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    Riona didn''t put Adhara''s human form in her eyes.


    She was holding back a lot and was still able to match Adhara in her human form easily


    But all of that drastically changed when Adhara shifted into her Werewolf form.


    Her confidence was washed away when she was confronted by reality—the Anti-Werewolf bloodline was stronger than she anticipated. It was not nothing when its nickname was the White Reaper or the Albino Werewolf.


    Stealing a nce at the royals, the frown on Riona''s face deepened.


    No part of the battlefield was going in their favor.


    ''If the Royal ck Prince needed to be matched by three royals then perhaps I should opt for the same thing,'' Riona pondered, this was no longer a duel—and using anything to win would be of the utmost importance. ''I need Mi and Erick to face her!''


    As opposed to fighting with honor, Riona decided to throw it all.


    She would ask for help from the strongest Beta under Prince ric and Prince Leif''s packs.


    Only through that would she secure a win against Adhara.


    Aoouuu!!


    Riona howled, sounding an rm to pull Mi and Erick''s attention towards her. Find adventures at empire


    "Did you actually call for help?" Adhara ridiculed with a chuckle.


    Upon hearing this, Riona swallowed her pride and answered, "I''ll do anything to win"


    "Same goes here," Adhara replied, smirking.


    Riona frowned at her answer—but Adhara then gestured above with her index finger, telling Riona to look above. As soon as Riona raised her gaze—she saw a rolling ck thing above, spinning hard andnding in front of her.


    It sttered liquid into the area where itnded.


    Looking at it, Riona gasped and her heart instantly dropped to her stomach.


    Reaching for the ck thing that turned out to be a severed head, Riona''s entire body began to tremble as she realized that it was Fiona''s head, her daughter''s head. Embracing the head tightly, Riona screamed at the top of her lungs.


    "Aaahhhh!!!"


    She was too upied with Adhara that she didn''t realize her daughter was in danger.


    Now Fiona was dead, her severed head was the trophy.


    Adhara tilted her head a little, her glowing white eyes observed Riona as if they were in utter confusion—Riona''s reaction, confused her, "Exactly as you said, I''ll do anything to win. If you don''t want to lose your daughter, why bring her here?"


    Having no more mood to exchange words, Riona roared and rushed to Adhara.


    It was not personal for Riona earlier but now, it was personal.


    Swoosh!


    Reaching Adhara in a couple of steps, Riona wed, her ws backed with her wrath.


    But when her ws were about to reach Adhara, someone stopped them.


    ng!


    Riona''s eyes widened as Adhara didn''t even flinch or move from her spot.


    A figure came to her aid and blocked the attack.


    Kyran blocked the attack from the side, his four predatorial eyes ring at Riona.


    In the next second, Kyran wanted to w her back but she already leaped away, knowing full well that she wouldn''t be able to do anything—even with her anger giving her strength. If she couldn''t defeat Adhara alone then with the addition of Kyran, there was no chance for her.


    Just as shended, however, she inhaled sharply.


    Boom!


    An azure beam covered the distance between them in an instant and pierced her chest.


    Riona coughed a mouthful of blood as the beam tore a gaping hole.


    Lifting her gaze up she realized—that the perpetrator of this attack was Kyran, his steaming hand showed that, ''How could he condense his moonlight energy to a small beam and fire it at me like an arrow? His moonlight mastery surpassed mine or even the royals!''


    Just like Adhara, Kyran was also a monster of his own.


    One would need to train for thousands of years to achieve that kind of mastery.


    Realizing the peril, Riona nced over her shoulder in a hurry.


    "Don''t even bother," Adhara suddenly said—pulling Riona''s attention back to her.


    Smirking, Adhara''s fire mana began to swirl around her, "Fire Sequence, Celestial Sanctum..."


    Crack!


    Following that chant, Adhara punched and cracked the ground.


    Riona, on the other hand, was stunned when she heard the name of the spell Adhara cast.


