Nyra didn't waste a second. She immediately moved to attack.Liam sensed her presence a fraction of a second too late.A sharp presence came from behind him while Dorian was already recovering in front of him. Liam's eyes flicked between the two.He couldn't dodge both.He immediately pulled out his Railbow.The Railbow snapped upward, and he fired into the nearest tree.The bolt buried itself deep into the trunk, and the mechanism immediately responded. A thin mana chain shot from the Railbow and wrapped around the tree.Liam pulled the trigger mechanism, and his body was violently dragged sideways.Nyra's attack sliced through the space where his head had been a moment earlier.Liam twisted in midair and landed awkwardly, but Dorian was already waiting for him.His fist slammed brutally into Liam's ribs.The impact knocked the breath out of him and sent him rolling across the ground.Liam gritted his teeth and forced himself back up.Dorian glanced at Nyra."He's yours," he said.He

Maguire didn't get back up.For several seconds, the battlefield remained strangely quiet.Then a voice echoed through the forest."Room 2000's Maguire has been defeated."The announcement carried across the entire battlefield.Lucas lowered his hand and looked toward the others.Maguire was out, and that alone changed the situation.Dorian was still fighting Karl, but he was already struggling to keep up. Karl's massive claws tore through the ground as he chased him, giving Dorian almost no time to breathe.Nyra glanced toward Maguire's fallen body, and her expression turned pale.Their strongest fighter was down, and Seris was still trapped.Across the battlefield, Lily continued to hold Seris in place with her blood threads.Seris struggled desperately, tearing through one thread only for another to immediately wrap around her.Her defensive runes were beginning to flicker.Lily's body was trembling as well, but she refused to release her.Seris gritted her teeth.She couldn't keep

Liam scrolled through the academy forum again.The more he read, the more he realized that this wasn't a normal duel.The comments were moving so quickly that he could barely keep up.[The stakes are connected to the Draven and Noctis families.][This isn't some childish argument.][Do you people even understand what they are risking?][The Draven family is currently the highest-ranking vampire family because the current Vampire Ruler comes from their bloodline.][That doesn't mean the Noctis family is weaker.][Exactly. The Noctis family has been gaining power for years.][Something happened between the two families. Only Princess Lily and Princess Seraphina know the full details.][Whatever the truth is, they are willing to put something extremely valuable on the line.]Liam slowly lowered his watch.So that was what this was about.The Draven family held slightly more influence because the current Vampire Ruler came from their bloodline, but that didn't make the Noctis family insig

Lily's eyes remained fixed on the blood disappearing into Seraphina's body.She couldn't keep attacking her like this.Every thread Seraphina absorbed was one less weapon for Lily and one more source of power for her opponent.Lily sharply pulled her hand back.The remaining blood threads snapped away from Seraphina and returned to her side.Seraphina didn't chase after them.She simply stood there, sword in hand, watching Lily with that calm expression."Why did you stop?" she asked with a smile.Lily's expression hardened."How can you absorb my blood?" she asked with a frown."Some of it." Seraphina shrugged her shoulder and raised her sword.A faint crimson glow still surrounded her body."But not all of it."Then she moved.Lily barely reacted in time.Clang!Their weapons collided.Seraphina's sword slid against Lily's blood blade before she twisted her wrist and struck again.Lily blocked.Another strike came, and she blocked again.Then Seraphina kicked her in the stomach.Lil

Lily’s crimson aura continued to surge.The pressure surrounding her body grew heavier with every passing second. Her silver hair lifted in the violent flow of mana, while the veins along her arms glowed faintly beneath her skin as the blood energy within her raced through her body.The arena had gone almost completely silent.Even Seraphina had stopped attacking.She stood beneath the enormous Blood Moon, her sword lowered slightly, her deep crimson eyes fixed on Lily.She could feel it.Lily was clearly breaking through to Silver.Suddenly, Lily’s mana surged again.BOOM!A wave of crimson energy exploded from her body.The stone beneath her feet cracked, and several people in the audience instinctively leaned back as the force swept through the arena.Liam’s eyes narrowed behind his glasses.His Insight activated automatically."[Rapid Mana Growth Detected.]""[Mana circulation accelerating.]""[Core output increasing.]""[Warning.]""[Target is approaching a breakthrough threshold