Who Isn't a Herrscher

A single moment of hesitation from either side would lead to being struck down or killed by the opponent.

The electric light flashing in Touka's eyes dissipated her worry as she felt the excitement and satisfaction radiating from Luo Mio's bio-electricity. Her gaze softened as she looked gently at her proud younger brother, who was locked in a deadly duel on the tournament grounds.

It's rare to see him this happy...

Saikyo Neine, also in the VIP seats, couldn't help but smile as she sensed the shift in Luo Mio's mood during his match with Ouma.

On the tournament grounds, Luo Mio unleashed another basic attack, striking Ouma's arm fiercely.

As Ouma endured the punch with his resilient spirit and attempted to counterattack Luo Mio with his dragon claws, a phantom image quickly flashed across his vision, followed by countless swift kicks to his back.

"Thousand Stars: Wisteria Peacock!"

Muda muda muda muda muda muda!

The rapid, dense attacks on his back made him instinctively try to twist his body and break Luo Mio's assault from behind.

Another phantom image flashed by. Luo Mio appeared to his right. His left hand, wielding the Eternal Twilight Wolves, gathered moonlight and silver light, striking Ouma's right cheek swiftly.

This strike, I will pierce the stars!

"Soaring Eagle: Moon Smasher's Fang!"

Before Ouma could even react to the punch hitting his cheek, Luo Mio suddenly appeared to his left. With a kick too fast for him to register, he only vaguely saw two golden leg shadows flash by before feeling two heavy kicks on his back, one on his arm and the other on his waist.

"Thousand Stars: Moonlit Heron!"

Rapid golden streams of light attacked, and figures flickered around him, leaving afterimages with each strike!

His chest; Falcon! His back; Wisteria Peacock! His abdomen; Soaring Eagle! His left and right sides; Phoenix Dive Kick and Moonlit Heron!

Every joint felt like it was being attacked simultaneously.

Even when Ouma managed to strike Luo Mio, his dragon claws passed straight through Luo Mio's lingering afterimages. Each of Ouma's attacks emanated a bone-chilling cold, making his body feel as if it were slowly freezing beneath ice and snow.

"!! Amazing! With the eruption of player Miohua's Blade Dance Technique, 'Thousand Stars,' player Ouma was suppressed by the swift and fierce assault shortly after their exchange!"

Stella's crimson eyes widened in astonishment. "Is this Miohua's true ultimate technique?!"

Ikki also spoke with a smile, "Speaking of which, my 'One Blade Asura' was also inspired by Miohua's 'Thousand Stars' when I developed my own Blade Dance Technique."

"Eh?! Is that so?"

"Yes, I was struggling with how to enhance my strength, and it wasn't until I saw Miohua's 'Thousand Stars' that I created my own 'One Blade Asura.'"

On the field.

No!

While enduring Luo Mio's attacks with his body's resilience and unwavering willpower, Ouma quickly thrust his dragon claws into the fray.

"Wind God Barrier!"

As the dragon claws pierced the ground, violent gusts of wind erupted around him. Ouma withdrew his claws and spun his body, swinging them in a 360-degree horizontal slash.

The hurricane followed Ouma's swing, tearing outwards from him like a wall.

A golden light flashed.

"Boom!"

Directly in front of Ouma, the Wind God Barrier was dispersed by Luo Mio, who sidestepped and struck it with his elbow.

Seizing this opportunity, Ouma instantly delivered a heavy stomp and swung his right arm, holding his sword, down from Ouma's upper left.

"This is!" Ikki exclaimed in shock from the stands.

As the second son of the Kurogane family, he knew exactly what Ouma was doing.

Kesa-giri.

A swordsmanship passed down through generations of the Kurogane family since the age of the Samurai Bureau!

"Rising Sun One Heart Style · Extreme of Hardness — Fire Thunder!"

On the field, Ouma clenched his left fist and powerfully slammed it onto the back of his dragon claw blade.

The already swift and fierce strike became even more potent with Ouma's heavy punch landing on the blade's spine!

Facing an attack as thunderous as its sound and as powerful as lightning.

Upon seeing Ouma's move, Luo Mio lowered his stance, his left fist clenched at his side.

Just as Fire Thunder was about to strike, Luo Mio swung his fist, filled with starlight streams and moonlight silver, upwards from below towards Ouma.

"Thousand Stars Moon Shatter: Soaring Eagle!"

From above, the might of thunder and lightning; from below, the brilliance of stars and moon like glazed glass.

"Clang!"

The shockwave from their clash surged outwards in all directions.

Luo Mio and Ouma were both repelled backward by the impact of their heavy blows.

"Player Miohua and player Ouma have been pushed apart once again by their collision! This... From the start of the match until now, neither side has gained an advantage, and the scales of victory remain balanced."

Luo Mio half-bent his body, looking up at Ouma.

Feeling the numbness from the impact his body had taken, the clash between the two had surpassed the limits of what ordinary Blazers could withstand.

Even with the heavy blow of Moon Smasher's Fang stacked on top of Thousand Stars, it hadn't managed to break through or knock back Ouma's Fire Thunder! Was this the legendary sword technique passed down through generations of the Kurogane family?

