"Interesting."
"Kirito is the strongest player I designed."
"I cannot agree with you treating him with such contempt."
Kayaba frowned.
It was like a toy he had personally crafted being disregarded by others, which somewhat angered him.
He brought up the system backend, took out a cross-shaped spear weapon, and threw it onto the field.
"Dueling Spear!"
Centered around the cross-shaped spear, a purple domain formed, enveloping Tenya and Kirito.
"Tenya-kun!"
Asuna and the others instinctively attacked the barrier, but were repelled.
"Please do not disturb."
"This is a duel stage I specifically set up for the two strongest players."
"No one can interfere, including my GM privileges."
"The domain will not be lifted until one side's HP reaches zero."
Kayaba explained patiently.
"Tenya!"
"I finally waited for this day!"
Kirito held his two swords with both hands, his face full of confidence.
"Talking more is useless."
"First, I'll deal with you, then have a final showdown with Kayaba."
Tenya brandished Zangetsu, leaped up, and swiftly slashed at the opponent.
Clang!
Kirito crossed his dual swords to block, steadily parrying Tenya's attack.
"Don't underestimate me too much."
"In this world, I am Kirito."
He decided to abandon the real world, where he was useless and hit walls everywhere. He wanted to stay in Aincrad forever as Kirito.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Under everyone's breathless gaze, the two within the duel domain charged towards each other.
Clang!
Tenya used an enhancement skill, his slash overwhelmingly powerful.
Kirito brought out both swords, barely parrying this slash.
Kirito used his unique Two-Sword Style heavy attack sword skill, launching a cross-shaped fan slash forward.
A red light flashed in Tenya's eyes, and relying on his Magic Eye skill, he instantly saw through the opponent's sword skill movements.
His figure retreated, avoiding the opponent's cross heavy attack in advance.
"Sonic Impact!"
"Snake Bite!"
"Sharp Claw!"
High-speed charge, two-hit combo, three-hit combo.
While using the Flying skill, Tenya gracefully dodged left and right, parrying the opponent's combo with his sword.
"So strong!"
"That guy, how can he withstand Vice Commander Kirito's Two-Sword Style sword skills?!"
"You still think he's the Vice Commander?"
"That damn Kirito, he tricked us badly!"
The players originally admired and worshipped Kirito, the Vice Commander of the Knights of the Blood, and were very repelled by Tenya, the red name player.
Now, their attitude had undergone a complete 180-degree change. It could only be said that one's position determined one's perspective.
"Go, Tenya!" Silica cheered loudly.
"Tenya-kun, you must win!"
Asuna and Mito watched the man in the duel domain with tense expressions.
"Tenya..."
"His nerve reflexes far exceed the limits of a human."
"His skills also exceed Aincrad's settings, what exactly is going on?"
Kayaba's brows were tightly furrowed, and his finger brought up the system management interface. The result was that he couldn't read any information about the player Tenya.
This abnormal situation was like the Aincrad game server being hacked.
"Revolving Shield!"
"Armguard Stab!"
Tenya first used his single-handed sword to parry Kirito's Two-Sword Style slash, then seized the opportunity, forming his left hand into a blade and thrusting fiercely.
"Not good...!"
Relying on his agile reflexes, Kirito shifted his body at the critical moment, causing Tenya's strike to land on his right chest.
Triggered Passive: Advanced Fatal Blow, dealing 200 damage!
HP - 36%
Having over one-third of his HP instantly knocked off, Kirito immediately started to panic a little.
"Is this all the strength you have?"
Tenya pursued the victory, swinging his sword to slash head-on.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Kirito switched from offense to defense, parrying with his dual swords.
Tenya's enhanced slashes were very heavy, each strike causing the ground beneath Kirito's feet to crack.
"Don't look down on me!"
Kirito's eyes widened as if to split, and a strange black aura surrounded him. Suddenly, the speed of his sword skills doubled, exceeding the limits of human movement.
Tenya was caught off guard, and consecutively slashed several times. He rapidly retreated, resetting his stance.
"In this world, I will definitely not lose to anyone!!!"
Kirito let out an angry roar, the movements of his dual swords accelerated further, becoming dazzlingly fast.
"Starburst Stream!!!"
Two-Sword Style ultimate skill: Sixteen-hit combo!
Except for blocking the first three slashes at the beginning, Tenya took the remaining dozen-plus slashes of damage.
HP - 77%
"Not good!"
"Tenya is in the red!"
"As expected, he still can't beat that official cheat, Two-Sword Style."
Everyone was greatly disappointed by this.
However, what was surprising was that as Tenya's companions, Asuna and the two other girls were composed and emotionally stable, as if they weren't worried at all.
"Heh heh! How about that?"
"You know how powerful I am now, right!"
"You... Huh!?"
Kirito's smug smile gradually froze. He saw that on Tenya's face, he maintained his usual calm and composed appearance.
As if the Starburst Stream he just took was just a trivial attack.
"This is the Two-Sword Style's ultimate skill, are there any stronger moves?"
Tenya's Magic Eye had copied Kirito's complete set of Two-Sword Style sword skills.
It should be said that this was his real purpose, otherwise he wouldn't have fought Kirito for so long.
"Tenya!"
"You're always like this, always acting superior!"
"I've had enough of your face that looks down on people!!!"
Kirito's face was contorted in a grimace as he continued his aggressive offense.
"Tomoya, do you think you have anything that makes others respect you?" Tenya calmly counterattacked while calmly replying.
"I am Kirito!!!"
Having dominated in Aincrad and enjoyed the respect of countless people, he was unwilling to accept the humble human identity named "Tomoya" again.
After a round of fierce fighting between the two sides.
Kirito's current HP: 29%
Tenya's current HP: 6%
"Hmph! Don't bluff!"
"I have appraisal-type skills."
"Your HP is already critically low."
"Whether it's the game character or the real-world Tenya, both will vanish forever!"
In order not to give the opponent any chance to breathe, Kirito immediately used his Two-Sword Style ultimate move again: Starburst Stream.
He was just blindly attacking like crazy and didn't notice the holy light that flashed across Tenya.
(Divine Healing, instantly restores 80% of maximum HP.)