashing hard into the wall! Can he return to the battleground within the time limit?!"

From the audience seats, Shizuku exclaimed excitedly, "Beautiful!"

Touka shook her head and said, "Not enough!"

Morohoshi Yudai looked grimly at the spot where Ouma had smashed into the wall and said, "That's right, if it were only this, Ouma wouldn't fall so easily!"

On the field, Luo Mio also stared at the area outside the battleground where Ouma had flown out.

Ouma's figure slowly emerged from the dust, completely uninjured, with only a few wisps of dust on his clothes from the impact with the wall. He then leisurely walked back into the battleground.

Ouma stretched his body and looked at Luo Mio, saying calmly, "A good strike!"

Luo Mio waved his hand and looked at Ouma's body, asking, "Is it time to remove that 'armor' you're wearing?"

"Oh?" Ouma was slightly surprised.

"You noticed?"

Luo Mio stared at him and chuckled, "If I hadn't noticed this, then my title as an A-Rank Knight could be revoked."

Ouma gave a faint smile.

"Heavenly Dragon Armor! Deactivate!"

At this moment, a terrifying, invisible force erupted from Ouma's body, a pressure like a gale spreading across the entire arena. The guardrails in the audience seats were bent and deformed by the pressure, and the windows of the VIP seats facing the arena shattered with a "crack."

Luo Mio felt the terrifying pressure on his body and looked up at Ouma, whose upper body was exposed as his clothes were torn apart by the pressure.

Ouma's "Heavenly Dragon Armor" deactivated, signaling to everyone that this battle had just begun!

Chapter 30: Death Match!

Luo Mio assumed the starting stance for Ura-shiki, warily watching Ouma's next move.

"Heavenly Dragon Armor" was Ouma's Blade Dance Technique, which could cover his body with a layer of storm as an armor of wind to resist and deflect enemy attacks.

However, Ouma used Heavenly Dragon Armor in reverse, constantly enveloping himself in a layer of high pressure, as if putting on clothes, forcing his body to endure pressure beyond normal human specifications at all times!

Under such prolonged pressure, Ouma's body would collapse and shatter repeatedly, until finally, his body began to slowly evolve to adapt to the environment under such immense pressure!

His entire skeletal structure! His internal organs! The muscle fibers beneath his skin! By the time Ouma could no longer feel the pressure on his body, it had completely turned to steel.

"Boom!"

Ouma stomped heavily on the battleground beneath his feet. With just this one stomp, he instantly charged from the edge of the battleground towards Luo Mio, closing the distance between them.

Luo Mio's eyes narrowed, and he was about to dodge.

"Too slow," a calm voice sounded from Luo Mio's side.

"!"

"I'll return the favor!"

As the words fell, a terrifying blade light appeared before Luo Mio with lightning speed.

"Sun Chasing Shadow"

Magic Power like twilight stars covered his entire body.

"Clang!"

The slash, capable of easily cutting down large trees, struck Luo Mio's side.

Just as Luo Mio was about to move to dodge Ouma's close-quarters attack, two more blade lights flashed, striking Luo Mio's thigh and left hand.

Ouma's figure flickered again, and several more flashes of light streaked across, the sounds of multiple slashes echoing at various joints of Luo Mio's body.

Although the slashes were blocked by Sun Chasing Shadow, the pressure caused by the slashes transmitted directly through Sun Chasing Shadow into Luo Mio's body.

Luo Mio gritted his teeth.

As expected! Ouma's speed and attack power had soared after deactivating Heavenly Dragon Armor!

Luo Mio looked at the blade light that was slashing towards him again. After blocking it with Sun Chasing Shadow, he seized the brief opening, forcefully stomped his left foot, then leaped into the air, clenching his left fist and driving it rapidly downward.

"Aurora · Seven Kills" (PS: Entrance technique)

"Bang—!"

As Luo Mio's punch landed on the arena, the entire combat zone instantly fractured outwards from the center of his fist.

The intense force of the punch pierced through the stone slabs and struck the ground directly, causing the entire arena to tremble!

If not for the multiple referees maintaining the combat zone from below, it would have surely been shattered to pieces by now.

Luo Mio's strike directly disrupted Ouma's offensive rhythm.

Seeing Ouma's rhythm thrown off, Luo Mio made his move!

"!"

In Ouma's eyes, Luo Mio seemed to teleport right in front of him.

His hand formed a palm strike, swatting away Ouma's Dragon Claw before striking Ouma's chest with his elbow.

"Ura-shiki: Falcon"

Ouma, reacting, retreated the moment Luo Mio's elbow was about to connect.

