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Cling! Clang! Clang!

Loud metallic sounds were being created as the weapons of Shin and Owen clashed against each other. And each of the collision, a bunch of metal sparks were sent flying in the air, making the captured clips of the cameras more badass to see.

From time to time, Shin and Owen were also throwing some melee skills whenever they found a good opportunity to throw them.

The intensity of this battle was getting higher and higher as the time went by. Shin kept on circling around Owen while doing some flashy maneuvers. On the other hand, the latter was responding to all of those with his usual calm and simple movements.

A moment later, the two of them were separated once again due to a powerful collision. And gaining some space in between of them, Shin immediately took that opportunity to throw an even more powerful skill than the previous ones.

Right after landing on the ground, Shin immediately released the opposing powers enfolding his swords before transforming the sword on his left hand into its original sheath form.

After that, he quickly put the [Yamato] back to its sheath and took a sword-drawing position. At the same time, he immediately controlled the accumulated power of eclipse inside his body and gathered it on his sheathed sword.

And when the accumulation of the powers on his sword reached its peak, Shin didn't wait any longer and quickly pulled the [Yamato] out from its sheath before swinging it rightwards. A moment later, a powerful energy wave was released from that swing and transformed into a spiritual form of a huge running tiger.

'Class Fighting Style: Eclipse Tiger Draw'

Swoosh!

Roar!

The spirit tiger ran forward in a very furious manner. And the moment Owen saw that, he immediately understood that he didn't have enough time to throw any counterattack. So, quickly threw the idea of attacking at the back of his head; protecting himself was the most important at the current moment.

Coming up with that decision, Owen immediately gathered a large amount of mana on his round shield while raising it in the air. And when the mana accumulation reached its peak, he strongly slammed the bottom edge of the shield on the ground, creating a very loud explosion.

Boom!

And when the created cloud of dust started to settle down, a seemingly great wall of a fortress was revealed in the eyes of everyone. But before anyone could even observe it fully and admire its appearance, the giant tiger sent by Shin immediately collided with it while lead with another powerful explosion.

BOOM!

Due to the powerful collision, the giant tiger immediately dissipated while the great wall quickly crumbled.

But everything didn't just end on there yet.

Right after using the 'Eclipse Tiger Draw', Shin immediately reactivated the 'Meteor Form' of the 'Mondi's Style' once again while activating one of the active skills of the [Yamato], the 'Nephilim's Flame' weapon skill.

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Nephilim's Flame: Enter a Transcendent State where each of your basic attacks will produce a crescent sword Qi that will fly for 15 meters in range and deals 200% Combined Damage (Physical + Magical) each strike.

Duration: 20 Seconds

Cooldown: 3 Hours

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Given Shin's current attack speed, this said skill was seemingly too broken for him. He just didn't have any good opportunity to do it in his previous battles, so he was not using this weapon skill much.

But since Owen seemed to be the perfect opponent to test the limits of this skill, Shin chose to use it right on this moment.

So, right after he activated the 'Nephilim's Flame' weapon skill, Shin quickly swung both of his swords in the air and sent a barrage of sword waves towards Owen's direction.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Meanwhile, Owen's line of sight was currently blocked by a thick cloud of dust; due to the previous collision. But that didn't prevent him from sensing the incoming threat. After all, he possessed the 'Extreme Senses' personal trait.

Given that, he immediately raised his longsword in the air and collected the scattering golden energy of his previous giant wall. Through that method, he immediately channeled the collected energies towards his shield before creating another golden wall with a smaller version.

'Epic Combat Technique: Reclaiming Sword Art'

'Weapon Skill (Sword): Skill Rewind'

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the next few seconds of Shin's equipment skill, he continued bombarding the golden wall with a large number of sword waves. But no matter how much he threw, he couldn't break the wall completely.

It was because the other side was continuously undergoing a repetitive process of being destroyed and recreated. Every time the golden wall was showing some signs of collapsing, Owen was immediately going to gather the scattered energies around him with the help of his sword, before quickly using them to repair the damages on the golden wall for as fast as he can.

Shin didn't try to circle around Owen since it would affect his attack speed which would also lessen the number of sword waves that he could send.

At the same time, he could also feel that Owen was seemingly waiting for that moment. After all, this current wall was much smaller than the previous one which was seemingly mobile than the other one earlier.

So, Shin immediately rejected the idea of circling around and just tried to outrun the regeneration speed of Owen's shield for as fast as he could. Unfortunately, he failed to completely shatter the wall as his attacks seemed to be lacking in power.

When Shin realized that it was impossible for his sword waves to destroy the shield of his opponent, he chose not to use the complete 20-second duration of his weapon skill and quickly change his attacking method.

He charged forward to lessen the gap between him and his opponent before canceling the 'Meteor Form' once again. But at this moment, Shin didn't return the left-hand sword into its sheath form. Instead, he transformed the longsword into another sword with a different form; his left hand was now holding a strange sword that had some strange segregated portions on its blade.

'Legacy Skill: Mondi's Style: Abyssal Form'

Since Shin suddenly stopped swinging his swords, there were no sword waves flying towards Owen anymore. And due to that, the latter thought that the duration of whatever skill his opponent was using, finally came into an end.

Because he was thinking about that, there was a slight window on his defense where he suddenly lowered his guard down. And Shin took that very opportunity to powerfully thrust the strange sword forward.

Right after thrusting the sword in the air in front of him, the strange sword on Shin's left hand suddenly extended its blade and flew straight at Owen's direction.

Whoosh!

'Weapon Skill (Crippling Punisher: Bonus Passive): Blade Extension'

'Extra Skill: (Modified) Heart Seeker'

Owen's line of sight was still being blocked by the thick cloud of dust, so he couldn't clearly see the incoming attack. But since he could hear the air being cut apart by something, he knew that another thing was coming his way.

He immediately lowered his hips for a stronger center of gravity while strengthening his right arm with his round shield; he was bracing himself for the incoming impact.

But since he briefly lowered his guard earlier, his preparation for the incoming attack was split-second too late to have a complete defense.

Bang!

With that, Owen was sent sliding backwards due to the powerful impact. "Ugh!"

At the same time, he was also quite surprised that his golden wall was immediately shattered right after having some contact with his opponent's attack. And before he could even think about anything, he suddenly discovered a silhouette revolving around him with a very fast speed.

"What's that?" and before he could have a clear look on what it was, he suddenly heard a tightening sound of a metal – which led to that silhouette starting to move closer towards him as if it was a metal cord that was trying to rope around him and bind him in place.

"Looks like I am in trouble, huh?"

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