Villain's Evolution: Investing in My Minions Yields Crazy Returns!

Victor suddenly exerted force beneath his feet!

[Shadow Blink]

Buzz!

An almost imperceptible mana fluctuation flashed through the air, and his figure suddenly vanished from its original position, leaving behind a rapidly fading afterimage!

”What?!”

Edmund’s pupils contracted violently!

Before he could even make out Victor’s movement trajectory, a dark afterimage had already appeared on his right side!

It was fast! So fast that Edmund didn’t even have time to turn around completely. He could only rely on his combat experience to hastily raise his training sword, attempting to block the incoming attack!

However, the instant Edmund assumed a defensive posture, Victor’s sword suddenly changed its original attack trajectory!

[Heaven Burning Sword Art!]

Although his mastery was currently only at the Beginner Stage, with the assistance of [Combat Intuition], Victor’s ability to grasp the precise timing of his sword strikes had already reached an astonishing level!

There were no unnecessary movements or complicated variations in technique.

He simply seized the momentary opening Edmund had exposed while hastily defending himself and swung his sword with tremendous force!

Bang!

The two training swords collided fiercely!

A powerful impact erupted instantly, causing Edmund’s sword arm to tremble violently. The defensive stance he had barely managed to establish was forcibly broken apart by the strike, and his entire center of gravity became momentarily unstable!

Just as alarm surged through Edmund’s heart and he prepared to forcefully readjust his posture, Victor had already smoothly rotated his wrist.

Whoosh!

The sharp sword tip traced an extremely short arc through the air before stopping steadily in front of Edmund’s throat.

The entire sequence had happened so quickly that, from the moment Victor activated Shadow Blink to the instant his final sword strike broke through Edmund’s defense, barely a heartbeat had passed!

Edmund’s body immediately froze in place.

He lowered his head and stared at the training sword hovering less than an inch from his throat. His face, which had previously been flushed from the intensity of the battle, gradually turned pale.