Chapter 1760: Noelle vs Asura
Chapter 1760: Noelle vs Asura
Selena waved her wand. The blood surged and splattered in all directions. Not only the mummy in front of her, but the blood also hit the mummies that were trying to surround her.
Once they had stopped, Flora snapped her fingers. A bolt of lightning struck down and caused a massive spark that eliminated the majority of the mummies.
"Selena, how is the situation?" Flora asked.
Selena scanned the battlefield and said, "We’re steadily eliminating them, but as expected, fighting while holding back like this is extremely hard. If this continues, we can probably wipe them out in another five hours."
"That’s long. We’ve been fighting for two hours already..." Flora looked around.
"It can’t be helped. We’re half-heartedly fighting all these monsters." Selena shook her head. "Anyway, you should focus on your opponent. Don’t complain. Noelle seems to be having a harder time."
Flora couldn’t help but look at her childhood friend. Noelle had been fighting Asura all this time.
Her power was obviously losing to Asura. If not for Luna supporting her, Noelle would have died many times.
Flora wondered if Nathan’s plan would work. Could Noelle really get stronger like this?
Despite her situation, Noelle didn’t feel frustrated. In fact, she became more and more focused the more she failed.
This was probably the first time she didn’t feel a single frustration when losing.
Even when her grandfather reprimanded her or showed her his overwhelming ability, Noelle was slightly frustrated. On the one hand, she wanted to admire it. On the other hand, she wanted to surpass it.
This time, Noelle didn’t have such a thought.
She swung her blade down, while Asura also waved his blade.
Clang!
A clicking sound echoed, followed by a massive eruption of killing intent. Their killing intent was clashing fiercely, but Asura’s killing intent was much more overwhelming. In the end, it overpowered her, and Asura pushed her away.
"..." Noelle took a deep breath. ’Not that. This is not the way. I have to sink deeper.’
Noelle didn’t feel admiration anymore. It might be because she had figured out her own path or because her heart had calmed down.
For her, every sword was worthy of challenge and learning, but that was it. There was no need to hate it, admire it, or love it.
All she needed to do was analyze it as objectively as possible and polish her technique even more.
This was what she felt when she clashed with Asura.
Asura was definitely an amazing individual in the past. She could acknowledge him and his achievement, but Noelle felt like she could do the same or better.
Noelle took a deep breath when she saw an incoming sword strike.
Luna immediately appeared in front of her, using a shield magic circle to block the attack.
After that, Noelle flew back and struck Asura one more time.
Asura still had enough power to strike Noelle. Their killing intent erupted once more.
It was clear that Asura was overwhelming Noelle, but this time, he failed to push Noelle back.
"!!!" Luna raised her eyebrows. Even though Asura’s killing intent was overwhelming Noelle’s killing intent, it looked like Noelle’s killing intent was stubbornly resisting.
Asura’s killing intent was profound. The killing intent contained madness, anger, sorrow, and even love. It might be the love to kill, but it was still love.
Noelle’s killing intent contained a much purer but simpler form of affection. It contained only rage and sorrow.
Noelle took another deep breath while clashing with Asura.
’That’s right. The killing intent is overwhelming, but this overwhelming killing intent has a flaw. It gives the explosiveness, but it can’t sustain itself for long,’ Noelle muttered inwardly.
’There are all kinds of killing intent. Everyone’s experience is different. Their reasons are different. Asura expressed his desire in his killing intent. In that case, I should also express my desire in my killing intent. No, it’s not just in my killing intent, but in my entire being...’
Noelle felt like she had found the key to her third divine rule as well as her divine body.
Seeing how Noelle was able to match Asura’s attack this time, Luna watched the battle carefully.
Noelle and Asura clashed a few more times. He was trying to overwhelm Noelle, but he kept failing.
Noelle’s killing intent resisted him and was even strong enough to contain it so that Noelle could deflect his blade.
Clang!
Cling!
Clang!
The clicking sound between the two swords continued to echo in the sky.
’Their swordsmanship is about even. The skill Noelle has polished all this time is working. Asura’s power is overwhelming Noelle’s, but Noelle’s power is able to resist. Her power feels like a cactus in the middle of the desert, stubbornly resisting the heat and cold,’ thought Luna.
She realized that this might be why Nathan actually sent Noelle against Asura.
Her killing intent had become polished, much more polished than the first time they had stepped foot here.
’Continue with the rage. Let the rage flow in my heart. Let the rage fill my body. Have the blood boil. This is how rage is supposed to be.’ Noelle swung her blade one more time.
This time, her killing intent erupted, finally getting even with Asura’s killing intent.
Even when she achieved so much, Noelle wasn’t satisfied. She believed there were more things she could do.
She took another deep breath before muttering, "Let the sorrow wash over my brain. The coldness when everything will fill my brain, keeping it as cool as possible while the rest of my body is on fire."
Noelle raised her sword. A black flame appeared on the blade.
She leaped back to gain some distance before sending forth a sword strike.
Asura did the same thing, making sure that Noelle couldn’t gain the upper hand.
This time, their sword strikes clashed for a while.
The killing intents they had infused into their sword strikes erupted at the same time. Both of them produced the same amount of power, but Noelle’s killing intent was actually more stubborn.
It maintained its form for much longer.
Still, the energy from Asura’s sword strike far surpassed Noelle’s.
It tried to break Noelle’s attack, but Noelle’s killing intent assisted, neutralizing a portion of the energy.
For the first time since they began their fight, Noelle finally took Asura’s attack head-on and didn’t lose.