Chapter 281: Nothing Stands Above Speed
Chapter 281: Nothing Stands Above Speed
The dragonman youngster put more attention to the Gold Flower Hacksaw.
This gold level weapon was the biggest threat to him.
The dragonman youngster at this time felt the Gold Silk Chainmail was reaching its limit.
“Xiong Ju’s attack power with the Gold Flower Hacksaw is on an entirely different level than without it. After this fight, perhaps I too should consider getting a weapon that fits me.” The dragonman youngster sighed to himself.
He couldn’t help but be perplexed.
If he got into melee with Xiong Ju, he had to face the Gold Flower Hacksaw.
In long ranged combat, although he could avoid the Gold Flower Hacksaw for a time, he was constantly being harassed by the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer. Furthermore, the Flowing Wave Armor obstructed most of his alchemy arrows’ power.
The dragonman youngster gradually attacked less and defended more.
Although the Gold Flower Hacksaw didn’t seem to be breaking his defenses, in actuality, the Gold Silk Chainmail was damaged in many places.
If this kept up, there would come a moment when the Gold Flower Hacksaw would cut the chainmail apart.
The situation was getting worse for the dragonman youngster.
“This cannot continue!”
The dragonman youngster was determined and prepared for the opportunity to meet the Gold Flower Hacksaw head on in the next clash.
Battle skill – Demolition Fist.
Battle skill – Surge.
His fist smashed into the Gold Flower Hacksaw’s flat half, producing a reaction force.
The two battle skills were used simultaneously, allowing him to do a explosive retreat.
Within a few seconds, he had put 30 meters between him and Xiong Ju.
Xiong Ju immediately pursued while simultaneously using his spirit to throw the Small Tunder God Flying Hammer at the dragonman youngster.
The dragonman youngster took a deep breath, then shouted.
A roar shook the arena and the air rippled.
The Small Thunder God Flying Hammer fell to the floor, and for a brief moment, Xiong Ju also went stiff.
It was the young man’s racial magic – Dragon Roar.
Using the opportunity this racial magic created, the dragonman youngster took a deep breath and loudly declared, “Xiong Ju, let me show you my ultimate form.”
After saying this, he used the Bloodcore to transform many spurting smoke mounds across his body.
Xiong Ju was awed by the dragonman youngster’s words, he didn’t attack but instead stood there and waited sternly.
He had obtained information on this.
The dragonman youngster’s form had been revealed to the masses during the Battle of Two Eyes Island.
Since the Bayonet Gang had made discreet inquiries, information of his ultimate form at Two Eyes Island would not be overlooked.
Click, click, click.
The dragonman youngster had two gigantic ring mounds on his back that were spraying yellow flames.
A moment later, the dragonman youngster used Surge.
The battle skill’s force followed the ring mounds spraying fire, and in an instant, it gave him ferocious forward momentum.
Like an unleashed arrow, the dragonman youngster swiftly charged into Xiong Ju.
Xiong Ju took a deep breath and assumed a defensive and counterattack stance.
Both hands firmly held the Gold Flower Hacksaw, holding it to his left side.
If the dragonman youngster’s attack showed a weak point, he would grab hold of that opportunity to swing and slash the dragonman youngster to the ground.
“Faster, a bit faster, I can go even faster!” The dragonman youngster’s amber eyes burned with the fiery flames of battle intent.
As the dragonman youngster was about to reach Xiong Ju, 3 more mounds suddenly appeared on his back.
With these additional spurting smoke mounds working in tandem with Surge, the dragonman youngster’s speed increased further!
Xiong Ju was just about to adapt to the dragonman youngster’s increasing speed, but a moment later, the dragonman youngster sped up further, causing him to instantly lose track of his target.
“Damn it, where is he?”
“The right!!”
Just as Xiong Ju was reacting, the dragonman youngster had already dashed to his right side.
“Crap!” Xiong JU glared in anger, and with both arms, swung the Gold Flower Hacksaw with all his might.
The Gold Flower Hacksaw was a two handed weapon and very heavy.
Xiong Ju’s defensive and counterattack stance had placed the Gold Flower Hacksaw on his left.
This was equal to Xiong Ju’s right side being a wide open gate left undefended.
However, this was not a problem with his defensive stance.
This movement was carefully selected; it wanted to leave the right side open to lure the enemy into attacking it.
When he was attacked, Xiong Ju would swing his Gold Flower Hacksaw and sweep across his right.
Because there was enough distance to give Xiong Ju sufficient time to exert himself and give this sweep ample power.
But the dragonman youngster’s burst of speed had surpassed Xiong Ju’s limit.
He even lost track of the dragonman youngster for a time!
It was too late for Xiong Ju to react, nor was there time to activate his painstakingly arranged trap.
The dragonman youngster’s sudden attack worked, turning the trap into Xiong Ju’s vulnerability!
Xiong Ju snarled to himself, and in his eyes, time seemed to slow.
He looked on helplessly as the dragonman youngster’s fist smashed into him, while the Gold Flower Hacksaw on his left just started to move!
Xiong Ju was a veteran silver level fighter, and he had rich combat experience, with every part of his body capable of being a weapon.
In this critical moment, Xiong Ju suddenly loosened his arms and tensed his right shoulder’s muscles, using his shoulder to take on the dragonman youngster.
But the dragonman youngster had already used Demolition Fist.
One was using a battle skill while the other didn’t have such time.
This time, the one who ate the loss was naturally Xiong Ju.
Boom.
