Chapter 424 - The next tier (1/2)

Using his sword to face off against the beast was a lot harder than Ray had initially thought. He had defeated many king tier beasts in the past, including the Minotaurs and the flaming lion. But with both of those, he relied on his Dragon skills rather than his own.

It was a bit of a wakeup call for Ray. If he had never been blessed with his old skills of the past, where would he be right now. Would he have been able to achieve as much as he did just as a regular human, like everyone else.

Thinking of these things just made Ray more determined in trying to defeat the beast in front of him. He needed to improve himself. The large tail swung towards him, and once again Ray tried to get the timing down and attempted to deflect the attack.

He managed, but it was only thanks to his strength that the blow hadn't hit him full on.

”Come on! Again!” Ray shouted at the beast.

Although his swordsmanship wasn't the best he knew enough to know that his timing and technique was off. Something he was doing wasn't right. So what better time than to practice right now.

The large beast no longer struck once while he was taking a break. It was now swinging its tail from side to side continuously. Doing everything it could to get rid of the little pest. However, Ray thought this was perfect, as he was able to practice his parrying again and again.

Still, once in a while Ray would mess up, and the large sword tail would completely hit him. Ray was able to cover most of the blow using the sword, but it was still a powerful strike that would fling his body from side to side.

”You damn, giant beast, if I was my past self I would have defeated you with a single swipe of my own tail!” It was clear that the situation was starting to annoy him.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself down, however, the beast wouldn't let up. This one seemed to have a true hatred for Ray and was more agile than the one that had gone up against Roki. For one second, it was in front of Ray and then the next; it was in the air.

With its large body it had jumped and head down with a forward flip, the momentum carried its speed greatly and its tail was now about to hammer down on Ray himself.

Looking at his sword, Ray felt that if he was to block the blow with just that, then it would surely break. This left him with no choice. With hardly any time to spare, Ray placed the sword in his mouth as a place-holder, something he hadn't done in a long time since he was younger.

”You said these were pretty much unbreakable right, then let's put it to the test.” Ray said, as he lifted both his hands, and reinforced his legs with Ki as well. The whole weight of the tail now slammed into Ray.

The audience all gasped, as they thought the new hopeful contestant was done for. Yet, for some reason, it looked as if the giant beast had remained in the air for a second.

The attack had landed, but Ray's gauntlets managed to withstand the power of the beast. His two feet were sunken in the ground a little, but it didn't matter.

Eventually, the beasts could no longer remain in its position, and fell back down onto the ground.

”This doesn't count as me not using my sword, right?”