Chapter 26 (1/2)

Chapter 26: Collision

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

A minute before, just when Kaunitz and the others had dashed out of the grounds, Fang Xingjian had also made his move.

He had tightened the belt holding the sword hung at his waist, squatted slightly, and then sent a burst of energy from the top of his body to the bottom, exploding towards his legs.

With a loud bang! Fang Xingjian’s legs seemed to suddenly swell up. The ground under his legs caved in lightly as if it were flour, and he shot into the air like a rocket, flying a distance of over twenty meters over a hundred people.

With another two loud bangs, he had already made two consecutive leaps and was standing outside the gate.

He did not have the necessary skill to run with a body as light as a swallow’s, just like Kaunitz. However, he could forcefully rely on his attributes to achieve a similar effect.

“What?” The Eldest Martial Brother Ogden stared with his eyes wide open, his mouth agape so wide that he could swallow a duck’s egg. His gaze was fixed on Fang Xingjian’s figure.

‘Such spring, such explosive energy… How could his attributes be so high? Even Kaunitz wouldn’t be able to do this!’

Besides him, a few other juniors from The School of Sword Arts also had their mouths agape. They shouted out in disbelief, “Eldest Martial Brother, is that Fang Xingjian?

“That Fang Xingjian who had been hiding for a few months, not daring to show his face?”

Second Martial Brother Lambert’s eyes gleamed as he smiled to himself. ‘Good chap, you’re just like I thought you were. You didn’t give up.

‘I must put in effort as well.’

The next moment, Lambert released a burst, the muscles all over his body swelling up like armor. He squeezed through the other participants beside him with ease as he dashed for the gate.

Ogden had also regained his senses, his face paling as he recalled how foolishly he had acted in front of Fang Xingjian.

But although he regretted offending Fang Xingjian, he still channeled all his strength and dashed for the door.

‘Drat, how could Fang Xingjian have improved so much? What happened?

‘This isn’t good. I must have been too conceited after picking up the Nine Yang Divine Sword Technique.

‘I’d better get Young Master Kaunitz to help me out later. Fang Xingjian can’t shake off Kaunitz. So long as Young Master Kaunitz is around, he wouldn’t dare to do anything to me.’

From his conjectures, even though Fang Xingjian had surpassed him, no matter how strong he had gotten, he would still not be able to surpass Kaunitz.

On the other hand, Fang Xingjian did not care at all about what others thought. He had only one goal in the Prefectural Selection, namely to get first place, entering the Kirst Royal Academy as a Prefectural Champion. Only then would he be able to enjoy the best treatment, the best resources, and thus become even stronger.

With this outburst, he became filled to the brim with energy, power surging through him like the fierce neighs of stampeding horses. As he took one step after another, each of his steps made a hole in the ground. He propelled himself by slanting his heel and the tip of his toes in the holes, pushing forth at a crazy speed.

In the blink of an eye, he had overtaken Kaunitz and the others, already heading for Robert, who was in the lead.

Seeing that they had been overtaken, Barbara and the others’ their faces turned pale. They had initially been saving some energy, but now they decided to channel it as well, and burst forth at full speed.

All four of them pushed forward, soon running two times faster than before.