Heaven's Greatest Professor

He triggered one of the Tier-5 Empower scripts and met her attack. The warmth in his chest rose, stirring all over him in a powerful sizzling sensation. The swirls of wind blades lashed from all around; he ignored them all, enabling [Void Shroud] at minimum power.

Their weapons met in another clash and discharged swirls of fiery energy. Her aura rose, penetrating through the defence of [Void Shroud] to affect his mindset, but before he could make a mistake, his own aura stirred up and devoured all the coercive force she pushed in.

Lightning crashed down on the effect of their battle, as the churning cloud released deafening roars of lightning. He imbued more of the concentrated void essence into the blade. The blade extended to two metres, not much smoke emanating from it, but it had taken a dark purple shimmer, brimming with void light.

He called upon the patterns and infused them into his attack. His Intent bent all the force into sync, although not in perfect shape, it was enough to create a terrifying attack. He had played defensively enough; it was time to push her a little.

"[Howl of the Baleful Wind]"

A dark purple beam infused with the way, his intent and void light shot at her on a curving path. The beam spiralled through the storm, growing further on the path to strike her. Ariha defended it by folding her celestial wings around her body, but the force of the attack was too terrifying to be stopped just with that.

It took her by surprise, and forced her through the storm in a spiralling path, until she deflected the blow. Ariha cast her sight towards him, but she couldn't see him flying there. Instantly, her instinct snapped up, as she flapped her wings to move a few paces away.

The dark purple blade fell, extended over three metres, brushing past her wings. No, not just brushing away; it had cut through a couple of her feathers. He caught them, freeing his right arm and shot her a gaze.

Ariha shot him a pointed look. She hadn't expected him to take the initiative like this.

Although [Howl of the Baleful Wind] had a similar concept as [Whispers of the Baleful Wind], it had far more intensity in attack. It lacked all the utility the other move had, and concentrated only on being the most terrifying move, which could take down enemies in one single move.

But of course, the elder avatar of Ariha wasn't just any enemy. Well, he honestly didn't think of her as an enemy, though that hadn't stopped him from putting his all into the attack.

The bell rang once again, announcing another minute had passed in the battle.

He feared she would increase her power once again, however, her expression and aura betrayed no sudden rise of power as she stared at him coldly. The last time they fought, she had managed to pin him down using less than a fraction of her power. She looked for what had changed in the meantime. And her expression only hardened as she easily detected what had changed over the last three months.

"The surgery went well, it seems," she said softly as time moved on. She didn't seem to care that she was wasting time like this. Did that mean she had accepted him and was willing to—

Thunder boomed and shot at him. She hadn't increased her power, much to his relief. He didn't withdraw from her attack; instead, he took his stance and met her head-on.

He deliberated over what her plan was. The current strength she was displaying was something he could match—perhaps not for an extensive battle, but three more minutes wouldn't be a challenge. And he showed that to her, taking the offensive.

They engaged in a flurry of exchanges, his sword and her golden spear made out of pure essence. In the midst of the exchange, he released another Tier-5 Amplification script, which boosted his essence wielding capability. Practically, it augmented the usage of [Wings of Radiance], [Void Shroud], and even his void light.

He showed more intensity, and after exchanging a dozen blows, finally found a flaw in her form. He didn't waste a moment to capitalise on the opportunity. He drilled forward with his blade, void light blazing at the highest intensity. If he managed to critically injure her, it would make it a lot easier for the rest of the time even if she boosted her strength.

Ariha was a moment too late to put up her best defence. The blade grazed close to her wings and plunged into her midriff. Blood gushed out instantly, but he didn't have much to celebrate, as something felt really wrong with how easily his blade dug into her form. It was as if his sword met no obstruction.

He wanted to withdraw immediately, even if the opportunity was heaven-sent.

A crooked smile crept onto her lips. She ignored the blade wrenched in her midriff as though it was nothing and swung her spear.

His instinct screamed. He wouldn't be able to move away in time, so instead, he increased the intensity of [Void Shroud].

The golden spear plunged into his right arm. Intense dark purple light and golden light spilled out, and even with all his power, the spear broke through the [Void Shroud] and bit into his arm.

An intense physical pain scoured into his mind as he finally managed to withdraw from her. However, the damage was already done.

The spear had drilled into his bone, fracturing it. Normally, such physical activity wouldn't be a problem for him. With the Radiant Heart, he could heal such wounds in no time. True, the wound closed in no time, and even the fractured bone restored to its previous state. However, the problem had only begun from there, as he was unable to circulate his essence with ease through the path.

Something in her attack restricted the flow. And the battle was only going to be too intense for him to check out what it was about.

On top of that, he couldn't celebrate the wound he inflicted on her, either. Ariha's wounded figure dispersed into a smokey golden essence.

"You have a lot more to learn, kid," her voice spoke from behind him.

And soon the same voice repeated the words, as another identical figure appeared to his right. There was literally no distinction between the two forms, but as he looked deeper into both forms, he finally noticed some differences between them. One of their auras was less intense.

The one to his right was an illusion. He couldn't help but suck in a deep breath. The one he inflicted the wound on was nothing but an illusion. His mind chilled thinking how an illusion inflicted the wound on him... only to hear another voice from his left.

"It's time to wrap this up," said another of her illusionary avatars.

He gritted his teeth. Only about half of the five minutes had passed... there was no way in hell he would let her finish this before the five minutes passed.

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