Han Shuo was fully aware that when one's combat aura was trained to Karel's level, its power would be extremely terrifying. Besides, Han Shuo had always intended to test his strength against Karel, so he did not hold back.
Demonic Yuan Energy rushed into the Demonslayer's Edge, activating the power of the violent spirits within it, causing it to suddenly erupt with killing intent. With the Demonslayer Edge as the core, the killing intent rippled out into the surrounding area.
The waves of killing intent appeared material, friction with the atmosphere producing a strange 'chichi' sound as they rippled in the sky. A sinister and ruthless aura could no longer be contained as it flowed out of Han Shuo's body.
Sacred Swordmaster Karel was visibly moved, his snow-white eyebrows furrowing as his abstruse eyes brightened. Since Karel was able to reach the level of a Sacred Swordmaster, it naturally showed that he had outstanding talent. Over many years of fighting, he had seen countless experts as he watched over the Lancelot Empire with his rich fighting experience.
Karel could clearly sense that the Demonslayer Blade in Han Shuo's hand was bursting with a terrifying killing intent. The killing intent that had spread all around had a hint of viciousness to it, as if it contained a violent explosive force, causing Karel to be truly startled.
Within the Profound Continent, most experts gradually realised the importance of showing off before a battle. However, there had never been anyone who could turn this vitality into strength during battle. This was similar to Bolland's use of killing intent to destroy a person's willpower. However, Han Shuo's killing intent was more material. Karel understood that this kind of aura really existed, unlike Bollands' killing intent, which could only intimidate a person's spirit.
As Sacred Swordmaster Karel stared at Han Shuo, Han Shuo swung the Demonslayer Edge filled with demonic yuan energy towards Karel, unleashing the 'Bloody Radiance of Ten Thousand Cuts'. The Demonslayer Edge suddenly spun rapidly, the Bloody Radiance resembling the petals of a blooming flower.
With each rotation, a quill-like blood light was formed. In the middle of the 'Bloody Radiance of Ten Thousand Cuts', the blood-coloured light had already formed a hedgehog-like ball of quills, containing a dense killing intent and emitting a sharp whistle as it flew at high speed towards Sacred Swordmaster Karel.
"Mystical fighting technique!" Karel suddenly praised loudly, suddenly raising the long sword in his hand, gathering a Golden-Coloured Combat Aura and sending a sword thrust at the approaching blood-coloured ball of quills.
The golden aura was something that only Sacred Swordmaster and Sacred knights could use. This was the appearance of combat aura at the peak of concentration. Han Shuo could clearly sense the destructive power it contained. Even though the golden combat aura was different in nature from demonic yuan energy, It also contained a formidable explosive power.
As Karel raised his longsword, it emitted a shimmering golden light. As his raised arm drew circular arcs, the tip of the longsword suddenly shot out waves of crossed sword light. The crossed sword lights were arranged from small to large as they struck Han Shuo's blood-coloured ball of quills one after the other.
With the nickname of 'Crossed Sword Master', Karel was indeed living up to his reputation. The various sword lights all formed crosses as they shot towards Han Shuo's ball of quills, rapidly grinding away the demonic yuan energy contained within the DemonSlayer's Edge.
The tyrannical 'Bloody Radiance of Ten Thousand Cuts' was neutralised by the crossed sword lights before it even reached Karel. From start to finish, Karel had a relaxed expression on his face, clearly not yet at the limit of his strength.
As the blooming Ten Thousand Cuts were all extinguished, revealing the original appearance of the Demonslayer Edge, Han Shuo acted. The Demonslayer Edge, which had been shooting towards Karel in a straight line, suddenly froze in mid-air before suddenly following a mysterious curved trajectory as it slashed towards Karel.
"Oh? Interesting!" Karel exclaimed softly, raising his head to see the downward slash of the Demonslayer's Edge as he struck out with his sword to sweep away the approaching Demonslayer's Edge.
Han Shuo, who had originally been watching Karel with both eyes, suddenly closed his eyes and concentrated fully on controlling the Demonslayer Edge, using the 'Law of Activating Magic' to relentlessly slash at Karel from all directions.
