Chapter 53: Comprehending Basic Sword Techniques… Ruthless?

Soon the outcome of the battle was decided and jsut as karnos guessed both men continued battling with neither side emerging victorous, kranos could faintly feel that this was a waste of time but he didn’t dwell on it too much. He then handed them 100 high grade spirit stones each then chased them away after giving them similar pointers. At this moment all the others had fought between themselves only the last lady was remaining, she seemed to have the highest realm kranos couldn’t imagine what realm she might reached by now.

He closed his eyes and focused on his cultivation, it was time to begin forming the faint outline of the forth golden inscription of mana on his golden core. In the blink of an eye another month had passed, at thismoment kranos was interrupted by three figures, he was slightly surprised because it seemed the lady that had the highest cultivation was challenged by… these two?

Kranos recognised them at a glance, they were the swordsmen who had dueled in the previous duel, he guessed that battle would be interesting, “a duel between you three,” he turned to the lady and asked, “do you accept?”

Without any hesitation she answered with a nod, “yes,” she felt this was a waste of time and was in a haste to go back and continue her cultivation, following her agreement kranos left the stage for them, soon the battle ensued.

Following the commence of the battle the lady withdrew the long blade at her waist, she was also a blade user just not with the sword, immediately the other two attacked simulteanously as though theywere in sync, their attack was also coordinated and they seemed to have taken kranos’s advice to heart.

Seeing both attacks coming towards her from different angles the lady immediately slashed he blade at the young man to her right, the blade shot out like an arrow and in the blink of an eye it destroyed the young man’s attack sending him fying, but she didn’t stay to look at the outcome of her strike she knew how strong she was.

She turned instantly towards the second attack at her left, the attack had almost reached her fortunately she as fast enough, immediately she swung her blade again, karnos immmediately recognised the cultivation technique she used as the lionheart sword battle technique.

Immediately with a roar fierce winds swept out from the blade, at this moment the cultivator faintly felt that the blade had turned into a fierce lion or tiger that was pouncing on him, a weak prey, he could only raise his sword weakly to block the attack but just at he did so he felt a scorching warmt emanating from the blade, his sword was slowly melting under the assault of the attack.

Kranos immediately realised that the lady possessed the fire element, the young man was immediately in despair, it was at this moment that an earthquake resounded and the young man stumbled but the next moment he realised he was a distance away from the lady, he looked down and realised he was standing on a huge rock, it was this rock which had teleported him a distance away.

He turned to glance at his friend, he realised he was the one that saved him, his friend looked at him and smiled weakly before passing out, the young man sighed in relief, fortunately he hadnt lost his life, but at thismoment there was a change in the battle, a wave of heat swept by and the lady was already infront of the young man who just passed out.

Her expression was cold as she struck ruthlessly, seeing this kranos immediately took action, with a flash his figure appeared in the blink of an eye infront of the lady and before any of them could react he struck out a palm towards the lady.

The lady couldn’t even fathom how she was attacked when in the next moment she shot backwards like a broken kite. At this moment she felt that most of the bones in her body was fractured, it would probably take more than a month to hear herself.

After checking up on the young man kranos spoke towards the lady, “i said this should be a life and death duel now one where you kill a defenseless opponent, go back and reflect on yourself,” after kranos finished speaking he tossed the storage ring containing her victory rewards and diddnt pay attention to the lady anymore.

He turned to the other two, “take him to rest, he has just overdrawn his elemental core, casting an ability which was carried a great burden, after a day or two of rest he should regain conciousness.” after speaking kranos went back to his stool to continue his cultivation, he didn’t have any comments on their battle because they barely displayed anymove and only lasted an attack from the young lady.

Besides after more than a month of cultivation, in about a week’s time he would be able to form his fourth golden core pattern. Time passed and the rate at which the cultivators sparred became freequent, after more than five months of staying with them kranos decided to sharpen his sword techniques using them seeing that they were all mostly in the late stage of foundation establishment realm with the lady from before being at the peak already, just a step away from stepping into the golden core realm.

Thinking this he called them over, after they arrived he began speaking, “you have all done well in the past five months, from today your sparring patner will be… me. We will spar daily and your goal is to defeat me, be familiar with each other techniques and if you can defeat me i will give you all 1000 mana stones each.”

Upon hearing kranos’ words they were all shocked but also excited at the same time, but at this moment one of them voiced out her doubts it was the lady at the peak of foundation establishment, she could still recall how kranos had magically appeared in front of her… and that strike, even with her currently cultivation she felt that she would only barely be able to block that strike.

“But your realm is already far above ours, there’s no way we could possibly win,” the others nodded as well agreeing with her.

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