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nAlthough Dante had an interest in Adelia, it didn't mean that he would lose a match to her.

nThe inter-clan competition was a straight knock out stage tournament. This meant that if you lost even one match you would be out straight away. This was because it was the only way to hold such a large tournament within the small time frame of just one day.

nAnd if he got himself knocked out because he wanted to impress a girl, Dante couldn't even begin to imagine the amount of pain that he would have to go through back at the clan.

nBesides, if even just a bit of Patriarch Randall's boasting was true then his match against Adelia would actually be quite a challenge. Well, she should at least be more of a challenge than his previous opponent, Zander.

nWhile Dante was thinking all this, Adelia slowly made some distance between them as a tense aura started to form around them.

nSuddenly, Adelia spoke

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"I hope you don't go easy and underestimate me or else you might lose

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nHearing this, Dante smiled as he replied

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"Don't worry, I've never planned on underestimating you from the very start.

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nAs he spoke, Dante withdrew his Moonlight Sword causing a shimmer of silver light to spread out from him.

nIn response to this, the aura around Adelia changed as she brought out her own weapon.

nHer weapon was a pitch-black spear that gave of an ominous aura. Tendrils of black smoke started to flow around the spear as it left a trail of black smoke as it moved through the air.

nFor a second, there was a brief period of silence as Dante and Adelia stared down each other, each trying to find a weakness in the other.

nEventually, Dante got tired of this boring stalemate and decided to make the first move

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"Emperor's Descent!

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nDante strode forward causing his image to flicker as he flashed towards Adelia at a terrifying speed

nGlowing in a silver light, Dante brought down his Sword on Adelia in a violent collision

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"Bang!

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nA pitch-black spear flowed through the air, deftly deflecting Dante's attack causing his attack to miss his target completely

nQuickly recovering from that failed move, Dante swiftly turned his body sending out another attack at Adelia, this time even more powerful than before!

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"Shadow shuttle!

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nJust as Dante's blade was about to collide with Adelia, The shadows at her feet seemed to bubble as they quickly moved around a coated her in a moving black layer.

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"Bang!

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nThere was a loud impact as Dante's blade only managed to hit the platform below.

nThis was because after the shadow had wrapped itself around Adelia, her body seemed to fly past Dante moving at a mind-boggling speed.

nA few metres away from Dante, Adelia appeared again but this time she had a mocking look on her face.

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"you'll have to try harder if you what to catch me

" taunted Adelia as she waved at Dante

nFaced with such an obvious provocation, Dante couldn't just stay still and do nothing

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"Emperor's Descent!

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"Shadow shuttle!

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"Bang! Bang! Bang! ...

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nNumerous explosions went off as Dante and Adelia danced around the Battle platform, with each missed attack causing a deafening Blast.

nThe two of them were moving at such a fast speed that only people at The Martial Journeyman realm and higher could clearly make out what was going on. But for those at lower realms, only lines of silver and black could be seen as they tried to make out who was winning from what little effects they could barely see.

nDante and Adelia continued speeding around the battle Platform and eventually, Dante managed to catch Adelia off guard with a lightning-fast sword attack

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"Boom!

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nAlthough Adelia seemed to have an advantage when it came to weapon technique, the difference in strength between them was just too great. So when she was hit full on by Dante's attack, she was sent flying across the platform due to the sheer difference in strength between them

nDante wouldn't let up such a perfect opportunity and continued his offence.

nA blinding silver wave of light spread forth from him, covering the Battle platform.

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"Lunar sword technique, Rising New Moon!

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nAs Dante spoke his hair flashed a dazzling silver colour as he raised his Moonlight sword into the air. Simultaneously, the phantom of a full Moon quickly rose into the sky, covering the battle platform in it's silver light

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"Strike!

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nInstantly, a rain of hundreds of beams of moonlight energy fell towards Adelia. With Dante's developed mastery over the Lunar Sword technique, he controlled the falling beams to simultaneously attack from all directions

nIf you could look around at Adelia, you could clearly see that Adelia was completely surrounded in all directions. It would be almost impossible for a normal person to dodge all these attacks no matter how good their movement technique was.

nTo Dante's surprise, Adelia didn't make any sudden movements. Instead, she stood completely still as the swarm of attacks approached her.

nAnd just as the first ray of energy was about to hit her,Adelia suddenly opened her eyes.

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"Dance of a thousand spears!

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nInstantly, a black storm of shadows formed around Adelia as hundreds of spears went out to meet each ray of energy.

nBut the shocking thing was, although it looked like Adelia was shooting out hundreds of spears at once. If you looked at it more closely, it was clear to see that instead of shooting out hundreds of spears. Each spear attack coming from adelia was actually just an image produced from her lightning fast attacks leaving behind an afterimage.

nThis meant that Adelia was personally destroying his hundreds of attacks with an attack of her own!

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"Bang!Bang!Bang!....

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nExplosions rang out as each of Dante's beams were precisely countered by Adelia's attacks. And in doing so, blinding the stadium in the light of countless explosions.

nAlthough Dante was surprised at the way Adelia countered his attacks, he wouldn't just watch on and waste such an ample opportunity. So while Adelia was concentrating on countering Dante's countless attacks he stealthily rushed towards Adelia.

nAs he rushed over he powered up a mighty sword strike filled with an enormous amount of energy. But just as Dante's attack was about to hit Adelia, she turned around staring Dante directly into his eyes.

nAs she turned around and looked at Dante, he only had one thought on his mind

n'Her eyes...Why are they golden?'

nThat was the last thought Dante had before he was hit by an overwhelming wave of Burning light.

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