Xiong Ju’s right shoulder felt pain, and his entire being toppled backwards due to his center of gravity being utterly destabilized.
He finally swung the Gold Flower Hacksaw
While swinging it, Xiong Ju cleverly used his weapon’s weight to steady his center of gravity.
It got instant results!
Xiong Ju was really experienced and had a strong martial skill foundation and was able to quickly make up for his weak points after the fact.
However, by the time he stabilized his center of gravity, his eyes had lost the dragonman youngster again.
He turned his neck and ran his eyes everywhere.
The dragonman youngster suddenly appeared behind him.
Battle skill – Demolition Fist.
The fist smashed into Xiong Ju’s lower back, pulverizing the Flowing Wave Armor into countless droplets.
Demolition Fist’s power was consequently decreased immensely.
Soon after, Xiong Ju’s leather armor was hit.
Xiong Ju’s leather armor was hard and thick, and the dragonman youngster’s demolition fist was unable to split it open.
He only felt pain and his battle qi being depleted.
Xiong Ju quickly turned around, but he could only see the dragonman youngster’s red silhouette.
Xiong Ju was unable to adapt to the dragonman youngster’s speed for a moment!
Xiong Ju subconsciously picked the best response.
He simply squatted in the ground and used the Gold Flower Hacksaw to shield his front.
His ears were filled wit the dragonman youngster’s blasting echoes.
His eyes found it difficult to lock onto the dragonman youngster, and under most circumstances, he was only able to catch a glimpse of the red figure, nothing more.
The dragonman youngster used Demolition Fist repeatedly, constantly bombarding Xiong Ju.
Xiong Ju was wearing leather armor, along with the Flowing Wave Armor, with both of these combined, he also had outstanding defense.
The dragonman youngster’s attacks didn’t do much.
Xiong Jux successfully steadied himself and immediately used his spirit to move the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer.
The flying hammer pursued the dragonman youngster.
Despite his high speed, the flying hammer still locked onto him.
He then purposely pulled distance and charged from behind Xiong Ju.
Xiong Ju quickly reacted, quickly adjusting his defense direction.
The dragonman youngster was being closely followed by the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer.
Just as the dragonman youngster reached Xiong Ju, he suddenly dodged out of the way and nimbly avoided the latter.
But the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer behind him didn’t have enough time to adjust, and it flew in a straight line right into Xiong Ju’s head.
Seeing this, the dwarf ringleader couldn’t help but cover his face.
Xiong Ju had only practiced with the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer for a single night.
Although the Small Thunder God Flying Hammer was easy to use, as the fight got fiercer, Xiong Ju’s basic usage of it was not enough.
His reckless and random use of it instead backfired on himself.
The dragonman youngster had guessed previously what Xiong Ju’s relationship with the Small Thunder Flying Hammer was, and so, he used this strategy.
He succeeded.
Xiong Ju was ruthlessly pounded by the flying hammer, instantly creating a weak point in his defense.
The dragonman youngster was prepared for this and instantly seized upon it to launch a wild attack.
Battle skill – Machine Gun Fist!
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang…
The dragonman youngster’s downpour of punches unceasingly bombarded Xiong Ju.
Xiong Ju’s Flowing Wave Armor blocked the dragonman youngster’s fists, splattering droplets everywhere.
Very quickly, there were more and more shadows of the dragonman youngster’s fists.
The hard dragon fists penetrated the water armor and bombarded Xiong Ju’s leather armor.
After the Flowing Wave Armor broke apart, it could be repaired, but it was best done when it wasn’t being attacked.
And now, Xiong Ju was being beaten by the dragonman youngster’s fists. The Flowing Wave Armor’s repair speed couldn’t compare to the dragon fists’ destruction rate.
Using water instead of conventional metal armor meant that it was easy to carry and had its hidden benefits, but it also meant it had its shortcomings.
When confronted with Machine Gun Fist’s high frequence of attacks, the Flowing Water Armor found it difficult to provide protection.
Xiong Ju’s leather armor was only silver level.
Although it blocked the vast majority of Machine Gun Fist’s might, it was still very unpleasant for Xiong Ju.
At this moment, he was deeply feeling the pain from this rain of fists.
“Now Commander Long Fu is winning!”
“Xiong Ju is being suppressed by his attacks.”
The audience was unable to take their eyes off it; the twists and turns of this wonderful duel was exciting to watch and very satisfying.
When Spring Boxer saw this, his eyes also shined, thinking to himself, “Commander Long Fu’s battle skill Machine Gun Fist is closely related to my Spring Shot Fist.”
“Thinking about it carefully, I have a very similar fighting style to Commander Long Fu.”
“When will I be able to hit Xiong Ju like him?”
Spring Boxer came from the army, and detested gang members like Xiong Ju.
Normally, he had much friction with Xiong Ju and the others. Contradictions large and small also piled up.
Compared to Xiong Ju, Spring Boxer was undoubtably more engrossed in watching the dragonman youngster.
After the dragonman youngster used the spurting smoke mounds transformation, his speed rose dramatically.
The imperial east had a martial warfare philosophy – in the world of battle skills, nothing stands above speed!
The only aspect the dragonman youngster had above Xiong Ju was speed, and he was able to completely overturn the fight, firmly take the initiative, and suppress Xiong Ju with his attacks.
Xiong Ju found it hard to catch the dragonman youngster’s figure and was even less capable of retaliating.
For a moment, he could only defend himself passively, becoming a wooden dummy that was subjected to the dragonman youngster’s painful punches.