Had Queenie actually fallen into a disadvantage?
The members of the Nature Sect were all too clear about Queenie's true strength.
Among the Druids of the Transcender class rank, Queenie could be considered the strongest, possessing a suppressive ability that stood head and shoulders above the rest.
Yet, despite this, she was currently on the losing end.
Even the numerous onlookers around the arena could see that Queenie was being suppressed, and Queenie herself was naturally well aware of this.
But knowing it was one thing; changing it was another matter entirely, and Queenie found it difficult to do so.
At this moment, only she knew just how awkward it felt to fight Olivia. Every one of her offensives seemed to be seen through, easily dismantled by her opponent.
Conversely, the opponent's attacks always emerged from the weakest points in her defense, leaving her with a constant sense of being caught off guard.
What on earth was going on?
Queenie could not comprehend why she felt as though she had no secrets at all when standing before Olivia.
No, she had to make a change.
Queenie abruptly retreated to create distance, and immediately, a brilliant radiance flashed over her body, causing her form to shift rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, she transformed from the One-horned Thunder Leopard into a remarkably tall and imposing giant bear.
The giant bear possessed brown fur, a stout frame, and massive paws, with clusters of golden thunder flowers appearing and dissipating around its body from time to time.
It was a Thunderous Giant Bear!
At just a glance, everyone recognized exactly what kind of monster this was.
Druids could freely choose to emulate or even fuse with different monsters, granting them the ability to transform into corresponding creatures.
As a very rare monster, not every Druid had the capability to adopt the Thunderous Giant Bear as a transformation form.
However, given the value Queenie demonstrated within the Nature Sect, she had been granted this opportunity.
This Thunderous Giant Bear form was also Queenie's most powerful transformation.
Assuming such a form signified that Queenie intended to give her all.
Facing this nun she had never heard of before, she no longer dared to be careless; this was absolutely an opponent worthy of her best effort.
"Roar!"
Queenie, now in the form of the Thunderous Giant Bear, unleashed a deafening roar, sending waves of sound infused with crackling lightning sweeping across the arena floor.
This was a wide-area coverage attack; it could only be blocked, not dodged.
This was also a method Queenie was using specifically to target Olivia.
After all, when she had attacked as the One-horned Thunder Leopard, her strikes had always been dodged by her opponent. But surely she couldn't dodge this?
In truth, Olivia didn't need to dodge.
A veil composed of shimmering starlight emerged, enveloping her entire person—this was the Stigmata Armor.
When the Thunderous Giant Bear's roar swept over, it only caused the Stigmata Armor to vibrate; it could not harm Olivia.
Seeing this, Queenie had no choice but to force a close-quarters confrontation.
Although the Thunderous Giant Bear form possessed the ability to unleash sonic attacks, it was not its primary means of combat, and the power was naturally limited.
As she drew closer, a strong sense of pressure permeated the area, causing many of the observing Transcenders to display grave expressions. They felt that if they were to face the Thunderous Giant Bear themselves, they would likely find it difficult to handle.
Upon closing the distance, Queenie did not hesitate to slam her massive bear paws downward.
"Boom!"
The paw struck the ground with a violent, thunderous explosion, yet it failed to strike Olivia.
Although the Thunderous Giant Bear's attack speed was rapid, for Olivia, speed no longer mattered.
After missing her strike, the Thunderous Giant Bear moved again. Despite its massive frame, it proved exceptionally agile, raining down paw strike after paw strike toward Olivia. The continuous booming sounds resonated through the hall, each one like a crack of thunder, deafening to the ear.
"How strange."
Among the people of the Moriah Empire, a lady wearing moon-white robes looked at Olivia with an expression of surprise.
"Why do I always feel like she is just like us—able to grasp the trajectory of fate and thus depart from its original course?"
Una Moriah whispered to herself.
She then asked the others around her if they felt the same, and her inquiry was met with their collective nod of affirmation.
Seeing this, Una asked a young man beside her, "Robert, if you were to face this Olivia, would you have the confidence to win?"
Within the Moriah Empire, the strongest Fate Walker of the Transcender class rank was Robert Moriah.
As for Una, she was a Fate Walker of the Skywalker class rank.
Hearing Una ask this, Robert smiled slightly. "Of course. Although this nun has displayed impressive strength, as agents of fate, we have always held fate within our grasp. Since we understand everything about fate, how could there be any reason for us to suffer defeat?"
Seeing Robert so confident, Una did not press the matter further.
Meanwhile, in the arena, the battle had reached a white-hot stage.
None of the attacks Queenie unleashed as the Thunderous Giant Bear had hit Olivia, but that had not been her true goal.
In fact, with every strike, she had been leaving behind a trace of lightning energy on the ground.
With repeated, violent impacts, these energies were intentionally left scattered across a vast area.
At this very moment, Olivia was right in the middle of that zone.
When she felt the time was right, Queenie ceased her physical attacks and instead triggered all the lightning energy within the arena.
Thunder Feast!
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a violent tremor, bolts of lightning erupted one after another, connecting the dome above to the ground below, instantly engulfing the vast space.
"Silence. I do not believe this nun can dodge an attack like this. With such dense lightning erupting, she will have to endure the impact one way or another."
Queenie watched the arena with great anticipation.
Yet at this moment, Olivia's expression remained composed.
Her figure now resembled a seagull soaring through the clouds in the sky, shifting forward and backward, dodging left and right. With incredible movements, she maneuvered through the barrage, avoiding every single lightning strike.
Although the numerous bolts of lightning could not achieve full-spectrum coverage, it was effectively the same; there was almost no gap left between them.
What was truly shocking, however, was that Olivia always managed to find those microscopic fissures, dodging the lightning strike after strike, displaying a demeanor that was as calm and unhurried as a stroll in a garden.
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