"Evelyn, you can dodge a little!"

Caelan turned his head and shouted toward Evelyn.

His battle with Kate had yet to reach a conclusion, so he was not willing to seek Evelyn’s help.

In truth, he also wanted to know just how many tricks his Mirror Image Kate could pull off with his skills!

However, Kate on the other side seized that opening with terrifying precision.

"My dear brother, how could you possibly let yourself get distracted while fighting me?"

As she spoke, the greatsword in Kate’s hand suddenly began to tremble violently at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the next moment, countless metallic fragments scattered from the surface of the greatsword.

Standing nearby, Caelan froze slightly when he saw this.

He could sense that, as the fragments continued to fall away from the greatsword, the energy within it did not decrease at all. Instead, it became even more condensed.

At that moment, Caelan’s eyes suddenly narrowed.

The energy inside the greatsword had changed again!

Originally, most of the weapon’s energy had been in a solid state. But Caelan could clearly feel that the energy within the greatsword in Kate’s hand was transforming from solid into fluid.

This nominal little sister of his had truly brought him an unexpected surprise!

The next moment, a dazzling radiance suddenly bloomed across the surface of Kate’s greatsword.

The light flashed and vanished in an instant. A moment later, the greatsword in Kate’s hand disappeared completely, replaced by a long leather whip.

"My dear brother, do you like this?"

Kate shook the little leather whip in her hand, a teasing smile appearing on her face.

On the other side, the corner of Caelan’s mouth twitched fiercely twice.

What on earth was going on inside this girl’s head?

However...

Converting swordsmanship into whip techniques was actually a pretty good idea, and it suited a girl’s movements even better.

The only question was how far she had developed it!

Just as Caelan was thinking about this, Kate launched another attack.

"[Demon-Breaking Rending Whip]!"

In the blink of an eye, whip shadows filled the sky, almost completely enveloping Caelan.

After every whip shadow flashed past, a blazing silver sun would bloom into existence, then continue splitting apart.

She had actually fused [Infinite Lightblade] and [Thousandblade Rend] together?

A flicker of surprise flashed through Caelan’s eyes.

To be able to come up with a combined technique like this—she was worthy of being his Mirror Image. She really was incredible.

"Kate, you’re quite impressive. You have talent no weaker than mine. And..."

Before Caelan could finish speaking, Kate interrupted him with a mad, bell-like laugh.

"My dear brother, you’re underestimating me far too much! Do you have any idea how many times I struggled and fought just to wait for this very moment?"

"Everything you’re seeing now is only the tip of the iceberg."

"Next, you’d better watch carefully! Perhaps this will be the most magnificent sight of your entire life!"

Accompanied by Kate’s faintly unhinged voice, Caelan suddenly discovered that the whip in Kate’s hand had vanished!

No, it had not simply disappeared.

More accurately, it seemed to have become entangled with space itself!

"My dear brother, you must not blink next!"

In the next instant, Caelan suddenly realized that everything around him had vanished!

Without even noticing it, he had actually been taken away from the Void!

Caelan was shocked to discover that an enormous hellish palace had appeared before his eyes.

The entire palace was burning with flames of magma. Upon a throne covered in black thorns, Kate had, at some unknown point, changed into an arrogant queenly outfit.

Before her, countless monsters wearing collars lowered their heads in submission.

Caelan merely swept his gaze across them roughly, yet he saw hundreds of thousands of monsters, including Hellwalkers, Hellhounds, Bloodthirsty Zombies, Deathbell Men, Hell Spiders...

What frightened him even more was that all of these monsters had the same emblem engraved onto their bodies.

And the image on those emblems was actually Caelan’s own portrait!

"My dear brother, welcome to hell!"

...

Within the Void, Evelyn stood rooted in place, her face blank with confusion.

That was because the strength Kate had displayed had already exceeded her imagination.

Under normal circumstances, the skills possessed by a Mirror Image should be based on the skills of the original body. Although there might be some modified versions and variants, it should still be possible to tell that they originated from the main body’s skills.

However, based on Evelyn’s understanding, Caelan had never mastered any skill related to hell.

It was obvious that the ability Kate possessed did not belong to Caelan, the original body.

Caelan was equally stunned by the scene before him. He simply could not understand how Kate had done this.

In the next moment, the blazing hell palace engulfed both Caelan and Evelyn.

Before they could make any move, the flames within the hell palace began to surge violently!

Evelyn froze slightly, then immediately used [Water Shield], wrapping both herself and Caelan inside it. At the same time, she looked toward Caelan anxiously.

"Caelan, what exactly is going on with this sister of yours?"

At this moment, the Supreme Staff had unknowingly floated to Caelan’s side as well.

Seeing Kate suppress Caelan and Evelyn all by herself, it was also badly startled.

"Little Caelan, your sister seems a bit incredible!"

Caelan did not respond. Instead, he turned his gaze toward Kate.

[Eye of Insight], activate!

[Kate (Mirror Image)]

[Description: She waited for an unknown number of days and nights in a plane belonging to shadow. Although she exists based on the original body, the original body’s aptitude was so outstanding that she opened up a path of her own.]

???

When he saw this panel, Caelan was completely dumbfounded.

So...

Was all of this somehow his fault for being too outstanding?

However, Caelan quickly steadied his emotions. Things had already reached this point. There was no meaning in continuing to dwell on it.

Although the strength Kate had displayed truly astonished him, Caelan did not believe he was no match for her.

No matter what, Kate was only his Mirror Image.

As the original body, how could he possibly lose to her?

Just as Caelan was preparing to unleash his full strength in one decisive burst and demonstrate his power, Kate suddenly spoke.

"My dear brother, you don’t truly think you’re the only Chosen One, do you?"

"Your understanding isn’t completely wrong. In every era, a Chosen One will be born. But who can say for certain that this Chosen One is you, and not me?"

"Now, why don’t you taste the flavor of hell?"

"[Hellfire Explosion]!!"