Another World Mall

As soon as they began, Mara activated her Abyss State to the fullest.

All of them instantly saw that the sky had turned red and blood started coming out of the ground.

The killing intent was so overwhelming that their bodies started to shiver.

Even Angelia, who was confident against the Sword Saint, felt a chill down her spine.

’This is... a Tier 9 human?’ Angelia gritted her teeth. She had faced the Sword Saint and the Guardian Deity.

The Sword Saint’s offensive ability couldn’t be underestimated. Her attack didn’t work on the Guardian Deity.

However, this was the first time she felt so overwhelmed by her opponent.

’This wasn’t a Tier 9 human. It’s a monster in human clothing.’ Angelia felt like she was seeing Mara as a monstrous black silhouette that made her so scared she couldn’t even move.

Clovis obviously didn’t want to let such a thing happen. He also used his Abyss State to the limit. Although his Abyss State was less refined that Mara’s, his killing intent neutralized a portion of Mara’s killing intent.

The remaining killing intent should be manageable for the rest of his group.

"Haaa... Ha..." Angelia bit her lip. "So, this is the true Tier 9?"

They understood why Mara was acknowledged by the Guardian Deity. She might be on the same level as the Spear Saint or the Madman.

If Mara joined them and was equipped with Clovis’ items, they wondered if that would make her closer to the top two people in the world.

To find out, they first needed to somehow defeat Mara.

As soon as she noticed that all of them had broken free from her killing intent, Mara leaped forward and swung her glaive.

"It’s coming!" Christina shouted. She activated her Provoke, making sure this attack wouldn’t hit the others.

"Oohhh!" Ragna moved forward. Both of them put their shields forward, but the Beast Manifestation Technique let out a roar and knocked both of them down.

Of course, Mara wasn’t holding back. She didn’t let them recover.

Without hesitation, she came toward Ragna and Christina, who had yet to recover their stances, to kill them.

But before she could reach them, she was forced to swing her glaive up.

Two roars clashed with each other.

"We need some time to adjust." Clovis smiled.

"You don’t have to adjust anything if you’re dead." Mara’s eyes turned bloodshot. She overpowered Clovis and launched him into the sky.

"Stop her!" Clovis shouted.

Without missing a beat, Jay, Luci, and Freud launched an attack from three different directions, trying to overwhelm Mara.

Mara took a single glance at them and waved her blade so smoothly that she managed to strike all three of them at almost the same time.

"Kh..." Luci gritted her teeth, getting knocked back. ’How can she swing this heavy glaive like this?’

Before Mara could launch another attack, Aileen suddenly stabbed Mara’s foot. She didn’t need to deal big damage. As long as she could slow Mara down, she managed to fulfill her role.

However, Mara’s Abyss State enhanced all her affinities, including her brain affinity that improved her senses.

Unlike the Sword Saint, she could sense Aileen’s presence.

At the last moment, she retracted her foot, causing her to miss.

"!!!" Surprised, Aileen looked up, seeing Mara staring back at her with her glaive already up, ready to chop her down.

Before Mara could kill Aileen, the three snipers released their respective attacks.

Mara was forced to take a step back and moved her glaive into the path of their bullets and arrows, stopping them.

"Aooo!" Reolf pounced on Mara. Rea was diving from the opposite direction.

At the same time, Erwin sent forth his wires, trying to restrain her movements.

But it only took a light swing for her to blast away all the wires.

"What?!" Erwin was astounded as he witnessed his wires getting knocked onto other rocks and nearby beast corpses. The moment those rocks and corpses got hit by his wires, they were sliced into pieces.

This was how strong his new wires were. Yet Mara could easily push the threads away. Most of the time, his opponent would have a hard time because they weren’t accustomed to the wires’ movements.

In fact, if not for the fact that Christina and Ragna’s shields were upgraded before this fight, their shields would be at risk of being sliced by her glaive.

Reolf struck her from above, but Mara struck his claws. Reolf had been equipped with adamantium claws, so he managed to protect his own claws.

Mara easily knocked his paw back before she spun her body and kicked Reolf’s face. "Be a good boy and sit over there!"

"Ooouuu..." Reolf bounced a few times on the ground and let out a small wail.

Mara already knew Reolf after all. Reolf certainly registered Mara as an existence he should never provoke.

But he thought this time was different.

Unfortunately for him, Mara showed why Reolf was scared of her in the first place.

Rea came from the other side, trying to press Mara with her weight.

Mara simply punched Rea, overpowering her weight. She couldn’t swing her glaive because Clovis and Jay had recovered and attacked her. "Haaaa!"

Both of them combined their powers and attacked Mara. The latter swung her blade and tried to overpower them.

To her amusement, they managed to withstand her power for a few seconds. Although it was still rough, their powers had far surpassed a normal Tier 9 human.

However, Mara was still known as the woman with the strongest offensive power in the world.

Mara actually let out a second eruption of the Beast Manifestation Technique and blasted them back.

"..." Clovis gritted his teeth. "Oi, oi. You haven’t taught me that."

"I taught you everything you know about Beast Manifestation Technique, not everything I know," Mara harrumphed and leaped toward Clovis.

When she swung her blade, she struck two shields. This time, she couldn’t push them back.

Mara noticed that Luci and Freud were helping Ragna and Christina hold their shields.

She realized that the Libation Fiesta had begun to get used to her attack after just one round.

It was possible because of Melody, who was staying at a safe distance.

"Clovis, Jay. You two need to work together and try to overwhelm her with your offensive power. Luci, Freud, help Christina and Ragna. Your strength is high, but you will play a bigger role when supporting the two of them." Melody had been monitoring everything as an operator.

Of course, she immediately adjusted their strategy after seeing Mara’s strength.

This battle had just begun.