Arran and Hyde exchanged blows for a few minutes straight without using any essence energy in their moves or employing any of their special abilities. They only used the raw strength of their bodies to fight as they both pushed their bodies to the limit.
In this one minute, because of their weapons, Arran had gradually fallen into a disadvantageous state.
Facing Hyde's strange weapon that was like a cross between a Longstaff and a flail, Arran found himself dodging more than ever.
Faced with the powerful swings of Hyde's weapon, Arran did not dare to receive it at all. It was not because Hyde's swings were very powerful. Instead, it was because every time Arran was about to block or parry Hyde's strikes, Arran would have to watch out for the three long whips attached to one end of the weapon.
Don't look at how thin those whips are and think that they were not a threat, because then you would be in for a big surprise. Not only are those whips very powerful
In a battle of pure strength, skill, and technique, Hyde lost to Arran...It was a very unsatisfactory outcome to Hyde. He felt like he could have done better!Hyde blamed himself for his loss.For giving Arran the opportunity to take advantage of his momentary distraction. Although from how things were going then, Arran was already putting a lot of pressure on Hyde, and sooner, or later Hyde may have made a mistake that would eventually lead to him losing... even as Hyde understood this, he was still unreconciled by his loss.To Hyde, it was more than just losing to Arran that made him unreconciled; it was that he lost at something he thought he was best at.Although Hyde did not believe he was the strongest among his peers, when it came to battles of pure skill and technique without any powers at all, Hyde did not believe that he would lose to any of his peers.Even if it were people like Renee or Theodore "End" Snatch who were renowned as
Arran's aura soared like a thunderstorm on a cold winter night!It was wild and unrestrained, seeming to carry frenzied charges of lightning in it that rampaged in an unreserved manner.Standing in the midst of Arran's aura, one would feel like they were a piece of driftwood at sea facing a ferocious thunderstorm as the heavens rampaged in anger letting out lots of lightning to strike down on everything with the sea tossing and turning in its fury.Compared to Hyde's aura, which was filled with the majesty and noble bearing of the earth, Arran was like a raging storm, callous and unfeeling.As the two of them stood up against each other, a storm blossomed between them, surprising the audience watching the match.The sudden change from the slow but visually pleasing martial arts competition to this all-out clash between auras left them shocked and astonished.All of a sudden, there were frenzied wails of excitement coming from the audience as
The clash between Arran's and Hyde's auras was still happening on the stage. At this point, it seemed like none of them had the upper hand over the other and they were quite evenly matched... at least in terms of how mighty and imposing their auras were. Neither Arran nor Hyde seemed to be superior to the other.This caused quite a few brows to be raised among the audience.Those people that had recognized Hyde's heart talent and knew the exact implications it carried in this fight were surprised to see how Arran was behaving right now.As it stood, having a heart talent was not as simple as it seemed.It was more than just being able to augment your abilities with the force of your talent, instead; it was about commanding the force of the world to do your bidding.This was a whole other level compared to simply supplementing your attacks. In this case, it was more like how a general commands an army.A general on his own was nothing more th
Everybody was wondering what the reason was that made Arran immune to the effects of Hyde's earth heart talent's suppression. Some of them naturally thought that Arran had a heart talent of his own, or at least a similar talent that gave him that ability.With how wide and expansive the universe is, there were a lot of talents out there that had not yet been discovered and remained undocumented.But was that actually the case...!Was it really a talent of Arran's that made all that possible?If it was, what kind of talent was it, and in the case that it wasn't, what then enabled Arran to remain unaffected facing Hyde's suppression?Well, the answer to all these questions is really quite simple...The reason why Arran was fine even while being suppressed was not because of a kind of talent that he possessed or any reason like that. Instead, it was because of a very special power that he was able to borrow.This was a power that did not
The dust settled and everybody could see Hyde kneeling on the stage, using his natal weapon to prop himself up.On Hyde's face, cold sweat could be seen dotting the lines of his forehead, and there was a look of shock and surprise in his eyes.Right now, Hyde was in disbelief...As he looked at Arran up in the air, it was like he was looking at a monster in Aeth skin.A storm was going through his head right now as questions filled his thoughts."How is that possible!""That sword strike was so fast that I was barely able to react at all! Just how powerful is he?"Hyde could not believe just how much power Arran was displaying now.Currently, Hyde was thinking about how he had just been in danger a few moments ago. Just then, after he had broken the force field around Arran and was about to hit him with his weapon, Hyde had not expected Arran's attack to arrive just at that moment.In fact, that was not what concerned Hy
Hyde was surprised when Arran addressed him and for a minute he didn't know how to respond. He had always thought that Arran was the serious type who was only focused on winning the match, which was why he had never spoken before.Hyde thought that Arran was the same type as he was, since that was how Hyde really was like.All Hyde could be concerned with right now was to win this match so he didn't have any other thought to make idle talk with his opponent, who trying to defeat him.After being stunned for a short moment, Hyde quickly came back to his senses and looked at Arran seriously. He was thinking about something as his eyes looked Arran up and down. It was as if Hyde was trying to figure out if Arran was trying to trick him by talking to him.After thinking carefully and realizing that there was no harm in telling Arran the name of his natal weapon, Hyde finally spoke."You're right. This is my natal weapon. It is a snake staff and its nam
Hyde's was very steady on the stage...His stance seemed to be solid and unshakable, like a divine mountain that couldn't be moved. No matter how hard or how fast Arran hit Hyde with his sword, he was always able to receive Arran's attacks with relative ease.At this moment, it would seem like Hyde had the advantage over Arran. Since Hyde was mostly only defending himself, he was consuming much less energy than Arran was. Not only that, but because of Hyde's earth heart talent, which he was pushing to its limit, he was resistant to the paralytic effects of Arran's attacks that were imbued with lightning. This was Hyde's movement was not affected, and he was able to meet each one of Arran's attacks head-on.The only thing was that Hyde had gradually fallen into a passive position once more due to Arran's superior speed.Arran's attacks came like an unstoppable storm blowing fiercely and unrestrained on Arran.The intervals between Arran's attacks we
The battle continued... Arran's lightning sword barrage was going nonstop as he landed hit after hit on Hyde's body. faced against this storm of attacks, Hyde had long ago given up on retaliating, as there was no chance for him to do so. Right now, all Hyde could do was defend himself passively from Arran's attacks. That's all he could really do at all! Like that, a few minutes had passed, and Arran was still going. Arran's face was calm and there were no signs of fatigue or exhaustion on his handsome face at all. Seeing as there was not even a bead of sweat dotting Arran's handsome face, people started to realize that something was wrong. Right now, ever since Arran had started attacking with his lightning storm barrage, more than two minutes had passed already, but he was still going and there were no signs that he would be stopping anytime soon. This alarmed a lot of people and that was when they started to consider the fact that Hy