Swamp Dragon's bow broke into two, and the sword continued.
Warp Space's eyes were opened wide in horror.
Swamp Dragon had just stepped between her and the enemy to take the attack!
The Momentum of their opponent was bearing down on them, and it was difficult for them to focus on attacking.
The Momentum of their opponent was brutally strong!
It was far higher than theirs!
After the bow broke into pieces, the sword reached Swamp Dragon.
Swamp Dragon just looked forward without fear.
Warp Space's body moved on its own.
Her hand moved forward.
Then, the gravity in front of Swamp Dragon multiplied severalfold.
Warp Space pulled Swamp Dragon back as the sword reached him.
The sword entered his head.
Its tip cut through his nose and created a crevice in his skull.
It continued swinging down, barely missing his neck before cutting through his ribs.
And finally, it passed him.
The front of Swamp Dragon's body froze as the cut spread foreign Energy through his body.
However, he was still alive!
The unanticipated speed of the swing had ruined the enemy's timing of releasing their Energy into the opponent's body.
Otherwise, this small cut would have led to a ton of foreign Energy wreaking havoc in Swamp Dragon's body.
Swamp Dragon knew that he was still alive, and his right arm moved forward.
His muscles bulged, and he punched forward.
An arrow materialized in his hand.
CRACK!
He buried the arrow into the armored chest of his enemy.
If he hadn't comprehended the Fragment of Power at this moment, he wouldn't have been able to get through the enemy's defense.
The arrow immediately released all its Energy, and the armor on the enemy's chest fell off, revealing a red and corroded spot on their skin.
Pus was immediately gathering on their chest as Swamp Dragon's poison finally reached something organic.
The enemy realized that they had been poisoned, but instead of retreating, they just kept charging.
They had to use this moment to get rid of their enemy!
But then, an unprecedented feeling of danger assaulted them, and they turned around.
At this moment, they noticed the burning demon that had just approached them.
Kyle's entire body bulged under his power.
He was surrounded by searing and burning Meteor Energy.
His hammer was shining with red and blue light, and its surroundings were constantly distorting.
The enemy quickly put their sword away and summoned a humongous tower shield. Kyle gritted his teeth as veins appeared all over his body.
"RAAAAAAAAH!"
Kyle swung forward.
The pick of his hammer struck the shield.
A tiny spot on the shield froze.
CRACK!
The pick of the hammer punched through the shield, its tip coming out from its back.
The enemy felt an irresistible force pushing the shield towards them.
They already knew eight Fragments of the Body, but the power behind this strike was far greater still!
The bones in their arms broke as the shield and hammer continued.
The tip of the pick perfectly hit the corroded spot on their chest.
At that moment, Kyle detonated the Yin-Metal on his hammer.
BOOOOOM!
The enemy's back exploded, exposing a ten-centimeter-wide hole in their chest.
CRK!
Kyle's strike continued, and the shield finally broke into pieces.
The pick of his hammer angled, burrowing into the walls of the hole in the enemy's chest.
Kyle dumped almost all of his Meteor Energy into the enemy's body.
BOOOM!
Searing flames exploded out of the body before it shot into the distance.
BOOOOM!
As soon as the body hit the walls of the big tunnel, it exploded into ashy chunks of gore.
The enemy had countered Swamp Dragon and Warp Space…
But Kyle countered the enemy.
Warp Space and Swamp Dragon were afraid of heavily armored, inorganic opponents.
Meanwhile, these kinds of opponents were the ones Kyle feared the least.
Instead, Kyle had issues with fast opponents that focused on ranged attacks.
When Kyle saw his enemy exploding into pieces, he snorted before putting his hammer over his shoulder.
"And done!" he said.
Warp Space and Swamp Dragon looked at Kyle in shock and confusion.
"The others?" Warp Space asked.
"Done!" Kyle answered. "Where do you think I was the entire time?"
Warp Space realized what had happened.
She had thought that Kyle had been searching for their opponent, but it turned out that he had already found them.
The team noticed that this had essentially been a mirror match, in a way.
Both teams had a frontliner and two people in the back.
The frontliners had been battling the two people in the back.
Just as Swamp Dragon and Warp Space had issues with the enemy frontliner, the opponents probably also had issues with Meteor Hammer.
This fight had been determined by how quickly the frontliner could dispatch their targets.
They could only thank their luck that Kyle had been faster than their opponent.
Of course, this hadn't been related to luck.
The frontliner on the enemy team had fought decisively but conservatively.
They hadn't received a single injury before that one desperate attack from Swamp Dragon.
Meanwhile, Kyle had been a walking corpse.
If the enemy frontliner had fought more desperately, ignoring potential injuries…
Swamp Dragon and Warp Space might already be dead.
The thing that had decided the outcome of this battle was…
Selfishness.
The enemy frontliner put their life above their teammates' lives.
They were here to join the Array of Stars and to become a Unique Transcendent.
They were not here to sacrifice their life for their team.
If they had died here, it would have all been for nothing.
Meanwhile, Kyle had gone all out for his team.
He expected them to do the same thing for him, but if Kyle wasn't willing to do the same thing for them, he couldn't expect them to reciprocate.
Because of that, he had to step forward first.
He had to give them something first, in the hope that they would give him something back.
However, Kyle wasn't the only one who had prioritized their team.
Swamp Dragon had jumped in front of Warp Space.
And Warp Space had unveiled her gravity powers.
If Swamp Dragon hadn't done that, Warp Space would be dead, and if Warp Space hadn't done that, Swamp Dragon would be dead.
All three of them were alive only because they had prioritized the team above their own gain.
This was how a team should be.
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