Despite his bulky physique, Lost Ghost could move extrely fast. His use of psychic power was also exceptional. He could jump from one place to another in mid-air with Psychic Impact at the sa level of proficiency as Cross, making this fight difficult for Sila.
Out of all the moves in the Nine-Styles Weapon Subduing Art, the Middle Styles were most efficient in one-on-one fights against an opponent with similar strength. Among them, the style that Sila was best at was Stellar Wheel, the style which involved circulating the power inside his body, making it the eye of a storm while enveloping his skin with fierce winds. It could be used either offensively or defensively, and even got enhanced by Divine Raint.
Nevertheless, this style originated from Six Moon-Grabbing-Claws. Thus, the foundation of this style was to defend using the body. Consequently, Sila couldnt exert its full power against Lost Ghost who was under the effect of Gluttony, since all damage that Lost Ghost dealt would be swallowed and enhance Lost Ghosts stats instead.
One of the key factors in battles was the flow. Sotis, Sila would notice a chance to parry the attack, which would leave the opponent undefended and allow him to counterattack. However, he regrettably had to abandon such an opportunity thanks to Gluttonys ability.
As a result, the battle beca an extended one, since one person focused on attacking while the other focused on evading.
Sila wasnt sure how long the duration of Gluttony was, but he thought it would take quite a while since Lost Ghost didnt show any signs of being in a hurry. On the contrary, Lost Ghost even seed to be studying his maneuvering.
In fact, deep down, Lost Ghost was anxious but he just didnt let it show in his actions. Even when he deliberately threw an attack that was easier to block than evade, Sila still chose to dodge it. This implied that Sila was aware of the cards ability.
This ga of cat and mouse ends here. I wont hold back anymore... Rhythm of Subduing Earth!!
Lost Ghost had finished testing Sila. The javelins hovering around him transford into harpoons, then flew at Sila again.
Sila couldnt tell how this attack was different from the previous ones. However, no matter what kind of attack they were, as long as he could avoid them, it wouldnt matter.
Sila moved to the left with Armant Trampling and looked back at the harpoons that missed their target. Instead of disappearing like the previous attacks, they stayed pierced into the floor without showing any signs that they would disappear soon. Seeing this, Sila decided to be more cautious.
The floor around the harpoons started to turn into pools of darkness that kept expanding outward, like drops of black ink that landed on paper.
Sila didnt dare to touch the black areas, so he stepped away. However, Lost Ghost continued to throw the harpoons to every corner of the room. Soon, the entire room was dyed black.
What kind of ability is this? Anyway, I shouldnt touch them.
While Sila was staying in the air with Cloud Stepping, he tried to probe the mysterious black ability by throwing a suntetsu at the floor. The suntetsu sank one inch into the ground, which was far weaker than what Sila had intended.
Sticking ability, huh? exclaid Sila.
Although his ability was exposed, Lost Ghosts expression didnt change. It didnt matter whether Sila was aware of his ability or not. Sila would eventually run out of power and have to descend to the floor. At that point, he would be affected by Lost Ghosts Psychic Earth Attrition.
Psychic Earth Attrition was the nature of Lost Ghosts psychic power. Upon coming into contact with it, they wouldnt take damage, but instead theyll be stuck to the power until they die or Lost Ghost cancels it.
During the previous war event, Lost Ghost could only apply this psychic power to his weapon, and that made his weapon stick to his opponent without letting them escape. Now, while his Rhythm was active, Psychic Earth Attrition would gain the ability to spread around his weapons.
When the opponent was glued to his psychic power, they would simply beco a fixed target, waiting for Lost Ghost to enjoy giving them a beating.
Montra had given the Deadly Sin cards to each of the Five Dragon Warlords personally, unlike Lone Wolf and Sila who got the cards randomly. This ant that they had the cards most suitable for them due to Montras knowledge of their fighting styles.
For example, by obtaining Gluttony, Lost Ghost was like a tiger growing a pair of wings. Once his opponent was incapable of moving, they would helplessly fall victim to Gluttonys energy-absorbing ability.
Each of the Seven Deadly Sins had their own unique power.
