"Do you still think you can win against me?" Her voice was soft and pleasant, but arrogance could be felt from her words. Tang Shaoyang responded with a grin to show he was confident with the fight.

"Before we start the battle, can I ask you something?" Zowen wanted to satisfy her curiosity about the man, "If you want to establish a contract with me that bad, why didn't you agree with my offer?"

"The reason is simple, I might need the spirit, but I don't regard them as a weapon. So I want to build a relationship based on honesty and respect instead of lies and deceit," Tang Shaoyang gave her an honest answer, "That should be enough, let's start the battle!"

"Also, it's not that I want badly to establish a contract with you. You have taken my sacrifice, so of course, I don't want to come back empty hand after you took my sacrifice. Unless you can give me back the sacrifice, I will gladly let you go and summon a new spirit!"

"I see~ Honesty and respect, huh!?" Past memories flashed in her mind, causing her to have a bitter underneath the lightning that shrouded her features, "Even though I was wrong either, it does not mean I will forgive you!"

"Let's start the fight and I show you how powerless you are in front of the magus!" Her figure suddenly floated to the sky as lightning around her body went wild.

—If you want to finish the battle quickly, we can try [Spirit Integration] with me. We will surprise her with our extreme movement and defeat her. You can't win against her one vs one.

Zaneos immediately volunteered to integrate with Tang Shaoyang. It was a rare occasion for the Demon Swordsman to volunteer himself like this. However, Tang Shaoyang did not want to use that yet, "I will defeat her with my own strength!"

He took out the big and long red club. Around two meters long, and red-blood covered the club. This was Three-Headed Ogre's weapon, he took the weapon because this was a decent weapon.

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[Ogre King Bar]

Tier: C+

Bonus Attribute: +50 Strength and +25 Stamina

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"You will regret underestimating me," Zowen extended her right arm, the sphere of lightning formed in her hand.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Three strikes of lightning shot toward Tang Shaoyang. She was probing how capable he was, but a simple spell posed no threat to the man as he easily dodged each of her lightning bolts.

"Then what about this!" Dozens of lightning bolts flew toward Tang Shaoyang. To her surprise, he agily dodged all her lightning bolts with ease.

'That was only a decoy, the real attack is coming!'

Rumble!

The sky let out a strong rumble before lightning struck down toward where the man was. The strike came from an unexpected direction and also his blindspot.

Boom!

The lightning struck the paved street, yes, the Lightning Wrath missed the target and crushed the paved street. As for Tang Shaoyang, he was standing next to where the lightning struck down, unscathed.

'How?' Zowen was sure that the man did not notice the incoming lightning, but how could he dodge the strike.

For someone who faced the strike the first time, they would look to the sky when the rumble resounded. When they looked up, the Lightning Wrath would strike them down. However, the man did not even look up, he just moved the side, avoiding the strike.

'Interesting, how about this then!' She extended her hand toward the man who was still looking up to her. A dot made of lightning surrounded the man in the square shape.

"Lightning Cage!" It was a spell to limit her target movement, however, before the lightning could form a cage, the man had moved out of the formation. His reaction was so fast that the moment the formation was set up, he immediately got out of the formation.

As a Magus, she was curious as to how the man could read all her attacks. It was as if he predicted all her attacks beforehand.

'Huh, no wonder he was confident that he could defeat me. But if you think you can by dodging, you are wrong!'

Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz!

The lightning cage formed but the target was outside the cage. Tang Shaoyang glanced at the lightning cage before he looked back to Lightning Magus.

—How are you going to win if you keep running and dodging like that. There's a limit to how you can dodge a Magus' spell. She is currently testing you with her low-tier spell.

Zaneos was chatty than usual.

"Huh!? It seems you want me to establish a contract with this Magus, Teacher," Tang Shaoyang guessed correctly, Zaneos wanted him to establish the contract with a Magus for his reason. That was why Zaneos volunteered himself to integrate with him.

"I know you have your reasons to agree to establish the contract with me. I know you have a hidden agenda behind my back, but I also know that hidden agenda will not harm me, but I hope you can be honest with me so I can help you too," Tang Shaoyang expressed his thoughts, "The first step to help you is to establish a contract with the magus, right?"

He was dancing between lightning while the Lightning Magus bombarded him with a low-tier spell and some time, she cast a mid-tier spell.

Zaneos suddenly fell silent for some time before he spoke again.

—How long have you been aware of this?

"Just now, the moment you explained about this newbie spirit. You told me she became a spirit because of her hatred, vengeance, and resentment," Tang Shaoyang paused as he moved to the side, "Then I realize something, Karan became a spirit because of his regret for not being able to be on the battlefield anymore. It was his regret that made him become a spirit,"

"This Magus should be related with your regret, or maybe you need her help to achieve your goal. I don't know, and I hope you can be honest with me," he paused again as he avoided three traps of Lightning Cage.

"For now, let me help you. And I wish for you to put your trust in me. I will defeat her!"

As the fight continued, Zowen was running out of patience. She could not figure out how he managed to read all her attacks. Of course, it was not that she did not have a way to finish the battle. She had been using a low-tier spell because of her respect for him, she did not want to hurt Tang Shaoyang with her high-tier spell.

"Alright, this is starting to get annoying. Let's finish the battle now!" She extended her two hands toward Tang Shaoyang.

Wung! Wung! Wung! Wung! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz!

The trident made of lightning started to form in the air. Dozens of the tridents formed at first, then hundreds of tridents, and then thousands of tridents. These thousands of tridents surrounded Tang Shaoyang from all sides.

"Let's see how you're going to dodge this!" This was one of her mid-tier spells, Storms of Tridents.

"Indeed, let's finish this boring battle!" Tang Shaoyang was not intimidated despite being surrounded by these tridents.

[Flash Step]

Tang Shaoyang crashed his body to the lighting tridents and flashed to the front of Zowen. Lightning was spreading on his body, burning his skin.

The Lightning Magus was caught off guard. She was about to cast [Blink] to get away from him. However, that was too late, she saw the man grinned at her before he smashed the red club to her shoulder.

Her vision turned upside down as her body accelerated to the ground.

Boom!

Her head was spinning, but she knew she had to move if she did not want to lose the battle. Once again, her reaction was too late as the red club smashed the paved street next to her ear.

Tang Shaoyang sitting on top of Zowen, his left hand was holding her neck, and his red club was next to her head. The Lightning Shroud was spreading to his body because he was making direct contact.

Zowen stared dazedly at the man who was still grinning despite the lightning that burned his skin, "I lost!?" She blurted out.

As soon as she said that, a magic circle floated from her forehead. Intricate symbols and text blended with the circle.

—Touch the magic circle with your hand!

Tang Shaoyang followed Zaneos' words and touched the magic circle. As soon as his hand touched the circle, a notification rang in his head.

[You have successfully established a contract with a spirit "Zowen the Lightning Magus"!]