Eric was at the base of the Seventh Pavilion, located in the Flower Purple restaurant.
Currently Gabriel and Eric were talking.
"Young master, will you use a sword instead of a spear?" Gabriel's eyes narrowed, as if the edge of a sharp blade flickered in his eyes.
As the saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger. In such a small circle, a two-meter-long spear could basically attack wherever the user wanted. But to think that Eric had really wanted to use a long sword of more than one meter to train against Gabriel. Wouldn't he be putting his opponent in an even more advantageous position? It was truly extremely dangerous.
"Very good, Young Master, you are really excellent. In such a small circle, without running or escaping, you would use a steel sword to fight my long spear. Your spirit is truly great." Flattering Eric briefly, Gabriel kept walking towards the fighting ring.
"Young master, I will reduce my cultivation to meridian formation, so as to be in strength equalities with you, and you also don't have to worry about using all your strength, this ring is inside a protection array, which holds up to someone's power in the Core Refinement stage."
After saying that, Gabriel's eyes slammed shut as his eyes and face sank. His battle intention from before completely vanished in an instant. He had gathered all his battle intent, waiting for the opportunity to unleash it explosively at the next moment...
It was similar to a quiet volcano when it hadn't yet exploded, so that people could even travel there and live in the surrounding area. It was similar to the calm before a storm, where you couldn't even see a single ocean wave on the surface of the water.
But the moment the explosive force was unleashed, whether it was a volcano or a storm, it would destroy everything in the surroundings.
The next instant, it was as if lightning struck from the sky. Gabriel's long spear emitted an icy glow, piercing towards Eric as if it were a rocket.
When this spear shot out, a sonic boom manifested, creating a wave of white air current. Layers of reduced force field enveloped the spear, pushing the long spear as if it were a rocket propellant.
The distance between the two was not even two meters, and the speed of this spear attack was also extremely fast. Almost no one around could react when the distance between Gabriel's spearhead was less than an inch from Eric's chest.
If this spear really penetrated, a huge cavity would appear in Eric's body, completely destroying all his internal organs. Likewise, the branch had a rank 6 pill called "Spirit of Life", which what it did was regenerate the entire body of a person in less than 1 minute.
Gabriel's spear momentum was completely driven by the strength of his body and qi. Although he hadn't reached a level where he could execute the punch with extraordinary strength, the power was exceptionally fierce. It was extremely scary, especially within such a short distance...
Faced with this movement that had come with extreme ferocity, Eric could feel a sharp sensation gushing out towards him. All his nerves tightened when a sense of doom flooded his brain.
From this, one could see how powerful Gabriel's spear arts cultivation level had reached.
However, Eric's speed was unrivaled, and he had also understood the Demon Sword Intention. How could it be possible that he couldn't even fend off a single spear blow from Gabriel?
The sword light flickered continuously as if there were seven laser beams shot towards Gabriel's big spear, piercing through the seven points of his force effort and causing Gabriel to instantly feel that his spear was being obstructed.
Being able to see the flaws in his spear arts in just an instant, even attacking such faults with a long sword... How accurate were Eric's vision and sword arts?
The sharpness in Gabriel's gaze intensified as if the sharp rays of cold light were going to come out of his eyes. Since his long spear was facing an obstruction, he decided not to drill directly anymore, but moved the long spear along with the flow of force he was being subjected to by the attack. The tip of the spear pierced the heavens like the trajectory of a shooting star, cutting towards Eric's stomach.
This attack was not only not restricted by the previous obstruction, but even borrowed the energy of the counterattack force to propel it. This showed that Gabriel's spear arts had already reached the level where he could move it as he wished, being able to control it freely.
This blow, with two consecutive forces combined, was enough to cut Eric's lower body and even tear out his large intestine.
Facing such a ruthless and sinister blow, Eric was unfazed as he took his time to move his body back while simultaneously using his long sword to hit the body of the spear. Then he pressed the spear down with violent force.
Now, the sword was not only pressing the weakest point of the spear, but had a posture similar to the authoritarian weight of Tai Mountain, which caused the air in the short distance to erupt and release explosive and crackling sounds.
With extreme speed, they collided twice, and when the spear and sword collided with each other, they made incessant explosive sounds. The speed and strength of both sides even caused a chain of fire sparks to fly out of the two weapons.
Under these circumstances, where his strength was weaker than his opponent's, Eric depended on his unparalleled sword intent and unparalleled speed, targeting his opponent's flaws and denying Gabriel's spear arts.
Gabriel narrowed his eyes even more, looking at the long sword he was pressing against his spear. He did not gather the strength to resist, but pressed forward with the force applied by Eric, allowing his own spear to be pressed to the ground.
An explosive sound rumbled as the tip of the spear was pushed to the ground under the combined force of both sides. The power of that attack shattered a large part of the earth and even began to bend the body of the spear.
