Chapter 32: Brutal
Lei and Hudson faced off in midair, a distance of several hundred meters between them. They naturally used their battle qi, which was very powerful. Many of the spectators below could hear them clearly.
"So arrogant!" Woton frowned.
"Damn it, once the boss beats him until he can't fight back, this Hudson will know how high the sky is." Gates cursed indignantly.
Although most of the spectators below thought Hudson was arrogant, they knew he had the strength to back it up. After all, his title was 'Rock Sword Saint'. The guy with the most insane defense!
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High in the sky.
After the Rock Sword Saint 'Hudson' finished speaking, a dense wave of earthy yellow air surged around his body. The air rolled, giving off a terrifying sense of pressure and heaviness.
"Force you to draw your sword?" Linley's mouth curled up slightly.
"Boom!" Dense blue-black battle qi spread from Linley's body surface, rolling around him like black clouds. However, compared to Hudson, the protective aura around Linley actually affected people's heartbeats. This protective aura seemed to contain a deliberate fluctuation.
"Hmm?" Hudson saw Linley's 'Pulsating Defense', his eyes lighting up. He then stared intently at Linley and laughed, "Linley, I didn't expect you to hide this trick during your fight with Olivia. I admit... you have the qualifications to make me draw my sword."
Hudson had sharp eyes!
Linley's 'Pulsating Defense' was different from his own, but its power was definitely not much lower. Just this astonishing defense of Linley's alone forced Hudson to draw his sword!
"Clang!" Hudson pulled the earthy yellow heavy sword from his back. Then he looked at Linley seriously.
Linley flipped his hand, and the Black Obsidian Heavy Sword, its surface reflecting a green light, was held in his hand. He had already begun to gather momentum, ready for the most lethal strike at any moment.
"He drew his sword! Lord Hudson drew his sword!"
The millions below felt their hearts race. Olivia also frowned: "This Linley's defense... seems a bit special. I didn't expect he had this trick up his sleeve."
Delia was so nervous that sweat beaded on her forehead, but she didn't even notice it.
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One was surrounded by a wave of earthy yellow air, the other by a wave of blue-black air. The Rock Sword Saint 'Hudson' was like a god of the earth, while Linley was like a demon from another plane, making people's hearts tremble.
"Watch out!" Linley let out a cold shout, and then he moved.
"Boom!" The sky, which had been gently breezy, suddenly stirred up a fierce gale. The howling wind crazily swept across heaven and earth. Linley's figure blurred and merged into the gale. The howling wind blew against Mount Tujiao. With a "crack," a large tree was directly snapped in half. Other trees were bent over, leaves flying everywhere. Countless fallen leaves and broken stones rained down from Mount Tujiao.
The millions below squinted, trying to see the battle above clearly.
"His understanding of the Wind Element laws is so high." Wind Saint Magus Master Longers' eyes lit up, and he murmured in admiration.
The other spectators held their breath, watching the battle.
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Holding the earthy yellow heavy sword, the Rock Sword Saint 'Hudson' stood proudly in midair. Even as the gale howled, he was as steady as Mount Tai. Linley's figure appeared blurry in various places within the wind.
"Roar~~"
Suddenly, an eerie beastly roar sounded. A blurry black phantom shot towards Hudson. Hudson's expression changed. Linley was too fast. It was precisely because he had reached his limit that he caused the wind to roar.
Hudson only noticed Linley's dark golden pupils, staring at each other.
"Hmph!" Hudson was not afraid at all.
"Ha!"
"Ha!"
Shouts rang out almost simultaneously. The Black Obsidian Heavy Sword, carrying the roar of the gale and the endless power of the earth, slashed directly at Hudson. Hudson's earthy yellow heavy sword, however, was like a mountain smashing straight at Linley.
The two swords collided head-on!
"Boom!"
It was as if two great mountains had collided in the high sky. The terrifying impact force formed visible, terrifying air currents. The air currents, like sharp knives, directly snapped the trees on Mount Tujiao below. Some boulders were even blown to dust. Countless dust and rocks fell from the sky in all directions.