In the beginning, the Demonslayer's Edge wasn't very fast. However, Han Shuo slowly increased its speed, causing the Demonslayer Edge to gradually become a lightning phantom. He also stirred up the violent spirits within the Demonslayer Edge, causing an endless aura of resentment to spread.
At first, Sacred Swordmaster Karel was able to deal with Han Shuo's attacks with ease. However, his expression soon turned serious. Bright golden light enveloped Karel's body as cross-shaped sword lights shot out. On the one hand, he had to use his longsword to withstand the high-speed slashes of the Demonslayer's Edge, while on the other hand, he had to concentrate his mental power to withstand the demonic aura emanating from the Demonslayer's Edge.
It must be said that Sacred Swordmaster Karel was truly exceptional. When Karel, who could proudly stand at the pinnacle of the Lancelot Empire, faced Han Shuo's all-out tempest, he had never shown the slightest sign of defeat, appearing as calm as before.
When Han Shuo had used up half of his Demonic Yuan Energy, he saw that Karel still hadn't shown any signs of fatigue. Han Shuo then active mystical glacial spellfire into the Demonslayer's Edge, causing red and purple blossoms of spellfire to shoot out with each slash of the Demonslayer's Edge. Extremely cold and extremely hot energy constantly shot out, causing Karel great discomfort.
Afterwards, twelve mystical demons became corporeal, becoming malevolent spirits as they tried to enter Karel's body. Karel gasped in surprise before suddenly exclaiming, "Truly mysterious. This martial technique is truly different from any training method on the Profound Continent".
In the face of numerous attacks, Karel still had the opportunity to shout. Shortly after, the longsword in his hand suddenly exploded in a brilliant golden light, as a huge cross-shaped sword light suddenly appeared, carrying a devastating force as it spread in all directions, unexpectedly causing a sudden explosion.
The rock on which he was standing was the first to collapse, shattering with a bang. As the debris flew around, the ground actually began to cave in, as if an enormous force had bombarded the ground, crushing everything around it.
Shocked, Han Shuo quickly remembered the Twelve Mystic Demons and soared into the sky, landing next to Karel in an instant. The Demonslayer Edge that had been constantly attacking flew back into Han Shuo's hand, the remaining demonic yuan energy frenetically pouring into the Demonslayer Edge as the killing intent and wrathful energy of the violent spirits within the Demonslayer Edge converged to form a seven-metre long bloody-coloured edge that violently slashed at Karel's astonishingly huge cross-shaped sword light in tandem with the Demonslayer Edge.
A violent explosion spread out from the point of contact, causing the barrier surrounding the area to collapse. The vast space suddenly regained its original appearance, revealing the original shape of the vast stone room. As the barrier was destroyed, a violent ripple spread out simultaneously, causing the ground to shake in its wake.
An astonishing explosive force suddenly burst through the Demonslayer Edge, rushing through the sword hilt and into Han Shuo's body. Han Shuo's descending body couldn't resist flying backwards at high speed before finally crashing into the rock ceiling, leaving a three metre deep indentation.
"What's going on, what's going on?"
"Is there an earthquake?"
"Ah, the bed is still moving!"
In the Rose Garden above the two of them, nobles who had been enjoying themselves with beauties suddenly felt the trembling beneath their feet. They were all shocked and began to talk about it.
Some of the guards who watched over the Rose Garden were also surprised and did not know what had happened as they aimlessly tried to find the cause of the earthquake.
At that moment, the grim-faced Bollands suddenly appeared among the guards of the Rose Garden and coldly scolded, "Why are you panicking, it's just a small earthquake. We are in the heart of Ossen City. What else can happen apart from a slight change in nature?"
Bollands was a true fiend in the eyes of these guards. As Bollands spoke, all the guards became quiet, following Bollands' instructions to comfort the frightened nobles. Most of the nobles calmed down after hearing the guards' explanation.
However, there were still a few cowardly nobles who immediately abandoned the beauties in their bed and hurriedly fled the Rose Garden, afraid that there might be more tremors from beneath the Rose Garden, causing them to leave their precious lives behind.
