I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

The Federation members in the stands looked worried. Even Tang Jinghong, who disliked Shadow and Maen, showed tension. No matter how much she disliked those guys, she didn't want the Federation to lose this battle, and Maen was their last hope.

However, Ivani, transformed into an angel after completing the Path to Heaven, had enhanced speed and strength. Maen couldn't even maintain his magical armor's defense because of her fierce attacks, and wounds began to appear on him. Although he managed to scratch Ivani a few times, the wounds he inflicted were much smaller than those he received.

Anyone with eyes could see that Maen was at a disadvantage. The high-level ability users in the Atlantis camp looked noticeably more relaxed than before, although Shadow remained expressionless, as always.

Although Tang Xueluan couldn't understand who had the upper hand in their battle, she realized that Maen seemed to be in a bad situation. And according to Shadow, it seemed like they were already in a serious phase.

"Do you think Maen still has a chance to win?" Tang Xueluan asked anxiously.

She was worried about hearing a particularly negative answer, because that would mean the family elders might reject her proposal, especially her mother, who was prejudiced against the members of the Salvation Alliance. Only if Maen won could she easily persuade her.

In fact, Tang Xueluan herself didn't care so much about Maen's victory or defeat. In the end, she didn't value actual combat power the most. The fact that Maen was qualified to step into this duel meant that his ability had already met her standards.

What truly attracted her was Maen's personality and identity. After a few short encounters, she realized that Maen wasn't the kind of so-called Salvation Alliance member that most Federation politicians imagined. But precisely because he had this identity, few truly influential factions recruited him.

But now, only the reformists, who had emerged in recent years, were interested in him, and they had no competitiveness at all, nor could they really invest a lot of resources in a risky ability user like Maen. If she wanted to represent the family to compete, she could definitely offer better treatment than them.

Even if Maen lost, it would be beneficial to her, as it would reduce potential competitive pressure. But if she wanted to persuade the family elders to hand over resources to her, she had to provide solid evidence, because that money wasn't hers.

"You just looked at their expressions, right?" Shadow suddenly smiled. "Don't be fooled by their expressions. They just think Ivani has the upper hand now, but in reality, they, like me…"

"…can't say for sure who will win."

The white flame sword narrowly slashed towards Maen's throat, but was instantly knocked away by a flying black dagger just before tearing it open, leaving a scarlet scar on his chest.

The sharp tip of the spear directly melted the divine holy light used for defense, gently scratching Ivani's cheek and leaving a shallow bloodstain.

Ivani, who had regained her footing, was covered in shallow bloodstains from the spear tips. At first glance, she looked quite disheveled, but she seemed quite comfortable compared to Maen, who was covered in wounds. His body was covered in frightening scarlet scars.

These scars were burning with dark red flames of judgment, and the white pure holy flames that had already penetrated his body were simultaneously eroding and destroying this tenacious body. Even an ordinary Limit IV ability user should have been seriously injured by now.

Moreover, the demon floating behind him had already knelt on the ground, but ironically, Maen was still standing tall.

In fact, he could indeed feel the abnormality in his body. The characteristics of these flames were not completely ineffective against him. If he really ignored them and let the two flames burn for days and nights, he might really be burned to death.

But the characteristics of these flames would need several hours to have a significant impact on his body. However, this didn't mean they were completely useless. In fact, the flames of judgment did reduce his defense, and the pure holy flames made the four blades hot enough to melt his flesh.

Although these two flames couldn't quickly destroy him through direct burning, they allowed the four holy swords to seriously injure him, to some extent offsetting the divine body's amazing self-healing and strength. And when the one wielding them was a sword master like Ivani, it was really possible to stab into his heart or head.

Ivani also realized this at this moment, so she didn't change her combat strategy, but patiently used the holy swords to continuously leave wounds on Maen's body, slowly consuming his stamina, and finding an opportunity to directly take his life.

And under such an offensive, Maen didn't seem to have any other way to cope, and could only be suppressed by her, constantly exchanging stamina. If this continued, he would definitely reveal a flaw before her.

Because of this, Ivani, taking advantage of a break to catch her breath, raised the four swords and kindly reminded him:

"The situation is already obvious. If you want to admit defeat, it's best to do it now.

"Because I won't be able to hold back anymore."

Maen, covered in scars, raised his spear with ease:

"No need, I can still fight."

Ivani nodded solemnly:

"You are a respectable warrior…"

"Then I'm sorry."

The pure white four wings flapped fiercely, propelling the four long swords, turning them into comets tearing through the air and dragging white tails, towards Maen, who was already half a blood man. Maen didn't dodge, but stood in place and waved his spear.

But the spear was suddenly as swift as lightning, deflecting the four long swords at a speed that Ivani couldn't react to at all, then tearing open her throat directly with cunning and ruthlessness. Like a white raptor avenging, she could only frantically flap her wings to distance herself from Maen.

Then, covering her throat, Ivani immediately realized a terrifying fact through her speed of moving away from Maen—it wasn't that Maen's spear was suddenly as fast as lightning, but that her reaction speed had just become sluggish.

With several bursts of holy light and the consumption of divine props, her bleeding throat barely healed, but the toxins from the spear tip had already flowed into her body, and the effects on her were not reversed as a result.

Ivani showed a shocked expression:

"Is this poison?"

