Chapter 694: Drawing a line (1/2)

GDK 694: Drawing a line

Doloxes cultivated in the energy of darkness and possessed late-stage lowgod strength. After Han Shuo agreed to a duel, his smiling expression was suddenly replaced with grimness. An austere, somber aura immediately emanated from his body.

Han Shuo walked to the center of the gymnasium step by step. He transferred and assembled the energy of death from his avatar to his main body. Soon enough, an aura of death that treated life with contempt started exuding from him.

The energies of death and darkness were known for their sinister characteristics. Han Shuo and Doloxes showed no intention of engaging in melee combat. Doloxes took the lead and gently swayed his body, turning himself into a shadowy figure. At the next moment, the shadowy figure split into five duplicates. They were all filled with complete darkness and intense divine energy of darkness.

As soon as the five shadowy figures appeared, they began to hover towards Han Shuo. They would produce even more blurry shadowy figures in the gymnasium as they made their way. It was a bizarre scene.

Those who cultivated in the energy of darkness were best at hiding their bodies and presence. In a battle, they would usually impede their opponent’s vision using darkness and hide among the darkness. Next, they would take advantage of the fact that their opponents had no way of accurately detecting an incoming threat to launch the fatal strike. Their opponents wouldn’t know what was coming until it was too late.

Doloxes seemed to be very good at employing this technique. Multiple dark, blurry figures constantly circled around Han Shuo and closed in on him inch by inch.

Han Shuo remained on the same ground and stood as straight as a ramrod. He stared at the blurry phantom images that constantly went across in front of him with calm eyes, not at all disturbed by the phantom images. It was when the dark figures started getting closer that he deployed the three trump card boundaries of the energy of death. Clearly, he was employing defensive measures.

Doloxes produced more and more phantoms that would fly and wander all around the gymnasium. They moved faster and faster before suddenly, the phantoms that numbered nearly in the hundreds bombarded Han Shuo all at once from every direction.

Han Shuo remained stationary and on the same ground as before. He observed the phantom figures with cold eyes. Then, when the first dark figure was about to strike him, like a tree snake springing at its prey, Han Shuo suddenly made a move. His two hands crafted several tides of green waves that drowned a dozen or more phantom figures before throwing a punch right at a phantom figure floating about in the air.

Thud!

That punch of Han Shuo’s landed directly on Doloxes’ chest. All the phantom figures instantly vanished without a trace. As it was a friendly match, Han Shuo held back a little. It was just enough to stop Doloxes’ body and cause his phantom images to fail. His strike did not injure Doloxes.

“Huh?!”

“How is that possible? They are on the same realm, but how did he manage to locate Doloxes’ real body so accurately?!”

“Remarkable. His sight was not confused even with so many phantom shadows. Truly remarkable!”

The spectators around the gymnasium commented in low cries. They were all exclaiming in admiration of that inconceivable punch Han Shuo made.

Often in a battle between two experts of the same class, phantom figures produced by the expert cultivating in the energy of darkness should be very elusive to their opponent. As the phantom figures could hold some divine energy of darkness, they could also be used to cause harm. When confronted with this kind of situation where nearly a hundred phantom figures come attacking all at once, one would usually have no choice but to take proper, solid defensive measures.

Han Shuo and Doloxes were both in the same realm of late-stage lowgodhood. He shouldn’t have been able to discover Doloxes’ real body. The scene that the crowd saw had contradicted their common understanding. That was why these observers reacted with such astonishment.

Doloxes was completely stunned. He slowly lowered his head to look at Han Shuo’s fist that was sticking to his chest and stared at it as though he could not believe the fact laid before his eyes. As Han Shuo did not add too much divine energy of death into his punch, Doloxes wasn’t injured by the slightest. After he stared blankly for a moment, the radiance of irreconciliation blossomed from his eyes.

Unexpectedly, Doloxes erupted the divine energy of darkness from his chest and sent it gushing into Han Shuo’s fist. This caused Han Shuo to suddenly let out a stifled groan.

Han Shuo’s heart was instantly filled with rage. Logically speaking, the battle should have concluded with Han Shuo victorious after his attempt at Doloxes’ chest. Doloxes at this moment should have gracefully admitted his defeat instead of seizing the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Fortunately, Han Shuo’s main body tempered with demonic arts was incredibly tough and resilient. Otherwise, against this sudden burst of darkness divine energy, he would have been injured.

Han Shuo coldly groaned and sent the energy of death in his body bursting out, forcibly suppressing and pushing back the darkness divine energy that Doloxes was sending into his demonic body. Then, with one thought, using a wee bit of demonic yuan, the incisive Demonic Blades violently grew out from Han Shuo’s fingernails. The chilling blade glistened with threatening radiances.

Whoosh! Han Shuo drew a complicated drawing with his left hand. Doloxes was stumped and confused. He couldn’t even make out Han Shuo’s movements before he suddenly discovered a chilling sensation on his neck. When he rolled his eyes downward, Doloxes discovered five ice-cold blades pressing against the main arteries on his neck. It was as though the slightest movement would cut them apart.

Doloxes, who intended to beat down Han Shuo in one spurt of energy, immediately discovered that Han Shuo was staring at him coldly. His eyes were just as cold and callous as those blades pressed against his neck. A tremble traveled through Doloxes’ heart. He felt as though he could be minced into pieces by Han Shuo at any moment. Therefore, he quickly raised both his hands and yelled, “I have lost. You, friend, are indeed formidable!”

“Friend there, you have already struck Doloxes with your punch just now. Why do you have to escalate it further? Don’t you think that your actions are undue?” Cage said in a deep voice as he slowly walked over. He seemed to be very displeased.

“My actions are undue?” Han Shuo cracked a sneer. While maintaining the position of his hand, he turned his head to shoot a cold glance at Cage and said, “You are a midgod. If you were observing carefully, you surely couldn’t have missed out Doloxes’ petty maneuver. It is he who did not play by the rules the first. But not only did you mention nothing about it, you are accusing me of acting unduly? Ah, so this is how your Lavers Family treats your guests?”

“Look, put your hand down first. We can slowly talk out any misunderstandings we may have!” When Cage saw that callous face of Han Shuo’s, he thought that Han Shuo would actually murder Doloxes in rage. Therefore, he hastily tried to reconcile.

“Hey, friend, there’s no need to be like this. It’s just a friendly match, why so serious!” Zico also immediately stepped forward to resolve the situation when he saw the situation turn sour.

“What are you all so nervous about? I’m not thinking about that. I just want to clarify the situation to you all!” Han Shuo sneered grimly. While staring at Doloxes whose hands were raised in the air, Han Shuo slowly pulled back his Demonic Blades without letting his guard down.

When the Demonic Blades were completely removed from his neck, Doloxes abruptly took several rapid steps backward. The expression on his face changed instantly as he shouted hatefully, “How dare you point sharp weapons towards me like that!”