Chapter 1021: Chapter 773: Fastest in the City (Part 2)
Such an opponent is indeed somewhat unfriendly to Reiger, there’s a poor compatibility.
To deal with such an Allen, unless Reiger unleashes his limits and gives it his all, he can only pull out all the stops, unable to be restricted to just one or two combat methods like before, using only one breathing technique.
Thus, shortly after the battle began, Reiger indeed successively used the Breath of Wind, Breath of Thunder, and Breath of Moon.
Breath of Wind focuses on attack.
Breath of Moon focuses on defense, and uses broad-area attacks to force the opponent back.
Breath of Thunder is used for bursts, allowing Reiger to keep up with Allen’s speed.
In this way, Reiger can face off against Allen, whose speed surpasses that of a typical Lv.8, while in a Lv.6 state, without being at a disadvantage.
Of course, Allen surely finds this result somewhat unacceptable.
Someone he used to look down upon unilaterally, now at a lower level than him, is actually able to keep up with the speed he’s so proud of, not getting crushed by him like a chariot, which ignites a fiery rage in Allen’s heart.
"I want to see how long you can keep up."
Allen then lowered his body again, half a second later creating a sonic boom, shattering the ground, and darting forward amidst the exploding dust and strong winds.
His figure turned into a flash, and so did the tip of his silver spear.
Allen, carrying an attack laced with murderous intent, enveloped Reiger, intending to pierce his body through.
"Clang!"
Reiger’s eyes still shimmered with a transparent luster, and in his hand, the Fool’s Sword rose with a speed not inferior to Allen’s, slashing forward to deflect the oncoming spear tip.
"Swish swish swish swish swish...!"
Allen did not give up on attacking, the silver spear in his hands breaking through the sound barrier, relentlessly stabbing towards Reiger.
"Clang clang clang clang clang clang...!"
Reiger did not retreat, his expression calm, the Fool’s Sword danced into a fan of sword light, continually blocking the spear attacks coming like a torrential rain.
The two seemed to be competing against each other, one relentlessly stabbing, the other relentlessly deflecting the spear tips, making flashes and sword lights appear continuously, the sounds of clashing echoing incessantly.
For a time, sparks flew, gusts howled, and the flying dust rose and fell like a violent storm around the two fiercely battling figures, causing cracks to appear on the ground with each collision.
The fiercely battling two seemed unaware, exerting all their strength, even surpassing their limits.
"Swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish...!"
Acceleration, acceleration, acceleration again!
"Clang clang clang clang clang clang...!"
Collision, collision, collision again!
In a lightning-fast offense and defense where even the time for breathing felt like a waste, and a moment’s respite was not permitted, the young swordsman and the cat-man youth were unwilling to yield to each other, aiming to overwhelm the opponent in their field of expertise, fighting, fighting, and fighting again!
"Crack——"
In the end, it was the ground that couldn’t hold up first, shattering and suddenly collapsing under the increasingly ferocious offense and defense.
"Boom!"
Above the collapsing ground, Reiger and Allen, forced to halt their offensive and defensive actions, almost simultaneously kicked out their right feet, one kicking the opponent’s spear shaft, the other kicking the opponent’s blocking arm.
Instantly, a muffled sound burst forth, and the two who exchanged moves were finally shaken apart, shooting backwards through the air.
"[Flame Volt]!"
It was only while flying backward that Reiger found an opportunity to cast magic, the empty left hand surging with flame waves, and a thick Flame Thunder was launched, slicing through the sky like lightning, blasting towards Allen.
Facing this swift offensive magic with astonishing firing speed, Allen simply performed a backflip, easily evading it, letting it pass beneath him.
"Boom!"
A building engulfed in flames behind him was immediately struck by the Flame Thunder, exploding on the spot.
"[Holy Rite·Aurora]!"
Seeing this, as soon as Reiger landed, he without hesitation cast another magic.
In that instant, countless auroras emerged behind Reiger.
"...!"
Allen, just about to charge at Reiger, saw this scene, and his pupils instantly contracted.
Without hesitation, Reiger launched the auroras behind him.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh...!"
