Chapter 74 - Ignorant Ignius (1/2)

Clang!

That was the only sound in the hallway as the two men clashed. The sword was the tiger, the spear was the dragon, only one beast can rule the mountain, and that rule shall never change!

Ignius attacked with a maddened frenzy, doing everything he could to reach Will's vital points. But Will's reaction would always be just in time. Will was smooth and graceful like a swallow in his attacks. His presence was weak but his resolve was strong. Under the never-ending barage from Ignius, he held his ground, receiving not even so much as a scratch.

When he utilized his 2nd Door, Ignius was stunned once again, forcing him to try to end the battle as soon as possible. Learning how to utilize each Door was as difficult as climbing a mountain with one hand tied behind your back. When Ignius remembered that Will had Dual Mind Propagation he calmed down, but also came to a frightening conclusion.

'How many more Doors can he utilize? According to Modus, he has six Doors open. He couldn't possibly open all of them right?'

Ignius' goal was to kill Will, but due to restrictions placed upon him by Modus, he could not bring out his full power. Will was unaware of this and kept wondering why he was holding back. According to his estimate, Ignius was capable of killing him in one strike if he so wanted.

Having a thousand minds was not just for show. Modus came into mind as Will fought. Especially considering how Ignius knew he had a connection to Modus, Will thought it possible that Modus was behind this battle.

'Is this supposed to be a training exercise?'

Will found this somewhat hard to believe because try as he might Ignius could not hide the killing intent in his eyes from Will, no matter how disciplined he was. Especially now that Will was in Martial Harmony.

'There is no doubt that Ignius hates me down to his core. But why? What could I have done to anger such a powerful user?'

Thousands of scenarios ran through Wills' head as he fought but none made sense to him. He simply did not have enough information!

If Ignius wanted to tell Will why he hated him so much he already would have, so Will didn't even bother to ask. He simply kept on fighting, trying to find an opening to finish the battle. Thankfully for him, he didn't have to wait long.

In his rush to try and kill Will Ignius thrust with a bit too much force, giving Will a window of opportunity. Will ducked and stepped forward slashing horizontally from the right. Ignius snorted in disdain believing that he could react in time, unfortunately, he underestimated his opponent.

”Ha!”

With a shout, Will rotated his cultivation base to the max and forced his yuan to burst through his meridians.

3rd Door!

4th Door!

5th Door!

All the way to the 6th Door!

Will's power surged like a billowing tidal wave and his momentum increased by many fold. This sudden increase in power caught Ignius off guard causing his movements to slow down for a fraction of a second, but that time was all Will needed to unleash a True Strike!

As Will's sword got closer to Ignius, blue energy that was the result of fusing yuan and intent formed on the edge of Will's katana. Ignius was quite familiar with True Strikes. Thus his entire body shivered in fright at what was to come. A True Strike from a Sovereign at level 50, utilizing the 6th Door!

Ignius was however not an amateur. He reacted quickly. Since his body couldn't react fast enough he regrettably used a skill which he did not want to use, because it came at a huge cost.