Chapter 103: Loss and blessing with a faint smile (1/2)
Chapter 103: Loss and blessing with a faint smile
For various ordinary students, this invocation speed they couldn’t even clearly see, the light and shadows flashing and charging without interruption, it wasn’t a simple matter of not breathing anymore for them, but a violent shock that went deep to the bones.
Was this still a duel between two academy students, and not a peak confrontation between elite masters?
On top of that, this was still the result of both of them sealing an arcane gate each!
Only an evenly matched duel like this vividly brought the fighters’ formidable prowess to the fore, made them sincerely perceive just how much of a gap there was between themselves and Chris and Ferguillo.
“These two guys are actually so strong!”
An intense shock also seized the girls of team Agate Lake in the stands.
“There’s simply no comparison with Ferguillo’s strength and his strength last year. Chris actually also managed to maintain her astounding speed of progress! There’s simply no comparison between now and back when she was caught by surprise by Shadow Dust in the match against team Southern Monsoon. With her current level, she’d probably defeat the entire Southern Monsoon team without even resorting to Dark Destruction Dragon!”
“At her level, how can she still keep progressing so fast?”
A thick layer of sweat covered Sofia’s palms. Before the match, she was still very keen on finding out which one was really the strongest between Chris and herself, but now the answer seemed very obvious already.
“My word, it turns out she imperceptibly left me behind already. She’s truly an Amazing Girl… That said, no matter how fast her reactions, no matter how strong her body’s coordination, she’s still always half a beat too slow when faced with Ferguillo’s Mind Reading. She’s definitely going to lose if this goes on, right?”
With a trace of dismay floating at the corner of her mouth, such a thought flashed in her mind when she witnessed Ferguillo’s silhouette catching up to Chris, like a shadow.
“Both of them sealed an arcane gate each, so their arcane particle reserves will both empty very fast at this rate.”
“Ferguillo’s already in an overwhelming position though. Right now, Chris is just like a bowstring pulled taut to the limit, a hairbreadth away from breaking. She doesn’t even have the opportunity to mount a calm and unperturbed defense like she did earlier.”
“Ferguillo already won! Because at this rate, even if both their arcane particles are exhausted dry, Ferguillo’s physical strength is still stronger than Chris’. Chris is completely suppressed, she can’t mount an effective defense, she’s going to lose for sure!”
In the stands, Sofia’s opinion coincided with many battlemasters rich in experience.
“Rain of the Pale Moon!”
Ferguillo’s deep chant rose once again without the slightest interruption.
Three balls of pale light appeared in the air along his punch, bouncing without any pattern and charging in Chris’ direction.
A crescent moon-like arch of light spun and swept around Chris. It shook the three pale balls of light away in the air. But with a boom, Ferguillo’s punch fiercely struck on one of her parrying arms, and the formidable impact pounded her to the ground once more. She plowed a deep trench in the hard soil.
“Her defense is already showing signs of crumbling. Chris is already paying some price every time she blocks an attack from Ferguillo.”
“The tiny harm she’s paying right now will add up very fast and become an injury that’ll hamper her skill invocation and body movement.”
In the stands, several Iron Forest elite masters frowned faintly and thought, could any other mishap still happen at this stage?
In the opinion of almost everyone in the venue, Chris’ defeat was already set in stone.
However, while frantically attacking and suppressing her like a torrential deluge, Ferguillo started to have a different feeling.
Chris was in imminent danger, yet her actions became increasingly faster!
Of course, this change was very tiny, and only he could perceive it while fighting personally against Chris. But this change even gave birth to the impression that Chris’ all-out defense earlier was merely a warm-up.
“She even can block an assault of this magnitude!” At this time, Ayrin was the only one in the arena who kept victory in sight. He watched the exchange with rapt attention.
“Since I don’t have an innate talent worthy of pride, I can only grasp every single minute and train painstakingly.”
Chris’ voice resonated in his mind at this moment.
He couldn’t resist mumbling to himself, “You can even block such an assault. How much time did you spend drilling your defense during peaceful times?”
“Swish!”
When Ferguillo’s punch was not even the width of a fist away from Chris’ belly, Chris lifted a knee and stiffly knocked it away.
Everyone saw Ferguillo’s fist, wrapped in light, pound on Chris’ body, shaking circular ripples on her clothes.
Chris fell back more than a dozen meters, swaying on her feet. Yet she still didn’t show any delay in her actions.
Many Iron Forest Academy’s people felt regrets at this scene, since it was clearly because Ferguillo had almost ran out of arcane particles, so the arcane power wasn’t sufficient enough. Otherwise, the mere impact from the light of this punch should have caused heavy injuries for Chris.
“It’s about time!” Just at this moment, Chris actually let out a deep howl all of a sudden.
A layer of faint red flames ignited around her hands. Like two sharp thorns, they quickly stabbed forward nonstop, causing a giant red flower to suddenly bloom in front of her.
Ferguillo immediately felt pressured.