Twisted Kindness turned her hands, but the longsword stuck in Seol Jihu’s waist did not budge. She could not even pull it out, no matter how much strength she put in.

Seol Jihu had used his left hand to clench onto the sword blade that pierced his stomach.

Blood dripped down from his hand. Pzzt! Sparks of electricity crackled from the sword blade. Just as Twisted Kindness shot her eyes open, a bright-yellow flash of lightning flowed into the blade and electrocuted her.

“KIAAAAAAAA!”

Twisted Kindness shrieked and collapsed, her body giving off intense sparks. Having succeeded in breaking free, Seol Jihu took a step forward. Though, he dropped his head immediately afterward.

“Is that your final move?”

Sung Shihyun, who recovered from his injury in the meanwhile, swung his sword while murmuring like he was sick and tired of the battle. Killing Seol Jihu was not allowed. From now on, he had to be driven to death as slowly as possible.

At that moment, Seol Jihu’s head shot up. He thrust his spear while looking at the incoming sword head-on.

Sung Shihyun snorted. Though mixed with a hint of mana, the spear no longer had the same sharpness and strength it had before. The attack was only a futile struggle resulting from a desire to continue fighting. His sword would chop off his arm long before the spear could reach him.

At the moment Sung Shihyun’s sword reached Seol Jihu’s arm, Sung Shihyun clearly felt the path of his white sword being enveloped by a mysterious energy.

Puk! Then, he felt something stab deep into his solar plexus.

“…Huh?”

Sung Shihyun’s eyes widened as he was pushed back. When he looked down, he saw that his body was fine. The spear had come nowhere near him.

However, the feeling of being stabbed was real, and his body was losing balance. He didn’t understand what just happened.

“Just now, what…?”

His flustered blinks only lasted a moment. Sung Shihyun immediately furrowed his brows.

At first, it felt like he was lightly hit with a fist. However, this sensation increased in size exponentially, and as it spread through his...