Outskirts of E-Rantel.
Kenichi and Shalltear stood facing each other.
Shalltear had now shed her crimson gothic lolita dress and changed into a heroic set of bright red battle armor.
'Fire-based magic and Purifying Javelin seem ineffective against this guy!'
'Then, let's try this move!'
Staring at Kenichi, Shalltear thought to herself, then raised her arm.
"Summon Familiar!"
With Shalltear's light cry, a huge crimson vortex instantly appeared in the sky.
Immediately after, ancient vampire bats surged out from the crimson vortex, blotting out the sky.
"Those are... bats?"
"Why so many?"
Erza and Kagura, seeing the massive swarm of vampire bats sweeping towards them darkly, both had drastic changes in their expressions.
However, the expression on Kenichi's face didn't change at all.
After all, he knew Shalltear was a True Vampire.
Summoning vampire bats was one of her most basic abilities.
"Heh, bats, huh?"
Kenichi looked at the large swarm of bats sweeping down from the sky and let out a light laugh.
The next second, he took a deep breath.
At that moment, a cluster of violent flames erupted around Kenichi's body.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Once those vampire bats converged, a massive pillar of crimson fire shot towards the bat swarm.
Bzzzt-
In the blink of an eye, the pillar of fire swallowed almost all of the vampire bats.
The bats caught within the flames were instantly vaporized.
The bats in the surroundings that weren't directly hit by the pillar of fire were also burned to ashes by the high temperature.
After a few seconds, the pillar of fire dissipated.
And the massive swarm of vampire bats had completely vanished, leaving only some remnants falling to the ground between Kenichi and Shalltear.
"Mere human, how dare you..."
Seeing all the familiars she summoned burned to death, Shalltear stared at Kenichi, her crimson eyes filled with killing intent.
Just as Shalltear prepared to launch another attack, Kenichi raised his arm and snapped his fingers.
Snap-
The moment the snap sounded, the falling bat remnants in the air above suddenly froze in place.
"This is..."
"Time Stop?"
Erza and Kagura, sensing the strange scene before them, were first shocked.
Soon, they realized that time had been stopped.
Back when Dimaria of the Spriggan 12 attacked Hargeon, the world's time had been stopped once.
At that time, Kenichi used his Arc of Time to free Kagura and Erza from the time stop, allowing them to move freely in the stopped world.
Now, seeing a similar scene again, how could Erza and Kagura not know that Kenichi had used Time Stop to pause the time of the surrounding world?
As Erza and Kagura were speaking, Shalltear over there also had a look of astonishment on her face.
"Time Stop Magic?"
"How is it possible? How can a human cast such a high-level magic?"
Shalltear first glanced at the bat remnants frozen in mid-air, then turned her gaze to Kenichi not far away.
Looking at Kenichi, Shalltear's eyes flickered wildly, her face full of an expression of disbelief.
"Oh?"
"As expected of a max-level Guardian, you can actually move freely in a Time Stop World!"
While Shalltear was inwardly shocked, Kenichi, looking at Shalltear, also raised an eyebrow.
Originally, he intended to use Time Stop to quickly end this battle.
However, Time Stop seemed to have no effect on Shalltear.
But thinking about how in Overlord, Ainz didn't use Time Stop Magic when fighting Shalltear, Kenichi felt relieved.
After all, Ainz could also use Time Stop magic.
If Time Stop magic were effective against Shalltear, Ainz would have used Time Stop back then to instantly kill Shalltear.
Of course, Kenichi didn't mind too much.
Since Time Stop was ineffective against Shalltear, he would just directly crush her head-on.
Kenichi didn't hesitate any longer and immediately activated Spatial Magic.
The next second, his figure vanished from the spot.
When Kenichi reappeared, he was already in front of Shalltear.
Just as Kenichi was about to use the classic move, 'kidney punch', on Shalltear, Shalltear reacted.
"So fast!"
Seeing Kenichi suddenly appear before her, Shalltear's pretty face changed dramatically.
Immediately, she reflexively raised the Spuit Lance in her hand, directly blocking towards Kenichi's palm.
Bang-
The next second, Kenichi's palm struck Shalltear's Spuit Lance.
At that moment, a violent impact sound also rang through the air.
Although Shalltear blocked this strike from Kenichi, the terrifying power contained in Kenichi's strike seemed to exceed what Shalltear could withstand.
Accompanied by this loud noise, Shalltear's entire body was sent flying backward.
Finally, Shalltear's feet scraped across the ground for dozens of meters before she barely managed to stabilize her posture.
Kenichi looked at the flying Shalltear, then retracted the hand he had struck out with.
He looked at his own hand, clenched it lightly, then looked at Shalltear who had already stabilized herself, a curve hooking at the corner of his mouth.
'It seems my strength is enough to be unopposed in the Overlord World!'
Shalltear's physical combat skills were also among the top in the entire Overlord World.
The fact that Kenichi could send Shalltear flying with one punch was enough to prove that Kenichi's physical skills belonged to the peak level of this world.