Shadow Slave

Chapter 1900 Vanquishing Light Amidst the flames consuming what remained of the pinnacle of the garden temple, Nephis was fighting against Moonveil and her two Reflections. Countless wounds were littering her body, and she felt a strange, nearly forgotten feeling of growing weak from losing too much blood.

Transcendent bodies were tough, but they weren't indestructible. She had accounted for her miraculous physique when calculating how much punishment her body could take without sacrificing too much of its functionality... and that limit was approaching swiftly.

Nevertheless, her expression was calm, and her movements were just as fluid and unrestrained as they had been before. Her hands never wavered on the hilt of her sword.

The battle was ruthless and unrelenting. Triumph and defeat were separated only by a thin, brittle line.

Monnveil was strong... but Nephis was stronger. Moonveil wielded her saber as if it was an extension of her body, her skill both beautiful and polished to a state of near perfection... but Nephis was a much better swordsman, and had a much deeper command over the cadence of battle.

Even without her Aspect, she could have defeated the proud princess of Song. But precisely for that reason, there were two Supreme Reflections aiding Moonveil... and dealing with them was much harder.

Someone had evaluated the strength of: the Sword Domain champions very well. Nephis was using Shaping to control the surrounding flames and keep the Reflections at bay. Sometimes, she managed to slow them down, and sometimes, she failed. When facing two or more enemies at the same time, she followed her perilous strategy — to disregard everything in pursuit of killing Moonveil, even if it meant sacrificing her blood and bone.

As a result, the beautiful princess was forced to defend herself without having a chance to launch a counterattack Her Reflections, however, made up for that with a vengeance.

'Ah. It hurts...'

Both Nephis and Moonveil were bloodied... however, Nephis was bleeding more. Her wounds were more dire, and more plentiful. It was already starting to become a detriment to her strength and mobility — not because she was paralyzed by pain, but simply because her muscles were cut, her tendons were damaged, and her bones were cracked.

She had managed to avoid receiving truly debilitating damage, but the harm done by countless small wounds was slowly mounting.

Moonveil could see that, as well.

Therefore... she grew a little more confident.

Nephis would have smiled if it didn't seem like a lot of effort.

'Got her.‘

She remembered being a fairly straightforward person, a long time ago. But somehow, over the years — she couldn't quite remember how — Nephis had come to value deceit and misdirection, even if it was not something she was naturally good at.

She must have learned how to use lies to her advantage by quietly observing people around her. If so, she had been blessed with good teachers.

Shifting her weight from one leg to another, as if preparing to launch a new strike, Nephis grimaced and swayed. It looked like her right leg, which had been cut gruesomely by one of the Reflections before, finally betrayed her.

The Reflection itself was a dozen meters away, pushed back by a torrent of flame. The other was just behind Nephis, since she had just evaded its attack and sidestepped the creature.

It would take it a little time to spin around and renew its assault.

only one who could use her momentary loss of balance was

small enough to look involuntary. The nature of her misstep was reasonable and believable, since her right

Moonveil hesitated, she

lunged into a swift attack, her

instantly turned cold

'...Too honest.‘

thought that the fearsome princess of Song would be a

her stance and sent her

and unadorned... however, that did not

champions fought, the fundamentals of combat still played a significant role in the

mass, force. Time, movement, and

Moonveil was rather obvious, something the importance of which most humans of

was the simple fact that Neph‘s sword

And therefore...

penetrated her heart, snapped her spine, and exited from her back.

woman stared at Nephis in disbelief, her beautiful eyes widening in

'I won.‘

she did not feel any joy or

powerful Saint — one of many that would die in

such

again, the battle wasn't over

hard as she could,

her in the chest, sending Nephis flying back — she hit

she staggered back to her feet, both Reflections were near Moonveil. One was holding her in its arms, while the other was standing

pushed some air into

next depends on the nature of Moonveil's

disappear with Moonveil‘s

the Reflections quite easily. If it

next second, something unexpected happened... something Nephis had not anticipated, even

her eyes regained their sharpness for a split second, piercing Nephis

And then...

felt the seal binding her Aspect suddenly fall apart.

time, the Reflection holding the princess of Song in its hands shimmered slightly.

hair, fair skin,

was expressive and lively instead of being cold and motionless like a lifeless