The scorching heat turned the space into a sauna, beads of sweat emerging one by one, quickly soaking through clothes.
Eiji's eyes shone brilliantly.
It was as if he had found his path forward, his focus locked fiercely onto Revis.
His heightened spirit unified the will of every cell in his body, channeling all his strength in a single direction.
Clang!
A tremendous force reverberated through his blade.
Revis swung her black greatsword and crimson greatsword, the twin blades crashing down on him like hammers again and again.
The ground beneath their feet had already cracked severely, the entire room on the verge of collapsing, ready to be torn apart at any moment.
Not far away, Revis's gaze also turned solemn.
Her eyes were fixed on the two in the center. Even with her keen vision, she could barely make out two shadows moving at blinding speeds. Anxiety gripped her heart, her hand unconsciously tightening around her rapier.
"No!"
Eiji paid no attention to the chaos around him.
He poured his entire being into one singular purpose—defeating his opponent.
He swung his twin blades relentlessly, striving to wield them perfectly.
Though each strike felt slightly off, every swing drove the symbolic gate of his bottleneck further open.
"This guy… he's getting stronger?!"
Revis was both shocked and furious.
She could feel the resistance from his blade growing with each clash!
Earlier exchanges had already allowed her to gauge Eiji's strength—at best, he was only around mid-tier Level 6. It was only his inhuman swordsmanship that kept her from ending him in a single strike.
Yet, as their battle raged on, his power was rapidly increasing!
This wasn't growth in raw stats—it was him mastering his body at an alarming rate, refining his movements to perfection, turning ten parts of strength into twelve!
"Fall already!"
Revis's expression twisted into a snarl.
She had to stop him!
If she didn't, something terrible would happen—she was certain of it.
For some reason, an irrational fear had taken root in her heart.
One strike!
Two strikes!
Three strikes!
"I can't break through!"
Revis's face darkened.
Every time she thought she had surpassed his reaction speed, his instincts would block her. Her greatest advantage—overwhelming strength—was being deflected by some unfathomable method of dispersing force.
Under Revis's increasingly grim stare—
"—!"
Finally.
His spirit commanded his will.
His will guided his body.
In an instant, he poured every ounce of his strength into a single, ultimate slash.
Silence.
This time, not even the faintest sound was made.
It meant not a single drop of his power was wasted—all of it had been poured into his blade.
Even friction itself had been surpassed.
The laws of physics ceased to exist in this moment.
Crack!
Revis's eyes widened.
Her black greatsword split apart, the break smooth as glass.
Light.
She saw true brilliance.
"—!"
Eiji seemed unaware, swinging his blade once more.
That single slash sent chills down Revis's spine.
In panic, she hastily raised her crimson greatsword to block.
Crack!
But the blade shattered like paper.
The silver blade passed through effortlessly, as if a hot knife slicing through butter.
With a clang, the sword fell to the ground.
Revis's soul nearly left her body in that instant. Driven by instinct, she leaped back several times in quick succession, putting dozens of meters between them.
"...What did you do?"
She stared at Eiji with a face still pale from shock.
In her hands were two broken swords, her arms trembling uncontrollably.
For a moment, she had even felt the terror of being instantly killed, the fear of death spreading through her entire body.
"I should thank you, Revis."
Eiji sheathed his sword and exhaled softly, a satisfied smile on his face.
"Without you, I wouldn't have broken through to this realm so quickly!"
To unleash his full power without the slightest waste.
To surpass the laws of physics, achieving both instantaneous maximum acceleration and complete stillness in the same moment.
Reaching this level meant Eiji had finally mastered the true Twin Wings Style, stepping into the same realm as Twin-Wings!
"So amazing!"
Ais's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"He's created another miracle!"
She knew of the Twin Wings Style. Back when she had begged Eiji to teach her, he had briefly explained it, so she understood a little.
Eiji hadn't used any acceleration magic throughout the entire fight—he had truly achieved the ultimate evolution!
"You bastard, what do you take me for?!"
Revis was consumed by rage.
She had treated this battle as the most important thing in her life, second only to the orders of the corrupted spirit. Yet Eiji had used her as nothing more than a whetstone, never fighting with the intent to decide the outcome from the very beginning.
This infuriated her beyond measure, her anger now overwhelming even her fear.
She pulled another crimson greatsword from the rotting flesh and charged at Eiji with all her might.
"Eiji won't lose to her now!"
Ais silently affirmed.
She had this confidence—or rather, she had absolute faith in Eiji.
But when she turned to look at him, she nearly dropped her sword in shock.
Eiji stood motionless.
Facing Revis's charge, he didn't make the slightest move!
In the blink of an eye, Revis closed the distance and swung her sword at his neck.
Ais's heart leaped into her throat, and she almost intervened.
But in the next instant—
Schlick!
Revis's body split into several pieces.
Arms, head, organs, legs, chest—chunks of her body fell from midair, crashing to the ground and spraying blood everywhere.
"What... happened?"
Her vision spun wildly.
By the time Revis regained her senses, she realized she seemed to be lying on the ground, staring straight at the ceiling.
She could no longer feel her limbs, and her magic stone was no longer inside her.
"It seems you couldn't see it."
Eiji's figure appeared in her field of vision.
He was looking down at her from above.
See what?
"That."
Noticing Revis's bewildered expression, Eiji calmly pointed upward.
Following his gesture, Revis squinted and barely made out an extremely thin line in the air.
A line?
How could there be a line in the air?
"My sword surpassed the laws of physics. Because its speed dropped from 100 to 0 in an instant, even the air couldn't react in time, leaving a vacuum fracture in its wake."
Eiji explained.
He had swung his sword twice earlier—those two strikes had left their marks in space.
Revis was completely unaware and charged forward without any caution, directly colliding with the two vacuum fractures. Her body was instantly torn apart.
Only after truly stepping into the realm of Twin-Wings did Eiji realize just how much Edelweiss had held back when facing him back then.
That woman had long since entered this realm and had spent over a decade exploring it alone. Just how strong she was now—Eiji couldn't even begin to guess.
When facing him, Miss Edelweiss must have been extremely careful, afraid she might accidentally kill him with a single misstep.