Several magic circles appeared on Lucrezia's body.

Following that, magical lights of various colors flickered around her.

"Has it come?"

Liens thought to himself.

In previous battles against Lucrezia, he had always died at this stage.

Now, he wanted to see if he, with his increased strength, could kill Lucrezia at this stage.

Under Element Vision, Liens carefully observed the elemental reactions on Lucrezia's body.

After she used magic, the elemental reactions that had been hidden on her body also appeared before Liens's eyes.

Unlike Liens, whose body glowed like a mottled blue lightbulb when he became a knight, Lucrezia's elemental reactions resembled carefully blended dyes.

It was a dark red color, mixed with a small amount of other colors.

"Is this an elemental reaction phenomenon unique to mages?"

Liens wondered.

At the same time, in addition to the elemental reactions, he also saw several elemental structures attached to Lucrezia's body.

Although he didn't understand the purpose of these elemental structures…

He at least knew that these things were key to Lucrezia's sudden increase in physical attributes.

Dodging the longsword blazing with fierce flames, Liens stepped forward and thrust, his body and the longsword rapidly piercing towards Lucrezia's chest.

Seeing Liens's attack, Lucrezia initially didn't want to bother with it, even thinking of taking the opportunity to slay him.

Because she believed that with Liens's attack power, he couldn't possibly break through her shield.

Yes, after Lucrezia used magic, she was fully equipped with offense, defense, and buffs.

And the shield on her body was one of the main reasons why Liens had continuously failed before.

Because even if he painstakingly broke the shield, Lucrezia could instantly refresh a new one.

It was utterly annoying…

Therefore, in previous instances of the Instance , as soon as Lucrezia entered this stage, Liens was basically helpless.

It was even extremely difficult to injure her.

But now…

Times have changed, my lord!

A sudden sense of crisis made Lucrezia abandon the idea of attacking and instead withdrew her sword to defend.

Then, she saw Liens's longsword pierce through her shield, striking directly at her chest.

"Clang!"

Like a lightning bolt striking the ground, the sword tip collided with Lucrezia's sword, which she had hastily brought up to block.

And the impact, even with her body now enhanced by magic, forced her back a step or two.

Her upper body even tilted backward, breaking her balance.

Seeing this, Liens didn't hesitate, continuing his attack, striking along the weakness in Lucrezia's shield.

"Clang!"

Lucrezia parried with her sword.

The same situation occurred again, forcing her to admit that her opponent had perceived the weakness in her magical shield.

This kind of thing, it's both difficult and not difficult to do.

It can be done as long as one can see the elemental structures beneath the surface of the magic.

But this also indicated that the opponent before her possessed extremely strong perception.

Sufficiently powerful swordsmanship, faint elemental reactions, the ability of Element Blessing, and now, extremely strong perception.

To be honest, this kind of existence, whether one should call him a genius or a monster,

Lucrezia had never encountered before.

One must know that she herself was also a genius, and had been taught by both the Sword Saint and the Chief Mage of this country.

Even so, it was still very difficult for her to perform the same actions as her opponent.

It wasn't that she couldn't do it, but that it was very difficult to apply in the rapidly changing flow of battle.

The battle continued.

Relying on the advantage he had just gained, Liens once again suppressed Lucrezia, forcing her to continuously raise her sword in defense.

Even when she changed her shield mid-fight, it still couldn't effectively hinder Liens.

Even Lucrezia hadn't expected that even after using magic, she still couldn't change the tide of the battle.

Facing the increasingly grim situation, watching herself slowly but surely heading towards defeat, Lucrezia simply gave up on defense.

"Hmm?"

"A trade of injuries, huh? Do you think I'm afraid of you? Bring it on!"

"You want to force me to retreat this way? No way!"

Liens saw Lucrezia disregard his slash and instead raise her sword to attack him, instantly understanding her intention.

But he had to admit, this move was truly good.

If Liens were to dodge because of this, abandoning the advantage he had just gained, then he would be the one to endure the onslaught.

But with Liens's defensive capabilities, how could he block her blazing longsword?

So, if Liens interrupted his offense, giving Lucrezia a chance to recover, then his defeat would be an inevitable fact.

He was still unable to bridge the gap in their physical attributes.

Therefore, Liens neither dodged nor made any defensive moves, but instead adjusted his attack.

He transformed his original slash into his strongest attack—the Three-hit Combo.

He directed the longsword, which was originally aimed at her chest, straight for Lucrezia's neck.

You want to trade injuries?

Alright then… I just wonder if you can accept trading lives?

Thus, both sides, driven by sheer determination, launched attacks at each other's vital points.

"Pfft!"

The blazing longsword directly pierced Liens's heart, even turning it into a roasted mess.

Feeling the pain of his entire chest being charred, accompanied by an unavoidable sense of powerlessness, and seeing the figure before him refresh a new shield, Liens gave a bitter smile.

"Right, with the princess's status, how could she wear a low-grade item like a protection ring?"

Liens thought to himself.

The outcome of trading lives was not achieved; his strongest attack was blocked by a barrier that suddenly appeared on Lucrezia's body.

Just now, as his attack was about to land on Lucrezia's neck, the golden ornament hanging around her neck suddenly lit up.

Following that, a magical barrier with an extremely complex elemental structure blocked his attack.

The dense elemental structures made his eyes dizzy, and the effect it displayed was naturally extremely powerful.

His Three-hit Combo couldn't even create a ripple on it.

"Sigh… Never mind, the changes in my strength have been measured, and I've also tested out Lucrezia's life-saving item."

"This trip was definitely not a loss!"

Liens continued to think.

And as Lucrezia pulled out her longsword, his body fell to the ground.

His consciousness gradually blurred, his vision gradually dimmed…

Liens vaguely saw a magic circle appear in front of Lucrezia, seemingly intending to do something.

Unfortunately, he could no longer hold on…

As his vision completely darkened, Liens exited this Instance run.

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