Matt looked away from the catatonic Jay to the floating Lilly. When she launched the next arrow, he saw a tiny arrowhead appear on the empty shaft. It was the purple-black of void.
Ah. Well, that explains it.
Mystery solved, he watched Jay casually sidestep the next arrow as well.
The third arrow Jay slashed out at with his saber. Instead of blowing a hole through the blade as Matt expected, the arrow was knocked out of the air with the flat of his weapon.
Liz let out an audible gasp of approval.
Eyes glued to the stage, Matt asked, “Explain, please?”
“He's feeling out a saber Concept. He's touching upon it. That explains why he's doing so well as a peak Tier 4 even against all these Tier 5s. He's definitely halted his advancement if he's this close.”
At those words, he looked to th