Silas Greed Card was the sole card among the seven that wasnt combat-oriented. Its only purpose was to collect more rare items than others, representing Mammons hoarding nature, as well as his cheating.
As for Lone Wolfs Pride Card, it was the most straightforward card out of the whole series. All it did was elevate the users raw power to the transcendent level, representing Lucifers pride in his pure strength and disdain for tricky techniques.
Psychic Earth Attrition didnt stop at gluing Silas suntetsu but also spread to dye it with its ability.
Regardless, Sila was relieved to know that this ability only affected the things it touched.
In that case, I will stop playing too. Defending is not my forte.
Sila stopped using only Armant Trampling. He tapped the air with Cloud Stepping and dashed at Lost Ghost in a straight line. This marked the first mont in this battle where Sila beco offensive.
Lost Ghost recalled Montras warnings about Sila having so skill or item that allowed him to move freely in the air, along with the ability to let him revive when facing death.
Actually, their plan centered around letting at least two of the Five Dragon Warlords besiege Sila just to be sure of his death. This was planned after taking the fact that all the opponents should have been poisoned into account. Therefore, the victory was supposed to belong to them, the warlords, without any problems.
Nevertheless, there were miscalculations. The first was that not everyone got poisoned, while the second was Sebastian splitting them all up.
The harpoons transford into shields, surrounding Lost Ghost. Similar to Sila, Lost Ghost charged back at him. He was confident that his shields would block Silas incoming assault and put a stop to Silas future movent.
Sila powerfully struck his heel downward. The sound of his heel cleaving through the sky was like thunder.
Seeing the attack, Lost Ghost didnt think the thin-layered shields could take on Silas kick. Thus, he combined all the shields into a thicker one and hovered it above his head.
When he did that, sothing bizarre happened. The frightening force behind Silas kick suddenly disappeared while Sila changed his direction in mid-air. His index fingers dipped into Lost Ghosts ribs on both sides of his body.
Moon Perishing Yizichan showed its power. Lost Ghosts body halted for a brief mont as his breathing beca frantic.
For profound practitioners, it was common sense that the flow of breathing can directly affect the bodys movent.
As Lost Ghost lost his balance, Sila exhibited the power of Bone Claws once, before making yet another move; kicking Lost Ghosts face with Armant Trampling to send him flying.
Since Lost Ghosts control over his psychic power was interrupted, the black color on the floor faded away and the floor returned to the usual stone one like it was before.
Sila did a black flip in mid-air and landed gracefully.
The tal helt covering Lost Ghosts face shattered, showing his bleeding face. His black eyes stared at Sila in disbelief. It was simply beyond him to comprehend how Sila, who had played this ga for less than a year, could beco this strong. Sila truly deserved to be put in the Heavenly Dragon Guilds blacklist. As expected of the man who the Magic Emperor was wary of and told them to kill as quickly as possible.
Lost Ghost stood up with a furious expression. However, he soon noticed sothing wrong with his body; he couldnt breathe. Thinking that it was due to the damage he just received, he took out a high-grade health potion to drink.
Sila didnt continue his attack as he wanted to observe Lost Ghosts reaction as well as review his attacks.
Firstly, he had started his attack by using the third style of his personal art, Martial Formless. His seemingly almighty kick was, in fact, a feigned one. As a result, he could suddenly change his direction halfway. After that, he used his fingers to perform one of the martial moves of Moon Perishing Yizichan to disturb the opponents breathing. His fingers stabbed at the acupuncture points related to the lungs. If the recipient of the attack used a qi art that heavily relied on a breathing technique, such an attack could even be life-threatening.
Then Sila drew on his experiences of several deaths under the Cliff of Heroes and the creativity he learned from that. Bone Claws was derived from Divines Death Bridge. Even with Silas Strengthened Bones, Divine could easily manage to remove his bones like child's play. After being killed by Divine countless tis, Sila made so useful observations regarding Death Bridge.
One of which was that the dislocation of joints or bones couldnt be cured by taking potions. He suspected that it was due to the fact that no damage was done to the body, so the potion didnt know what to heal.
