Chapter 1215 - Queen of Blades (1) (1/2)

“Angelina?”

Looking at this scene, everyone was stumped. Rhode stood up instantly to shield his younger sister. Almost at the same time, he felt a burst of invisible blade airwaves striking him. In an instant, he raised his arm and a pitch-black sword appeared in his hand, slashing at the air. Clang! A green blade ray flickered in the empty air before him. At the sight of this blade ray, Rhode’s eyes glinted. He flicked his wrist and spots of light erupted from his blade like a wild storm that flooded the entire space.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A series of rasps reverberated. It was apparent that the invisible sword failed to resist the violent attack from him. Rhode was relentless. He had no intention of stopping his assault. The brilliance emanating from his blade glared and the invisible sword couldn’t retaliate at all. But at the next moment, Rhode withdrew his blade and retreated all of a sudden. Along with this action, the scattered blade rays coalesced on his blade as though they were attracted by an unknown force. Then, everyone witnessed a glaring, lightning blade ray.

Clang~

This time, the rasp didn’t sound as crisp and even trembled in vibrato. However, the bystanders clearly witnessed that the battle had ended. Among the crowd were experts in swordsmanship. The moment they heard the vibrating echo, they knew it was the sound of that enemy failing to grasp and defend against Rhode’s attack. If the enemy still had some energy left in it, it would have some ways to resist the assault. But since it couldn’t, it would be struck away like this. It was apparent that this ambush by the invisible sword was completely countered.

Clink.

Along with this sound, something seemed to fall onto the ground. But when everyone turned toward the sound, they couldn’t see any weapon. At that moment, Rhode’s younger sister chuckled, stood to her feet, and waved her hand gently.

“Alright, everyone calm down. That isn’t our enemy.”

“I sure hope so…”

Upon hearing the young lady’s comment, Angelina reattached her severed head to her body and let out a long, helpless sigh. Angelina didn’t care if the sword was a foe or ally since this wasn’t the first time she was beheaded by it. Be it whether the sword was an enemy or not, she would be attacked no matter what. However, Angelina had to admit that the moment the sword was deflected by Rhode, she felt elated. The thought of that bast*rd who forced her to do things against her will landing in trouble now instantly delighted Angelina. It was especially so after seeing Rhode standing up for her. Deep down, Angelina had a much better impression of him now…

Angelina thought she didn’t have any status in Rhode’s heart, but now it seemed like he did care about her enough to deal with that ridiculous thing personally…

Fortunately, Angelina wasn’t aware of Rhode’s true thoughts. A beautiful misunderstanding was great at times, wasn’t it?

“Phew…”

At that moment, a green radiance flickered on the empty ground. As the radiance emanated, everyone felt a chilly burst of air proliferating the space around them. Shortly after, a translucent, specter-like presence appeared.

“Hmm?”

Gazing at the specter young lady, Angelina widened her eyes in shock. She had met this specter young lady in the underground earlier. In her memories, the young lady should be around 15 to 16 years old. But now, she seemed even younger than Gracier and Madaras. Besides, her expression also appeared really weak as though she were seriously-ill. Moreover, perhaps no one would oppose the thought of her being a lonely spirit on the verge of disappearance based on that fading, translucent body of hers. But even so, the young lady—or perhaps little girl—bit her lip tightly and seemingly decided to fight to the end. She stared at Rhode and her hands were as though clenching onto something. Even though one couldn’t determine what she was grabbing, based on the battle observed earlier, that should be the sword in her hands… Yes, should be…

“Ugh…”

While Rhode sized up the young lady, he heard Celestina’s voice all of a sudden.

“It’s Fifth Big Sister… I thought something felt strange when I clashed with her sword earlier. I didn’t expect it to be her… This is trouble.”

Fifth Big Sister?

Upon hearing Celestina’s comment, Rhode was taken aback for a split second. He stared at the specter young lady.