Chapter 174: The Fight(2) - A clash of geniuses (1/2)

A while after the blast, Jake found himself buried within the ice-covered floor he made.

Standing up, he stretched his bones. He could see the candidate was doing the same.

'Her combat ability is disturbing,' sighed Jake.

Jake had hardly met anyone on the same level of combat deftness as him. The first person he met was the trio and the last was Cheyenne.

He was sure there were others but he couldn't exactly search for them and wasn't interested in doing so.

'That skill she used…...what a sad life?' sighed Jake again.

He prided himself in being innate with his trick techniques. Even in the competition, he showed his insane mastery over some of those delicate techniques.

Yet, today he had to be on the receiving end of a similar technique.

'Impact absorption.... is it?….,' smiled Jake.

There was no name for techniques like that, but he liked to name them for his own sake.

The time when the candidate's dagger flipped over his sword. It was definitely an abnormal technique, but Jake could also do it.

The way she deflected his energy attack. It was something he had tried to implement, but couldn't do. He could deflect a physical attack, but not an energy one.

There were also other moments where she showed a high level of combat mastery, outshining him in some aspects. It was obvious that this candidate was someone that was still unbeatable with a mere physical body.

However, when she introduced energy into her body, she became unrivaled!

'Someone special….huh,' sighed Jake.

In his mind, he constructed multiple scenarios for him to take her on. After deciding on only one, he calmly refilled his energy reserve and went back into battle!

He froze up his wound with his ice element and dashed at the candidate.

He was finally going to show all the abilities of his [Akashic Eye].

Taking another deep breath as he ran, he encountered ten daggers that flew his way, almost rivaling his speed.

Jake easily dodged all of them.

A blast came out of the mouth of the female candidate which shot at him at an insane speed.

Jake's right eye had seen it coming though. He flipped over it and pierced the constant blast with the tip of the sword.

At first, he became slow due to his action. However, he began picking speed to the point where he disappeared from his position.

The next time he reappeared, it was above the candidate which a sword cased with lightning slashing down at her.

The candidate calmly received the attack by shooting a disk of dark silver energy out of her hand.

She tried to disrupt Jake, but Jake's attack ultimately still fell!

'[Limitless Slash]'

The attack beamed in the eyes of the candidate like a gift from the sky.

*Swoosh!*

The mere pressure of it broke apart the glacial floor and chopped everything in its path.

After Jake's bust of adrenaline had gone, he looked to see if he did the job.

He wasn't surprised to see the candidate beside him. Her finger trembled as blood came out of it.

Meanwhile, Jake's sword was lodged into the ground. It created an astonishingly long vertical dent that was long enough, long enough to reach the forest nearby.

Jake used his last bit of energy to jump away from the candidate.

'I thought as much,' sighed Jake.

'She has fought a lot of battles against people that can manipulate energy. It could be said that she is more proficient at blocking energy attacks than physical attacks.....interesting.'

Using his special eye, he watched her every move...her every breath….every twitch of her muscle, predicting the attack she would take.

He had always known that she possessed the ability to fight with him until he was drained. Jake was never one for a long battle, his healing factor was slow and his body tolerance was quite weak.