The discord among them is the key that allows Phoenix Academy Maggie to break through.

One must realize that having distractions in one's heart is clearly weaker than fighting with single-minded focus until the end.

"Croak!"

A loud frog call came, but it was from the mouth of a cat-shaped monster with a toad head.

The snow-white cat fur stood up instantly, as if a rocket shooting into the sky, erupting directly backward into the air.

Then, those cat hairs traced a beautiful arc in the air, crashing down on Phoenix Academy Maggie like a torrential downpour.

Killing intent surged from all around.

Phoenix Academy Maggie didn't dare to raise her sword; in such a situation, making a large move could easily lead to being ambushed by the monster.

She adjusted the tip of her sword upwards, and a golden light burst forth to the sky again.

The incoming cat hairs shattered in the golden light, and as her wrist lowered, the sword light descended from the sky.

With a flash of golden light, it was as if Zeus from Greek mythology cast a lightning bolt from the clouds to destroy everything on earth.

Just as it was seen, the toad-head monster had already lost its chance to dodge, split in two.

Before the blood reached the ground, the golden sword light swept sideways.

Phoenix Academy Maggie's foot turned with it, and a monster with wings growing from its ribs suddenly emerged from the void, trying to bite her head off.

But such glaringly obvious killing intent did not escape Phoenix Academy Maggie's perception; she detected it in advance and made a corresponding counterattack. With a sweep of her sword light, the monster was split into upper and lower halves.

"Attack!"

The Human-Faced Lion spoke.

There indeed was no status gap between them, yet there was a strength gap.

Naturally, monsters with greater strength have the right to command those weaker to charge forward.

Its cold gaze seemed to tell the other monsters, going forward might mean death, but not going forward certainly meant death at its hands.

The Human-Faced Lion and Lizard, such powerful monsters, didn't rush to act, intending to let the weaker monsters go forward first to exhaust Phoenix Academy Maggie.

...

Kill, kill, kill!

At this moment, Phoenix Academy Maggie's nerves were on edge, forgetting the passage of time and no longer thinking about when Aozawa would arrive.

She clung to the thought of relying solely on herself, swinging her sword again and again.

Killing monsters that ambushed, monsters attacking from the front, those dropping from the sky, those appearing from the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the scene became a river of blood, the air filled with a thick, fishy smell, and the area of chopped-down trees wasn't that large.

Because Phoenix Academy Maggie was more focused on the sharpness of her sword light rather than its length.

A wide sweep was indeed satisfying, but the wide range of motion was only good when facing a single opponent.

Now that there was a group of monsters standing there, she had to ensure she could constantly change the direction of her attacks.

"Ha, ha."

Phoenix Academy Maggie lightly panted for breath, casting her gaze towards the Human-Faced Lion and Lizard, her back straightening, a smile appearing as she said, "Now it's just the two of you left."

"Impressive."

The Human-Faced Lion clapped its hands, yet not a trace of fear appeared on its cheeks, instead, with a hint of a smile, it said, "Didn't you sense anything odd?"

"You."

Phoenix Academy Maggie wanted to respond, but found that her body became extremely weak, not the kind of weakness caused by fierce fighting, but rather a sickly weakness, unexpectedly losing all strength suddenly.

But she hadn't seen any attack.

"The scent is poisonous."

Phoenix Academy Maggie took a sniff and finally differentiated the unusual scent from the smell of blood in the air.

The Lizard hissed, "That's right, the strong scent of blood masked the poison I released.

You are indeed strong; for ordinary people, just inhaling my toxic gas would leave them instantly limp and collapse on the ground, ready for me to handle.

It's commendable that you managed to hold out this long, killing thirty-four monsters."

"But it ends here."

The Human-Faced Lion walked forward in big strides, it too inhaling the toxic gas, but only because it had drunk the Lizard demon's saliva beforehand to avoid being affected by the fragrance.

Currently, the Lizard has already rendered Phoenix Academy Maggie powerless to resist, naturally making the subsequent task of reaping the harvest its duty.

This wasn't about stealing kills but better protecting its comrades' safety, avoiding Phoenix Academy Maggie from having any desperate means while dying.

