Chapter 88 (1/2)

Chapter 88: Confidence

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

Robert frowned and left. He was unable to understand what Fang Xingjian meant, or rather, he had understood but he still could not believe it.

‘Faster than sound?’

Thinking of this, he only felt the hair at the back of his head standing up, as if forcing him to stop his train of thought.

An arrow breaking through the speed of sound and a person breaking through the speed of sound were two completely different concepts. Robert did not even dare to imagine, and was truly unable to believe that Fang Xingjian had achieved the state at which he he could physically break through the speed of sound. He had just transitioned a month before. Could a first transition Windstorm Sword Hero exceed the speed of sound?

Even out of those people who were at the pinnacle of the first transition, very few were able to physically break through the speed of sound. And those who could were almost surely freaks who had been stuck at the peak of the first transition for over tens of years, or even decades.

‘To be able to transcend the speed of sound at the age of sixteen, how can that be?’ Shaking his head, Robert headed to his villa. Although his mind told him that it was impossible, recalling Fang Xingjian’s confident smile, recalling how the other party had, all the way so confidently clinched the title of Prefectural Champion, become the Windstorm Sword Hero, defeated Kaunitz, defeated Class 253… He started feeling uncertain again.

That night, he took half of all his savings and went to the academy’s underground gambling den, and bet on Fang Xingjian winning.

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At the same time, a senior from Tresia Knight Academy who had become a Knight four years before, Class 252’s Xiu Yi, sat upright in his room, unmoving.

On the table in front of him, there was a ring flashing with a faint silver light. The whole room seemed to resonate with excitement just because of that ring.

Xiu Yi looked at the ring on the table, his eyes brimming with pure greed.

‘Ring of Lightning, made from the finger bones of a Knight with Waves which were electric in nature.’ In Xiu Yi’s mind, he silently recalled the relevant information related to the Ring of Lightning.

As long as this ring was worn, and synchronized with the user’s Waves, it could be activated or deactivated in accordance to the user’s wishes.

As long as the Ring of Lightning was activated, a layer of invisible and colorless lightning armor would form, going from the arm to the chest and to the stomach. It was unable to provide any physical defensive abilities, but it could inflict lightning damage on all attackers, with a numbing effect.

It also meant that after using the Ring of Lightning, if someone were to punch or kick his arms, chest, or stomach, or to clash with his longsword, the person would be electrocuted and numbed.

Electricity was a very special attack. It could use a human body as a transmitting medium, and during the transmission process, it could destroy a person’s blood, nerves, muscles and other organs. It was an attack that both the strong and the weak would find difficult to fend off.

‘Even if it’s Fang Xingjian, as long as he touches my body during battle, no… As long as his sword touches mine, then his body will get an electric shock, and will automatically become numb.

‘His attributes are very advanced, and the numbing effect might not be significant. But if his body turned numb during close combat, it would be enough for me to kill him ten times.’

This Ring of Lightning was simply created to deal with enemies who were specialized in high speed. No, rather it could be said that in a fight with warriors of the same level, this Inferior Remains Divine Weapon would be able to suppress almost all close combat opponents.

An excited smile lit up Xiu Yi’s face. This Ring of Lightning was a rare find even amongst the Inferior Remains Divine Weapons, even in the Tresia Clan. But now, Rebecca had taken it out of storage and had given it to him.

Moreover, Rebecca had promised that as long as he could defeat Fang Xingjian, this Ring of Lightning would belong to him.

If getting an Inferior Remains Divine Weapon was considered a great deal, then being able to defeat Fang Xingjian in front of so many people would be an outstanding performance.

It was because Fang Xingjian had just transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero, and had even defeated all ten Knights in Class 253, singlehanded.

Defeating him in one-to-one close combat would be an extraordinary result, and Xiu Yi would stand out from the ordinary Knights.

Fang Xingjian was very strong, his talent astonishing, and his performance brilliant.

Many people were in awe of him and full of admiration for him. They also wanted to defeat him in order to become famous, and gain recognition from important characters.

Xiu Yi was obviously one of them.