Abyssal Awakening

With the group arriving in an empty plot of land, Rosalyn took a step forward and tapped her parasol against the ground.

Second Resonance – Crimson Walpurgis!

Unleashing her Second Resonance, scarlet energy rippled out, transforming their surroundings.

Rosalyn prepared seats for them so that they could watch the battle comfortably.

Of course, giving them seats wasn't the only reason why she unleashed her personal realm. The key reason was that she didn't know what level of destruction Alice might cause!

She had already seen some signs of damage in the aftermath of their battle but it was hard to tell how much she was actually responsible for.

Therefore, the best option would be to contain everything inside her realm!

Giving her body a lazy stretch, Alice felt rather energetic. Her vision finally returned to normal though she had to admit, it still felt a tad weird.

Regardless, the benefits far outweighed the cons and in addition to everything, she finally got her beloved Void Fang back.

Flicking her wrist, black obsidian began to shift and solidified into the form of a black blade. Briar thorns acted as the guard and wrapped around her hand.

This feeling, this connection with her weapon, it's something she couldn't feel with the blades that she's been crafting all this time. At long last, she felt whole.

"Any specific rules I need to be aware of?" Alice asked while twirling the Void Fang in her hands.

"Just entertain me you brat." Rosalyn rolled her eyes.

Hearing this, Alice curved her lips into a smirk and took an offensive stance.

Void Step!

Her form shifted forward in an instant, traversing the gaps through the Void and appeared behind Rosalyn.

She tightened the grip on her blade, the energy coursing through the material unleashed a violet sheen to the edge.

*RUMBLE!!!

Slashing down, Alice watched as the attack was stopped by Rosalyn's parasol.

"Starting off with your main attack already?" Rosalyn raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you being a bit too hasty?"

"Pft, you thought THAT was Cleave? Nah, this is." Alice grinned menacingly.

Resonance!

Energy erupted from her body as a white dress with spider lily patterns wrapped around her body.

Like before, Void Fang adjusted its form to match the resonance!

This circuit of energy forming between her and the weapon. . .

As expected, nothing could beat Void Fang when it comes to durability and adaptability!

Much like how it could change its form to become a different weapon, the internal structure shifts to match the optimal flow of energy. A flow that enhances it in its entirety rather than having a standard path.

Violet flames and briar thorns appeared around Alice as she tightened her grip.

Void Flux – Cleave!

For a moment, Rosalyn's realm faltered as the slash swallowed the energy in its path.

Snapping her fingers, Rosalyn furrowed her brows and conjured a wave of blood to counter Alice's slash. She replenished the wave as much as she could to exhaust the attack but it seems like it's better to just simply dodge it.

"Don't just focus on my attack now, I'm still here." Alice appeared behind her.

"I wouldn't even dream of such a thing. Losing sight of a freak of nature like you is asking for death." Rosalyn chuckled, tapping her finger and forcefully transporting Alice away from her using blood.

Looking at the blood that soaked her body, Alice chuckled for a moment before bringing her finger up to her lips and gave it a lick.

Rosalyn felt a chill.

"Are you a pervert? Why are you licking the blood. Ew. If you're going to drink as least use a cup." She sighed, aiming her finger at Alice.

But then she paused.

She noticed Alice doing the same motion.

*BANG!!!

Her attack shot out, motes of blood bursting open with crimson lights towards Alice.

Yet it felt as though there was a mirror in the middle since the same attack was flung back towards her!

With both attacks clashing in mid air, Rosalyn couldn't help but furrow her brows.

Something was off. An unnerving feeling as though Alice was looking right through her.

Like having a spectator always over your shoulder, it felt as though every move was being captured and comprehended.

Both of them slammed their hands down at the same time. Since they both had blood related powers, it wasn't a surprise to see Alice create her own blood pool. But what was truly surprising was the fact that every single blood weapon was identical.

For a moment, Rosalyn felt like she was staring at a mirror reflection of herself.

Before she could contemplate this issue further, a pair of blood jaws appeared around Rosalyn, forcing her to counter while Alice struck down from above!

Void Flux!

Blocking the attack using Crimsaria, Rosalyn noticed Alice's reflection in her blood pool!

She dove in!

Stabbing her parasol down, thorns tore through the blood while Alice simply smiled.

