Pelois retreated several steps in succession before realizing he had already been forced against the wall. After all, the room was only so large.
"Ha!"
With nowhere left to retreat, Pelois suddenly swung the longsword [Corona] in his hand, intending to sever the starlight threads!
Yet the instant the blade touched the threads, the starlight not only failed to break, but instead wound upward like flowing water, coiling layer upon layer around the sword.
The next second, the Ether Energy forming the longsword [Corona] became chaotic, and Wise's body suddenly froze!
Immediately afterward, a streak of light reached him. Griseo's light sword was already closing in.
Pelois could only twist aside. The light sword swept past Wise's right ear, cutting off a small lock of hair that spiraled down to the floor.
"Mr. Wise is in a bit of trouble!"
Seeing the scene, Jianshu spoke slowly.
After four exchanges, its core processor had calculated the odds of Wise winning—they were about the same as the national football team making it into the World Cup.
"I really didn't expect Pelois to end up this miserable."
In the viewing area of the room, Belle had completely relaxed.
She had originally been rather worried. After all, Griseo had sealed away her Signets, and her own power was limited to the [The Stars] Signet.
As for Pelois, when the Helios Institution had studied his power back then, one experiment had gone out of control and caused a catastrophic disaster.
"Indeed. Even if Junior Brother intended to end this quickly, he probably didn't expect such a tough fight!"
Watching the scene before him, Ye Shunguang was inexplicably reminded of a Starlight Knight movie he had seen—an ultimate move against a basic attack, yet he still couldn't gain the upper hand.
As they spoke, golden light