Only an instant of attack and defense.
The Bloodthirsty Serpentman's Wrap missed.
After Honedge raised its blade high, an even more ferocious Swords Dance whipped up a violent airflow, blasting the leaping Bloodthirsty Serpentman away on the spot.
Then Honedge's momentum grew stronger still, and the amplification of Swords Dance climbed to its very peak.
"Tick!"
The sound of the turn switching rang out at just the right moment.
Dark abruptly commanded: "Honedge, slay it!"
"Clang!"
Honedge violently shook its blade, letting out a long ring.
The spectators, upon first hearing this sword-cry that soared to the heavens, felt their whole bodies' vital energy stirred, their entire beings set ablaze.
And within that scalding battle intent, Honedge suddenly accelerated from above to below!
"Bloodthirsty Serpentman, dodge!"
Tom Nixon saw the danger and roared out.
But under Honedge's rainbow-momentum slaying strike, how could the Bloodthirsty Serpentman—enhanced to four stars at most—possibly dodge?
In that instant.
A bolt of white lightning slashed down, leaving a sharp afterimage in the air.
The Bloodthirsty Serpentman had just struck a posture when that white light cut it in two from head to toe!
"BOOM!"
Magic power burst and scattered.
The Bloodthirsty Serpentman's body exploded the instant it was cleaved in half, completely turning into points of magical light.
This Demon Species creature, which could rely on Bloodthirst to absorb the opponent's life and then inject its own with Frenzied Blood Serpent Venom to continuously strengthen itself, exited the field completely without having sucked even a single drop of blood.
And this time, there was no Spell Card that could revive it.
...
Tom Nixon's fingers trembled slightly; he had never expected to suffer such a heavy blow in his very first turn.
He didn't draw a card—when it became certain the Bloodthirsty Serpentman was beyond saving, he had already begun to cast Normal Summoning, urgently summoning his second Magic Guide Spirit.
After slaying the Bloodthirsty Serpentman, Honedge's momentum faded slightly, and the violent airflow wrapped around its blade dispersed accordingly.
But even without the buff of Swords Dance, it was still a four-star Magic Guide Spirit with an attack power as high as 2200.
So after only a brief pause, it retreated backward again, gathering power for a flying thrust—its target aimed directly at the blue side's Magic Sphere!
That blue Magic Sphere was right before it, utterly undefended; there was no way it could dodge this thrust.
Tom Nixon, in the midst of his emergency summon, could only watch as Honedge thrust its blade into the blue Magic Sphere's Life Barrier, magic power plunging!
[Magic Power (Blue): 8000-5900]
But when Honedge withdrew its blade and was about to strike again, Tom Nixon had already freed his hand. With just a flick of his fingers, that blue Magic Sphere shot up into the sky.
Then a white light descended, and a Magic Guide Spirit with a body like sludge materialized from the summoning light.
This Magic Guide Spirit that appeared in midair gave off a strong rotting stench. Beneath the folds of its sludge-like body hid rows of creepy eyeballs, rolling and turning from time to time.
Honedge was about to accelerate to dodge when it was grabbed and embraced by the creature, as if sinking into a mire.
[Card Name: Corpse Rot Slime]
[Type: Spirit Card]
[Level: ???]
[Species: Undead Species]
[Attribute: Ghost-type/Poison-type]
[Magic Power: 1200]
[Attack: 800]
[Defense: 1600]
[Ultimate Move: Putrid Curse, Feign Death]
After Honedge was wrapped up by the Corpse Rot Slime, the light of its blade vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving only a hilt struggling on the outside.
Dark, knowing nothing about this Corpse Rot Slime, immediately frowned.
He tentatively called out: "Honedge?"
Honedge, submerged in the "sludge," trembled all over, then suddenly erupted with light, forcibly breaking through that resistance that tightly wrapped its whole body, pulling itself free from within the Corpse Rot Slime's body.
But the Corpse Rot Slime, its body sliced open, pounced again as if utterly fearless of death.
Before Honedge could take off, it was wrapped up by the Corpse Rot Slime once more.
Honedge's fury surged. Light burst forth from its blade, and after breaking through the Corpse Rot Slime's encirclement a second time, it seized the momentum to dance its blade, slashing the slime into scattered pieces!
However, the Corpse Rot Slime, chopped into fragments, did not turn into light and depart.
