Chapter 53: Heart of War (2/2)

“Flurry of Leaves!”

Kybaver subconsciously exclaimed in a low voice. Rowan’s silhouette and the blurs of his palms were already everywhere around Anson.

“Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa…”

In a flash, rapid explosive sounds overwhelmed the sounds coming from the other fights.

Anson’s body actually rotated in place like a spinning top. His arms blocked all the palms slapping his way. Fluttering elbow blurs actually filled the periphery of his body!

None of Rowan’s strikes hit their mark. Rowan took his hands back. His body actually began circling at flying speed around Anson, forming a rotating hurricane around Anson. Rowan’s silhouette entirely disappeared inside this spinning hurricane.

“Hurricane Cover!”

Kybaver’s expression immediately turned unsightly. This was an arcane skill emphasizing physical strength. Just by Rowan’s performance when displaying this arcane skill, he could see that Rowan’s physical strength was far above his.

“Swish!”

A sharp, thorn-like mass of air suddenly stabbed out from the spinning hurricane behind Anson’s back, piercing toward his waist from a treacherous angle.

“Pa!”

Anson seemed to have grown eyes on the back of his head. He just faintly bent his body and countered with an elbow strike, his elbow crushing this air thorn. Alarmed shouts rang through the stands at this moment however. Even Ayrin shouted a “Ah.” Another thorn-like mass of air flew parallel to the ground, almost pasted to it, then soared and stabbed at the front of his belly.

It seemed Anson had no time left to dodge or crush this air thorn, but his right leg suddenly moved. A patch of magnificent arcane particles lit up. A ball of fire struck the mass of air dead center without the slightest deviation, scattering it away.

“Flying Flame Meteor! This is an offensive skill a little weaker than Explosive Blazing Punch, he actually used it as a form of defense!”

“This guy can even use this kind of way to fight!”

Kybaver couldn’t help but be startled.

Piercing masses of air rushed out continuously from the whirling tornado the next second, continuously colliding with the fireballs sent out by Anson’s arms and kicks.

Looking at the scene, Anson seemed very miserable, barely resisting in a messy flurry of hands and feet. However, surrounded by the tornado, Anson’s face slowly lit up with the confident smile of one who achieved his objectives.

With the speed at which Rowan circled around him and attacked him, his consumption of arcane particles was much higher than his. As long as he showed enough patience, the time of his triumphant counterattack would come in a few minutes!

“The way Rowan is fighting, consuming so much stamina and arcane particles, he’s going to lose without a doubt.”

“A second year student, his strength isn’t bad, but his fighting experience is a little lacking after all.”

Such voices came to Ayrin’s ears.

Rowan’s stern shout suddenly rang in the field just at this moment. The tornado revolving around Anson disappeared all of a sudden. Rowan appeared behind Anson’s back, his hands wrapped in thick layers of arcane particles, pressing down towards Anson’s back.

Anson’s eyes faintly shrank. His entire body started to spin.

“You fell into the trap!”

Rowan’s cold laughter suddenly rose at this time.

Shouts of surprise ran through the entire arena.

Anson’s face turned pale-white in a split instant. His confident expression stiffened on his face.

He couldn’t move his body. A thick layer of earth restricted his feet, all the way to his knees. It even resembled a pair of giant hands tightening their grips, squeezing him hard enough to cause his legs heart-wrenching pain.

“Bang!”

He didn’t even have time to cry out in pain yet that Rowan’s palms had already turned into fists, mercilessly striking the back of his neck.

He suddenly lost consciousness and passed out. However, his two legs were tightly wrapped inside the layers of earth, so only his upper body fell forward, looking as if he were fiercely bent.

“It’s Earth Bind!”

“Rowan used Tornado Cover at the beginning and spun around Anson, that in itself rolled up a bunch of soil that continuously fell on Anson’s legs, that’s the reason why Anson didn’t pay attention to this attack! He had this plan in mind from the beginning already when using Tornado Cover, it was all for the purpose of making Anson fall into the trap!”

“Anson actually lost, Rowan’s really treacherous!”

“So powerful!” Ayrin never though this duel would end in such a manner. The cries of surprise and sounds of discussions came to his ears one after another. He was like a sapling short on water receiving the pouring rain. He subconsciously absorbed the nutrients from these comments for all he was worth!

This most intuitive of impressions made him realize the true importance of targeted fighting tactics!