Chapter 277 Liam, The Summoner of the Millennia! Part-6.

Chapter 277 Liam, The Summoner of the Millennia! Part-6.

'This won't do... If he keeps changing the trajectory of Markom's attack, I won't have any way to defeat him...'

With the space loop shielding him, Liam was certain that Rio couldn't harm him. However, if Liam couldn't inflict any damage on Rio, the match would likely conclude in a draw. This outcome is unfavorable for both Liam and Rio.

In this tournament, the rules are extremely strict.

If a match ends with a draw, that means both parties have lost, and both of them will get eliminated from the tournament.

Liam glanced at the timer, noticing that fifteen minutes had already elapsed, leaving only half the remaining time.

Even for Rio, this match is the longest. None of his opponents have survived past 15 minutes of fighting against him.

But Liam is different.

Even though Rio has used nearly all of his techniques, Liam is still standing unharmed.

This just shows how much better Liam is when compared to other candidates.

If Liam continues to defend himself with that space loop, even Link will find himself in a stalemate-like situation.

Right now, both Liam and Rio were thinking the same thing.

'This guy is strong...'

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VVIP Area.

"Hmm, this match seems to be heading towards a draw..."

Hearing Jin's words, a solemn look appeared on Ashtel's face.

"I was expecting to see an amazing show in the finals... but if the two of them ended in a draw, then the next match, which is between Link and Vanya, would end up becoming the finals..."

In response to Ashtel's words, Ryul scowled slightly and said,

"Oi, oi, don't underestimate my daughter! She hasn't even shown her true powers yet! It's not set in stone that she will lose."

All of the other SS-rankers just shook their heads at Ryul's words.

Although they didn't say it, none of them thought that Vanya could really win against Link.

Instead, Liam seems to have a better chance of winning against Link, as he can use the 'spatial loop' to negate all of Link's attacks.

Gradba glanced below, and after seeing that Rio and Liam were still fighting in a stalemate, he shook his head.

"More than twenty minutes have passed; this match will most likely end in a draw..."

Other SS-rankers also nodded their heads, but they kept silent and didn't talk much.

Ashtel glanced at the timer and sighed.

"I sure hope to see a clear winner... Sigh, it seems the two of them are really on equal footings..."

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Stadium ground.

[Time left: 6 min, 43 sec.]

The giant mammoth collapsed on the ground after being hit once more on its head by Rio's thunder-type sword attacks.

In the past ten minutes, Markom has rushed towards Rio many times, but Rio has deflected its trajectory again and again.

Rio's counterattacks were also powerful, and he slowly chipped away at Markom's health, causing it to eventually collapse and faint.

Observing Markom's de-summoning, Liam wiped the sweat from his forehead and pondered.

'Markom, Gamel, and Barduk, all three of my strongest summoned beasts, are already defeated... Even if I summon another one, they aren't strong enough to withstand Rio's attacks for too long...'

'If things continue like this, then the match will end in a draw; there's not much time left... I only have one chance now...'

Liam placed his hand on Kazto's forearm and embedded all of his mana into him.

Rio's attack was directed at the space-time fabric itself.

Although he can't really create a massive cut in the space-

time fabric yet, creating a small cut is not out of his capabilities.

Rio poured all of his mana into that attack, splitting the spacetime fabric itself.

That attack not only created a massive and deadly wound on Kazto's body, it also affected Liam.

Kazto immediately got despawned, and his skill lost effect; thus, the space in the stadium returned to normal.

Liam fell down powerlessly, as he was already out of mana, and the huge wound on his chest was bleeding like a fountain.

If not for Ellie's timely use of shadow magic to cover his wound, Liam's internal organs would have spilled out.

"Ugh..."

Liam groaned in pain, and his eyes trembled; he was barely keeping himself conscious.

Rio was also out of mana by now; he dragged his tired body and slowly came near Liam.

"You lost..."

Liam's eyes were already getting blurry, but a smile appeared on his face.

"Cough! Cough!"

While coughing blood from his mouth, Liam said,

"Yeah... I lost, I never.. cough! expected you to have the power... to split space-time fabric... I miscalculated..."

Rio simply smiled at those words and said,

"Even then... You are indeed strong; you pushed me to a corner, and you really are the best summoner of this millennia..."

Being praised by Rio, Liam felt happy, and the smile on his face widened.

The teleportation circle appeared and transported Liam away from the battlefield.

Rio raised his sword toward the sky to show his victory.

This is a hard-earned victory; even he felt like celebrating it.

*And after a long-fought battle, Rio Flash has emerged as the victor!*

After hearing the confirmation of his victory, Rio immediately lost consciousness and fainted on the ground.

Another teleportation circle appeared and took him to the infirmary.

He was already out of mana and was bleeding heavily from all of the wounds created by the spatial cracks.

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Author's Notes.

Yo! It's your beloved author here!

Finally, Rio has secured his seat in the finals. Now only one more hurdle is left on his way to victory...

Question of the day.

Do you think Liam really is quite overpowered?

1. Even without using Ellie, he pushed Rio to such limits... Liam is indeed strong...

2. If Rio had used his space-type skills earlier in the match, then things would have ended much more quickly. Rio was playing all along...

3. Rio hasn't even used his shadow robe until now; moreover, he is likely hiding more of his elemental sword art types...

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