Watching the sword light gradually attacking her, Edelweiss's body seemed to freeze at this moment, remaining completely in place and unable to move. The only thing she could do was watch the fatal attack before her pierce through her body.
Swish—!
Pain did not come from her abdomen. Perhaps it was because the opponent's strength was too great; while cutting through her body, it also blocked the sensory transmission...
Clang—!
Edelweiss wanted to struggle, her White-gold twin swords stabbing toward Skirk's face one after another. Even though she was already severely injured, she had no intention of giving up the fight.
However, having reached the end of her rope, Edelweiss clearly could no longer pose a threat to Skirk. The moment Edelweiss moved, her sword-wielding arms actually turned directly into two bloodstains and were severed...
The sudden change made the world's strongest female swordsman widen her eyes because this scene was so familiar.
No sword-swinging motion, no sound, no sword qi, no wind... this was her own Wings-Aligned Sword!
This woman named Skirk had actually learned her Wings-Aligned Sword in less than a few minutes of confrontation.
Such terrifying talent was something even Edelweiss had only seen once in her life, and she would likely never encounter it again in the future...
However, Skirk's attacks didn't end there; instead, she performed a standard split, raising her right leg high above her head and delivering a kick toward Edelweiss's head.
In an instant, Edelweiss, who had been flickering with white-gold light and staying in mid-air like the sun, turned into a falling star, crashing heavily into the Abyss on the ground.
But even though Edelweiss's body was split in two, her lower half still did not fall, remaining standing on the ground, continuing to "face" Skirk as she slowly descended from the sky.
"It's a pity, Edelweiss..."
"I probably won't forget you for the rest of my life, will I?"
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The scene ended right there.
In the instant Edelweiss blinked, her severed body suddenly vanished, replaced by Skirk hovering in mid-air before her.
The battle seemed to have just ended, yet it felt as if it had never begun...
No, what is this?
If the scene just now, where she was cut in two, made Edelweiss feel Skirk's talent and strength, then this current scene, where "it was as if nothing had happened," made Edelweiss feel a sense of dread.
If anyone else were brought here, even among all the other Blazers in the Chivalry of a Failed Knight world, those who could understand the current situation would likely not exceed the count of one hand.
Only the world's top powerhouses would know what just happened, and Edelweiss was one of them.
What just happened was an illusion.
But it wasn't an ordinary illusion; it was an illusion infinitely close to reality, and even more so, an illusion infinitely close to the future!
Skirk only needed to move a part of her body slightly to make Edelweiss experience the illusion of being killed...
Whether it was being cut in two at the abdomen or having both arms severed, it was all because the hand holding Skirk's sword had moved just once!
This is technique!
And it was a technique that, like her own Wings-Aligned Sword, transcended the human realm, yet it was even more exaggerated than her own Wings-Aligned Sword!
Thus, in the next few seconds, Skirk blinked, raised her hand, and even her hair danced in mid-air...
No matter what the action was, every time it allowed Edelweiss to see a future where she was killed, and every time it was different!
What to do?
The more she was hit by such intangible attacks, the greater the impact on Edelweiss.
One of the prerequisites to becoming a Demon Lord was to understand oneself, without a shred of hesitation or doubt in the path one pursued.
In other words, the more unwavering a Blazer is, the more likely they are to become a Demon Lord!
Edelweiss was not just a Demon Lord; she had achieved a further transcendence, reaching the state of Super-Awakened Demon Lord, and had sat firmly in the position of the world's strongest for over a decade.
Logically, Edelweiss should have long been deeply convinced of the path she walked, choosing to break through no matter how difficult the road ahead.
But now, Skirk, with her immense strength and peak-level technique, had firmly pinned the "world's strongest" in place.
As long as Edelweiss had the thought of attacking forward, Skirk only needed to move slightly to make her perceive the future of her own death... and that was for dozens of times in a row!
So, what to do?
Edelweiss, who had never hesitated before, was now completely stuck in place, unable to move.
Even if Skirk didn't use that technique to make her "see" the future again, Edelweiss dared not move an inch.
"Attack from above, using gravitational acceleration to suppress the opponent... No, I'll be split in two vertically."
"Use hidden sword techniques to sneak attack, no... I'll have my arms severed."
The two in reality had not clashed, but their consciousnesses had gone through thousands of clashes in these few seconds.
Precisely because Skirk was victorious every time, Edelweiss remained in place without moving.
No! No! No!
Edelweiss was still rejecting the actions she planned to take, but it had no effect.
"In that case, I can only use that..."
After a few seconds, Edelweiss realized that Skirk had created a "deadlock" for her.
No matter what choice she made, the final result would be her being mercilessly killed by Skirk.
Therefore, if she wanted to change the fate of being killed, Edelweiss had no choice but to use the Demon Lord's Power of Destiny!
But the Power of Destiny... she had been using it from the very beginning!
It was just a matter of how much she used; if too little Power of Destiny was used, it would have no effect on this woman before her.
So, if Edelweiss wanted to change the futures she had just seen, she had to use the most powerful "destiny" of her life to smash the enemy before her into pieces!
"Hoo!"
"Please, enlighten me—!"
After taking a deep breath, Edelweiss directly raised Skirk's danger level to the maximum.
This woman before her was likely the most powerful woman she had ever encountered since she was born!
Therefore, Edelweiss set aside the pride in her heart, no longer calling herself the "world's strongest," but instead treating the other party as a pioneer on the path of the sword.
Edelweiss took a step forward, directly crossing that non-existent Demon Lord gate, raising her Super-Awakened state to the maximum, and even draining every drop of her potential...
Just to unleash the most powerful strike of her life!
To let this woman, Skirk, see clearly that she was not the trash that was cut in two in the illusion just now!
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