The announcer analysed the situation and after finding the right time he announced the beginning of the match
"Start!!!"
Bhaaaammmmm
As the announcer said that both Klaus and Oni princess dashed against each other without any kind of delay
Including Reus, there was no one in that arena which wasn't surprised by this, those movements were beyond words
The ground behind Klaus and the Oni princess became a big carter in the ground 30% of the duel area got destroyed at just the beginning of that match
None present there except for few who could easily be counted in fingers of one hand managed to follow that movement
Both Klaus and Oni princess clashed against each other in air, the ground area below them completely shattered from sheer pressure
The Oni princess was blocking Klaus's sword strike and Klaus was blocking her fist
The next moment both released each other and started clashing again, Klaus just blocked a combination attack of 9 heavy sword strikes by simple movements of good sword and looked very amazed
'No wonder even Reus the protagonist couldn't take her strikes and was lost badly in the novel...
She is such a monster, her combat power already matches a Tier 6, get Apollo what's her Tier?'
[Tier 5 mid grade!]
'Damn...'
Tier 7 Martial Arts_ Extreme Weapon Limb!
Klaus smirked and next moment started his sword fist combination attacks, Klaus's sword strikes and fists were continuously getting blocked by Oni princess
There was a look at the struggle on her face but more than that there was look of excitement and amazement in her face
As this match was going on in the air, at the ground all the melee fighters clashed against the Onis,
Anna was continuously running all over the place with extreme agility while jumping over the Oni who was trying to catch her
Two of Onis escaped from the grasp of melee fighters and rushed directly at Ariana and Sam who were supporters of team
"That was easy!"
"Grit your teeth!!!"
The Onis shouted in excitement but next moment a grin appeared on Sam and Ariana's face too
Tier 8 Magical Martial Art_ Earth Barrage!
Tier 8 Holy Martial Art_ Divine Flow!
The limbs of both Sam and Ariana glew in brown and silver aura and next moment 8 brown stones surrounded each of Sam's fists
While Ariana's hands looked more like the paladins from the church, the next moment they dashed against the Onis
Sam's hands looked like they had been enforced by a layer of stones and with each one strike of fist 9 strikes fell on Oni that got attacked by Sam
While Ariana's hands looked more like flowing divinity that had more impact on Oni which was a spiritual being after getting attacked by fist filled with divine aura of a priestess
Klaus saw the glance of this and with grin praised himself
'Hehehe, of course the team of Protagonist can't be ordinary although they were supposed to get these kinds of techniques almost 4 years later when Reus was still in depression
With someone like me, it's a piece of cake, let's just hope they don't lose face after doing so much!'
"Hey! Don't look down on me!!!"
The Oni princess noticed Klaus's face and with annoyance and eyes filled in rage she made a strong blunt Sword swing towards Klaus face
But Klaus managed to deflect that attack with his sword and launched his fist towards Oni princess
Tier 6 Fist Arts_ Delayed Canon
The Oni princess somehow blocked that attack with her palm but just then Klaus grinned and said
"Don't try to make sneak attacks while shouting..."
