I looked seriously at Isabelle Frost, my heart full of joy and ready to begin the third stage. Yet, after a long while, Isabelle just gazed at me thoughtfully.
"Before the third stage begins, there's one condition. Ethan Zhang, try using your power now."
I nodded, feeling excited inside. I could now fully use this amount of ghost aura to fly, so I tried again, lifting myself into the air. As I floated, deathbane aura continued to spill out around me, and just then, desire surged, threatening to consume my body.
Having completely mastered my desire, I could now fully control the backlash from this amount of deathbane aura. I looked at a tree in the distance, then suddenly shouted. A stream of deathbane aura shot out, wrapping around the tree. With a bang, the tree of desire shattered into pieces. Thanks to my strong control, I wasn’t attacked by desire.
"I did it, Miss Isabelle. What is the condition?"
"Let me tell you first—the third stage is to fight me."
My heart skipped a beat. Fight Isabelle Frost? Wouldn’t that be disastrous for me?
"In the third stage, you need to land a hit on me—just once. I won’t go easy on you, Ethan Zhang."
I nodded and landed opposite Isabelle Frost. But she had said there was a condition I had to meet before we could start fighting.
Isabelle Frost slowly raised her hand and pointed to the woods across the river.