Luna dropped into her low predatory crouch, claws extended, jade-black hair flowing behind her, blue eyes locked on the colossal threats bearing down on her. The air hummed with tension. Then something inside her shifted — a deeper surge of power that Aiden’s system had been quietly building toward.

A ripple of raw energy exploded outward from her body.

Her jade-black hair rapidly lightened from root to tip, turning into a flowing, silky white mane that shimmered like fresh snow. Her blue eyes glowed brighter, the pupils narrowing into sharp, vertical slits that gave her gaze a predatory, almost draconic intensity. Her wolf ears lengthened slightly and bleached pure white, twitching with heightened sensitivity. Her long, bushy tail followed, the fur shifting from dark to pristine white, fluffy yet powerful as it lashed behind her.

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The system shimmered into existence in front of Aiden.

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[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]

LUNA NIGHTSHADE IS UNDERGOING ADVANCED TRANSFORMATION...

TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE INITIATED.

HAIR PIGMENTATION ALTERED — JADE-BLACK TO WHITER WHITE.

PUPIL MORPHOLOGY EVOLVED — STANDARD TO VERTICAL SLIT.

EARS AND TAIL FUR REALIGNED — DARK TO WINTER WHITE.

PRIMAL ESSENCE AMPLIFIED.

PHYSICAL GRACE AND FEROCITY OPTIMIZED.

TRANSFORMATION COMPLETE.

NEW FORM UNLOCKED: LUNAR APEX FORM

POWER OUTPUT INCREASED BY 340%.

MANA RESISTANCE +215%.

PHYSICAL STRENGTH MULTIPLIER: ×4.7

WARNING: LUNAR APEX FORM SIGNIFICANTLY AMPLIFIES PRIMAL INSTINCTS AND BLOODLUST. EMOTIONAL CONTROL RECOMMENDED.

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The transformation was graceful yet terrifying — her already voluptuous figure refined into something even more beautiful and fierce: elegant lines of muscle beneath smooth skin, making her look like a divine winter wolf incarnate. She rose slowly from the crouch, no longer just a half-beast, but something more primal and majestic.

The entire colosseum fell into stunned silence before erupting in a wave of awe-struck gasps and murmurs. Students and spectators leaned forward, eyes wide at the radiant, ferocious beauty now standing on the platform.

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In the higher gallery, Aiden’s wives reacted instantly.

Venya’s lips parted in quiet admiration. "Luna looks... breathtaking. Like a goddess."

Xylandra nodded, eyes shining. "So beautiful and fierce at the same time."

Zerra bounced excitedly on her toes. "Luna has always been stunning, but this form... It’s pure elegance wrapped in power."

Nyxion leaned forward, a rare appreciative gleam in her eyes. "Magnificent."

Lysandra turned quickly to Aiden, concern and excitement mixing in her tone. "Aiden... is she ready for this? Can she fully control the new form?"

Aiden watched Luna with calm confidence and nodded. "She can. She’s practiced a lot — with me, in private sessions. She’s ready."

Nearby, Ela’s eyes went wide with surprise. "W-wait... her hair turned white! And those eyes... she looks so different!"

Liana gasped dramatically, clutching Kee’s arm tighter. "Onii-chan, look! Luna’s so pretty and scary at the same time! Her tail is all fluffy and white now!"

Mee blinked rapidly, cheeks flushing. "That’s... incredible. I didn’t know she could do that."

Kee whistled low, grinning despite his own shock. "Damn... she just went full legendary mode."

Even Elowen Voss, standing at the announcer’s podium, stared in open surprise, her usual sharp composure cracking for a moment. Beside her, Mira Vale’s eyes narrowed in focused astonishment, murmuring, "Such raw power... this is beyond standard beast transformation."

Elara’s icy-blue eyes widened dramatically for the first time. A flicker of genuine fear crossed her haughty face as she felt the overwhelming wave of raw, primal power radiating from Luna like a physical heat. The air itself seemed heavier, charged with feral energy that made even her perfect mana control feel momentarily strained.

From the noble section above, Elarion shot to his feet. "Elara! Snap out of it and win! Don’t let that mutt intimidate you — finish her!"

Elara quickly steeled herself, lifting her chin. "I... I won’t lose to this," she whispered fiercely, though her voice carried a slight tremble. She poured more mana into her constructs, refusing to back down.

Luna stood tall in her new form — now known to Aiden’s system as Winter Apex — her white hair flowing freely, slit-pupiled blue eyes glowing with fierce grace. She looked more beautiful than ever: elegant, lethal, and utterly in control.

Everyone felt it — the raw, pulsating power rolling off Luna. It made the air vibrate and sent chills (unrelated to Elara’s ice) down spines.

Elara’s three sleek golems charged alongside her glacial bow attack.

The arrow screamed down like a falling star of absolute zero.

Luna sprang straight up to meet it, her white hair and tail streaming behind her like a comet of moonlight. Her claws glowed with boosted power as she caught the arrow between both palms. Frostbite raced up her arms, but she roared — a savage sound — and snapped the shaft in half with effortless strength. The explosion of cold energy blasted her backward, but she twisted gracefully in mid-air, landing lightly on the back of the nearest golem as if it were solid ground.