What Sila did was dislocate Lost Ghosts bone to obstruct the flow of air entering the lungs, which Divine had done to him once. The dislocated bones hindered the lungs. Because of this, Lone Ghost was having a difficult ti breathing and beca tired much easier.
Sila rcilessly perford the move right after disturbing the opponents breathing with Moon Perishing Yizichan. As a result, Lost Ghost beca unable to breathe. He was about to die from suffocation even though he still had a lot of health points remaining.
One couldnt simply bla Lost Ghost for falling victim to Silas actions. If sothing had to be blad, it would be the dreadfulness of Silas art.
His actions consisted of both the art directly inherited from Mora, the strongest Elder of the Wulin Masters Association, and the art which belonged to Divine, who was once renowned as the Gentlemanly Satan, the na that, when heard, silenced children in an instant and caused grown n to shake like trees in a storm.
Earlier, I believed that Nine-Styles Weapon Subduing Art was more like the nine different arts rather than a single art consisting of nine parts that were harmonious. However, it seems I was wrong. If I try harder, all the styles might work well together one day... I have to continue practicing, and continue to co up with ways to use them.
Even Sila himself didnt know how to survive if he was put into Lost Ghosts current predicant, so he calmly and silently looked at his opponent.
Nevertheless, as expected of one of the Five Dragon Warlords, Lost Ghost smashed his elbow against his ribs, causing a cracking sound as he broke them, before gasping for air.
I see. Breaking your own bones in order to free yourself from the obstruction. Violent, but effective. I didnt foresee that.
Sila gave a complint while thinking to himself that, when Divine did this to him, he couldnt use the sa thod to break free since his bones were as sturdy as Orichalcum. It seed the seemingly useful Strengthened Bones could be a double-edged sword in so situations.
Lost Ghost took another high-grade health potion out, but the bottle was broken before he could drink thanks to Silas suntetsu. Furthermore, five more suntetsu pierced his chest. Sila exploited the opening created when Lost Ghost was trying to heal himself to attack.
You bastard... Lost Ghost said with a hoarse voice.
Do I look like a kind person who would allow the enemy to take their sweet ti healing during combat? I didnt attack you previously only because I was curious about what you would do. Why make sothing difficult when I can set it at easy? Moreover, if I were in your shoes, you wouldnt let recover either.
By saying he was setting it at easy, Sila was mimicking Beluga.
Lost Ghosts health bar hadnt even dropped to three quarters, so it wasnt a problem for him. The more troubling factor was his broken ribs. It brought him pain every ti he moved. If he was a qi type player, he would have a way to lessen his pain. Sadly, he was a psychic one.
Psychic Earth Attrition.
Lost Ghosts body suddenly dyed black, like the body of a devil. He utilized his psychic power to fixate his bones and internal organs in their usual spots. As such, he could move with reduced pain.
The harpoons were forming in the sky above him again. This ti, a giant axe appeared in Lost Ghosts hand as well. He gave off the vibe of a demonic executioner who was ready to decapitate people.
Blood continued to drip from the corner of Lost Ghost mouth, and his power was surging with no sign of stopping. Lost Ghost wondered why. He looked at Sila who must be the reason behind the weird changes in his body.
If they were ordinary hidden weapons, I wouldnt be able to do it. However, suntetsu can pierce deeply into acupoints. Strangely enough, Sila took his ti to explain.
Lost Ghost looked at the five black sticks in his chest and shouted at Sila with doubt.
Why did you grant more power?!
Those five acupoints are life-perishing points. I used my hidden weapons to break the walls obstructing the flow of the five elents in your body. Your power will continue to surge as it can flow better. I looked into this but didnt dare to try it on myself since Im not sure how long people can maintain this state.
Life-perishing points?
Even though his power was increased, the na sounded like bad news. Lost Ghost wondered what they ant.
Your power will continue to rise, reaching around two tis the usual, I think. But, there is a ti limit. When your power is depleted, you will die.
Sila nonchalantly declared that, but Lost Ghost was extrely shocked. He imdiately pulled all the suntetsu out of his body, but his power still continued to shoot up, to the point where his skin was beginning to tear apart from within. It seed those suntetsu had already served their purpose from the mont they pierced his chest.
