Sword Art Online Volume 17 – Alicization Awakening Chapter 20 - Each of their Battles 26 A polychromatic spectrum of rays gathered on her sword. There was currently no way to create a bottomless canyon like she had last night; if she did so, she would also cut off the Human Empire Army’s path of return. Thus Asuna instead imagined a gigantic rock as sharp as a spear, and slashed her sword down. Laa—. with a solemn sound effect, the spectrum of rays shot from her sword tip directly into the ground, slightly beyond where the American and Dark Territory armies collided. The ground before her suddenly shook violently and a steep peak surged out of the ground, rising nearly 30 meters high at once. The tens of crimson soldiers standing atop it were all sent flying. Four more mountains burst from the ground, shooting into the air, and the ground swayed without pause. Shouting earsplitting curses in English, several hundred crimson-armored bodies were thrown high; some were pierced by the rocks, while others landed heavily on the ground in a storm of flesh and blood. Asuna could not summon the willpower to imagine how those people felt before dying, because a harsh, searing pain suddenly shot through her mind and caused her to collapse on the back of the horse. Silver sparks scattered in her vision as she struggled to breathe and began to hyperventilate. The pain now was much worse than when she had created the deep canyon last night. Asuna was now personally experiencing the torment of massive amounts of geographical data coursing through her soul… The raw feeling of her Fluctlight being worn away. — But I must not fall here. If this was how Kirito was injured, this was how she wanted it to be. Asuna thought this as she clenched her teeth, and pulled herself up onto the saddle. The zeal with which the American players came from the east side of the battlefield seemed less ardent than before.