One of the BLAZE's Mid Kings, Daniel, was currently fighting against a Beast King. This Beast King was a three meter long black cheetah with extremely fast movements. Both of its paws swished through the air as the extremely sharp claws flew at Daniel. Along with the claws, the cheetah roared loudly with a jaw full of blood from the various times Daniel was hurt.
The black cheetah's eyes were crimson with bloodlust as they glared at Daniel almost as if he was its prey. Growling with an angry snarl, its entire body suddenly disappeared in a blur as it shot toward Daniel. In that instant, its sharp claws glistened in the sunlight as it flew at Daniel's chest.
Daniel's eyes flashed dangerously with no fear at all as his true essences flew out and covering the weapon in his hands before it slashed at the cheetah. The sword and claws met against each other with a large ear screeching sound as the blast of the impact forced Daniel to fly back a few steps.
Daniel's attack was clearly not enough to cause any sort of damage to the cheetah. The cheetah was momentarily sent back before instantly bounding forward to slash at Daniel.
Daniel had not yet fully stabilized his footing after the cheetah had sent him flying backward, so it was hard for him to attack the beast with the same strength as before. Helplessly, he could only bring his sword across his body to protect himself against the claws.
The cheetah's claws swiped at Daniel's weapon, causing the sword to be knocked back a bit. With the sword firmly out of place, the cheetah suddenly opened its jaws in an effort to bite Daniel.
With his sword out of the way, Daniel's actions were severely limited. Seeing the wide open jaws of the cheetah, Daniel's face suddenly changed and he abruptly swung his head out of the way.
With its jaws wide open, the cheetah emitted an ear deafening roar as it tried to clamp down its jaws onto Daniel's chest.
Daniel's situation was extremely grim. This cheetah had been exceedingly clever when it had attacked him with its claws, leaving him unable to retaliate at all. It would seem that today would be tough for Daniel to escape calamity, since this beast was stronger than he was.
As Daniel dodged the fangs, he could feel some colour come back to his face. If he was just one second slower dodging the fangs, then his chest would have become a bloody mess.
"What a troublesome matter this is." Daniel had a look of despair. Right now he was almost at the whim of the cheetah. As the fight went on, it was getting harder and harder for him to dodge.
Next, a tail suddenly wrapped around Daniel's neck, making all movement impossible for him now.
Once more, Daniel's face turned deathly pale as his eyes gleamed with despair. With his neck captured by the tail, he could no longer dodge the next strike from the black cheetah.
The iron scent of blood stung Daniel's nose as the cheetah's bloody jaw appeared in front of Daniel's eyes once more.
Just before Daniel was ready to accept his death, a green light suddenly flashed in the corner of his eyes. Startled, Daniel could only see a green lightning like trail of light fly straight through the cheetah's throat.
The bloody jaws of the cheetah immediately came to a close just an inch away from Daniel's chest. The putrid scent of its jaws was very nauseating to Daniel's nose so that he did not dare breathe.
Daniel was instantly dazed, but the moment he saw a thin blade insert itself deep within the cheetah's throat, a look of pure joy appeared within his eyes. This blade was one he was extremely familiar with because he knew just who the owner was.
Daniel could not help but feel extremely grateful after his narrow escape from death. Turning his head to look at the youth at his side, he called out emotionally, "Young Lady!". On this road between life or death, Daniel finally realized just how beautiful living was.
Although he had been in many life or death situations, he had never been in such a perilous situation as this one. If Erza was a second too slow, then his life would have been forfeited just now.
Erza slowly took the Melforce out from the cheetah's neck and spoke out to Daniel, "Go help out the others, make sure our Blaze of The Heroes lose as few men as possible."
"Yes, Young Lady!" Daniel immediately responded. Grabbing at the tail still enwrapped around his neck, he uncoiled it and cut away the ear of the cheetah. After storing it into his storage ring, Daniel immediately ran off to help out the other members of the BLAZE.
Erza did not hesitate at all as she immediately ran off to the next closest Beast King. This next one was a viper with six Peak Knights fighting against it. Two of them were injured, leaving the remaining four to weave in and out in attempts to protect themselves. Each strike was getting harder to dodge and they were already in a miserable condition. The viper's poison that was spat out at them was enough to make all of the Knights there afraid of coming into contact with it.
As a result, the six Peak Knights could only try to run away from the viper. Suddenly, a green arc of light passed by them and immediately pierced into the vitals of the viper before it could even respond.
The viper immediately let out a miserable hiss as it collapsed to the ground. Erza's sword was incomparably fast, so even a Beast King like the viper was not able to perceive the attack at all.
"Young Lady!" The six Peak Knights who were fighting the viper called out to Erza straight away. Their eyes had a look of extreme joy in them as they immediately recognized that their guild leader had rescued them.
"If you're injured, head back to the city to get yourself treated. The rest should go help our fellow brothers. Remember, help our own first and foremost." Dropping an order, Erza immediately ran off to the next beast.
With the introduction of Erza to the battlefield, the pressure was significantly less now. In the span of a few breathes, Erza had killed a good amount of the Beast Kings. Each and every strike of her was unbelievably fast as she weaved in and out of the battlefield. Practically no Beast King could dodge Erza's sword, and so with each strike from her sword, another wild beast had its throat stabbed or its head beheaded, dying before realizing what was happening.
Following the series of Beast Kings dying in one strike, more and more people on the battlefield were quickly regaining the higher ground. Immediately, each group would run off to help another group fight off a Beast King, causing the pressure on everyone to lessen dramatically.
Erza traveled forward and backward by herself toward the next closest Beast King with her Melforce continuously flashing with green light. Whenever an Apprentice or Knight Level Beast got too close, they would be slaughtered ruthlessly. In Erza's path of destruction, she had left behind a bloody trail.
In the time it took to burn a single incense stick, thirty Beast Kings had died by Erza's hand and countless more Apprentice and Knight Level Beasts.
That was because Erza excelled the most in speed. She was so fast that the beasts were not fast enough to react. Erza's sword relied heavily on this word, "Speed". The moment your speed surpassed your opponent's reaction time, then that opponent would be nothing more than a moving target awaiting for you to strike.
Since she was only using 'Double Acceleration' amongst her Time abilities, her Eyes of Chronos were still hidden from the public.
"HHHOOOUUU!" Suddenly, an extremely loud roar could be heard from a snowy white bear around three meters tall and four meters wide which emerged out of nowhere and slapped a King Realm expert with its paw.
*Bang!*
Despite the King Realm expert using his ice barrier to protect himself, the amount of force behind its giant paw was enough to break the barrier and send him flying through the air, blood spurting out from his mouth.
At that moment, a nearby King Realm expert instantly charged at the bear and slashed at its belly with his dual daggers. A thunder like sound could be heard as the daggers stopped right on top of its fur without leaving a single scratch. Not only that, but the recoil the King Realm expert felt from his blow was enough to send him staggering back three steps.
The giant bear let out another roar as it moved to slap the King Realm expert with its paw. All of a sudden, a green light flew in between the bear and the King Realm expert. Before the giant bear could even react, the green light had immediately stabbed straight through the space between its forehead.
However, the fur defences of the giant beast was extraordinarily strong, as only the sharp tip of the sword could be stabbed into its skull.
Sensing how the Melforce had been stopped, Erza's eyes flashed with surprise, "What a strong defence!" Without any further hesitation, a large amount of essences exploded from the tip of the sword and enlarged the wound.