The Oni princess was confused but next moment a big impact appeared all over hands that blocked Klaus's fist and she was pushed far back in air like a loose cannon
But on the other hand the audience all over the arena was still in daz because of Sam's and Ariana's unexpected move
The Onis who received those blows looked towards Sam and Ariana in daze and surprise but next moment they once again dashed towards them in zig zag motion
Sam and Ariana grinned and also moved towards them with those tightened fists
As this match was going on Reus, Yumiko and Pette were clashing with 2nd, 3rd and 4th ranked Onis
Reus somehow looked far stronger than before, he really managed to break his limits of skills and even now he was fighting while reading the moves of his opponents and making most perfect counters
Yumiko also never showed any mercy on getting the opponent, as the blades of both Yumiko and her opponent clashed big sparks of Flame appeared between them
Pette wasn't as good as them but he wasn't underrated in least, you can tell from the gap that was forming all over the ground because of Pette just what kind of monster he was
Pette wasn't showing any gracefulness in those strikes, he was a complete savage, the sword strikes were completely unpredictable and strong as hell
It was clear that even if just one strike landed on Pette's opponent, the match between them will get decided in seconds
But his opponent to his bad luck was faster but even then the gap between pette's sword and her wasn't much, she barely escaped by almost inches of blade
As these matches were going on with pure skills and raw strength Anna on other hand was completely no match for the Onis in direct fight and she had no space to hide as Archer in this place
So just according to Klaus's plan she was using hit a run method, she attacked all Onis from time to time and distract them for a minor moment
And as she did that she also dodged attacks of Oni chasing after her, she jumped on his face, reflected the damage and this time she even used her bow as blade to escape the enemy's grasp
She was just like a small slippery fish in the wild ocean being chased by bigger fish
But Anna was incredibly agile and fast to get caught by them
Everyone was showing epic level skills in this match, this was the most intensive match of the competition
It was clear that even if only a person on any team lost, the whole team was going to collapse, these both teams looked like they were maintaining balance with needle tips
And all the major attention was gathered over Reus and Klaus's battle
Reus was growing in skills even during the match, his eyes were moving faster than his sword and those eyes were reading the moves and techniques of his opponent at same time finding the counter
'What a monster... Klaus was so influential that we almost forgot this guy here...'
Reus's opponent gritted his teeth and looked at Reus with awe and respect too
Reus was continually targeting his shoulders, waist and chest after finding proper opening and dodging or deflecting his attacks
His growth rate was extremely monstrous, it was enough to prove that just because Klaus had gathered all glory to reduce the ignorant attitude to Reus
It never stopped Reus from growing, Klaus had only one motive by maintaining all his popularity that was to stop the Reus's popularity rise
According to the novel Reus had made absurd decisions as he got more and more popular and he had authority to do them too
But just then Klaus popped in like a crashing ball to crush his over the top of imaginations, Klaus was practically working as balancer to stop Reus who went crazy from time to time
Just like in the present situation, suddenly Anna got attacked by the swing of a large blunt Sword from the Oni chasing after her
Anna jumped directly on top of the blunt Sword but next moment a sudden pressure attacked her legs sending her down like a loose cannon
"Kugh!!!"
Anna caught her hands which were injured during the process, the Oni grinned and approached her slowly with a grin
Everyone noticed this but they still concentrated on their duels only Reus was the crazy bastard
Reus didn't even think twice before rushing to help Anna, Reus immediately struck the Oni approaching her with his sword
The Oni was sent dozens of meters away by that strike but next moment the 2nd Oni which had been fighting with Reus till now suddenly appeared behind them with a grin and said
"You are too naive Reus..."
Klaus noticed this nerve popped out in his head as he muttered in his heart
'I literally told you just one advice to follow yet this duck?!!'
Tier 9 Magic_ Sword grave!!!
Klaus immediately created a good distance from Oni princess by launching a surprise strike to get waist
Oni princess blocked that but got pushed back a lot, Klaus opened his right hand in air and next moment hundreds of sword projectiles appeared in air
Next moment all those projectiles dashed towards the direction of the 2nd Oni approaching Reus
And with all those Swords landed on ground like bullets fired by advanced machine gun from air
"Hey! Watch before you strike?!! Ughhhh!!!"
Reus barely dodged all those Swords like a jumping snake and fell in ground but just then one sword fell only a few centimeters away from his human making machine balls
Klaus smirked and next moment Reus noticed both the 2nd Oni and the one attacking Anna had been eliminated
"How dare you!!!!"
But just then Klaus got struck by the blade of Oni princess from his back, Klaus immediately reacted to that strike but it was still not completely unscathed dodge
Klaus for a huge strike on his back but Klaus still managed to put his sword in the back, as a result
The combat suit's upper part got completely destroyed and Klaus barely saved his skin from getting ripped apart
Klaus turned back his head and noticed the red horn of Oni princess shining in dark red light and those resolution in eyes
"Let's go hard then..."