In the middle of the arena.

When Makino and Heathcliff appeared, the cheers at the scene suddenly reached an unprecedented cheer.

Heathcliff, Makino is no stranger, and when he was on the floor, he also met many times.

However, this is the first time that they have faced each other so closely.

In the past, Heathcliff would normally wear the uniform of the Blood Pact Knights with a white background and a red pattern, but now he wears the exact opposite of a short coat with a red background, and he has little protective gear on his body.

It is clear that Heathcliff is quite confident in this battle.

Of course, Makino, as an insider, naturally understands the source of Hitzcliff's self-confidence.

Even so, the huge pure white cross shield that Heatscliff held in his left hand was particularly eye-catching.

The huge pure white cross shield, together with the sword on the inside of the shield, has become the signature configuration of Heatscliff.

Just as Makino was looking at Heathcliff, Heathcliff walked up to Makino's approach with ease, looked at the enthusiastic audience around him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"I'm sorry, Makino, I didn't know it would be like this."

Heathcliff was unexpectedly polite, but Makino knew he was probably thinking of him as a slightly funny toy.

However, Makino didn't care.

"It doesn't matter. It's a bit of a hassle, but it's nice to be able to beat you in the spotlight. ”

Heathcliff couldn't help but glance at Makino and said, "It's not a good thing to be overconfident, although Makino has obtained a special sword skill [Peerless Sword], I am also a user of the special sword skill [Sacred Sword]!" ”

Makino slowly pulled out the dark holy sword behind his back and said with a smile, "Captain Heathcliff, you have never been a swordsman...... And I am! ”

Heathcliff was surprised, his eyes sharpened.

Makino's statement is quite interesting.

You know, all the sword skills in SAO are designed by him!

However, Makino thinks that he is not a swordsman, which is really quite a chic statement.

Heathcliff retracted his smile, his brass-colored pupils coming in with an overwhelming momentum.

This is Heathcliff's arrogance and murderous intent as the creator and the control of the life and death of all people in the entire world.

But.

Heathcliff soon discovered that even in the face of his murderous intent, Makino was still calm.

This is very interesting, and Heatscliff is a little excited after a long time.

Heathcliff stepped back about ten meters, then he raised his right hand and manipulated the menu without looking at the window at all.

At the same time, a duel message appeared in front of Makino's eyes, and the setting was to choose the first hit win or defeat mode, and Makino did not hesitate to choose "confirm" directly.

The pop-up window of the duel countdown appeared, and the hearts of everyone on the scene tightened at the same time, and the cheers that had been like a tsunami directly stopped.

Not only that, but the world seemed to have fallen silent, except for the crisp sound of a countdown.

The blood flow of Makino's whole body gradually accelerated, but his heart was still as calm as water, and he just naturally put on a mid-section pose.

But.

It was just such a mid-section posture, but Heathcliff noticed that Makino in front of him had changed.

It seems that the whole body is flawed, but it seems to be natural and flawless.

This is......

Heathcliff's emphasis on Makino has once again raised several notches.

Makino's posture reminded him of the description of the realm of "sword hero" in some books he saw when he first designed his sword skills.

No wonder Makino would claim to be a swordsman and say that he wasn't a real swordsman...... Interesting!

Heathcliff pulled his slender sword out of his shield and put it in a battle position.

His posture of facing the shield to this side, exposing only the upper half of his body, was quite relaxed and natural, and it seemed that he did not use any extra force at all.

In this regard, Makino did not underestimate it, and he had a plan in his heart for the first time.

Heathcliff's [Divine Sword] is both offensive and defensive, and has almost no weaknesses, but how can there be no weaknesses in this world?

As for not being able to observe, that's just that the realm is not enough.

The countdown passed minute by minute, and although neither of them looked at the window, when the text [DUEL] appeared, the two of them rushed out at the same time.

The speed of the two was really too fast, in the eyes of everyone, the figures of the two seemed to disappear on the ground at the same time, and when everyone found the two figures again, they found that Makino and Heathcliff had crossed the distance of the confrontation, and they had almost collided together.

As for the back of the two, there is a brilliant ring-shaped light effect.

Seeing Makino's attack, Heatscliffe had a playful smile on his face.

If Makino's attack was just that, it would have been a real disappointment for him.

The shield in Heathcliff's left hand passed the judgment, and the huge cross shield, swaying with white effect light, like a broadsword, directly blocked the front of Makino's dark holy sword.

As for Hizcliffe's right hand, the slender sword was also directly ready to attack at any time.

