"Tch!" The dual-wielding Tainted blocked one of Reign's swords before quickly slashing down at him, only to be blocked by Reign who still had a carefree smile on his face. With the help of his two swords, both more than enough to be used by a Tier I combatant, Reign had stats that were well above a normal Tier I combatant and could fight enemies that were over 10 levels higher than him.

The Tainted in front of him, however, was about the same level as he was, and fighting such an opponent wasn't a hard task for Reign at all, if not for him wanting to see more of the enemy's swordplay, Reign would have been able to finish the battle in under 2 minutes.

The improvement that Reign gained after reaching rank S in his sword proficiency was enormous, he was able to improve his dual-wielding proficiency all the way from A- to A+ simply by fighting against monsters in the forest yesterday and then training a bit at home after he had returned.

The speed of improvement was amazing, to get a proficiency up becomes harder and harder with each rank, the biggest reason why Reign was able to improve his dual-wielding proficiency was thanks to the fact that he dual-wielded two swords, if he switched a sword with another weapon, then the proficiency would certainly fall by a rank or two depending on what weapon he chose.

The proficiency of the Tainted warrior in front of Reign was definitely not low, but compared to Reign, he was not at the same level, especially not when comparing the sword proficiency.

"Come on man, you won't get near my clothes if you continue this way." Reign said as he pushed the Tainted's sword away before slashing with his own. The speed of the sword was too fast for the Tainted to completely dodged and thus, a cut appeared on his chest.

"Dammit!" The Tainted cursed as he quickly did a weird move.

Under Reign's suspicious gaze, the Tainted put his hand over the wound before wiping the cut, a thin layer of mana appeared on the wound as the bleeding was stopped.

"Oh, that's a neat trick!" Reign exclaimed as the Tainted stared at him with fury. His body started shaking as hair suddenly started growing out from his bald head. His physical appearance also changed, his gray skin turned black whilst white symbols appeared on his body. His muscles bulked up a bit, not a lot, but by a noticeable degree.

Reign could feel the increase in mana inside the Tainted as well as the obvious increase in his strength and probably speed that this form gave him.

"Damn, your hair is pointing up, you went Super Sai-" Before Reign could finish his sentence he was forced to stop as the Tainted charged at him with a speed that was almost double what it was before. Reign smirked as he met the charge head-on while his black and white lightning coiled around him.

The battle between the others was going at full force as well. Aelrinder was currently managing to suppress the spear-wielding Tainted with his superior spearmanship, but the suppression was not enough to allow him to gain an obvious advantage as the enemy had great defense, something that Aelrinder had not expected.

Wolf was blasting his flames around him and the enemy as the swordsman stared at him with great focus. The enemy in front of him was incredibly powerful and one wrong move could spell the end of him.

'Such powerful mana and flames, just where did these humans come from?' Thought the Tainted as he stared at Wolf before putting his sword in its sheath and lowering his body.

"Hmm, that stance, I think I know what you're about to do." Said Wolf as he stared at his enemy with interest. Even with his obvious advantage in stats and ability, he had yet to inflict a single wound on his enemy thanks to the latter having incredible proficiency with the sword.

Each time that Wolf thought he got the opponent right where he wanted him to be, the Tainted who was visibly much older compared to the others, managed to parry, block, or evade his attack at the last moment.

The battle so far interested Wolf greatly as he had not been properly challenged for quite some time now. Even though it was clear to him that he and the others could decimate their opponents if they went all out and used their marks and boosts, they were all currently enjoying their battles too much to simply end them in such an anti-climactic fashion.

"Then you should know that you will get injured if you don't take this more seriously, young man." The Tainted swordsman said before erupting with incredible speed. His body became a blur as he managed to cross the distance of 15 meters in a blink and attack Wolf with his sword.

As the older Tainted watched his sword near Wolf's neck, he was surprised to see Wolf spotting a wide, bloodthirsty smile on his face. With incredible speed, Wolf moved his 2-meter-tall sword and stabbed it into the ground.

