The battle erupted once again.
Lion seemed to have lost his composure, and with a surging Aura all over his body, he rushed straight towards Moses and Menchi.
This was the usual fighting style of an Enhancer.
Moses looked at Lion, who was rushing straight towards him.
For a moment, he entertained the idea of letting Menchi watch from the sidelines.
After all, only 'one-on-one' or 'walking on the tightrope' battles can allow him to get the maximum reward from Perception.
But this thought came and went quickly.
Sometimes, winning is the most important thing.
A black sword appeared out of thin air in Moses's right hand, and the pitch-black tip touched the ground lightly.
Beside him, Menchi swiftly mobilized her abilities, condensed a Nen ball between her hands, and immediately threw it towards Lion.
The basketball-sized Nen ball flew through the air towards Lion.
The speed of the flying attack was not slow, but the trajectory could still be caught by the naked eye. Lion simply leaned to the side, easily avoiding the Nen ball that was coming straight at him.
In this round of offense and defense, Menchi wasted some of her Potential Aura.
There was no way around it.
Ever since Menchi learned Nen, she has never used techniques like Nen ball or Nen bullet in combat.
Today was the first time she attempted such an offensive method in battle.
Although it could ensure power, due to the lack of appropriate techniques for releasing force, the flight speed of the Nen ball was still not fast enough, making it difficult to be effective in medium to long-range attacks.
After Lion avoided Menchi's Nen ball, his charging speed did not slow down at all.
'This person should be the strongest among the three.'
Moses's conjured black sword was pressed against the ground. He raised his right hand slightly, and the tip of the pitch-black sword left the ground, picking up strands of viscous black substance as if coated with caramel, which formed wisps of sticky shadows.
That's his shadow.
Lion noticed Moses's actions, but still charged straight ahead.
Seeing this, Moses held the sword horizontally in front of his forehead.
The strands of viscous shadow adhered to the blade.
'Imitation Phantom Fang!'
Moses swung the sword forward.
The pitch-black blade cleaved through the air in front of him, and the black shadow adhering to it left the blade and instantly transformed into two fang-like shadows slashing down.
One fang leaped out of the air and aimed for Lion's face.
Another fang traveled along the ground, heading straight for Lion's feet.
"Twin Fangs?!"
Seeing the two black fangs descending from above and below, Lion's face, which is filled with anger and killing intent, finally showed a trace of other reactions.
It's shock!
But there was no need to think too much at the moment. Faced with this attack that was faster than the speed of Nen ball, Lion immediately leaped forward.
He first dodged the shadow fang coming along the ground, then smashed the other shadow fang coming through the air with a punch while airborne.
Snap!
The shattered shadow fang instantly turned into countless droplets of black liquid and quickly disappeared.
At the same time.
The pain that came from the synchronous feedback made Moses frown slightly.
[Shadow Shifting]
Enduring the intense pain, Moses exchanged positions with the shadow fang that was traveling along the ground.
Whoosh!
At the next moment, Moses appeared behind Lion.
At this moment.
Lion was flying at low altitude and had nowhere to borrow force from.
Moses immediately struck forward with a step and slashed towards Lion's back with his sword.
Lion originally thought that he could easily resolve the twin fang-like shadow attack by leaping forward, but he didn't expect that Moses could actually exchange positions with the shadow fang traveling along the ground.
Faced with this sudden attack, Lion couldn't react in time and was struck by the sword.
With a soft hiss, blood spurted from Lion's back, but he gritted his teeth and landed steadily before turning around suddenly.
However, after Moses successfully landed a hit, he didn't continue to attack, but chose to retreat to temporarily create distance.
His decision caused Lion's intention to counterattack to fall flat.
'Damn it.'
Lion didn't have the thought to care about the injury on his back. He took a step forward and chased after the retreating Moses.
At this time…
Menchi's Nen ball attack arrived as scheduled.
Perceiving the danger, Lion, in order to prevent exacerbating the injury on his back, was forced to stop his movement and dodge the Nen ball coming from behind.
With this delay, he had no choice but to let Moses retreat.
'The move replicated using the shadow mimicry ability may be powerless, but it can still 'pull' out some opportunities.'
Moses stepped back and looked calmly at Lion, whose face was twisted with anger.
Just now, he used the tip of the sword to pick up a shadow and stick it to it, and then copied Viper's [Twin Fangs] technique.
It wasn't for show but to prepare for the 'Shadow Shift Attack' that followed.
The imitation fang shadow attack itself did not have the capital to hurt Lion at all. As in terms of power, it was not even half as powerful as Menchi's Nen ball attack.
The value it has is just as a pedal to support Moses's strike on Lion's back.
As for the re-enactment of the moves, it can be said to be a flash of inspiration.
Moses's purpose in doing so is to surprise or stun Lion, which would, more or less, increase the chance of success.
All in all, this attack went quite smoothly.
It's just that-
'Enhancer is indeed troublesome.'
Moses once again held his sword horizontally in front of him.
Although the strike was successful, it did not end the battle.
Lion ignored Menchi's presence and stared at Moses with red eyes.
'That ability... is an Emission-Type. Did his ability combines multiple categories...!!'
Because he had seen Moses's Conjuration Ability, Lion was able to disregard and break the black fang with his bare hands without any hesitation.
He never expected Moses to have an Emission-Type ability...!
It gave him the feeling that Moses was slowly revealing one trump card after another between falsehood and reality.
'This guy…'
Lion's heart was suddenly filled with fear.
Ring, ring—
At this moment, a sudden ringing sounded.
On the battlefield.
Lion and Menchi were slightly startled and turned towards the place where the ringing sound came from. Only Moses looked calm.
Shalnark, who was quietly approaching from nearby, glanced at the phone where the sound was coming from with a surprised look on his face.
On the screen, the name 'Sheila' kept flashing.
'There is no signal here...'
'How could a call come through?'
'Well, if it were Sheila, then it's possible for this kind of phenomenon that cannot be explained by common sense to really happen.'
Shalnark had a look of helplessness in his eyes. Having been exposed, he simply answered the phone.
"Shalnark, can you hear me?"
"Yeah."
"I'm lost, please help me confirm my location?"
"…"
Shalnark remained silent for a moment and sighed: "If I help you figure out the location, then you won't be able to find what you 'want'."
"Ah... Did you get your license?"
"…"
Shalnark was speechless.
'Today is the first day of the exam. How can I possibly have gotten the license?'
"…"
Moses glanced at Shalnark's location.
He didn't expect that Shalnark would be exposed in such a way.
'Oh well…'
'Let's just take it one step at a time.'
Moses thought to himself, then glanced at the armors and head-holding human statues coming from all directions with the corner of his eyes.
He wanted to end the dispute as soon as possible and leave this place.