Chapter 47: Battle With A Broken Blade (2/2)
BANG! Munoor’s probing palm turned into a claw once more, pummeling the edge of the blade with a loud explosion. The weapon cracked even as the remnant force traveled up Zhang Dingtian’s arm, shredding his sleeve. Still, even this was a miracle of sorts; the blow would have shattered the blade and seriously injured him if he hadn’t diverted some of the force.
The Bladesage spat out some blood and retreated, but lifted his sword once more and howled. His body suddenly vanished into a phantom, astonishing Lu Yin, “Roving Step?”
There were two Zhang Dingtians? Everyone stared blankly at the sky, while Raas looked on with his jaw hanging down. A mere native was fighting Munoor head-on, even despite the use of the SkybeastClaw? How was it possible for him to be this powerful? How did this backward planet have an actual realmbreaker?
Up in the sky, Munnoor’s expression froze before he erased the phantom with a wave of his hand. He whirled around and swept his leg out, releasing a violent tornado that warped the air and sent out shockwaves that fractured the ground.
Zhang Dingtian appeared by his side and struck down with his blade in full view of everyone, filling the hearts of countless onlookers with hope. Gerlaine and the rest finally witnessed the true power of a realmbreaker—it seemed like the Bladesage could even defeat Munoor—but the man himself narrowed his eyes as he felt no resistance to the slash. His sword moved behind his back out of sheer reflex, but it shattered loudly as a horrifying force sent him crashing down to the ground below.
Everyone fell silent as Munoor reappeared in the skies, now with a gloomy face. A lowly native had forced him to use both the Skybeast Claw and his movement techniques! It was unthinkable.
People looked out from the city to where the dust billowed into the sky, and Gerlaine released a deep breath. This was the natural way of things; if a native could actually defeat someone like Munoor, her view of the world would turn upside down. A native could not defy the natural order no matter what! She turned to Lu Yin, “It’s your turn.”
“It’s not over,” Lu Yin pointed out of the city.
“Do you want him to die? There’s no way that native can defeat Munoor, he can’t even injure him!”
Lu Yin squinted, “I really don’t like the term ‘native’.”
“Hmph,” she turned away.
Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng rushed over, looking out of the city with worry written all over their faces. Bai Xue clenched both fists tightly as a threatening chill radiated from her body, drawing Raas’s attention. He had already been smitten by her face and planned to take her back to serve him, but realized she was far beyond what he’d first expected. Frost? An innate gift? What was this planet? Realmbreakers, innate gifts, freaks of power, it had everything!
As the dust cleared, everyone could see Zhang Dingtian gripping his broken blade. He was covered in wounds from top to bottom, but was still standing and his gaze was focused as he looked at the skies and slowly rose up.
“Unyielding,” Munoor raised an eyebrow, “What’s your name?”
“Zhang Dingtian.”
“Follow me, Zhang Dingtian. You’re qualified to join Yu Academy, I’ll bring you there.”
“Not interested,” Zhang Dingtian answered coldly, clenching his broken blade.
Munoor laughed, “You want to fight me with this broken blade? Listen to me, the wall between us cannot be breached. Nothing awaits you but failure.”
“That might not be the case. Dingtian, here’s a gift,” Lu Yin shouted, throwing Gerlaine’s ring armor over. Zhang Dingtian caught it instinctively, but then looked back with a puzzled expression. Lu Yin explained, “Your battle wasn’t fair to begin with; he’s a Melder, you’re just a Sentinel. Don’t be that rigid.”