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Under the pitch-black night, Zoro was like a green meteor streaking across the battlefield. His sharp aura was so intense it hurt people's skin.
Simon's heart sank. He felt something was wrong. "No way..."
However, after remembering that his card was also Red quality, he felt a little relieved.
No matter what, he won't be killed instantly, right?
After calming down, he felt he was just scaring himself.
As long as we can hold them off, I think the support from the Association should be arriving soon.
Simon wasn't referring to Russell and other Gold-rank fighters, but the low-rank cardmakers in the Association.
Although those low-rank cardmakers might not be useful against Emerald-rank, they could still cause some damage to the current few Gold-rank Society members.
He believed that by then, these crazy people from the Spirit Begging Society wouldn't choose to fight to the death.
At this time, Tiger Slayer—already covered in wounds on the battlefield—could naturally sense the horror of Zoro's Three Swords Style. He immediately wanted to go support Flame Silence.
Unfortunately, a beam of black light narrowly passed by his body, leaving a hole in the ground.
He looked up and saw the white-haired elf looking at him calmly.
"Tsk."
Tiger Slayer knew that in the current situation, Flame Silence could only face the secret technique alone.
Taking a deep breath, he gathered his strength and faced Frieren again.
At this moment, Flame Silence—facing Zoro's Three Swords Style secret technique—looked more and more serious.
He naturally knew why the green-haired swordsman had suddenly attacked.
As an assassination operation, it was normal to want to end the battle with one blow.
Looking at the green-haired Asura demon who was almost within reach, he took a deep breath and raised the red sword in his hand to cover half his face.
At the same time, the female shadow behind him made the same movements.
The blades of the two magic swords now reflected faces that were completely different—one man, one soul.
The next moment.
"Fire Dance!"
"Snow Collapse!"
The overlapping shouts of man and woman suddenly rang out on the battlefield.
Red and dark blue entangled with each other. Ice and fire perfectly integrated.
The dreamlike sword light slashed down. Biting cold and burning heat kept alternating.
Seeing this, Russell—hiding in the dark—couldn't help but think. Where did Xihe and Wangshu come from?
However, he could understand that there might be things on this Blue Star similar to what existed before he transmigrated.
Just as if countless monkeys randomly hit typewriter keys, they might eventually write all the books in the British Museum.
Moreover, the two abilities of ice and fire were already very common.
Of course, fortunately these weren't the two magic swords Russell was familiar with—otherwise he'd have to play yo-yo tonight.
But even so, the sword light emitted by Flame Silence at this moment shouldn't be underestimated.
All the cardmakers present, except Russell and Simon, felt a chill in their hearts after sensing his intimidating aura.
At this time, Kai—wearing Russell's face—felt bitter. He kept feeling that today's operation might fail.
However, just as everyone was holding their breath waiting for the final result, Flame Silence's expression changed drastically. "Not good?!"
The brilliant sword light that was supposed to engulf Zoro paused in the air—and then split in two.
Nothing continues.
At this time, Flame Silence finally understood the meaning of what the green-haired swordsman had chanted earlier.
The green-haired swordsman who appeared before everyone was covered with burns and frostbite, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.
"Santōryū · Gyūki · Yuzume!"
As soon as he landed, he stomped on the ground hard and came before Flame Silence in an instant.
Looking at the three pitch-black swords that seemed to be swallowing all the light around them, Flame Silence drew his sword again to try to stop Zoro.
It was a pity that Zoro had made this move with the intention of mutual destruction—he didn't care about his body being gradually torn apart by the sword wind.
CLANG!
Flame Silence blocked it. His expression lit up with joy.
At the same time, the female shadow behind him came over with Drifting Ice in hand, intending to cut Zoro in half.
CLANG!
A sound like the collision of metal was heard. Flame Silence and the female shadow behind him showed surprised expressions.
At this moment, in everyone's eyes, Zoro's pitch-black right arm was firmly blocking the ice-blue sword.
Ignoring the long sword that had penetrated into his flesh and bones, Zoro grinned. "It seems I won."
His voice was like a death knell from hell, ringing loudly in Flame Silence's ears.
"What?!"
"Santōryū · Seiryū In · Ryūsui."
The pitch-black sword turned into a ferocious dragon and swallowed Flame Silence in one gulp.
Everyone watched in silence as Zoro came to stand behind Flame Silence.
SLASH!
Flame Silence still maintained that stunned expression.
After taking a breath, blood mist exploded from his entire body.
THUD.
There was a dull sound of falling to the ground. The ace belonging to the President of the East-Haven Cardmaker Association disappeared silently into the air.
