Chapter 417 - A carpet of red [1]
Gazing at my opponent, I bitterly thought.
'Looks like I can no longer afford to fight like before...'
He was simply way too strong for to not use my sword against.
SHIIIIING—!
Unsheathing my sword from my scabbard, I distanced myself from my opponent who did not give chase. It was clear that he beca a little bit warier once he saw release my aura.
This was good.
It bought enough ti for to prepare myself.
Lowering my head and glancing at my sword, which was not the sa sword Malvil gave to , I took a deep breath.
"Huuuu..."
Slowly, I cald my mind as I felt the grip of the sword in my hand.
The sword felt a bit unfamiliar, but it was still alright. I wasn't planning on using the [Keiki style] just yet, so there was no need to work myself up over the unfamiliarity.
Despite the fact that Malvil said that the sword was ready for use, in reality, he was only partially right.
Setting aside the fact that it was still sealed, its body was too short for to properly use.
It was about half a ter in length.
Supposedly, it was supposed to lengthen the more seals I unlock. In fact, according to Malvil, one of its feature unlockable features was that it could lengthen to whatever size the owner wanted.
Sounded neat, but, yeah, I needed to unlock the first seal before being able to do that.
Bit of a pity since I really liked its main feature.
"Huuuu..."
Taking another deep breath, I moved my sword forward and drew a circle in the air. The ti it took to draw a circle was just but a re half a second.
As I drew the circle in the air, a translucent ring suddenly materialized in front of . Following the first ring, using as little ti as possible, I drew more rings.
Within a couple of seconds, I had already ford three rings.
Bang—!
By the ti the third ring ford, with a powerful bang, the orc once again dashed in my direction. It had probably already scrutinized enough.
'...How in the world is he so fast!?'
I exclaid inside of my mind as I caught a glimpse of the orc coming in my direction.
Despite his size, the orc's speed was extrely impressive. Before I knew it, he had already appeared before .
Raising his fist he once again punched out in my direction.
Catching a glimpse of his attack from the corner of my eyes, I instantly realized that his attack was a lot faster and more powerful than the previous attack he used on .
Fortunately, this ti I was ready.
"Haaa!"
Letting out a scream, and glancing behind where the massive drop was, I took a step back, towards the nothingness.
The mont I took a step back, the orc's fist and movent faltered, and audible gasps could be heard from the bottom of the arena.
This was the exact reaction I was looking for.
"Go."
Waving my fingers, with a soft rushing sound, one of the rings moved toward my left, right beneath my right foot.
Swooosh—!
Following the first ring, another ring moved towards my right side. About waist level. Tensing my left leg, I jumped up and used the ring as support for my right foot.
The orc who had now realized what was happening once again punched out in my direction as a sonic boom followed after his punch. Unfortunately, it was already too late. Propelling myself off of the ring, I flipped in the air and softly landed behind the orc.
The mont I landed on the ground, I clenched my fists and muttered.
'Gravitational pull.'
It was at that mont that the rings behind suddenly glowed and the orc found his movents suddenly beco sluggish.
Taking advantage of that mont, raising my sword in the air, I drew more and more circles. Each ti I drew a circle, I would propel it in the direction of the orc as the gravitation pull effect activated.
"Khuuuuua!"
Behind , the orc's enraged shout reverberated throughout the whole platform. As more rings were added, the more sluggish his movents beca.
However, despite his shouts, I continued to draw more and more circles. After deliberating for a while, I found that this was the best tactic I could use outside of going all out using the [Keiki style], and it seed to be sohow working.
Unfortunately, there were still not enough rings.
I could tell that the current amount of rings I had set up wasn't enough to keep him at bay, thus, briefly glancing in his direction, I activated 'the one'.
"Stay put."
I icily said as I glared at my opponent.
It was only for a mont, but the mont I activated 'the one' and uttered those words, the orc's movent ca to a sudden halt. Deep fear hid beneath his eyes as he involuntarily took a step back.
I didn't let go of this opportunity as I drew more and more rings before sending them in his direction.
Having reached the essence realm for [Ring of vindication] not too long ago it took about fifteen seconds for each ring to dissipate in the air, therefore, by the ti I drew the twentieth circle, the orc was finally unable to move anymore.
Despite the orc's many attempts at moving, it was all to no avail as the gravitational pull behind each ring forced the orc into place.
"Khhhhh!"
Realizing that he was in a deep predicant, the orc's desperate and enraged shout shook the entire platform.
As he scread, his bloodthirsty eyes glared in my direction. He had a look on his face that made think he wanted to eat whole.
Of course, I rely shrugged it off.
If looks could do anything, I would've died the mont I t lissa.
Lowering my sword, I could feel the mana inside of my body drain at a rate that I had never felt before.
'I guess keeping twenty rings active at the sa ti is still too much for .'
The expenditure behind keeping this many rings was nothing to scoff at as I estimated that my mana would ran out in about a minutes ti.
I had to end this quick.
Still, keeping my face straight, I walked up to the orc. Arriving before him, I stopped at around a ter's length away form him.
Glaring in my direction, the orc snarled and gnashed his teeth loudly as he repeatedly scread.
"KuuahkkK!"
"Good match."
Raising my foot upwards till the sole of my foot touched his chest, I softly pushed the orc outside of the arena.
"Khuuuuuua!"
Unable to resist, the orc bitterly watched as his body fell off of the arena and plumted to the ground at a terrifying speed. Fortunately for him, there was soone waiting for him below.
With a simple wave of their hand, a soft wind blew beneath the orc and his body ca to a sudden halt.
Since each and everyone present was a representative from each race, the elves tried their best to save as many people as possible from dying. This of course did not an that you couldn't kill your opponent, but it would be quite a hard thing to do with the referees present.
Making sure that my opponent was fine, the referee raised her hand and shouted.
"Match winner Caeruleum, he will proceed to the round of 32."
The mont the referee's voice faded, thunderous cheers rang from below.
Closing my eyes, I secretly sighed in relief.
Thankfully, I only had to expose [Ring of vindication] instead of the [Keiki style]. This was good for as I could still keep it a secret for when I t an opponent that was far above my league.
For example, soone whose rank was in the
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