Although Bollands had calmed the frenetic mood of the guards, he was still restless, unable to comprehend what had happened. He had just taken Han Shuo underground and Bollands did not want anything to happen to either his old master Karel or his newly recognised elder brother.
However, the violent tremors were clearly caused by the exchange between the two. Bollands was aware of Sacred Swordmaster Karel's terrifying strength and also knew that Han Shuo was a ruthless, fearless character. He feared that the two of them had not reached a conclusion in their fight, and after finally waiting for the people above ground to settle down, Bollands hurried to the secret location.
A nervous Bollands had just entered the underground when he heard Karel's bright laughter, even before he reached Karel's location. As soon as he heard Karel's laughter, he suddenly relaxed, but was still a little worried.
A Space Grand Magus had erected an intricate barrier around Karel's large practice chamber. Not only was it capable of isolating sound and sight, but when someone entered the barrier, they felt as if they were entering a separate world. At the moment, Bollands could hear Karel's laughter even before he approached the area, indicating a shocking fact.
The barrier was destroyed!
Having confirmed this, Bollands hurried into the vast stone room. The scene that met his eyes was beyond his expectations. The boulder that the Sacred Swordmaster Karel usually sat on had been reduced to a small stone, while Karel stood on a spot that seemed to be the epicentre of the earthquake, smiling as he looked at an indentation in the ceiling.
Inside the indentation, Han Shuo shook his shoulders and twisted his body within the deep indentation. The solid rock shattered and fell as Han Shuo also smiled as he jumped to the ground.
"Bollands, it seems that your choice is indeed decent. This brat's martial technique is atrocious. In all my years of travelling the continent, I've never seen or heard of such a martial art. He has only been training for a few years and already possesses such terrifying strength. As time passes, I really don't know how strong he will become. No wonder the old astrologer Grace made such a prediction," the Sacred Swordmaster Karel smiled as he looked at the entering Bollands and showed his approval.
Bollands was very respectful as he faced Karel and said, "I've seen the elder brother's fighting technique before and it's extremely mysterious. He has long since mastered that which I have always bitterly studied, but have been unable to comprehend, to a level far beyond my imagination.
Popping sounds emanated from Han Shuo who had just landed on the ground. As Han Shuo moved his muscles and bones, traces of blood and black coloured radiance circulated through his skin like electricity. Han Shuo smiled as he craned his neck and said, "Mister Karel truly deserves his reputation. It seems you haven't used your full power yet. Hehe, I've really benefited from this battle."
With only one sword and a golden aura, Karel stood tall under Han Shuo's torrential attacks. In the end, his explosive strike possessed an unparalleled ferocity that completely clashed with his older appearance of someone past his prime. This left Han Shuo truly astonished.
Wine really does improve with age. Han Shuo understood that he wouldn't be able to defeat Karel with his demonic magic alone in the separate demon realm. However, if he used necromancy magic as well as summoning the little skeleton and the four zombies, he was confident that he could defeat Karel. From his previous visit to the other dimension, Han Shuo knew that the little skeleton's strength was far from ordinary.
"I didn't use my full strength, but you didn't use necromancy magic either, right? Hehe The undead creatures summoned by a grand magus necromancer would indeed be difficult to deal with. Brat, you are quite good, Phoebe really has good taste". Karel smiled as he said this, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Our spar has made me realise that your fighting technique is extremely peculiar. It's similar to the fusion of Combat Aura and Magic, and it looks like it's actually suitable for Bollands to train in."
Combat Aura only possessed pure destructive energy. However, Han Shuo's demonic yuan energy was capable of forging the body, treating certain diseases, and even affecting an opponent's soul, truly possessing all kinds of remarkable abilities.
Combat aura was slowly formed through pure body training. Demonic Yuan Energy could form a consciousness and a demon infant, Killing intent and the unique energy of heaven and earth, or even some herbs and strange items, could enhance demonic yuan energy. From a certain perspective, Demonic Yuan Energy was indeed much more mysterious.
"Bollands, wait outside with Bryan. I need to meditate properly. I've gained a lot from this battle!" Karel smiled and instructed Bollands while Han Shuo pondered.
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