Prison Bomb, Saka Escapes

A torrent of sword energy shot straight into the sky.

The Seven Star Sword's eerie glow transformed into an earth-rending slash and clashed with Ain's blade.

It had forcibly raised Saka's strength to the level of a Mid-level Great Swordsman, and his strength was still continuously rising.

Even so, Ain was not the least bit flustered.

Her combat experience had been trained by Roya using the Illusion-Illusion Fruit.

Each time, she had faced two or three illusions several times stronger than herself. Her combat experience far surpassed Saka's!

Therefore, no matter how much Saka's swordsmanship improved—

As long as it was not a massive increase, Ain could barely keep up and continuously refine her own techniques!

Then, she broke through!

As Ain brought her sword down, the intense sword intent suddenly dissipated considerably.

Gathering it all onto her blade, a cold glint flashed through Ain's eyes.

Ain gripped her sword with both hands, took a deep breath, and charged toward Saka beneath the blood-red moonlight.

Under Ain's control, the blade swept out horizontally.

The sword intent attached to the blade intertwined with the slash at that moment.

Roya's eyes immediately lit up.

He blurted out, "Ain's swordsmanship has actually reached the High-level Great Swordsman level. It seems advancing in battle really is the best way to grow!"

Feeling the sharpness of Ain's slash, Saka stared at the sight before him in disbelief.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! To reach the High-level Great Swordsman level at such a young age—I don't believe it!!!"

"What's so hard to believe? My talent was poor to begin with. Only through constant effort could I become stronger! And I would never use underhanded methods to advance! As Lord Roya says, that's beneath contempt!"

As Ain shouted out her true feelings—

Her horizontal blade had already