The Human-Faced Lion stepped forward, with the Lizard not making any move.

Am I going to die?

Phoenix Academy Maggie struggled to support herself on the ground with her sword, trying hard not to collapse, maintaining a final semblance of dignity.

She was reluctant to die just like that, many things yet undone with Aozawa, she felt guilty about wasting her mother's many years of nurturing grace.

Phoenix Academy Maggie didn't want to sit and wait for death, abruptly gripping the sword hilt tightly, sweeping it forward with all her might.

Golden sword light appeared suddenly.

...

What?!

The Human-Faced Lion was taken aback.

Earlier, it gave many explanations for stealing the kill, but those were all false.

The Human-Faced Lion never expected that Phoenix Academy Maggie really had the strength to counterattack at death's door; that sharp golden sword light was fiercer than before, seeming to shave off its brain.

The Human-Faced Lion didn't hesitate for a moment, leaping backward at once; its body was immediately overtaken by a layer of metallic flood like a black tide.

In a blink, it turned entirely black from head to toe, as if a statue forged from steel.

With such body hardness, it believed it could undoubtedly defend against Phoenix Academy Maggie's sword light.

Clang! The sword light landed on its arm's surface, an indescribable pain flooding over, instantly drawing a sharp scream from it.

It was as though someone was hacking at its arm inch by inch with a very dull saw.

Phoenix Academy Maggie was a bit bewildered; the sword swing just now hadn't even touched the Human-Faced Lion.

The scenario of an explosion of power on the brink of death, as in comics, didn't occur in her, the Sword of Promised Victory was stuck in the ground, yet she quickly understood what was causing the opponent's reaction.

Her mood relaxed.

"Dummy, you came too late,"

she pretended to nag, then no longer forced herself to stand, falling back casually.

Phoenix Academy Maggie leaned against a sturdy chest, a hand gently wrapping around her slender waist from behind while another hand gripped her shoulder, "Sorry."

Aozawa's words made Phoenix Academy Maggie look up, gazing at his eyebrows and eyes, feeling them very appealing, provoking a desire to savor the narrowness of his eyebrows to the end of his eyes.

"I was just joking, why so serious."

She said this, suddenly realizing she was covered in monster blood from the fight, quickly blurting out, "Get away from me, I'm filthy and reek."

"It's alright, I don't mind the smell on you,"

Aozawa replied with a smile, intentionally inhaling deeply, then pretending to retch.

Phoenix Academy Maggie's eyebrows shot up, a faint hint of displeasure showing; she could mention the smell being fishy, but he shouldn't act like he was about to vomit!

Aozawa halted his retching act, laughing, "I was kidding. How could you smell bad?

Anything smells sweet in the face of love."

"Nonsense,"

Phoenix Academy Maggie rolled her eyes at him.

If her limbs weren't powerless, she would instantly distance herself from Aozawa, avoiding letting him inhale the stench of blood emanating from her.

She didn't believe that the blood of monsters could have a pleasant smell.

The two boldly exchanged teasing banter, causing the Lizard to become very irate, and what made it even angrier was seeing the Human-Faced Lion battling air foolishly.

Clearly, that was the boy's noble phantasm ability.

The Lizard's eyes narrowed, ceasing to be a bystander, it kicked off the ground like a grey lightning bolt rushing before Aozawa.

It stretched out its hand and powerfully jabbed.

Thump, its hand penetrated directly into Aozawa's chest, feeling the blood and flesh in its grasp and between its fingers so vividly real.

Only, Aozawa's expression didn't change, instead replied with a teasing smile, "Why assume what you see is reality?"

The human figure dispersed like foam.

The Lizard's pupils enlarged, realizing only then it wasn't the one committing the stabbing, but the victim being stabbed.

"Lizard..."

The Human-Faced Lion was utterly shocked, remembering that it had just killed what it thought was Phoenix Academy Maggie, how did it suddenly become the Lizard?!

Quickly enough, it recalled the ability of another Treasure User was illusion.

"Damn it!"

The Human-Faced Lion immediately understood its predicament was dire!