Chapter 28 - Ultimate Defense

Cursing, Garret pulled up another flare of energy.

Even if this guy’s fighting skills are powerful, there’s no way he could last as long as I can with his energy—after all, he’s a 1st grade intermediate while I’m a 4th grade intermediate!

With this goal in mind, he continuously shot explosive bursts of energy while moving around, but there was no progress; ten minutes had already passed.

I remember that when I just entered this stage, I could barely manage to send out fifteen rounds; he’s already sent out over twenty. What the hell?

On top of that, Garret felt slightly exhausted, indicating that his energy was winding down. He was consuming it at a rapid rate to try and wear Fang down, but it wasn’t working. Realizing this didn’t bode well, he decided he had to use his trump card to overpower Fang.

Garret first sent out two Energy Balls, and Fang responded in kind.

Bang! Bang!

The energies collided in the air and dissipated evenly like the previous exchanges. Through the dust, a figure dashed at Fang, and within moments, Garret was five meters away.

His palms faced inward, and a huge amount of condensed energy illuminated Garret’s vicious face.

“Feel honored that you’ll be defeated by this!” Garret thrust forward, unleashing a massive block of energy—at least five times the size of an Energy Ball—that rushed towards Fang with no room to escape.

2nd grade yellow skill – Energy Crush!

Quickly, Fang prepared two Energy Balls to counter the attack, but they failed to break apart the mass of revolving light as it approached Fang. The levels were too different to compare!

Although the Energy Crush had a few dents and was smaller, because of the proximity, it would land on Fang in a couple of seconds.

Fang lifted his hand again, and Garret sneered. “Fool, you don’t have enough time to prepare another two sets. Besides, this skill would require at least six Energy Balls to break through.”

A large formation of energy expanded tenfold, swallowing all vision of Fang and forming a great ray.

Energy Devour!

Garret’s heart stopped; he knew what Fang was using. A 3rd grade yellow skill, Energy Devour, was an odd skill because it wasn’t ranged but rather meant for melee combat. However, it was exponentially stronger as it temporarily devoured the body’s energy into a single, condensed ray that could be manipulated for defense or offense. Although this skill was useful, it required precise control over the body’s energy to harness its full capacity, so many people didn’t bother with it. In fact, Garret himself had tried to learn it in vain—there were very few people in the camp who even attempted to learn it because of its difficulty.

Now, this fool knows it and can display it at the 1st grade intermediate rank? Just a month, and he’s broken through to the intermediate stage as well as learned two techniques? This guy’s a monster!

Boom!

The Energy Crush shattered into pieces, though some leftover energy ricocheted towards Fang’s body. After all, even if Energy Devour was a relatively high-level skill, Fang was only using it as a 1st grade intermediate.

Immediately, he launched an instant parry, and Fang felt a small amount of pain but appeared without any external injuries.

Excited voices traveled throughout the audience.

“Did I just see Energy Devour?”

“Yeah, that was Energy Devour.”

“The hell, even higher grade intermediates aren’t able to fully grasp Energy Devour, but he can use it?”

“Don’t forget the most horrifying part: he sent out two Energy Balls before using that. This amount of power is really scary. Is this guy really a 1st grade intermediate?”

“Maybe it’s a born handicap—a low energy rank in exchange for that godlike comprehension of skills!”

Even Blue was shocked.

As far as she knew, Fang had broken into the 1st grade intermediate stage about twenty days ago. To know Energy Ball and Energy Devour in such a short time and master them was astonishing, to say the least. But Blue’s attention wasn’t taken by these skills; something else grabbed her eyes.

When the ricochets of energy hit Fang, several parts of his body were infused with light. Most people would have been blinded by the vast amount of energy displayed by the skills. However, Blue wasn’t fooled. Instant parry with one point of defense wasn’t that difficult; it didn’t require precise judgments.

Just now, five sparks of energy hit Fang’s body, but five parts of his body simultaneously launched instant parry at those different spots.

I could launch the timing of five points as well, but each fragment would have a shallow, weak amount of energy just enough to prevent serious injuries. But Fang, his energy was launched with exactly the same grade as his Energy Ball and was accurately sized without any waste.

How the hell did he do that? Is he a monster?

Garret couldn’t believe his eyes; his winning strike turned out to be completely useless and was defeated by Fang.

During the series of exchanges, though, Fang had expended so much energy that his capacity had reverted to the novice stage, and his energy returned from the surface back into his body.

On his feet first, Fang got up from the ground and stared at Garret. Garret tried to materialize another Energy Ball, but it failed and deflated as Garret’s energy withdrew back into his body as he slowly tried to stand up.

A grin appeared on Fang’s face as he raised his right arm, ablaze with energy.