Time ticked away, second by second. After what seemed like her countless fruitless attacks, Luna's movements finally came to a halt.
“It seems Lady Luna has run out of magic power.”
Seeing Luna stop her assault, the old Count assumed that her magic power had finally been depleted.
Luna remained silent. The cyan sword magic power enveloping her body blazed brilliantly. The prolonged battle did not seem to have consumed much of her magic power; her aura had not weakened in the slightest, and the sharp sword glow looked as if it could slash through the very heavens and earth.
She raised her sword. The vast magic power within her body surged into the blade, and a colossal sword shadow materialized behind her.
The moment the sword shadow appeared, the surroundings dimmed. The sun in the sky was obscured by a mass of shadow, enveloping the entire Count's manor in a domain of darkness.
House Callis's secret swordsmanship technique: 【Judgment of Eternal Darkness】.
The old Count could feel that even the air around him had grown incredibly sharp, as if countless swords were standing erect all around him.
Yet, he did not panic. The old Count was confident that no matter what kind of attack Luna unleashed, he could easily block it.
The Sixth Circle was still just the Sixth Circle. No matter how much of a genius a Sixth Circle was, they could not overturn the heavens.
“Zing~”
With a crisp hum of the sword, Luna moved her hand. As she slashed down, the surrounding space seemed to fracture inch by inch, and sharp sword qi swept outward, tearing the wind and clouds to shreds.
Sensing the terror of this strike, a solemn expression finally crossed the old Count's face. Although he did not believe Luna could breach his defense, going all out against any opponent was an instinct he had forged during his days on the Celestial Battlefield.
The old Count raised his massive shield, and his earthy-yellow magic power surged into the sky. It was as if a barrier had risen between heaven and earth, splitting the world into two.
“Clang!”
The strike sliced through the void, the cyan sword glow resembling the Milky Way hanging upside down, shattering the darkened space in layers.
Under this sharp sword glow, the darkness receded—and along with it, the enemy's life force.
The cyan sword shadow collided with the earthy-yellow magic barrier. Terrifying magic power ripples swept across a hundred li, and even the earth was shaved down by a layer under the pressure of this single strike.
“Crack.”
A crisp cracking sound echoed from the magic barrier. The old Count's confident expression fractured, mirroring the shield he had conjured.
Then, under his unbelieving gaze, dense cracks rapidly spread across the magic barrier. With a loud bang, the massive barrier shattered like crushed ice.
Not only that, but along with the shattering of the magic barrier, the old Count suddenly felt continuous vibrations coming from the massive shield in his hand.
“Boom!”
With a deafening explosion, the massive shield in the old Count's hand blew apart without warning. Shards of the shield pelted his astonished face before bouncing off.
It was as if to tell him that all of this was real.
While the old Count was still in a daze, a figure had already appeared right before him.
Almost instinctively, the old Count thrust the lance in his right hand toward Luna.
Swoosh~
Luna twisted her body slightly, the blade of her longsword sliding along the old Count's lance as she slashed toward his body.
After the strike, the old Count spat out a mouthful of blood and fell from the sky.
Dispersing the momentum of the wind from her entire body, Luna landed on the ground, turning to look in the old Count's direction.
“If not for my advanced age and the lingering injuries I carry, you would never have succeeded so easily.”
The moment his massive shield was breached, the sword qi concealed within had also erupted.
The old Count was a veteran of many battles. Although he could not fully comprehend the secrets of the Callis secret swordsmanship technique, he could clearly understand the reason for his defeat.
“Losers always have all kinds of excuses.”
Since entering the Ronal Count's estate, Luna had rarely spoken, but every word she uttered cut straight to the heart.
Yet, the cold temperament she exuded prevented her words from sounding like mockery; it was as if she were simply stating a fact, nothing more.
“Hehe, perhaps so.”
Perhaps because his life was already nearing its end, the old Count felt no panic about his impending death.
To him, dying on the battlefield was far more satisfying than passing away of old age in a bed.
“Can you leave a thread of bloodline for House Ronal?”
At the final moment of his life, the old Count still could not let go of his lineage.
“Leave a bloodline, only to wait for them to grow up and seek revenge against House Callis?”
Like Grand Duke Callis, Luna believed in the same principle: once an enmity was formed, it had to be pulled out by the roots.
“Sigh~”
Since things had reached this point, the old Count knew there was no longer any room for negotiation. He could only let out a helpless sigh and close his eyes forever.
After the old Count died, a figure silently materialized beside Luna.
If the old Count were still alive, he would have noticed that this newly appeared individual exuded the magic power fluctuations of the Seventh Circle.
Throughout his entire battle with Luna, the old Count had not sensed another person's presence at all.
The fate of the Ronal Count's estate had been sealed from the very beginning. Even if the old Count had truly managed to suppress Luna, only death would have awaited him and his family.
“My Lady.”
The person who appeared was none other than Luna's exclusive maid, Aesera.
“I am fine.”
Luna wiped the blood from the corner of mouth, flicked the blood off her blade, and sheathed it.
“My Lady, you were too reckless.”
When Luna had been pinned to the ground by the old Count earlier, Aesera had wanted to intervene, but Luna had stopped her via magic power transmission.
“Furthermore, My Lady, the Judgment of Eternal Darkness is a secret swordsmanship technique that only High-level Transcendents can use. Doing this places an immense burden on your body.”
After examining Luna's body with her magic power, Aesera took out a healing magic potion and handed it to her.
“An exclusive maid exists to ensure the candidate's safety, to prevent them from dying over worthless matters, not to turn them into a greenhouse flower.”
“Only by constantly breaking past one's limits can one truly become the strongest swordsman.”
Of course, Luna's confidence was naturally inseparable from the effects of the Sword Qi Body Tempering Technique.
Although practicing this system of cultivation unique to House Callis was extremely painful, it not only made the practitioner's physical body incredibly strong, but it also granted a self-healing ability far exceeding that of ordinary people.
Otherwise, after Lanier's battle with the dragon race back then, he would not have been described as being so powerful that he hardly seemed human.
Both his physical strength and recovery capabilities had already transcended the limits of normal human transcendents.
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