One should know that Gabriel's spear was as thick as the arms of an ordinary human.
To be able to bend the handle of this spear that was made of steel Derly... How violent was the power exercised?
Almost in the blink of an eye, a muffled sound echoed in the air as if someone was using a big hammer to hit the mercury.
The long spear had reached the extreme limits of speed and strength. He still had to fully straighten himself up when the spearhead stabbed fiercely towards Eric's face. The friction created when the extreme speed came into contact with the air actually created a burning sensation.
Facing such a terrifying attack, Eric maintained his mental state, remaining calm and unnervous. The long sword in his hand resembled a peacock unfolding its feathers, creating a meter-wide barrier with his sword as it soared into the sky and harnessed the energy of the long spear attack.
"¡Hmph!"
Seeing how Eric flew to deny his murderous move, Gabriel let out a cold laugh. He seized the opportunity and, with a push, pierced his long spear towards Eric, who was in the air.
The long spear created countless points of cold light. It was the Bloody Posture that was transforming into a big mountain and encompassing Eric.
However, even Gabriel's **** posture seemed to be full of flaws in Eric's eyes.
When faced with Eric, who had understood the Demon Sword Intention, all the feints were useless. One must apply the greatest speed, incomparably tyrannical energy, and extraordinary, unfathomable force against him face to face, crushing him with overwhelming force.
However, Gabriel knew nothing of this. He only heard incessant ringing sounds when countless sparks of fire appeared when his guns collided. Eric and Gabriel fought each other, facing speed against speed. Regardless of whether it was the long spear or the steel sword, both weapons attacked with increasing speed. In less than ten seconds, they had already transformed into a series of black secondary images.
Both the long spear and the steel sword had transcended the sound of speed, attacking each other with supersonic speed. Violent sound waves spread as the Knights around them felt as if a hammer struck their brains whenever the spear and sword collided with each other.
Most of the assassins who were watching the battle had no choice but to cover their ears as they retreated, only feeling better after they had retreated tens of meters away.
In the circle, the combat between the two had already reached its climax.
Gabriel's spear was similar to a black lightning, which slowly circulated around the circle and permeated the entire space inside it. On the other hand, Eric was like the omnipresent air currents, his sword repeatedly crashing into the long spear despite facing its continuous attacks. He broke the flaws in his opponent's technique again and again, defeating the strongest force with a weak one, using slow speed to counter his opponent's great speed, and denying his opponent's attacks.
The light in Gabriel's eyes became colder and colder when he noticed that his continuous deadly attacks had failed to defeat Eric. Finally, with a flash of lightning, the long spear in his hands burst into a continuous stream of crimson lightning. He had chosen to use one of his strongest techniques: The Devil's Punishment.
Under the stimulation of thunder, the speed of his whole body increased by one factor, and his long spear created a trail of sparks as if a series of lightning were flashing. His long spear slashed towards Eric.
Eric let out a low bellow bellow and also executed a technique he never used in this world: Extreme Blade Demon Art. The sword swept the entire space without being challenged, as if there were more than dozens of Eric. The currents of three-foot sword lights merged within the hundreds of swords, then collided with the devil's punishment.
All the muscles in Eric's body expanded intensely, his life energy and blood were circulating in a frenzy. The long sword in his hand created a three-foot sword light, sweeping in an incomparably wonderful trajectory, pointing to the flaws in Gabriel's Devil's Punishment technique.
With a loud bang, violent energy pushed away Eric's sword, but the next sword attack encompassed the sword that had once again struck Gabriel's long spear. Attack after attack the swords pierced, each and every one of them locating the flaws in Gabriel's attacks, giving him another option than to defend himself from each attack and devote his energy to escape.
The series of continuous attacks left Gabriel with no room to breathe. Upon receiving each attack with the sword, Gabriel's aura became weaker and weaker, and his strength decreased. After thirteen consecutive blows, the power of his spear had weakened to the limit.
On the contrary, under the support of the Extreme Blade Demon Art, Eric's speed had tripled.
Finally, as a crisp sound echoed, Gabriel's palm loosened his grip, and the long spear in his hand flew into the air.
When the spear left his hands, Gabriel immediately wanted to retrieve it, but found that more than ten sword jets were charging and aiming at the faults all over his body.
These attacks were aimed at places that Gabriel definitely had to protect. If he ignored them and continued to execute his Qi to grab his long spear, he would definitely be pierced by the sword moving at a high speed.
With no other choice, he could only unleash a protective field using his Qi, using it to block the sword first.
With a boom, Gabriel was left without his long spear and the great energy of the qi he unleashed, directly crushing the condensed sword Qis in the air.
Just when he was thinking about getting his long spear back in the next moment. The other sword streams had slammed directly into Gabriel's long spear, sending it farther away from him.