    "I... Isn''t that my mo-"


    Before she could finish her sentence, several totems fell from the sky, creating an arena with Riona, Kyran—and Adhara inside of it. Riona looked at these fiery totems before she gasped, it was really her moon ability! Adhara copied it and made her own version.


    Swoosh!


    Just like that, walls of fire erupted from the totems, encasing all three of them.


    Upon seeing this, Kyran nced at Adhara, "Was this because of that snake of yours?"


    Adhara nodded in affirmation.


    Back when they were still on the duel grounds, Adhara stationed her spirit outside.


    It was done as a preparation for her new fire ability.


    Despite the powerful usage of the Break of Sequence ability, allowing her to copy the others'' abilities through sequences, she realized that it has one big weakness—and that is time. She needs time to copy the abilities, leaving her vulnerable.


    However, she soon realized that her spirit inherited her ability to do that.


    So as a precaution, Adhara left her spirit behind to copy an ability that she liked.


    In this case, Riona''s moon ability, Celestial Sanctum was the target.


    "You''ve gotten stronger," Kyranmented.


    Not expecting this praise, she smiled and alsomented, "As do you, that beam of yours"


    Refocusing back to Riona who was cornered, Adhara and Kyran strode ahead slowly.


    "Nobody is going toe to help you," Adhara muttered, her aura beginning to climb as she got closer and closer. "Since you howled earlier—honor, is no longer here. Because of that— you''re going to fight us both!"


    "I''m going to enjoy this..." Kyran added, cracking his knuckles.


    Gulping harshly, Riona saw no chance to escape.


    Since there was no way out of this, she firmed herself and roared, preparing to fight.


    Upon seeing her conviction, Adhara nodded, "Good resolve, Riona..."


    Swoosh!


    Riona charged ahead fearlessly and in return, Adhara also rushed for a spectacr sh.


    Both of their ws collided, but Riona was the only one who got pushed back.


    She stumbled backward—the momentum forced her to spin before she gasped when out of nowhere, Kyran appeared, and pierced her abdomen with his ws—infusing the burn from his moonlight energy into her body.


    Viciously, he pulled his ws out and pushed Riona away.


    Once again, she tumbled backward as a blurry backhand delivered a p across her face.


    Riona was sent crashing to the side, blood crawled its way out of her mouth.


    Despite being the strongest within the Dancing Stripe Pack—having a King Mark of her own, without needing to rely on a Herald Mark from Princess Selene, she has no chance. She was toyed with by Kyran and Adhara.


    Going against the Silverstar Pack was the wrong move, she shouldn''t have epted this.


    She shouldn''t let the Honey Moon''s blessing spike her confidence.


    Even then, the thought of Fiona made her body burn.


    Riona regenerated instantly from her wounds and stood up to fight this helpless fight.


    Meanwhile, on the other side.


    Prince Leif went around and avoided the massive chunk of earth that Rex pulled—he tried to shatter it but realized that he couldn''t do it with one attack, Rex infused it with red force and made it sturdier than normal.


    Upon reaching the edge and avoiding its fall, he swept his eyes, searching for Rex.


    It was only then did he caught sight of Rex manhandling Princess Selene.


    Gritting his teeth, Prince Leif rushed ahead—his quick steps created thunder sounds.


    Rex gripped Princess Selene by the neck, mming her repeatedly into the earth mercilessly.


    Each bone-crunching impact grew more savage, leaving herpletely helpless—unable to mount any defense. Despite technically being the strongest royal at this moment other than Rex due to the Honey Moon, she couldn''t do anything once caught.


    "Come on! Fight back! I''m hardly being entertained!" Rex roared,ughing maniacally.


    Princess Selene was trapped in a horrendous situation.


    She could feel the ground beneath her splintered, with the force of each blow, and the brutal rhythm of her body striking the ground echoing in her eardrums. Having enough of this weak princess, Rex charged his fist with seething red force.


    So intense it caused his hand to tremble uncontrobly.


    Unleashing a guttural snarl, he drove his fist into her abdomen.


