Evan thought about holding onto the greatsword, but she thought about the Dirty Revenge and stopped. Dirty Revenge was also a defensive mechanism for weapons!
âWhat?!â
Evan moaned, she felt like a fool. she never thought that Leo, who had incredible skills, might have had something hidden under her belt.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Leo struck down her greatsword repeatedly without moving. Evan, who couldnât move because of her connected feet, seemed like an easy target for the old man. On the other hand, Evan struggled with her unstable stance, but she still managed to block Leoâs strikes. Again, her shoulders ached.
âDarn⊠Ah!â
âHuh?!â
âHa.â
Tons of lights swarmed the arena. Aria hurried and added another layer of a barrier upon realizing that the current one would not be able to handle the overflowing mana.
âArgh, youâre such a child. Do you want to beat your disciple that much?!â
âBelieve in yourself. Thatâs your talent and your true value.â
At that moment, when Leo pulled Evan and tried to attack again. Evan struck the ground with all her strength, effectively bringing himself up into the air. she brushed off Leoâs greatsword with her ChunJoong energy and, with her remaining free leg, drew a sharp straight lineâŠ
âI know!â
At that moment, what Evan decided instinctively was to move.
That was true. When only one of her feet was stuck, Evan swung limply like a scarecrow whenever Leo moved. she really did seem more stable with both feet stuck.
âOh myâŠâ
âI know!â
âActually, this is much better than before. At least my body is not shaking all the time!â
âItâs over Evan, whenever this skill activates, I never lose.â
Leo, who was shocked, just stood there. On her two shins, Evanâs foot was stuck on to it, and she kept banging her head on the ground. When she held her head up, she saw Leoâs beard.
A ridiculous amount of weight pushed against Leoâs legs. If this continued, it would give Evan an opening.
âWhat the⊠Just by touching?!â
âEvan, are you stupid?â
âLies!â
âNothing seems to have changed!â
âNo, youâre wrong!â
âFirst, you better get struck once!â
âStride forward!â
In Evanâs eyes, it looked as if the world came to a stop. It was purely mystical. All she did was to take a simple step, and everything paused.
âThen letâs continue as it is!â
Was this something she deserved? Well, one thing was for sure â she did this himself. Of course, without Leoâs movement lessons for the past year, this wouldnât have been possible.
âYouâre much stronger than just before!â
âIt hasnât been too long since I leveled up this skill, so I hadnât mastered it yet. Now, Iâve gotten more used to it.â
This was ridiculous. Just moments ago, she had gone through this skill evolution, and she already managed to adjust to it throughout this short battle! However, at the same time, she felt that, as her disciple, this was to be expected.
âOkay, let me show what I got now.â
âWhat? You donât have a hidden special skill, do you? Argh!â
Leo disappeared all of a sudden. Within moments, the greatsword swung downwards towards Evanâs head. Evan quickly struck her fists to block it, but it vanished as it was about to hit.
âItâs as if I added sharp claws to a lion. Well, it was something that Iâve always wanted to do, butâŠâ
âEvan, thereâs no need to sell yourself short. That would be rude to people who respect you and honor you for who you are.
she was about to recover her weapon, but upon seeing the cracks, she began to complain.
âIf you donât know yet, thenâŠâ
âWhat am I supposed to do then?!â
âBut knowing where it is coming from and reacting to it is a whole different thing!â
âThen, I have no choice but to block it all while seeking an opening.
âMy LordâŠâ
âI never learned Lionâs Glide!â
When Evan met Leo for the first time, she was a hero who seemed too realistic yet not too impressive. However, thanks to Evan, she had become this transcendent being who Evan, in her prior life as Yeo BanMin, knew as the legendary hero âLeo Arpeta.
How petty of him to pull on a speed game when he knew Evan did not have any movement-related skills!
However, speed-wise, she never fell behind her body was enhanced to the limit, and it was interacting with the senses that she developed as an alchemist and reacted to Leoâs every movement.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The flow of the battle was extremely important. Evan knew this from experience. However, up until now, Evan had never been backed into a corner. Even when she was dueling Leo⊠The problem was that Leo now knew how Evan won against him using her weakness.
âEvan, are you just going to stand there?!â
âGrandpa, really?!!â
âArghâŠ?!â
Then Iâll die! It was hard enough to block all of his attacks coming from everywhere, but now heâs asking me to move?!
