Torina, in her past life as Li Hua, was known for having a good temper—or at least, that’s what others thought.
Before making any decisions, she would set a threshold for herself.
No matter how much she was wronged, unlucky, or frustrated, as long as she didn’t exceed that threshold, she wouldn’t give up easily.
Conversely, if the threshold was crossed, no matter how well she had behaved before, she would immediately turn hostile and stop her losses.
This was the case when she was fighting with the system over Milora.
When her patience wore thin, she decisively kicked Milora out.
The same applied when she pleaded with her sister this time.
If pleading was useless, what then? Just turn hostile.
“Hey sis, when was the last time you fought? Your bones must be rusting from being buried in paperwork every day,” Torina taunted Morai, who was rubbing her head.
Her expression, her gaze, her tone—all of it was like a villainous young lady that made people grit their teeth in hatred.
“Ah~~ or are you just getting old? I understand, I understand.
You’re in your thirties, always with a stern face and a bad temper.
Early aging is quite normal.”
“Torina, you… how dare you!”
“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare to fight you.
Catching old age smell wouldn’t be good.”
“You sharp-tongued little brat, not learning anything good… Fine, as you wish, I have the duty to discipline my younger siblings!” Morai suddenly swung her knight’s sword! As the fire rune flickered, a brilliant, laser-like tongue of fire shot straight at Torina! Torina immediately summoned an ice shield with the ice rune to block it, using the evaporated steam as a curtain to maneuver around Morai’s flank.
But Morai was a step ahead, transforming the earth rune into a massive rock blade, swinging it at Torina like a baseball bat!
The strong wind made the front row audience close their eyes, and when they opened them again, they found the two had already distanced themselves.
Fire and earth runes swirled around Morai, while Torina summoned lightning, water, and ice runes.
It seemed like Torina had more runes, but from the previous exchange, it was clear that Morai’s proficiency in rune usage was definitely above her sister’s.
“Silly sister, from childhood to now, is there anything you’re better at than me?” Morai snapped her fingers lightly, and the fire rune split into countless fireballs.
“The past is the past, now is now.
Maybe I’m already stronger than you, you fat old hag.”
Torina snapped her fingers in the same way, and the ice rune split into countless ice arrows.
“Your unrealistic fantasies will be shattered by me.”
“Are you some spiky-haired high school boy?” Fireballs and ice arrows fired simultaneously, colliding continuously in the center of the arena with booming explosions.
Torina controlled the ice arrows while using the lightning rune to launch continuous lightning strikes.
However, Morai easily created a rock shield with the earth rune to block the lightning, while the raised ground intercepted the torrent released by Torina’s water rune.
“Your control over rune power is still so crude.”
Morai suddenly used a wall of fire to scatter all the ice, and each wisp of flame contained a fire rune.
The heating from the numerous runes prevented the ice spells from forming.
“Controlling runes is an art that requires both ‘elegance’ and ‘imagination’.”
Morai mimicked a bow-drawing gesture, with the bow being a flame rune and the arrow her blazing knight’s sword, aiming at Torina, who immediately frowned—
“ᚦᚨᚺᚻᛜᛝ—Ice Thunder Spear!”
“ᛪᚳᛝᛋᛠ—Flying Flame Blade.”
The burning knight’s sword flew out at a speed of a hundred meters per second, colliding with the Ice Thunder Spear released by Torina almost simultaneously! The ice part instantly turned into steam, and the powerful lightning was neutralized by the flames, only slightly slowing the sword’s speed! Torina immediately dodged, narrowly avoiding it—Morai suddenly raised her finger, the earth rune emitting a gray light resonating with the ground, and in an instant, several-meter-high earth spikes shot up from the ground!
“Tsk—”
Morai’s control over the power, range, and timing of the runes was perfect.
In a hurry, Torina concentrated the magic of the water rune on the blade of her swift sword, shattering the earth spikes head-on!
“ᛠᚾ”
However, the shattered stones didn’t fall to the ground.
Instead, under Morai’s control, they reassembled, binding her feet like solidified concrete!
“You’re too slow to react, silly sister.”
Morai hooked her finger, and the knight’s sword that had flown out spun back into her hand.
Fire and earth runes simultaneously attached to the blade, releasing an extremely powerful energy wave!
Fire + Earth = What?
Of course, it’s Primal Groudon.
“Cliff Flame Sword!”
A massive sword blade made entirely of magma flew straight at Torina, whose feet were fixed to the ground, melting everything in its path! Morai didn’t hold back; she genuinely wanted to teach this disobedient silly sister a serious lesson!
“Torina!!!!!!!”
Milora, watching the battle, panicked.
She was about to jump onto the stage regardless of the rules, but Torina suddenly moved.
“…Heh.”
With a loud bang.
She shattered the rocks binding her legs.
As if they weren’t hard as concrete, but crispy cookies.
Then, she firmly planted her left foot on the ground, gathering the lightning, water, and ice runes at the tip of her right foot.
That long, elastic, perfect, and moderately plump right leg lifted high under everyone’s gaze, the stockings completing the magic conduction, and kicked the incoming magma sword—
Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In countless shocked gazes, the magma sword was kicked to pieces!
The splattering magma fell like raindrops, pitting the stone platform with large and small craters! Using this fiery rain as a curtain, in the moment Morai was slow to react due to surprise, Torina leaped out with a ghostly movement that seemed impossible for a human, landing right on her face—literally, her hipbone hitting Morai’s face!
“Ugh!?!”
Morai’s breath hitched—
“Reward time~”
In less than 0.1 seconds, Torina clamped her thighs around her head, wrapped her calves around her neck and shoulders, and with a sudden force of her waist and hips, twisted her cervical vertebrae counterclockwise!
Just as Morai didn’t hold back with her big move, Torina didn’t hold back either.
This twist could seriously injure the cervical vertebrae! But Morai’s response was swift; she used the earth rune ability “Petrify Muscle” at that moment, and with her own magic, she withstood it! She used all her strength to throw Torina off, who landed lightly, while Morai glared at her, clutching her neck.
“Huff… huff… hiss… you actually…”
Her cervical vertebrae and neck muscles throbbed with pain.
If she had reacted a bit slower just now… though it wouldn’t have been a broken neck, a severe dislocation would have been inevitable.
“Scared you? You know, you know, I told you, I’m much stronger than before.”
Torina laughed.
She stood on her left leg, her right leg raised 180°, knee bent, calf gently resting on the back of her neck, her toes wrapped in pantyhose teasingly curling towards Morai—like a finger beckoning provocatively.
And the audience—
(Almost saw it—didn’t see it—almost saw it—didn’t see it—almost saw it—)
Regardless of gender, everyone couldn’t help but stare at Torina’s skirt.
Logically, this pose would definitely result in exposure, but at most, they could only see the part near the thigh root.
Further up was a very incongruous shadow~~~
Laxis’s anti-exposure technology, truly impressive.