On the blue side's player stand, Tom Nixon showed an obvious look of joy. Astonishingly, he no longer watched the fierce battle on the field, but reached toward his deck and drew two Magic Guide Cards in succession.
On the other side...
Dark had also drawn his two Magic Guide Cards for the second turn.
He glanced at them in the gap and felt slightly reassured.
[Shuckle]
[Push Spell]
Of these two new Magic Guide Cards, Push Spell had a fairly low application level, but it wasn't completely useless.
The appearance of Shuckle, however, was a pleasant surprise.
He immediately set about summoning Shuckle.
While silently reciting the incantation, he did not shift his gaze from the field.
Meowth, which had already been summoned in the first turn, had by now crossed the midfield and entered the blue side's zone.
And Honedge, after slashing that Corpse Rot Slime—which resembled a Muk—into pieces, suddenly flickered bright and dark.
Dark was just about to command Honedge to pursue and kill the blue Magic Sphere when he couldn't help but knit his brows.
Honedge's magic power value had not dropped noticeably, but its state seemed to have gone wrong?
Just as he hesitated.
The fragments of the Corpse Rot Slime that Honedge had slain gathered together as if conscious—it had revived!
"Again?"
Dark was inwardly shocked, but his summoning didn't stop.
Shuckle's Magic Guide Card was already glowing, and the summoning light shooting from the card's face fell onto the red side's summoning zone.
A Magic Guide Spirit with a red hard shell, like a turtle yet actually a bug, materialized within the light.
Almost simultaneously.
The Corpse Rot Slime, revived once more on the blue side's summoning zone, pounced at Honedge yet again.
With Honedge's speed, even without accelerating, it could easily dodge a pounce of this level.
But unexpectedly, it didn't move at all.
And it was immediately pounced from the air down to the ground by the Corpse Rot Slime!
"Duang!"
The sound of the blade hitting the ground was unusually crisp.
Dark suddenly realized and shouted: "Meowth!"
"Meow!"
Meowth immediately responded, its four limbs exerting force, abruptly accelerating.
At this very moment.
On the blue player stand, Tom Nixon had already revealed a cold smile. He picked out another Magic Guide Card from his hand and sneered: "If you summon your core Magic Guide Spirit right at the start, you'd better be prepared to be targeted. This sword of yours is already scrapped!"
His voice spread through the entire arena via the amplifier, stirring up a buzz of discussion.
Those who knew about Honedge's "holy nature" all frowned deeply.
"Looks like a Deathrattle-type curse," First Prince Charles murmured to himself.
But his confidant said doubtfully: "Even so, can a three-star Magic Guide Spirit's curse suppress a Holy Sword?"
The corner of First Prince Charles's mouth curled up: "In fact, it's already been suppressed."
...
"How could this be?" the Eldest Princess voiced her doubt.
But Claire said, not caring in the slightest: "A Holy Sword is only truly a Holy Sword in the hands of a Hero, just as a Hero with a Holy Sword is a true Hero. Throughout the ages, Holy Swords with a high degree of self-awareness have actually not been rare, but have you ever heard of a Holy Sword saving the world?"
The Eldest Princess subconsciously nodded, then looked to her side, where the Duchess was tightly gripping a model of the white cat, repeatedly making small chopping motions in front of her.
Her eye twitched darkly, and she didn't want to look at her anymore.
...
Meanwhile, on the field.
On the red player stand.
After a brief shock, Dark also formed a guess about the Corpse Rot Slime's Ultimate Move.
"This slime's revival isn't the same as the Bloodthirsty Serpentman's zombification; it should be its own trait. So is it the same Feign Death skill as Sarah Swati's Death Mummy?"
"A Magic Guide Spirit with the Feign Death Ultimate Move has two lives in battle."
"Similar Ultimate Moves include the Nine-Life Cat Demon's or the Nine-Tailed Fox's Nine Lives, which grant nine lives, but this slime is clearly not that."
"And Honedge has most likely suffered a weakening-type curse!"
After sorting out his thoughts, Dark's gaze gradually sharpened.
He saw that Meowth had already dashed to the front of the blue summoning zone, so he immediately shouted: "Meowth, draw the sword!"
"Meow!"
Without hesitation, Meowth plunged its claws into the Corpse Rot Slime's rotting body, not the least bit wary of those rolling eyeballs.
If it had been Sylveon, it would surely have shown great revulsion at this moment.
Dark was glad that the Magic Guide Spirit on the field was the Dark-type Meowth. Once Meowth reached in and gripped Honedge's hilt, he immediately injected magic power into Honedge's Magic Guide Card, prompting it to use Weaponize!
