And the leader moved.

  No evasion, no retreat—

  He simply raised his left arm, blocking it in front of him like a steel-constructed bridge!

  “Boom—!!”

  The black-haired knight’s sword swung horizontally, the blade crashing heavily into the exposed left arm!

  Flames exploded, metal clashed with iron, sparks scattered, and shockwaves rumbled!

  Yet that arm—remained completely still!

  The knight's sword, burning with 1700°C of fiery battle intent, struck him, but it was like a piece of paper hitting a solid copper wall—

  Not a single scratch was left!

  At the same time—

  The leader’s right palm suddenly lashed out in a powerful swipe!

  That palm, not like an attack, but more like—the soul-reaping hook of the Grim Reaper!

  “Whoosh—!!”

  The air collapsed in an instant, violently vibrating!

  Before the palm even reached, the pressure slammed toward the golden-haired knight’s throat!

  Through [Perception Link], he immediately “saw” this palm,

  and his [Transcendent Intuition] roared like a thunderclap:

  —Danger! Duck! Now!

  His soul screamed, forcing his body to obey an “self-destructive-level” command!

  “Crack!!”

  The muscles in his legs exploded, his knee bones violently shattered!

  The squat, nearly forced through broken bones, was completed at the cost of excruciating pain!

  But he did it!

  His body dropped low like a mountain collapsing, narrowly avoiding the killing blow!

  And at that moment, the Buff granted by the pre-battle priest activated—

  The shattered bones snapped back into place in an instant—complete, seamless, as if they had never broken at all!

  The palm swept past, brushing against his golden hair,

  the wind pressure like thunder, skimming past his ear, as though the entire air itself was roaring!

  The next second—

  His knight’s sword had already completed the counterstrike!

  Lightning coiled like a snake, the sword’s edge shining brightly like the trail of a falling star;

  Fueled by the burning fury of his soul, it tore through the air, aimed straight at—the leader’s lower abdomen!

  It was a strike born from his forced twist of the body, draining every last ounce of energy from the [Soul Burn] to land this blow!

  Brutal, fast, precise—no hesitation.

  Only instinct, will, and murderous intent!

  At this moment, his mind was filled with a single roar:

  —Slash!!

  The sword swung like thunder splitting the dawn, like lightning tearing through the sky—

  Electric arcs danced along the blade, trailing a curved path of flashing flames,

  Piercing forward, the sword’s momentum connecting heaven and earth!

  “Crack—!!!”

  The instant the sword tip made contact, sparks flew, thunder exploded,

  The entire space seemed to ripple as if shaken by the impact!

  But it wasn’t the dull thud of blade piercing flesh—it was like crashing into a wall of solid alloy!

  The electric arc dissipated in an instant, lightning swirling violently in reverse,

  The entire knight's sword seemed to have struck a high-power reactor running at full capacity!

  “Boom—!”

  The recoil surged toward him!

  The golden-haired knight’s entire arm trembled violently, his muscles paralyzed, his scalp tightening!

  His body shook and staggered backward,

  Electric arcs surged back down the blade, the high-temperature shockwave exploding in his face!

  In that instant, it felt as though he wasn’t swinging the sword—

  But charging into a storm of lightning and flames about to explode!

  Regardless of the sword's thunder like a storm, or the battle energy surging like crashing waves—

  yet the man before them, shrouded in golden light, remained utterly unscathed.

  Not even for a single instant did those eyes fall upon the golden-haired knight.

  His gaze pierced through the lightning and fire, locking straight onto—

  —The black-haired knight.

  In that instant, the air seemed to freeze, and the world appeared to halt on that single frame.

  The leader’s pupils twitched slightly, a deep and eerie purple consumed his pupils,

  like the slowly opening eye of an ancient abyss—

  Pitch black, cold, and merciless.

  It was a gaze that did not belong to a human,

  without warmth, without emotion,

  only the will to devour everything and pierce the soul!

  “Voom—!!!”

  A low-frequency resonance, like the collapse of the night sky, suddenly rang out,

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  not in his ears, but deep within his soul—exploding!

  A vast, terrifying spiritual power surged from his eyes, sweeping across the battlefield like a flood breaking through a dam!

  At this moment, the black-haired knight’s horizontal strike had just landed,

  the blade still extended, his motion far from complete—

  And he felt:

  An indescribable sense of suffocation, rushing up his spine from the back of his neck!

  It was as if something—was slowly approaching from behind,

  cold, heavy, and oppressive, nearly preventing him from turning around!

  [Transcendent Intuition] screamed in agony!

  The alarm, like a great bell, rang wildly within the depths of his soul!

  He desperately tried to summon his awareness, ordering his body to escape!

