Abnormal Moon

But with this discovery, Kirin's tactics changed abruptly. Her blade kept moving in front of Okita's sword path, but Okita's sword strikes were faster, making it look as if Okita was deliberately crashing into her blade.

"Although I know where her next attack will go, her sword speed is just too fast. I can only barely parry it, and I can't even use the Crane skill... Senior Julis, it's all up to you now!"

Kirin Toudou fought back against Okita Souji's attacks with all her might. The flashing blades seemed to be about to strike her at any moment, sending a chill down one's spine.

The essence of the Toudou-ryu style—Renkaku—is to lure the opponent into making the desired attack, gradually drawing them into one's own trap. It can only be used when the strength of the two sides is not too different. However, the difference in speed between the two sides, especially the speed of their swords, is too terrifying. Souji's sword speed is several times faster than hers. If it weren't for Kirin's naturally excellent eyesight, she wouldn't even be able to catch her sword path.

In this situation, she is essentially walking a tightrope at all times. The slightest mistake could lead to total defeat. Maintaining her undefeated record is already her limit, leaving her no time to do anything else.

We can only hope that Senior Yulis can do something about it.

But the development of the battle far exceeded Kirin's expectations.

"Red Round Blazing Flower!"

With a flick of her wrist, Yulis unleashed four fiery circular saws that spun around her and flew toward Stella from all directions.

Stella's eyes darted around rapidly, and she slashed out with her golden greatsword, shattering two flaming circular saws. After leaping away to dodge two more flaming circular saws, she swung her sword twice more, and the last two flaming circular saws also vanished into thin air.

Yulis's expression gradually turned grim, her eyes becoming even more menacing than before the match began.

"Kirin's assessment of her swordsmanship is that it's just average, but even so, it far surpasses mine. Moreover, her arm strength is incredibly strong; she was able to shatter a high-speed spinning circular flower with a single blow using only her sword!"

Yulis's melee skills are not entirely nonexistent, but they are practically nonexistent.

However, the attack just now had bought her a lot of time, and one of her ultimate moves was ready.

"Dragon Devouring Flame Flower!"

With her rapier, Eurythm traced the outline of a magic circle, from which a massive fiery dragon emerged, charging headlong toward Stella with astonishing heat and kinetic energy.

Stella looked surprised upon seeing this, and then slashed down heavily with her greatsword.

"Feilong Jaw!"

A nearly identical flaming dragon head roared from Stella's sword, crashing head-on into the flaming dragon head summoned by Euryss.

"Boom!!"

The heat wave surged violently in the arena, and the temperature of the entire stage rose by more than ten degrees in one go. Even the air currents carried an astonishingly high temperature, making people feel as if they were in a sauna.

Amidst the roar of light and heat, a dragon's head burst forth.

Then he rushed towards Eurythm.

Yulis's face darkened instantly, as if she had expected this outcome. She conjured fiery wings on her back and swiftly dodged the dragon head's charge with a burst of speed.

"My worst fears have come true—Stella's firepower far surpasses mine!"

Yulis's bad premonition came true at this moment.

Yulis's fighting style is characterized by a wide variety of moves, including frontal, lateral, harassing, and aerial techniques. She can use any move imaginable, and can hold her own against any enemy. No matter the situation, she is never completely defenseless. Infinitely, she is all flash and no substance.

Chapter 240 Disastrous Failure

However, she has a fatal flaw: the absolute value of her stellar power.

Her stellar power value is far from high. It is considered to be at the upper level in the overall Star Pulse Generation, but in the eyes of the truly upper-level Star Pulse Generation, it is at the lower-middle level. In other words, it is better than the lower level but not as good as the upper level.

The amount of Star Power represents absolute firepower; the more Star Power you have, the stronger your firepower.

Is Yulis unwilling to use firepower to overwhelm others?

No, she can't.

Because she didn't have much star power to begin with, she couldn't overwhelm people with firepower at all, so she could only use a variety of moves to develop herself as comprehensively as possible.

Stella, on the other hand, is an overwhelming firepower player!

Her stellar power—though Julis couldn't sense the flow of the universal element, she only considered it stellar power—far exceeded her expectations, far more than Julis, Claudia, and Kirin.

Maybe he's approaching Roy's level?

Stella definitely didn't use her full strength in the previous battle!

"Hell Dragon Jaws!"

Facing Eurythmia, who had flown into the air, Stella showed no fear and swept her sword out again.