Honedge, having lost its power to the Putrid Curse, barely completed Weaponize. The single eye in the center of the tsuba gradually closed, as if about to sink into eternal slumber.
Then, the excited Meowth gave a mighty pull and yanked Honedge out of the Corpse Rot Slime's body!
"Meow!"
("Fortune's wheel turns; today it comes to my house.")
Meowth, now with the Holy Sword in hand, immediately felt a surge of power flow into its arm.
Dark used magic power to check Meowth's Magic Guide Card and immediately found that its attack power had increased by 900 points.
"Looks like even after being cursed, Honedge's attack-boost effect is still in place."
This was undoubtedly an unexpected piece of good news.
But Meowth was, after all, not a Hero candidate with Hero Aptitude. It couldn't trigger Honedge's "holy" effect, nor could it fully unleash the effects of the Ultimate Moves Chain Slash and Swords Dance.
Under these circumstances, even attempting to trigger the "holy" effect to dispel the curse was difficult to achieve.
But for now, this would have to do.
"Meowth, send it off once more!"
...
Receiving the command, Meowth immediately raised the Holy Sword high and chopped down hard at the Corpse Rot Slime.
This strike, even if it couldn't slay it, would severely wound it.
But if it did succeed in slaying it, it might trigger "Deathrattle" again.
Dark thought quickly and began to set about summoning Trash Slime.
With Shuckle present, Trash Slime now had a place to dwell.
As long as he summoned it onto Shuckle's shell, it could immediately crawl inside.
Then, whichever second-tier Magic Guide Spirit he summoned, it could serve as part of the sacrifice.
But Meowth's sure-kill strike didn't manage to land.
The Corpse Rot Slime suddenly turned into light and shot up toward the sky!
Dark's brow twitched, and he immediately noticed the Magic Guide Card in Tom Nixon's hand blazing with light!
...
On the blue player stand.
Tom's mind had quickly calmed. He raised his Magic Guide Card high and chanted loudly: "On the day the dead revive, at the hour the dead revive, two souls returning from the netherworld, sing the duet of souls—Ritual Summoning!"
[Card Name: Duet of Souls]
[Type: Secret Ritual Card]
[Effect: Complete two rebirths at extremely short intervals during battle, then use one of the reborn lives as a sacrifice to Special Summon—Soul Undertaker!]
...
"Ritual Summoning again!"
Dark's mind spun, and he suddenly recalled Senior Elsie Kevin's final summon in that duel.
The so-called "Ritual Summoning" was summoning a special Magic Guide Spirit through a Secret Ritual Card.
The prerequisite for this kind of summoning was fulfilling the conditions of the "ritual."
Some ritual conditions were extremely harsh, but the summoned Magic Guide Spirit might be even more bizarre and powerful.
Those with lower ritual difficulty usually summoned Magic Guide Spirits that weren't too strong.
Although Dark didn't know what Tom's Secret Ritual Card was, the difficulty of this ritual of his was clearly not low.
"Is this the top powerhouse among the third-years?"
The thought suddenly leapt into Dark's mind.
The system Tom Nixon employed in this duel differed markedly from the one he'd used in his duel against Ma Li Bond, leaving people completely unable to grasp his true depths.
He just didn't know what star rank of Magic Guide Spirit this ritual summoning could ultimately conjure.
His question was soon answered.
...
A fleshless skeleton stretched a pale bone claw out from the ritual summoning circle, as if crawling out from an abyss, supporting its body as it climbed out of the circle.
Its skull was engraved with blood marks, and it wore a tattered black robe, the hem trailing down to cover the feet that floated in the air.
In its hand, a skeletal scythe emanating bright red bloodlust made it look like a god of death.
But it was not a god of death—it was a life conceptually originating from the netherworld: the Soul Undertaker!
With the appearance of the Soul Undertaker, an extremely cold aura suddenly burst forth. Meowth on the ground even shivered.
[Card Name: Soul Undertaker]
[Type: Spirit Card]
[Level: ?????]
[Species: Undead Species]
[Attribute: Ghost-type/Shadow-type]
[Magic Power: 2500]
[Attack: 2400]
[Defense: 1000]
[Ultimate Move: Reaper's Scythe, Soul Interment]
A five-star Magic Guide Spirit!
He'd summoned a five-star Magic Guide Spirit on the second turn!