  His muscles spasmed, his blood surged, and his nerves tightened like steel cables!

  But—

  —It was too late.

  Just as the strike of the magic eye was about to land—

  A surge of energy crossing the mental planes suddenly exploded!

  —The BOSS moved!

  Like the core of thunder, the BOSS’s mental relay instantly opened a path across the soul dimension!

  An invisible mental link, in a straight line, connected three points on the battlefield:

  [The Mage] → [The BOSS] → [The Black-haired Knight]

  —The link was established!

  Three wills converged,

  with the BOSS at the center, forming a stable and high-pressure soul chain!

  “Voom—!!”

  The entire battlefield’s space seemed to be hammered by an invisible nail,

  the air stagnated, spiritual pressure roared, and time seemed to freeze for an instant!

  In the next moment, [Spatial Magic: Forced Displacement]—activated!

  The space rippled violently as though struck by a heavy fist!

  “Whoosh—!!”

  An invisible force suddenly tugged, the black-haired knight’s body trembled violently.

  The next second—

  His entire being was forcibly ripped from the world, as if by the hand of a god!

  It was not a jump, not a shift,

  but—a complete severance from his reality coordinates!

  The next instant—!

  “Boom!!”

  He suddenly appeared half a body’s length away,

  the space beneath his feet collapsing like glass, and a twisted, vortex-like shockwave exploded behind him!

  The air was instantaneously compressed and torn apart, light itself warped and distorted,

  and in that moment, it was as if he was pulled back into reality from another dimension!

  The next instant, a deep purple lightning bolt of mental energy suddenly screamed past.

  Silent, formless, yet it caused the air to collapse and explode like water,

  where it passed, space was sliced open like paper, and the afterimage evaporated in an instant!

  It didn’t strike anyone—but it tore the night sky apart!

  High above, the dense clouds seemed to be pierced through,

  roiling thunderously, as if an entire stretch of the night sky had been cut open by a pitch-black crack!

  —Dead silence, no sound.

  The wind stopped, the sky grew even darker, as if time itself had frozen for a moment.

  No one knew just how terrifying that strike had been—

  But the BOSS, hidden in the shadows, slightly tightened his fingers.

  Even he felt a chill of cold sweat run down his back.

  He admitted—that moment had been truly dangerous.

  Just as the black-haired knight was forcefully teleported away in the next instant—

  The leader’s gaze finally turned to the right.

  In that moment, his eyes fixed on—the golden-haired knight.

  The purple light faded, his pupils returning to a cold, dead silence.

  No more mental fluctuations, no more fury or killing intent,

  only cold, precise, and ruthless—"Execution."

  Like a combat machine that had been fully awakened,

  calm, decisive, and direct.

  Then, he moved.

  —His leg moved!

  “Crack—!!”

  It wasn’t a simple leg raise,

  but a motion fueled by the hips, rotating the spine, locking the core!

  The entire upper body synchronized with the lower limb muscles in a near-mechanical, extreme coordination,

  compressing several tons of explosive force into a single point—

  —Focusing it all into that sweeping kick!

  “Boom—!!”

  The air was instantly torn apart, creating a shockwave that broke the sound barrier!

  It was like a bolt of lightning sweeping across the battlefield, the visible shockwave cutting through the air like a blade!

  At that moment, the golden-haired knight was still unsteady on his feet—his breath not yet fully returned!

  And that sweeping leg, like the scythe of death,

  came at him with the speed of thunder, aiming to strike him down!

  The world seemed to freeze in an instant, time itself seeming to halt.

  —But death was closing in.

  At a speed visible to the naked eye, rolling toward him!

  In that split second—!

  “Boom—!!!”

  A blazing beam of fire slashed in from the flank!

  Like a burning comet tearing through the sky, leaving a searing trail, it crashed into the battlefield with a deafening roar!

  —The red-haired knight had returned!!

  He suddenly charged in from the other side,

  his flaming sword raised high over his shoulder, slashing down at an angle!

  Flames and battle energy raged on the sword’s edge,

  forming a colossal blade of fire like the sun falling to the earth,

  accompanied by a thunderous roar, it swung straight at the leader's lower leg!

  “Boom—!!”

  It wasn’t meant to sever—he knew full well that was impossible!

  This wasn’t a killing strike, but a blow to break his momentum!

  The moment the blade made contact, sparks flew, and battle energy exploded like thunder!

  The [Vajra Indestructible Divine Art] was as solid as divine steel, unable to penetrate,

  but the immense impact disrupted the leader’s leg movement rhythm in that instant!

  His bones vibrated slightly, muscles tensed, and the force application was forcibly “interrupted”!

