Chapter 28
[How the hell did he break through my purging illusion?! This willpower of his is enough to break it? Such a monster.]
"Surprise surprise, you just fucked me up. Now it's my turn to do you as well." Kazein wiped some blood by his mouth.
"Kuh... I admit, I underestimated you. However, you're still far behind me, the reason you hit me just now was because I was off guard."
"You're right. And now I got you as well!" There was no one there to say those words. Suddenly, Arthur had blood flowing down his back, a razor sharp circular blade was stuck on it.
"Argh!!! Bastard!" As he pulled out the blade, a smaller star shaped blade was stuck onto his leg. And many more followed, but there was no one there to be seen who could have shot the blades.
Elder Yun Hai stood up at once after seeing Kazein's movements. "This style, it might even be faster than the cloud sect's movement technique! No, it's getting faster by time. It's like, it's an infinite growth technique!"
"You're exaggerating elder Yun Hai, how could-" elder Mare was cut by elder Zero.
"Elder Yun Hai, might be right. That technique uses ones bare speed to cope up with something faster. Many don't know this, but there's something called the speed of light. It is the fastest speed one could get to, even those of the cloud sect can barely reach it. But due to his continuous growth, sooner or later he'll reach the point he can challenge everyone with speed." Elder Zero explained.
"That's true, the only one of our clan that has ever reached it is only the 3rd founder eight generations ago." Elder Yun Hai followed after elder Zero.
"When all is said and done, there is one weakness of those who use speed." Elder Joseph said.
"Bang"
"Ah! Arthur has made his move! What just happened?! What was that?!" The announcer had his face silly.
"That is, large area of effect attacks." Elder Kira said to the others in correspondence to elder Joseph.
As Arthur was panting from the pain and exhaustion, he went and drank a recovery potion, then a mana potion. He recovered quite a bit while Kazein was down the ground.
[The fuck was that?! I get it! It's the same move that done in that royal prince. The attack that ignores all physical property and attack only spiritual beings, including the soul as well. There's no way to dodge that. A large concentrated burst of both Mana and soul power, in short, he's also a soul walker.] Kazein didn't anticipate this outcome, because he failed to observe Arthur better a while ago.
Arthur approached the injured Kazein, and grabbed his sword. He made a spiritual attack by stabbing it into his back. Kazein irked in pain, this was closely as painful as the previous pain in his head.
[Damn. If. My. Soul. Gets. Any. More. Damaged. I. Will. Break.]
"This might actually be Arthur's win. He's been attacking the soul nonstop now."
"Hey hey. Isn't that too cruel? Damaging the soul isn't as equal as breaking bones and beating people to death."
The crowd had various opinions. But most was on how scum Arthur was for kicking a downed opponent.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Won't you get up?! Where was all that brave front you had a while ago?! Hey! Surrender now and I'll end this!" Arthur was taunting Kazein.
"That fool. He has set up a flag." Elder Zero said as he looked at Arthur attacking Kazein's soul.
"Flag? What is it you mean, elder Zero?" Elder Mare asked.
"Nothing. It's just something that will cause something to happen. And I believe this is one of it." While yawning he then looked at the battle more seriously.
"Oh? You mean what our disciple is doing now? Taunting him into getting up or surrendering?" Elder Joseph asked.
Elder Zero nodded and said "This is a dangerous one if left alone. We better stop the fight. Arthur has already won the moment his opponent's soul damaged."
"Why? Didn't Kazein not let them surrender by not making them able to talk nor tap? Isn't what's happening to him just what he did?" Elder Sasha said while her arms were put together.
Elder Yun Hai nodded "It's true isn't it?"
"Yes but, this is still going too far. If we let it go on and others follow the example of Arthur who is laughing while he kicks a downed opponent. Won't the purpose of fighting fairly be lost?" Elder Han Mao replied to elder Sasha's reasoning.
"Shut up fatty!" She talked back against Han Mao.
Elder Kira sighed and then laughed. "It is Kazein's decision, won't we respect it if he surrenders and take second place, or somehow turn the tables on Arthur?"
The elders didn't talk.
In Kazein's realm of consciousness, it wasn't dark, this time the light of consciousness was badly damaged and had turned black. Then, three roads were in front of him one was filled with bright roads and beautiful scenery, another had an icy terrain but a fierce view and the last one, was nothing but endless darkness. He seemed suspicious of the first and second path, so he walked a path he was familiar with, the third path. As he walked straight, he could no longer see the other paths, and there he saw his self. Looking at an endless paranoia, then his figure disappeared into smoke. He then saw the ring taking out some book, then again, it disappeared into smoke. Visions kept following through vanishing one after the other, until they came no more, a seraph with six wings and a black robe appeared.
"You're here, it seems you chose to still walk this path." It spoke to him.
"You are... The demon I contracted, yes?"
"My, what a quick learner. Yes, it is me. I am a fallen seraph, the seraph of death! And you know why I came to you!"
"To take my body and gather enough souls for yourself to get stronger and defy that god, right?"
As soon as he spoke those words, the seraph had his sword, this time, a thin blade much like Kazein's white blade. And appeared in front of Kazein and attacked, Kazein was fast enough to make the sword come out into his consciousness and he barely blocked the hit. As their swords locked into each other, through sheer strength, the seraph won and cut down Kazein. Kazein fell to his knees and bit the ground, the seraph turned towards him. And as it grabbed him and pulled him up, Kazein pierced his sword into the fallen seraph. The swords Slayer property took effect, and in an instant electrified the seraph. The seraph was in pain, and then fell to the ground near death. Kazein turned his back on it and grabbed the seraph's thin black blade, suddenly, from behind. The near death seraph has attacked him once more, mustering all it's strength, it hit him with all it's got. And he fell unconscious, by the time he woke up. He finds an unbelievable fact.