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Flowing Fist Technique has a glaring weakness against Erika, this is because she lacks Pressure Points and Qi Veins to attack, so the blows I give to her doesn't impact her as much… unless I try to actually harm her body.

And that's what I was doing now because I couldn't simply let her have her away against me. Of course, these blows were not too strong so they would end up destroying or cracking her body, as it was very hard, but the impact would cause a great deal of pain to her because her creation is so detailed, she can also feel pain when her body is hit.

This is probably a way for her father to make her body even more realistic in a way, also, if she feels pain, she won't be as reckless, so her body won't end up breaking.

This is why I have to use my Star Shower Technique, which directly uses my own Aura to fight.

And oh, Aura? well, I had already re-awakened it some time ago, after all, every night I practice and train the usage of Aether with Eleanora, which is the base to create an Aura, an all-encompassing enhancing power that can enhance the physical body and make the blows of martial arts be able to reach farther and generate a more impactful attack.

Aura has endless branching as well as you learn how to use it, things such as Aura Guardians are a thing, materializations of your own Aura that can take the shape of a guardian that can fight for you above your body, or even Aura Weapons, materialization of your Aura but made into weapons.

But none of those can be achieved as of now. For the moment, simply using these techniques is enough to push her back.

For a few seconds, that's it.

Erika went all out this time around, as she quickly regained her composure while she was catching my fists with her arms and hands, and sometimes even managing to evade them.

Seriously, this girl is powerful.

CLAAASH!

"Wow! You're so strong, Blake!" she said, with a cute and innocent smile, which only made the fight even more eerie based in how strong she was…

She reached up to me as she began to spin around, using the 'Dancing' Skill within her [Princess] Talent, she combined it with her Martial Arts and began to spin around while clashing against me with her powerful kicks.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

This was one of her deadliest attacks, the combination of her spinning increasing her momentum and then her graceful movements while dancing, add it up with the powerful kicking martial arts, boosted through Aether, Mana, and her new Aura…

It was overwhelming.

CLAAAASH!

"Ungh…!"

I was pushed down with ease, and I couldn't easily handle her with Martial Arts alone, if I got too hard on her, I might end up breaking her parts and that's not something I want to do, but if I go too easy on her, I end up dealing no damage to her and she can continue attacking me instead.

So, I have to use Magic.

I touched the ground as I suddenly conjured Earth-Attribute Magic.

"Rock Wall!"

TRUUUUMMM…!

"UWAH?!"

Erika was surprised as I erected a wall of stone before her, her kicks were easily blocked by the extra thick rock wall, as she lost balance and ended clashing over the hard wall rather strongly.

I quickly rushed around the wall and conjured the Shadow Attribute Spell "Shadow Spear" and pointed it at her.

"Shadow Spear!"

"Eh?!"

FLAAAAASH!

The shadow spear reached her in an instant, clashing over her and exploding into black smoke.

BOOOM!

"Hahh… I used a lot of Mana into that one…" I said, while gasping for air.

I looked at her once more as the black smoke dissipated, but Erika jumped out of the black smoke before I could even see her well, and clashed against me with a powerful punch in my chest.

BOOM!

"Ugah…!"

I suddenly felt as if my lungs were emptied of their air, and I was thrown away at least three meters…

CLASH!

"Phew… That really surprised me now!" said Erika, as she saw me in the floor.

I quickly stood up as I covered myself in shadows, Eleanora wasn't here for a reason as well.

"Erika, you're surprising me a lot, you've really grown into a strong girl… But you're still missing a few things, let your friend teach you a few things." I said pridefully.

I wasn't going to let this young child beat me. I cannot let her get cocky!

"Heheh! Let's keep fighting then!" she said innocently, rushing towards me with her usual speed.

FLAAASH!

However!

"Eh?!"

Suddenly, Eleanora emerged behind her through her shadows, and used her Blood Threads to tie down her arms and legs, throwing her down into the ground.

BOOM!

"Uagh…! Oi! Eleanora! You always do this!" said Erika.

"If so, you should had already seen it coming." Said Eleanora.

"Heheh… I did!" said Erika.

"What?!" asked Eleanora.

Suddenly, Erika's Dolls emerged all around her.

Her powerful Spirit Royal Doll House, had been finally summoned.

And this was why she was so fearfully strong.

In simple terms, a Princess is the child of the governor of a Kingdom, a King.

And therefore, they're able to govern over an entire nation, and have their own armies as well.

What does this means? Well, that Erika's Dolls are like a whole mini-army and can work as their own independent team.

Her Dolls are incredibly unique. In simple terms, each one of them is like their own little fighter, and they are assigned classes as well. There are Soldiers, Priests, Mages, Shielders, Warriors, and Archers, and she can command them at will.

Did I mention they can float around and are good at coordinating with one another?

Eleanora saw as a dozen of small dolls were summoned around her, the Mages pointed their staffs at her and conjured fireballs, while the Priests healed Erika, the Shields, Warriors, and Soldiers attacked Eleanora's legs, and the Archers fired arrows from a distance at her head.

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