Chapter 31 (2/2)
“Lord Negary’s blessing grants me superhuman speed and power, with your power alone, you aren’t a match for me” Nozades wasn’t in a hurry to retaliate, he slowly declared a simple truth.
Fast enough to follow a Rhythm Punch huh?
Chris didn’t answer him. A combatant’s mental state was crucial in battle, so quite a few people had the habit of saying things to rile their opponent up and cause them to lose their calm.
Chris’ Rhythm Punch was a patterned attack that followed the opponent’s unique rhythm. Normally, it would be very hard for an opponent to react to the patterned attack, as it would go against their own natural rhythm.
Something is up with those black patterns
Chris immediately noticed, those black patterns surely did more than simply increase speed and power, because a mere difference in speed and power wouldn’t be able to mess up his attacks.
Among Chris’ previous opponents, there were creatures like the wyvern whose physical abilities far surpassed that of humans, this level of superhuman strength and speed wasn’t much compared to that of a wyvern.
Chris maintained his calm and tried to match Nozades’ strength with his Rhythm Punch again and again.
Each of Chris’ punches was aimed at an awkward position for Nozades, but he would perfectly block them every time. Very strangely, Nozades hadn’t tried to retaliate at all, even with his advantage of speed and power, he never actively attacked Chris even once.
“I’m quite disappointed, senior, I thought you would be a bit stronger than this” Nozades once again parried Chris’ punch and suddenly declared: “[Respiratory Art] can indeed allow you to attack a human’s weakness, but with Lord Negary’s blessing, I’ve already transcended the limit of humans!”
Nozades abruptly changed his defensive game plan and proactively threw a punch against Chris. Even more shockingly, Chris noticed that Nozades was using his Rhythm Punch, this patterned punch that struck at a person’s weakness couldn’t possibly be used without knowing [Respiratory Art]!
Chris barely managed to avoid Nozades’ punch and paid attention to Nozades’ breathing.
That’s not right, his breathing isn’t following the rules of [Respiratory Art]
Chris scowled and once again took a deep breath, his own rhythm instantly harmonized with the environment again as he threw an unbelievable punch at Nozades.
If Rhythm Punch was the technique to attack an enemy’s weakness, then Chris’ current attack was taking advantage of his own harmonization with the environment to perform a Silent Punch.
Because a Silent Punch was performed in perfect harmonization with its surroundings, this attack was met with very little resistance and could hardly be detected, because of this, the Silent Punch was also called the Assassination Technique.
As Chris’s fist grazed Nozades’ head, the residual power caused his hair to flutter. Even though it was only at the very last moment, Nozades still managed to dodge Chris’ attack.
Nozades once again stopped his attack and smirked: “That’s how it should be, senior, please show your prowess to the best of your abilities. Only then can I feel a sense of accomplishment of defeating you!!”
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