Burning Soul

The impact caused his lower abdomen to suffer major injuries and as he crashed on the ground his ankle broke.

Normally these injuries would render anyone motionless, though his training helped him in enduring the pain.

“I can’t stop at only one hit!” He stood up using Himari as support.

It was not the time to back down, after all, he wasn’t going all out yet.

‘Damn it, I didn’t even know this would happen even before I used all of my cards!’

Without giving him more time to prepare his opponent charged on him yet again.

Her movement even swift and nimble,

Seeing her come to his way, it was time to test his defence.

His opponent wasn’t using any weapon, that made him confused, ‘how do I block nothing!’

There wasn’t much time on his hands, he took a defensive stance and used the other sword to block her while Himari, on guard to go offensive if needed.

Even though his ankle was broken, he had no choice but to use a stance that’d cause more strain on his ankle.

She charged him barehanded and landed a heavy strike that was blocked by the sword.

Her arm was covered by a thin line of armour and her strength was too much for him to counter using one hand.

Using a good amount of footwork he moved back causing her to lose momentum, this created a chance for him to strike back.

Swoosh! After his counter he attacked her with a lateral slash with Hiki, she dodged it, but that created some distance in between them.

Without wasting any time he charged back with a few slashes pushing her back even further.

After gaining enough distance and making sure he had her attention,

‘Activate domain-Shadow Domain’

‘Now!

I have a vague idea of what she’s capable of!’ Theo showed a grin smile.

‘I hope you do! Your ankle won’t last long!’ Hima warned him of his injury.

Thanks to the effects of his domain, his endurance got boosted too,

The pain was still there, but the intensity dropped just enough for him to neglect it for now. For now, it wasn’t completely broken or done for.

The pain he had in his lower abdomen lowered as well, though it won’t be forever.

He had to deal with it quickly.

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“What do you say! Isn’t that impressive enough!” Lumiere tried to flex his pupil in Skadi’s eye.

“Fighting illusions with shadow?

What advantage does he have?” Skadi replied with a curious look.

“Of course he has no advantage, you are a god of illusions while he’s mere mortal using a domain as leverage.

It’s his confidence in using the same domain as yours!” Lumiere commented.

“Same!” Aeneas looked at her curiously.

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‘She’s using ‘Shadow Step’ to move around freely while using that cloud as cover,

If that is true she’s gotta be proficient in using shadow realm and skills and tricks related to the domain.’ Theo was trying to analyse the situation.

‘Now that we are on equal terms, we should show some of our hidden cards’

‘Shadow Step’

Theo tried probing her with the skill,

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“He figured it!” Lumiere was rather excited!

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Just as he expected his opponent's true body was in the shadow realm.

The one he was fighting was an illusion after all!

“Found you” this got him excited.