Her claws sank deep into its icy spine with surgical precision, carving through reinforced frost plate like butter and leaving glowing white energy trails. The construct bucked wildly. Luna rode it with perfect balance, using its momentum to slam it headlong into one of its brothers. The collision triggered a thunderous explosion of ice and mana shards that lit up the arena.

Elara didn’t hesitate. She summoned a relentless rain of glacial arrows from above while directing the third golem to flank. The remaining golem swung its massive scythe in a wide, whistling arc aimed at Luna’s legs.

Luna vaulted over the scythe with fluid grace, white tail flicking for balance. She used the golem’s own arm as a springboard, launching herself skyward toward Elara with terrifying speed. Her jaws snapped shut inches from the noble girl’s ankle, white fangs glinting.

Elara spun away on her ice wings, firing a point-blank barrage of ice shards directly into Luna’s torso. Each shard embedded itself, spreading frost aggressively through her bloodstream in an attempt to freeze her from within.

Luna’s response was pure, controlled fury. She grabbed two of the embedded shards and ripped them out without breaking stride. The pain only sharpened her focus. She slammed both palms together and unleashed a powerful sonic wolf howl infused with mana — a resonant, echoing cry that rippled outward like a shockwave of moonlight. The sound shattered the remaining golem’s arm and forced Elara to reinforce her wings with multiple extra layers of ice.

"You’re cheating now?" Elara laughed, though it sounded more strained than before. "Using tricks your peasant master taught you in bed?"

Luna grinned through bloody fangs, her slit-pupiled eyes gleaming with fierce beauty. "Jealous? Maybe if you begged nicely, Master would let you watch next time."

The taunt struck deeper than any physical blow. Elara’s face twisted in raw rage for the first time. "You filthy—!" She poured even more of her superior mana into the circle beneath them. The three golems reformed instantly — larger, faster, now wielding dual scythes and covered in spinning ice blades that hummed dangerously.

The fight entered a new, even more brutal and breathtaking phase.

Luna moved like a white storm of elegance and savagery. She became a whirlwind of claws and flowing white hair, tearing through golem after golem with precise, devastating strikes while dodging Elara’s aerial bombardment with fluid, almost dance-like movements. She left a trail of massive craters and shattered ice in her wake, each leap and slash radiating controlled power.

Elara danced through the air like a winter goddess pushed to her limit, creating new constructs the moment the old ones fell. She layered defensive ice walls that Luna smashed through with single empowered punches, and counter-attacked with increasingly desperate techniques Luna had never faced before: ice prisons that tried to encase her mid-leap, freezing domains that slowed the very air around her limbs, and a massive ice serpent that coiled around the arena and struck like a living whip of razor frost.

For nearly ten straight minutes they traded blows at a blistering pace that left the entire colosseum breathless and on their feet. The platform was no longer recognizable — a devastated moonscape of deep craters, thick frost, scattered blood, and glittering ice debris. Both girls were breathing hard, their academy uniforms in tatters, bodies covered in cuts, bruises, and frostbite, yet neither showed any intention of yielding.

Luna’s Winter Apex Form pushed her far beyond her previous limits. The power boost from Aiden’s system and their intimate nightly encounters kept her surging, but even this exalted state had edges of fatigue she could feel approaching.

Elara’s mana control remained flawless and superior, but her breathing had grown ragged and labored. Maintaining multiple golems, sustained flight, and constant high-level bombardment was draining even her vast noble reserves faster than she had anticipated.

They met again in the center of the ruined platform, both too stubborn and proud to retreat even a single step.

Claw met ice rapier in a shower of bright sparks and clashing energies.

"You’re strong," Elara admitted between gritted teeth, voice hoarse, "for a filthy animal."

Luna laughed, blood on her white fangs, her flowing white hair framing her fierce, beautiful face. "And you’re a coward who hides behind toys. Drop the magic and fight me like a real bitch."

Elara’s icy-blue eyes flashed with defiance. For a split second she considered dropping her constructs and meeting Luna hand-to-hand. Then she smiled — cold, cruel, and final, though the earlier flicker of fear still lingered in her gaze.

"No," she whispered. "I’ll end this the noble way."

She poured every last drop of her superior mana control into one final, desperate technique. The three golems merged into a single colossal ice titan — thirty feet tall, crowned with towering antlers of frozen mana, wielding a war-scythe the size of a tree trunk. At the same time, Elara formed a perfect sphere of absolute-zero energy around herself, turning into a living comet of pure, screaming ice.

The titan and the comet attacked in perfect, terrifying synchronization.

Luna looked up, her slit-pupiled blue eyes wide with exhilaration rather than fear, her white hair and tail flowing dramatically in the arctic winds.

"This is it," she whispered, voice steady and filled with devotion. "Master... watch me."

She dropped into a full predatory sprint, claws extended, white tail streaming behind her like a banner, and met the final assault head-on with a powerful, echoing roar that shook the entire colosseum to its foundations.

The clash lit up the arena like a second sun — a blinding explosion of moonlight power versus absolute winter fury.

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END OF Chapter : 320 : LUNA NIGHTSHADE V/S ELARA VOSS! : 2

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