Ace did not even flinch. Instead, he threw his arms open excitedly as the evil spirits rushed toward him before disappearing without a trace.


    Nash thought it was all over. He thought the formidable power he witnessed just now was perhaps just his imagination, but then he noticed something strange. The evil spirits were still gathered where Acest was even though the man had seemingly vanished. Just as Nash was puzzling over the situation, the spirits suddenly turned and charged toward him! Nash swiftly dispatched them with the spear.


    When Nash looked back, he saw Ace there with nary a scratch on him. Moreover, the bone sword in Ace''s hand was emitting an aura simr to Nash''s Shura Soul-Eating Spear. "You... are a Shura?" Ace asked, his eyes filled with terror.


    Nash realized that Ace had never truly demonstrated his abilities throughout their entire encounter.


    "Who are you really? Where did your sworde from?" Nash demanded.


    "Me? Who am I?" Aceughed maniacally. "I have no name, and there''s no need for you to remember. After a thousand years, I''ve finally found it... Another weapon, and you..." "What are you" Nash began to ask, but Ace suddenly moved, and Nash locked in on him warily.


    Ace cut his wrist with the bone sword, letting his ck blood flow into the de.


    "Let me introduce you. This is the Bloodthirster Bone Sword, one of the Three Shura Treasures," Ace exined calmly.


    "This... How is this possible?!" Nash eximed in disbelief as he stared at the bone sword before him.


    In the distance, the young man who imed to be Francis'' disciple watched the two figures in the sky above.


    "Hahaha, it''s begun, it''s begun! The battle between the two divine weapons is sure to be interesting."


    Nash watched Ace nervously. In an instant, Ace unleashed a ck sword form with a sh, causing a sharp explosion in the air.


    In response, Nash thrust his spear forward. The moment their attacks shed, the world seemed to split under the immense power as a wild surge of spiritual, celestial, and demonic power erupted.


    People on the ground quickly


    scattered and fled. The Wardens


    and their followers retreated to


    safety of the boundaries. The


    barriers at the boundaries began to activate, enveloping them ino protective golden light.


    Meanwhile, the Illuminion''s troops were in position as theirmander adjusted their crown.


    To the side, Queen let out a cold breath and swiftly erected a sturdy ice wall to contain the overflowing energies.


    Meanwhile, the two figures in the sky rushed toward each other before the energies even dispersedpletely.


    Amidst shing des and shining swords, their souls seemed to devour each other. However, Nash''s spear held a slight advantage. Seizing the moment when Ace was on the defensive, Nash swiped the spear forward.


    In that brief moment when Ace''s sword was deflected, he thrust his spear directly into Ace''s chest before trying to quickly withdraw it.


    Ace, however, recovered at lightning speed and grabbed the spear as Nash attempted to pull it back. He swung his sword at Nash but failed to notice the Nirvana Fire coating the spear.


    Before the Bloodthirster Bone Sword


    could reach Nash, Ace was frozen


    1.not


    by the mes. This allowed Nash retract his spear just as Ace immediately dispersed the Nirvana Fire within him. Ace then lunged at Nash again.


    "His blood... Damn it, if this


    continues, it never end." Nash


    realized the gravity of the situation


    He knew that if he continued to dy the fight, the spear''s adverse


    effects would only worsen, inevitably


    leading to his defeat.