905 Blocked 1 (1/2)
Ding…
The dark storm welcomed white droplets, making sounds of crisp percussion, just like bells blowing in the wind.
Garen squinted his eyes when a glaring white light exploded right before his eyes.
”You fell for it! Hahaha!!” the shining white Mech moved its body, passing like a phantom around him, and stabbed a knife against Garen's vest from behind.
The stab happened silently, as well as the shining white light; not even the slightest sound could be heard.
Usually, Pilots would not even know where the opponent attacked from.
However, Garen was different; he instantly felt the ambush behind him. Just when he was about to whip out his blade to block the attack, his engine was overloaded so he could not make it on time.
When the engine load got too much, the body's reflex would be slowed down by a large scale.
”Boom!”
He growled.
An ice-blue force of air crashed against him, spreading outwards as he stood at the center.
Layers of frost covered the once withered meadow almost immediately, even the insects that were still crawling around were frozen into ice.
A large amount of frost started spreading from the surface of Garen's body and soon covered the entire body.
The blade attacking from behind was affected by the ice-blue radiation and abruptly slowed. Right when the tip of the blade came into contact with Garen's Mech, there was a vicious tremble.
”Changing Blade!” this man was still calm and collected. Facing the trembling tip of the ice-blue blade, it was as if a lot of blades had appeared at the same time. All of a sudden, what seemed to be a straight raid in the first place instantly became a prick on the ramp, stabbing Garen's Mech in the back of its head.
”What an expert!!” Garen's heart skipped a beat. Generally, ordinary people, under such encounters, would only manage to change moves once in that instance.
However, it was different for stronger experts who would be able to respond by changing their moves twice. Not only was it just a matter of reflex, the consciousness involved in decision making played a big part too. Even a little hesitation would not reach this level when it came to transforming moves.
Although it just seemed as if it was just one more transformation move, the requirements for the mind and speed of response were extremely harsh.
For those able to transform thrice in just an instant, they would already be nearing the realm of King of the Century.
Being able to transform moves four times in an instant, Garen's martial arts realm has already gone beyond the realm of the King of the Century. To be able to transform his moves four times after making a move was already terrifying in the eyes of ordinary people, but he was still unsatisfied. He was still in pursuit of a higher realm.
After coming to this world, he had met a lot of expert masters but fighting-wise, he had yet met one who had impressed him.
The man in front was, in fact, the first true combat master who had actually swayed him so far, unlike other pilots who merely relied on their Willpower.
”Nice move!”
Seeing the opponent's move transform once again, Garen's heart jerked.
His body shifted to the left when the blade in his hand pierced right beneath his armpit.
Among the sounds of sneering, the blade accurately blocked the ambush from behind. Both blades made contact, producing a loud bang.
Under the strong impact, both blades bent, cracked and broke. Both tips of the blades shot around with a chi-chi sound, unexpectedly shooting towards Garen and both Shining Mechs.
As the blade whooshed by, both Shining Mechs split apart. Garen's body remained smooth whereas the opponent's body was clearly stabbed by half of a blade.
”Brilliant!” the Shining Mech exclaimed in awe. ”It's such a shame. You're such a good fighter, but you're going to die here in this wasteland.”
Judging by his tone, it was not the same young man anymore but an odd young man's.
”Who are you people?” though Garen had his own speculations, he could not resist the urge to ask them directly.
”There's nothing to hide, we're just people hired by Fila. Kid, you offended plenty of people in this city whom you shouldn't have. Just blame your bad luck,” the Shining Mech that had made the first move previously took a step back while the other one, who had been sitting back and watching, took a step front. Both Mechs stood side by side, emitting a vague white light.
”I'm sorry, kid,” the Shining Mech that was about to make a move started laughing, ”Your combat level is strong indeed, but do you actually think you can handle the both of us at once?”
As the last syllable came out, both Mechs roared up and rushed towards Garen. Two honed leg blades, side by side, slashed diagonally across Garen's waist in an 'X' shape, the white blades aiming to cut Garen's Mech in half at his waist.
The sharp piercing sound of the blades resembled a shrill whistle, close enough to pierce through one's eardrums.
Strangely, when the two Mechs moved at the same time, they gave off an extremely tacit understanding, as if both Mechs were of the same person, like images reflected by a mirror.
”Twins?!” Garen went silent. After all, his body was slowing down due to the tremendous load. Looking at the incoming assault from the front, he fiercely lifted the Mech and kicked upwards.
Dodging the strikes from both Mechs right on time, he kicked one of the Shining Mechs.
Clang clang! At the crisp sound of impact, both Shining Mechs darted downwards at the same time at the same speed. The move made just now turned out to be just a decoy.
As the leg blades intersected, Garen twisted his body to avoid the frontal edge, then landed a kick on the side of the tool.
With a wham, the three separated. Garen flipped over once more but the right half of his body was marked by a clear scar already.