Chapter 402: Murderous Intent (2/2)

The energy started to gather and quickly formed a whirlwind beside the Vayu. By then the fight was no longer a tournament match between two academy students; it had turned into a battle of life and death between two deadly warriors.

Everyone in the audiences could feel the unmistakable sense of menace in the air. Li Shiming's soul energy was infused with his intention to kill, seeping out of the energy barrier and digging its claws into some combatants' old wounds.

It was hard for those audiences to imagine what it would feel like to face Li Shiming one on one like Wang Tong did. Such force and overbearing presence could only be achieved from hard training in the military. It was clear then that Li Shiming had endured hardship during his Norton expedition, and his enlistment was not just a perfunctory gesture.

With a turn of a wrist, Li Shiming poised Vayu closer to him, but the movement stirred up the soul energy which could be felt even by the audiences.

Only Patroclus and Lie Jian were unruffled by the flow of combat qi, as no one other than the two knew that Li Shiming had already become so powerful.

Zhang Zhongren, the fanboy, and Rockefeller both stared at each other in astonishment.

Although Li Shiming was a new level six fighter, he had already been exposed to many aspects of being an Einherjar. Such an advantage was unheard of among most level six fighters.

”With such Einherjar-level soul energy, Wang Tong would be hard pressed to win the game. That being said, Wang Tong has already offered us many memorable moments during his journey in this year's tournament, and his defeat, although inevitable, would be a victory for him in a way. ”

”Hehe, seems like Li Shiming worked hard while he was in the military. I used to doubt the news report about him saving an entire colony all by himself, but now it seems like that was not fake news at all.”

”Yes, of course, that was true. I doubt any of his would-be opponents could say the same about their military service.” Zhang Zhongren said with a smug.

”Maybe that's true, but every fighter has their own merits and faults. We will have to wait and see how the fight turns out.”

Although Rockefeller felt sorry for Wang Tong's imminent defeat, he had to accept the reality.

On the stage, Li Shiming had completely overwhelmed Wang Tong thanks to his immense and omnipresent soul energy. Another silvery glint flashed across the stage toward Wang Tong.

”Zzen!”

Despite the blood gushing out of Wang Tong's wound, he didn't evade the attack. Instead, he stared at Li Shiming and studied his move unblinkingly.

Li Shiming had hidden his murderous intent deep down to the finest detail of his execution. However, Wang Tong was keen enough to pick up the cue right away—Li Shiming wanted him dead.

It occurred to Wang Tong that he had miscalculated the great houses' tolerance for his audacious moves. However, since Li Shiming had made the message clear, Wang Tong conceded that it was about time to stop fooling around.

Wang Tong drew a large gulp of air as the wave of energy surged through his body. Suddenly a golden light lit up inside Wang Tong's body, sending a whirlwind of energy up into the air.

The golden energy clashed into Li Shiming's sea of soul energy as Wang Tong quickly registered the malicious intend hidden under the flow of Li Shiming's combat qi.

The combat qi that Li Shiming emanated out was much more potent than soul energy. It was usually used by veteran warriors on the battlefield while fighting against the Zergs. However, the minimum requirement of using the combat qi was level six soul energy, and therefore, the combat qi was rare to be seen. So far, only the Einherjars were able to master this technique.

It was said that the Einherjars could subdue a level six fighter by using only the combat qi alone, without even lifting a finger.

Opposite Li Shiming's combat qi, Wang Tong countered it with his combat qi. It was immediately obvious to Hu Yangxuan that he had already encountered Wang Tong's combat qi many times while sparring with him, although he didn't know what it was at that time.

”Arghh!”

Wang Tong shouted as his combat qi shot through the entire arena. In half a heartbeat, Wang Tong's combat qi was about to overcome Li Shiming's.