With his shoulder blade directly pierced, no matter what, the opponent definitely couldn't swing that terrifyingly heavy great hammer anymore.
After incapacitating one of the guys, Noah could focus on the one who had been trying to shoot arrows at her. However, the Withering Knight at this moment seemed to understand that his teammate couldn't help him for a while, so he simply shot all his remaining arrows in one go. If you can block your arrows one by one, then try blocking all of them at once!
However, his hopes were quickly dashed. Noah casually caught two arrows, but this time, her palm lacked the protection of light, and the corrosion made her palm burn. After casually discarding the arrows in her hand, she proceeded to block the remaining five or six arrows, finally revealing a cold smile and snapping the last arrow in her hand. One must know, these were arrows made of fine steel, but to the physical prowess of a Golden Pegasus bloodline inheritor, they were something that could be broken bare-handed.
The way she snapped the arrows was as easy and effortless as breaking chopsticks.
And even with such high-intensity combat, Noah didn't feel any physical fatigue. On the contrary, her heartbeat was very stable, and she felt that continuing to fight would be no problem at all.
This was the Golden Pegasus bloodline, the superhuman physique brought by the Nearl Family family.
No wonder her grandfather used to complain that one should never compare strength with a member of the Nearl Family family; these guys' stamina and strength were simply not what ordinary humans should possess. And even in Stone source art, the Stone source art of light was an especially superior existence.
Simply put… Golden Pegasus were stat monsters with all attributes maxed out. It is said that even throughout history, few could compare their strength with the descendants of Golden Pegasus.
Oh… it wasn't that there were none, but that would be the bloodline of Nightmares, which have almost vanished from this world.
Noah's current performance had already startled the crowd in the stands. They had thought Maria Nearl might win the match, but they never imagined Maria Nearl could do it so easily. They even suspected that the strength of these two knights was inferior to that of the Left-Handed Knight, especially the agility and footwork she displayed when facing the Decay Knight, which was indeed very different from her previous style. This meant—Maria Nearl was actually hiding her strength in previous matches?
While such a guess sounded ridiculous… it was actually quite ridiculous.
The Left-Handed Knight was still unconscious at the moment; otherwise, he would probably be sweating profusely by now. Of course, he wasn't the only one sweating profusely; the chairman of the Howling Guard, sitting in the spectator stands, was on the verge of crushing the wine glass in his hand.
"These two guys! Weren't they supposed to be famous mercenaries on the streets!? Idiots! All of them are idiots! They can't even take down a fledgling kid from the Nearl Family family!" His rage caused his assistant nearby to involuntarily pull out a handkerchief and wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. Actually, it was quite subtle; originally, his goal was to find the two most famous people in this profession, but he learned that those two had been killed earlier, so he could only settle for the next best, finding these two, Decay and Withering. But he also hadn't expected Maria Nearl to possess such strength.
"No… No worries, boss, we drugged the food and drinks of these two mercenaries. It just hasn't fully taken effect yet. Believe me, Maria Nearl will absolutely not leave this arena alive!" The assistant quickly assured him.
"It better be!"
What the chairman of the Howling Guard was doing was undoubtedly against the rules, but as long as he succeeded, no one would care. But if he failed… then he probably wouldn't have any future in the Commercial Federation.
This matter must not fail!
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—Next… dealing with this Withering Knight is all that's left.
Noah had already planned it out. Although she couldn't use Stone source art now, and couldn't shoot Arrows of Light anymore. But now, she only needed to rely on Maria Nearl's terrifying physical prowess to fight, and it should be fine. The opponent's arrows were used up, and the Decay Knight had lost an arm. This battle could now calmly conclude.
But at this moment, she suddenly heard a sound like a heavy hammer. She turned back in astonishment; the Decay Knight, whose shoulder blade she had disabled, had actually stood up again, letting out a beast-like roar. The opponent's heartbeat was now deafening, like a heavy hammer striking the hearts of all the spectators present. His eyes were already consumed by crimson. Noah subconsciously realized the threat, but the speed he burst out with this time completely exceeded her expectations.
The opponent, single-handedly carrying the giant hammer that normally required two hands, charged towards Noah. Noah only had time to turn sideways and try to dodge, but this time, the opponent seemed to have deliberately seized her dodging window. She clearly dodged the heavy hammer, but was destabilized by the gale it created. And at this moment, not only the Decay Knight, but also the Withering Knight, like the Decay Knight, let out a terrifying roar. And this time, although the opponent had run out of arrows, he casually picked up a large piece of rubble from the ground, roughly half his size, and threw it towards Noah.
Noah truly couldn't dodge this time. She avoided the Decay Knight's great hammer, but was affected by the gale he created, and she hadn't regained her balance yet—she could only decide to take the thrown rubble head-on. With a crash, Noah was sent flying by the rubble. Her whole body shook; the sudden burst of strength and speed from her opponents had far exceeded their original level. Noah's first thought was—drugs.
Are these guys crazy?… Such drugs couldn't possibly be harmless to the body. Even if they won, they might very well be killed by the side effects of the drugs.
Noah rolled a few times on the ground, but still managed to stand up. Originally, she didn't want Maria Nearl's body to suffer much harm… but this time, she had indeed underestimated these people's determination to kill Maria Nearl.
Now, the wounds on her body were even worsening due to the Stone source art on her opponents, not healing on their own due to her physique, but instead becoming more painful.
The Noah of the past… would surely have cried from the pain.
But now… she had grown somewhat accustomed to these pains, after all, she had already experienced even more painful things.
She stood up, looking at these two monsters who had gone mad, slowly exhaling a breath…
In this situation… forfeiting would be the best choice, wouldn't it?…
However, given the opponents' condition, it seemed they had no intention of giving her a chance to forfeit.
How pathetic… Had it really been too long since she last fought? Her body hadn't fully recalled the feeling of combat.
"But…" Noah took a deep breath. At some unknown moment, a layer of eerie shadow gradually began to boil from beneath her feet. She stared intently at the two monsters called knights before her…
"I have no intention of giving up…"
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