266 Petrification (1/2)

Chapter 266:

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The orchestrated event of the Academy in collaboration with the Beast Domesticating Center went off without a hitch.

The students got their field experience and no one got hurt severely. Raven along with the Instructors managed to see the fruit of their labors due to the display of the kids. According to Raven, their performance was acceptable, but it also had to be known that his standards are quite high.

It was decided to not allow any student to know that this is an orchestrated event. As soon as they managed to apprehend all beasts that rampaged inside the old center, they were sent back to the academy and was rewarded according to their performance.

Of course, the Ranking List also saw a changes in them. Many students were shocked to see some teams pull ahead of them. When they realized that there was an Emergency Mission that was only offered to the top performers, they regretted taking it easy on their missions, making them unable to participate. They could only stare in envy as some team exchanged many stuff from their rewards.

Due to this, the teams who were unable to participate decided to kick it in full gear and cleared missions as best as they could. When the instructors heard this report later in the day, they were glad as this is one of their goals on setting up this event. Everything was worth it.

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”Chakram: Twisting Murder.”

”Ten Arms: Defense!”

Inside a battlefield filled with piles of corpses, two silhouettes clashed with an earth-shaking ferocity.

Both of them looked young. One was wearing an all white robes while the other wore an all black attire which looked like a uniform. They held different weapons too. One held a Chakram which formed by joining two curved blades together while the other held an impractical sized hammer.

Of course, the hammer wielding person was Raven himself. He found himself yet again facing some unknown person inside pocket dimensions of the Crown Place's Palace Grounds.

This is the first time Raven faced this person, he didn't know who he was since aside from the grunts and groans of the battle, the two never had a proper conversation. Upon Raven's materialization inside the pocket space, he had to be on guard because it's almost certain that whoever will face him would attack immediately.

Due to this being the first time, Raven didn't really have high hopes on killing this dude. He was here to feel out his enemy first and see what he could do. Of course, he could finish the battle in his first try then that would ne great, but what's more important right now is learn as much as he could.

This current enemy of his was particularly formidable. Of course that doesn't mean that his previous enemies inside the pocket dimensions weren't, but this one in particular is something else.

Raven never faced a Chakram user before. Not during his past life nor the current one. Before, he believed that Chakram is a very unreliable weapon, and Raven would rather fight bare handed rather than use an unreliable weapon. But of course, he had changed his opinions since then, he's even using what he previously thought as an unreliable weapon as well; the hammer.

Anyway, this Chakram user surely is a master of his weapon. He initially thought that the weight of his hammer alone could shatter the Chakram but it turns out that each of his attack would just be parried or redirected.

This enemy of his is also nimble, even faster than his regular speed. Of he deactivated his Resistance Seal, then he's sure that he would be faster than him but now's not the time yet.

'This guy is swift and his attacks are precise.' Raven said inwardly, 'I'm pretty sure that he's feeling me out as well since none of his attacks contained any traces of Laws yet, but they were already scary enough. Each of his attacks are tracking me for some reason. I don't know how he was able to do that, but the tracking is somewhat weak. He also is an control expert, he could even redirect his attacks after he threw them out, just like how I was able to change the striking angle of the fist pillars I summoned.'

'He has a cultivation advantage over me. He's a Silver Knight while I'm just a regular mid-stage Knight. His techniques are refined to their highest degree and he's incredibly sensitive as well. How do I deal with him?'