Beta was forced to stop her over-the-shoulder throw and used her arm to block the self-sacrificing kick.
Beta was kicked, lost her balance, and retreated several steps.
Epsilon pursued the victory, delivering three consecutive airborne kicks towards Beta.
Beta had no time to dodge and could only block the attacks.
Just as Epsilon delivered the third kick, Beta seized the opportunity, grabbed Epsilon's ankle with her hand, and flung Epsilon away.
Epsilon, in the 1.5 seconds she was airborne after being flung away, quickly regained her balance and landed steadily on both feet.
On the other side, Alpha and Zeta had already successfully snatched Alice's and Alexia's hats.
The two were eliminated.
Alpha and Zeta exchanged glances, both deciding that their next opponent was the other.
Epsilon was fighting Beta over there.
They didn't want to actively fight Sino.
They could only fight each other.
Sino watched the free-for-all idly; since they were all righteous one-on-one battles, it wouldn't be good for him to intervene in anyone's fight.
Originally, the number of people was even, but because Christina was eliminated so quickly by Delta, Sino now had no opponent.
On Delta's side, she used her immense stamina to engage Milia in a war of attrition.
Milia also knew that she would lose if this continued.
She deliberately created an opening, luring Delta to attack.
At that moment, Milia anticipated Delta's attack and simultaneously launched her own.
Because Milia had predicted Delta's position, her attack came by surprise.
The moment Delta snatched Milia's hat, Milia also snatched Delta's hat.
"Milia, Delta, both eliminated simultaneously!" Gamma, as the judge, declared their elimination.
Sino looked at the three hats left by Delta and could only pick them up helplessly.
To be honest, Milia being able to find an opportunity to take down Delta with her was quite surprising to Sino.
In his opinion, Delta was a formidable opponent.
Yet, she was easily exchanged for the weaker Milia.
It was no less than a lower-class horse taking down a superior horse.
Sino looked at Beta and Epsilon.
The two went back and forth, fighting to a standstill.
Neither could get the better of the other.
Zeta and Alpha's hat-snatching battle was even more intense than Sino had imagined.
Zeta reached out to snatch a hat, but Alpha slapped her hand away.
Zeta didn't give up at all, continuing to snatch a hat with her other hand.
While Alpha slapped away Zeta's hand, she also tried to snatch Zeta's hat.
Zeta could only stop trying to snatch the hat, retreating to dodge Alpha's hand.
Alpha pursued, still trying to snatch Zeta's hat.
Zeta grabbed Alpha's arm, raised her leg, and kicked towards Alpha's calf, attempting to make Alpha lose her balance.
Alpha instantly discovered Zeta's intention, grabbed Zeta's arm with her other hand, and pulled hard.
At that moment, Zeta was standing on one leg, and this pull instantly made Zeta lose her balance.
Alpha took the opportunity to reach out and take the hat from Zeta's head.
Even as Zeta was about to fall, she used her right hand to bat away Alpha's hand, while simultaneously bracing herself with one hand on the ground.
She pushed hard and stood up.
Alpha's attack came again.
Zeta showed no fear, reaching out to try and slap away Alpha's hand.
Unexpectedly, Alpha merely faked an attack, withdrew her hand, and with her other hand, reached towards Zeta's hat at an extremely fast speed.
Just as she was about to touch Zeta's hat, Zeta's hand suddenly snatched Alpha's hat.
Zeta's speed had always been faster than Alpha's; she had never revealed her true speed from beginning to end.
She had been waiting for a decisive opportunity the entire time.
Zeta, like Delta, was a beastkin and wasn't accustomed to fighting with a magic sword. Bare-handed, Alpha was already at a disadvantage.
"Master, forgive me!"
Zeta looked at Sino.
Sino directly threw the hats in his hand onto the ground.
Holding hats made it inconvenient to fight.
Zeta also threw the hat she had gotten from Alpha onto the ground.
Zeta moved, darting out like a leopard.
"This speed is even faster than Delta's!"
Zeta controlled the intelligence department within Shadow Garden.
She rarely appeared in the public eye.
Although Zeta was fast, Sino was no pushover.
His eyes clearly saw Zeta's trajectory.
Zeta slowed down as she neared Sino, then burst into an even faster speed, charging towards Sino.
She reached out to snatch Sino's hat.
Sino reached out and grabbed Zeta's hand.
Although he couldn't match Zeta's speed, he believed his strength was still superior to Zeta's.
After all, his eight-pack abs weren't for show.
Although Sino usually liked women, he never neglected his training every day.
Self-discipline to become stronger was the foundation of everything.
Sino had the kind of physique that looked thin in clothes and muscular without them.
To Sino's surprise, he grabbed nothing.
Zeta forcibly stopped and moved away while moving at high speed.
"How did she do that!"
Rapid movement creates inertia, and from beginning to end, Sino hadn't noticed Zeta's speed decrease.
Sino had no time to think; Zeta's hand reached for Sino's hat again.
Sino wouldn't let her succeed so easily.
While blocking the attack with one hand, he reached for Zeta's hat.
Zeta, sensing this, immediately leaned back, deflecting Sino's attack, and simultaneously withdrew her own attack.
Leaning back in actual combat was a move that shouldn't be used unless absolutely necessary.
Because while leaning back, the body is on the verge of imbalance, and it also doesn't create distance from the enemy.
Sino saw his chance at this moment, extended his leg, and hooked Zeta's heel.
Zeta had no chance to react and fell over.
Sino took the opportunity to snatch Zeta's hat.
From beginning to end, Zeta knew she had no chance of winning.
That's why she chose to strike first, hoping for a quick victory, but it created a huge opening for herself.
Sino's physical techniques were arguably second to none in the world.
Sino had also sparred with Shadow in physical combat, and Sino won by a slight advantage.
But the two had never competed using magic.
Their magic was too immense; once they got serious, it could cause large-scale natural disasters.
At this point, Beta and Epsilon still hadn't determined a winner.
Sino looked at Gamma.
"Gamma, how much time is left?"
"One minute left!"
Sino looked at these two who had completely ignored the hats and were only focused on knocking each other down.
Sino had a bit of a headache; why couldn't these two be a bit more harmonious?
Sino had already resolved the conflict between Zeta and Delta.
Simply put, Sino told Delta not to get angry easily and even instilled some strange knowledge into her, making Delta believe that Zeta was just joking with her.
Delta, having truly been trained like a dog by Sino, was completely obedient to Sino's words.
If he said not to be angry with Zeta, she wouldn't be angry with Zeta.
She was very well-behaved.
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