Chapter 343

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the sky, the rain of light formed by tiny meteors was still pouring down, bombarding Capeline's body.

However, as time passed, the scale and power of the pouring rain of light increased by a lot. It became like cannonballs washing the ground, setting off more and more intense explosions.

Shien no longer showed any mercy. He increased the power of [Flying Star] to the maximum in an attempt to stop the Empire Princess.

However, perhaps because [Flying Star] was a beginner magic and did not have much lethality, the rain of light falling from the sky did not hurt Capeline at all, allowing her to successfully advance in front of Shien.

"Divert!"

Capeline, who had advanced in front of Shien, once again chanted a short incantation, replacing the effect of the imitation holy sword.

As the light of the imitation holy sword flowed, this time, Capeline's body was no longer enveloped by the holy sword's light that weakened damage. Instead, the light turned into strength, and her aura soared.

"Is it to level up this time?"

Shien saw through her at a glance and immediately set up the holy sword.

Clang!

Capeline's imitation holy sword turned into a flash of light and knocked on Shien's holy sword, causing sparks to burst out again.

However, it was different from the previous attack. The strength and force of this attack were much stronger.

Shien involuntarily took half a step back, allowing Capeline to gain the upper hand.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Amidst the sound of the air being pierced, Capeline calmly brandished the imitation holy sword, creating streaks of sword light. The flashing slashes attacked rapidly, enveloping Shien's entire body.

Shien saw countless sword lights attacking him, and he was surprised by Capeline's attack.

Capeline's slashes were very fast and straightforward. There were not too many fancy moves, nor were there any twists and turns. It was a killing sword technique that pursued killing efficiency, which was fundamentally different from ordinary swordsmanship.

In fact, in Capeline's Skill Column, her [Two-handed Sword] skill was only at level 5, which was far from Shien's maximum level. It was also far from Rosie's level 8 [Two-handed Sword] skill. However, she had learned a skill called [Flashing Sword], which was at level 7.

This [Flashing Sword] seemed to be a high-level weapon skill. Compared to ordinary weapon skills, its specialty was that it specialized in a certain aspect, so its power was extraordinary.

Normally, the [Two-Handed Sword] and other similar weapon skills would provide the learner with a standard sword skill, which meant that all aspects of the skill would be average. There were no outstanding advantages, but there were no disadvantages either. It was considered a stable skill that sought victory in the midst of victory.

However, skills like [Flashing Sword] were different.

This type of skill would usually specialize in one aspect, making that aspect's strength extremely prominent, far surpassing ordinary moves.

For example, [Flash Blade] was a skill that pursued efficiency in killing enemies. It had an unparalleled advantage in terms of killing enemies quickly. It allowed the person who learned the skill to make extremely fast and straightforward slashes, like a gust of wind, like a flash of light. If one was careless because of this, they would definitely not even see the trajectory of the slashes before their head was chopped off, and they could not be more dead.

However, high-tier sword skills like this would usually have a flaw due to a prominent feature.

Capeline's [Flashing Sword] was like this. It specialized in the speed of slashes, but gave up on defense.

So …

"Swoosh!"

Shien's figure suddenly flashed and disappeared in front of Capeline.

Countless flashing slashes landed on the spot where Shien was a second ago, but they only cut through the air.

"What!?"

Seeing Shien disappear, Capeline's expression changed slightly.

But at this time, Shien had already appeared beside the empire's princess.

"Dang —!"

The holy sword suddenly slashed down, once again bringing with it a shocking bell-like sound.

"Gulp …!"

Capeline only had time to hurriedly set up the imitation holy sword to defend, but this attack made her arm numb. She let out a muffled groan and took a few steps back.

This was proof that her defense was insufficient.

Otherwise, Capeline wouldn't have taken so many steps back.

"[Pay and Explode]."

Sean mercilessly released magic at Capeline, who was retreating fiercely.

"Bang —!"

The atmosphere that had been imbued with explosive properties suddenly expanded and exploded, turning into endless flames that swallowed Capelin.

However …

"Divert!"

The imitation holy sword in Capeline's hand turned again, and the effect changed.

"Hum!"

With a tremor in the atmosphere, a red magic light appeared on Capeline's imitation holy sword, turning into a magic blade. She raised it high and slashed it down.

"Puchi!"

The endless flames were immediately cut open by the magic blade, turning into a burst of sparks and dissipating.

There was no doubt that it was the [Demonic Sword] skill.

Moreover, it was the [Demonic Sword] skill that had been strengthened by the imitation holy sword.

"Has it become the effect of leveling up the skill?"

Shien narrowed his eyes.

Capeline's [Demonic Sword] skill had been upgraded to level seven.

In addition to the effect of adding three levels to all skills of the imitation holy sword, Capeline was equivalent to having the [Demonic Sword] skill at the maximum level, making the magic light of the [Demonic Sword] extremely condensed and bright, illuminating the surroundings.