How could there be poison that could take effect on her unknowingly? Logically, she should be naturally immune to most toxins in the world after becoming an angel, and the Path to Heaven divine art itself has a purifying effect…

Thinking of this, she suddenly realized that many of Maen's mistakes, which seemed to be caused by his lack of proficiency in close combat, became reasonable.

Maen, holding the spear, replied innocently:

"The Federation provided this poison."

When he first scratched Ivani's face, the paralyzing toxin had already seeped into her body through the spear tip. Logically, a normal IV-level toxin should have had an effect within a few seconds, but this paralyzing toxin had no effect even from such a deep wound.

After he continuously made large and small wounds on Ivani's body, the toxin finally reached a dose sufficient to take effect, and it had to wait until now to finally take effect. And in fact, its effect was not strong enough to reverse the battle situation.

But all these preparations and waiting were worth it.

Because corresponding to its difficult activation conditions was its tenacious effect. Even the angel-transformed Ivani couldn't resist and dissolve it, and more importantly, Maen didn't expect to win by relying on it.

The real purpose of his use of this paralyzing toxin was to win without killing Ivani.

After Ivani felt that she was poisoned, she didn't get discouraged, but instead perked up her spirits in an attempt to resist the effects of the toxin. After blinking her eyes lightly, a few strands of golden light emerged, covering her bright eyes.

Divine Art—Divine Oracle Substitute.

The purpose of this move is to temporarily replace the consciousness with the power of heaven to control the body. The original design was to cope with continuous battles of super long duration, and only the level of swordsmen who are good at swordsmanship can compare with her own level.

But she is now using the version improved by Rafivin. First of all, she can freely and quickly switch the control mode, allowing her to choose to use her own will or divine art to control her body to fight, and she can also automatically enable it when she does not react.

Moreover, in the Path to Heaven, this improved divine art can exert a level close to Ivani's own, because this is closer to heaven than anywhere else in the world, and she can directly "borrow" the power of heaven.

In fact, she had already used this divine art at the beginning of the battle, but she had never enabled it.

And the purpose of her learning this move was to deal with Maen's legendary memory erasure, and it was also set to immediately take over the body and start fighting after being attacked by the mind, but she didn't expect it to come in handy at this time, and it was so useful.

Although it can't completely eliminate the toxin's impact on her body, at least when her thinking is affected and becomes severely sluggish next time, the divine art can replace her to control her body for basic response.

Now Ivani has also noticed the flaws of this toxin. Its effect is weaker than many toxins, and the speed of its onset and spread is slower than she initially thought, which means…

As long as she defeats Maen before the toxin drags down her body.

Thinking so, Ivani directly raised her swords, posing in a fierce and fearless posture, and flew towards Maen. The hovering black dagger also rushed towards her at this time, and was accurately blocked by the blade in her hand.

But this also gave the toxin in her body a chance to instantly paralyze her thinking, but the four arms holding the long sword and her body did not become sluggish because of this, but still slashed across Maen's body with undiminished sharpness, and blocked his attack this time.

Very good, as long as this continues…

But at this moment, she suddenly saw that Maen still had a calm expression, which made her suddenly feel a bit ominous.

Snap.

With a crisp sound, the surrounding holy light suddenly dimmed a bit, and then the surrounding heaven-like environment began to fade rapidly, revealing a clean and ordinary coast, and she returned to her posture wearing broken armor.

"Silencer Holy Sword?" She turned her head but saw nothing.

"Don't look." Maen put away his spear and walked towards her and said, "The Silencer's solidification of the surrounding spirit has been disintegrated, and all the accessories on your body that can resist mental attacks are now useless to me."

The Siren's Tears had completely figured out their defenses, but after it returned to Maen, these props could no longer affect him. The props personally selected by Shadow were indeed very strong, although he did not use the mental enhancement device, but only dragging enough time could also enter here.

Ivani still didn't want to surrender now:

"We have long been prepared for your mental attacks. Even if you enter here, you can't defeat me immediately. All inquisitors have received mental training that you can't imagine, and have a strong will beyond ordinary people.

"And before I fought you, I specifically received training in this area.

"You can try who is faster."

At this time, her body has been completely taken over by the Divine Oracle Substitute. Even if her spirit is attacked by Maen, she can maintain her suppression of him. As long as she can hold on until her body wins, she can still get the promise of the Great Flood for the church.

Maen praised very modestly:

"You do have a very strong will."

In fact, he couldn't be distracted while fighting her, and couldn't put too much mental effort into this at will.

That is to say, it is not so easy for him to win in the mental field in a short period of time. Although inquisitors and divine art users like Ivani cannot launch mental attacks, their mental defenses are not low.

His purpose is not to defeat her here.

Ivani looked at him in confusion:

"So you don't plan to attack me? Then what is the point of you doing this?

"The Divine Oracle Substitute's combat skills are no weaker than mine."

Maen nodded:

"But it's not a real living thing, right.

"I have learned about this divine art, it can't really think, it can only understand fighting."

Ivani said:

"That's right, but it won't stop before it kills you. If I was controlling it outside, I might still be conscious of holding back, but it will not show mercy to you at all. It seems that doing so will only increase your own risk."

Maen smiled and replied:

"It's okay, I know my own limits very well."

Maen entered Ivani's mind for more complex reasons than she thought. Here, he could perceive Ivani's most subtle emotional changes. As long as he uttered the question from his mouth, she would not be able to hide her inner judgment on this question.

Now, he has gotten the answer he wanted.

Vote~