After a week of treatment, Emily was finally discharged. She came to meet her friends, looking energetic as usual.
During this week that she stayed in the medical bay, Henry fought his second battle. It was not as dramatic as hers though.
He won after a drawn-out battle of attrition. Forget about his lack of self-confidence, he was still one of the best on the ship. His lack of confidence is because of the steep requirement of only 5 survivors.
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It was already 3 months since the tournament began, today is Clark’s 2nd battle fixture. His opponent this time is Excalibur. The fight was without suspense as he completely crushed his opponent.
After some time, Emily and Henry also had their 3rd tournament battle. They both fought against weaker opponents and won after putting in some effort.
The main highlight of these recent battles was The Emperor’s 3rd battle, which he fought against Jian Wushaung. Jian Wushaung, the name sounded ridicul
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After returning, Clark went back straight to his room. His 2 friends were already there to welcome and congratulate him. “Clark, you are so fierce. Damn, that was intense”. Henry exclaimed exaggeratedly as soon as he saw him. “I can’t believe you abandoned your weapons to finish the battle with your fists, that’s completely tyrannical”. Henry kept on heaping praise on him which finally made him smile a little, earning a burst of laughter from Emily. “Hahaha, you only know when to smile when praises are heaped on you right?” She asked in a slightly accusing tone. “…” Clark was left speechless. “Can’t you allow me to enjoy my glory for once?” He could only cough a little to hide his awkwardness, as black lines already covered his face. … For the rest of the day, talks of how the stranded dragon demolished the trickster became the talk of the day. Clark didn’t know of all these, nor did he pay attention as he already returned to h
Of the two hundred and four 2nd rank high-grade soldiers who participated in the elimination round, only 13 soldiers survived to this last round. After the first round, 102 soldiers survived to the next round. After the 2nd round, 51 soldiers were left. 50 of them had to fight, and one lucky gladiator among them was allowed to advance directly to the next round without battling. After the 3rd round, only 26 soldiers survived. Then after the 4th round, these 13 soldiers were the golden goose survivors. These 13 soldiers are then going to fight for the last opportunity to survive. The battles began without much fanfare, as the cream of the crop of the initial 204 soldiers started battling for the 5 survivor slots. After 2 weeks of constant exciting battles, today is a battle between the flexible master and exterminator. Emily got prepared to cross her last hurdle, as Clark and Henry encouraged her to be calm and try her best. The commentator was
At the last moment of desperation when the Executioner’s weapon was advancing to cut her leg, Emily’s brain calculated and she discovered that she could not avoid losing her last leg. So, she just ignored it. It was already spilled milk to her. She focused on striving for the last effort at breaking her speed limit. Forcing a breakthrough was her last gamble. As soon as she lost her last leg, her brain spammed her with pain signals ruthlessly but she tried hard to ignore all these. Before it was cut, she managed to propel herself up a bit. She gritted her teeth as her suspended body ascended higher. Blood dropped like rain after her ascending figure, making the battle arena extremely bloody. Every spectator held their breaths and widened their eyes, as this scene completely felt like something out of a horror movie. The excessive blood loss was already muddling her consciousness. A normal soldier would have already been in a near-death s
The demon subduer couldn’t endure it anymore as he tore open his last trump card. He quickly started executing his ultimate, his self-created technique, the wild strikes of death. Normally, he used his self-created technique as his final finishing blow. This is because self-created techniques are very energy and concentration draining, even more so than battle arts. This immediately caused his offensive to rise a level, as his opponent started struggling to keep up. Henry included this in his plans, as this was not the first time that he saw his opponent using this self-created technique. Despite his preparation, things don’t always go according to plan as the increased offensive was fiercer than he predicted. He repeatedly parried with his 2 swords, while letting out grunts and retreating from the force of the blows. Ptui!! Ptui!! He finally slipped up which his opponent promptly took advantage of, inflicting him with 2 deep cuts across the c
The most anticipated day finally came, for the decisive battle of the pinnacles to begin. Clark stood still rigidly at the section of the ship where gladiator weapons were stored. He was deeply conflicted. Despite already training for so long on mastering the art of the spear, he was still more proficient at using a sword. He didn’t spend too much time on this, he broke out of his dilemma as he quickly made a decision. He picked his normal weapon set of a sword and a shield, like usual. But he still picked a spear as a precaution, strapping it to his back. … “Ladies and gentlemen, grab your popcorns and strap on your seat belts as the most anticipated battle of the year are about to begin”. The commentator was sure not to dull, as he started hyping the battle with his carefully prepared words. “Prepare yourselves as we welcome 2 of the deadliest gladiators of the fleet to the arena, The Emperor and The Stranded Dragon, the 2 behemoths”.
Clang!! Clang!! Clang!! Nobody answered the spectator’s doubts, as metallic sounds kept ringing like bells across the arena. The commentator was gravely silent, he also didn’t understand the situation. As the tense atmosphere of suspense grew among the spectators like a plague, the arena finally cleared up a bit. The 2 gladiator’s unnaturally swift-moving silhouettes gradually became clear. Their figures moved rapidly like phantoms, as they were both already entangled in a bloody melee. This time around, there was no shield to control the tempo as their hand speed completely erupted. Most of the spectators only saw a blur, but this could not calm their rapidly beating hearts as realization finally dawned on them. They forgot that The Stranded dragon entered the battle with a spear strapped to his back. Clark fought fiercely like a bloody maniac, as his hand speed continuously increased without restraint. Blood blossomed like drizzling rain, as
After a week of treatment, like predicted, Clark was finally discharged as Emily escorted him back to his room. For the whole week, he didn’t taste any food, he was only placed on drips. So, on getting back, Emily decided to start preparing food for him as he laid lazily on his bed. During his time recovering in the medical bay, he already re-watched his battle with the Emperor. The strength of his self-created technique still left him astonished. He could not simply make heads nor tail of it at the moment. “I guess I was missing a lot”. He muttered in resignation. He felt like he was really a country bumpkin before, not knowing about self-created techniques. How could he have been living without such an op knowledge? “Ignorance is really a curse”. After Emily finished preparing the food, she served and they both ate to their fill. After spending some time idle talking, she finally went to her room as he also decided to rest. He slept
After Clark and his group were informed that they arrived, they all came out to see the mind-blowing sight. This section of the sea was like a world on its own. Ships and structures that looked like buildings spanned across the surface of the sea, making it seem like a world in a fairytale to them. The environment around here was exaggeratedly boisterous as ships of different brands, sizes, and qualities sailed away, while others sailed in. As their fleet slowly moved forward, their emotions gradually changed from being awestruck to being completely dumbfounded as they arrived at a certain part of the world in the sea. A huge metal platform was erected in the middle of the sea with other smaller platforms erected around it, spanning across miles, looking like the pyramids of ancient Egypt. They finally saw the huge recognition flag. The unique flag of the Seafarers alliance waved, following the direction of the wind as it stood firmly in front