Chapter 2476

2476 - Time to Slaughter!

"....Renaraa!!" Marlik's voice exploded, and then the space near the Buffer Zone was dragged along in the wake of the terrifying Energy he struck with beneath his foot.

In an instant, he was within Renara's field of vision once again, coming with force, furious, the blood vessels in his eye nearly bursting from the intensity of his rage, from his killing intent.

Quickly, Renara drew another weapon, a Third Level planetary gauntlet, prepared for the clash… and she smiled.

Behind the curtain of rage, Marlik's condition was bad. His minor internal injuries had doubled, and there were traces of bleeding from his ear… that Energy wave could turn fleets into something like powder, yet it had caused him injuries that were not insignificant.

But it was better than nothing.

Baaaaaam

Again, Marlik simply struck, and again

Baf

Renara's gauntlet broke at the point of impact and her finger was exposed, and again

Baaang

Renara redirected the entire force generated from the clash onto Marlik.

"Aghh!!" Marlik's wounds increased, but he did not retreat this time, clearly he was prepared for what would happen.

Then he shouted again, "Again!!" and struck.

Prepared for another shock, prepared for the gauntlet to break and to cut off Renara's hand with a single blow this time.

But he was surprised by something, "Hmm?" Then he shouted angrily, "You will pay the price for your contempt!!"

Renara abandoned her punch and her direct offensive stance, opened her hand, and decided to receive the sword on her palm in an astonishing manner.

Swoosh

The sword descended with scorching speed, cutting the glove from Renara's palm and causing it to explode into pieces, cutting through flesh and part of the bone before it stopped.

"…?!" Marlik was astonished that the sword had stopped at all and almost shouted "How?", but

Bang

Renara did not forget to direct the energy wave toward him this time as well.

Marlik held firm, did not let go of the sword and did not retreat, but this caused the damage to double, and the blood at the edge of his mouth was increasing rapidly, "You—!!?"

The scene before Marlik made him quickly forget his words…

The sword was in Renara's bleeding palm as it was, but what was happening around it was strange.

The glowing crimson misty aura was not spreading randomly and aggressively as usual, but was wrapping around Renara's arm like rings of power and light.

"What is… happening…?!" Marlik muttered with a shocked face.

"That misty aura, it's a massive store of energy that the weapon uses to manifest its personality and enhance its presence. It's a magnificent piece of art the likes of which I've never seen…" Renara murmured, as if the piece in her hand didn't exist, then smiled, "But it's still energy, and no one can handle energy better than I can."

Bam

Renara closed her hand and yanked the sword back forcefully from Marlik's grip, then dashed forward.

"No!!" Marlik shouted as he saw his sword leaving him like that, "Come back here!!"

The sword began to tremble in Renara's grasp, but it did not attack her nor show intense hostility… and after seconds of light resistance, it stopped resisting entirely.

"Haha!!" Renara extended her other hand and grabbed the long sword's hilt, letting her palm heal visibly, "What a feeling of confidence and power!!"

The crimson aura was still enveloping Renara's arm and her surroundings, as if the place pleased it. That misty aura gave her a feeling that she was somewhat stronger… perhaps not true strength, but she could indeed feel the hostility, killing intent, and other emotions that aid in battle intensifying.

Swoosh

This time Renara was the one who advanced, dragging the crimson sword behind her.

"Damn it!" Marlik quickly drew his other sword from its sheath, a sword with a yellow misty aura, and then parried,

Bang

.

This time nothing broke, and Renara did not retreat—rather, it was Marlik who retreated while Renara pressed against him!

"Haha, this is your end!" Renara shouted joyfully, "This battle is over!"

Puff

As usual, Marlik received the full impact of the shock, "You… bitch!! If not for the help you received from that despicable Transcendent, you would never have dared stand in my way!"

"Transcendent?" Renara raised an eyebrow, "That title suits him!" Then she laughed, "Didn't you also receive a Law from your Lord and your swords as support? We are the same, cheaters alike… and it seems I am the greater cheater, I will win today, hehe."

Renara extended her hand and grabbed the hilt of the yellow sword in Marlik's hand.

"What are you doing, you Cursed bitch?!" Marlik shouted.

But Renara's smile had only widened, "Give this to its new master!"

The mist around the sword began to wrap around Renara's other arm and quickly leave Marlik.

"Nooooo!!" Marlik tried with all his strength, but the sword began to slip from him, preferring to go toward Renara, "Don't do this to me!!"

Whoooom

The two swords began to tremble softly and intermittently, as if mourning Marlik's plight, then they fell silent.

" haha!" With the crimson sword in her right hand and the yellow one in her left, their rings coiling around her arms and body in an epic scene, heavy and stubborn, but at least they had stopped resisting, and more importantly, they had stopped helping her opponent… Renara struck Marlik's chest with the sole of her foot.

Swoosh

Marlik shot backward, and behind him Renara dragged the two swords and the mist behind her in a legendary scene, wanting to gain momentum and use the two heavy swords to cut off Marlik's head, "the Butcher, it's time for slaughter!"

"….."

In this moment, Marlik's expression changed from terror to calm.

"Indeed."

"…?!" Renara frowned hard.

Then she felt severe pain in her arms,

Clatch

.

"Aaaaaah!!"