But at this moment, Heathcliff suddenly noticed that the Makino in front of him had changed.

Not only Heathcliff, but even all the spectators also noticed for the first time that the sword in Makino's hand had an additional light effect similar to flowing water.

"Breath of Water, Three Shapes, Flowing Dance!"

In an instant, everyone was surprised to find that there were several remnants of Muye on the ground.

As for the trajectories connected between each figure, they perfectly form a meandering river.

"What kind of sword skill is this?"

Mo said that it was all the players who watched, and even Heathcliff was slightly stunned.

Because Makino's way of moving is so weird, it doesn't seem like players can create it at all.

It's like it was specially created to face a super extreme combat environment!

Although Makino's trajectory was somewhat beyond Hidscliff's expectations.

However, Heathcliff is the master of this floating castle, and he senses, is agile, and reacts, all of which are standing on top of the world.

It's too late, it's too soon.

Just as Makino danced through the stream, circled behind Heathcliff and launched a sharp attack, Heatscliff immediately used the thin sword in his right hand.

The speed of Makino's attack was really so fast that Heathcliffe didn't even have time to turn around.

As a result, Heatscliff directly put the sword behind him in the posture of "King Qin bears the sword", which is the "receiving flow" posture in Japanese kendo.

Keng~~~~Zizizi~~~~

The dark holy sword in Makino's hand collided directly with the thin sword in Heathcliff's hand, colliding with a large number of sparks.

[Awesome!] ]

Heathcliff made no secret of his appreciation, and to be honest, Makino's unique attack was completely beyond his expectations.

However, Heathcliff's movements were not slow at all, and while blocking the slash of Makino's Dark Sacred Sword with his right hand, he also used the power of Makino's slash to widen the distance between him and Makino.

The biggest advantage of the Heathcliff Divine Sword is the sword and shield combined attack, which is actually somewhat similar to the second sword stream.

Naturally, he won't give Makino another chance to attack his flank!

However, the more Heathcliff had to do it, the more Makino would not let Heatscliff achieve his goal.

Makino's figure was once again winding like flowing water, and Heathcliff's eyes were firmly locked on Makino's figure.

Not only that, but his body is still fine-tuned at all times, always facing Makino's possible flank attacks.

As a result, there was an extremely strange scene at the duel scene.

On the field, there were meandering currents everywhere, as well as the afterimage of Makino.

Heathcliff, on the other hand, is mired in the "whirlpool of water" formed by the winding current.

What is this?

The duel on the scene is really beyond everyone's imagination!

Mo said that it was an ordinary player, and even top players such as Kiritto and Asuna were a little confused.

They didn't expect that such a decisive battle would be fought like this.

Can you imagine that the decisive battle between the two top masters is always shifting shapes, and there are few collisions?

Of course, Asuna, who has seen the effect of Makino's [Matchless Sword], is in a different state of mind.

Because last time, in front of Asuna, Makino showed an effect similar to the arrival of the god of fire.

[Is Makino's state of mind like flowing water at this time?] ]

Asuna was thoughtful, and undoubtedly more curious about Makino.

"It's moving."

At this moment, Kirito's eyes lit up as he watched the battle, and the other knowledgeable ones also held their breath at the same time.

It seems that their shortness of breath will affect the outcome of such a peak duel.

What Kirito Asuna can see as an outsider, Heathcliff can naturally perceive it.

At the moment when Makino moved, Heathcliff's body also moved at the same time, so that the side back that Makino was attacking became no longer the side back.

The combination of the sacred sword and shield is unmatched, and Heathcliff only needs to seize one opportunity, and the next thing is a storm of attacks.

But.

Makino, who was moving, and the rhythm of breathing in his mouth changed in an instant.

And Makino's figure is also like a god of water, and in a second he has become a god of fire from the nine heavens.

"What is this?"

Heathcliff was shocked.

It was really this instantaneous switch of fire and water that caught Heathcliffe a little off guard.

As a person standing on top of the world, Heathcliff's perception ability is naturally the top.

But at this moment, there were too many afterimages of Makino in front of Hitzcliff's eyes.

So much so that Heathcliff didn't know for a while, which one was really Makino?

How so?

Heathcliff can't figure it out!

And this is exactly the effect deliberately created by Makino!

Because, this move is the "Wanton Type: Phantom Sun Rainbow" in the breath of the sun.

The Phantasmal Rainbow is characterized by a specialized dance that uses high-speed twisting and gyration to move at high speed.