However, if she stayed here, Leo would just keep attacking. While defending, Evan desperately thought of ways to change the flow of the battle.
âThere was that opening that one timeâŠâ
ââŠHmm.â
For some reason, with that one, simple light step, the world crumbled.
âGrandpaâŠâ
âWhat are you looking at? Thatâs just an illusion!â
her weakness was gone now, and her good qualities expanded. The flow of this particular battle was on Leoâs side. Evan was just being brushed against it.
Receiving a special skill from someone else and now making oneâs special skill from that skill?!
Deep inside, Evan knew that the world did not flow according to the Yoma series. There was always that possibility Leo would use unorthodox skills.
They clashed, one after the other. The barrier was beginning to crack again. Evanâs karate and Leoâs karate had intertwined and formed an unimpressionable beam of light. Aria panicked and formed another barrier.
Leo lifted her greatsword and pointed at Evan. Leoâs gun-knife was of good quality, but there were few cracks here and there because of their fierce battle. Leo was indeed strong.
It would be more accurate to say that she was forced to cut off the previous flow.
Evan was quiet, but her silence seemed to be a good enough answer for Leo.
Bernard, and now, Leo? Were they capable of some kind of voodoo spell?
âSince you learned it, you should make it into your own!â
Belois was the only one who came up to Evan, just like Aria did, and with great effort, cleaned her forehead. Evan softly closed her eyes and left his to the task
âAria, Iâm aching everywhere. Heal me.â
âHa!â
Leo could soon feel the pressure on her shins, as well as the sense of burning and the powerful burst of mana. This was incredible power that even Leoâs steel-like body couldnât handle.
As it is, Grandpa is already overpowered, but she even had these skills hidden under her belt?!â
âThank you⊠Lua.â
At that moment, Evan was overwhelmed by the ray of light from the sword. she quickly turned pale.
Lionâs Glide had activated Beast Parade! It was an OP skill that activated Lionâs Glide, yet simultaneously flooded the opponent with gun-knife strikes!
âItâs not an illusion, itâs Lionâs Glide.â
It was an incredible amount of pressure that made even karate unstable, broke skills, and defied gravity.
âI donât have what youâre talking aboutâŠâ
In the game, it was an attack skill in a specific direction, but it was different this time. The skill was coming from both front and back!
That in itself was unbelievable, but the bigger problem was that Leo was free to move. she aimed straight for Evanâs head. The greatsword she was swinging straight down was particularly precise and impressive.
Even knew that skill as well. This was the infamous Leo Arpeta ultimate special active skill, the âTwilight Guillotine! Leo was indeed the main character, but didnât she have too many special skills?!
âHmm, I knew it!â
Leo was back on her feet. It seemed like she had somehow recovered from Evanâs blow. her lips were bleeding, but her grin showed her satisfaction.
âUrgh!â
âArgh?!â
Concentrating her regenerating karate on her left foot, she needed to escape from these lightning-like strikes⊠she just needed one step.
âHuh?
âThe flow of the battleâŠâ
Evan kicked Leoâs other shin with all her strength. Dirty Revenge was also activated this time with no problem. As a result, both of Evanâs feet were attached to Leoâs shins.
ââŠ?!â
âYou already have it! Use that in your movement!â
Evan never thought that she would ever feel such a sensation. Was she leveling up during a deadly battle? she was never like the main characters in a comic book, and it was very common for Evan to just die whenever danger came â and even when there wasnât any danger in the first place!
âHa, whatâŠ!â
âPhewâŠâ
So, who won the battle?
Iâve completely taken control of the flow of the region by a single step. Isnât this Heavenly Demon Movement?â
Evan suddenly thought about a martial arts novel from her past life memory, but that was not important. The important thing was that he, with this step, now had the flow of the battle.
âWhat I taught you was my movement!â
she clenched her teeth and pushed the greatsword off him. When Leo staggered and stood back, Evanâs body trembled and stumbled onto the ground. There was no way she could get back into her normal stance.
âArgh!â
Evan D. Sherden, Parting With The Legend. (3)
Boom! This sound of the clash was different. Leo was looking straight at Evan with a fierce expression. her gun-knife glowed a bright gold as she goaded Evan into a corner. Lionâs Glide had this deadly option of increasing its attack whenever it was used repeatedly.
