"Not good." Kai gritted his teeth and summoned a huge Magic Circle to protect himself. However, the princess' strength was better than expected as the two of them managed to break through his shield. The left one grazed his left arm while the other one pierced through his right thigh.

Luckily, the power had been reduced by a lot, leaving only a hole smaller than that of a bullet.

Bam.

Still, the force behind the attack blew him down as he crashed to the ground.

"!!!"

The soldiers saw that as well, but Kai already leaped into the air, not letting them feel any worry.

"Point blank range, Sonokinetic Blade." Kai struck the princess, who blocked his attack with her staff. The clash summoned a tremendous shock wave.

And Kai used this chance to shout while pointing at the shark with his other hand. "Teacher!"

All of them took another look at the shark as Ria already jumped to the sky, locking on to the shark who looked back at her.

"Ho? An interesting one is coming." The shark smirked as he raised his hand in excitement. "I am Marza, the great prince of the sea. Let's see what you, human, can do."

"That's something you can only understand in your next life." Ria Ross snorted as she pointed both palms to the shark.

A magic circle emerged from thin air as a huge white sword emerged from the magic circle. It was made of white light, but it seemed to contain enough strength to rival Kai's strength.

The sword flew straight to the shark.

The shark smiled as if feeling challenged by this attack. His side fins turned into human's hands as it was covered with spinning water.

Marza stomped the ground and punched the sword. The moment the two clashed, the ground started rumbling before a crater was created below the shark's feet.

"This is great. This is great! Hahaha." Marza laughed uncontrollably as he felt this power. He increased the power in his fist as the sword began to crumble before turning into pieces like broken glass.

But because he took his sweet time to destroy the attack, Ria already dropped on top of him with a sword in each hand.

"!!!" Marza widened his eyes and instinctively traded a few blows, blocking all Ria's attacks.

"…" Ria, on the contrary, furrowed her eyebrows, knowing what Kai said was true. The power of the top three was not something they could handle easily.

And with him becoming Ria's opponent, she decided to not hold back anymore.

She placed her hand on the ground as multiple spears came out, trying to pierce his body.

Marza spun his body and destroyed them all with a single wave of his tail.

However, there was another thing left behind from that attack. On the ground, he could see multiple lines without any patterns or whatsoever. It was completely random but seemed to be another trick that Ria used.

It was clear that Ria was among the greatest fighters in the world according to their information, so even he wouldn't look down on her that much.

Ria took his split second of confusion to wave her sword following the line. Suddenly, a white light ran through the ground on the line as if it was a train, looped around the shark, and hit it from behind.

"!!!" Marza raised his eyebrows in surprise before snapping that attack with his tail.

But that reaction alone gave Ria enough time to send another wave from different directions.

"It seems the line is working as the rail. It's like your so-called train." Marza smirked and raised his foot.

"That means you only need to do this." Marza stomped the ground to create a deeper crater, destroying the white light on the ground. "This is…"

As expected of Ria Ross, she didn't give a sh*t of what Marza had to say. She used the time he destroyed her lines to transform.

Her body was surrounded by white light as a glowing sword pattern appeared below her right eye.

"Sword Saint Form." Ria's expression turned serious as she finally stepped up her game.

"What is that?" Marza frowned as he felt a sense of threat coming from Ria right now.

Ria raised her hand with her palm open. On top of her palm appeared a white light that gradually changed its form to another sword.

Her vision turned to the shark as Ria waved her hand, throwing the small sword on her palm.

The sword suddenly became bigger like that of a normal sword and pierced through the air.

"!!!" Marza instinctively used both hands to catch this sword, blocking it with his palms that had been covered with water. Yet, the moment he received this attack, he couldn't help but say in amazement. "You're kidding me."

Marza was pushed several meters back, surprising both the princess and the turtle.

'Marza is being pushed back?' The two thought the same thing, thinking the only problem in this army was Kai. They never expected to find another powerful Magician that could stand toe to toe against them.

"You are strong!" Marza laughed as he looked at Ria, only to find her showing something even more terrifying.

Behind her back floated a total of five swords that had the same energy as the previous sword.

With a single command, she could send all these five to hit him.

Marza was speechless. Not only him, but many people also got a shock of their life, understanding why Ria Ross' position as the strongest magician could only be taken by Kai.

…

Meanwhile, several cameras recorded everything that happened in the battle live according to Leah's request.

There were two reasons for these cameras. First, Leah would know whether this battle was beyond salvation or not because she needed to prepare to inform Arba about this. She then could teleport to this place to rescue Kai and stop the battle, even if it meant a full onslaught from the sea race in the near future.

The second reason was to ensure that no one was watching the battle to avoid the enemy gathering enough information from Kai.

These two reasons became their main priority, but Leah couldn't help but surprise when she saw Ria's strength.

Leah shouted inwardly, 'There is someone this strong? And she only knew about Mystic and Magic Particles a few days ago. If she learns it a few years, if not decades ago, I'm afraid she will be as strong as Madam Arba… No, she might be stronger than her.

'Still, this is not enough for the Deep Sea Prince Marza…' Leah gritted her teeth, knowing that Marza had one more trump card that he had yet to use. And with the fact that he was only fighting Ria with only thirty to forty percent of his full power due to the land restriction, he would eventually win this battle.

Her doubt was proven as Marza's expression changed.

"You are great! Even though you are a human, your strength is this great. It's such a shame that you are a human. If you are also a shark, I would have married you!" Marza laughed uncontrollably as water started coming out of the ground.

The water then enveloped his hands and feet before making their way to his body and head, covering everything like full-body armor.

Marza stepped forward lightly, but the water amplified his power and cracked it a bit. He raised both hands to the front while slightly leaning to the back. "Come, human woman. I, Marza, have recognized you as the human's hope. I shall show you my Shark Boxing."

"Just shut the f*ck up. Nobody cares about your little sh*t." Ria snorted and jumped straight at him, waving her sword.