Chapter 44: Fireflies



Sophia stared intently at the ruins of the collapsed grass house, where Amilia's dry smile came from, but the attack came from behind.

A huge black shadow silently appeared behind Sophia. Although she didn't see it, her sensitive alertness made Sophia aware of the danger at the first time, but even if she did, it didn't help, because the scope of the black shadow was too large, and before Sophia could dodge, the whole person was shrouded in the black shadow.

It was a blood mist formed by black, acidic blood. Just now, after Sophia completely got rid of the "ghost press", she launched a round of strong attacks on Amelia, causing more acid blood to float in the air.

At this time, Sophia was wearing the armor of the "Valkyrie's Soul", and it would take a long time for these acid blood to completely corrode these armors, but this was not Amelia's purpose.

The thick black blood mist completely obscured Sophia's vision, and the thick acid particles floating around in the blood mist seriously interfered with Sophia's other senses. Surrounded by a thick fog, Sophia could not see with her eyes, hear with her ears, or smell with her nose, like a blind man who was deaf and dumb, completely at a loss.

Suddenly, Sophia felt a slight disturbance in the air behind her left, and she subconsciously moved her saber towards that place.

Hearing only a "bang", the saber collided with the kitchen knife, and in the choking black blood mist, Sophia vaguely recognized that Amelia's hideous smiling face was less than 40 centimeters away from her.

"Hey, hey!" Emilia smirked, as if appreciating Sophia's ability to block her attacks.

But in an instant, Amelia's face, voice, and kitchen knife suddenly disappeared.

Sophia shook her head and withdrew the knife, but suddenly felt an abnormal fluctuation in the air on her right. She hurriedly returned the knife to defend, but it was still half a beat too slow, and the saber hit Amelia's arm, but the kitchen knife had already broken through the saber's defense and slashed sideways at Sophia's shoulder armor.

"Ah......h

Although Emilia was also hit by Sophia in the arm, the force on the kitchen knife was reduced by half, not enough to shatter the Valkyrie's armor, but the powerful impact still made Sophia suffer enough to suffer a loss, and her shoulder bone was in severe pain, and she was almost broken.

However, after Sophia stabilized her figure, Emilia disappeared again.

"Where?" Sophia looked around, trying to find Emilia in the fog, but she couldn't see anything but darkness.

Emilia appeared silently again, this time above Sophia's back, descending from the sky, clutching a kitchen knife in both hands, and slashing at Sophia's head, which lacked armor protection.

Sophia noticed something was wrong behind her and immediately grabbed her saber and used the hilt to defend against the enemy. The kitchen knife was blocked by the hilt, but the heavy force of the fall caused Sophia to lean forward, and Emilia seized the opportunity and swept Sophia's waist with a kick.

Hearing the sound of her armor being slammed, Sophia was kicked several meters away.

Even though Sophia's recovery did give Emilia fear and shock at first, through further fighting, Emilia also saw Sophia's weakness.

Because on Sophia's hands and forehead, there has been no bleeding "stigmata" wounds, that is, for whatever reason, Sophia at this time cannot freely use the "stigma" divine power. On the other hand, the flame of the Valkyrie and the holy light of the god of light cannot be used at the same time, so she can only choose one of the two, since Sophia has chosen the durable and strong Valkyrie mode, that is to say, she cannot summon the divine light to dispel the acidic blood mist full of dark energy, not to mention that Sophia has cut off some of the Valkyrie's power in order to protect Alice.

On the other hand, Emilia took the right strategy, she used the black mist of acid blood to block Sophia's senses, and at the same time, she came and went freely and elusively in the blood mist, and continued to attack, each time from an unexpected direction, beating Sophia dizzy, and unable to fight back.

Sophia, who has been hit repeatedly, is like a living sandbag, completely in a state of being beaten, let alone fighting back, she doesn't even know where her opponent is. Even with the protection of Valkyrie's armor, she was still beaten out of internal injuries, a mouthful of blood arrows spurted out of her mouth, and the parts of her body that were exposed to the outside of the armor were also cut by the cursed kitchen knife in multiple places, and blood flew everywhere.

However, could the Valkyries, who had experienced countless bitter battles since time immemorial, be so easily defeated?

"It's time!" Sophia, who had been on the defensive, suddenly straightened up, ignoring the impending deadly attack, and swung forward with her saber in both hands.

The rapid chopping of the knife grinded the air, and also carried the flames on the knife to the point of the knife.

Suddenly, beside Sophia, countless small fires were ignited, and although these fires were small, they were numerous.

Since Emilia knew how to sprinkle her acidic blood all around, thus creating a wide range of acidic blood black mist, Sophia could naturally follow suit, deliberately letting her warm, red blood drift around. Countless particles of red blood were ignited almost instantly, as if thousands of fireflies were flying around Sophia, and the scene was very spectacular.

"The light of fireflies can also compete with the sun and the moon", not to mention the fireflies that come from the blood of the "God Slayer"?

The fireflies created by Sophia's blood have a far less influence than the acid blood black mist, but they form a fire barrier that expells the acid blood from a radius of 4 meters with Sophia as the core.

The appearance of fireflies also allows Sophia to see the enemy's approach clearly. "Boom" - In Emilia's surprise and bewilderment, Sophia completely fends off her kitchen knife for the first time.

Already able to see her opponent clearly, Sophia no longer had any worries, and while blocking the enemy's attack, she took a step forward and stabbed Emilia back. Emilia didn't retreat an inch, and raised her kitchen knife to slash at Sophia. Without being on almost equal terms, the two launched a fierce attack.

In the center of the bloated black mist, a red light appeared, and in the red light, I saw two slender and graceful female figures, which were rapidly intertwined with each other. It may seem to outsiders that two young women are choreographing a beautiful dance, but in fact it is two women engaged in a desperate fight, and the intensity of this is even embarrassing for many battle-hardened strong men.

This evenly matched offensive battle radically changed the situation when the blades of the two sides collided 13 times.

Amelia's whole body trembled, she felt her body wither, and the strength in her body was rapidly draining.

If Emilia's child state is a constant accumulation of energy, the longer time passes, the more energy is accumulated, then her adult form is a continuous process of releasing energy, and the longer time passes, the less energy remains. Now that Emilia has reached her tipping point, if she can't defeat Sophia in a short time, she won't have a chance to defeat again.

Emilia, who has lost her strength, is unable to resist the imposing Sophia. The cursed kitchen knife is bounced back by the back of the saber, and the unforgiving Sophia takes a step forward, grips the handle with both hands, and slashes down!

"Wow ......"

The sharp blade sliced through the major artery in Amelia's right neck, spurting out a large amount of black cursed blood, and at the same time, Amelia's body shrank rapidly, and in less than two seconds, it retracted back to its original childlike state.

The acid-blooded black mist around him did not become thicker and wider because of a large amount of Emilia's blood spurting out, but was rapidly dissipating. When the blood mist cleared, only the fireflies flew around Sophia like a vast starry sky.

Emilia, who was kneeling on one knee, looked up at Sophia, who was looking at her from above, and her heart was full of resentment and unwillingness. But even if Emilia was unwilling and lost her strength, she couldn't change the established fact: she was defeated.