It can only be said that Eric's attack was too fast. Gabriel only suffered one setback with a single move, but it resulted in him being suppressed by Eric's continuous attacks.
Unable to retrieve his long spear, Gabriel opted to attack rather than retreat. His whole body felt as if it had transformed into a long spear, charging and pushing towards Eric, who was surrounded by layers of Sword Intent.
With a howl of ecstasy, Gabriel directly launched his best attack with no intention of holding back, vibrating the countless sword streams in front of him into pieces.
Gabriel pushed violently with his arm that was similar to a long steel spear, penetrating into the air and piercing Eric's body.
Gabriel's series of attacks depended entirely on using his strength to suppress others rather than using the depth of his movements.
In a battle royale, this was the tactic most soldiers would use when fighting enemies weaker than themselves. They would only talk about the depth of techniques if they encountered opponents, they had at a similar level to theirs.
But just as Gabriel's lips curled into a smile, and his spear-shaped hand was about to pierce Eric, his smile froze abruptly in place.
Under the violent energy attack, he couldn't help but step back three steps before stopping. At that time, Gabriel was already out of the circle.
'Secondary images? Is its speed really that fast? '
Gabriel bowed his head and saw Eric standing quietly in the circle. However, Gabriel did not continue his attack. If this were a real fight, his loss would not yet be considered. But according to the agreement of his fight, he had already lost since he came out of the circle.
Shaking his head, Gabriel commented with emotion. "Young master, your sword techniques are really deep. If I didn't use my strength to suppress you, it would be really difficult to win against you. Don't be too smug though. If we were to participate in a battle royale, as long as I can get within ten meters of you, I can kill you in three moves if I used my spear techniques and killing technique to suppress you from the beginning..."
Eric remained silent. He stared silently at the long sword in his hand as if he had silently recognized Gabriel's words.
"Thank you for today's training, Gabriel. I'll go to rest and improve my cultivation base" saying those parting words, Eric turned around and went to a room to rest.
Gabriel stared at Eric Romano's back with deep eyes, no one knew what he was thinking.
…
Meanwhile Eric gave a brief review of his training.
His combat experience was excellent, his familiarity with the use of his new strength was not enough. He still needed more time to get used to it, since he previously had enough strength to defeat Gabriel with a simple thought, it was rare for him to have so little strength. His reflexes and first instincts naturally helped a lot in this training. Although he had relied on his tyrannical sword skills and combat experience from his previous life, this would not be enough against Gabriel who has a lot of experience and also much more strength than him.
You may have your experiences from your previous life to beat the kids, but it won't be enough when you face someone with many stages ahead of you and enough combat experience.
Eric began to channel the qi in his body and replenished his energy and strength.
He continued to train daily with Gabriel for seven days, but the effect was very evident. He had completely reconstructed his innate reflexes and reactions, and had become accustomed to his newfound strength.
This means that Eric had the potential to dominate most, if not all, of the disciples of the outer section of the exams for the Demonic Academy.
Eric's lips curled into a smile, "I'm cheering up for this assessment, I hope you won't disappoint"
"There are still a few days until the exam. I need to use my time wisely..." Soon, Eric's concentration returned to his cultivation, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. The time for the evaluation of new disciples of the Demon Academy became closer and closer.
Since he had already restructured his reflexes and new strength, Eric put even more energy into improving his foundation in cultivation. His key focus was the "Fateless" breathing technique; this breathing technique provides a fast and stable Qi Diablo circulation. It also helps to expand and strengthen the meridians.
"The evaluation will start in a month, I have about 15 days to improve my body a little more and then we will have to travel to the City of Paradise indefinitely"
In those remaining 15 days. His focus now shifted to the "Imperial Titan Corps" body technique; This technique helps to improve the lineage of the ancient devil, allows to have an extra Heart Meridian, and also the ability to have stronger meridians than normal.
His corps is currently at the commander level of the first kingdom. He needs to at least reach the peak of the commander corps to be able to add a new meridian heart in his body.
Once he has an extra heart meridian, his strength will be incomparable, his stamina will be huge, and most importantly in a fight, Qi storage will be twice that of a meridian heart.
And that will be a big advantage in a large-scale, long-duration fight.
In a matter of those 15 days before leaving for the City of Paradise indefinitely, his strength increased to an insane speed and easily reached the second stage of the commanding corps.
Now he would need a long battle to be able to pass to the third stage of the commander's corps, but he is not at all in a hurry, his strength is currently unrivaled in terms of someone at his same cultivation level and body.
All thanks to his ancient devil blood and the Imperial Devil Scripture.
--- Author's Note ---
This is the first time I write a fight scene; I was reading many references, examples and guides. I hope you liked it.
This fight is heavily influenced by the fights of Chinese-grown novels.
I can also get to do my own style, but if they still like this type of fight, I will continue with it.
In the next fights I will make them less "Chinese", and there they see the difference and which one they think is greater.