Chapter 353 A Champion Can Only Be a Champion If He Wins (1/2)

Chapter 353 A Champion Can Only Be a Champion If He Wins

Under the attentive eyes of the judges, the duels a for the rest of the day

Alesia and Gai'ha were the ones who, since the very beginning, appeared to have the highest control over their fights But the longer their fights went, the bigger their problehters who had survived dozens and dozens of wars, and in certain occasions, the chaht on the sa but to prove how capable each of the on an even ground against her ene a fair amount of problems The reason for that, was that Gai'ha's aura was very similar to ki When used to enchant her physical attacks, it would give her a boost in battle prowess, as well as in her senses and resistance However, that was not the sa out, and the lack of connection to the spiritual plane in Sand and Blood, slowed the process of producing new immortal essence to about half

This had forced her to be stuck into an endless cycle of 'avoiding, attacking froht that was fighting against her would focus on avoiding any ranged attacks, and close in the distance as soon as her immortal essence would run out

For the past five hours, one strike after the other h the air which, when subjected to the speed of these bloas cut through like a piece of tofu by an extremely sharp knife If a master of space had been here, they would have felt the co to the surrounding space

As time went by, a few cuts had split open a few sections of the leather armor that covered Alesia's body, underneath which could be seen a few shallow cuts on her pale skin On the other hand, only a sht's armor

While yet another sword tip brushed past Alesia's neck, she began to find herself deeper and deeper into the losing end of the battle It was only after this last brush with death, that she decided to change tactics Instead of constantly backing away, she decided to observe the pattern of her opponent'sa diagonal slash, the way a clink could be heard whenever he would e an attack, the way his sight was limited by the narrow slits of his heavy helmet She took notice of every possible detail, and after unsheathing her second sword, she stopped backing away, and instead, started to face the knight's attacks head on

The knight had a vast experience against hting he was used to seeing So when he saw Alesia's change of tactics, he calht moment to strike However, therong

Whenever he would try to ust of ould hit the flat part of his chest piece with enough power to cause hiround that was underneath his feet would reveal itself to be wet ground, causing him to sink down to his ankles and loserock would hit his helle that would force him to back away in fear that soh to his face to inflict a deadly blow

These odd events were, of course, caused by Alesia She had decided that instead of wasting her ie scale attacks that would likely fail, she would rather use sht head on

This new tactic worked perfectly, as due to all of Alesia's sht had becoer than a few round, covered in deadly wounds

When Alesia turned to check whether Gai'ah's fight was still in progress, she quickly found the sibling of the knight she had just defeated, lying on the ground Planted on his chest, were a dozen swords that did not appear to belong to her friend, however, she had no doubt about what had happened

While Aura and Ki were very sile difference that htmare for pure ki cultivators That difference, was in the way these powers could be used

A cultivator's ki was strictly bound to one's body, and while a ki cultivator was able to charge his attacks with ki, they were unable to separate the that contained their ki There were a few exceptions of this, like a ki flag, which contained a small portion of a person's ki However, that ki was trapped into a ki flag by a formation, and not kept there thanks to the sheer will of its owner

This was not the case for Gai'ha's aura Her aura could be used to enhance the resistance of the object she used, and at her level of cultivation, could also be injected into different types of items which she would be able to control fro with one of the two knights, Gai'ha had injected multiple objects with her aura, and before her ene, he had been forced to face a warrior who he was unable to defeat easily, as well as dozens of flying sword that attacked him from every direction

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On another part of the battlefield was taking place the duel between the short spiritual cultivator, and the dwarf

The battle between these two had, si on for hours The ability of the spiritual cultivator to construct objects thanks to his pure spiritual essence was akin to the affinity that half eleround, move the winds, create fires, and cast thunderbolts froers much faster than any other immortal cultivator could

Unfortunately for him, the das his neher resistance to the elements, and paired to his ki refined body, made him almost invulnerable to the attacks of the short spiritual cultivator

The only hope that the spiritual cultivator had to defeat the dwarf, was to send wave after wave of warriors to attack hied attacks

While the theory was simple, the practice was far fro tents of their liquor, and leading armies to victory He had been a commander himself, until the moment he had been found drunk by Der, and invited into his arst the h the whole planet, and the shockwave that a swing of it caused, was enough for anyone unlucky enough to be near it, to feel their bones ache Despite his ability, the das still finding difficulties in dealing with the spiritual cultivator

His only true chance to end this fight, had presented itself when the spiritual cultivator, enraged by his inability to kill him, had formed a massive boulder, and thrown it in his direction

However, as this boulder approached him, a smile appeared on the dwarf's face

Instead of avoiding it, the dwarf grabbed the handle of his rabbed it with both hands, and prepared himself

The boulder caet, and as soon as it was about to reach him, the dwarf threw his hammer in its direction The body of the hah the air and pierced the inco boulder, the handle remained on the dwarf's hands, connected to the detached part through a metallic chain

Once his weapon was connected to the inco his feet to the ground, he used the motion of the boulder to make it orbit around his body, and throw it back at the spiritual cultivator with all of hisfor even a second, the boulder flew back in the direction of the spiritual cultivator ith a face filled with exasperation due to his umpteenth failure, observed as the boulder reached his body As the boulder was about to hit, the spiritual cultivator waved his hand, and forced the constructed rock to dissipate However, he was shocked by what he saw next