CHAPTER 946: CHAPTER 727: THE DEBUT OF THE STRONGEST DEMON ART (PART 2)

"...!"

Feeling Fulini’s charge suddenly intensify and her speed increase to an unparalleled level, Ais dared not be careless. She quickly raised the Sword of Despair to block the incoming giant battle axe.

"Clang!!!"

With a sound like a bell tolling, the giant battle axe crashed onto Ais’s hastily raised Sword of Despair, causing the ground beneath her feet to crack and sink downward.

"So heavy...!"

Ais was struck by the astonishing force carried by the giant battle axe, her knees buckled, and her figure bent low. A fleeting expression of distress flashed across her goddess-like face.

"Hahahaha!"

Fulini burst into laughter.

"That’s it!"

"That’s exactly it!"

"I wanted to see you with that pained expression!"

Fulini’s voice was filled with glee, as if she had exacted revenge, and she continued to roar.

"It’s not over yet! Watch me tear you to pieces! Haaaaaaa...!"

With her entire body surging with power, Fulini launched into a frenzied assault against Ais, swinging her giant battle axe in wide arcs with little technique, relentlessly striking the sword-wielding female swordsman.

"Clang—Clang—Clang—Clang—Clang—"

With each heart-stopping clanging sound, Fulini roared as she relentlessly pursued Ais, wielding the giant battle axe with both hands like a runaway locomotive, striking at Ais in succession, causing the ground to shake and the floor to crack. Ais repeatedly retreated, forced into a defensive stance, unable to deal with Fulini for a time.

That power, that speed, that movement, that momentum, were incomparable to the Fulini from before.

Ais was completely certain now; Fulini was already equivalent to an Lv.6.

The miracle known as "Level Upgrade" had appeared on the enemy’s side this time.

Using the strongest demon art, Fulini caught up to Ais and even unleashed a violence surpassing Ais, suppressing her completely.

"What’s wrong, [Sword Princess]?"

"Aren’t you usually so arrogant? So good at pretending?"

"Orario’s strongest female swordsman? A war maiden as beautiful as a goddess?"

"What a joke!"

"A brat like you, an ugly freak, a dead puppet, how could you possibly be stronger and more beautiful than me...!"

Roaring with fury, Fulini, not letting up her advantage, seemed truly intent on tearing Ais to shreds, showing no mercy, fiercer, more brutal, and more malicious than Alcana and Bajie.

"Go to hell, ugly freak!"

"Once you’re dead, no one will dare say you’re more beautiful than me!"

"Smash your face! Smash it! Smash it, smash it, smash it!"

Fulini, like someone possessed, screamed and charged at Ais, launching another massive strike.

"Clang!!!"

With nowhere to retreat, Ais could only choose to block, raising the Sword of Despair held in one hand, supporting it with the other, meeting the vicious slash of Fulini’s giant battle axe and holding it back.

The ground beneath Ais’s feet cracked and sank again, nearly causing her to be driven into the ground by the terrible force, forcing her to kneel on the spot.

Though both were now Lv.6, "strength" had never been Ais’s strong point.

Even before upgrading, Ais’s "strength" and "endurance" were only at C level. Far from being maxed out, they had not even reached A or B.

This was the same before reaching Lv.5; each time Ais upgraded, her "strength" and "endurance" remained about the same as when she was Lv.5.

In contrast, for Fulini, from the body of the Amazonian giantess, it was clear she was a first-class adventurer focused on "strength."

Therefore, with identical levels, merely comparing "strength" parameters, Ais naturally couldn’t surpass Fulini.

Fulini forcibly suppressed Ais with her "strength" advantage, launching a berserk assault.

"No, I can’t hold on!"

Ais’s arms were beginning to go numb.

"I... I have to get to Theona and Theone... and also to Reiger...!"

Ais, shouting in her heart, decided to unleash her true power.

"[Awaken.]"

The golden-haired, golden-eyed swordswoman finally chanted the magic spell that only she and Reiger could use, awakening the power of the great fairy in her bloodline.

However, when Ais chanted the magic, Fulini was not alarmed; instead, she was overjoyed.

"You’ve fallen into the trap! [Sword Princess]!" Fulini shouted, "Shari! Do it!"

At the sound, the combat prostitute holding the magic wand, who was pushing the cage, released the pre-prepared magic.

It seemed as if she had been waiting for this moment for a long time, with the magic prepared early on, so just a second before Fulini spoke, and half a second before Ais chanted, she had already unleashed her magic.

"Buzz!!!"

A sharp high-frequency wave instantly struck Ais and Fulini, enveloping them both.

Ais suddenly felt a buzzing in her ears, and the Magic Power that had just been awakened within her seemed to be frightened away, disappearing without a trace.

This is...

"A curse...!"

Ais exclaimed in astonishment.

"That’s right! It’s a curse!"

Fulini immediately confirmed Ais’s words with great pride.

The so-called curse refers to something different from pure magic, used to hinder the enemy’s power.

The caster of the curse needs to pay a specific price to unleash the effects that magic does not have, harming both the enemy and oneself.

But this power, which must be used at a cost, is also very impressive, even if there is a high level of "abnormal resistance," it can’t be negated or blocked, only defended or dispelled in limited ways.

For example, Amide Thersanare of the Dian Ket clan, known as the [Battlefield Saintess], holds the highest-level healing magic [Diya Flatel], which has a dispelling effect that other recovery and healing magics do not have. Aside from her, those in Orario who possess the means to lift curses are few and far between.

Now, Ais has fallen under the curse prepared by the Istar Clan.

And the curse is obvious, it’s magic sealing.

Those cursed will be unable to use magic, which is the effect of this curse.

That’s why Ais’s magic failed to activate.

"This curse was originally prepared by the goddess Ishtar for the [Brave], [White Demon Wand], [Black Demon Demon Sword], and others, congratulations, you’ve tasted it first, you ugly freak."

Fulini laughed with great satisfaction.

"You think I’ve fought you a few times already? How could I not find a way to deal with your ’wind’?"

"And without ’wind,’ can you still be my match now?"

"Ha? What do you say! [Sword Princess]!"

Fulini suddenly jumped up, slashing mercilessly at the strongest trump card swordswoman whose ability was sealed.

"...!"

Ais dared not take Fulini’s attack head-on again, she quickly jumped away, avoiding the direct hit.

"Boom!"

Fulini’s axe strike landed on the ground for the third time, shattering the floor, causing dust to rise, enveloping her massive body.

But the next second, the toad’s massive body rushed out from the dust.

"Don’t think you can escape ahhhhhhh...!"

With a roar, the giantess’s fierce charge blew away the debris and dust, and in an instant, struck Ais hard.

"Bang!"

Without expecting Fulini to pull off such a move, Ais, who was in mid-air unable to adjust her direction, was directly hit.

Immediately, the light armor on Ais shattered, and her body seemed to be thrown into the air, soaring high into the ceiling before crashing down heavily.

"Cough...!"

The golden-haired, golden-eyed swordswoman coughed up blood, struggling to lie there, unable to stand up for a while.