Chapter 199: Waves of shadows (1/2)
Chapter 199: Waves of shadows
Four black curved blades fired from the shadows at Chris, from the front, from the back, from the left and from the right. At the same time, Sarina’s figure appeared without a sound not far behind Chris.
“What!”
What made almost every spectator in the stands exclaim in surprise was, Chris’ figure charged at the black curved blade coming in front of her, while she swung her left arm back as though she’d grown eyes on the back of her head. A pillar of fire soared from the ground, striking Sarina with total accuracy.
A “Bang!” exploded in the field.
Wrapped in bandages, Chris’ right hand smacked the black curved blade the moment it reached her chest, actually slapping this blade into splashing diagonally past her on her left.
With her left arm lifted toward her back, it looked like this curved blade just happened to pass through the afterimage of her left arm.
This feeling of total control made many participants in the tournament feel a little numb on the scalp.
“It’s not the real Sarina!”
But just then, everyone in the stands noticed that the “Sarina” Chris’ fire pillar had struck actually caught on fire like a piece of paper.
At the same time, many “Sarinas” stood up in the field, one by one, vague and hazy, each of them silent and wordless, their black hair floating in the breeze. It was impossible to tell which one was the real Sarina.
“Shadow Manipulation!”
Quite a few people shouted the name of Sarina’s skill.
The sea of shadow “Sarinas” all started charging madly at Chris.
And every time a “Sarina” started running, they hung their arms behind their backs like two blades, their postures looking very peculiar.
“What’s she doing?”
“Is Chris trying to deal with it that way? Is she completely unaware of this arcane skill?”
“With this Shadow Manipulation, Sarina is hiding in a secret place while manipulating these shadows with strings of darkness. Every shadow has some real fighting ability. Chris is actually trying to cope with it like that?”
The stands erupted in an uproar.
Because everyone saw that facing the “Sarinas” charging her way from every direction, Chris merely stopped in place, utterly calm and composed. The dazzling light of arcane particles gushed out of her hands at the same time, flashing into bronze-colored halos and shaping into gloves the color of black steel.
“Judgment Gloves,” an arcane skill that sounded very powerful, but was in fact a mere ordinary arcane skill in Holy Dawn Academy, very easy to learn.
It was impossible to compare the end result with weapons condensed from materialization skills. It merely offered somewhat better cushioning for the bones in her fists. It didn’t have any other special effect.
There were right now at least seven or eight “Sarinas” standing in the field. With this Shadow Manipulation, each “Sarina” had genuine killing ability even if they couldn’t invoke arcane skills. Not using any arcane skill might save arcane particles, but in the opinion of almost every spectator, how was it possible for one person to only use two fists to resist being encircled and ganged up by seven or eight persons?
“What!”
But what made everyone, including everyone in Silver Trout, exclaim in disbelief was, Chris merely used her fists and smashed away in the air all the “Sarinas” who reached her!
Chris’ figure was almost hidden by all the “Sarinas,” but then the “Sarinas” started flying backward one by one. Chris dodged in a very small perimeter and continuously punched away, each punch certain to send one “Sarina” flying away in a different posture.
“How’s that even fighting moves and technique! It’s simply body instinct!”
“Just how many foundation exercises did Chris do? She’s simply trained her close-range fighting to the point it became raw instinct. Every move of hers is made with total efficiency!”
“If everyone fought without using arcane particles and without invoking arcane skills, purely in a physical fight, then she might smash away even several dozen people charging at her!”
Hearing these kinds of voices coming nonstop from the stands, Ayrin’s face couldn’t help but expose a little pride.
“Of course,” he couldn’t help but mumble to himself. “You guys have no idea how hard and cruel her training is. She actually broke through Ferguillo’s Mind Reading with physical instinct. This kind of speed is nothing to her.”
“Hm?”
Just then, the extremely calm and unflustered Chris suddenly sensed danger.
“Hoh!”
With a deep, explosive breath, she suddenly twisted around and sent both her fists punching ruthlessly behind her.
In that instant, Sarina’s real self suddenly appeared behind a fake shadow, holding black short blades in both her hands, slashing at Chris without a sound.
“Bang!”
With an explosive sound, Chris’ fists landed right against the two black blades.
But the moment the two of them came into contact with each other, “Spinning Blades!” With a deep bellow, the black blades in Sarina’s hands started spinning at an astounding speed.
Chris felt her hands lighten. The gloves around her hands immediately crumbled.
“Shattering Assault!”
However, without any trace of panic, Chris borrowed the momentum of her body and twisted around without the slightest pause. Her entire front shone with a yellow light.
She didn’t pay any attention to the black blades at her back. Like a battle ax, her entire body hacked explosively forward.
During all this time, the blades in Sarina’s hands stayed only a few inches away from her back, but they never managed to touch her.
In the meantime, Chris directly broke through the formation; in the space of a blink, she crashed through at least a dozen “Sarinas,” ejecting them away in the air.