"Me, afraid? What a joke."
Amid the furious roar, the two clashed once again.
Blade light and sword light flashed and crossed incessantly. Their slashes swept across the surrounding ground, carving terrifying, crisscrossing ravines.
"Since you can foresee the future, how about this?"
After a few strikes, Esdeath abruptly put some distance between herself and Schurahat, then stepped forward.
Boom!
The entire sky turned pitch-black. Enormous chunks of ice fell like meteors, plunging down in an instant with unstoppable force.
Faced with this sight,
Schurahat's expression changed.
He had seen the future, but this attack covered far too wide an area. He had no way to dodge.
With nowhere to run, he advanced instead of retreating, unleashing a tremendous slash.
Crash!
Countless tiny shards of ice scattered outward, piercing the ground and buildings in every direction.
The entire battlefield looked as though a meteor shower had struck it, leaving deep craters of every size.
"How long has it been since I was last wounded...?"
Schurahat murmured under his breath, feeling as though even his blood had frozen.
Although he had blocked the attack,
some stray chunks of ice had still struck him.
"Whew!"
He drew a deep breath, then turned into a streak of light, shooting straight toward Schurahat like a phantom.
Then,
he swung his sword.
This strike was several times stronger than any he had unleashed before.
At this point in the battle,
it was clear that Schurahat was finally using his full strength.
Esdeath showed no fear, meeting him with a backhand slash.
Boom!
A terrifying roar reverberated through the heavens.
Esdeath and Schurahat stood facing each other.
Almost without a sound,
the earth around them froze solid, then split with countless crisscrossing cracks.
It looked as though it had been slashed a thousand times, a horrifying