In his unarmored state, he couldn't withstand Luo Mio's powerful blow.

Recalling the scene that just looked like teleportation, Ouma looked at Luo Mio and said, "Did you use a sliding step to slip into my blind spot?"

"You seem to know quite a lot."

Ouma said calmly, "It is, after all, one of the signature techniques of that 'Fighting God'."

With that, the two figures once again became blurs that ordinary people couldn't observe.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The sound of fists and swords colliding echoed across the arena once more.

Ouma swung down a vertical slash. Upon seeing it, Luo Mio had no choice but to halt his attack and shift his body to the right.

The intense sword energy left a deep mark on the combat zone.

"!"

Not good!

Luo Mio, having dodged the sword energy, felt his body's instincts blare a warning.

Three beams of light, in a crescent arc, slashed towards Luo Mio.

Seeing the attack about to strike him, Luo Mio suddenly took a step back, evading the three slashes.

"Shunpo"

Luo Mio created distance by retreating, and Ouma stopped his pursuit.

In the spectator stands.

Arisugawa watched Luo Mio retreat and Ouma cease his pursuit, asking in confusion, "Why didn't Miohua use that special move to block Kurogane Ouma's slash like before?"

Ikki, his eyes intently observing the entire battle unfolding in the arena, replied, "He can't block it with that move."

"Hm?"

Ikki explained to Arisugawa, "If he were to use that move again to block Big Brother's slash, Miohua would fall into the same predicament as before."

Asagi Momiji said from the back row, "Still, it's fortunate that Little Mio dodged it."

"No!"

Touka and Jonoshiraki Byakuya, taking off their glasses, refuted her.

"The first strike! Since the match began until now, the duel between these two genius A-Rank Knights has finally drawn its first blood!"

As announcer Iida's excited voice boomed, the camera shifted to Luo Mio, who was kneeling on one knee, his side showing a clear wound.

"This is!"

Arisugawa and Shizuku exclaimed in surprise.

A clear bloodstain!

Blood soaked Luo Mio's school uniform through the wound.

Feeling the searing pain in his abdomen, Luo Mio clutched his injury and looked at Ouma.

"So that's how it is. You hid the sword energy, swung purely with arm strength, within those three slashes."

Ouma stated calmly, "However, your evasive footwork caused that sword energy to merely graze your side."

A glint flashed in Luo Mio's eyes. Ouma was right. If he hadn't used Shunpo to dodge in time, that sword energy wouldn't have just grazed his waist and abdomen; it would have deeply... cut into his stomach.

Feeling the pain in his abdomen and looking at Ouma, Luo Mio's lips curved upwards involuntarily.

A deathmatch, bearing scars and bathed in blood!

He then stood up, feeling the deep, piercing pain from the wound in his mind, and surprisingly felt a sense of excitement and pleasure.

He channeled his Magic Power to his abdominal wound, momentarily sealing it and stopping the bleeding.

Seeing Luo Mio stand up, Ouma's eyes turned cold, like a warrior's, as he looked at Luo Mio and said calmly, "Since it's a deathmatch, don't hold back, you bastard!"

After hearing Ouma's words, Luo Mio let out a chuckle.

"In that case..."

As Luo Mio's voice faded, golden magic power particles, brilliant like the stars of a galaxy, slowly flowed and appeared around his body. With the emergence of the golden particles, a terrifying magic power pressure poured out from within Luo Mio.

"Thousand Stars!"

Sensing the magic power pressure Luo Mio unleashed, Ouma couldn't help but curl his lips upwards.

"That's right! I want to have a proper fight against someone like you!"

Luo Mio raised his Eternal Twilight Wolves and assumed the starting stance for Ura-shiki, looking at Ouma with a healthy smile.

"Again!!!"

The two charged at each other once more.

Golden fist light and azure blade light flashed across the arena!

Chapter 31: A Decisive Blow!

The golden fist shadow, like a meteor, directly struck Ouma's Dragon Claw.

"Clang!"

The crescent blue light sliced through the sky, as if cleaving the atmosphere, sweeping across Luo Mio's Sun Chasing Shadow.

The force of the punch and the sword energy blasted and tore through the surrounding air.

The spectators intently watched the fierce duel between the two A-Rank Knights. The sparks generated by the clash of fists and swords, the symphony of their spiritual equipment colliding, could be heard by everyone present.

From either side, there was a decisive killing intent.

Every fierce clash between the Eternal Twilight Wolves and the Dragon Claw carried absolute determination and killing intent!