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The tigerkin's expression was stern. He stared at the demon girl in front of him and growled.
"Woman, you are not my target."
"Is it so? But if you want to fight Bloed, you will have to go through me first!"
Liu Ying did not give the tigerkin time to process her words. Leaning her body forward, she charged towards the tigerkin and unleashed an uppercut.
Startled, the tigerkin hurriedly tried to stop the punch with his right hand.
But to his surprise, Liu Ying's punch stopped one centimeter away from him.
Then–
*Bam!*
A powerful impact hit his hand.
It was Silent Touch!
The tigerkin opened his eyes wide. The barrier around his arm immediately weakened, and a numb feeling spread through his right hand.
If not for the barrier protecting him, he would have lost his right hand with this attack!
But before he could understand what happened, a leg was cutting towards his chest from the right.
The tigerkin hurriedly took a step back, avoiding the leg by barely an inch. But in the next instant–
*Bam!*
Another impact hit his chest, sending him flying away!
The tigerkin flew for several meters before using his feet to stop himself. He then looked at his chest and saw that his barrier had weakened a lot.
If not that his instincts warned him that something was wrong and he used mana to protect himself at the last second, he would have been knocked unconscious with that attack!
Raising his head, he saw Liu Ying looking at him with a startled look.
It was as though she was surprised that he was still standing after that attack.
'What kind of monster…'
"Hey, did you saw that?" One of the students that came to catch Bloed's group spoke in a trembling voice. "Eauge is losing..."
"That girl is so strong…"
"Eauge is a B-Rank, but he is losing so easily. How are we supposed to fight them then?"
"Is she really a newcomer?"
The tigerkin, Eauge, put on an ugly expression and looked at the other students.
"What are you doing!? Attack together! Even if they are strong, they will be unable to defeat all of us! Don't you want the reward!?"
These words seemed to wake up the other students. They looked at each other before looking at Liu Ying.
In the next second, a C-Rank young man charged towards Liu Ying.
"Die!"
However, before he could reach Liu Ying, a petite shadow appeared in front of him, walking towards his chest.
And before he could react, a dagger pierced his chest and another his belly, shattering his barrier.
That marked the start of the battle.
Tens of student, men and women; humans, beastmen, demons, and even elves, charged towards Bleod's group with fierce expressions.
Magic spells started to appear, flying towards Bloed's group as swords and spears pierced towards them.
In the middle of all of that, Bloed's eyes flashed coldly.
"Leto." He said.
Immediately, his metallic wolf turned into a whirlpool of metallic sand that surrounded him. Then, it turned into countless spears that flew towards the enemy.
At the same time, two guns appeared on Bloed's hands, shooting bullet after bullet towards the students.
Aya did not fall behind. As soon as the battle started, she hid in the shadows and started to reap the consciousness of student after student, like a petite god of death unable to be seen.
Thanks to the cloak she received as her reward after the competition against the Sun Kingdom and the elves, her stealth had become much stronger. In front of C-Rank and D-Rank opponents, she was almost undetectable.
She moved through the shadows, weaving between the students to ambush them and bring chaos to the attackers.
Finally, there was Liu Ying. She ignored the other students completely, focusing only on the tigerkin young man.
She did not even care when the other students attacked her, only continuing her battle!
The tigerkin's expression was ugly. He tried to cope with the demon attacks as much as he could, but he was quickly losing ground.
'This crazy girl… Does she not care about the attacks flying towards her!?'
But suddenly, he realized something strange.
No matter how many students attacked her, they could never touch her.
Each and every time, a spear of metallic sand or a bullet of energy appeared suddenly to stop their attacks.
It was as though Bloed was encouraging her to focus on her battle without minding anything else.
And Liu Ying agreed happily.
She used the B-Rank tigerkin to practice [Silent Touch], dealing hit after hit while the tigerkin was unable to defend himself properly.
He could feel that Liu Ying somehow could attack him even if her attacks did not land, but he did not understand how. It was as though he was being attacked by an invisible enemy.
In front of such attacks, he quickly was cornered.
'Dammit!' He cursed in his mind and looked around trying to find a way out of this situation.
But it only made him more hopeless.
Because what appeared before his eyes was a scene of countless students collapsing one after another, losing consciousness after receiving a fatal blow.
Each second, Bloed and Aya knocked out several students.
But what he did not know was that Bloed was frowning right now.
Even though the situation seemed to their advantage right now, the truth was that they were in trouble.
Bloed and Aya did not find it difficult to defeat forty of fifty D-Rank and C-Rank enemies, mainly because their battle styles were very suitable for group battles. However, the number of students charging towards them seemed endless.
And each second, more enemies were coming.
Bloed knew it was a matter of time before stronger enemies appeared. B-Rank enemies that they would need to take seriously.
And just when he was thinking about that, a chill ran through his spine.
Bloed did not hesitate. As soon as he felt that something was wrong, he jumped aside.
The next second, an arrow penetrated the place where he just stood!
It created a small explosion and left a crater on Bloed's previous location!
"Oh? Did you avoid it?" An elf girl smirked to Bloed from a nearby roof. "How about this then?"
With a swift movement, the elf girl released several arrows in quick succession, aiming towards Bloed and the places where he could avoid.
However, Bloed did not panic. His blue eyes lit up, and the world became slower in his eyes.
Then, his saber appeared on his hand, drawing a beautiful line on the air.
Miraculously, it was as though all the arrows had been drawn to his saber, colliding with it and being cut into two.
He had predicted the path of the arrows!
The elf girl's eyes opened slightly wide. But in the next second, she saw two bullets of energy flying towards her.
She hurriedly jumped aside, using the agile movements characteristic of elves to avoid the bullets.
But to her surprise, she saw Bloed rushing towards the place where she was about to land!
The elf girl's expression turned grave. She took an arrow from her quiver and twirled it in her right hand, using it as a dagger to block Bloed's saber.
But–
*Swish!*
"!!!"
The saber cut through the arrow as though it did not exist.
The elf girl opened her eyes wide. She could only watch how the saber cut through her arrow and continued towards her neck.
But suddenly–
"[Burn]!"
The voice of a girl came from the distance, and a magic circle appeared below Bloed's feet!
In the next second, a pillar of fire consumed the place where Bloed was!
"Bloed!"
"Bloed!"
Liu Ying and Aya screamed anxiously and tried to rush towards Bloed's location. However, the tigerkin fighting Liu Ying attacked her at that moment, and a new B-Rank appeared to block Aya.
"… That was close." The elf girl said with a bit of cold sweat on her back. "Damn, what a strong newbie..."
But all of sudden, a powerful killing intent assaulted her, freezing her movements completely!
It was Bloed's [King's Aura]!
The elf girl was paralyzed. She felt as though she was facing a giant and terrifying monster with limitless power.
Then, a pair of blue eyes glowed from within the flames.
And a saber pierced her heart.