However, the further Akari walked, the stronger her inner sense of unease became.
She had a strong premonition that something was currently eyeing her covetously from the shadows.
Yet within her range, the full-screen blueprint (radish data) did not show the existence of any Ethereals.
“System, is the radish data you provided reliable…” Having learned from the previous warning, Akari no longer dared to completely trust the Pink-haired Girl.
Therefore, she cast a suspicious gaze toward the Pink-haired Girl.
“Rest assured~ Anything produced by the system is bound to be fine…” Before the Pink-haired Girl could finish speaking, the sky suddenly turned from clear to cloudy, and then quickly became overcast.
Such a weather change took less than half a minute.
“You aren’t lying and getting caught by the heavens, about to be struck by lightning, right?” Looking at the overcast weather, Akari secretly thought it was bad, feeling an extremely ominous premonition in her heart.
“Rest assured, this system treats everyone fairly without cheating the old or young…” Before the words faded, a huge black shadow appeared in the sky.
Before Akari could clearly see the black shadow, it suddenly plunged downward, its massive form violently rushing toward Akari.
“Holy crap!” Although she had mentally prepared herself long ago, when danger arrived, Akari was still somewhat startled.
She observed the surrounding situation, and as the black shadow was about to strike, her body subconsciously reacted, quickly dodging to a safe place.
Half a second later, the spot where she had just been standing was now fiercely struck by a huge blade.
The stones underfoot at her previous location were now completely shattered, looking just like orange pulp squeezed by a juicer, broken into tiny debris.
“I knew it, believing your nonsense never ends well!” Fortunately, the crisis awareness of a professional soldier, along with her own sixth sense, saved her life at a critical moment.
To tell a cold joke, other people get sudden windfalls from the heavens.
But when it came to her, it directly turned into Ethereals falling from the sky.
And it was even a superior Ethereal, Dullahan!
The blade light just now was also it wielding a huge battle blade to strike the spot where she had been.
It descended directly from the sky, and if she hadn’t dodged quickly, her little life would have been gone.
“Host, hang in there!
This system has some business to attend to and will take its leave first…” Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the Pink-haired Girl quickly vanished, as if she had never existed in this world.
“Damn it!” Holding the street sign of the inferior Ethereal, Akari somewhat nervously stared at the imposing, murderous Ethereal in front of her.
This guy’s suppression power was simply too strong.
Just by appearing before her, a single glance gave her the impulse to run away.
Dullahan’s gaze was indifferent; after merely glancing at Akari, it raised the battle blade in its hand, pointing the blade edge toward Akari’s direction.
That look seemed to say: “You choose to accept battle or death.” This look also angered Akari.
“Hmph, enough nonsense, fight me if you’ve got what it takes.” Even though she had no handy weapon in her hand.
Even though the Dullahan before her was a superior Ethereal, on par with her own strength.
But for her, only by defeating Dullahan could subsequent mission progress be unlocked.
What’s more, this was a solid, real life-and-death battle.
If she ran away, she wouldn’t be Dullahan’s opponent at all.
Only by fighting with her back to the wall would she have a chance to win.
At this moment, Dullahan seemed to sense Akari’s emotions as well, then raised its battle blade with one hand, issuing a duel invitation to Akari.
As a superior Ethereal, its strength should not be underestimated either, and it had developed a portion of intelligence.
The human in front of it was also extremely formidable in strength, on par with itself.
Eliminating her was the only thought in Dullahan’s mind.
When experts exchange blows, it happens in just a split second.
Akari sprinted almost instantly, holding the street sign with one hand, spinning her body at an incredible speed, and violently slamming toward Dullahan.
As a superior Ethereal with formidable combat instincts, Dullahan naturally couldn’t be hit by such an easy blow.
Its body turned illusory, and with a direct flash, it dodged this blow to the absolute extreme.
“You dodge really fast, what a troublesome fellow…” Akari muttered softly, but the gaze she cast at Dullahan was likewise filled with blazing fighting spirit.
“Roar!” Dullahan let out a fierce roar.
Compared to those inferior Ethereals, its roar was formidable, carrying powerful piercing properties.
As expected, a superior Ethereal is indeed a superior Ethereal.
It’s not something ordinary Ethereals can compare with.
After its roar, it directly raised the battle blade in its hand with one hand, stabbing toward Akari with lightning speed.
The speed of this slash was simply too fast.
When Akari perceived the offensive, a strong sense of crisis slowly rose from behind her.
She knew she had been completely locked on, and no matter how she fled, it would be of no avail.
The only possibility was to deal with it head-on.
“Offensive Art, Break!” Akari let out a cold shout, raising the street sign in her hand as if lifting a standard weapon of the Defense Force, wielding it like the most ordinary battle blade of the Defense Force, and forcefully clashing head-on with the Dullahan before her.
As both sides exchanged blows, their weapons collided with each other, stirring up a large burst of intense sparks.
Rolling successively to shed the impact force, Akari looked somewhat disheveledly at Dullahan.
She rolled several times in a row before dissipating the powerful impact force.
Although somewhat disheveled, she didn’t suffer any damage.
Dullahan was completely the opposite; its body had begun to sway, obviously hit quite heavily by that previous strike.
Although Ethereals were powerful, after having a part of their body chopped off, their strength would rapidly decline.
And the core used for power supply would also briefly stall, causing the provided power to rapidly wane naturally.
Although an Ethereal would only completely perish once its core was destroyed, the damage caused to the Ethereal naturally could not be easily ignored.
“Cough cough… I shouldn’t have talked big just now, you guy is indeed stronger than I imagined…” Akari wiped the dust from the corner of her mouth and slowly stood up, though under the influence of the powerful impact, she was already somewhat unsteady on her feet.
But for herself, it was instead a hearty and exhilarating battle.
“Come on!
Let me see which of us is stronger!” Akari held up the street sign with one hand, the confident smile on her face unreduced, her fighting spirit instead growing even more intense.
As if sensing Akari’s provocation, Dullahan’s swaying body quickly returned to normal, and a trace of fierce red light flashed in its eyes.
It wanted to tear the woman in front of it to pieces, to execute this woman before it, so as to vent its anger.
Just like that, Dullahan’s figure flashed before Akari once again.
“Good chance.” Finally, after dozens of rounds of engagement between the two sides, Akari captured an extremely rare opportunity.
Dullahan’s body lost balance in a short period of time, directly driven into a broken state by her.
As everyone knows, although Ethereals’ bodies far exceed humans, after enduring excessive attacks, they will directly enter a broken state.
In the broken state, Ethereals cannot move, nor can they organize an effective counterattack, let alone engage in a life-and-death duel with Akari.
Although the state duration was short, for Akari, it was enough.
A true expert can decide life and death in a single instant.