107 107 - Battle (1/2)

The speed of both was abysmal, only with a professional camera configured to record in slow motion would it be possible to see the details of each move they made.

Aatrox was using the [Spiritual Sword] with the normal amount of energy required for activation. Not too much, not too little, since any waste could be expensive at the end of the battle.

Robert saw that Aatrox was moving towards him at a similar speed to himself and trying to follow the path of the sword with his eyes he used the back of the left glove to deviate from the trajectory this was making and with the hand that was free, Robert closed his fist and moved to punch Aatrox.

Aatrox took advantage of the movement of the sword's deflected trajectory and moved following the same arc, deflecting Robert's punch. But instead of trying to divert the gun in the middle of the movement to hit Robert again, Aatrox released the [Spiritual Sword] and summoned another. This new sword had no acceleration other than zero, so it became easier for Aatrox to pick up the stationary weapon and aim for Robert's waist.

Having said that, it happened in less than a second. Robert diverted the Aatrox sword and when he went to punch the masked grower in the face the grower lowered his torso along with the sword, but strangely, in Robert's blind spot the sword changed course in an unnatural way and instantly hit the old grower's waist leaving a deep cut. Robert didn't understand what happened to the sword's trajectory changing so easily, but it served as a warning to him to be even more careful.

Aatrox only managed to cause a deep cut in Robert's waist because the old man was careless and did not think about the possibility of Aatrox exchanging the first sword for another instantly. If he had more room to pick up momentum with the second sword, he could have cut Robert in half, but with so little time and limited space he only got a deep cut.

But Robert wasn't going to make it cheap, he took advantage of the time Aatrox was taking the sword from his waist and with his left elbow he used all the force he had on that arm to hit Aatrox's lowered back.

Aatrox felt Robert's movement and tried to deviate, but it was too late.

# Boooom #

The blow of an advanced Baron level cultivator had a tremendous force. Aatrox felt that some of his ribs had been broken on impact.

The two instinctively retreated and began to stare at each other while panting. The exchange may seem to have lasted a few minutes, but it all happened in just 2 seconds.

”You're tough, Robert.” Aatrox said as he was breathing heavily, assessing the internal damage he had suffered.

”Don't tell me that, Aatrox. You're holding up a lot, too.” Robert responded while using an internal technique to stop the bleeding from the waist cut.

The old man saw Aatrox's intention and went to try to divert the blade trajectory again as he had done during the first exchange, but now with the intention of staying more attentive. But the extra attention he put on made him realize that the sword was lighter than it should have been.

With his eyes wide open, Robert saw Aatrox unleash the sword he was deflecting and summon one more, this time pointed at his left leg.

Robert then saw that his arm was still in the air deflecting the first sword when the second sword was about to cut off his feather. Feeling that it would be impossible to defend from this cut in such a short time, Robert supported all the weight on this leg and used all the strength of his body on the right leg to kick Aatrox.