BOOM!
A cataclysmic boom echoed, followed by a blinding flash of darkness the moment Nyxirith's giant shadow blade made contact with Lumi.
For a moment, no one present saw anything—not even the monarchs—because of the thick darkness that shrouded the arena like a veil.
"I can't see anything."
"Can you see anything?"
Whispers broke out in the crowd as spectators squinted, trying to catch even a glimpse of the outcome of Nyxirith's attack. The veil was so thick that even Nox, who prided himself on having very keen eyesight, couldn't see a thing—not even the other fighters on the platform.
"Do you think Princess Lumi survived that attack?" someone from the Shadow Kingdom muttered.
"Tsk, of course she didn't. That attack—I don't know what she did—but from the aura, I can tell it's pretty powerful. One would need to be a higher rank than Nyxirith to even have a chance of surviving it."