"Hah!"

With a gust of wind, Capeline held the incomparably red [Demonic Sword] in her hand, and with the technique of [Flashing Sword], she made a sudden stab that was like a scarlet flash.

The stab seemed to be able to cut through space and distance, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of Shien.

With such a lightning-fast attack, even Shien had to admit that he couldn't avoid it.

After all, firstly, Shien didn't use the illegal strengthening skill [Limit Change]. Secondly, even if he had the [Evasion] skill that constantly warned him how to dodge, his body couldn't keep up. Even if his brain understood that he should dodge, it wouldn't work.

Moreover, with the effect of adding three levels to all skills, both [Demonic Sword] and [Flashing Sword] were at the maximum level, and the opponent's level was higher than Shien's, so naturally, Shien wouldn't be able to dodge it.

If he didn't have the similarly illegal skill [Instant Shift] …

"Swoosh!"

Just as the red magic blade was about to pierce through Shien's chest like lightning, Shien's figure disappeared once again.

"Boom!"

The red slash that pierced through the air actually set off an explosion and shock wave, causing the surrounding ground to fly up.

"He disappeared again …!?"

Capeline's gaze froze, but she suddenly felt something. The [Demonic Sword] in her hand turned into a second scarlet flash, and she suddenly slashed to the side.

"Amazing!"

There, Shien's figure suddenly appeared. Facing the horrifying attack head-on, he wasn't shocked. Instead, he was happy and laughed loudly.

"Boom!"

The powerful [Demonic Sword] landed on Shien's body, setting off another explosion and shock wave. It shattered the ground under his feet, causing the ground to sink as if struck by lightning.

However, under the red magic slash, Shien was unscathed.

The powerful magic torrent hit his body, but it couldn't even cause him the slightest bit of damage.

"Resistance skill …!?"

Capeline's pupils shrank, and she instantly understood the reason.

"That's right!" Shien smiled at Capeline in the red magic torrent and said, "It's the resistance skill!"

To be precise, it should be said that it was the resistance skill plus the protection of the holy sword.

Although three seals were applied, don't forget that there was still a small part of Shien's holy sword's effect that could not be completely sealed. It could bring effects such as + 10 to Shien's level, + 1 to all skill levels, and reduce all types of damage by 10%.

With the resistance skill that was above the maximum level, and the damage was reduced by 10%, even the maximum level [Demonic Sword] and the maximum level [Flashing Sword] would not be able to hurt Shien at all.

Of course …

"If you had Rosie's level of magic power, the power of the [Demonic Sword] would definitely be so strong that the resistance skill couldn't completely reduce all the damage."

Shien said as if it was a pity.

"Unfortunately, you don't."

With that, Sean suddenly rushed out of the torrent of mana, and punched Capeline's abdomen without any mercy for the fairer sex.

"Bang!"

A heavy punch landed squarely on Capeline's abdomen, sending her flying. She smashed into the wall of a building, causing it to crack open.

"Cough …!"

Capeline could not help but exhale all the air in her lungs.

At the critical moment, Capeline changed the effect of the imitation holy sword in time and obtained the power to reduce damage. Together with her own defense skill, she resisted Shien's blow.

However, Capeline didn't manage to completely block this attack.

This was because Shien had the maximum level [Penetration] skill, which allowed his attacks to ignore a certain degree of defense and directly cause damage to the opponent.

If it was not for the fact that the effect of [Penetration] could not surpass the power of the imitation holy sword and was greatly weakened in the end, this punch would have at least made Capeline spit out a few mouthfuls of blood.

Looking at Capeline in this state, Shien was extremely satisfied.

He could one-sidedly crush this empire's princess, which was enough to prove that his strength was improving.

After all, Shien had not used [Limit Change] yet.

Back then, when Shien used [Limit Change], he could only tie with Rosie and was even at a slight disadvantage.

Compared to Rosie at that time, Capeline's strength was only stronger, not weaker.

After all, at that time, Rosie was using a sealed holy sword. Even Capeline's holy sword was an imitation and was far from the original. However, the imitation holy sword was not sealed, and each of its effects was stronger than the sealed holy sword. In general, compared with the sealed holy sword, there was not much difference.

But this time, Shien was able to overwhelm Capeline without using [Limit Change], which proved that his level had not risen to level 55 in vain.

Therefore …

"You can't do it, Your Highness."

Shien said so.

"It seems that Rosie is still stronger."

As soon as these words came out, Capeline's hand, which was embedded in the wall, suddenly trembled.

On his body, a strange magic began to take effect.

"Hmm?"

Ai Yi, who had retreated to the edge of the battlefield with La Xia and Emerald, suddenly let out a soft cry of surprise.

Shien was about to turn around and leave, but his expression suddenly changed.

"Boom!"

A terrifying magic surged out from behind Shien.

The earth instantly trembled.