Roselle watched the battle with . She remarked, “Mui turhings around just like that. Her Kyosa is an incredible ability.”

  Risebelle nodded. “That’s the power Runebelle lost to. Mui’s Kyosa has the ability to overturn situations. It allows her to reverse the effects of abilities and even power itself. It’s a powerful sword magic to say the least.”

  Roselle responded with her growing. “You’re right. I know Cha is the champion and all, but she handle something like this?”

  Risebelle g Roselle with narrowing eyes. “What about you, Roselle? Could you handle something like that?”

  Roselle chuckled nervously, shaking her head. “I don’t know…. I …haven’t thought about that...”

  Runebelle, who had been silent until now, spoke up with her usual gloom. “Everything has a weakness. Cha just o find it.”

  Roselle and Risebelle exged surprised g Runebelle’s ued input. Roselle houghtfully. “You’re right, Runebelle. There’s always a way to overe even the most daunting challenges.”

  Risebelle gave Runebelle a rare smile. “Let’s see if Cha find that weakness before it’s too te.”

  When Cha sshed at Mui, her oppo mirrored her earlier agile movements. Mui’s bde struck Cha across the chest, and she was sent staggering backward. Mui’s words cut through the tension, “What’s the matter, Cha? It seems your movements have slowed down ever since I released my sword. Remember, my Kyosa doesn’t enhance my speed, you know?”

  Cha growled towards Mui.

  Chal watched the intetle unfold from the sidelines with a furrowed brow. When Mui gaihe upper hand, his frustration boiled over. “What the hell does Cha think she’s doing out there? She’s not supposed to be losing like this!”

  Cha’s mind raced. ’This isn’t good, she thought. I o figure out how Kyosa’s overturn ability works or I’m done for. ’She took a moment to carefully observe Mui’s movements.

  ‘That’s what she’s doing,’ Cha realized. Mui was mimig the speed, power, and even the posture of Cha’s previous moves. A sly smirk began to form on Cha’s lips. ‘So, she’s using my own movements against me.’

  With a renewed sense of strategy, Cha decided to shift her approach. She began to pull bad avoid sshes rather than csh with them.

  Mui tilted her head slightly. “What’s she up to now,” she muttered.

  Cha unched herself to circle around the arena. She sent four led lightning waves streaking toward Mui. Mui, immediately began to ter with her own dark waves, trying to csh with aralize Cha’s attacks.

  But Cha wasn’t finished yet. With a shout, she tossed her bde into the air and cried, “Lightniension!” The bde began to elo’s size increased dramatically and the bde came down upon Mui.

  Mui’s eyes widened in surprise. She quickly raised her owo block the iniension, brag herself for the impact. The csh of energy was intense, and the force of the collision pushed Mui back slightly.

  Seizing the moment of Mui’s shock, Cha performed a graceful flip through the air, catg her extended bde in a fluid motion. With a swift and powerful swing, she brought the sword down upon Mui.

  Mui struggled to defend herself. Her bde strained against the overwhelming pressure of Cha’s assault. Her footing slipped slightly, but she tried to maintaiance.

  Cha’s eyes charged with thunder. “How’s this for a twist?”

  Mui’s smirked. “You’ve definitely earned your spot as champion. If I weren’t here, this would be a beautfiful way to win. But…”

  In a swift and ued move, Mui’s sword, previously poised to defend, began to elongate, mirr Cha’s earlier tactic. The bde stretched with dark energy, extending toward Cha. Meanwhile, Cha’s sword reverted to it’s regur size.

  Cha’s eyes widened in shock. “No way…!”

  Mui’s eyes locked onto Cha’s. “Do you uand now?” Before Cha could respond, Mui brought her extended bde crashing down with decisive force.

  The impact was overwhelming. The bde sshed across Cha’s chest, sending her flying across the arena. Cha hit the ground hard. She y there, looking nearly out cold. Her breaths came in ragged gasps.

  The announcer rang out with authoritative crity. “Well, folks, it looks like Cha is down for the t! The tdown begins now! Sixty seds on the clock!”

  The tdown clock appeared, tig down from sixty seds. At the thirty-seark, Cha’s eyes snapped open with fiertensity. She propelled herself upwards with a swift, fluid motion, nding firmly on her feet despite the visible injuries that marred her form.

  Cha’s chest heaved with a single powerful breath. She let out a roar that echoed through the arena, a sound remi of a dragon’s might.

  “Ah, yes!” Cha shouted with exhiration. “I love a good fight! This is what I live for!”

  Her eyes sparkled with a renewed fire upoing Mui’s gaze. “I’m going to enjoy this!”

  After that decration, Cha closed her eyes and took a stah her bde. Mui’s eyes narrowed with curiosity, watg her oppo closely.

  Then, in an explosion of yellowish magical energy, Cha’s aura fred to life. It enveloped her like a vibrant storm.

  “Open your heart, Sanda Colossus!”

  A tremendous surge of magical energy burst forth from Cha. The energy radiated with electrifying force.

  The announcer boomed through the arena. “ That electrifyin’ surge of magic is lightin’ up the Grand Arena, and it’s clear we’re seein’ somethin’ mighty special here. It’s like wat’ the same Sword Magic we saw earlier from Chal in his fight against Myra!”

  Iands, Roselle’s curiosity iqued. She leaned in to ask Kintovar, “Hey Dr.Kintovar, isn’t that the same sword magic as Chal’s? What’s going on? Do you know?”

  Kintovar, despite her limited knowledge of Sword Magic, attempted to provide an answer, saying, “Chal’s Sword Magic owerful, but Cha’s versioo have its own distinct fir. It’s like she’s taken the core principles of that magid added her uouch. We’re witnessing her interpretation of the same magical essence.”

