Chapter 204: Battle at The Epitome (1/2)

The weapons started hurling around the three, not giving them room to breathe. Ed noticed that Adriana's skin seemed like it was made from steel, as the weapon would hit her, and she wouldn't bleed.

'Let's see if she can handle this.' Ed thought to himself as he enhanced the weapons. Some of these weapons were magical, while some were simply sharp. He activated their total power and in an instant, the pressure on the three increased.

”Hnggh!” Maria gritted her teeth and focused her QI on her hands. Unlike the other two, she didn't have a weapon and could barely defend herself.

'I'll just take one of these weapons!' She thought to herself as she looked at a flaming sword. She reached out to grab, and as she wrapped her fingers around it, she plummeted towards the ground. It felt like she held the entire planet.

”I'm not stupid enough to let you steal one of my weapons, you know?” Ed said, and as she tried to release the sword, it was already too late. The weapons started targeting her one by one.

However, something shocking happened. Letif hurried away from his initial position and appeared in front of Maria. He used his body to block the weapons that were about to strike at her. His body started falling towards the ground.

”Again, I'm not stupid enough to fall for such a trick,” said Ed as a flame ball appeared on his palm. He sent it flying at a certain position, and as it blew up a figure emerged.

”You look rather tired. You would have had a better chance if you fought only for yourself.” Ed looked at the haggard looking Letif and could feel that his QI reserves were less than a third of what they had been.

'I should hurry up' Ed thought to himself. He started controlling some of the weapons with his hands. Since they were in his range of En, he could easily manipulate the battlefield.

”Tch is it me or are these weapons getting faster?!” Adriana frowned as her skin started getting more and more red from all the attacks.

”They're not getting faster, they're teleporting!” Letif shouted as he noticed the irregular behavior of the weapons. Ed started using Space magic on the weapons to increase the difficulty. Little by little, the three of them found themselves near one another. They had each other's back and believed that this would be the best way to avoid the weapons.

”Idiots” Ed smiled as he withdrew his three Katana. The other three were blissfully unaware of this as they fought against the weapons for their lives. The only one that noticed was Alexander. But, he didn't say anything.

”Three swords for three enemies.” Ed a stance with his three weapons. Each one of them was clad in deep black Haki with a reddish glow. On top of that, each one of the weapons produced its own glow. Shusui had a black-purple color. Ame-No-Murakumo had a deep green color, and Muramasa had a deep red one.

”Reflect on your choices in your next lives. 1080 Pound Cannon!” Ed spoke lightly as he swung his sword. Each one of them cut through the air, producing three flying slashes in the respective color of the swords. The three slashes merged together, forming a gigantic spiraling attack.

”Crap!” Adriana was the first one to notice the incoming attack. She tried to escape but she couldn't find a way out. She and the other two put their all and tried to counter the attack, but to no avail. That single attack was much stronger than all three of them combined, as it engulfed their entire being.

Three bodies dropped back to the ground, and Ed could confirm three notifications from his system. He checked his stats and smiled. Only a smidge more of Exp and he could be able to level up to Immortal Establishment.

”I'm afraid I let you wait for too long, Sir Alexander.”

”No, not at all. This was the most comfortable chair I've ever sat on. It also came with an incredible show,” Alexander said as he sat up. Ed could notice that his body was slightly shaking, but it didn't seem to be out of fear, but excitement.

”Your swordplay is unmatchedI come from the Sword sect, and I'm its master. And yet, I don't think I can best you if it comes down to swords only!” Alexander praised Ed, but also let out information about himself.