Chapter 28 Merging (1/2)

”Clank Clank Clank…” Our attacks met each other hundreds of times our weapon clashed but we can't seem to decide the winner.

Seeing this Bert's expression is ugly then it suddenly turned crafty for second before returning back to his ugly expression.

'Swish' when Bert's staff is in midair attacking me it's speed suddenly increased, and at the moment it appeared in front of me without giving me chance to defend, I hastily put my sword front of me to block the staff.

”Clank thud thud thud....” The staff hit me so hard that I have to more than ten steps backward to diffuse it's a force and stopped myself from vomiting the blood.

This move is really crafty and well time, he had suddenly increased the power of staff when it's in mid-air and attacked me.

Using the time of my retreating, I started to circulate advance moves of the Exercise and I got surprised that I able to reach the 24th circulation but I did not get to celebrate because Bert's bloodhound-like staff speedily closing on me.

”Clang!” both of weapon's collided and intense shock appeared on his face because this is the first time I have the upper hand in the fight against Bert.

Stabilizing myself, I initiated the attack against him, ”Clank clank clang.” swing of after swing I attacked Bert.

He countered my moves easily with his staff, I just had a fraction of upper hand in this but is not enough to bring big change into a fight.

''You are very good!” Said Bert said with a smile but his smile looked quite weird. ”Thank you,” I replied to his compliment.

After talking to me his moves became more aggressive but I am easily able to fend them off. In this fight, I don't have to worry about the Mana, Supreme Combat Exercise used very little mana and I still have about fifty sixty percent Mana in my central storage and I can always refine new Mana clouds which surrounding my Refinement Engine.

''Bert is looking really angry, this is the first time I've seen him in this condition especially against Private Grade Evolver. Usually, he finished his fights against Private Grade within an hour.” Said, one boy.

Really they were little startled, Bert fighting against evolver who is lower level and this and having a hard time against winning him.

''Don't forget Bert hadn't used his all yet, he had yet to use his power and skills yet, when he will use power or skill, the fight will be over in minutes.” Said another boy watching this fight.

The crowd watching the battle has increased a lot, there are nearly three hundred people are watching.

Ever since the battle had started, someone had anonymously left the message on the building feed that 'Rookie crusher being crushed by rookie' lots of new people had come to watch the battle.

If it normal battle, not the battle between rookie crusher and rookie' and not being a lot of people being discontent by Bert, not many people would have come to watch this battle.

”Clank Clank Clank.” we fought on, I an feeling little down, whatever fractions of superiority that I had gained against Bert had vanished as Bert changed his fighting style, he moves to become more smooth and refined.

”ssss...” I let out a sharp breath as Bert's staff grazed pat my soldier, I many times I barely dodge his attack and many times his staff grazed me bringing stinging pain.

This stinging pain is nothing compared to the soul stinging pain I am feeling due to circulating the twenty-fourth cycle of Supreme Combat Exercise.

I've tried many times to broke past the 24th move of the exercise, I find there is a giant wall blocking my way, that is not letting me pass.

Seeing my Mana storage lessening, I stopped the mama re refinement (purifying) process and started to absorb the Mana cloud into my Refinement Engine. It will not take long, within fifteen forty-five minutes my central storage will again fill up 75% to 80%.

The battle raged on for again half an hour but there no change in the situation, I had a feeling that Bert hadn't given in all, he is still holding back something. I am vigilantly keeping eye on his every move, I don't be startled like before when he powers up his attack when he was midair attacking me.

From the Berts aggressive attacks, I can tell that he is seriously trying to hurt me, it is not just friendly spar anymore but become a full-fledged fight, that I intend to win and for that every minute I am trying to breaking past 24th move of the Exercise.

But no matter how much I try, I can't seem to break that wall, whenever I try to break it, it won't break, just leave some ripples on it.