Chapter 494: Divine Burst (1/2)

Chapter 494: Divine Burst

Translator: OneshotwonderEditor: Hitesh_

However, having seen that everyone, including Guan Dongyang, had followed Wang Tong's order to the letters, Lie Xuan was hard-pressed to make herself the exception. Plus, she had had just reaped benefits from his tactics, and therefore, she thought that she should return the favor by playing along.

Wang Tong scanned the METAL fighters in front of him with a cold glance and then said, ”Today, I am going to teach you guys a very practical usage of soul energy. This technique is called Divine Burst. As you might or might not know, both GN force and mastery are only a manifestation of the soul energy. There is practically no limit on the amount of power you can harness from the soul energy. Let me show you what I mean. Duo Lun and Tan Bu, please step forward.”

Tan Bu and Duo Lun removed themselves from the row of soldiers with long strides.

”You can begin now.” Wang Tong announced.

The two unsheathed their long blade simultaneously. Duo Lun was level eleven while Tan Bu had just reached level fourteen. A difference of three levels would definitely show in whatever they were going to demonstrate. The anticipation kept everyone on the edge.

The two soldiers attacked each other at the same time. Their long blades collided in the air as the sound of metal hitting each other reverberated in the room.

”Clank! Clank!” Every strike sounded harder than the last.

The rest of the soldiers were astonished by how much the spar resembled a real fight in a deadly way. Leveraging on his superior soul energy, Tan Bu was able to gain the upper hand; each strike he delivered carried the force that meant to kill.

Without knowing that the two were best friends, any on-lookers might take the scene as a life and death duel between two soldiers deadlocked in a blood feud.

”Zenn!”

Due to the level differences, Duo Lun could not evade each and every strike, so more than a few slashes cut open his skin, and blood splashed out of the wounds. However, Tan Bu didn't seem to mind his friend's injury as he doubled down on the resolution in each attack.

Although Duo Lun had to face a warrior who was three levels above him, he fought bravely. From time to time, he was able to sneak in a counter-attack despite his injuries.

The two fighters knew each other's fighting style well and had similar combat moves. Therefore, everyone was very impressed by how long Duo Lun lasted in the fight without any advantages.

Suddenly, a golden light flashed across Wang Tong's eye, and Duo Lun's body quivered slightly as if a rush of electrical current had run through his system. Immediately after that, Duo Lun's strikes started to gain more frequency and vigor, and everyone watched in disbelief as the battle slowly turn into a heated deadlock.

The two's reactions were exceptionally fast, and neither of them showed the typical flaws that were commonly observed in low-level soldiers. As one of Tan Bu's thrust attack missed its target, he immediately followed with a side sweep to the left where his opponent had dodged to, as if he knew Lun Dun was going to jump to the left all the while. Duo Lun, on the other hand, effortlessly blocked Tan Bu's follow-up attack with his blade, then glided his blade across the spine of the other blade, towards Tan Bu's chest. Tan Bu retreated, but it was already too late as the sharp tip pierced through his defense and into his flesh. Blood welled from the hole left by the strike.

”Stop!” Wang Tong commanded. The two immediately paused what they were doing and returned to their place in the line of METAL warriors.

”This is what I wanted to show you, a special little trick to… ”

”Captain, shouldn't we look after Duo Lun and Tan Bu's wounds first?” Lie Xuan cut Wang Tong short as she was concerned about the two young soldiers. She gave Wang Tong an accusatory glance for his ignorance of his comrades' wellbeing.

”Miss Lie Xuan, their injury was minor, just scratches and bruises. They better get used to it… The sooner, the better.” Wang Tong said in a disinterested voice.