Chapter 47 - Twenty-Fifth Floor(3) (1/2)

The third round of the Test was about to begin as the yellow color was chosen for the Observer. Both teams chose the Regular that would participate.

”Hatsu, you are up next. Make sure you kill your opponent. Those guys are members of FUG.” Lumen told him.

Hatsu, despite being someone that doesn't enjoy killing, nodded to Lumen. FUG had already made their stand, so he couldn't simply spare them. He walked out of Lumen's team and entered the stage.

”Rok, you are up. Make sure you deal with that handsome guy.” The blue-haired woman called out, and a 14-year old looking boy with dark green hair and green eyes walked on stage. He had a purple hoop around his waist.

Once he was on stage, Rok smirked at Hatsu. ”Even if you have the strongest attack power from your team, you still don't stand a chance against me.”

Rok was confident in his defensive capabilities. He, like many other FUG members, was a child that had a parent that was from the 10 Great Families and was abandoned in the Outer Tower when he was young.

He had the bloodline of the Hendo Lok Family, and was one of the members of that Family, that had survived the longest. Rok had lived over 300 years, thanks to FUG.

Rok had to live through an uncountable amount of experiments, but he was at least given the opportunity to live a bit longer. He didn't have much time left, but he was happy to ȧssist FUG in any way he could.

Hatsu wasn't much of a talker, so he didn't respond to him. Rok smirked, thinking that the swordsman was scared of him.

The moment the fight began, Hatsu unsheathed a katana with a silver cross-guard, a grey hilt, and a blue tassel hanging from its base. He infused it with Shinsoo and sent a wave of Shinsoo towards Rok. ”Demonic Fish Wheel Dance: Single Annihilation.”

Rok wasn't the least bit worried, seeing the attack that was flying his direction. ”I told you, even if you have the strongest attack power from your team, you still don't stand a chance against me.”

Rok created a black disk, that was bigger than him, with his right hand, and Hatsu's attack was completely absorbed by it. ”Yin of Protection.”

The boy let out a yawn and looked confidently at Hatsu. ”I told you so.”

The swordsman didn't respond and sent a few more waves of Shinsoo towards Rok. Each attack was easily absorbed by the back disk in front of him.

Since ranged attacks had no effect, Hatsu decided to close in on him. He enhanced himself with Shinsoo and lept towards Rok.

However, the moment he dashed towards the boy, a yellow Observer flew over them. Hatsu's reaction speed was extremely fast, but the boy was even faster.

Rok's black shield disappeared, and a white disk formed on Rok's left hand, and the boy shot a wave of Shinsoo out of it. ”Yang of Destruction.”

Rok's attack instantly reached the yellow Observer and destroyed it. He was about to taunt Hatsu, but the swordsman had already reached him. Since the yellow Observer was destroyed, Hatsu had continued dashing towards Rok.

Hatsu had infused his sword with Shinsoo and powerfully thrust it towards Rok. A column of Shinsoo flew struck the green-haired boy point-blank. ”Demonic Fish Wheel Dance: White Wave Devil-Tearing Single Slash Annihilation.”

The black disk that was on Rok's hand enlarged and developed the boy within it. Despite being hit by one of Hatsu's best piercing techniques, the disk was able to absorb it completely.

”You have to try harder to break my defense.” Rok chuckled from behind the black disk.

Again, Hatsu didn't reply to him and continued doing what he does best, fighting. With his katana infused with Shinsoo, he sent an attack after attack at the boy. All of his strikes were being absorbed by the black disk, but that didn't bother him.

”You are n...” Rok was about to taunt him when he sensed something is wrong. After each swing, the speed that Hatsu wielded his sword increased. He was slowly building his momentum when he found his chance. Hatsu did an upward strike and sent a massive wave of Shinsoo. ”Demonic Fish Wheel Dance: Wave Building Annihilation.”

Each of the previous strikes was there to build up the potential of the last attack.

Rok had strengthened his shield and managed to block the wave of Shinsoo, but he wasn't able to absorb the whole attack. A part of the wave continued past him and hit a yellow Observer in the air.

Rok clenched his teeth at the fact that he was tricked. ”Why don't you take back all of your strikes. Yang of Destruction!”

Point blank, the boy hit Hatsu with a massive blast of Shinsoo, and in the next moment, a black katana materialized in front of him. The sword stabbed Rok in the neck, but it bȧrėly penetrated his skin.

The katana was created by Hatsu's Shinsoo. The swordsman didn't know his Shinsoo quality, but he didn't care about it. He knew exactly what he wanted, and he had a very easy time at creating. The katana was very sharp and could easily cut apart most E-Rank Regulars.

However, Rok had the Hendo Lok Family bloodline. He had inherited not only their short lifespan but also their high Shinsoo resistance. Rok had also had his Shinsoo resistance increased due to the experiments he went thought.

Rok grabbed the katana and removed it from his neck. With wide-eyes and trembling hands, he touched the spot the katana had pierced. Feeling the blood that was pouring out of the wound, something snapped within Rok.

The purple hoop around his waist started shining bright, as his irises and hair turned purple.

”Ahhh!” Rok screamed out, as two arms of purple fire flew out of the hoop around his waist. The two flaming fists of purple aimed at Hatsu, but the swordsman quickly jumped out of the way.

Another purple arm made of purple liquid came out of the hoop, gently ċȧrėssed Rok's wound, and healed it in an instant. The only reason Rok had survived for so long was because he was turned into an incomplete Living Ignition Weapon.

Purple flaming fist after fist was raining down upon Hatsu. The swordsman was jumping around avoiding the attacks, but while doing so, a yellow Observer had flown, and Rok had shot it down.

As much as he didn't want to, Hatsu had to try and use that sword. He pulled out a single-edge sword with a white blade from his Pocket. Hatsu tried igniting the sword, but it refused his commands.

'You are weak.' He heard a wizened voice in his head.

'That's why I train every day, to become stronger.' Hatsu thought back.

'Your technique is lacking.' The wizened voice stated.

'I will train until I'm strong enough to overcome my lacking technique.' Hatsu had reached this far with training alone. Everything he had achieved so far was through hard work alone.

The voice didn't respond, and Hatsu continued dodging attacks. After a moment, the wizened voice spoke again. 'I will help you this once, but if you want to use me again, you will have to be a lot stronger than this.'

”Ignite.” Ice coated the sword, and the temperature around Hatsu dropped. With just a single slash, he froze both of the purple flaming hands.

Hatsu infused the ice sword with Shinsoo and thrust it towards Rok. ”Demonic Fish Wheel Dance: White Wave Devil-Tearing Ice Annihilation.”

Before he could succeed, Hatsu followed up with another attack. A downward strike from the swordsman sent a massive Shinsoo wave made of ice. ”Demonic Fish Wheel Dance: Ice Annihilation.”