On the commentary stand, Zach Wilson tried to shatter this chill with a sufficiently loud voice.
After successfully summoning the Soul Undertaker, Tom Nixon picked out another Magic Guide Card.
He deliberately turned the card's face toward Dark, then rotated it back.
At the front of the player stand, the giant card displayed by the magic projection also flipped accordingly.
Thus Dark clearly saw the face of this Magic Guide Card.
His heart sank at once.
Tom Nixon's act of displaying the Magic Guide Card was a very serious provocation, but that card truly made him feel it was tricky.
It was a Secret Ritual Card—"Wail of the Twin Dead"!
[Card Name: Wail of the Twin Dead]
[Type: Secret Ritual Card]
[Effect: Activates immediately upon detecting the death of an Undead Species, launching a counterattack against the killer.]
A typical "Deathrattle" series Secret Ritual Card.
Its designated target was restricted to Undead Species that were "considered already dead."
It detected the death of an Undead Species and launched a counterattack.
What needed attention was the power of the "counterattack," but since Tom had put it in his deck, its power should be considerable.
This was probably the same type of Magic Guide Card as Drifblim's Shared Fate.
But generally speaking, this type of Magic Guide Card should be used as a "trap," otherwise it would be easily evaded.
"Is Tom Nixon deliberately displaying this Magic Guide Card an overly arrogant show of force? Or does he have some other purpose?"
...
While Dark was briefly pondering, the Soul Undertaker and Meowth had already clashed.
A five-star Magic Guide Spirit and a three-star Magic Guide Spirit.
But with Honedge's buff, Meowth's attack power had risen to 2400 points, on the same level as the Soul Undertaker's attack value.
The Soul Undertaker's defense was only 1000, not much different from Meowth's defense of 900.
Two Magic Guide Spirits separated by two star ranks were surprisingly evenly matched in their initial clash.
And thus the second turn passed.
"Tick."
At the start of the third turn, Dark was still puzzled.
Tom Nixon, however, had already quickly drawn his cards.
From Dark Demon's reaction of being a beat slow to draw his cards, he knew his "psychological tactics" had definitely succeeded.
"A first-year—even if the strength of his Magic Guide Cards isn't weak, he's extremely lacking in dueling experience. Just playing a single seemingly useful Magic Guide Card is enough to distract him and make him waste mental energy for nothing."
Tom Nixon glanced at the two Magic Guide Cards he'd just drawn and immediately picked out a Magic Guide Spirit Card to summon.
Right after, a brand-new Magic Guide Spirit appeared in his blue summoning zone.
It was a lion with blood-red skin, bat wings on its back, and a single horn atop its head!
[Card Name: Blood-Winged Lion King]
[Type: Spirit Card]
[Level: ???]
[Species: Animal species]
[Attribute: Dark-type]
[Magic Power: 1300]
[Attack: 1500]
[Defense: 1400]
[Ultimate Move: Blood Fury]
A three-star blue card with only one Ultimate Move.
Similar to the standard three-star Troll.
But the winged Blood-Winged Lion King could fly into the sky and pursue the Magic Sphere!
This newly summoned Blood-Winged Lion King indeed rushed toward the red summoning zone the moment it appeared, paying no heed to Meowth, which was locked in combat with the Soul Undertaker.
And in the red summoning zone, at this moment only one Magic Guide Spirit was on defense.
But that Magic Guide Spirit's obviously slow speed had already been fully exposed earlier in the match.
Tom knew very well that as long as he let the Blood-Winged Lion King go around it—paying it no heed at all, staying far away even if hit by its Ultimate Move—it wouldn't suffer any attack.
And once Dark Demon felt threatened and used magic power to remotely control the Magic Sphere to fly into the sky, the Blood-Winged Lion King could chase him down without any chance to catch his breath, right up until victory was sealed.
...
A very clear path to victory.
Assuming Dark made no response.
...
On the red player stand.
Though a beat slow, Dark still drew his two new Magic Guide Cards.
[Curse Cage: DemiDevimon]
[Miltank]
The appearance of these two Magic Guide Cards instantly steadied Dark.
The appearance of Curse Cage: DemiDevimon meant he could now use the Lust III he'd drawn at the start to summon the long-absent Black Gatomon.
After that, he only needed to draw Gatomon and Fusion to have a chance of summoning his ultimate trump card—Bastemon!
And the appearance of Miltank meant he could immediately Sacrificial Summon the second-tier iron fortress—Miltank.