But in reality, an immense amount of pressure was forced in every direction. Heaven Press, which expanded the ChunJoong energy, synchronized with Evanâs movement. It then changed to a forceful pressure into the region.
Evan was stunned by that, but Leo didnât attack him. It wasnât possible because both Leo and Evan were completely out of stamina or karate by this last attack. Nobody had any spare energy to move. Evan knew that the sparring had come to an end. And that meantâŠ
âItâs not like everyone can just come up with their own special skill!â
âArgh, I thought it would take a few more hits. Now I understand how people felt when they hated me for being a genius.â
Evan had already exhausted her karate on her Heaven Press in the front. she had no way to block the strikes from behind and top. However, thanks to the artifacts she had, her karate was regenerating. What was she supposed to do with that, though?!
âWas this my birthday present, grandpaâŠ?â
âBut this is real.
âThatâs your step, Evan.â
âWell, sort of, what does it feel like making your own special skill?â
âThis is not once!â
Leo is a fierce wind. Rough, strong, yet very agile. Also, holding is not an option. Either I have to overpower him or outspeed him.
Evan instinctively transformed her karate into ChunJoong energy and put it forward. With Heaven Pressâs skill expanding the area, the energy seemed like a giant invisible shield!
This was Leo Arpeta in Yoma Great War 2.
she did not mean to brag, but she knew that she was the one person who could understand this ChunJoong skill. This gave him more confidence. she had found out the direction the skill of ChunJoong should pursue. she made this god-created skill into her own just now.
âI already taught you!â
âThis feels very refreshing.â
âAs you know, I was strong before, but in the past year or so, Iâve become a lot stronger. What other words will suit me other than genius?â
âHuh?â
âIâm telling you that a genius is saying that you are a genius. You are a genius in martial arts and also in alchemy, which is uncommon. Youâre as much of a genius as I am, if not more. Not even counting the unique knowledge you have, youâre already too smart for your own good.â
âWhy are you bragging all of a sudden?â
âYou fool!â
Leo grinned as she noticed Evan flustered by her statement.
âSo itâs time that you acknowledge your true talents yourself. Be supportive of yourself.â
she had seen an opportunity before. Just as she was free from Dirty Revenge, she would have won if she had attacked Leo. However, Leoâs words made him hesitate for a second, which in turn resulted in this unfavorable situation, and she wasnât able to overcome it so far.
Soon after, the gun-knife flew in, aiming at her leg. Evan struck the ground with both of her hands and avoided its hit. However, the greatsword flew in from another direction, this time aiming for her stomach.
It was time to attack now! Evan, who was endlessly blocking Leoâs strikes, managed to apply strong force to her legs instantly. she had been trying to apply ChunJoong energy onto it in order to stomp him. It was impossible until now, but with the force of ChunJoong 5, it was surely possible!
âYeah, yeah, Iâm on my way.â
âWas I good today?â
âWhat are you talking about?â
Aria, who immediately approached after retracting the barrier, healed Leoâs wounds and smiled. It was a beautiful, pure smile.
âLeo, youâre always awesome.â
âHuh, I know!â
âWithout these kinds of statements, you would be better.â
Aria healed Leoâs wounds while slapping on them in between.
They were doing this coupleâs love thing in the middle of the arena where all the people were watching, so it was easily presumed who Bernard and illoin learned their antics from.
ââŠI canât believe it. I canât imagine âŠâ
Somebody failed to read the room, but nobody answered. Everybody was busy recounting the epic battle of the century.
Leo was left defenseless because, though Evanâs step was extremely short, it was actually long enough for Evan to start her attack. she struck Leo up in the air and hit her stomach hard. The moment she had made the step, her level of ChunJoong increased, thus increasing her strength by focusing his energy on one spot.
she could hear Beloisâ soft voice through her ears. his voice was like music to Evanâs ears, who currently felt all burnt out.
âMaster, you were great.â
Evan was getting eager. With full power, Leoâs Lionâs Glide was super-fast, but it wasnât something Evan couldnât follow.
The next day, right before Evanâs birthday party was about to start, Shiny was able to bring Anastasia back from the Dungeon.