The moment they saw the female warrior with the helmet on their head, there was a strange feeling that they could all sense from the individual, a feeling of familiarity that was given off. They couldn't quite put their finger on it, due to the situation at hand, and when they finally could, it was somewhat too late.
The sword was lifted by the Deleter in the air, the energy surrounding it was heavy and dark, and right after the sword was swung down as the word had left her lips.
"Eclipse strike!" From above, a wave of Qi was struck down as the Deleter swung her sword.
The air was consumed by the dark Qi, and seeing the strike brought back goosebumps to the three Crimson Crane members that stood in its way.
"Don't block that, I'm not sure your shield can take it!" Alba shouted.
She knew the effects of Tilion's shield, and she didn't want to lose an individual close to her. If the attack was as strong as Raze's, it would be a problem. As they saw the Qi strike coming at them, all three decided to jump away from the strike, but when they did, they found themselves moving towards the Qi.
As if their bodies were being sucked in to be hit by it.
"What is this…" Lily asked.
Alba never thought this would be the case. Since she knew it was the dark edge sword arts, the same dark edge sword arts that Raze used. She believed that it would act the same way, maybe it would only be slightly weaker.
Instead, the effect she could feel, she could only imagine it being one thing.
'The special trait of the Dark Qi…she's managed to unlock it.'
The only other person she knew who was able to do this was Murkel. Pulling people into his Qi and attacks. Now there was a second, and with the techniques being performed, it was a deadly combination forcing them to be hit by the strike.
"Attack!" Alba shouted, thinking fast as she gathered her Qi and sliced at the giant wave. Lily hearing the words, her spear lit up and she shoved it forward, attacking the large Qi blast.
Both of their attacks struck the large Qi strike, diminishing part of it away, but it was still large in size and still there. Eventually, it was Tilion who had gotten in the way and shoved his shield down into the ground, holding onto it.
"Get behind me!" Tilion shouted.
With nothing else, both of the females held onto one shoulder of Tilion as they crouched behind the shield. The attack, like a wave, went past them almost consuming all three of them, until it disappeared, and Tilion was seen standing in place.
The power re-energizing him, once more now that it was back in the shield like it was before.
"We have to trust in the Dark Magus's weapons," Tilion said. "This is strong, and it can at least hold up to that level of attack."
Although Tilion said those words, Alba still wasn't too sure. If she and Lily hadn't used their attacks, then maybe the raw power would have broken the shield. And now sensing the power, seeing how the Qi, or the strike, outweighed theirs, this was a problem in itself.
"Alba!" Lily shouted as she jumped forward.
She could see that the Deleter was already charging toward them and running ahead, following up from her last strike. Lily shot out beams of energy from her spear, but they were deflected by the Deleter's weapon each time.
Charging forward, Lily thrusted the spear, and the two weapons made contact. The sword scraped against the spear, pushing it until it was up in the air. Right after Lily's spear was deflected though, she repositioned her spear and went to strike again.
The power of the spear was in effect, and she could feel herself being regenerated and the strength traveled through her hands. She shoved the spear towards the Deleter's legs to slow them down, and the tip of the spear had cut right through the woman's thigh.
Yet not for a second did the Deleter flinch, and was getting ready to strike her sword right into Lily's chest.
"NO!" Tilion shouted, the edge of his shield was glowing and it had been thrown. The Qi from the Deleter's sword had weaved around it, intertwining like vines. This was the first formation of the Dark edge sword arts.
As the Deleter swung it through the air, the Dark Qi expanded out like it was vines and wrapped itself around the shield. The Qi had left from the Deleter's hands immediately and wrapped around the shield, bringing it to the ground and to a complete stop.
The Deleter was ready to attack Lily again, but Alba was already upon her. A strike was blocked by the Deleter at the last moment and a relentless strikes. The two were clashing with each other, sending shockwaves with each strike. Experience more tales on Freewebnovel
As they exchanged blows with their weapons. Alba was noticing something strange.
'She's recovering quickly…is that what it is, there's almost no give when she goes from one attack to the next…what is it?' Alba thought. There was something else about the Deleter that she couldn't put her finger on, that was making the fight incredibly hard for them.
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Now facing her in close combat, it was becoming clearer, but still she didn't understand it. The skill the two had, and the levels of Qi due to the items they had were quite similar, yet why was it that it felt that eventually she would lose out this fight.
A strong blow delivered by the Deleter had pushed Alba back, skidding her feet across the ground. Alba was ready to jump in, when she was seeing another move she didn't like the look of.
The Deleter held the sword close to her chest, and Qi was gathering towards the back of the weapon.
"I really don't think Tilion can block this one…" Alba gritted her teeth, and if that was the case, there might just be only one thing she could do.
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