The first ti Sila read about the life-perishing points in Moras book, he thought it was fanciful. Mora had written in the book that the human body possessed more power than we can normally display. What limited a human from spending all of the power was their natural defense chanisms, such as feeling tired, pain, falling unconscious, and so on.
There were certain acupuncture points that, when all were pushed, served as a double-edged sword. Although one could access the reserved life energy and unleash it, once it ran out, the user would undoubtedly die. This was especially the case for those who didnt have proper control over their power. The increase of power was like the engine of an old car being replaced by one from a Formula 1 racing car; one mistake when tapping the accelerator and you could be sent slamming into a pole.
Sila dashed at Lost Ghost like an arrow. He was pressuring Lost Ghost to use his unruly power instead of taking his ti to take control of it.
Lost Ghost decided to make sure of his rampant power and summoned nurous black axes to fill the air above them.
Using One Above All through his two feet, Sila accelerated his speed, leaving behind an afterimage.
Once he got close to Lost Ghost, his feet miraculously stopped thanks to him using another part of his power to pull them to the floor.
Although Lost Ghost was shocked at Silas extre speed, he was still confident in his body that was enveloped by Psychic Earth Attrition, especially when his power was currently rising like mad.
Even if Sila punched him, the speed would be reduced and the fist would be glued to the surface of his psychic power. In the worst case scenario, even if the fist put him on the verge of death, Lost Ghost would still be able to take advantage of Gluttonys ability to recover his health points by hitting Sila who would be glued to him.
Since that was the case, Lost Ghost gladly welcod Silas attack. He even wished for the fist to co at him faster.
And that would soon prove to be his biggest mistake. Even Lone Wolf or Montra wouldnt dare to take Silas full-power attack head-on without trying to dodge.
Unseal.
Sila just muttered a word, but to Lost Ghost, it sounded like a whisper from the grim reaper. Silas right arm transford into tal, and it wasnt an ordinary mineral but the strongest one, Orichalcum.
One Above All, Silas killing move, was used again. Unlike before when he used it on a weaker opponent, this ti, Sila exerted its full power.
The fist was thrown at Lost Ghost at a ridiculously slow speed, causing him to feel dumbfounded.
Sila was trying to combine Stellar Wheel with One Above All by throwing the power of One Above All with the rotation of Stellar Wheel. Although his fist was slow, each rotation of power within his arm increased the strength of the fist at an astonishingly fast rate.
Once the fist touched Lost Ghost, he didnt feel like he was punched at all. Rather, Silas fist felt like a drill to him. His skin was penetrated as if his body was rely a clay doll. This was even after his Psychic Earth Attrition had already reduced the significant portion of power in Silas fist.
Lost Ghosts body flew away and crashed into the wall behind him. There was a giant hole in the center of his chest. Lost Ghost coughed out blood and looked at Sila with vacant eyes.
Completely lost... He lost even though he had already done his best.
Although he had a lot of techniques at his disposal, he died before he had a chance to utilize most of them. He lost despite it being a one-on-one match. At this mont, Lost Ghost felt both resentnt and fear toward the executioner in front of him.
Looking at his sleeve, Sila found that it had torn slightly. He focused his mind on the chanical God's Protection for a mont and the sleeve was restored.
Was the punch so severe that it could damage armor made from Orichalcum and the Eternal Onyx? Was it because I used the power through the Right Arm of the Sealed One? Will it still be this lethal if I use my normal arm? But, if I really do that, wont my arm get crushed instead?
The quality of Silas power was now significantly higher than other players. As a result, when he exerted his full power, the power he could unleash was so strong that even his flesh couldnt take the burden.
Sila slowly walked to Lost Ghosts corpse, but it soon dispersed as light along with a system notification ringing in his head.
You have achieved a certain condition: Defeating the user of the Gluttony Card when the Gluttony ability is active. You have obtained (S) Gluttony Card - Level 1.
You have achieved a certain condition. Your level has risen to 325.
Sila looked at the card that had an illustration of a black-haired man with his lower body made of countless flies.
He wanted to know what it could do, but he was more concerned about the others. Sila threw the card into his system window after giving it a quick glance, then went through the exit that appeared when Lost Ghost died.
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