2025-04-02 09:00:18"Don't be too confident that you can defeat me, Young Man... Feel my attack!" Abhinaya leaped high into the air, then shot forward quickly, drawing his sword and swinging it towards Arya's neck.
"Storm-Sweeping Sword!"Arya's instincts kicked in immediately. He hadn't expected that in the final moment, his opponent would draw his sword and slash toward his neck. The young man pulled his body down to evade the attack.The energy released from Abhinaya's sword struck the ground hard, scattering sand and small stones, creating a thick cloud of dust that obscured visibility.But it didn't stop there. Seeing his opponent in a disadvantaged position, one of the elders of the Shadow Devil Sect launched another rapid attack. Arya used his footing as a springboard to leap backward.Once again, a thick cloud of dust billowed into the air as the soft earth at the forest's edge was struck by the energy blast from Abhinaya's sword. As a result, severa
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