  Ba the arena, Cha’s eyes locked onto Mui’s. She raised her sword high, ready to unleash her newfound might.

  “Lightning Field!”

  Cha unleashed the Lightning Field, whiveloped her and Mui.

  Mui was uerred by this field and swiftly moved forward. Her sword raised and dark threads which were ready for a.

  Cha, oher hand was surrounded by a vivid aura of crag lightning. The two cshed in a flurry of strikes and parries. Lightning crackled with each csh, and sparks flew as their swords met.

  Mui’s dark threads wove a web of defense around herself, but Cha’s relentless lightning-itacks broke through, pushing Mui back.

  Cha pushed forward, driving Mui into the lightning field that surged around the two. The Lightning Field worked to Cha’s advantage, causing lighting to strike Mui within the field which sapped at Mui’s strength.

  Cha twirled her bde with elegance, leaving trails of electrified aura in her wake. With eaent, she created an illusion of the Yellon that seemed to glide alongside her and mirror her as.

  Then, when Mui’s guard momentarily wavered, Cha seized the opportunity. She shouted, “Yellon Strike!” and unleashed the attack with a flourish. The Yellon materialized pletely with a vivid burst of energy.

  With blinding speed, Cha’s attack came from an ued angle, catg Mui off guard. The strike nded with incredible force, sending Mui hurtling through the air. The impact against Str’s barrier was like a thundercp, causing it to shudder and crack.

  Even then, Cha wasn’t finished. She moved with lightning speed, delivering a series of rapid sshes that were a blur of motion. Finally, Cha delivered a powerful ssh which impacted Mui with unparalleled ford caused an explosion of energy throughout the Grand arena. The barrier that surrouhe arena was fractured even further.

  Str watched with growing at the cracks that were f.

  “Yall…I’m standin’ here, dht speechless! What a jaw-droppin’, edge-of-your-seat battle we’ve just witnessed!I am... I’m speechless. What an incredible battle we’ve witnessed here today!”

  The crowd erupted into cheers after hearing the announcer’s words.

  ded gracefully. She held her bde at the ready and looked on through the smoke that shrouded the arena from the explosion.

  When the smoke slowly cleared, it revealed the aftermath of the battle. Mui, the formidable Elite Guard of the Western Kingdom, y on the ground, her battle attire tattered and scorched. She appeared to be unscious, her breathing shallow. Suddenly, this Mui turned into a Mass of Dark energy.

  Cha’s eyes widened as Mui’s form dissipated into dark purple energy. She watched in astonishment as a less-injured Mui materialized behind her.

  “An illusion?” Cha mumbled in disbelief.

  Mui expined, “You allowed my Kyosa to adapt to your power, Cha. It’s a power that overturns, reverses effects, and adapts. The longer you fought, the more it adjusted. You should have gone for that powerful attack immediately.”

  Cha’s eyes filled with frustration and realization. Her initial attack had beeating, but Mui’s sword magic had adapted to nullify its effects.

  Cha’s eyes widened with realization. She swiftly deactivated her Sanda Colossus power. The vibrant lightning aura surrounding her dissipated. Mui looked on, puzzled by Cha’s sudden a, and asked, “Are you surrendering, Cha?”

  Cha, however, shook her head and smiled with her eyes momentarily closed. “No, i’m just giving myself a ste, a fresh start.”

  Cha approached Mui without the be of her sword magic, relying solely on her raw bat skills.

  Mui seized the advantage immediately. Her movements were swift and precise. Each of her attacks became more powerful tha. Cha’s bde met Mui’s with a g sound that echoed through the arena, but the differen their strengths was immense. Mui’s speed and power overwhelmed Cha, and each hit forced Cha to retreat back.

  Cha took a sharp ssh to her side. In that moment, she muttered to herself, “If this keeps up, I’m going to lose. I o nd o… just o.”

  Cha focused ily. Despite the pain from the relentless strikes and the growing fatigue, Cha pressed on. She adjusted her stand observed Mui’s patterns.

  Mui’s aggressive onsught showed no sign of slowing. Her attacks were calcuted, aimed at breaking through Cha’s defenses. Yet, Cha’s eyes were sharp, watg every movement, analyzing every strike.

  Suddenly, Cha saw a tiny pse in Mui’s guard—a slight hesitation after a particurly forceful swing.

  Cha unched herself forward with a desperate lunge. Her bde, though still dull from agical energy, aimed directly at the exposed spot in Mui’s defenses.

  Mui’s eyes widened in surprise as Cha’s bde made tact, if only for a brief moment.

  “No matter how small it is,” Cha whispered, “I overturn the overturner!”

  Cha took a deep breath and released her Sword Magice more with the and, “Open your heart, Sanda Collosus!”

  A surge of magical energy enveloped her, and she became a force of nature once again. Cha’s eyes glowed with a bluish light. She sent out bolts of lightning that extended from her body like a work of electridrils, creating the illusion of an impending attack.

  In an instant, Cha propelled herself through the lightning. She closed the gap between her and Mui in the blink of an eye, and her bde came down with a lightning-quick strike. Mui, caught off guard, barely had time to react as Cha’s attack ected.

  The impact sent Mui staggering back. Cha had seized the opportunity she needed, and with another burst of Lightning Speed, she closed the distance even further, moving into Mui’s range before Mui could mount a defense.

  Mui muttered to herself, “I didn’t even take my eyes off her, yet she moved so quickly. How did she mao close the distan the blink of an eye?”

  Cha looked at Mui with a smirk. “Puzzled, are we?”

  Mui at Cha, still trying tain her posure. Cha then struck with her bde.