I Aggressively Stack Steel of the Heart in the Knight Order

Chapter 206: Chapter 171: Game of Tactics, Total Victory

In the eyes of Warlord Nico, Reinhardt’s fighting style was that of a thoughtless, brutal berserker. The wild swings of his Black War Axe were wide open, riddled with flaws.

The moment Reinhardt charged, Nico knew he had the battle firmly in his grasp.

It was a total domination of combat instinct and tactical wisdom.

A mere Imperial Knight with a Two-star Earth Military Rank dared to attack him. How utterly reckless.

Spiritual Artisan Level Secret Treasure: War Witch Skeleton Structure.

This military-issue Secret Treasure, once standard equipment in the War Witch Legion, transformed his bones and muscles into a war machine, making them far tougher than steel. At the same time, the Spiritual Memory embedded within the skeletal structure granted him the Body Techniques Combat abilities of a Veteran of Ten Thousand Battles.

With this Secret Treasure, he had never encountered a troublesome opponent at the power level of a Tier Two Wizard or Earth Knight.

He had even sewn the Ancient Black Box into his body and expended half his Wizard’s Power to repair its damage, greatly reducing his own strength. But even so, killing a Two-star Earth Knight would be child’s play.

Nico’s cold, contemptuous gaze looked down on Reinhardt as if he were already a dead man.

Just as he had predicted, Reinhardt raised his left arm to block.

With his tactic successful, a cruel smile spread across Nico’s face. He had killed countless so-called powerful Imperial Knights.

The Emperor’s Vengeful Angels?

’Pathetic.’

While the Iron Fist was still arcing through the air, Nico activated the Secret Treasure hidden in his hand. A dark blue Dark Energy Battle Blade shot out silently. The seemingly simple Cannon Fist transformed mid-strike into a vicious slash, aimed straight for Reinhardt’s left arm!

Nico was already savoring the look of terror that would appear on the face of this Emperor’s Vengeful Angel when the blade severed his arm and pierced his chest.

Time seemed to slow to a crawl.

The instant before Nico’s blade made contact with Reinhardt’s arm, an ice-cold pulse, powerful enough to freeze time itself, shot through his body without warning.

Then, a massive Sleeve Sword sprang from Reinhardt’s arm armor.

The blade, so large it would be a Broadsword in a mortal’s hands, was sheathed in a shimmering blue Energy Sword Blade powered by his Power Backpack. It crashed against Nico’s Dark Energy Battle Blade!

Embers of energy from the impact flew in all directions, like sparks from grinding metal.

The frigid Frost Pulse rippled through Nico’s body, wave after wave.

As if time itself had been frozen, Nico lost control of his body for a split second. The downward slash of his Dark Energy Battle Blade faltered in mid-air for a fraction of a moment.

It was then that he noticed the second Extraordinary Armament on Reinhardt’s right hand: an ice-cold Steel Fist.

The arrogant, victory-assured look on Nico’s face vanished.

’Multiple Extraordinary Armaments?’

In that same instant, Nico’s gaze met Reinhardt’s cold, merciless stare.

He froze. ’This guy...’

In a battle between experts, the price for having one’s strategy exposed is steep.

Hindered by the Deceleration Force Field of the Frost Fist, Nico had no time to react. An expression of faint surprise was still frozen on his face.

As his Dark Energy Battle Blade clashed with the Sleeve Sword on Reinhardt’s left arm, a second Sleeve Sword, whistling sharply through the air, was already slashing toward his waist!

The tides of battle could turn in an instant.

The contest of wits and wills could decide life and death.

Reinhardt’s opening assault wasn’t a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble. On the contrary, it was one of his most practiced tactics.

If an opponent was weak, they would be cut down by his heavy War Axe.

But if they tried to block, they would have to reveal the nature of their Extraordinary Power to stop his War Axe.

The one thing Reinhardt hadn’t anticipated was that this Tier Two Wizard from the Baze World would be an expert in Body Techniques Combat. For that miscalculation, he had paid a heavy price.

Even now, a deafening ringing from the blow to his head echoed in his ears.

Even with the Morphic Armor absorbing the impact, the damage he sustained had brought him one step from death’s door.

His left eardrum had ruptured, and blood was streaming out.

The corner of his eye was torn, his cheekbone shattered. A horrific gash ran from left to right, nearly bisecting his face! The flesh was peeled back, exposing the bone beneath!

But in this first exchange—this game of tactics and psychology—Reinhardt had ultimately won.

Just as the Power Armor’s hidden Sleeve Sword was about to slice Nico in two at the waist, an Energy Protection Force Field, shimmering with silvery-white light, abruptly materialized around his body.

It collided with the Power Armor’s Sleeve Sword, sending highly destructive energy embers flying!

Realizing that the Wizard’s Secret Treasure sustaining the Protective Energy Force Field had activated, a flicker of terror crossed Nico’s face. It was instantly replaced by a towering rage as he snapped his head up to glare into Reinhardt’s eyes.

"Reinhardt—!"

He couldn’t accept being defeated in his own area of expertise by an Imperial Knight who, in his eyes, was a complete novice.

He couldn’t accept that he, a Master Level Tier Two Wizard, had nearly been killed by Reinhardt in a single blow!

In that moment, cold sweat drenched Warlord Nico’s back. His eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

If it weren’t for the protection of the Wizard’s Secret Treasure implanted in his spine, the consequences would have been unthinkable!

He never would have dreamed that not only would Reinhardt see through his tactics, but that a lack of intelligence would lead him to nearly be killed, an utter and humiliating failure.

Then, his eyes once again erupted with a Spiritual Storm. A dense volley of purple lightning shot toward Reinhardt in an attempt to keep him suppressed, giving him no chance to recover.

But as the Spiritual Storm neared Reinhardt, it vanished without a trace, like a stone dropped into the ocean.

At such close proximity to Reinhardt, even his Wizard’s Power became sluggish and difficult to control, as if mired in a swamp.

The next second.

In Nico’s horrified gaze.

A stream of high-temperature energy melted the surrounding walls and floor as the Aikacia Nozzle propelled Reinhardt’s body out of the impact crater at a terrifying subsonic speed.

The dark purple, living substance of the Morphic Armor seeped through his skin, completely encasing the Power Armor.

Like a roaring steel juggernaut, he charged straight forward!

And in that instant, Reinhardt seized complete control of the battle’s rhythm!

Hampered by the Forbidden Magic Force Field, Nico could only watch helplessly as Reinhardt charged him. With his Wizard’s Secret Treasure temporarily offline, his combat instincts could no longer trigger an evasive maneuver.

Nico’s pupils trembled violently.

’Just a rookie with a Two-star Earth Military Rank...’