''Are you fucking kidding me?'' Erix internally cursed as he nced at dead bodies around him and Rin.


    Those three idiots actually died with one attack from the first-ss member man after theyunched theirbo attack to kill those four second-ss men.


    ''This was their fucking opening act? Kill and then die? But that man has powerful me-attacks that can one shot kill.''


    Although it was 2v2, the opponents were tough to kill as they were focusing on defense and buying time.


    "You won''t be able to kill us and steal the fruits before the reinforcement arrives," the woman spoke, her voice hoarse.


    "Leave or die," the man grunted.


    "Give us a fruit if you want us to leave," Erix ferociously grinned. "Or die."


    Rin nced around before immediatelyunching a Lightning de sh from both her katanas as an x-shaped condensed lightning projectile shot toward them.


    The woman was ready as a golden rectangle shield appeared before her, blocking the attack entirely as lightning des dispersed after crashing into the shield.


    "For your information, lightning-type attacks are weak against holy-type defenses," the woman snorted. "My holy-type shield won''t break with your attacks."


    Erix narrowed his eyes while ncing at Rin to signal, and she understood.


    Both of them shot forward—Rin towards the woman and Erix towards the man.


    The brown-ck-haired man was also in focus. Upon seeing Erix dashing towards him, he opened both of his palms as me tendrils shot out and danced around him, ready to attack iing Erix.


    ''This bastard has a unique style of fighting in melee with his me whips, but it won''t matter against Rin,'' Erix thought.


    Erix''s fists glowed and roared while Rin''s lightning de tore the air and crackled.


    They didn''t have time, so they went all out in their attacks.


    As Rin and Erix were just a few meters away from the enemies, Erix abruptly stopped with his metal control, dug his feet into the ground, and then sted strength from his feet at full force as he shot toward the woman.


    *BOOM!*


    His instantaneous burst of speed exerted all of his physical strength, and the Sling Shot Punch that crashed into the woman''s shield broke her defense as it cracked like ss shattering.


    Meanwhile, Rin took that chance as she charged her body with lightning, enhancing her cells and physical parameters as she blitzed towards the woman, her sword sweeping horizontally at her neck.


    ''No…''


    The woman was shocked while the man who was five meters away from her roared with red eyes and burst out into mes, shooting two condensed beams of mes toward Rin. Thesers slightly widened as they traveled in a sinister trajectory by the man''s intentions.


    At this moment, Erix''s expression was twisting as he felt the dangers of theser beams while Rin''s every fiber screamed in crisis.


    If everything proceeded without any changes, oneser would hit Rin''s hand to save the blond-haired woman from decapitating, and anotherser would hit somewhere around Rin''s heart.


    Erix was trying to influence Rin''s body to move while milliseconds tickled. Rin also wanted to move away, but her sh was already in motion pushed by her entire body''s prowess, making it impossible for her to do anything else within this second except continue with her sh.


    Rin''s pupils shrunk to the extreme while her eyes became zed. ''Lightning!''


    She wouldn''t die! For her, for Erix!


    And it was in this moment of crisis that something happened. The cumtive hard work she did in Limitless ne paid off.


    A burst of lightning tendrils overshadowed Rin''s eyes while her entire body suddenly vanished with a rumble of thunder.


    Thesers went wide, not touching Rin as she dodged them.


    The bolt of lightning that she became appeared five meters past the blond-haired woman, right in the middle of the arbor, and reverted back to her physical form.


    *Crackle!!*


    "T-This…" Rin felt an influx of power in her as a new world of lightning opened for her, making her utterly shocked and pleasantly surprised.


    The blond-haired man and woman were shocked while Erix''s eyes shined. ''Did she break through?''


    Meanwhile, the dark clouds far high in the sky suddenly rumbled before a lightning bolt streaked toward Rin and struck her.


    *Boom!*


    The force sent the blond-haired woman flying while the lightning field containing countless lightning tendrils actually burned the trees, vines, and….two fruits in the arbor.


    [Congrattions. You have sessfully reached the Sigma realm of Lightning affinity, Thunder Weaver]


    [Lightning Affinity]


    _Realm: Sigma—Thunder Weaver.


    —> Thunder Weaver: All lightning-based damage is increased by 30%.


    _Description:


    —> 1. Attuned to Lightning. Ability to turn mana into lightning. Level 2 maniption of lightning.


    —> 2. Ability to transform the physical body into a lightning elemental body for a brief moment. Allows one to refine one''s body with the lightning they produced using one''s own mana and eventually acquire the Lightning Physique.


    "The fruits…" the blond-haired woman muttered as she saw charred fruits that had lost most of their magic essence.


    Rin subdued all lightning in the area before she grinned. "The fruits are gone, and I have reached second realm of lightning affinity, so I am no longer interested in fighting you two."


    "Adios," Erix chuckled.


    *Crackle!*


    In the next second, a pair of lightning wings appeared behind Rin before she zoomed past the woman, grabbed Erix, and flew away at a breakneck speed.


    "Haha, I seeded!" Rin excitedly grinned as she could glean various ways to use lightning every second while feeling the newfound powers in her.


    "You did indeed," Erix smiled and kissed her lips.


    Rin flew with Erix like streaks of lightning drawing on the sky, feeling immensely more powerful than before!


    "I can''t wait to enter Limitless ne and create some interesting skills!"


    "Show me the description of your affinity," Erix curiously inquired.


    Both of themnded on another mountain a few kilometers away before Rin sat on hisp, locked her arms around his neck, and showed him the description of the second realm of lightning affinity.


    "Lightning Physique? Interesting. Haha, now that you crossed the hurdle, I can''t stay behind too long."


    "I am sure you will reach there today, darling~."


    "Humph, of course," Erix yfully snorted before pecking her lips while grinning. "Don''t you know I have a sexy and motivating teacher to help me?"


    Rinughed in joy before she stood up and took out some food. "Come, my dear student. Let me feed you some sushi."


    "I''ll take a ss of fresh milk as well."


    "It seems that you want some spanking, my naughty student."