Chapter 86 - Ao Sulian vs Rog Werer (2/2)

Fire started to revolve around Rog and the temperature of the arena immediately soared, Rog looked like a ball of flames himself, he then focused on his own movement technique and charged forward, Ao suddenly had to put a lot more effort to dodge Rog's attacks, and the effectiveness of his own attacks diminished a lot too, it wasn't that Rog had become faster, but that the area covered by his attacks was a lot bigger, Ao didn't have to dodge only the maces anymore but the fire attacks that came with each swing.

Ao saw that and a smile appeared in his face, he thought that there wasn't anything else to learn from this fight but it seems like he was mistaken, he increased his speed and the power of his own attacks, he also started to use his skills, Rog's wasn't receiving only attacks from Ao's sword anymore, there were several blazing wind blades, a merge skill that he learned from Krune, coming from everywhere, his vacuum blade skill was also active this time, so the speed of his attacks and his skills in the area of effect increased another fold too.

Rog was indeed a seeded mercenary, even while defending against Ao's attacks and the blazing wind blades, he still found apertures where he could launch attacks at Ao, unfortunately for him, Ao was too fast!

In fact, as long as Ao wished, he could take the attacks head-on, but it would use a lot of spiritual energy and also show to the others that this state wasn't his best, it's always good to keep some trump cards in the pocket.

Krune's group, Arlan and the Divine Soul Realm elders and Guild Heads could already see the outcome of this battle, although the two of them seemed to be evenly matched again, the fact was that Ao had absolute advantage in their exchanges, even more, injuries started to accumulate on Rog's body, and he was already starting to feel dizzy due to the blood loss, but he gritted his teeth and performed another one of his trump cards, he suddenly gave up his earth element defense and switched to wind element, he might be able to only control two elements at the same time, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know how to use others.

The power of Rog's fire attacks got complemented by his wind element while his speed increase by a lot, the people outside saw that and noticed that they had been underestimating Rog all along, it was a good thing that Ao forced Rog to show his cards before the final phase, doesn't matter if Ao or Rog won, they are grateful to both for showing so much today.

Ao was quite impressed with that, Rog moved this fast and swift with that big body of his while still increased the power and the area of effect of his attacks, if it was anyone else in his group, they would have lost already, and since that is the case, Ao made a decision.

”Since you decided to show everything you got, out of respect, I will take you seriously too.”

Aos sword suddenly seemed different, but at the same time it didn't, it was as if some kind of power was coming from it, but the majority of the mercenaries taking part in this selection couldn't tell exactly what it was, with exception for Krune's group, Arlan Rosier and some of the other seeded contestants.

”Sword Intent!”

Arlan saw that and laughed even more now.

”I knew I wasn't wrong, it really was Sword Intent!”

The other seeded mercenaries also noticed that, but their reactions were the total opposite of Arlan's, their faces were gloomy, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who can use Sword Intent and is also under 40 years of age, how rare is that in the Makui Planet?

On the arena, Rog also noticed that and finally, some fear appeared on his face, but he wouldn't give up now, he still believes that he only needs one good hit and he the victory is his, he charged forward even madder than before, he was stacking everything in his next attacks.

Surprisingly, Ao didn't try to dodge this time, he also activated his movement technique and stepped forward, Rog saw that Ao was planning to fight him head-on and got delighted, he refused to believe that even with sword intent, Ao could take an attack of his at full power.

The referee narrowed his eyes, this was the deciding moment and the time he would have to save the loser in such an outcome would be very small, so without getting in the way of both Rog and Ao, he approached the place where the exchange would be made, he was ready to intervene the moment the victor of the clash appeared.

Rog roared and smashed down his two maces with his most powerful mace skill.

”Titan's Fury!”

Ao also showed one of his cards at this moment, it was the same attack that he used against Turi Belane back in the Mercenary Headquarters, it's just that this time the Sword Intent behind it, the power of the elements fused in the attack, and the speed were a lot more powerful.

”Decapitation in Flames”

Arlan saw that and knew who the victor was even before the attacks hit each other.

The moment that the maces and sword clashed with each other, the maces immediately snapped in two, not only that, but even the air, the skill, the elements, everything was slashed in half, it was as if a void had appeared where the two maces where before, the referee was alarmed at that sight, Ao's attack was way faster than what he had predicted, he wanted to intervene but it was already too late, he immediately thought that the first dead person of this selection would appear during his watch.

But surprisingly, Rog was fine, the people saw that and their jaws dropped, just how did Rog survive that attack? Even the Divine Soul referee was powerless at that moment, after that exchange, Rog fell on his knees, he then looked at Ao and sighed.

”You changed the trajectory of your attack in the last instant, the sword slash passed above my head, wasn't it?”

Ao smiled and then nodded.

It was then that the crowd finally understood the situation, everyone looked at Ao as if he was a monster, Guild Head Yulie had an ugly face, his mercenary guild only had two mercenaries with real chances of getting one of the five slots, one of them was Shad Forgon, his nephew, while the other was none other than Rog Werer, who just lost, and both of them were fighting members of the Yule Continent on top of that.

Other than Arlan, the other seeded mercenaries started to consider if they should admit defeat when they encounter Ao in the final phase, Ao turned out to be too strong, it was obvious that Rog and Ao weren't in the same league, and since their strength isn't much different from Rog, it would do no good to fight him head-on.

Ao came down from the arena and sat to recover his spiritual energy, although the outcome of his group is pretty much decided due to Rog's loss, he would never underestimate his opponents.

His fight was the last to be over between the second fights of the fifth round, another two hours pause came by and the third fight of each group started.

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