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Hearing Kenma's words, Reinhard's expression remained unchanged as he threw another punch, blowing up Kenma's head.

But at this very moment, confusion surfaced in his eyes.

I... actually developed the desire to fight my own master?

Ever since he was a child, Reinhard had been a truly invincible existence.

The first time he held a sword as a child, he was able to defeat his swordsmanship teacher.

He felt that becoming the Sword Saint would make his father happy, and the world immediately bestowed upon him the Divine Protection of the Sword Saint.

Ever since then, whenever there was the slightest unpleasantness in his life, it would be instantly smoothed over by a brand-new Divine protection bestowed by the world.

Reinhard had never encountered any major setbacks. It was precisely this consistently invincible strength in the Kingdom of Lugnica that made him increasingly lost.

If one could say that every person's path to growing stronger was a climb from the foot of the mountain to the peak, then Reinhard himself was most likely someone standing at the summit, looking down from afar at all those climbing below.

At this very instant, the moment Reinhard felt battle intent, he finally saw it.

His master, Natsuki Subaru, had also reached the summit, possessing strength that could stride shoulder-to-shoulder with his own.

Splattered with the warm blood from Kenma's blown-up head, Reinhard raised a hand to wipe the crimson from his face, his gaze turning resolute.

"Subaru-sama, this subordinate will definitely go all out and let you experience the joy of battle."

With half of his head smashed open, Kenma, though left with only a single bloody eyeball dangling from his eye socket, still burst into wild laughter.

"Hahahahaha! That's right! That's it! Use all your strength to please me! Let me feel your power, Reinhard!"

Ten seconds were up, and the injuries on his body recovered as good as new in the blink of an eye. Armor covered his entire body, Kenma's aura skyrocketed, and a scarlet glow flashed in his pupils.

Seizing a split-second opportunity, Kenma smashed a punch into Reinhard's chin, a standard uppercut sending him high into the air.

The moment Reinhard stabilized his posture in mid-air, Kenma stamped one foot on the ground, maneuvering nimbly through the air at eight times the speed of sound.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

Piercing sonic booms exploded one after another.

Reinhard placed his arms on both sides of his head to block, while Kenma's figure flashed rapidly in mid-air, throwing strikes the moment he closed in each time.

If viewed from a distance, Reinhard looked like he was surrounded in the absolute center by countless red threads, which were the traces left behind by Kenma as he moved through mid-air.

Reinhard didn't even have the chance to land. His whole body was beaten and tossed about in the air.

But those blue eyes hidden beneath his arms constantly rolled within their sockets, searching for a fleeting opportunity.

Finally, he instinctively sensed the emergence of a combat opportunity.

Divine Protection of Combat Instinct: The user is extremely sensitive to opportunities that appear in every battle and can perceive them in advance.

Divine Protection of of Flaws: The user can accurately seize the flaws they discover in battle.

The moment Kenma flew over again, raising his right hand high—

Reinhard's gaze flashed, and without a moment's hesitation, he mobilized all his strength and abruptly turned around.

Right now!

Splat!

The blue-glowing hand blade pierced through Kenma's chest, followed by a fierce squeeze.

Reinhard felt the warm tactile sensation, as well as the feeling of crushing that constantly beating heart.

With his whole body losing blood supply, Kenma's movements inevitably stiffened.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Reinhard's hands turned into afterimages, and a tightly sealed blue barrier seemed to form in front of his entire body. It was the trace left in the air by the magical slashes he threw out.

Several blood lines appeared on Kenma's head, and alongside those blood lines was his body covered in scarlet armor.

Divine Protection of Armor Breaking: When the target has armor attached to their body, the user's attacks can perfectly break the target's armor.

Divine Protection of Attack Speed: When the user rapidly and continuously performs the same attack, their attack speed will be significantly increased.

Divine Protection of the Sky: When in the sky and both feet leave the earth, the user's physical qualities will be comprehensively enhanced.

The combination of various Divine Protections made Reinhard's aerial slashes not only fast to the extreme, but also capable of easily slicing open the scarlet armor on Kenma's surface.

This wasn't the end yet!

Looking at Kenma, whose entire body was covered in blood lines, Reinhard delivered a straight kick right into his abdomen.

The body that had already been sliced apart decomposed, and Kenma was thus chopped into dozens of pieces in mid-air.

"Hah... hah..."

Bathed in blood and viscera, Reinhard felt somewhat exhausted, panting slightly.

This set of movements looked smooth and flowing, but in reality, it was a tremendous test of his stamina and energy.

Kenma's physical body was not vulnerable. Even with the addition of multiple Divine Protections capable of piercing defense, every single slash from Reinhard was exceptionally difficult.

The next second, the scattered blood, viscera, and minced meat bizarrely paused in mid-air. Afterwards, the all-over flying fragments of the scarlet armor dissipated. Countless flesh, viscera, and bones intersected and fused in mid-air, and newly born granulation buds rapidly emerged and intertwined, swiftly knitting together a humanoid silhouette.

In just a few seconds, Kenma appeared completely unharmed. Even the clothes on his body were molded into a brand-new version using his own flesh and blood, preventing him from making his debut in a nude state.

"Thoroughly satisfying! I didn't expect you to reach this extent, Reinhard!"

Kenma arrived in front of Reinhard in the blink of an eye, throwing a hand blade toward his abdomen.

Reinhard immediately realized what was happening, extending one hand toward his abdomen to block while his other hand unhesitatingly sliced toward Kenma's head.

The next second, that hand blade missed. Reinhard, who had originally planned to slice open half of Kenma's head, changed his expression.

Not good!