47 Strength of Transcendents (1/2)

When Osmond charged forward, Leon did not retreat to create distance for his throwing needles. He was a Tempered Body 5th layer. There was no need to retreat when he could overpower his opponent.

Unaware of Leon's true strength, Osmond thought differently. Assassins were experts at killing, but they were not good at close combat. Otherwise, they would not resort to tricks and hidden weapons. Leon's young voice further strengthened his belief that he was the stronger one between the two.

It did not cross his mind that Leon was one of those powerful nobles as they wouldn't throw away their prestigious family to become an assassin. So, his opponent was most likely a commoner that was trained to become a killer by some hidden faction with ulterior motives. No matter the ages, there would always people who judge others based on their age.

Osmond threw out a powerful fist, aiming for Leon's throat. Such a move would've been lethal if it was able to connect, unfortunately for Osmond, Leon's reaction time was not to be underestimated. Although Leon was unable to use his needles in such close proximity, he instinctively brought them closer to himself as he shot out his elbow to receive the blow in that instant.

The elbow was the strongest and sharpest point of the body and with Leon's superior strength and body, the result could be imagined.

”Arghhhh!!!”

When the fist and elbow connected, Osmond was struck with an incredibly sharp pain that travelled along his arm to the rest of his body as his hand was crushed in the clash. Osmond retreated, while hugging his right hand that had transformed into a mangled mess. An ugly expression was wore on his face.

He had made a grave mistake of underestimating his opponent's strength! It had costed him his right hand, but more importantly, it may very much cost him his life too!

In fact, Osmond was correct! In the instant Osmond created distance between them, Leon shot out all his burning hot acupuncture needles.

Osmond's body was unable to react in that instance, but he utilized his ability to create a body of water in front of him in a desperate attempt to reduce the momentum of the needles and buy himself some time to evade.

Unfortunately, the body of water was barely formed before the needles shot through it with a brief ”Shh” sound. The needles continued its trajectory, completely piercing through all 9 death acupoints on Osmond body. The 9 needles only stopped after it had drilled halfway through the stone wall behind him.

Leon stood quietly by the body with a thoughtful expression as he did a self-reflection on the battle that just finished. He did not feel proud for being able to kill two 3rd step awakeners in one night. If he couldn't kill them at his level of strength, then he was no different than trash. Only when he was able to defeat those at similar or above his level would he have the right to feel proud.

Moving on, he was surprised that the Azure Wolf was a water user. He thought fire and water users were uncommon, but it did not seem as uncommon as he has heard from the Old Man.

In his understanding, the 5 elements formed a natural balance and shared an intricate relationship of creation and destruction among each other. There was no single absolute element that could dominate the rest among the five. Leon didn't understand why the people of this world deemed metal as the strongest element when it could be destroyed by an equally strong fire.

Perhaps the reason Duke Agni aimed for the throne was because he had deemed himself more worthy after the realization. In history, the Hero king was recorded to have the greatest contribution to the construction of the Great Wall, but it would not have been possible without the fire users. Otherwise, the metal wall would not have been fused into a single entity and just be a lump of various metal pieces piled together.

Leon had to admit that humanity was fortunate to have someone who was able to surpass the peak 9th step awakening and becoming a Transcendent. But it was also their misfortune that it was Transcendent metal-user. A lot of blood and sweat had to be poured into the construction of the wall and the development of their civilization was strained and restricted as a result of it.

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If it had been a Transcendent earth-user instead, they could have filled the entire area in earth, connecting the steep mountain ranges and fully enclosed the human domain from the outside world.