Candice was angry.
She originally wanted to stir up a commotion around Yohan and mock Bambietta, but in the end, she was belittled by Yohan, who mocked her even more in return.
Prior to this, she didn't care about Yohan at all, and didn't expect to suffer a major loss.
After all, Bambietta would not have chosen a game that she could not destroy.
And when she thought about this, Candice became furious from the depths of her heart.
At this moment, when Bambietta saw that Candice was about to attack violently, she quickly used the Hirenkyaku wind step to leave the area.
She did not want to remain in the line of attack and did not think that Yohan might lose, so she retreated to see how it would unfold.
By absorbing the spiritual particles to plunder everything around her, her spiritual pressure began to rise in the area, proportional to her mood, in preparation for the attack.
"Candice, let's see what you'll do this time!"
"The only advice I can give you as an old acquaintance is to just stop here!"
"If you keep fighting, you'll really put yourself in a difficult position!"
But Candice, who was burning with anger, didn't listen at all, and instead looked at Bambietta.
"What? Are you afraid I'll kill him by mistake?"
"Don't worry, I'll be merciful, but... it might hurt a little, and it may not be recognizable at best!"
As she spoke, Candice smiled and quietly drew the lightning-shaped spiritual bow in her hand, and fired the [Sacred Destructive Arrow] like lightning.
Seeing this, Yohan narrowed his eyes slightly and caught the arrow in his hand.
In the palm of his hand, blue lines were clearly visible on the surface of his veins - the defensive form of Blut Vene.
With the sudden seizure, Candice's [Sacred Destructive Arrow] was crushed and exploded.
This caused Candice's expression to change slightly.
"Crush the [Sacred Destructive Arrow] with your bare hands!"
'This man... using Blut Vene may be the best Blut I've seen so far!'
"Unfortunately, you're too arrogant!"
Suddenly, Candice smiled and said.
"The [Sacred Destructive Arrow] I built using [Spiritual Particle Concentration] has a paralytic effect on spiritual particles at the same time you use your spiritual power!"
"Although your Blut is strong, the spiritual particles you inject into your blood vessels must be paralyzed now!"
"In this case, you should not be able to move."
Hearing this, Yohan tried to move his body, but found that his movements were stiff and even frozen in place.
Just as Candice said, the spiritual particles he had injected into his blood vessels were paralyzed at that moment, and were truly frozen in place!
It was as if an electric current was passing through his arms: 'I let my guard down for a moment, even though I wanted to, I shouldn't have tested myself more. I should try to learn from these mistakes so I don't repeat them. Now let's see how I'll free myself.'
Yohan couldn't even think.
Thunderbolt!
Yohan suddenly remembered that the sacred art ability Candice will acquire in the future is the power of lightning.
Seeing that Yohan really didn't move, Candice showed a sadistic smile on her face, then turned her body and walked towards Yohan.
When Bambietta saw this scene, she was stunned.
'Wow, is the fight over just like that?'
"I didn't think things would end this way. Should I intervene after all!"
As Bambietta was thinking, Candice approached Yohan even more.
At this moment, Candice thought the fight was over even before it started, so she came to Yohan with a smile on her face and spoke with great pride.
"What, can't you move?!"
"Let me teach you a lesson!"
As she spoke, she moved her fingers, but before she could move, Yohan's right hand suddenly extended and grabbed her wrist directly.
"What!?"
Candice was in a state of shock for a moment.
"The spiritual particles in the blood vessels throughout the body are paralyzed, so how can you continue to move?"
However, as soon as the words fell, her expression froze.
Behind Yohan, a ball suddenly formed from the concentration of spiritual particles, and from that ball, thin blue threads densely filled with spiritual particles extended.
These fine threads wrapped around the surface of Yohan's skin and head, controlling his actions like a puppet.
"Ransōtengai..."
"You actually know how to use this advanced technique!"
Alarmed, Candice's other hand immediately began building the [Sacred Destructive Arrow].
However, as soon as the spiritual particles had gathered, they suddenly collapsed.
"The Reishi... disappeared?"
"No - it's been plundered!"
Candice stared at Yohan with wide eyes, then noticed that the Reishi around her was gathering towards Yohan.
"What!?"
"This level of Reishi absorption makes it impossible for me to build the [Sacred Destructive Arrow]!"
'What is this? He's strong in using Blut Vene and Ransōtengai... even his Reishi absorption concentration is extremely strong?'
[Reishi absorption is a basic ability of the Quincy.]
After Candice lost in Reishi absorption, she began to use her spiritual power to use Blut Arterie.
But before she could finish, Yohan hit her hard in the stomach, weakening her power, then grabbed Candice's wrist and lifted her with the back of his hand, slapping her cheek with the other hand.
"You still want to teach me a lesson!"
"Let me teach you a lesson!"
There was a slapping sound.
Yohan slapped her hard on the cheek. Candice's expression even changed.
"Ah!"
"It hurts, you scoundrel, how dare you slap my face..."
Candice quickly covered her cheek and looked at Yohan in disbelief and anger.
"You Yohan, it's better to remove your hands before I tear them off their place!"
As she raised her leg and tried to kick Yohan's stomach.
However, it was blocked by his hand before he could grab it.
Yohan held both of Candice's wrists in one hand and raised his other hand high.
Seeing this scene, Candice's expression changed again.
"Wait, wait, wait..."
"What are you doing!?"
"No, no-"
"Ah!"
With another surprise, Yohan slapped her cheek again.
"How?"
"Are you still the victim?"
Said Yohan.
"You think I'm just a tool to mock Bambietta, and you're still blaming me after your failure?!"
Another slap, Yohan said.
"I don't want to escalate things because we might become partners in the future, so what do you think about ending it here!"
But Candice remained angry.
"Yohan, it's better for you to let go of my hand and apologize before I kill you, you scoundrel!"
As she spoke, Yohan's grip strengthened slightly.
"You seem to need to establish a hierarchy after all..."