"What!?" Diamanda Alstreim's mouth went agape, and her eyes went wide in shock!

She maintained the strange pose that was starting to no longer look cool.

'Excellent! Evelynn used the Fiery Miasma Searing Poison's energy wave to cancel out Diamanda Alstreim's crimson flames!' Davis instantly saw through what had happened, but the same couldn't be said about the others.

The Fiery Miasma Searing Poison had a burning effect while her flesh-searing poison had a dissolving effect. Even though both could suppress the attack without many problems, Davis was rather satisfied that she chose to use the efficient method.

Almost all of them had their mouths agape.

"..."

What just happened?

Shouldn't Evelynn be on the losing end with all things considered?

"I assume that I told you not to hold back by suppressing your cultivation base..." Evelynn frowned, "Why did you use Low-Level Law Dominion Stage Cultivation instead of Mid-Level Law Dominion Stage Cultivation?"

Diamanda Alstreim's expression trembled. She returned back to her normal posture before she gritted her teeth and clenched her fists as she felt humiliation engulf her.

"I won't make the same mistake twice!" She replied.

But despite feeling humiliated, she looked at Evelynn in a new light. No wonder Alchemist Davis favored her. She indeed possessed a threatening battle prowess to be able to battle her!

She felt convinced, but...

"Come! I'll defend against your attack!"

Flames erupted behind Diamanda Alstreim as she readied herself. She wasn't a fool to underestimate a poison cultivator who could easily cancel her attack even though it was a level lower.

Evelynn smiled. According to the rules, it was her turn to attack.

She raised her right hand and pointed her index finger at Diamanda Alstreim. All of the poisonous burning energy that was present in the air returned to her fingertip before condensing into a tiny ball.

She additionally strengthened the orange-colored ball that grew into a small ball by providing more essence energy from her dantian! Once it was ready, it became consolidated, releasing a strange yet terrifying aura.

Flicking her finger, she sent it towards Diamanda Alstreim.

However, looking at the slow speed of the orange sphere, Diamanda Alstreim sneered, "Seems like I'm being underestimated!"

She pointed towards the orange ball, and the crimson flames gathered in front of her, shaping up into a thick wall of flames. It stacked upon layers of layers, making everyone aware that there was no way the small orange sphere could make it through!

No, judging by the intensity and the speed it came at, they wouldn't be surprised even if it bounced back and returned to Evelynn instead in a fantastical manner!

The surroundings were red in color, and due to the flames, the inside of the formation was scorching hot!

The orange sphere finally arrived at the other end, about to clash with the wall of crimson flames.

But, a victorious smile suddenly emerged on Evelynn's lips as she snapped her fingers!

*Pop!~*

It was just like the sound of a balloon popping, but the sound made countless hearts skip a beat as all of them saw what happened!

The orange sphere simultaneously burst apart, and the condensed poisonous energy inside it shot out like it had been thrust by a hidden mechanism that accelerated its speed!

*Whoosh!~*

The small orange dots that looked like droplets all shot towards Diamanda Alstreim in an intense manner, trying to cross across the layered wall of crimson flames!

Diamanda Alstreim's expression fell. She knew that she would fail to react with an additional defense!

"Domain!"

*Rumble!~*

It was just an instant!

A fiery crimson-colored sphere erupted from her body, and as it grew, it came into contact with the orange-colored droplets that got past the wall of flames!

*Sizzle!~* *Sizzle!~*

The orange-colored droplets disintegrated from coming under the influence of her fiery domain, but...

*Splat!~*

An orange-colored droplet undeviatingly landed on her right cheek.

...Diamanda Alstreim's eyes glanced below before she suddenly experienced a blistering pain on her cheek!

*Sizzle!~*

"Ahh!~"

She couldn't help but scream in pain! She tried to wipe it away from her cheek with her palm, but it got stained with the liquid instead.

A sharp, searing pain emerged as the skin started to burn into a blister!

However, she quickly learned from her mistake and suppressed it with her essence energy this time. Gradually, her skin's blistering stopped, and the pain receded, but it was already ruined.

Diamanda Alstreim instantly took out a hand mirror and saw the injury it had done to her face. Her eyes trembled as she saw the blistered patch of skin.

It made her look ugly to herself!

*Splatter!~*

Diamanda Alstreim crushed the mirror with her blistered palm.

Flames gathered behind her again, and the walls of layered flames amalgamated into a sharp spear!

"Damn you! You will pay for this!!!" She screamed and took a step forward, wanting to take revenge!

However, she suddenly stopped as her expression froze!

Diamanda Alstreim's eyes swiveled above this time and what she felt and saw was a big hand grasp her head from behind!

"The battle exchange has reached its end. Don't make me needlessly do this for not much of a reason... You should know what to do if you're a good woman..."

Diamanda Alstreim's body trembled as her lips quivered, "I accept defeat..."

A low voice echoed from her as the crimson flames behind them, and the sharp spear to the front also disappeared.

"Excellent!"

Davis smiled before he crumbled into thin air in everyone's sight.

Everyone became dumbfounded at the sight as they turned to look back at the place Davis was seated.

He was still there... so that meant... that was his soul body!?

From when was it in the defensive formation!?

Almost half of them possessed this doubt but was unable to find an answer.

Evelynn visibly sighed, but a smile lingered on her face. Even though she confident that she could take care of any attacks that Diamanda Alstreim threw at her, she was still elated that Davis stepped up to protect her and quell the situation.

She took a step towards the side and walked out of the defensive formation among the gazes of numerous people.

Diamanda Alstreim plopped to the floor as she possessed a dumbfounded expression on her face.

What was that feeling just now she experienced when he has was held?

Was it... death?

She shivered in fear before she took a deep breath, calming herself down. She turned to look at Evelynn's back, her expression still pale.

If she had really had attacked after losing, perhaps there wouldn't be even a corpse left of her!

She couldn't help but truly feel that way.

Even the other youths were dumbfounded. Was Evelynn's prowess this frightening? Why haven't they heard of it before when she took part in the battle exchange between the other two major powers?

A poison cultivator's methods were truly terrifying!

Suddenly, a person appeared beside Diamanda Alstreim, startling her.

"Leader..." She squealed with a bit of grievance once she recognized the man.

Kayan Alstreim helped her stand up before he handed over a vial, "Here, apply this to your face and palm. It should help in healing it back, although I'm not sure since the burn injury is derived from a type of poison..."

"Leader Kayan..." Diamanda Alstreim became moved before she moved her hands to grab the vial. When her fingers brushed his fingers, her cheeks healthily blushed.

However, Kayan Alstreim's gaze was somewhere else. He looked at Evelynn's back figure, feeling that she was rather tame in her attacks. Although the orange sphere she unleashed was powerful and terrifying, it was almost as if it was aimed to just injure Diamanda Alstreim without harming her much.

'Could it be that she possesses the same battle prowess as Alchemist Davis!?'

He couldn't help but feel a bone-searing chill just at the sole thought of it!