Similarly, after receiving Luo Mio's Soaring Eagle from Thousand Stars, Ouma's body appeared unharmed on the outside. However, Luo Mio's solid and heavy punch had transmitted directly through the Dragon Claw to his arm and body. If he hadn't attached a portion of his Heavenly Dragon Armor to his right arm at the critical moment, his right limb would likely be unable to hold his sword or move right now.

Ouma looked at Luo Mio, a glint in his eyes.

"!"

Through Mana Vision, Luo Mio observed Ouma's Magic Power gradually gathering in his Dragon Claw.

This is...!

A cyan gale began to swirl around Ouma's Dragon Claw, the air seeming to wail. The wind continuously spun, devouring the surrounding air, and the density of the whirlwind coiling around the blade gradually intensified, eventually transforming into a swirling sword of tempest.

Ouma's gaze fixed on Luo Mio, burning with fighting spirit.

"It seems Ouma is going to decide the winner with his next attack!" Morohoshi Yudai said gravely, seeing the tempest swirling around the Dragon Claw blade.

"But with this, Todou-student is in trouble!" Jonoshiraki Byakuya pushed up his glasses, staring intently at the arena.

"Yeah!" Ikki agreed with a solemn expression.

"Huh?" Stella asked in confusion, "Based on the current situation, shouldn't Miohua have the advantage?"

"That's exactly the problem!" Ikki replied to Stella, analyzing for her, "Although Miohua is an A-Rank Knight like you and my older brother, he has one weakness!"

"A weakness?"

"Yes! Miohua doesn't have a decisive Blade Dance Technique like Stella's 'Sky Burning Earth Dragon King Flame' that can end the fight in one blow!"

Upon hearing this, Stella understood. Although Miohua possessed Magic Power superior to hers, his 'Thousand Stars' was a continuous, long-duration burst Blade Dance Technique.

Clearly, the move Ouma was preparing was of the same type as her Dragon King Flame – a finishing move!

On the field, Luo Mio lowered his head slightly. In his Mana Vision, he saw purple patterns slowly appearing on his palm beneath the Eternal Twilight Wolves gauntlets.

Luo Mio closed his eyes, let out a breath, and clenched his hand tightly into a fist.

Opening his eyes, he lowered his stance slightly, assumed his starting pose, and stared intently at Ouma.

Ouma grinned.

"Moon Breaking Heavenly Dragon Claw!"

The tempestuous greatsword, capable of destroying everything, roared towards Luo Mio like a tilted apocalyptic tornado, flipping and tearing up every inch of the ground in the battle zone!

I can't write anymore.

My cat, whom I've raised for a year and a half, is being sent away, and it's really getting me down.

Damn it, it's such a good cat, always sleeping in its own bed, never meowing unnecessarily, and only coming to me when it's hungry.

They want to give it away, what the hell! I've really bonded with it, and now they want to give it away? Isn't that just messing with my mood? It's so annoying.

Be right back.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taking the cat for a bath, will be back in the afternoon!!!!

It won't be too long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 32: Victory and Conversation

Dim, dark clouds loomed over the arena.

Wherever the endless, raging vortex passed, it tore up the earth, and the wind pressure squeezed the wailing air.

Luo Mio looked at the ferocious, despair-inducing sword of tempest. Relying on his evasion in the 'Thousand Stars' state, he could absolutely dodge Ouma's 'Moon Breaking Heavenly Dragon Claw'.

However... seeing Ouma's burning gaze, filled with fighting spirit and killing intent.

Luo Mio could only think one thing.

Screw that!

If you hesitate, you'll lose! Just charge!

Facing the howling hurricane, Luo Mio felt no fear. A terrifying torrent of Magic Power erupted from his body.

Although Luo Mio, as an A-Rank Knight, didn't have skills like Ouma and Stella that could decide the fight with a single explosive blow.

But!

Brilliant streams of light appeared around Luo Mio as the torrent of Magic Power erupted.

The moonlight silver light, as deep and lustrous as a galaxy.

The sun's descent darkened, and the sky announced a serene, yellow halo.

The golden radiance illuminated the boundless starlight of the dim galaxy.

Three brilliant streams of light and shadow converged, enveloping Luo Mio's left hand.

Not enough!

Luo Mio declared furiously in his mind.

And within this consciousness space, where time seemed to have no meaning, a crimson figure stood, the red and white feathers on its chest flickering with a faint glow.

Fu Hua looked up within the consciousness space, watching as specks of golden light slowly adorned the area.

As Luo Mio's words fell silent in his mind, the Eternal Twilight Wolves on his right hand vanished into streams of light, and his left hand instantly erupted in brilliant, dazzling silver-blue radiance.

As if in unison, behind Luo Mio, two spectral silver-white wolves roared at the raging hurricane.

Luo Mio gazed from his eyes at the Moon Breaking Heavenly Dragon Claw, which seemed to recreate a natural disaster tornado.

Gold... quietly streaked across.

The fist shadow, wreathed in streams of light, met the furious sword that cut through the earth and tore through the air.

Boom boom boom—!!

The battlefield was instantly shattered by the clash of the two powers!

As if the light had drained away, time on the field seemed to freeze. Darkness descended like night, then a faint spark flickered, followed by a blinding white light that bloomed throughout the entire giant dome!

An invisible torrent, like a flood or waterfall, surged towards the spectator stands. The sonic shockwave generated by the torrent alone could destroy the entire Arena Dome No. 1!

"—!"

An invisible force, like a solid wall, blocked the impact!