Chapter 108 – One year (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

The situation looked a little weird.

If the crowd hadn’t known that these two were about to have a combat, they would think that this Shao Xuan was probably asleep!

Snowflakes kept falling down from the sky, with a chilly wind blowing heavily. Some non-awakened kids clenched on their animal skin clothes, but their eyes were still fixed on Shao Xuan and Tai.

Tai had been waiting for some time, but still, he did not see Shao Xuan make any reaction. He wondered what Shao Xuan was doing… Was he determined to have a real fight, or was he just fooling people around? Thinking about that, Ta began to somehow get annoyed.

Lei and the others were also very confused.

Was he not taking the combat seriously? Or was he not fully soaked into the mood?

No, that’s not the case!

In Lei’s eyes, a sharp light flashed.

The breath!

When in a hunting mission, warriors were accustomed to concealing their breath to keep themselves hidden.

Before a hunter attacks, he would never let the prey notice his presence. So, warriors would hide their breath when waiting, while many old experienced warriors had already formed their own habits of holding back their breath. Normally they would move and walk in silence.

Compared to old experienced warriors, most young totem warriors had no such habits formed. Of course, that kind of habit could not be formed overnight.

It didn’t require a deliberate preparation, but was just a habit that had been developed naturally after repeated hunting missions.

Inadvertently, they had already entered the best state!

In the past, when the seniors in Lei’s family were practicing with Lei, they were in similar states. They didn’t seem to be on the warpath at all, and no totem pattern were revealed either. On the appearance, they were a little off, but once they attacked, they struck a fatal move that could finish the enemy immediately.

However, that was the habit of the most experienced warriors. How long had the kid standing in front of him been hunting? He had only awakened for a year! Let alone that he was two years younger than Lei!

Thinking about that, Lei’s eyebrows twitched constantly. He opened his eyes wide, staring at Shao Xuan. He wanted to know what he was going to do next, and he would love to see whether his guess was correct.

“I’m ready.” Shao Xuan said a simple sentence, while standing there still, like a piece of log.

Tai was already a little annoyed earlier, seeing Shao Xuan’s behavior like that. He was about to say something, but before he could do that, he was surprised to hear Shao Xuan say that. However, since Shao Xuan had said that, he did not need take anything else into account. It was just that he was somehow feeling uneasy. He did not know why, but he felt uneasy.

How strong could someone at his own age be? They had awakened in the same year, but Shao Xuan was from the orphan cave down in the mountain foot area! Also, he had no legendary tales about beating anyone.

“Fine!”

Tai stepped hard on the ground as he rushed towards Shao Xuan. Together with every step he made, the layer of snow on the ground would fly up. There were ‘boom’ sounds as he stepped on the ground very hard. In the meantime, a fierce atmosphere quickly spread out, and people all around could feel the suppression brought by Tai at that moment. It was obvious that Tai had an astonishing explosive power.

People looked at Shao Xuan, but he was still standing there in silence like a log. He showed no gesture of defense, nor were his totem patterns revealed.

Was he stunned?

People couldn’t help but wonder thus.

Not only the others, even Tai, who was punching his fist towards Shao Xuan, had started to feel confused. However, he was already in the middle of the movement, there’s no way that he would ever stop it without any reason. Who cares what he was thinking.. He shall be schooled first!

Bang!

Tai’s fist hit on some flesh.

What the fuck?!

All emotions in Tai’s heart changed to astonishment.

How’s that even possible?!

Everyone there was thinking the same thing.

Tai was so surprised, that he just stood there still, as if he’d just been struck by lightning. All his hairs stood up. It was clearly a chilly cold snowy day, but Tai was sweating on his back.

Staring at the palm that blocked his fist, Tai was totally lost. It looked like a normal palm, similar in size with his own palm, yet it stopped his fist from going any further.

He looked up along the palm that blocked his fist, but he could not see to what extent his opponent’s totem patterns spread, for both his arms were covered in animal skin sleeves. Then, he saw a face with clear totem patterns.

One moment earlier, the totem patterns were nowhere to be found, but now…

Shao Xuan’s totem patterns had not slowly spread out like Tai. The totem patterns on Shao Xuan’s face seemed to have appeared at once, just at that moment.

As was known to all, the totem patterns should appear from one’s top to the bottom. While the speed of the appearance was a reflection on how well the person mastered his totem power. The more control that the person had on his totem power, the more quickly would his totem patterns show from nothing. In fact, Shao Xuan’s totem patterns seemed to appear out of nowhere, without any notice. In the blink of an eye, the patterns appeared.

How well had this boy mastered his totem power? People dared not to ponder too much about it.

Tai looked into Shao Xuan’s eyes, and the moment they made eye contact, Tai felt a chill over his spine. Shao Xuan’s eyes were exuding a fierce atmosphere, and Tai felt as if he was confronting some ferocious beast with its fangs showing, who was about to bite his arms off the next moment.

Withdraw! That was Tai’s only thought now.

Tai stepped against the ground, as he planned to go backwards. However, soon enough, he realized the fact that he could not step back at all! The palm that blocked his fist earlier had been clenched and held his fist tightly.

Lei closed his eyes as he was standing on the side, watching the combat.

One move elaborated everything.