Its most striking feature is that the better the eyesight, the easier it is to capture the afterimage left by Makino.

And this design is specifically aimed at "ghosts", which are a species that is higher than humans at the level of life.

Again, if a mortal wants to defeat evil spirits, he must incarnate as a Shura.

And the battle between Makino and Heathcliff is exactly in line with this essence.

[So fast.] ]

All of this happened so suddenly that Heathcliff was caught off guard.

He couldn't even understand how human beings could practice such extreme and alternative sword skills.

Even if Makino had special effects similar to water and flames, Heathcliff was not surprised at all.

Because, this is exactly the [Musou Sword]'s attack mood floating mechanism.

However, Makino's attack was completely beyond Heatscliffe's imagination.

Seem...... Seem......

This is a sword skill that should not exist in this peaceful world at all!

It's all in between lightning and flint, and Heatscliffe doesn't want to lose.

So, in this instant, the world began to distort.

Makino sensed the mutation for the first time, it was an extremely strange feeling, and Makino couldn't even think of what adjectives to use to describe it.

It's like time has been stolen!

Rumble!

Mu Ye's heart moved, and a silver-white soft light directly appeared on his body.

It's the [Mind Technique] exclusive to Makino that is activated!

At the moment when this mental skill was activated, Makino felt that the time that had been stolen from his body began to resume his operation again.

This time it startled Heathcliff.

Originally, he planned to use the power of [Extreme Support] to move the shield that was supposed to be on the right side to the left in an instant, like a VCR spinning, and bounce off Makino's killer blow.

However, Heathcliff suddenly realized that the few tenths of a second he had stolen seemed to have been taken back again.

What he wants to do is steal the beams and change the pillars...... Can't do it anymore!

At the last moment, Heatscliffe could only change his plan temporarily, and the thin sword in his right hand stood in front of Makino's sword.

The moment time returned to normal, the flaming Dark Sword in Makino's hand collided with Heathcliff's sword in an instant.

The collision was so ferocious that a large amount of air swept around Makino and Heathcliff.

This collision was really too powerful and heavy, so that it gave people the illusion that because of the decisive battle between Makino and Heathcliff, the entire arena was shaken.

What an exaggeration!

Is this the strength of Makino, the leader of the Wings of Freedom Guild, and Hizcliff, the leader of the Blood Alliance Knights?

Around the arena, all the players were speechless.

Asuna, who has always been called "Flash", found that she was unable to catch the trajectory of Makino and Heathcliff's sword with her naked eye.

As for Kirito, who also mastered the special sword technique [Erdaoliu], his eyes were also full of shock at this time.

Is this the strength of Makino and Heathcliff?

Terrible!

In Kirito's mind, he couldn't help but recall the scenes when he teamed up with Makino to raid the strategy.

Especially when Makino said that he had obtained "no permission to pass it on" in reality, it was even more shocking to Kirito.

In the past, Kirito still felt that there was not much gap between Makino, the great swordsman, and him.

But now, Kirito understood.

This gap, that's really not ordinarily big!

It was all just a flash of lightning, and in the arena, Makino and Heathcliff resumed their confrontation again.

This time, Heathcliff looked at Makino deeply, and there was no more playfulness in his eyes, replaced by caution and inquiry.

The [Extreme Assist] power is supreme and, in Heatscliff's view, somewhat akin to a "dimensionality reduction strike".

And how can NPCs resist the blows of the Creator (programmed apes)?

Now, however, it has appeared.

Was it a bug, or was it what he was hoping for...... Transcend?

Heathcliff didn't know, but as he was cautious, his eyes slowly became hot again.

This is the first time that Heathcliff has shown such a look since he started this death game!

"It's really beautiful swordsmanship, it's like surpassing all the swordsmanship schools in the world!"

Hearing Heathcliff's appreciation, Makino smiled.

"You can call me ...... Makino Yachiryu! ”

"Eight thousand streams? Master 8,000 schools of swordsmanship? ”

"That's right, but there's no reward."

"You're the most arrogant guy I've ever met, but I like it!"

As he spoke, Heathcliff swept like a fly, and stormed Makino.

This time, Heathcliff took the lead and the center of gravity of the attack was surprisingly low.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is absolutely madness.

However, in the hands of Heathcliff, it was very handy.

It has to be said that Heatscliffe is a super talent.

In the short time he had been fighting against Makino, he had already found a way to crack the strange attack method that Makino always attacked from his side or from behind.