    His punch shattered her bones and ruptured her organs—a sickening crunch echoed—as the princess'' body folded around his fist. Before Rex could finish her off, by pulling out her heart, he turned sharply to the side.


    In an instant, Prince Leif collided with him, tackling Rex off bnce.


    Even then, Rex''s grip on Princess Selene''s neck was still strong, pulling her alongside them.


    All three of them tumbled across the ground, in a feral struggle, each blow meant to rip—and tear, an unending bout that tested these beings'' vitalities. Princess Selene was battered, she was already weak, unhealed from her wounds, and locked in a deadly dance.


    As the savage brawl raged on, Prince Leif managed to free Princess Selene.


    He wasted no time in kicking her away to recover.


    But doing that came with a cost as a savage swing of Rex''s Executor sh skill burned—and corrupted his insides with the banished dark moon kingly energy—causing a searing pain, "It is you and me, Storm Prince. Let''s not pretend that we don''t want each other''s death, tonight will be you dead or me dead,"


    "Whoever it is... he would give a greeting to the Lunirich Gods from the other" Rex added.


    Upon hearing this, Prince Leif growled.


    "I swear I''m going to rip your heart out and offer it to the Gods!" He barked back fiercely.


    Following that, Rex instantly gripped Prince Leif by the muzzle andunched into the sky—he was going to let Prince Leif taste the full power of his Brutal Impulse that decimated this very ce into nothing.


    Just as he was about to do that, however, crimson chains wrapped around his body.


    It was only then that Prince ric tackled him from the side.


    Not sensing thising, Rex''s grip on Prince Leif slipped and caused Prince Leif to fall.


    Seeing this, Rex''s eyes narrowed in fury as he red at Prince ric.


    "Even if you won this battle, you will achieve nothing!" Prince ric eximed, still confused as to what Rex, was aspiring to achieve—from this. If he desired to kill Prince Leif, Rex didn''t need to destroy the Bloodstone Crater. "Every living Werewolf would loathe you—and would swear to take revenge!"


    Upon hearing this, Rex smirked mysteriously.


    "That''s for you to handle..."


    "What...? What did you mea-"


    Before Prince ric could finish his sentence—the air crackled with a violent surge—of ck lightning, erupted from Rex''s body and freezing their hurtling momentum in an instant. Shock flickered across Prince ric''s face as he instinctively moved to strike, but Rex was faster.


    Rex''s fangs turned ck the concentration of his banished dark moon kingly energy.


    Following that, he bit Prince ric''s flesh viciously.


    It was not a simple bite, but a bite fueled with the Absolute Predominance Fangs skill.


    An ability that stunned Prince ric in ce.


    Making his next move with seamless precision, Rex seized one of Prince ric''s wings—his ws digging deep into the muscle and sinew. With a brutal yank, he tore the wing apart as the Honey Moon cast a haunting silhouette over the savage act.


    A pained groan escaped Prince ric as he plummeted to the ground.


    But Rex wasn''t finished.


    As Prince ric fell, Rex surged downward, gathering the full force of his kingly energy, into his next move. With a vicious downward swing, he unleashed Brutal Impulse. For a brief and eerie moment, gravity ceased to exist for Prince ric.


    Rex''s attack halted Prince ric''s fall as if time itself had been suspended.


    Seeing the crawling eerie runes spreading, Prince ric realized what it was.


    He recognized Rex''s attack as the same one that obliterated the Bloodstone Crater.


    Almost instantly, Prince ric braced himself as he canceled his active abilities.


    Even the chains wrapping around Rex''s body disappeared.


    However, as Rex drew closer, a twisted smile curled his lips.


    Upon seeing this, Prince ric''s heart sank, he realized Rex had never intended to strike him.


    Rex only wanted him to cancel the crimson chains.


    Blitz!


    "No! Leif!" Prince ric shouted, warning Price Leif down below.


    On the other hand, Prince Leif slowly regained his footing and heard his name being called.N?v(el)B\\jnn


    As soon as he looked skyward, however, he was met with a devastating punch.


    "Moon Ability, Brutal Impulse!!"


    KABOOM!!