Chapter 236

Neo stood in the heart of the forest clearing, the air thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. His plan was clear and sharp in his mind. Build a strong, unbreakable barrier around the entire forest. Use the system and Veya’s help to make it solid. Inside that barrier, he and his harem would cast a time-slowing spell. They would train without rest until they grew strong enough to face whatever waited outside. Only then would Neo step beyond the barrier and check the state of the war.

But first things first. He needed support from seven members of the angel army. He also needed to copy the swordsmanship of the strongest women he could find. For that, he had to start with Nara.

He put two fingers to his lips and whistled. The sharp sound cut through the trees. Nara appeared a moment later, her steps light, her expression curious.

"Nara," Neo said. "Tell me the strongest women you know with high-level swordsmanship. The prodigies. You don’t need to know them closely. Just names and where they live."

Nara nodded once. She did not hesitate.

"There is a girl named Rose. A young sword saint. People say her talent is so high she will probably reach emperor rank by her mid-twenties."

She held up a second finger.

"Then there is the White Dragon. Astrid. She lives in the northern mountains. She was the first woman to reach sword god status."

A third finger.

"Mandis. A human sword god. She is an old gilf now."

Nara’s cheeks colored slightly as she continued.

"There is Va. Also a sword god. She is a snake woman, known for being... a nymphomaniac."

Her face flushed deeper, but she kept going.

"And Sa, her younger sister from another mother. A minotaur girl. The youngest sword god woman alive."

Nara walked to the large wooden table in the center of the clearing. She picked up a pen and spread a map across the surface. One by one she marked five locations with firm, precise strokes.

Neo studied the map. A quest notification flared in front of his eyes. His eyes widened as he read the words.

**Fuck all five women and copy their sword styles. Combine them into one strongest sword style that fits you.**

**Alert! For every woman you must first beat her so she will let you have sex with her.**

**Failure: your death, everyone’s death, and the death of the whole forest.**

**Rewards: the Void Swordsmanship. A swordsmanship that is the fusion of all five sword gods’ techniques. The strongest swordsmanship just below the Sword Hero Naris.**

**Time remaining: 1 week.**

Neo swallowed. The system had just confirmed his plan. The barrier and the training inside it were the right path. He called for Veya. She appeared at once, listening in silence while he explained everything.

"I will make the barrier," she said. "A strong one will take a little while."

She turned and left without another word.

Neo checked his first target. Astrid. The White Dragon. Sword god of the northern mountains.

He left Nyx Castle and the Nyx tribe behind. Torch Man mode activated. Flames licked along his form as he shot into the sky and raced north. The wind tore past him. Mountains rose ahead, white and sharp against the cold blue sky.

He reached the location fast. Too fast.

An invisible white barrier slammed into him. His face smashed against it. Electricity surged through his body. Pain ripped along every nerve. He fell hard to the ground, gasping.

He scrambled up at once. Astrid would come. He had no time.

Dark Monarch mode flared. Speed skill locked in. Neo ran. Trees blurred past him. He put distance between himself and the barrier as fast as he could.

Behind him, exactly as he expected, Astrid arrived at the spot he had left. He felt the pressure of her presence even from afar.

Safe for the moment, Neo opened his inventory and thought hard. She was a sword god. He needed a real plan.

An idea struck.

He pulled out a sealing box and filled it with dense TBATE energy. He pushed the box into the system interface. The price appeared: two hundred mana stones per box. Neo grinned. He bought two hundred of them. Then he fused every single one together. The mass of boxes shrank under his will until only one small sealing box remained, packed with a murderous concentration of energy.

He turned and raced back toward Astrid.

She was crouched low, studying the footprints he had left behind. Neo teleported straight to her and swung an EN sword at her head.

Astrid blocked it with two fingers. The blade stopped dead.

Neo dispelled the sword at once. He launched a high-speed kick that cracked against her face. He followed with another punch, but Astrid caught his leg mid-air and slammed him into the ground hard enough to drive the air from his lungs.

"Shit," Neo cursed.

He activated Slippery Ground. The earth under her feet turned slick. Astrid’s balance broke and she fell. Flashlight skill flared next, a burst of pure white light that blinded her for a critical second. Gravity skill pressed down. Freezing skill locked the air around her legs. Then Neo used Steal.

Her warm light-blue panties vanished from her body and appeared in his hand.

Astrid’s eyes went wide with shock under the barrage. She slipped and fell face-first into the dirt.

Neo activated Lord of the End mode. An EN energy sword formed in his grip. He rushed in and cut her across the shoulder. Blood welled. He yanked out the dense TBATE sealing box and hurled it straight at her face.

Astrid’s beautiful blue eyes widened.

"Give me my panties!" she shouted, fury raw in her voice.

The box exploded.

The blast was massive. Astrid’s dragon eyes shrank to needle points. The force launched her like a cannonball into the sky. She smashed through a long line of trees, leaving a straight path of shattered trunks behind her. In the next heartbeat she rose again, sword already in hand.

She unleashed her swordsmanship.

Neo never saw her hand move or the blade itself. His own hand simply fell from his wrist, cleanly severed. Pain exploded up his arm.

He had to finish this before she used more of that technique.

Natural Embrace Ball formed in his remaining hand, green and heavy with killing intent. He teleported again, closing the distance in a blink.

Astrid’s eyes widened as she sensed the threat rolling off the green sphere. She gritted her teeth, drew a second sword, and crossed both blades into an X in front of her. Her hands and the swords vanished from sight. The green ball slowed for a single inch... then accelerated harder.

Neo drove it into her belly.

Astrid’s eyes went wide. The impact folded her. She looked at him, breathing hard, and said the words.

"I lose. Just tell me what you want."

Neo pulled his pants down. His twelve-inch cock sprang free, thick and heavy, right in front of her face.

"I want to fuck you," he said. "And cum inside you."

Astrid sighed. The fight left her shoulders.

"You are the winner. I can at least do this. But let’s do it inside. On my bed."

Neo nodded.

He followed her into the mountain dwelling. The moment they stepped inside, Astrid reached for her clothes. She pulled them off without hesitation, revealing huge soft boobs, a huge round ass, and thick wife-fertile hips. She grabbed Neo’s hand and tugged him toward the stairs.