The idea is actually very simple...... Turn defense into offense!

However, to be able to turn the mind around in such a short period of time is a sign of genius.

Because, Heatscliff has never been known for combat, he's a quantum physicist and game designer by profession!

I have to say that the change in Akihiko's thinking about the duel has caused quite a lot of trouble for Makino.

Under the attack of the sword and shield combination, there was even a feeling of the military array attacking and rushing, giving Makino a feeling of facing a "mobile fortress".

However, Makino's combat ideas have already been decided, how can he be led by Akihiko Kayaba?

Makino's figure flickered, and he once again displayed the movement of the sword technique [Phantom Sun Rainbow].

More than a dozen afterimages of Makino appeared in the field in an instant!

Even though it was the second time he saw him, Heatscliff was still deeply shocked.

This kind of afterimage technique is really amazing.

However, Heathcliff was unmoved this time, and the attack of the [Divine Sword] was not chaotic at all, and even orderly, like an iron siege, constantly compressing Makino's living space.

The arena was so big, and the more territory he occupied, the less space Makino could maneuver.

As long as Makino and him are hand-to-hand, the rhythm of the battle falls directly into his hands.

That's right!

Heathcliff is starting to take advantage of the terrain!

Heathcliff would never have imagined this before the battle, but he really began to think about these factors.

Makino's performance has long exceeded Heathcliff's imagination.

At this moment, Heathcliff felt Makino in front of him again, and his momentum became different.

"Breath of the Sun, Pick-up One-Shaped Sunhalo Dragon, Head Dance!"

It's too late, it's fast, Makino's body is like a fire dragon, and the sword in his hand is like a fire dragon flying.

[This is Makino's way of attacking?] ]

Heathcliff was shocked, and his plan to besiege the city was to force Makino to confront him head-on.

However, what he didn't expect was that Makino was fast, and while he was good at attacking and sneaking up, his ability to attack head-on was also so strong that he was perverted.

How did Makino's evil swordsmanship come about?

Obviously, every movement is contained in the sword skills he designed, but when it is released by Makino's hand, the charm is completely different.

Sonorous sonorous sonor!

Both Makino and Hizcliff performed unimaginably fast high-speed combos at the same time, and their swords and shields kept colliding with each other.

And all of this is even like a show, like a show, not a life-and-death duel.

All of this deeply shocked everyone present, and at the same time changed everyone's impression of Makino.

Previously, all of Makino's attacks had been through high-speed displacement, followed by a surprise attack, similar to an assassination.

One hit misses, and it is thousands of miles away.

This is of course a miraculous skill, but it also gives everyone a wrong impression - Makino is not good at attacking head-on!

However, now this extremely gorgeous head-on collision has slapped everyone in the face.

Where is Makino not good at frontal attack?

He just didn't want to, not couldn't!

Makino's sword skills were blocked by Hitscliff's shield, and Heathcliff's sword was bounced off by Makino's sword.

The speed of the sword was so fast that everyone couldn't even catch the sword's trajectory.

I could only see all kinds of colors and rays flying around the two people, and the sound of impact permeated the stone floor of the entire arena.

Small attacks on each other will occasionally hit each other, and the HP of both of them will begin to decrease little by little.

Even if you don't get hit by a heavy attack, if one of your HP bars is less than half, the other person wins.

But how proud are Makino and Heathcliff?

Neither of them thought of winning through this "grinding" way, if they want to win, they will win cleanly, and they will win wonderfully and beautifully.

In the world of Sword Art Online, no matter how you count it, it can only be regarded as low-martial arts.

It's not the same as the battle Makino has experienced.

However, because it was a regular assessment, all of Makino's abilities were banned and were greatly restricted.

But because of this, Makino once again reaped the unprecedented thrill of battle.

It's a feeling akin to "speeding up", and it seems that the whole world has slowed down except for the sword.

At the same time, whenever you feel your perception go up a notch, your attack speed will increase.

It's not the limit yet.

It could be a little faster.

The coordination between sword skills can be a little more natural.

At this time, the pleasure of liberating all forces to swing the sword enveloped Makino's whole body.

I guess I should have a smile on my face. As the struggle between swords and swords became more and more intense, the HP bars on both sides continued to decrease, and finally reached the level of about fifty percent left.

In the next moment, Heathcliff, who had been expressionless all along, suddenly flashed a look of emotion on his face. What's wrong with him. Started to get impatient? I could feel the pace of the enemy's attacks gradually starting to slow down. (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)