403 Lightning (1/2)
”Seven Stars Cut.”
”!!!” Elgin felt an overwhelming pressure from behind. He looked back and saw a blue Sword Wave covered with lightning. The lightning alone felt very dangerous, and it came together with a Sword Wave.
Alex furrowed his eyebrows when Charya used Seven Stars Cut. According to his observation, it should not be possible since her instinct should have taken over, and she could only use her Sword Rite at this state. He knew this because he had observed her Sword Rite, trying to copy it. Sadly, he found it unsuitable for him because Sword Rite was mainly relying on Instinct and he lacked a fierce instinct that could surpass his rationality.
He tried to observe her energy with his Spirit Eyes but saw nothing wrong with her energy. He then observed her normally and finally realized something was wrong. Seeing her eyes that fierceness was comparable to Monster Beasts, intelligence was still lingering on her eyes.
By seeing those eyes, he could understand that despite having taken over by instinct, she still maintained a part of consciousness in her eyes. It then gave her the ability to use that Seven Stars Cut.
Back when the Heavenly Sword Sect was attacked by invaders. She was given two things from Maxwell. One of them was this technique where she could slowly control her own instinct like this while retaining her own consciousness in the process. With this technique, she could do higher-level tactics like using Seven Stars Cut.
The moment she used Seven Stars Cut, she disappeared again. The Sword Wave continued its path toward Elgin.
”Jewel Wind.” Elgin waved his sword, and a tornado came out from his sword. The tornado moved like a snake before clashing with the Sword Wave. The clash was shaking the ground nearby and making the atmosphere heavy.
Although Heaven Tier Art Seven Stars Cut seemed to have a great advantage, Elgin's Jewel Wind did not lose. Even if it could not destroy the Sword Wave, it should be able to cancel it. Unfortunately, this was the time where Charya's lightning started showing its real prowess. The lightning started sparking around and struck forth as the second attack from Charya's Sword Wave.
The lightning started moving from the Seven Stars Cut onto the wind tornado. The lightning felt harmless at first, but the moment it completely fused with the wind, the lightning suddenly exploded.
”Wha-!” Seeing the lightning exploded immediately made Elgin worry. The harmless lightning suddenly became the deadly poison to destroy his Wind. The pressure from the Sword Wave emanated the arena once again as it continued its way toward Elgin.
Elgin felt he could not avoid this, so he intended to receive it with his Sword.
”Heaven Sword Breaker.” Elgin was in a dire situation, but he had not given up as he felt confident in destroying this sword wave. He felt that the Sword Wave had been weakened by his Jewel Wind, so with this Heaven Sword Breaker, he would destroy the Sword Wave pretty easily.
”Ha!” Using all the force accumulated in his body, Elgin slowly broke apart the Sword Wave. His confidence kept rising as he felt the cut in that Sword Wave. Sadly, because he was too occupied with this, he lost track of Charya's movement. By the time he destroyed the Sword Wave and gained confidence in defeating Charya, he did not see Charya anywhere in the arena.
Suddenly, he felt pain coming from her left waist. He could not realize what happened until the pain was there. He shifted his line of vision to the left and saw Charya on his left, kicking him in the waist.
”Gh!” That kick was so painful that it even made his vision blurry. He checked his body a little bit and noticed that the bones in that spot were shattered by that kick.
Facing the force and momentum Charya had in that kick, he flew and crashed on the Arena wall. Charya did not leave him any chance and appeared again in front of him while pointing her sword on his neck.
”I win... or you die...” Charya was panting. She could not hold back her instinct any longer, so she decided to stop using it just right after she kicked him. Her arms felt a bit weak, but it did not hinder her movement.
Having no choice other than admitting it, he said, ”I lose…”
Charya pulled her sword back and nodded. Even though she was panting, it was not like she used all of her Spiritual Energy. In fact, she only used around half of her Spiritual Energy. She was exhausted because she used her mental energy a bit excessively.
She knew about this fatal flaw in Maxwell's technique, no, she could not say it was a fatal flaw. The technique was called Calm Berserker. It was a technique to control your instinct by using your mental energy. Sadly, she was not an Alchemist or anything, so her mental energy was not that high. If she used that technique one more minute, she might pass out. Basically, she was just too weak to use a Mid Heaven Tier Martial Arts, Calm Berserker.
After using this, she realized she would need to buy pills to increase her mental energy and might pick up Martial Art that could enhance her mental energy. This way, she might even best the first elder who was the strongest out of all elders in the sect with her 9-Star Martial Lord cultivation.
”Heavenly Sword Sect Win!”
And just like that, Charya had defeated two contenders from Thiveapia Kingdom. The only problem would be whether she would continue or not. However, considering her condition at the moment, she would most likely give up at this point.
”Will Elder Charya give up or continue?” She had
”Of course, I will continue,” Charya said with a tired voice. Everyone was in a trance, seeing this woman who did not know the word 'give up.' Even though she was exhausted, she kept challenging to the best of her ability. They were wondering whether she was a fool or a brave. Sadly, they got their answer after seeing her eyes that filled with confidence.
Sect Master Xiang Bai and the other elders already sent a thought transmission to make her give up, but Charya ignored all of that. She was the one who knew her condition the best. And she was confident she could defeat another opponent in this tournament before retiring.
The people from Heavenly Sword Sect then started telling Alex to convince her. He only shrugged his shoulder as Charya already sent a glare toward him. It was not like he was afraid of her, but seeing her determination like that, he did not have the mood to convince her. He also had confidence in Charya. He knew that even though she looked like a rash person or something, she always did something after full consideration.
So, answering that glare, Alex nodded. She would give up if it were too much anyway.
The next opponent came a minute later. They sent another 9-Star Martial Grandmaster, but compared to Elgin, this one was a bit lacking. They thought Charya was already exhausted, so sending another 9-Star Martial Grandmaster should be enough.
He was an old man, albeit his appearance slightly looked like a middle-aged man. His body was muscular and violent. Charya could see that this person was a newly 9-Star Martial Grandmaster. Even in the face of her own condition, she did not cower. In fact, she smiled the moment she knew her opponent was not their 10-Star Martial Lord. This way, she had some confidence to gain another victory before giving up.