>>5222438“Let's see how you handle THIS! REQUIP!” Erza shouts, and her body is consumed by magical light. The swarm of swords all begin glowing as well, vanishing as her armor begins appearing around her glowing figure. What was a suit of revealing silver armor is now a revealing white gown with a red collar, tied around her middle with a red and gold belt. And behind her shoulders appear eight glowing forms, which reveal themselves to be swords. They array themselves behind her like a pair of razor-sharp wings. “Ataraxia Armor!”
“Now THAT'S something new.” Chaya replies, flipping her sword around into a reverse grip as she crouches. “Let's test it! HAAAAA!”
“Soaring Blades!” Erza calls as Chaya <span class="mu-i">throws</span> her sword, the blade rapidly spinning as Erza brings all four of her left swords up between it and her. However, the moment the swords obstruct her view, Chaya moves. She dashes around her blind side, moving so quickly that an image of her seems to be left behind for a moment where she'd been standing. She moves so fast directly behind Erza that she has to slap her left hand on the arena floor, sliding to a stop right behind the redhead. She hears this, turning towards the sound. “Wha-?”
“Too slow!” Chaya taunts, kicking her square in the back with her right leg. “Haaaaa!”
“Guaah!” Erza cries out as Chaya's strike sends her flying straight up into the air, then with a flip using that momentum lands on her feet, right arm outstretched. Then with seemingly-practiced efficiency catches her sword by the grip and leaps up into the air after the swordswoman.
“HAAAA!” Chaya roars, swinging her massive blade down with one hand. Erza moves four of her blades in the way of Chaya's strike, trying to stop the blow, yet these new swords aren't strong enough to stop Chaya's swing. All four of them shatter simultaneously, the heavy greatsword smashing into the physically weaker woman's guts and launching her straight back down to the ground. Erza crashes to the ground with meteoric force, the arena floor cracking and cratering where she lands.
“What a tremendous impact!” Dallas shouts, the green-skinned alien announcer shouting into his microphone over the roaring crowd's cheers. “That one had to hurt!”
“Indeed. And that new suit of Erza's doesn't seem to be as heavily armored as some of her other suits. That attack could have potentially knocked her right out of this contest.”
“Not likely.” you say to Visha, who glances aside at you curiously. “She's not done, not by a long shot.”
