400 Chapter 400 - Ultimate Move (1/2)

Gu Fei strolled around Luori City for a while, clearing his PK points as he went along until Eternal Dominion finally got online.

Eternal Dominion's message also arrived about the same time he got on, ”Let's continue!”

”Where at?”

”The Martial Field,” Eternal Dominion replied.

Gu Fei knew of the place, as he had previously sparred with Gale Force in Yunduan City some time ago. It would most likely be located near the Fighters' Dojo. The layouts of each city were somewhat similar to one another, after all.

He randomly approached one of the pedestrians for directions and made his way over to the venue. Eternal Dominion was already waiting for him by the time he arrived, and the poise he had showed how professional he was.

Back when he was meeting Gale Force to fight, that man had looked really cool when he stood in the center of the Martial Field with both his arms folded. But the truth of the matter was that nothing wasted more energy than striking a pose to look cool like that. This was not a factor in an MMO, it was an issue of the person's headspace.

Eternal Dominion was walking around the field at the moment, stretching his arms in the air and exercising his ankles from time to time. There was no need for players to limber up in the game like this, but it was very effective as a form of mood relaxation.

It was the difference between a professional and an amateur.

Eternal Dominion had also spotted Gu Fei coming in by now, cracking his neck to the left and right as he said, ”Come on then!”

”Mhmm!” Gu Fei nodded and raised his hand, Blinking right up to Eternal Dominion with a swish.

”Hey now! You're not allowed to use that when we're fighting!!” Eternal Dominion stressed as he regarded him dumbfoundedly.

”Of course!” Gu Fei chuckled. ”Shall we resume from yesterday?”

”Mmm, I think that's more or less what we can do unarmed,” Eternal Dominion said. ”Shall we spar with weapons next?”

Gu Fei nodded eagerly. Neither party could decisively win when sparring unarmed, since Eternal Dominion had no way of containing Gu Fei, while Gu Fei was unable to efficiently pull off any attack on his end given his lack of Strength, especially when going up against a fellow martial expert. That is, unless he were to wait for Eternal Dominion to make a mistake, but that would be boring.

Conversely, a match using weapons would be entirely different. Weapons essentially increased both their range and scope of attack possibilities, and the space they now had would allow for a greater variation. As such, Strength would not become a decisive factor to secure the win, letting Gu Fei believe this match would be far less awkward than the unarmed session they shared before.

”What are you using?” Gu Fei asked.

Eternal Dominion retrieved a long quarterstaff from his dimensional pocket.

”Coiling Dragon Staff?” Gu Fei asked.

Eternal Dominion nodded. The Dragon Fist style was the overarching name for their sect, and while the branching routines within contained fist techniques, there were also kicks and claw moves within. Coiling Dragon Fist was one such branch that was more of a weapon routine, including techniques for weapons like the Coiling Dragon Staff, Coiling Dragon Spear, Coiling Dragon Twin Sabers, etc.

”And you?” Eternal Dominion asked Gu Fei.

”Oh, what would you like to see?” Gu Fei asked him.

Eternal Dominion was depressed. But how would he not know this, after his father spent the good majority of his youth praising Gu Fei? This man was undoubtedly a genius of the ages, his knowledge of kung fu and weapon routines was well beyond what was imaginable for a human to master. Eternal Dominion was a professional martial expert himself, which only made it all the more mystifying to him to see a 25-year-old like Gu Fei have such great versatility across so much weaponry.

Honestly, 25 years would be inaccurate; that was how old Gu Fei was currently, but he had near full mastery of all kinds of weapons even before this.

For this man to let me choose… How stylish! Eternal Dominion was still envious of Gu Fei's talent deep in his heart. He wished he had the chance to make such a extravagant declaration. Unfortunately, all he could do now was grit his teeth and bark, ”Just use your strongest one!”

”Strongest one? They are all equally strong!” Gu Fei said.

Eternal Dominion was virtually in tears now, before finally saying, ”Then use a sword! I have long wanted to experience the Gu Family Sword Style for myself!”

”Works for me!” Gu Fei nodded in agreement, pulling out his Moonlit Nightfalls from his dimensional pocket.

The design of Moonlit Nightfalls was exquisite, and that dark glimmer that accompanied the sword was the same glow that all top-grade equipment shared. In contrast, the wooden quarterstaff that Eternal Dominion had in his hand was something he handcrafted from a white poplar tree outside the city. The system had called it a ”wooden staff”; it had no stats, no glow. There were even grimy hand marks left where Eternal Dominion often held said stick...

The difference in their looks alone was heaven and earth! Eternal Dominion had even somewhat lost his will to fight.

Gu Fei, however, had not regarded Eternal Dominion's little wooden staff with disdain. He gave the appropriate sword salute with exactitude as he called out to Eternal Dominion, ”Your move, then!”

Eternal Dominion returned the salute with his staff in hand, and that staff flew out as he executed his first move.

Gu Fei dodged to the side. In the face of Eternal Dominion's attack, dodging was still all he could do. Blocking with his sword was still impossible. The opponent he was up against was also a martial expert; even if there was not such a huge difference in their Strength, the fact that their technical skills were not too far off from one another meant all Eternal Dominion needed was a single chance to press with his Strength, and he would be able to come out on top and grasp the initiative.

Gu Fei immediately retaliated with a brush of his sword once he dodged the staff strike.

The staff was longer than the sword. Eternal Dominion had only needed to raise his hand to strike, but Gu Fei's attempt with his sword required him to step forward a little.

He watched as Eternal Dominion's wrist slid out, causing the staff in his hand to fall. Originally holding onto the end of the staff, his hand was now at the tip, shifting his body to the side as he swung his arm in a wide circle, slipping past Gu Fei's sword as he thrust out his staff right at Gu Fei's head.

Gu Fei stepped to the side once more, adjusting the direction of the point of his sword, even as his stab continued on its path towards Eternal Dominion. Eternal Dominion had already expected such a modification, changing that thrust of his staff yet again, this time aiming to knock away Gu Fei's sword. Naturally, Gu Fei had no intention for clashing with Eternal Dominion's weapon, so he quickly withdrew his sword.