Although, since Dark rarely used Miltank in official duels, it went unnoticed.
But even discarding the hard-to-use Rollout, Miltank possessed a super-defensive Ultimate Move with an extremely long duration—Defense Curl!
Once Defense Curl was cast, Miltank's defense could go from 2000 to 3000 points, essentially able to ignore the basic attacks of third-tier and lower Magic Guide Spirits.
Even if the opponent used a high-power Ultimate Move to lower its health line, its full 2000 magic power points and the Ultimate Move Milk Drink, which could restore half its magic power, would keep it standing firm.
If further combined with the "trickster" Shuckle, the red Magic Sphere would be essentially free of worry.
"There are only two points to note in a Magic Guide Duel—attack and defense!"
"When the attack is blocked, then build up the defense first!"
Dark focused his eyes and immediately summoned Curse Cage: DemiDevimon...
Thus by the time the Blood-Winged Lion King crossed the midfield, Dark had already summoned DemiDevimon.
...
After seeing that DemiDevimon, the corner of Tom Nixon's mouth twitched, and he immediately changed his strategy: "Blood-Winged Lion King, attack that DemiDevimon!"
Anyone who had watched Dark's matches was surely deeply impressed by DemiDevimon's "evolution."
The Blood-Winged Lion King had just crossed the midfield—perhaps it could kill it before it "evolved"!
After receiving the new command, the Blood-Winged Lion King immediately spread the blood-red bat wings on its back, stepped on empty air with its forelegs, and took flight.
"Blood Fury!"
Tom Nixon still felt it wasn't enough and calmly issued a second command.
The Blood-Winged Lion King immediately used its sole Ultimate Move. Droplets of blood seeped out from beneath its skin, and a frenzied aura burst forth.
Then its flight speed suddenly soared!
...
The spectators who could see the players' Magic Guide Cards immediately noticed the Blood-Winged Lion King's magic power value dropping rapidly, and instantly understood the Ultimate Move Blood Fury.
It was clearly an Ultimate Move that consumed life to strengthen oneself.
For this kind of "suicide"-type Ultimate Move, the strengthening effect was generally higher than that of ordinary strengthening-type Ultimate Moves.
The Blood-Winged Lion King's strengthening effect was very significant.
DemiDevimon, just summoned, still had a dazed look, and in the blink of an eye it saw a blood-dripping lion flying toward it.
It subconsciously turned its head for help.
But all it got was its master's overly serious gaze.
"Alright then."
DemiDevimon instantly understood: from here on, it could only rely on itself.
So without hesitation it dove, flying downward against all convention!
Because down below was its most reliable family—Shuckle!
...
"Help help help!"
After shouting "help" countless times in its heart, DemiDevimon flew close to Shuckle just before the Blood-Winged Lion King could bite its butt.
Shuckle, long since ready, suddenly lit up with the light of psychic power in its eyes.
Ultimate Move—Guard Split!
DemiDevimon's defense value instantly rose from a pitiful 100 points to 1150 points!
Ultimate Move—Power Split!
The Blood-Winged Lion King's attack instantly dropped from 1500 points to 750 points.
Even with the buff of Blood Fury, the bite it fiercely aimed at DemiDevimon's butt only scraped off a layer of skin.
"O(≧口≦)O Ahhh!"
DemiDevimon immediately accelerated again amid its screams, fleeing the lion's jaws.
But the Blood-Winged Lion King, which felt as if it had bitten into steel, was startled by that momentary softening of the body and froze stiff in the air for a moment.
Afterward, a pink light shone down.
The Blood-Winged Lion King, caught by its periphery, instantly flushed red in the face, its blood surging, its bleeding greatly increased.
Just as Tom Nixon was utterly astonished by this, DemiDevimon was finally enveloped by the light of Lust III.
The skull pattern on its forehead instantly turned into the emblem of Lust, its whole body turned into a glowing form within the pink light, and then its life structure underwent a drastic change.
When the light faded and it descended from the air, it had already become a cat with jet-black fur—Black Gatomon!
[Card Name: Black Gatomon]
[Type: Spirit Card]
[Level: ????]
[Species: Demon Species]
[Attribute: Shadow-type]
[Magic Power: 1500]
[Attack: 1900]
[Defense: 900]
[Ultimate Move: Cat Punch, Dangerous Love]
Black Gatomon, its paws landing on the ground, suddenly let out a menacing roar that didn't match "Lust."
