Chapter 204: Chapter: 203 Making a breakthrough.[2]

"Infinite Cast..."

Julius muttered softly while slowly lifting one hand into the air.

Purple mana gathered around his fingers quietly before two hand-sized circles appeared above his palm.

The circles rotated rapidly while strange symbols flickered inside them one after another.

The air around him suddenly started feeling heavy. Rosalina’s eyes narrowed slightly from the other side of the arena.

Julius calmly pressed both glowing circles against the ground.

"Time Field."

The moment those words left his mouth, a giant transparent cube suddenly appeared around him.

The cube itself was almost invisible, but bright purple lines connected around its edges like glowing glass walls. The entire thing expanded at terrifying speed.

One meter....Ten meters and Fifty....fifty meters! It swallowed the arena almost instantly.

Rosalina immediately tried stepping backward the moment she sensed danger, but it was already too late.

The cube moved ridiculously fast. Before she could even properly react to it, the field completely engulfed both of them.

Then...It vanished. The giant cube simply disappeared like it had never existed at all.

Rosalina clicked her tongue softly while gripping Mary tighter. "Tsk."

She could already feel the effect spreading through her body.

"This stupid spell again..." This was already the fifth time Julius had trapped her with it. And the annoying part was...she still did not have a proper way to stop it.

"There goes my precious 0.1 seconds..." She muttered with visible pain on her face like someone had just stolen money from her wallet.

To normal people, losing 0.1 seconds of reaction time sounded meaningless.

But in battle? That tiny delay could decide victory or defeat instantly.

Every movement now felt slightly slower to her. Not enough to cripple her. Just enough to become incredibly irritating.

Which honestly suited Julius perfectly. That man fought like his main life goal was annoying people emotionally.

Across the arena, Julius smirked the moment he saw her expression. Now that was the face of suffering he wanted to see.

"Alright," he said while slowly reaching one hand outward. "Let’s begin."

"Weaponry." Compressed mana exploded around his hand instantly. A giant scythe appeared in his grasp moments later.

The weapon was completely black from handle to blade, except for the sharp red edges glowing faintly like fresh blood.

The moment Julius grabbed it properly...BOOM.

The ground beneath his feet shattered apart. A small crater exploded outward as Julius launched himself forward like a missile.

Rosalina remained completely calm. Honestly, she looked more offended than threatened.

"Infinite Cast."

A rainbow-colored circle appeared at the tip of Mary instantly. Seven different colors spun inside it beautifully while mana poured into the spell rapidly.

Then...SHIIIIING.

A giant crystal pyramid appeared in front of her.

The entire structure looked like shining glass made from rainbow light itself. Colors reflected everywhere across the training ground beautifully.

"Rainbow Prism Pyramid." Rosalina stepped inside calmly.

Then walked out again. Except... She was no longer alone. Seven more Rosalinas appeared behind her.

Rosel’s jaw almost fell off instantly from the side.

"...What the hell..."

Each clone carried a different color. Red. Blue. Green. Yellow. Orange. Indigo. Violet.

Even their hair, eyes, skin, and clothes matched their colors perfectly.

It looked less like a battle technique and more like Rosalina had somehow multiplied herself into an entire angry rainbow.

The real Rosalina stood in front while smirking proudly. "Get ready to make the score six-two, babe."

Julius immediately looked offended while charging at her. "Your score counting is still fake!"

CLANG!

The moment Rosalina swung Mary downward, Julius blocked it with his scythe instantly. A loud metallic explosion echoed through the entire arena.

The impact made both their arms tremble slightly. Wind exploded outward from the collision while cracks spread beneath their feet.

Rosalina immediately jumped backward after the clash. Julius also tried retreating...But the seven clones attacked instantly.

The red Rosalina raised both hands.

BOOOOM.

A huge wave of fire rushed toward Julius violently.

At the same time, the blue clone swung her sword and launched a pressurized jet of water directly toward him.

The yellow clone grinned wildly before thunder exploded around her body.

CRACK.

Golden lightning shot through the air toward Julius like a hunting snake.

The orange clone clapped her hands together. Molten lava spread across the ground in a burning circle, turning nearby stone bright red from heat.

Then the indigo clone pointed toward him calmly. The moment she did, Julius suddenly felt his body become heavier.

"...Gravity?"

His movement slowed slightly. Meanwhile, the violet clone quietly walked behind Rosalina before melting directly into her body. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

The moment the fusion completed, Rosalina’s long black hair slowly turned violet at the edges while her eyes glowed with the same beautiful color.

The mana around her immediately became sharper. Julius stared at the scene while dodging sideways.

Honestly...It looked ridiculously cool.

"...Cute~" He muttered while watching eight Rosalinas trying to murder him together.

Most men would probably consider this heaven.