  Just—two instants of delay!

  But in those two instants, a gap was forcibly torn open in the midst of the death strike!

  —The golden-haired knight’s chance had come!

  His soul was screaming—

  —Move! Now!!

  A forced command erupted from the depths of his soul,

  instantly piercing through his nervous system, crushing the limits of his body!

  “Crack! Crack crack crack—!!”

  Bones shattered, misaligned, and restructured under the intense impact,

  and in the next instant, the broken bones quickly healed, flesh recombined!

  —Fracture!

  —Repair!

  —Another fracture! Another repair!

  Every inch of his muscles and bones felt as if they were being forged by fire!

  This was the price of burning his life, forcibly rebooting his body through pain!

  The golden-haired knight flashed sideways in an explosive lunge, skidding along the ground!

  Dust and stones flew, shockwaves ripping through his golden hair,

  but—

  —He, avoided it!!

  The heavy leg swept through with a thunderous roar, grazing the space where he had stood just moments before!

  “Boom!!”

  It hit the ground!

  The earth instantly shattered, the surface exploding into a half-arc crater like broken porcelain!

  Rocks flew, dust surged like a wall, and the shockwave blasted in all directions!

  If he had hesitated for even a moment, he would have been buried in the ground by now!

  —But he survived!

  It wasn’t a miracle, it was...

  —Coordination! Will! Unyielding determination!

  The flames hadn’t dissipated, the dust hadn’t settled, and the three figures—suddenly closed in!

  Red-haired, black-haired, golden-haired, the three knights moved as one, side by side;

  Soul burning, will roaring, they charged into the still-shaking energy storm!

  No words were needed, they had only one goal in their hearts—

  —To suppress him! The man standing at the center of the storm!

  The black-haired knight moved first!

  He shattered the ground beneath his feet and swept his sword horizontally!

  Battle energy seared the deep red blade, carving a crimson arc from the upper left to the lower right!

  This slash wasn’t meant to cut flesh, but to lock down the angle and rhythm!

  —And the leader moved!

  He stomped the ground, his body shifting lightly as he raised his left arm, blocking the blade with his elbow!

  “Clang!!”

  Sparks flew as the sword energy collided with his forearm, as solid as gold and iron, producing a sharp, ear-splitting ring!

  The black-haired knight had anticipated it—before the blade completed its arc, he twisted into a half-circle and reversed the slash toward the leader’s waist—

  Only to be countered by a sudden elbow strike from the leader, smashing the attack back.

  The battle clashed like wind and fire, fierce and intertwined!

  At the same time, the golden-haired knight flashed in!

  His lightning-wreathed knight’s sword streaked like a beam of light, thrusting from below toward the waist and flank!

  “Whoosh—!!”

  As the blade closed in, the leader stomped down and dodged with a sharp sidestep!

  But the next strike was already upon him, lightning flashing once more, aiming straight for the shoulder artery!

  The leader suddenly dropped his stance, his back muscles tensing in a shock!

  The lightning blade struck his back—

  but let out a clang as if hitting steel!

  The [Vajra Indestructible Divine Art] trembled, and the lightning rebounded upward!

  The golden-haired knight’s arm went numb, but he gritted his teeth and endured the recoil, thrusting again!

  He didn’t retreat!

  He was forcing the opponent to use every ounce of internal energy, every shred of defense,

  prying open that mountain-like enemy with every strike and every stab!

  Up above, the red-haired knight roared and dove down!

  His flame-infused battle energy burned like a crimson sun, and his long sword cleaved downward, dragging a sweeping arc of fire!

  “Boom—!!”

  The explosion tore through smoke and dust, flames bursting outward and lighting up the battlefield!

  At that moment, the leader suddenly looked up!

  He raised his left arm, fingers spread like iron pincers—and actually caught the fire with his bare hand!

  “Crack!!”

  The flame-coated battle blade was forcibly redirected with a single grab,

  the entire arc of fire veering off and crashing into the ground!

  “BOOM—!!!”

  The ground exploded, flames surged three meters high, and the shockwave blasted out five meters wide!

  The three closed in from all sides, their assault surging like a tide—

  fire, lightning, and chained attacks locking down every angle!

  Yet the man at the center of the storm still hadn’t taken a single step back.

  It wasn’t that he hadn’t been hit—

  It was that he hadn’t been forced back!

  Every sword strike that landed on him was deflected, absorbed, or weakened by the recoil.

  Every flame, bolt of lightning, and blast was endured head-on—with an incomprehensible level of resilience!

  It was as if they weren’t fighting a “man”—

  But an unshakable Vajra, standing immovable at the heart of the battlefield!