As soon as entered the grand hall, Jared caught sight of Skylar.
He was donned in a fiery red cloak, his face concealed behind a mask. Meanwhile, another woman, dressed in similar attire, held a flaming longsword. She gazed indifferently into the darkness of the great hall.
Skylar also spotted Jared, and to his surprise, Jared had actually made it to the fourth level. A subtle change was evident on Skylar’s face.
“Mr. Norton, I can’t believe you’ve actually made it to the fourth level.” Jared had taken the initiative to go over and greet Skylar.
Skylar gave a nod of acknowledgment. However, when saw Ararat and Zevon trailing behind Jared, his expression drastically changed.
He was familiar with Zevon since had just successfully completed the third-level challenge.
He’s the guard of the third level!
Now, following Jared, they had actually reached the fourth level. This implied that the guard of the third level had, at this point, also become Jared’s ally.
At that moment, Skylar didn’t know what to think anymore.
“Your senior… She…” Jared quietly asked, gazing at the retreating figure of Josephine.
“Josephine is taking on a challenge!” Skylar exclaimed.
No sooner had Skylar’s words fallen than a flash of sword light appeared unexpectedly before Josephine.
This flash of sword light emerged from the darkness. It was impossible to discern who had wielded it.
The sword was thrust directly toward Josephine’s face. It was a killing move right from the start.
Josephine’s reaction was not slow. The moment the sword light appeared, had already swung own sword.
Clang!
The sword light was instantly shattered by a single strike from Josephine. Without the slightest hesitation, Josephine swept with longsword in a swift, fluid motion.
The entire hall was instantly engulfed in flames, illuminating even the darkest corners that were previously shrouded in shadows.
A figure stood amidst the flames, yet their features remained indiscernible.
“D-Demonic fire?” Jared, feeling the overwhelming flames, slightly furrowed his brows as turned to Skylar.
Skylar turned to Jared and asked. “We are Demonic Cultivators, Jared. You wouldn’t look down on us, would you?”
“No…” Jared shook his head, saying nothing more.
At that moment, from within the roaring flames, streaks of sword light continuously burst forth. It seemed like the other party was not afraid of the fire at all.
Josephine, on the other hand, was wielding longsword, ceaselessly swinging it to ward off the brilliant flashes of sword light.
Clang!
When the final stroke of the sword light was shattered, the longsword in Josephine’s hand astonishingly snapped in an instant.
When Josephine saw the longsword in hand had unexpectedly shattered, gaze slightly hardened. Immediately following this, forcefully pressed down with both palms.
Boom!
All around Josephine, a wave of demonic fire suddenly erupted, and within this fire, a sword, forged from the very flames, gradually materialized.
At that moment, several beams of sword light shot toward her, but they were all blocked by the intense flames surrounding Josephine.
Had Josephine reacted a tad slower, might have already been pierced through by the adversary’s sword light.
With a shout of fury, Josephine abruptly seized the longsword, forged in the demonic fire. Then, with all might, swung it.
Countless beams of fiery sword light erupted from the ground.
This time, it appeared that the opponent did not make a move. Instead, with a casual wave of his hand, the multitude of fiery sword lights that Josephine had unleashed were Instantly extinguished. Even the demonic fire within the entire hall was snuffed out with it.
The grand hall was once again plunged into darkness, and Josephine, as if struck by a heavy blow, was sent flying, crashing hard onto the ground.
“Your senior has been defeated…” Jared said to Skylar.
However, upon seeing Josephine defeated, Jared couldn’t help but feel a nagging discomfort in his heart, constantly wanting to avenge her. He didn’t know why this was happening.
Perhaps it was his strong sense of justice that made loathe seeing women being mistreated.
Josephine rose to feet, abruptly brandishing sword once more. She surprisingly refused to admit defeat.
With this single sword strike, the entire void began to quiver.
Suddenly, the grand hall was filled with an immense brightness.
A man dressed in a black robe made a swift, gentle grab with his hand.
The world around shook violently as if Josephine herself was in shackles. The longsword in hand, forged from the demonic fire, vanished in an instant.