Julius too considered it a heaven after all who in their right mind would not be happy seeing 8 different Rosalina?

The attacks closed in from every direction.

Fire. Water. Lightning. Gravity. Lava.

Meanwhile the real Rosalina calmly walked behind all of them with the relaxed expression of someone watching employees do their jobs properly.

"Time Acceleration." Julius activated the spell silently inside his mind.

The mana around his body instantly changed. Everything around him suddenly felt slower.

His own body became lighter and lighter while his personal time flow accelerated rapidly.

One step later...He vanished.

BOOM.

The ground exploded behind him as Julius shot forward at terrifying speed.

The red clone’s eyes widened slightly.

"Sorry babe..."

SHIIING. Julius swung his scythe once. The black blade sliced cleanly through the red Rosalina instantly.

Her body split apart into two pieces before exploding into scattered red light particles.

Julius sighed dramatically afterward while shaking his head.

"I would’ve preferred loving eyes..."

He glanced toward the remaining clones rushing him murderously. "not this family-level violence...."

The remaining clones moved instantly the moment Julius jumped into the air.

All five of them rushed toward him together from different directions while elemental mana exploded around the arena wildly.

And somehow...By pure coincidence... The five clones lined up almost perfectly in front of him.

Julius froze for half a second...Then his eyes lit up brightly. A giant grin spread across his face immediately.

"...Lucky me." He swung the giant scythe outward like a folding fan.

SHIIIIING.

The black blade flashed across the air beautifully. Five heads flew upward at the exact same time.

For one glorious second, Julius genuinely felt like the coolest man alive. The clone bodies froze midair before exploding apart into scattered colored particles.

Red. Blue. Yellow. Orange. Indigo.

The entire arena became filled with glowing lights raining downward like colorful fireworks.

"Kekekeke..." Julius let out the most suspicious villain laugh possible while floating in the air dramatically.

"That’s what we call...."

Then he saw Rosalina smiling from the side. The moment their eyes met...

His smile slowly disappeared....His survival instincts activated instantly.

"...Ah." That expression...He knew that expression. That was not the face of a woman losing a fight.

That was the face of a woman preparing emotional damage. Julius immediately turned toward her.

"Color Path," Rosalina muttered softly. This time Mary was no longer in her hand.

Instead, she held a small paintbrush between her fingers calmly.

The brush looked simple and elegant, but the moment she moved it, colors flowed through the air like liquid light.

"Color Field." Rosalina lightly brushed the empty air once.

The moment she did...CRACK. A thick root suddenly burst out from Julius’s leg.

"...WHAT?"

Before he could even react, more roots exploded outward rapidly like a growing plant. The vines wrapped around his legs tightly and locked him in place instantly.

Julius stared downward in disbelief. "Since when was gardening part of Color Path?!"

Rosalina ignored him completely. Instead, she calmly painted another stroke into the air.

The colors gathered together rapidly.

ROOOOAR.

A giant tiger appeared. Its entire body looked like living paint mixed together with glowing orange and black colors. Even its fur flowed unnaturally like wet ink.

The painted tiger roared loudly before charging directly toward Julius. Rosalina pointed at him calmly.

"Here comes a tiger."

"...Why are you saying it like you’re introducing a pet?!"

Julius immediately pulled against the vines with all his strength. The roots cracked apart one after another from the pressure.

But the tiger was already in front of him.

"Oops." Julius hurriedly swung his scythe downward.

SHING. The blade pierced directly through the tiger’s body.

The painted beast let out a miserable cry before exploding apart into splashes of glowing paint. Julius sighed in relief for exactly one second.

Then he noticed the paint spreading across his scythe.

"...Hm?"

SSSSSSS.

The black weapon suddenly started melting. Like acid had been poured directly onto it. The metal dissolved rapidly while purple smoke rose upward.

Julius stared at his dying weapon with genuine heartbreak. "...This scythe was really cool too."

He clicked his tongue sharply while tossing the melting weapon away. Honestly, this fight was becoming financially painful.

But thankfully....He was crazy rich!

"No matter," Julius muttered confidently.

"I have a cool mace too." Black mana gathered around his hand again before a giant mace appeared instantly.

Unlike the scythe, this weapon looked brutal and heavy, with dark spikes covering the round metal head.

Julius immediately threw it toward Rosalina. The mace shot through the air violently while the chain connected to it extended rapidly behind it.

Rosalina remained completely calm.

She slowly raised her paintbrush again and drew a small circle in the air casually.

The circle darkened instantly. Then...A black hole appeared.

The incoming mace head disappeared directly into it without resistance. The chain stretched tight for half a second before getting pulled violently inside too.

Julius stared at the empty chain handle left in his hand.

Silence filled the arena briefly. "...You can’t just eat people’s weapons."