In the next instant, a full seven fiery dragon heads roared and surged out from her sword, intercepting Euryth from all directions!

Stella can't fly, but with her firepower, even an opponent who can fly wouldn't be able to escape her relentless bombardment!

"Big Red Heart Flame Shield!"

Yulis gritted her teeth, flew to the defensive barrier, pressed her back against it to minimize the direction of the attack, and then squeezed out star power from her body at all costs to form several fire shields around her.

"Boom————!!!"

Amidst the deafening explosion, Yulis only saw a flash of white light before her eyes and almost fainted. Fortunately, she quickly regained her senses, controlled her free-falling body, and staggered to the ground.

"Huh...ha..."

Yulis was panting heavily, her body covered in burns, a stinging pain coursing through her entire body, and even her uniform was tattered.

Although she was still standing there, her hands and feet turned icy cold uncontrollably.

It took several fire shields and the addition of stellar energy defense to barely protect the school badge from serious damage. Thanks to this, her already limited stellar energy was now almost depleted.

They were completely suppressed.

No matter how many tricks they have up their sleeves, under absolute heat, they're still like a piece of glass; a little heat and their true nature will be revealed...

"Do you want to continue?"

Stella glanced at Euryss, and the moment she saw her disheveled appearance, she paused slightly, her eyes flickered, then hardened, and asked loudly.

"No need to say more...!"

Yulis twitched the corners of her mouth, a stubborn smile appearing on her face.

She has a wish that she must fulfill.

For that wish, even if the body becomes covered in wounds, one must grit one's teeth and persevere.

"To admit defeat in this situation, even if my body allows it, my pride absolutely will not allow it!"

Stella nodded, a look of admiration on her face, and then raised her sword again.

The dragon's massive jaws roared once more, the booming sound echoing throughout the entire arena.

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Central District, Treatment Center.

This is a landmark building located in the center of Rokka City. Not only do many highly skilled doctors work here, but it also attracts countless healing ability users. In particular, the director, Yang Kobel, is renowned worldwide for his medical skills, and is known as "he can bring you back to life even if you are dead." The high mortality rate of the Star Martial Festival is largely due to the advanced medical technology and healing ability users of the treatment center.

Contestants who lose in the Star Martial Arts Festival will be forcibly sent to a treatment center and will only be allowed to leave after a comprehensive examination to confirm that there are no problems.

"Boom boom boom!"

In the evening, Roy arrived at the treatment center, took the elevator in the inpatient department to a ward door, and knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

After receiving permission from the person inside, Roy opened the door and entered the ward.

"how do you feel?"

Roy placed the flower basket full of fruit on the table and asked a princess who was lying in bed wearing a hospital gown.

"Fortunately, the healer has already treated me, and my burns have healed. The biggest problem is that it consumes a huge amount of star power."

Eurythm sat up in bed, her expression much calmer than Roy had expected.

The outcome of the semi-final duel was no surprise.

Yulis and Kirin Toudou suffered a crushing defeat.

Both were defeated in their respective areas of expertise. Kirin Toudou was defeated head-on by Okita Souji with his lightning-fast sword, while Yulis was overwhelmed head-on by Stella with flames that were several times stronger.

When the match ended, Yulis had already fainted due to the exhaustion of her star power, and her whole body was covered in burns. She was immediately taken to the medical center by the ambulance team. Kirin was not injured and left after a check-up. Yulis, however, only woke up just now, and Roy came to visit her as soon as he found out.

"What a pity, they actually failed at this step."

Yulis gave a bitter smile with a complicated expression, her eyebrows and eyes drooping as if in sorrow, and even her usually upright spine slumped down.

"I thought I could even challenge for the championship, but I didn't even make it to the finals... Well, I know that even if I made it to the finals, it would still be very difficult to beat you and Claudia... But I'm really not satisfied! I should at least have made it to the finals!"

As if unwilling to let others see her vulnerable side, Yulis shifted her gaze to the brilliant sunset outside the window.

Roy didn't look at her, preserving her last shred of dignity.

And I could still hear soft sobs in my ears.

Aren't Yulis and Kirin strong?

how is this possible.

They are all very strong.

One is ranked first in the sequence, and the other is ranked fifth. Although the first-ranked student is less prestigious compared to other schools, their strength is definitely not lacking. They are absolutely comparable to the second or third-ranked students in other schools. Overall, they are still among the top-ranked students in the first twelve.

In previous Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festivals, a combination of two top-tier players would have a 70-80% chance of winning the championship; they would definitely be considered championship contenders.