As the two girls stood face to face against each other, Suzuha explained "This late in the game, you both should know the rules already. Whether Regina loses this match won't affect the fact that she won her previous round against Lydia, so you can be rest assured that you'd go into the final round.", Mio thought to herself "Her win isn't going to be affected huh? Good, I was scared for a moment that she'd have to lose her former round if she lost this round.". Suzuha then called out "Ready. Set....?", both girls were ready to attack, Astera had already placed her hand on her sword, and Regina was ready to draw out her daggers "GO!", Suzuha exclaimed. As soon as she did, Astera sent a powerful slash at Regina, this slash was something that cut Regina on her hand before Regina could fully block with her daggers. Everyone was in shock, including Suzuha "That fast?", Regina was a bit stunned "What the... I didn't even see the attack come my way.". Before she knew it, Astera came in with a sword strike and tried to cut Regina on the stomach, Regina couldn't react untime, so she coated that part of her body with energy in order to lower the damage of the strike from Astera. As soon as she got hit by Astera's strike, a huge bang accomanied by a swift flash of light was heard from the strike, all the girls stood in shock "No way, she managed to strike Regina before she could react?", Gwen muttered. This strike from Astera sent Regina flying backwards, luckily, Regina was able to land on her two feet. Regina stood up straight "What the hell? Her attacks are almost blinding. It's like the moment she attacks, her sword is covered with some kind of light that won't make you see a thing anymore until you're being hit!". Regina's eyes narrowed "Whatever. If you want to defeat an enemy who has the advantage, you use everything you have to fight back and win! Even tho it's victor is clear", purple energy started to brew out of her body. Astera spotted this and prepared herself "She's preparing to strike huh?", a huge amount of purple energy blasted out of Regina's body, her spirit mark(Triangle with three dots) took shape. Astera scoffed with a cold look in her blue eyes "I see. In that case.", her blue eyes glowed out a blue colour with small veins below her eyes. Not just that, but a huge amount of blue energy blasted out of Astera's body as well, she grabbed her sword and was prepared for the next strike "Regina Starfall of the spirit clan. I want to see what you can do. And hopefully, you won't showcase all this power just to lose, you lower class fodder pretending to be all that!", Regina replied with annoyance and killing intent in her eyes "Shut the fuck up you blue haired bitch!", this sentence from Regina instantly angered Astera. Regina rushed towards her with a sword made out of her purple energy, Astera blocked the incoming strike with her Katana, both girls glared at each other for a few seconds before blitzing around at lightning speeds and clashing their blades. The strikes from their blades were causing light of purple and blue to spark all over the place. They weren't just clashing blades, they were using every bit of skill and swordsmanship they had. Each strike from both girls was a deadly strike that would have harmed either of the two combatants if they weren't slightly holding back. Regina was showing good sword skills as she was striking and parrying all of Astera's strikes with lethality, Astera on the other hand was showing that she was a seasoned fighter who knows her sword very well, she was blocking and sending slashes at Regina as well. Each strike from Regina was showing killing intent and sharp tearing skills, Astera's sword strikes on the other hand was showing more experience, firm striking power and an overall better mastery of her sword. While this fight kept going on, Yuki thought to herself "They're fast, both of em. Regina's strikes are showing more of an assassins intent to kill, while Astera has better grip of her sword and has better move set on how she waves it. Not just that, but if Regina had kept fighting at her base state, she would have taken crazy damage from Astera constantly. Both of them, are just crazy stong in their own way.". Lydia clicked her tounge "Astera's strikes are blinding strikes, it's like her sword blinds its opponents for a moment just so she can attack. That's how she's always fought, at a speed that your brain can't fully process until you're almost hit. Regina, you've gotta win this!". As they kept on fighting , Suzuha thought to herself. "This fight can go either way. Astera Katakuri can win due to a blinding strike and a single burst of killing intent. But Regina on the other hand fights with deadly swords strikes and lots of killing intent, her skills are sharp too. Astera might be better and more experienced, but Regina isn't going to let that advantage beat her. It's simply just a fight between experience Vs lethality.". Astera placed her sword in a position like she wanted to draw it out once again, Regina saw this and was prepared. Astera called out "Sword Domain...", a huge circle of blue energy surrounded her and Regina. Regina was stunned for a moment, she quickly created two daggers of purple lightning and amped her arms with purple energy, Astera completed the name of her technique "Sure Hit Strike!", she sent a huge slash of blue and white energy together. Regina braced herself, her purple eyes showed killing intent that was mixed with the mind that was prepared for anything.
END OF CHAPTER.