Ace, Killian, and Leo had been travelling non-stop for almost a day by the time they finally arrived at Wyning City on the back of an enormous eighth-rank cloud fal that Ace had quered.

  “Looks like they called in the cavalry for this one,” Aoted casually as he looked down at the army on the ground from the back of the giant snow-white fal.

  Beh them were an army of two ninth-rank warriors, almost a dozen experts at the eighth rank, and tens of experts at the seventh rank.

  It was clear they had no iion of uimating the demonic trio and allowing them to sully their image any further. Still, Killian merely g them befn them entirely and turning back to Ace. “ you sense Alissa?”

  “Mmh,” Aodded calmly, his eyes focused on the young man leading the army below. “She’s here, and she doesn’t seem injured either, but she’s being held underground, and the only way to get to her is through them.”

  Ever since finding out about Alissa’s capture, Killian had been unbelievably anxious this whole time. He had no way of knowing if Cesar had already executed her or if she was being tortured, so upon hearing Ace’s words, a sigh of relief escaped the dark-skieen’s thick boed lips.

  Still, as his eyes fell ba the assassins below, the temperature in the surrounding area seemed to plummet as a dense killing i wafted out of him.

  Without a word, Killian flipped his wrist, summoning his trusted battle-axe before leaping off the fal and skipping through the air, whizzing towards his enemies.

  “Leo, stay with him,” Ace said softly, his eyes still trained on the white-haired Sis. “And leave him to me!”

  “Be careful,” Leo transmitted back mentally via their e. “He smells dangerous.”

  And just like that, the battle begae the fact that Leo and Killian were so heavily outnumbered, they were able to show incredible skill and teamwork to hold their own.

  The explosive sounds of ons g and the cries of the falling assassins rang through the air, but Ad Sis didn’t so much bat an eyelid, both calmly eyeing each other up as if to size up their soon-to-be oppo.

  “When I first read the reports about you, I thought they had to be greatly exaggerated,” Sis said calmly as he stepped forward, somehow able to walk on air as if it were solid ground. “But just looking at you now, I see it’s the opposite.”

  “You’re not bad either,” Ace said as he, too, walked through the air as though it were solid.

  Seeing that, Sis’ eyes flickered with surprise. He already khat all three of the Demonic Trio were able to use a movement teique of some sort that allowed them to move freely in the air, but acc to the reports, they had to use a substantial amount of strength, but this…

  With his vision, he could see that Ace was using Impose to turn the air beh his foot into a solid, but not only had he never seen anyone use impose with such mastery, the strength of the ‘impose’ needed for such a feat wasn’t something he could even dream about at his level.

  Still, he wasn’t the only oaken aback. Ace could clearly sehat Sis was a warrior at the early stages of the ninth rank and a rank seven wind mage. So him being able to use the spells [Supersonid [The S Teique] was a given, but the ease in which he did it…

  Not only did he not have to say a word, but Ace could also sehat the power of both was enhao the ninth rank. Upon ing to that realisation, Astantly uood that his oppo’s prehension of the ws of wind had also reached the ‘profound’ stage.

  “Ever sihe founding of ‘Saber’, there has only ever been two times when people have actively taken the fight to us,” Sis said softly, allowing the wind to carry his voice directly into Ace’s ear as he came to a stop only 20 meters away from his target. “First was that shitty little ape over a decade ago, and now you.”

  “Kong did it too?” Ace asked, slightly surprised, before that surprise turned into a soft chuckle as he remembered exactly who they were talking about. “Never mind. That does sound like something he’d do.”

  “I’m guessing you got beaten by him too,” Ace smirked when he sehe shame and embarrassment Sis was trying to hide.

  Sis gred threateningly at the young teen as the veins on the side of his head bulged.

  It took almost ten seds for the young assassin to calm his nerves. If it wasn’t before, it was now painfully obvious how much his defeat to Wukong weighed on him.

  As the number one genius of the ti’s number one assassin anisation, Sis had extremely high standards for himself. Still, as the number oudent in the number one institute for warriors, he could accept losing to Olivier, but Wukong was different. He was a plete unknown at the time.

  And to add insult to injury, the ape-like young man didn’t seem the slightest bit surprised by the oute; in fact, he didn’t even pay him any further attention after defeating him.

  “Sihat day, I’ve been training behind closed doors just so that I could challenge and crush him, just like he did me back then. Unfortunately, even with ‘Sabers’ intelligehere was absolutely no news on that shitty little Ape.” Sis said softly as he slowly drew his sword. “So you imagine my delight when I heard about you and your e to Wukong.

  Since he’s still cooped up under a roewhere, I’ll defeat and capture his junior brother f him to e out of hiding!”

  As Ace looked at Sis, he couldn’t help feeling pity for the young man. He had no idea just how strong Wukong had gotten in that time.

  As powerful as Ace had bee, he was under no delusions. If Koo fight seriously, he would be hard-pressed to take a sirike.

  He was able to challenge a early saints over six years ago whilst still only being at the eighth rank. Now…

  Not even Aew precisely how strong Wukong had bee. But what he was sure of was that whether it was Olivier, Sis, or even both of them together, they were far from his match.

  Still, he wasn’t Wukong. Sis would undoubtedly prove to be his stro oppoo date. He khat even if he were to win, it would be far from easy, a, he was filled with nothing but anticipation aement as the give which had unknowingly appeared in his hand was coated with haki.

  It was at that moment that the ‘battle-qi’ of both men coated their bodies before they simultaneously disappeared from their positions, shooting towards each other at unbelievable speeds, especially when sidering they were both still just mortals.

  ‘Fast.’ Aoted to himself as, for the first time since his fight with Bebe ba the mountain range of magical beasts, he found himself being overwhelmed by the speed of an oppo.

  Sis’ body seemed to flicker in and out of existe speeds that the mortal eye couldn’t follow, his sword pierg and arg through the air, each strike fast, precise, and deadly.

  But just like in the fight against Bebe, he was able to use his incredible on handling and superior seo create a fwless defence.

  Despite his superiority, Sis stared at his younger oppo in shock.

  The reports mentioned Ace’s incredible spearmanship, but it was only when going up against him that he was able to really appreciate how great it was.

  Each teique flowed perfectly into the with incredible fluidity aainty, leaving no openings for him to take advantage of.

  It had to be remembered that Sis was by far the faster of the two, so despite Ace having less distao travel to block or parry, he still o know precisely where Sis would strike, a, not only was Ace right ead every time, Sis almost felt as though Aew where he would strike before him.

  Fortunately, he was aremely well-trained assassin with a wealth of experiehat would put even some of the stro assassins to shame. As such, his patience was sed to none.

  He carried on calmly suppressing the young Ace whilst patiently waiting for his opening.

  Ace, oher hand, wasn’t able to stay so patient. Even though they appeared to be at an impasse, he was well aware that if things carried on like this, it would be he who faltered first.

  To fight those at the ninth rank, Ace was forced to go all out. Unfortunately, that meant a stant use of [Observation & Armament Hak, which put signifit strain on his spirit and body and his ‘pseudo-battle-qi’ which drained his mage force.

  At this rate, he would only be able to st another 20 mi most before he was bottomed out. If he wao win, he knew he couldn’t afford to be patient like his oppo; he had to take a few risks.

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