Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"How... How is that even possible?" Alisa murmured to herself with a stunned expression. She thought she would be able to break the stalemate, forcing Zachary to strike back with her Beast Merging Skill. However, he devoured her power without breaking a sweat.

Zachary landed on the ground, looked at Alisa, and said, "Just quit. There is no need to go on with the fight."

"No, I will not give up," Alisa said with determination. As someone who stuck to their guns on whatever decision they made, there was no way she was going to back out of this even if she slammed headfirst into a brick wall.

"I knew you would say that. Well, take this then!" Zachary said. He knew that if he didn't defeat Alisa, she would only keep going. So he decided to end the fight quickly. With a slight shake, the spiritual soul, Gisele, appeared behind him. Then, he merged with her and they became one. In an instant, he unleashed the Demon-killing Strike.

Everyone present was familiar with Zachary's attack. Seeing him perform this martial skill again filled them with excitement as they fixed their gazes on the two fighters.

The saber-shaped shadow appeared, releasing enormous ice energy that soon filled the area around them. The crowd shook from the cold.

In the blink of an eye, the shadow fast approached Alisa. Unfazed, she observed it calmly. Suddenly, her aura mounted, and a water-like shadow appeared behind her. It was a beast soul emanating a powerful aura, rivaling that of a legendary beast soul.

"Is that a legendary beast's spiritual soul?" Zachary's eyes widened in shock as he stared at the beast soul. He'd been too naive to even contemplate that she would have the spiritual soul of a legendary beast as well.

Legendary beast spiritual souls were rare. Even Holy Level warriors weren't able to get their hands on one, not to mention Sage Level warriors.

on't want to hurt you," Alisa told him. She believed that there was no way for him to block her attack now.

"What makes you think I'll lose for sure?" Zachary retorted.

Alisa raised her eyebrows. Then she waved the Spiritual Cloud Fan, creating Sage Level water force that whirled around. In a flash, it approached Zachary. He hacked at the water force immediately but failed to destroy it. As a result, it hit his Ice Armor, throwing him quite a distance back.

Such an enormous difference in strength had the spectators shaking their heads. No matter how strong Zachary was, he wouldn't be able to match Alisa, now that she was already at the Sage Level.

Suddenly, laughter sounded. "Looks like I gave myself a little too much credit!" After the light dissipated, Zachary walked up to Alisa, though he was unharmed.

"How did you withstand my water force? It is at the Sage Level!" Alisa's eyes widened in shock.

The crowd had been just as convinced of Zachary's defeat a moment earlier. His unharmed state startled them now.

"You know what? My Ice Armor is a Divine Level weapon. Of course, it can withstand your blow. But it's time to end this." As Zachary spoke, he drew closer to Alisa while unexpectedly withdrawing his power.