Re; Hell Gate

Chapter 12 : One Down, Two In Its Place

As he faced the 4 wooden puppets, Leiu couldn't help but wipe the invisible cold sweat on his forehead, just thinking about that made him feel restless and uneasy.

I mean, what are the chances that he could finish hundreds of those puppets, they would jump at him from all directions, unlike the dark beasts which had a large frame, these puppets could easily overwhelm him if they had enough numbers.

While gritting his teeth, Leiu stood there, waiting for them to attack, although they gave him 30 seconds between each fight, it was not enough to restore a lot of stamina, so while thinking about that guess, he decided to let them attack and use the least strength he could to get rid of them.

He must preserve and save as much stamina as possible, because if his guess was correct, and it definitely was, then he would need a lot of stamina, heck! Even if he had full stamina there was still a chance of failure.

The wooden puppets didn't stand still and watch him, they rushed at him simultaneously, they didn't have a weapon, yet! So it was easy for him to counter-attack and avoid their kicks and punches.

With accurate and fast strikes, he avoided an incoming punch and cut a wooden puppet in half, then he side-stepped yet another straight punch aimed at his abdomen while shopping down with his steel sword, finishing another puppet.

There were two remaining, one flying down at him with a kick, while the other did a Brazilian kick, they really used dangerous martial arts, but Leiu didn't let himself get hit even once while throwing his sword at the flying puppet.

He met the Brazilian kick with a kick too, although he was very bad at martial arts, it's not like he couldn't punch or kick.

He was able to resist the kick because of his superior strength and defense, the Brazilian kick was stopped and the puppet was sent flying.

As for the flying puppet, it was cut by the flying sword.

Leiu then jumped to catch his sword and waited for the last puppet, which was sent flying 3 meters or so by his kick.

The wooden puppet got up and rushed at him again, its leg was barely functioning, yet it didn't mind and attacked Leiu again, but its fate was obvious as it was easily finished by Leiu.

It's extremely fortunate for Leiu that the wooden puppets were very fragile, it's like hitting paper, easily cut, even a strong punch from him could get rid of them, if aimed correctly of course.

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Like this, Leiu kept getting rid of the wooden puppet, it escalated to 8.. 16.. 32.. he didn't move from his position, trying to limit needless movements.

He was enough experienced to not waste any movements, it's like he didn't start fighting today but had spent all his life doing so.

Dealing with 32 puppets was not easy, no matter how strong he is, he still got hit and lost 4 Health points.

Fortunately, the puppets were all fighters, so they were either crushed or cut by his Steel Sword until he was the only one standing in that empty space.

From his 30 Stamina points, 7 Stamina points were used, for others, it's not a lot, however, for Leiu it was a lot! God knows how many times he had to deal with those wooden puppets, so spending 7 Stamina points when it's still the beginning was not a good start, that's for sure.

As he hit the 64-mark, wooden puppets appeared one after another, but this time, there were some abnormalities.

'I knew it! It couldn't be this easy since the first Trial was hard!'

Seeing that his second guess was also correct, Leiu didn't feel happy, quite the opposite, in fact, he felt stressed, as, amongst the 64 wooden puppets, about 10 of them held swords and a small shield on their other side.

Since they had swords now, only standing would be a bit of a problem, he had to get rid of these wooden puppets first, they would surely be more troublesome.

Leiu launched himself as he dashed between the wooden puppets, if a puppet was close enough he would cut it in half, otherwise, he would ignore it, his aim was the ones holding swords.

His speed was decent as he appeared in front of an abnormal wooden puppet in just 10 seconds, the distance separating them was not long, to begin with.

Without hesitation, he thrust his sword toward the wooden puppet, which didn't stay still, of course, it held its shield to obstruct the incoming sword.

The Steel Sword and the small shield clashed, the latter managed to hold off for a second before it was destroyed, but the sword was bounced off too, Leiu then kicked the wooden puppet, finishing it and jumping in the air to avoid the incoming attacks of the other wooden puppets.

They may be puppets, but they are not meant for training, staying still and waiting for their death, while Leiu dashed between several of them and finished some, they didn't watch but jumped on him, either punching or kicking, some of the abnormal puppets used their swords to slash at him too, so he didn't have a choice but jump in the air.

The ground was full of puppets, there's no place to land, he used the momentum from his kick to jump in the air and ruthlessly land on a normal puppet, crushing it, he didn't stop there, he slashed multiple times, not forgetting to use [Invisible Strike] which deflected dangerous attacks and finished the opponent with the second strike.

The second strike was totally invisible and probably twice as fast as the first, the skill was very useful as it not only deflected attacks, it also one-shotted enemies.

A second strike even managed to crush a small shield of an abnormal puppet, but it didn't stop there, it crushed its whole arm and head, killing it instantly.

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By the time the 63 puppets were dead, Leiu wasn't dead beat but he still felt a tired, as he checked his stamina, the 26 stamina became 12, so he used a whopping 6 points to get rid of these 63 puppets.

The reason he didn't kill the last one, which was a fighter puppet, was because he had a crazy idea. As the puppet came rushing at him, Leiu skillfully cut off its legs, like this, it didn't die, and at the same time, he restricted its movements.

The idea he had was keeping a single weak puppet and use it to gain time, time to recover Health and Stamina, rules were not given to him, so even if he tried breaking them, they should warn him, right?

As he cut the puppet's legs, he also cut one of its arms, leaving it armless, the puppet didn't disappear as it was not dead or crushed, so it laid there, wriggling its body and trying to attack Leiu.

Leiu just went 20 or 30 meters away from it and sat up, the puppet kept shaking, it didn't feel tired or desperate, it just kept repeating the same thing until it reaches its target, which will never happen.

So like that, as he cheerfully looked at the puppet, Leiu used this golden opportunity to recover all his Health and Stamina.

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