Then it kicked off with both feet and actually leapt from the ground up into the air, grabbing hold of the Blood-Winged Lion King's wing before furiously flipping up on top of it.
An extremely strong vengefulness made it swing its deadly claws at the Blood-Winged Lion King that had bitten it!
Black Gatomon, which like Gatomon possessed indestructible claws, though without the buff of the Holy Ring—
still had an attack power as high as 1900, making the Blood-Winged Lion King pay a heavy price.
"Awoo!"
The Blood-Winged Lion King, unable to reach its own back, was helpless amid its wails, and was actually clawed to death by Black Gatomon just like that!
The instant its corpse turned into light, Tom Nixon's expression stiffened imperceptibly.
...
"Tick!"
"Battle Phase (4)" [30s]
...
"In the name of Tom Nixon, Magic Guide Summon!"
At the instant of the turn switch, Tom Nixon completed yet another Magic Guide Summon.
This was actually a technique as well.
Summoning at this point in time could effectively disrupt the opponent's rhythm.
Tom Nixon wasn't actually doing so on purpose, though.
The death of the Blood-Winged Lion King had put him in a bit of a bind, because he no longer had any first-tier Magic Guide Spirit Card in his hand that could be Normal Summoned.
If he still failed to draw a new first-tier Magic Guide Spirit Card in this fourth turn, then it would be rather hard for him to perform going forward.
But at this moment, he had no time to worry about that.
After killing the Blood-Winged Lion King, Black Gatomon immediately dashed toward the blue zone.
Once it linked up with Meowth, his Soul Undertaker would likely fall into a disadvantage.
He had to inflict effective damage on that sword-wielding Meowth before Black Gatomon arrived.
So Tom Nixon activated the Magic Card he'd originally kept in reserve—"Serpents of Secrets"!
In an instant...
From the black light emitted by the Magic Guide Card in his hand, strands of secretive long serpents like black mist swarmed out, swooping down from five meters up in the air, biting at the Meowth locked in fierce combat with the Soul Undertaker.
The two Magic Guide Spirits had already used their Ultimate Moves during their trembling clash.
Meowth had tried to use the Ultimate Move Thief to steal the scythe from the Soul Undertaker's hand, but had failed.
The Soul Undertaker's scythe was in fact part of its body and couldn't be stolen.
So Meowth's Thief only swiped that tattered black robe off its body, which was now casually tossed on the ground.
And the Soul Undertaker, robeless, exposed its entire skeleton, inside and out, laid bare before everyone's eyes.
Under Tom Nixon's between-the-gaps command, it used the Ultimate Move—Reaper's Scythe, granting the scythe in its hand the effect of "mental intimidation."
Once struck by the scythe buffed with Reaper's Scythe, the opponent would see hell, their spirit shaken, feeling fear and despair.
But Meowth's Ultimate Move Technician made it extra nimble when using items. Even its swordsmanship far exceeded the Soul Undertaker's, and from start to finish it had never once been struck by it.
And although Honedge had endured the Putrid Curse, it could still block the effect of Reaper's Scythe, keeping Meowth safe and sound all along.
But this time, the appearance of Serpents of Secrets broke the balance.
Over a dozen serpents of secrets condensed from black mist swarmed in, so frightening Meowth that it parried the scythe with one strike and then abruptly retreated.
But the Serpents of Secrets were extremely fast, and one still bit its right shoulder, causing a patch of pitch-black to seep out above its right shoulder.
Then the nerve tissue nearby suddenly went out of control.
Its sword-holding right arm therefore trembled wildly, its five fingers completely unable to exert force, and Honedge actually slipped from between its fingers.
Meowth's expression changed drastically, but its reaction was also extremely fast. It immediately scooped up the sword with its left hand and, following through, flung it up to block the scythe chopping down.
Had it been someone else, the left hand's power would surely be inferior to that of the dominant hand.
But Meowth was not someone else.
Meowth, which could draw a square with its left hand and a circle with its right, still wielded the Holy Sword flawlessly.
However, the serpents of secrets that had fallen to the ground didn't dissipate but crawled over, biting frantically at its two feet!
"Meow meow meow!"
Meowth stamped its feet one after another, trying to flee, but having been entangled by the Soul Undertaker, one of its toes was still bitten in the gap.
Its face instantly went pale, knowing its fate.
The chance to shine bright and burn hot was about to slip away from its very fingertips.
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