"Kill!"

Candlelight Shadow rushed me with a zigzag pattern when the countdown hit zero, but it was more of a probing attack than a full-on assault. His partner, Ye Yuse, approached me from the flank before crying, "Hold!"

I saw it coming, so I dashed to the right and dodged the spell easily. With my speed, dodging a spell like this wasn’t an issue.

However, Candlelight Shadow was already in front of me when I looked up. He brought his sword down toward my head while shouting, "Shatter, Lu Chen!"

His Cyan Rain Sword burst into flames, brimming with a tremendous power anyone inside or outside the arena could sense. I hurriedly took two steps backward and tried to parry the attack!

Chiang!

Something utterly shocking happened. Not only did the Cyan Rain Sword knock away the Purple Ying Sword and cancel my parry through sheer force, it struck the Heaven-burning Armor and left behind a huge web of cracks! Pain burst from my shoulder as my HP dropped drastically—

109894!

Combat Log: Player "Candlelight Shadow" used "Shattering Sword and Shield" to shatter your parry, increasing their own Attack by 50% and dealing 109894 damage to you!

……

My heart sank. As it turned out, Candlelight Shadow had learned a new skill that ignored...