"Against the Heavens: The Villain's Return"

The atmosphere inside the coliseum was thick with tension, an electric current of anticipation surging through the air.

All eyes were locked on the grand stage as the two heroines, Roxanne Bladecrest and Selena Dawnshade, prepared to unleash the full extent of their power.

This was no longer a simple match. This was a clash of two evolving legends.

Leo sat in the audience, his heart pounding in his chest, unsure of what this battle might bring. Both girls had already demonstrated strength, skill, and conviction beyond their peers.

Now, with their respective breakthroughs—Roxanne into the realm of Sword Aura and Selena awakening her mysterious Fairy Physique—their battle would transcend the realm of normal martial confrontation.

Roxanne stood tall, her blade humming with a resonating force.

Fine cracks of aura energy shimmered across her sword, glowing silver-white. Her sword formation had broken through—now it had evolved.

The surrounding space distorted subtly around her as her Sword Aura began to manifest more visibly.

Her sharp eyes remained locked on Selena.

Selena, on the other hand, radiated a surreal glow.

Her Fairy Physique had blossomed completely, and a translucent figure identical to her—her spiritual avatar—stood at her side, barefoot, shimmering with soft, verdant light.

It blinked in unison with her, mirroring her every movement.

The calm yet radiant energy emanating from her made her seem ethereal, like a spirit descended from the heavens.

"Leo is mine," Roxanne said coldly, her voice sharp like steel cutting wind. Only Selena could hear her, and her expression darkened. "You will never have him."

Selena responded with narrowed eyes, her hand tightening into a fist. The fairy avatar behind her mirrored the movement perfectly. "We'll see."

The bell rang, and the battle resumed with unrelenting ferocity.

Roxanne vanished in a blur of speed, her sword arcing forward with lethal intent.

A brilliant line of sword aura cleaved the stage, forcing Selena and her fairy avatar to evade in twin spirals of motion.

Selena countered with an elegant sweep of her arm, launching crystalline blasts of energy shaped like blooming petals.

The petals flew toward Roxanne, each carrying compressed spiritual force.

Roxanne spun mid-air, slicing the petals with pinpoint precision, but as each one burst, a residual pulse of force rippled against her defenses. She landed, sliding back with a scowl.

Selena's avatar lunged forward next, dancing through the air with inhuman grace. Its movements were both rapid and fluid, aiming for Roxanne with strikes imbued with spiritual energy.

Roxanne parried each attack, her blade clashing against invisible force as shockwaves cracked the platform beneath them.

"Your tricks won't save you," Roxanne said through gritted teeth, deflecting a strike and following with a spinning sword technique that released a spiral of silver energy.

The spiral stormed forward. Selena clapped her hands, summoning a spiritual shield that shimmered like moonlight.

The shield caught the spiral, the force rippling outward in waves. She was pushed back, her feet dragging across the stone floor.

But her avatar didn't relent. It leapt again, this time splitting into three copies, all rushing toward Roxanne.

It was a technique of the Fairy Physique: the Mirror Spirit Arts. Each clone held a piece of her true strength.

Roxanne roared and activated her sword aura fully.

A blinding burst of silver light exploded around her, cutting through the illusions and forcing Selena and her true avatar to retreat.

Their clash grew more intense. Sword strikes met bursts of spiritual magic.

Roxanne's aura flared like wildfire with each attack, carving through the battlefield, while Selena danced with her spirit, casting ethereal spells, creating barriers, chains of light, and radiant beams that sought to suppress Roxanne's relentless offense.

Each girl bore the marks of battle—scratches on their arms, dirt on their cheeks, and blood on their lips—yet neither yielded.

The audience watched in stunned silence, the clash between Fairy Physique and Sword Aura a spectacle no one had ever witnessed before.

Their powers were equal. Their will unshakable.

Roxanne thrust her blade upward, releasing a column of energy that tore the skies.

Selena responded by summoning a great spiritual blossom, a lotus of light that absorbed the column, glowing brighter with each passing second.

Then the blossom exploded, sending radiant waves across the battlefield.

Roxanne was pushed back again, panting, sweat trailing down her temple.

She stared at Selena, who also staggered, her avatar flickering briefly before re-stabilizing.

Neither said a word. They knew the next round would decide everything.

The moment Selena's fairy wings shimmered with radiant glow, the battlefield transformed into a realm of luminous mist and ethereal energy.

