The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chapter 1268 Female Alpha vs Zeta (2)

In a world where the strong ruled and the weak were disdained—reputation is the sharpest blade. Something intangible but palpable through real benefits and consequences. A driver that could make many delve into madness.

But the madness was something natural, an understandable reaction.

Reputation, if sculpted right, could bolster one to the absolute peak of power.

One successful action would make a nobody into a somebody overnight, however, as fast as it could bring one to power, it could also, drag one down. It was akin to a fragile mask—once cracked, it remained shattered forever.

A tarnished reputation is the heaviest chain, it drags one onto rock bottom.

Riona had lived for generations—and she had tasted the benefits of reputation, and also saw many being dragged down by it. She knew how hard someone could fall and she wouldn't let herself fated to that fall.

In order to maintain her reputation, she must not lose face to Adhara.

Not sparing Adhara another word, Riona leaped sky-high with her kingly energy flaring.

Driven by the need to uphold her dignity, in front of her packmates—Riona leaped with lethal intent. Her right arm blazed with yellow kingly energy, crackling like a storm about to unleash its fury.

Her aura, hidden underneath by her arrogance, exploded outward.

Adhara bears witness to a blinding yellow light, a cataclysmic power that Riona exuded.

A height of power that dwarfed entities Adhara had fought before.

Swoosh!

Upon exposure to the kingly energy, the very air around Riona sizzled with raw energy as her presence, threatened to crush everything, in its path. Even Adhara saw the ground under her feet cracked under the weight.

It splintered from the sheer intensity of her power.

Even the sky darkened as if bowing to her might while she glared at Adhara intensely.

"Moon Ability, Celestial Sanctum!"

Adhara's pupils dilated as she saw Riona, with terrifying speed, hurtle from the sky, aiming to obliterate her with a single—devastating punch. In that split second Adhara's instincts kicked in, her body moving almost on its own as she leaped backward.

She narrowly evaded Riona's deadly strike.

CRACK!!

Riona's fist slammed into the ground with earth-shattering force—creating a massive crater that swallowed the entire duel grounds. Its edges crumbling dangerously close to the steep drop—the impact sent shockwaves rippling through the earth.

But the destruction didn't end there.

Above them, the Honey Moon blazed with a sudden, ominous light.

As if answering Riona's will—it unleashed a powerful ray of energy that smote the ground, further decimating, the battlefield. Unlike Riona's punch, this ray of energy struck only the edges, and it was scorching hot.

Similarly to Adhara, the others, including the members of the Dancing Striple Pack, did the same thing. All of them leaped away from the center of destruction, landing at the edge of the steep drop.

Each one of them barely escaped the crashing wave of energy, dangerously close.

Kyran landed on his feet, looked ahead, and found himself confronted, by a colossal wall of lemon light. It stretched from the ground to the heavens—an impassable barrier created by the Honey Moon's might.

Because of this, the dueling ground was now sealed off by this radiant wall.

"Should we intervene?" Gistella asked, peering inside the barrier.

Reaching for the wall, she couldn't penetrate her hand through the barrier regardless of how hard she tried. Even then, she could still view the condition beyond the barrier—Adhara, and Riona were clear in her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Flunra shook her head, "No, Riona wanted her battle to be the first one"

"You don't seem to be worried," He added, casting a glance at Kyran.

Despite being sealed off and having refrained from basically helping Adhara if she did get into trouble—Kyran was gazing ahead with his arms crossed, his expression, was relaxed. "Why do I need to be worried? She's much stronger now. She's hiding the full extent of her power, exactly like we did"

Listening to this, Flunra's lips curled into a smirk.

It seemed like Kyran also had realized that.

All of them had become stronger for this particular duel, reaching a new height in power.

Each movement is a harbinger of doo.

She could sense the imminent danger radiating from them and did everything in her power to avoid, their deadly arc. Even though she managed to keep pace with Riona, while maintaining her human form, it didn't come with an evident risk.

'If I get hit once, I will be extremely wounded' Adhara pondered at the height of the fight.

Glancing upwards, she clicked her tongue, 'It's not time yet, I shouldn't turn'

Her heart pounded as she danced around the feral onslaught, her teeth greeted in resolve.

But then Riona's kingly energy surged—a pulse of raw power, that made the air around them shiver. Adhara was too slow to react, Riona's clawed hand clamped down on her arm—and a brutal smirk twisted the Werewolf's lips.

Desperate, Adhara raised her free hand above, "Arcane Spell, Fire Scimitars!"

Now that her mana has evolved, her spell also evolved.

She summoned big fire scimitars the size of houses and commanded them to strike Riona.

Each blade descended with all the force she could muster and struck—a savage downswing that was capable of cutting of the limbs of even ninth-rank realm beings. But even under the threat, Riona didn't flinch.

Swoosh!!

Naturally, the scimitars clashed against her skin.

But to Adhara's surprise, they barely pierced an inch into Riona's thick flesh.

Adhara's frown deepened as her eyes flicked upward to the glowing Honey Moon, casting a second glance at it, and gritting her teeth. She knew she was in deep trouble. Then, Riona's grip tightened, her grin widening with sadistic pleasure.

Making a swift yank, Riona pulled Adhara closer, her other hand gripping Adhara's neck.

Feeling this tightness, Adhara struggled.

However, before she could react, Riona's fangs sank into her arm.

Brutally, Riona twists her head, tearing Adhara's limb off—blood spraying from the wound.

Agony shot through Adhara, but she refused to relent.

Roaring in defiance, she elongated her fingernails into claws and drove them into Riona's left eye. The Werewolf didn't even flinch at this retaliation, but before Adhara could reach for the other eye, Riona slapped her aside.

Bam!

Under the force, Adhara was sent hurtling through the air, crashing into the rocky edge.

It was a bone-shattering impact, powerful enough to shake the duel grounds.

Across her pathway were trails of gory blood, pooling where she finally lay.

"Quite strong..." Adhara mused as she gazed ahead at Riona, a silhouette with a pair of lethal golden eyes. She rose to her feet slowly—and smirked—holding her non-existent left arm, "It seems I might've underestimated you a little bit"

Listening to this, Riona looked at her pridefully, "I'm still holding back,"

"Go on—show me your full power, turn into your Werewolf form" She added meaningfully.

She knew that Adhara was also holding back in the initial battle.

Instead of heeding her command, Adhara spat blood to the side and channeled her mana.

"Although I want to play with you with onlookers—it would be unfair for me to hog the entire moment for myself," She replied, arcane fire mana coalescing around her remaining arm and followed by several exploding sounds.

Upon hearing these explosions, Riona looked around before she frowned.

All of the totems were destroyed, and the barrier fell.

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In that exact second, three figures appeared beside Adhara as the others joined.

Similarly, the Dancing Stripe Pack also came seeing the other pack make their move.

Adhara spreads her arms to the side, "This is a pack duel so let us begin this duel properly!"