Shadow Slave

'Fast… too fast…'

Caster was moving with astonishing speed, his figure turning into a blur. His Flaw was a cruel one, but the power of the Aspect Ability he possessed was also incredible.

In fact, Sunny had never met anyone with an Ability as powerful as this, with the exception of himself and Nephis. Even the greatest warriors on the Forgotten Shore would have had no chance against it. Gemma, Effie, Seishan… all of them would have been easily killed by the deadly scion of the Han Li clan.

Perhaps only Harus could have fought him to a draw.

But even then, Sunny wasn't sure. Not only did Caster possess a terrifying Ability, but he was also one of the most skilled swordsmen of their generation. He also had a whole arsenal of Memories hidden away inside his soul. Surely, he had a way to fight while blinded.

…That's why Sunny did not waste any time trying to destroy the Memory lantern illuminating their surroundings. Instead, he just trusted his sword, and met Caster's attack with his own.

Two swords collided in the air, and in the next moment, Caster flew past Sunny and slowed down, eventually coming to a stop. A drop of blood fell off the tip of his jian.

Sunny staggered.

'Curse you…'

The sleeve of the Puppeteer's Shroud was torn, and there was a shallow cut on his shoulder. He had managed to deflect the strike aimed at his heart, but wasn't fast enough to avoid being wounded after all.

On Caster's face, there was a dark expression. Looking at Sunny, who was still alive, he grimaced and spat:

"Not bad. This is going to be entertaining, at least."

Hidden behind the mask, Sunny grinned.

"Oh, yeah. I'm having a lot of fun myself, thanks."

Of course, that was a lie.

of them had been much weaker back then. Neph also had not used her Aspect Ability, while Sunny was using his to augment himself right

of it, the gap in speed between the two of them was not completely lethal. And yet,

one had to fight against Caster. He had learned it from Changing Star herself, during that

ago, Nephis had been in a similar situation, and yet almost defeated her swift enemy. She had anticipated Caster's moves instead of reacting to them, and due to that, his speed advantage

the underlying laws of combat

and instincts. His mind had entered into the state of flow,

gave him a chance to

jerked the Midnight Shard sideways, blocking the ghostly green jian

'Up…'

the two blades collided. A split second later, the Legacy brought down his sword in a

'Thrust at the neck…'

the length of the tachi and biting Sunny in the

back and then immediately thrust it forward, aiming to cut the enemy's throat. The Midnight Shard awkwardly pushed the gleaming blade away, but not fast enough — another

'Damn it!'

of the Crimson Spire with the clangor of steel. More and more cuts appeared on his body — none of them were too deep or

perfect Sunny's movements were, he couldn't make up for his lack of speed completely. Months of training, hundreds of battles, countless hours spent gaining insight into the inner workings of swordsmanship... Caster had done all of

still alive. Not only was he alive, he wasn't even

feinted a block and dodged the blade of Caster's sword instead, then whipped his empty head forward,

last moment, however, a ghostly stiletto appeared in

the jian. Sunny barely managed to save his arm from being severed

him a contemptuous glance,

was there when

with the austere tachi, buying himself

it slipped

it with a fearsome thrust of his sword. Caster easily dodged the stiletto, deflected the tachi,

fraction of a second,

did not miss that opportunity, turning into a blur as he lunged forward. The gleaming jian flashed through the air,