Chapter 271 Rio Vs. Lia, The Battle for Acknowledgement... Part-4.

Chapter 271 Rio Vs. Lia, The Battle for Acknowledgement... Part-4.

Lia knew all too well what Rio was talking about.

She immediately got up from the ground and jumped away to make some distance.

[Uhh... How about you surrender now?... I certainly don't want to get hit by 'that' attack...]

'No... I must fight till the end...'

[He has already figured out how your talent works...]

'That's what I am confused about too... it should have been impossible...'

The Lia talent is based on mana, soul, and fate.

If she can't read these three things, then her talent will have no effect on the opponent.

From the start of the match, Lia wasn't able to sense Rio's soul and fate because of 'True Immunity', and the only thing she was using to predict Rio's moves was his mana.

After seeing Lia's relentless attacks, Rio eventually figured out that she was reading his mana flow.

And for someone who can use sword intent with extreme precision, controlling his mana flow was obviously quite easy.

He created feints and successfully figured out her moves.

If it were someone else, this situation would not have happened; Lia would have been able to detect mana, soul, and fate.

With these three factors working together, her predictions would have been extremely accurate.

You can temper with your mana, but not with your soul or fate; only Rio is doing so with the help of 'True Immunity'.

Seeing that Rio has already figured out all of her tricks, Lia was also surprised.

'Even after fighting beside him for so long, I still do not know the depths of his strength; he has so many techniques and skills that I really can't figure out the end of them.'

Even Lia didn't know about 'true immunity' and 'soul splitting'; these are Rio's trump cards, and he has never told anyone about them, not even Lia.

Rio has always had the habit of keeping some hidden cards for himself in case a desperate situation arises.

'Now that it has come to this, I am going to go full force on my last attack.'

Lia still has one more advantage that Rio doesn't: she has Kai's massive spiritual mana output.

As long as she uses a lot of mana in her attack, she can still overpower Rio, like she did to Miki.

Lia poured all of her mana into her spirit armor and enhanced her speed and agility.

Her silver wings enlarged, and particles of silver mana started to condense around them.

She took her stance and bent her knees a bit.

'Now it's do or die... I will gamble it all on this one attack.'

[Silver Lion's swordsmanship: Obliteration type: Maximum output!]

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Seeing Lia's determination, Rio nodded his head in satisfaction.

In the previous attacks, Lia had already pushed him to a corner quite a bit; he even had to purposely create feints with his mana to confuse Lia.

'She is preparing to end it with one attack...'

Rio could see what Lia was trying to do; now that he has gotten rid of her advantages, she's adapting quickly without wasting time.

'Very well then...'

Rio placed his sword beside his waist, and a small spark of excitement flashed through his eyes.NewW novels updates at novelhall.com

'It's been a while since I enjoyed battles like this...'

[Elemental Sword Art: Water Type: Flow of Slithering Waters!]

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Lia launched at Rio as she thrust her sword forward; the two massive wings gave her enough push to increase her speed multiple times.

But now that he was distracted while still being in her close proximity, she was certain that this attack would land on him.

Yet, contrary to what Lia thought, Rio raised his sword above his shoulder and swung it toward the descending beam of light.

[Sword Intent!]

[Elemental Sword Art: Thunder Type: Heaven-

Splitting Thunder!]

A gigantic arc, composed of condensed thunder and enhanced by sword intent, fired at the beam of silver light, splitting the entire beam and the magic circle in two.

Rio's pure display of overwhelming power shocked the whole audience, and even the SS-rankers couldn't help but shake their heads.

Even they were surprised at how one-sided Rio was in ending this match.

Aside from a few small cuts, Rio didn't suffer much.

As Lia had used all of her mana, her armor and wings disappeared, and she collapsed on the ground.

She lost her sword as well as her right hand.

Rio walked over to Lia's side, and ignoring her heavy breathing, he placed his sword around her neck. (His hand is trembling at the moment.)

"You lose... Lia..."

No matter how hard Rio tried to hide it, Lia could see that Rio's eyes were trembling and looked at her severed hand with concern.

When she saw this, a smile appeared on her face.

'In the end, he still didn't go all out on me... Perhaps even an emotionless guy like you can hesitate, huh?'

Lia was right; Rio could have easily aimed his attack at Lia's stomach, neck, or face, but his hand trembled and landed on her hand.

If it had been someone else, Rio wouldn't have hesitated, and his sword would have severely injured the other party.

However, when he was about to injure Lia, he nearly lost his grip on his sword.

It took immense determination and willpower for him to do this.

'Sigh... and here I thought I would be able to go toe to toe with him after reaching rank A... I need to train more...'

A teleportation circle appeared under Lia as she was thinking all this in her mind.

"Yeah, I lose... but that was a good match..."

Hearing Lia's words, Rio nodded his head and sheathed his sword with a slightly trembling hand.

Rio summoned his courage and spoke before Lia's teleportation began.

"You have become strong.... I acknowledge that I couldn't have defeated you without using my sword intent... You are strong, Lia..."

Hearing those words, Lia was taken aback for a moment, but then a smile appeared on her face.

"Thanks.."

Lia was pleased that he acknowledged her, even though she didn't win the match.

That was all she needed.

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Author's Notes.

Yo! It's your beloved author here!

Truthfully speaking, guys, even my hands trembled while writing this chapter. Making Rio fight Lia is really a difficult thing...

Question of the day.

How much willpower and determination do you think it took Rio to attack Lia?

(Tell me in the comments.)

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