Katarine, transformed into white light, rushed past Shien’s location, bringing a gust of wind that shattered and cracked the ground there.
Missing the attack, Katarine wasn’t discouraged at all. Her figure, transformed into white light, defied inertia and abruptly changed direction, rushing towards another direction with the flap of her white wings.
There, Shien’s figure reappeared.
“Evolve!”
Seeing the white light approaching at an alarming speed, Shien no longer dared to hold back and activated the [Limit Evolution] ability.
Magic power coursed through Shien’s entire body, causing all his abilities to surge.
But by this time, Katarine had already approached Shien, and the replica holy sword in her hand flashed as she slashed.
That slash was at least ten times faster than before!
“Bang!”
Shien couldn’t react in time and was struck hard in the chest by the replica holy sword, which flashed like lightning. With a heavy thud, he was sent flying.
But while flying backward, Shien activated the [Instant Movement] skill, and his figure suddenly vanished in mid-air, reappearing behind Katarine.
“Hum!”
The atmosphere trembled as red magic light extended from the holy sword.
Looking at Katarine, who had her back to him, Shien’s holy sword, imbued with [Demon Sword], slashed down, striking Katarine’s back like red lightning.
However…
“Clang!”
With a clashing sound, Shien’s holy sword, imbued with [Demon Sword], was deflected.
The white wings behind Katarine seemed to have eyes of their own. With a single flap, one of the wings deflected Shien’s attack, generating a gust of magic power.
“It actually deflected it?”
Shien’s eyes widened slightly.
And Katarine wouldn’t let go of this opportunity. She instantly turned around, and the replica holy sword in her hand once again flashed as she slashed.
This slash once again stirred up a storm, shredding the air it passed through and shattering the surrounding ground.
The terrifying aurora-like sword was like a concentrated natural disaster, already destroying the terrain in this area beyond recognition.
Shien’s figure appeared a short distance away as if teleporting. Looking at this scene, his expression was grave.
“It seems that this so-called second place isn’t just a name.”
Katarine’s power after using her Unique Skill was on a completely different level compared to before.
Those wings seemed to combine high-speed flight, automatic defense, and amplification enhancement, making Katarine at this moment unprecedentedly powerful.
At least, in Shien’s view, Katarine now was even more terrifying than Tielle in her demonized state at the Atlus Canyon.
Even Airi, who was watching the battle from the side, narrowed her eyes and murmured.
“This Unique Skill is quite strong. It’s already no worse than that Hero I dealt with, right?”
That was the case.
Katarine had used her full strength, displaying power that put pressure on Shien and earned some acknowledgment from Airi.
“What? Is this your full strength?”
Katarine flew into the air again, looked at Shien, and spoke indifferently.
“You should also have a pretty powerful Unique Skill, right? Aren’t you planning to use it?”
Clearly, the Imperial Princess believed that Shien hadn’t used his full strength yet.
She believed that to be recognized by Lucy and possess such strength at this age, Shien couldn’t possibly not have a powerful Unique Skill.
If he didn’t, then he wouldn’t be worth being acknowledged by those at their level.
After all, Unique Skills were abilities that could defy common sense, ignore level and skill restrictions, and directly display terrifying power.
Without a powerful Unique Skill, no matter how high one’s level or how strong one’s skills, they would ultimately not be their opponent.
In fact, that was the case.
Shien did possess a Unique Skill, and it was a ridiculously overpowered one at that.
Unfortunately, Shien’s Unique Skill wasn’t the type that directly enhanced combat abilities.
However, Shien indeed hadn’t used his full power yet.
After all, he still had his holy sword.
“Should I use it?”
Shien hesitated.