Heretic Trainer: The Gym Is My Cultivation Method-Chapter 376: Solar Spam From Above

Sindral’s eyes sharpened.

Light gathered around his legs.

"[Solar Flashstep]."

A burst of light exploded from under his feet, and his body shot forward in a straight line.

The distance between him and Dahlia vanished in an instant.

His sword came down in a clean, decisive strike.

Dahlia smiled.

She spread her wings and lifted off the ground smoothly, the blade slicing through empty air beneath her.

Sindral’s eyes widened. "What?"

Dahlia laughed lightly as she rose higher.

"What?" she asked.

"Do you really think I’d just stand there and let you hit me?"

Before the words even finished echoing, light burst again beneath Sindral’s legs.

[Solar Flashstep].

He reappeared behind her, sword already swinging toward her back.

Dahlia turned her head slightly, sensing it.

"...To think you can control it to this extent," she said.

Her tail snapped out.

Clang.

The blade struck her tail instead of her body, the impact ringing through the air.

Dahlia was pushed forward slightly, but she used the force to gain more height, wings beating once as she flew farther away.

Sindral landed lightly and smiled.

"Of course," he said. "I’m a genius."

Light burst again.

He chased her into the sky, closing the gap once more.

Dahlia glanced back and smiled wider.

"Don’t think I can only dodge," she said.

Her wings spread fully.

Then they moved.

With a powerful flap, a rapid sequence of slicing wind arcs tore through the air, mixed with crackling streaks of lightning.

The attacks fanned out, covering a wide area in front of her.

The sky filled with sharp pressure.

Sindral’s expression tightened.

"Tch."

He twisted his body midair, dodging left, then right, narrowly slipping between the arcs.

Light flared under his feet again as he adjusted his position, barely avoiding the lightning snapping past him.

Dahlia watched him weave through and smirked.

"Don’t think you can dodge all of it," she said. "With my wings, this is easy for me."

She hovered in place, wings beating steadily.

She tilted her head, eyes sharp.

"From your power," Dahlia continued, "you’ve clearly walked the path of a solar executioner."

Sindral didn’t deny it.

Dahlia’s smile turned cold.

"But that path always has the same weakness," she said. "You focus everything on offense." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Her tail swayed slowly behind her.

"Your defense," she said calmly, "is thin."

"Now," Dahlia added, "let me see if you’re the same."

Sindral frowned as he pulled back slightly, creating distance between them.

"...I can’t rely on short-range anymore," he muttered. "Then I’ll switch."

Light gathered around his sword again, denser than before.

"[Dawn Executioner]."

Execution-grade solar mana coated the blade instantly

Several Solmira members stiffened.

"That’s execution mode..."

Sindral tightened his grip.

Despite the name, he knew the truth.

Against demons, this power was lethal.

Against humans, the enhancement wasn’t that big, but there was another effect.

He drew his sword back and slashed.

A wide wave of concentrated solar light tore forward, cutting through the air with brutal force.

The attack ripped straight through Dahlia’s wind arcs and scattered the thunder she had released moments before.

Dahlia’s eyes widened slightly.

"...Damn."

She beat her wings hard and shot upward, then veered sideways, narrowly avoiding the first wave.

Another slash followed immediately, then another, each one forcing her to keep moving.

The sky lit up with streaks of solar light.

Dahlia flew in tight turns, dodging again and again, her tail snapping behind her as she adjusted her balance midair.

Sindral watched closely and smirked.

"So now what?" he called out. "Is dodging all you can do?"

Dahlia clicked her tongue.

"Damn," she muttered. "What a cheeky boy."

She twisted in the air and raised her hand.

This time, the wind and thunder didn’t scatter.

They pulled inward.

Compressed.

Tighter and tighter.

The energy wrapped around her arm, shaping itself into a long, crackling weapon.

"[Storm Whip]."

A whip of compressed wind and thunder formed in her grasp, snapping loudly as it took shape.

The next solar wave reached her.

Dahlia swung.

The [Storm Whip] cracked forward, striking the solar blade head-on.

The whip wrapped around the wave, shredding it apart and dispersing the light into fading sparks.

Another wave came.

Crack.

Another.

Crack.

Each strike was clean and controlled.

Sindral’s smirk faded.

"...So you can do that too," he muttered.

Dahlia hovered in place now, wings beating steadily, storm whip humming softly in her hand.

"Don’t misunderstand," she said calmly. "I wasn’t dodging because I couldn’t fight back."

She pointed the crackling [Storm Whip] straight at him.

"I was just testing you," she continued, eyes sharp now. "And now I’m getting serious."

Sindral exhaled slowly.

"...Alright," he said. "If that’s the case, then this won’t be enough."

He raised his sword and stopped moving.

The arena went strangely quiet.

Sindral closed his eyes for a brief moment, then opened them again, completely focused.

He lifted his sword high above his head, both hands gripping the hilt.

Light didn’t gather around the blade this time.

Instead, it pulled upward.

He slashed down.

Nothing happened.

Dahlia blinked. "...What?"

Her instincts screamed.

She twisted her body midair just as she felt it.

Something descended from above.

From the sun itself.

A blazing pillar of condensed solar judgment slammed down where she had been a split second earlier.

The heat was overwhelming, scorching the air and shaking the arena floor.

Dahlia barely managed to dodge, wings beating hard as she shot sideways.

Heat washed over her scales, making them glow faintly.

She steadied herself, breathing sharper now.

"What the hell was that?" she muttered.

Sindral looked up at her and smirked.

"This," he said calmly, "is my current strongest skill."

He lowered his sword slightly, sunlight pouring down around him.

"[Sunfall Verdict]."

The Solmira side reacted instantly.

"He really used it..."

Sindral’s eyes stayed locked on Dahlia.

"Thanks to you opening the roof," he continued, "it’s even stronger."

Above them, the sunlight seemed heavier now. More focused.

Dahlia frowned, tightening her grip on the whip.

"...Damn," she said under her breath.

She lifted her head, wings spreading wider.

"So you’re dropping the sun on me now," she said.

Her lips curved into a fierce smile.