222 The Roar (1/2)

Although Hei Gou managed to cut, slash and wound the berserker, the truth was that every injury was rather shallow.

Even though the berserker could see nothing, he still had his keen senses for fighting and his instincts and these two things managed to keep Xue Wei and Hei Gou at a distance.

He used his weapon to continuously push back both Hei Gou and Xue Wei, his attacks gaining momentum and picking up speed the more he fought.

Xue Wei was rather worried. He did not know how long it would take before Hei Gou's ability would run out—and when it did, they would be at an even bigger disadvantage.

Xue Wei transformed his arms and hands into dragon arms and claws. He dismissed the Inner Might sword and instead started fighting with his dragon-form hands.

His draconic, bare hands were far more lethal than the sword of Inner Might. The claws were as sharp, but there was an immense physical strength behind them, alongside the fact that hands were easier to control than a sword.

Groans of pain started to sound in the darkness as the claws scraped patches of flesh and skin off from the berserker's body.

Blood flowed constantly from the berserker's body, and his eyes were red as well, almost glowing in the darkness. He began gritting his teeth hard as he tried to make the Qi in his body flow faster to push back Hei Gou and Xue Wei. Unfortunately, it did not work out the way he planned it.

Xue Wei had gone all-in. He could feel the pressure emanating from the berserker. This berserker was a true Ordinary Knight. The strength that was hiding within his body was in no way as simple as what was seen on the outside, but because he had lost the advantage, he couldn't break out of the assault, and thus releasing his true strength seemed impossible.

The berserker was constantly being pushed back. He did not have the time to launch any of his martial art techniques, all he could do was using the most basic Qi to infuse his weapon and create a barrier around his body.

Because both Xue Wei and Hei Gou were charging him relentlessly and pressuring him with everything they had, the berserker could not find the opportunity to reveal his true strength.

While the berserker was being pushed back, Bai Tianyi was fighting against the cheeky guy. Neither of them held the upper hand, but either had yet to reveal all their cards.

”So you can only use spiritual energy?” The cheeky man suddenly smiled after they had sounded each other out with a few attacks.

”No matter what I have thrown at you, you have replied to it with Spiritual Energy. You don't have even the slightest trace of Qi within you!” The cheeky man laughed out loud, so loud that Bai Tianyi placed a finger in his ear and twisted it as if to show that he was bored.

”Done Laughing?” Bai Tianyi asked with a smile on his face that was impossible to decipher.

”You are taking me too lightly just because I only use Spiritual Energy,” Bai Tianyi continued, his smile widening slightly.

”I can only use Spiritual Energy. That is correct. But my Spiritual Energy is enough to deal with the likes of you!”

”Keep dreaming!” The cheeky guy was getting rather upset from listening to Bai Tianyi. It was as if this Bai Tianyi was telling him that no matter how he struggled, it would be useless in the end.

”Let us see who is dreaming, then!” Bai Tianyi laughed uproariously and took a step forward. His long white hair fluttered behind him as the band that had held it together became undone. His eyes glistened with light, and excitement was evident within every fiber of his body.

”Let us see you handle this!” Bai Tianyi smiled and slowly lifted his arm, pointing out one finger.

A strong fluctuation of energy appeared. It was clearly not Qi, but it still materialized in front of the cheeky guy and took the shape of a massive sword.

This sword consisted not only of spiritual energy, but there was also another energy present—the energy of the sword itself.

Bai Tianyi was a sword spirit. His energy, although primarily being spiritual energy, also contained sword energy.

Sword energy was an incredibly pure energy, it was one that was created when one started to embark upon the dao of the sword. There were many different kinds of daos in this world, however to understand a dao was as rare as finding a qilin's horn or a phoenix' feather.

The sword energy was so sharp that just breathing next to the massive materialized sword made you feel like you were breathing in daggers. This caused the cheeky man to feel like his throat was being sliced up from within.

”Just breathing makes this much damage?” He was stunned by the fact that he was at such a disadvantage from this fact alone. Once the materialized sword in front of him commences its attack, would he not be in an even more difficult situation?

While Bai Tianyi snickered, the cheeky opponent started feeling more and more uncomfortable. He retreated a few steps before he turned around and ran.

”You are trying to escape now?” Bai Tianyi raised an eyebrow in surprise. This cheeky man seemed to only be interested in fighting a winning battle; the moment he felt danger he turned around and tried to flee.

”As if I will let you,” Bai Tianyi whispered, flicking his fingers. The sword that had been pointing at the cheeky opponent shot forward at a speed much faster than the cheeky man could run away, and before he noticed it, his leg had been cut off.

A scream cut through the darkness, a scream so shrill that it would make a shiver run down the back of any who heard it.

It was a clean cut. The leg had been cut right at the knee. The cheeky man could no longer run away, toppled over, and fell to the ground.

”Don't kill me, I beg you, don't kill me!” the cheeky man cried out loud. He covered his head with his arms and started sobbing uncontrollably.