The enemy's sword hit his sword right above, or in this case below the handle as a clear sound of metal hitting metal was heard. The sword simply bounced back from the collision as Wolf's sword was after all a rank A weapon and was quite durable, an attack that mostly focused on speed and not strength was simply unable to damage it.

"Really, this sword has helped me out a lot of times, I'm kind of sad to be changing it, oh well, nothing lasts forever," Wolf says as he looks at his greatsword with a gentle stare before grabbing the handle.

"It's become almost weightless to me right now, even the once powerful boosts it gave isn't the same, but hey, at least we get to fight this last time together buddy," Wolf says as he pours his mana inside the sword, enveloping it in flames and raising it above his head.

"Give me everything you got, no holding back." He said as he stared at the trees that were blocking the sky above him. Whether his words were made for the Tainted warrior in front of him, or the sword that was soon to be replaced, nobody knew.

Suddenly the flames exploded upwards as a 15-meter long sword of flames appeared in Wolf's hands. He looked straight at the Tainted whose face was plastered with shock before slashing down. The flames erupted on the ground as the ground that was hit exploded upwards, rocks were thrown around whilst the smaller ones melted from the intense heat.

"He sure is going hard at it," Greenie said as he stared at the giant sword of flames that appeared on the battlefield. The area around Wolf, approximately 300 meters in diameter had increased in temperature by a couple of degrees thanks to the attack.

"You shouldn't look away during a battle." A voice was heard from the side as Greenie turned his head around to look at the Tainted he was fighting against.

Suddenly a chain with four spiked balls at its end wrapped around Greenie's neck as the bulky Tainted smirked at him.

"Get over here!" The Tainted said as he pulled the chain with full force.

Clang!

His arm, however, was unable to move fully as the Greenie stood without moving a single step. He suddenly lifted his arm before grabbing the chain.

"How about," Greenie said in a calm voice before yanking the chain with full force, "You get over here!"historical

The Tainted was pulled with great force and almost flew toward Greenie with shock plastered on his face. He quickly dug down with his feet before bending his knees and trying his best to resist the pulling force.

As Greenie saw the sight, he simply sighed before grabbing the chain with both hands. He suddenly inhaled before pulling with full force, forcing the ground in front of the Tainted to erupt as he was sent flying towards Greenie.

But contrary to what one might think, he had a wide smile on his face as he suddenly punched Greenie whilst holding a spiked metal ball in his hand. The punch landed right on Greenie's face and knocked it back.

Before the Tainted could gloat, however, Greenie simply moved his head down and stared at him, his face barely had a mark from the attack and before the Tainted could do anything, he twisted his hips before delivering a powerful punch at the man's face and forcing him to fly back a couple of meters before the chain stopped him.

"Weak." Said Greenie as he stared at the enemy.

Clang!

Clang!

Swish!

Tank was blocking a flurry of attacks from the scythe-wielding Tainted in front of him. The enemy was incredibly proficient with the scythe and her attacks were incredibly hard to block.

Even though Tank was very good with his shield, the scythe was able to go around the shield for attacks thanks to the way it was designed. Simply blocking in front, to the side, above or below was not enough as the enemy would still wound him, something that Tank had to learn the hard way.

"Sloppy." The woman said as she stared at Tank who simply smirked at her. Even though her attacks had managed to reach him multiple times, his incredibly high defense was nothing to scoff at, the worst wound that Tank had received from her was merely a bigger scratch.

"You're good, I used the scythe before, it's definitely not something that's easy to wield." Tank commented as the woman looked at him with a weird gaze.

"You?" She asked, "You used a scythe, hmph, a laughable sight for sure."

"Damn, you didn't have to say that, well, I guess since the others are starting to take this seriously, so should I." Tank smirked as he looked at the woman whilst channeling his mana.

"You're gonna be the first person to go against this, it just finished today." He said as he suddenly activated a new ability he managed to get.

[ The Immortal Legion ]