The very air began to tingle with spiritual force, and the crowd stood stunned in silence, mesmerized by the surreal presence she now radiated.

The fairy physique she had awakened was not just for show—it held the power to manifest a spiritual being formed from her essence, her inner self.

A gentle breeze swirled around her as a translucent figure, almost identical to Selena but adorned with more elaborate fairy markings and an aura of serenity, emerged beside her.

This was her spiritual embodiment—the true manifestation of her fairy physique.

It moved in perfect harmony with her, a duplicate extension of her will, doubling her combat potential.

Roxanne, already panting and nursing bruises from the previous clash, stared in disbelief.

The audience was holding its collective breath, unsure whether they were witnessing a miracle or a tragedy for Roxanne.

The sight of Selena's fairy embodiment gracefully floating beside her cast a shadow of uncertainty across Roxanne's determined gaze.

However, Roxanne clenched her sword tighter. Her stance shifted—fluid, yet grounded.

She shut her eyes for a brief moment, and the air around her began to shimmer.

Her sword, glowing faintly before, now emitted a radiant pulse of silver-blue light.

Cracks spread from beneath her feet as her cultivation energy surged wildly.

With a piercing cry, Roxanne's body flared with overwhelming spiritual power.

Her sword art formation—already on the verge of evolution—finally shattered its boundary.

An explosive wave of sword intent erupted from her being, slicing through the fairy mist like a blade through silk.

Her aura had undergone a radical shift—what once was Sword Formation had now broken into Sword Aura.

The sudden transition shocked even the judges. Murmurs of "Sword Aura!" rippled through the crowd like a wave.

Leo, still observing from the sidelines, had his jaw clenched. Two notifications flickered before him.

Ding! Heroine Selena has changed her fate by awakening the Fairy Physique.

Ding! Heroine Roxanne has changed her fate by breaking through Sword Aura.

He took a breath, eyes gleaming with astonishment. "They're both changing fate... for me?"

Roxanne's sword aura manifested as streams of silvery wind coiling around her blade, hissing with edge and force. She took a step forward, carving the earth beneath with nothing more than the weight of her presence.

Selena's spiritual embodiment moved forward, launching elegant yet deadly energy blasts.

With each wave of her glowing hands, shimmering flower petals of condensed spiritual energy launched toward Roxanne like homing projectiles.

Roxanne twirled her sword mid-air, slicing through each of the petal attacks in fluid arcs. Her figure moved like a dance of death, precise and composed.

The clash was like day versus night—graceful spirituality clashing against unwavering martial dominance.

Selena created an arc barrier of spiritual vines that shielded her from Roxanne's pressuring advance.

But Roxanne's blade, guided by Sword Aura, didn't care for such defenses.

With a spinning leap, she delivered a vertical slash enhanced by Sword Aura, breaking through Selena's barrier and almost reaching her body.

Selena grunted as the shockwave knocked her back.

Not to be outdone, the fairy embodiment soared and summoned a binding technique of light chains, latching toward Roxanne from multiple angles.

Roxanne spun with her sword in a spiral, releasing a storm of sword arcs that shredded through the chains.

Each of them was now battling with the full force of their evolution.

The ground quaked with each impact, the sky above darkening with the sheer pressure of their power.

The crowd, overwhelmed, didn't even know whom to cheer for anymore. Some cried Roxanne's name, others chanted Selena's.

Selena's spiritual embodiment and Roxanne's sword aura collided once more—light against blade, ethereal glow against cutting winds.

Roxanne's body was bleeding, but her eyes held defiance. Selena, too, looked exhausted, sweat glistening on her brow, her breathing heavy.

Roxanne charged again, her blade humming like a beast.

Selena crossed her arms, channeling all her energy into her embodiment.

A massive fairy sigil lit up beneath them, causing the stage to tremble.

"Fairy Judgment—Heaven's Embrace!" Selena whispered.

"Crimson Heaven Sword Arc!" Roxanne roared in defiance.

Their ultimate attacks collided. Light exploded outward in a sphere of blinding brilliance, and the air was momentarily sucked from the arena.

Then—

Silence.

As the dust settled, two figures were seen standing.

Then both knees buckled.

And they collapsed.

Simultaneously.

The crowd was still, stunned.

From the judge's podium, the announcer raised his trembling voice. "The match... ends in a tie."

Leo looked on, his hands clenched. He didn't know whether to laugh or be stunned. Both had pushed past their limits—for him.

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