Seeing the scene on the field, Simon's face was distorted. He couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes was real.
But the cooldown of [Mad Blade · Flame Silence] reminded him clearly—his death was approaching.
"Luther! Russell!"
A sharp cry of fear rang out on the battlefield.
The President was asking his companions for help.
Maybe companions.
But without Flame Silence's obstruction, who could stop the green-haired swordsman who looked like a god of death?
Seeing Zoro rushing toward him almost without pause, Simon scrambled backward on hands and feet to escape.
Unfortunately...
Although his body was also strengthened by cards, he wasn't a fighter like Felix Warren. There was no way he could outrun Zoro.
After just a few breaths, the green-haired swordsman—covered in blood that couldn't be distinguished as the enemy's or his own, looking like a demon crawling out of hell—had arrived behind him.
Feeling the terrifying aura behind him, Simon's legs went weak. He fell into the ruins.
During this process, Tiger Slayer also tried to rescue his owner—but this undoubtedly revealed a huge flaw. He finally disappeared under Frieren's killing magic.
Just when Simon felt he was in a desperate situation, his mental perception once again captured the presence of Vice President Russell.
Turning around, he saw Russell standing in the distance, watching him silently.
"Help me! Russell!"
Simon shouted loudly as if he'd found a lifeline.
However, in his eyes, the young Vice President just shrugged his shoulders and looked helpless.
He seemed to be still saying something.
Looking at the lip movements...
"Goodbye?"
Before Simon had time to think about the meaning of the young man's words, he was beheaded with a single blow.
Zoro had no interest in talking nonsense with the person before him. He'd only spoken a few more words to Flame Silence out of mutual admiration between swordsmen.
Since then, the President of the East-Haven Cardmaker Association has died.
Seeing this, Luther immediately broke away from Zayne and quickly came to Russell.
The two cards in front of Russell no longer entangled with Kumoko, but instead protected him—as if afraid the Society would attack him.
However, after seeing Aizen and Mikoto Misaka easily escape from the battle, Luther's eyes flickered. But in the end, he didn't say anything.
After all...
He'd just done the same thing.
"Vice President." Luther whispered to Russell. "Should we retreat first?"
"After all, President Simon is dead."
As he spoke, he looked at the three cards in front of Kai in the distance with fear.
Putting aside Zoro—covered in fatal wounds but still standing upright—in the eyes of the square-faced middle-aged man, although Frieren and Kumoko weren't unscathed, they definitely still had the ability to fight.
And who could be sure the green-haired card really had little combat power left?
You have to know—when he'd first fought against President Simon's trump card, he'd already suffered a lot of injuries.
So now it looked like a two-on-two situation on the field, but in reality the fighting power was unbalanced.
What Luther was afraid of now was that these crazy Society people wanted to continue.
If the young man next to him also died, it would be a real disaster for East-Haven.
Kai and Zayne, far away, didn't think so much at this time. They just felt relieved.
I've finally completed the task assigned by the Sixth Master.
The two of them thought this at the same time. The ups and downs in the battlefield situation before had made their hearts fluctuate as well.
Fortunately, Russell's cards were superior in the end.
Thinking of this, Zayne looked at the three cards of different shapes before him with some relief.
He was thinking that he was lucky to be a Society member. Otherwise, he'd have had to stand on the opposite side tonight.
The expressionless middle-aged man didn't want to risk his life against Frieren's killing magic and Zoro's blade.
Kai looked at Frieren and Zoro and murmured. "These two..."
"If I remember correctly, they like pudding and wine?"
Because he wasn't sure whether there would be another action, he decided to buy some food the cards liked after finishing today's work.
The more courtesy, the less blame. The three of them should be able to ensure my safety, right?
Just like that, the battlefield that had turned into ruins suddenly fell into a strange silence.
After a while, Russell frowned slightly and looked at Kai not far away. What is this guy doing?
According to his script, at this time Kai could just say a few harsh words and run away.
As for why they didn't attack Russell and the others...
Did anyone want to understand the thoughts of these crazy Society people?
As if sensing Russell's gaze, Kai's heart shuddered.
But just when he was about to say something, a voice that sounded familiar to Russell rang out on the battlefield.
"Hey, people from the Spirit Begging Society—how about joining forces to keep these Association lackeys here?"
It was Leo Shaw from the Unification Sect.
After experiencing the demon invasion on the coast and the assassinations of the President and Vice President, this group of hidden Unification Sect demons had finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"Vice President?!"
Seeing this, Luther's face changed drastically. He immediately wanted to pull the young man beside him away.
However, Russell reached out and stopped him.
There's actually an unexpected gain today?
He thought so.