Countless auroras immediately transformed into meteors, like a meteor shower flying across the land, bursting out from behind Reiger, covering the sky and sweeping towards Allen.
"Tsk!"
Allen clicked his tongue, and with a spin of his foot, he whipped up a gust of wind as he shot sideways.
He dashed away at high speed, intending to escape Reiger’s attack range like before.
Seeing the dazzling flashes that filled the sky, Allen thought it was some kind of large-scale annihilation magic attack, so he made this judgment.
However, he was wrong.
"Buzz!"
Only to see the Aurora, losing its target, tremble and suddenly bend, chasing after the rapidly escaping Allen.
"What?"
Allen was taken aback.
[Holy Rite·Aurora], this was one of the powerful magic abilities Reiger learned from Maya, the guardian of an ancient city.
Unlike the Ultimate Counterattack Technique [Holy Task·Mirror Wheel], this [Holy Rite·Aurora] not only increased in power and speed with the user’s enhanced abilities and output magic power, but also possessed multiple characteristics such as tracking, charging, condensation, and remote control. It was a high-level attack magic that grew with the user.
Reiger knew that with Allen’s speed, it would be very easy for him to evade his magic attack, so he chose to unleash this magic.
Under the tracking effect of the magic, no matter how Allen dodged, he couldn’t shake off Aurora’s lock, not to mention Reiger could manipulate it remotely.
"See where you can hide."
Reiger lowered the sword tip of the Fool’s Sword in his hand, pointing it remotely to the ground, while magic power directed the Aurora, with some parts tracking Allen and others circling to envelop him.
"This way, huh?"
Reiger, with eyes glinting with transparent radiance, had already seen through Allen’s movement trajectory, and with a raise of his palm, more than a dozen Auroras descended from the sky, blocking Allen’s path.
"Damn it!"
Allen cursed aloud, but dared not slow his movements at all, flashing and dodging the Auroras shooting from both sides one by one.
But at that moment, the Aurora blocking in front also shot toward Allen, and the tracking Auroras from behind sped up, shooting straight at his back.
"Boom!"
Finally, an Aurora caught up with Allen, blasting the ground at his feet.
"Ugh...!"
Though Allen narrowly avoided a direct hit with astonishing speed, the ground beneath his feet was blasted away, and he couldn’t help but be blown away by the blast.
"Boom—Boom—Boom—Boom—Boom—"
The Auroras mercilessly pursued, continually bombarding Allen and shattering the ground into pits and dimples, with continuous booming sounds.
Allen, like a cat cornered into a dead end, could only keep jumping and flashing on the ground, sometimes darting on rubble and debris, sometimes leaping to the top of buildings, narrowly avoiding the incoming Auroras.
"Impressive, you can dodge so well."
Reiger’s voice of praise reached Allen’s ears, continuously fueling his rising anger.
But as Allen caught a glimpse of Reiger in the corner of his eye, his anger instantly cooled.
"[Soon, the flames will be released. The encroaching flames of war, inevitable destruction, the heralds of war proclaimed loudly, surrounding all-consuming chaos. Come, Red Lotus Flames, merciless relentless fire. You are the embodiment of Karmic Fire, wiping out thousands of troops, drawing the curtain to large-scale warfare—]"
Reiger, while controlling the Aurora to pursue Allen, was already standing on a magic array, chanting a truly wide-area annihilation magic.
If that magic is completed...
Thinking of the consequences, Allen took a deep breath.
"[Golden Wheel of Fortune, Silver Circlet.]"
The next second, the young cat person also began chanting.
"[Hate Love, Bone’s Illusion, fate is already sealed.]"
"[Vanquish, Golden Wheel, before the ruts seal your fate.]"
"[Whip of Glory, Kiss of Adoration, the price has been paid.]"
"[Turn, Silver Wheel, until the day heads roll.]"
"[Until the far end of the sky, listening to the song of wheels in the afterlife—carrying the divine will of the goddess, charge forward boldly.]"
This was a magic the young cat person had never used before in front of others.
Its name was—
"[Granea Fromage]!"