The Thousand Feathered Beast was about six meters tall and looked like a miniature mountain.Fane walked up to the stage steadily.The moment Fane walked on the stage, the barrier around the arena activated, separating the stage from the outside world. No matter how powerful the attacks from the inside were, nothing would break through and reach the spectator stands.The moment Fane stood in place, the Thousand Feathered Beast moved. It flapped its massive wings, rushing into the air after an intense screech. Its sharp eyes remained fixed on Fane, even in the air.Fane narrowed his eyes slightly as he pulled out his gray sword from Mustard Seed. The black iron bet required him to win three consecutive matches in a row, and this was his first one.Fane's hands constantly moved as he formed gray rune after gray rune. A hundred soul swords materialized from those runes. Fane reached out and fused them into his sword.The gray sword started to vibrate from the energy within as the Th
The spectator stands had already blown up in discussion due to that exchange. They had never seen a beast that quick before. Even if the two of them were already at a safe distance, there was a very good chance that Fane would not have been able to avoid the attack if he had not used the laws of space. Fane might have gotten injured, even, affecting the final results.Looking at that exchange, they could not help but wonder if they would have been able to escape unscathed if they were on the stage.Arne let out a cold laugh as he said, "Karma always finds a way to punish those who deserve it. This guy has done so many nasty things, so that's why he's being punished."He chose the strongest of the beasts, and he won't even be able to win the first match. He might end up destroyed by the rainbow feathers on that bird in just a moment!"The moment he said that, the other disciples from the Deer Pavilion behind him started to laugh. As long as Fane met misfortune, they would be elated.
Slowly, Rudy noticed that he was becoming more and more like Fane. He slowly understood why Fane was always so calm, and why none could get to his head.Fwoop! Fwoop! Fwoop!Countless rainbow-colored feathers viciously slammed onto the surface of the stage. Fane barely managed to avoid them all.He looked up at the Thousand Feathered Beast in the sky, noticing its sharp eyes still looking right at him. Even though it showed no emotions, the intense killing intent coming from it washed over Fane like a wave."Is he only good at evading? It's been a while, but he's been dodging! Why isn't he fighting back?! Has he given up on even fighting back because he knows he'll lose?""Who knows what this kid is thinking. Does he think that the Thousand Feathered Beast will exhaust all its energy if he keeps on hiding like that? If that guy really thinks that way, what a joke this will turn out to be."The Thousand Feathered Beast isn't an actual beast at all. Its energy is inexhaustible than
It was a barrier specifically made to cut off the stage and the outside world, protecting the spectator stands from being affected. When the slash hit the barrier, it caused small ripples before being absorbed.Fane let out a sigh as he frowned helplessly. The Thousand Feathered Beast did not just attack incredibly quickly, but the speed at which it moves was not to be underestimated, too.Earlier, the Thousand Feathered Beast had the chance to move away before he attacked, but it waited until Destroying the Void was coming at it before it fled. Was it trying to show off its speed?The beast was made of energy, incapable of thinking for itself!Those thoughts floated in Fane's mind before he discarded them. It was not the time to think of any of that. When the spectators saw what happened, they could not stop talking.Even Arne lamented, "How quick! Lucius truly is unlucky, 'cause that bird is nimble. Attacks can't reach it with how fast it moves!"Even if Lucius has a way to run
"There has to be something wrong with this guy! Doesn't he know what expanding the range of an attack does? Every technique has its limitations. Unless they were large area attacks to begin with, expanding the area of an attack would mean decreasing the strength of a technique!""That's right. If the strength of the attack had been a ten, the attack was probably only left with a five after what he did. He's a wandering warrior, so how strong can the technique be?"If the attack had been at its peak, it might've been able to injure the bird. After he expanded the attack, the attack was only left with a strength of five! Even if it damaged the bird, the bird would only lose a few feathers at most!"Arne started to cackle. This time, he did not deliberately laugh in an exaggerated manner but was really laughing at Fane's idiocy.Everyone could tell that the technique Fane used was not supposed to be a large area attack. He would just be reducing the damage it would deal by expanding i
"You know nothing about Lucius, so how are you so sure he'll lose? Do you think everyone will end up getting burnt to a crisp like Lesley?!"After Rudy said that, he looked at Arne coldly, causing Arne to turn purple in the face. "What did you say?!"Rudy smiled coldly. "I'm speaking human words. Do you not understand them? Can you shut that annoying mouth of yours? You might feel that it's fine after you speak, but please be considerate of how others feel. I feel like puking the moment you open your mouth, do you know that? The things you say are far too stupid!"The moment Rudy started talking, he could not stop himself. He recalled everything that Arne had said and got even furious. If he could, he wanted to kill Arne with his words.Arne stood up from his seat angrily as the tension between the two of them rose instantly. The tension was so thick it could be cut with a knife, and a fight was bound to happen if nothing was done.The disciples of the Deer Pavilion hurriedly pull
However, Fane did not care. He even activated the laws of space around his blade, causing the original attack to only need to travel half the distance.The Thousand Feathered Beast let out a cry and shot up into the air like before. This time, it was unfortunately not as quick to dodge as a fraction of the nine-meter slash pierced through its lower body!The Thousand Feathered Beast's whole body stiffened as its wings constantly shook. It could not stop crying out in the air.Someone shouted among the spectators, "It hit! The slash hit the lower body of that bird!""Something's wrong! Look! Why aren't there any wounds on the bird's body at all? It clearly hit the beast, so why isn't there any blood at all?""That's true! I feel like that bird just shouted out a few times! It's still flying upwards…so it's not affected at all!"The Thousand Feathered Beast indeed flapped its wings to stay afloat. Fane's Destroying the Void did pierce the Thousand Feathered Beast's lower body. Othe
"That's right, there is no limit to the black iron bet. There's no guarantee you can even see one in a whole month. Many people would get instigated by the black iron bet and throw away their whole life savings, trying to earn a big sum."One to seven odds is far too alluring. If Arne wasn't making such a big fuss earlier, quite a few people might have bitten the bait and put a lot of spirit crystals on Lucius. Then, they'd really be suffering great losses!""That's right, I almost put all my life savings on Lucius. After I heard what all of you said, I was lucky enough to realize my mistakes. I placed my bet on the beast. Even if the odds are only one to two, it would still double my spirit crystals! It's still a good thing…"Just as everyone was busy discussing, the Thousand Feathered Beast suddenly fell from the air. With a bang, the beast's massive body heavily slammed onto the stage, causing dust to fly everywhere!As it flew in the air, the beast still had the strength to con