Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

The energy among the thunderclouds reached its limit as dozens of black thunderbolts rained down on the left side of the arena. They simultaneously rained down, carrying with them a charge powerful enough to hurt the Fifth Chronicle monster.

The central lightning bolts joined together in a few massive ones while the rest destroyed the ground beside Reidar, leaving wide craters and cracks in it that caused one of the pagodas to tilt.

Whoooooooosh.

Reidar jumped high up, heading straight for the main lightning bolts. He was quite strong, but a direct hit from such an attack would surely have critically wounded him, but even so, his gaze was perfectly calm and as cold as thousand-year-old glaciers.

He pulled his katana forward as if he intended to pierce the lightning. At the same moment, the tip of the katana made contact with the lightning, and a massive energy shot through his body, then Reidar swung the katana diagonally downward, taking the massive lightning out of its path as it followed the edge of the katana.

Reidar turned as he swung his katana sharply toward Wain's as if it were his attack.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Lightning bolts burst from the katana and combined into one massive thunderbolt that headed toward Wain.

"What the fuck!" Wain exclaimed with a dazed look before exposing the sword in front of him.

The Thunderbolt collapsed on him as the ground beneath Wain cracked. Gladius took all the damage, but the energy was too much for him to fully absorb or repel it.

'Wain! Do something! I don't know how, but he doubled your attack and compressed dozens of lightning bolts into one! You only have a few seconds or the pressure will tear you apart!' Gladius exclaimed while trying to block the attack.

Wain's pupils narrowed as strange energy that instantly coated the sword blade emanated from him. Then, amidst the dark veil appeared several eerie jaws that began to devour the lightning bolts, gradually getting rid of them.

Crackle.

Wain swung his sword as he threw the rest of the thunderbolt upward. It reached the barrier and exploded with thousands of sparks that flew apart.

"Hm? Were you able to repel this attack? No... You absorbed part of the attack, that's your Beyond, right?" Reidar uttered with a calm look as he landed on one of the pillars.

"Well, I have no choice but to admit that you made me use one of my trump cards." Wain said as he shrugged in a careless manner, then a devious smile appeared on his face and his gaze grew deeper.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

A black crown appeared on him with three eerie eyes as dark energy covered his palms. Jaws and eyes appeared in the midst of the darkness as if ghosts were showing out of the abyss.

"I didn't expect you to be so good at controlling lightning that you could turn my attack against myself, it was an unfortunate mistake." Wain uttered in a quiet voice while shaking his head, then his gaze changed completely and the eyes on his crown opened wide.

He pointed at Reidar with his sword as a powerful stream of darkness that split into several pieces departed from him.

"However, making me activate my a Beyond was your mistake!" Wain exclaimed with excited looks as he raised the sword above his head.

The dark clots appeared with massive jaws and one eye each as they began circling over Wain's head like evil spirits that were waiting for a victim to devour it.

Some of the spirits broke out of the swirl as they headed for the edges of the barriers, so the spectators in the front stands had to face them.

"Damn... What is it...?" The man muttered in a daze while gritting his teeth as shivers ran down his body.

A strange creature was staring at him, grinning creepily with its wide jaw.

Crack.

The spirit clenched its jaws several times as if by a hungry piranha and bit off part of the barrier.

"Argh!" The man exclaimed with a frightened look as he stepped back and fell to the ground because of his trembling legs.

Whooooooosh.historical

The spirit smirked as it flew away. The barrier was gradually restored, and the man's heart was beating fast. All he could think about then was what would happen to him if there was no barrier.

One of the evil spirits headed toward Sven. He sat on the front row and exuded an unusual aura, so he was the most desirable target for such creatures.

"Well, well, it looks like Wain has learned to control his a Beyond so well that it matches his emotions... That's impressive." Sven uttered with a slight smile on his face while looking at the evil spirit in dispassion.

Crackle. Crackle. Crackle.

This evil spirit did the same thing as the previous one, trying to scare the man in front of him, however, Sven did not react in any way, he just kept looking at the spirit with a curious look as though at an exhibit in a museum.

This angered the evil spirit and it became more aggressive. At the same time, Sven's pupils narrowed as he let some of his aura out for a moment.

Tremble.

Powerful pressure came down on the evil spirit as it shuddered in fear and flew away, not wanting to stay there a second longer.

'How interesting...' Sven muttered inwardly as he tilted his head.

'Looks like I didn't come here for anything, as I found what I wanted.' Sven wondered with a sly smile on his face while his eyes were aimed directly at Wain.

"You have quite an unusual power..." Reidar uttered while looking at the swirl of hundreds of ghosts.

"Huh, I don't know why, but I feel like I can use an infinite amount of energy now! I like this fight already!" Wain exclaimed with an excited expression before lowering his sword.

"Go ahead. Make this calm guy reveal his true face." Wain said in a calm voice.

At his will, all the ghosts stared at Reidar as though a herd of piranhas was rushing toward him with hungry looks.