’, good at martial arts?’ Matthew almost laughed at that joke, but he had co here precisely to find martial artists to battle with.
So, of course, he wasn’t going to refuse.
"Fine." He responded with a wave of his hand, signaling that he could co closer.
The air tensed, and for a brief mont, the movent around them stopped.
The gentle breeze that used to blow through the trees seed to have stopped miles away, and only two people were left staring at each other.
An oppressive atmosphere caused the wild birds seeking refuge in the nearby trees to fly away, and even the beasts hiding nearby, waiting for their mont to attack their terrified prey, had to turn and run in the opposite direction.
’He is powerful,’ Matthew thought, but he kept his eyes fixed on his movents.
He was so powerful that he could make him feel oppressed. It wasn’t because of his overall strength, but because of his martial arts skills.
Sun Woo seed to smile for a brief mont, when suddenly his figure distorted in an extrely fast movent. The movent of his enormous spear, which asured more than 2 ters, was steady in front, aiming for his opponent’s shoulder.
Matthew was precise in his defense, raising his sword to strike the incoming spear. The sound of the impact of these two weapons reverberated throughout the surroundings, intensifying the oppression emanating from both bodies and opening trenches in the surrounding area.
The entire forest shook.
Two titans had begun to fight!
In the distance, the people fighting their respective prey were shocked and looked in the sa direction: the center of the forest.
"I sense two presences fighting," Juliet said suddenly. "One of them has impressive mastery of martial arts. The other seems to be holding back his power as much as possible."
"The elders?" one of her group asked, but Juliet shook her head.
"If it were them, I wouldn’t be surprised. They’re young."
"Young?" They looked at each other in shock. "Tournant participants?"
"Probably."
"That strong?"
"Could it be that Liam Wagner ca to participate in this edition? I think he’s still old enough to compete."
"Impossible, it would have caused a stir in the city if that guy ca."
"But if it’s not him..."
"..."
Juliet remained silent. She felt she knew both auras, but couldn’t guess whose they belonged to. Even so, the blows were continuous, decisive, and powerful.
Few of those she knew could do that.
’Could it really be Liam Wagner? Although the other one feels a little... beastly?’ She thought, and her eyes sparkled. ’Sun Wukong, the Great Master?’
She imdiately shook her head at that possibility. If it were Sun Wukong, the commotion he would have caused in all the kingdoms, and especially in the nearby clans, would be unprecedented.
Even though she had only seen him once before, and he was a man worthy of respect, whose power sat alongside the greats of this world.
’Is it Sun Woo, his son?’ That possibility sounded more likely.
She had fought a few tis with that boy, and he was dangerous when he wielded his spear, a worthy person in the martial arts, a true Master.
Now, Sun Woo had been invited to the Tournant ti and ti again, for a long ti, and he had never accepted. What made him co here, then?
’The last ti he ca, it was when Liam Wagner was in town, and he only ca to fight him,’ she thought.
’Is there anyone at Liam Wagner’s level in the tournant right now?’
While she was distracted, one of the beasts she was fighting sneaked up on her—a snake. Taking advantage of her distraction, it lunged at her, ready to bite her in the side.
"Miss, watch out!"
Juliet couldn’t guess who the shout ca from, but it was crucial for her to react in ti. She stepped aside and accurately struck the snake’s eye.
’Tsk, I’ll have to finish this first.’ She imdiately looked at her companions.
"Don’t get distracted, let’s kill these things and then think about our surroundings!" she shouted.
...
Matthew looked exhausted after trading blows with this guy for more than 15 minutes. His breathing was slightly labored.
’As expected of a martial arts master. Although his fists are weak, those blows with that spear are really powerful and insightful,’ he thought.
He could tell that this guy was very precise in his movents and didn’t think too much before striking, which allowed him to be very fast yet still accurate.
He was superior to him in almost every way.
Even so, these 15 minutes had been really fruitful.
Blows teach you, even more so in martial arts. Matthew had engraved that in his mind a long ti ago, so he made the most of everything to improve, learn, and evolve.
His body needed strength, but so did his martial arts. So this was a golden opportunity.
Even if it’s complicated, there is no glory without pain!
Matthew gritted his teeth and took a step back before swinging his sword forward with force in a horizontal motion, attacking Sun Woo.
"Big mistake." Sun Woo seed to smile at that mont, and his strike, following the sa trajectory, deviated slightly.
At such high speed, a slight deviation could result in a significant change in the point of impact.
In the end, Matthew’s attack missed its target, and Sun Woo’s struck his shoulder...
Matthew smiled. "Indeed. A grave mistake."
In midair, he changed the trajectory of his attack with terrifying agility, using only the movent of his shoulder, and the blow aid at Matthew’s shoulder passed straight by, using the sa logic as before: at that speed, a slight deviation ant a significant change in the point of impact.
Sun Woo’s attack struck the tree behind Matthew, pinning it firmly to it and shattering it almost instantly. Just enough ti for Matthew’s attack to hit him in the chest.
In just a few seconds, Matthew left a clear and almost impossible-to-close opening to draw Sun Woo’s attack closer to him, precisely because one of the most challenging things about fighting Sun Woo was his exceptional ability to avoid attacks.
He perfectly embodied the saying: This is the art of striking and avoiding being struck!
But he fell into the trap... And it was a decisive trap.
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