"Are you reading my moves and habits?" Rosalyn asked with a twitching smile.

"Maybe maybe not. I'll tell you after the spar. Unless. . . You want to give up now?" Alice taunted.

A vein bulged on Rosalyn's neck.

"Oh hou~ Seems like the brat is now all grown up. You might be able to read my abilities but can you do the same with my weapon?"

Adjusting her grip on the Crimsaria, Rosalyn slowly unsheathed a thin blade from the handle. The crimson silk on the parasol slowly turned white with the blood being transferred to the blade.

Right before her blade could escape the sheath, Alice had already appeared in front of her.

She twisted her body and slammed her heel into Crimsaria's pommel, forcing the blade back into the sheath!

Widening her eyes, Rosalyn glanced up.

This movement. . .

*CLANG!!!

Quickly parring a strike, Rosalyn was forced back a step with Alice resting her blade on her shoulders. There was a relaxed aura to her movements, someone who wasn't taking things seriously.

"Ah~ It just doesn't feel right if I don't bite on something." Alice let out a sigh, creating a small cigarette stick out of metal and placing it between her mouth.

Of course, it wasn't the real deal, simply something to 'feel' more in sync.

"I can't believe this is part of her 'experience' but so be it. Maybe it's because she's fought like this for a long time." Alice shook her head helplessly.

Taking a lazy step forward, her movements exploded with energy as flames crackled around her first.

Rosalyn no longer had any doubts. This movement, the habits and even that method of using fire. That's no doubt Allura's movements!

Rosalyn felt as though Allura's silhouette was overlapping Alice, the movements were completely in sync!

"Hehe~" Revealing a confident grin, Alice shifted her leg ever so slightly in order to push her centre of gravity forward! Lunging forward, she dove into Rosalyn's guard with frightening nimbleness, keeping herself low to the ground.

At the lowest point, her body snapped upwards, releasing a devastating cleave that forced Rosalyn to split her body into blood to avoid the attack.

Her eyes flashed for a moment and stomped down.

From her feet, blood erupted into a wall!

Hidden within the wall of blood were motes of light that flashed with a dangerous shimmer and fired off a barrage of Void Fluxes towards Rosalyn.

"Sh*t! Raven b*stard too?!" Twisting her body, she swiped the parasol horizontally, matching every attack that Alice threw out.

But the whiplash of facing a chimeric copy of herself, Allura and Kaden was beginning to throw her off.

Each fighter had their own rhythm, own habits in a fight. Some fight fast, some fight slow.

But right now, Alice was jumping all over the place, sometimes fast, sometimes slow. It was hard to properly predict and get a grasp on what Alice was planning on doing.

However, that wasn't the end of the barrage. From the blood, limbs climbed out with blood beasts mimicking Kaden's shadow beasts.

They swarmed around Rosalyn while Alice dismissed Void Fang for now and brought her palms together.

Abyssal energy surged, swirled and converged into a single radiant spark. A mote of light that cast the deepest of shadows across the battlefield.

Rosalyn felt a sense of danger.

She couldn't play around any more than this.

Alice was no longer a student of her academy but someone who killed an Apostle with just five Sigils! And now that she's gotten her sixth, she's one step away from Lordship!

Resonance!

Coating herself in blood, Rosalyn harmonised herself with the personal realm around her in order to crush Alice's next attack.

"I suggest you try your best to dodge the next one." Alice suddenly spoke up.

The spark between her hands started to tremble as the image of a singularity spun to life in her eye. Void energy converged around her and the spark transformed. A disk of raw energy began to form around the spark.

This was Alice's respect towards Kazira. An acknowledgement of her power and the attack she showed at the end.

An attack inspired by Kazira's understanding of Allura's skill crafted by Kaden's own hands.

The Eclipse Axis.

However, that attack was something she created with her own power, an attack using her own authority as a base. Alice didn't have that. Instead, she repurposed it, modified it and merged it with her own skill.

And since it was inspired from Kazira, it was only right to dedicate half of the name to her.

Therefore, Alice could only call it one thing.

Aiming her finger towards Rosalyn, Alice slashed down.

Void Axis!

*RUMBLE!!!

At that moment, Rosalyn's personal realm was cut in half.