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
A huge boulder above was actually flying straight towards Emperor Johann's direction. A warrior immediately flew up and kicked the nearly ten-thousand-jin boulder away. Powerful warriors protected the nobles around them. Even among the spectators, there were many skilled warriors and mages.
"Everyone, be careful!" The spectators were shocked.
This power was truly terrifying.
"Linley!" Delia saw Linley's Dragonblood Warrior transformation and his astonishingly powerful strength, and she felt proud of the man she loved.
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Linley and Hudson both retreated nearly a hundred meters.
"Such astonishing power." Linley was shocked. When he fought Olivia, he only used the Violet Blood Soft Sword and didn't display his incredible strength. After all, Dragonblood Warriors were famous for their immense strength! Using the Black Obsidian Heavy Sword fully unleashed his earth-shattering power.
"Dragonblood Warrior, worthy of being an ultimate warrior." Hudson's laughter rang out. "But Linley, what I just used was simple, pure power, without any laws infused in it. Be careful with the next attack."
Like Hudson's previous 'Earth Split', it contained his understanding of the Earth laws.
The power increase was much greater.
"For my next move, I will also use the Earth Mysteries. You be careful too." Linley looked coldly at the distant Rock Sword Saint 'Hudson'.
In this battle, he absolutely could not hold back. If you hold back and the other doesn't, you might die.
"The boss is going to use the Earth Mysteries." Buck's five brothers, Woton, and the others all tensed up. At this moment, Bebe and Hei Lu looked at each other. Today, Hei Lu had rarely shrunk to a very small size.
"Swish!"
While everyone was looking up at the sky, Hei Lu and Bebe both shot into Mount Tujiao like lightning. These two magical beasts rushed towards the top of Mount Tujiao at top speed.
In a moment, Bebe and Hei Lu arrived at a patch of weeds on the summit of Mount Tujiao.
"We'll watch from here. If the boss wins, fine. If the boss loses and that Hudson tries to finish him off, it'll be our turn." Bebe looked slyly at Hudson in the sky.
Hei Lu nodded.
Last time, Olivia almost lost his life. Hei Lu and Bebe didn't want to see that happen again.
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Linley held the Black Obsidian Heavy Sword, his battle qi circulating rapidly. His aura continuously rose. The Rock Sword Saint 'Hudson' also gathered his momentum.
The two experts had decided to use their ultimate moves.
"Boom!" "Boom!"
Terrifying sonic booms rang out simultaneously. Two afterimages tore through the void. In the blink of an eye, the two experts collided like giant meteors.
"Earth Mysteries: Hundredfold Waves!" Linley's dark golden pupils grew even colder. The Black Obsidian Heavy Sword was like a gentle breeze, yet its speed was strangely fast, as if piercing through time and space.
"Earth: Quake!" Hudson's expression was also solemn. The light on the surface of his earthy yellow heavy sword grew more concentrated, and the surrounding heaven and earth naturally solidified.
"Boom!"
The earthy yellow heavy sword and the Black Obsidian Heavy Sword collided. This time, it was very strange. Linley, like a meteor falling from the sky, plummeted rapidly downwards. After falling for about a hundred meters, he flipped over and stood in midair.
Linley felt his blood boil.
"Such terrifying attack power." Linley looked up at the Rock Sword Saint 'Hudson' in the sky, horrified. Linley's 'Pulsating Defense' was very powerful, dozens of times stronger than an ordinary Saint Domain battle qi shield. Such terrifying defense was usually unbreachable even by the law-based attacks of peak Saint Domain experts.
Linley's defense was almost on par with Hudson's.
Yet even so, Hudson's 'Earth Quake' attack power was too terrifying. It was as if the weight of a large mountain was completely compressed into a single sword strike, slashing into Linley. It broke through Linley's 'Pulsating Defense', consuming most of its power. Linley barely managed to defend against the remaining small portion of the attack with his dragon scale armor.
"This Rock Sword Saint's attack also has a hint of the artistic conception of my Earth Mysteries." Linley felt that Hudson's 'Earth Quake' also transmitted a kind of vibration wave, but it was only a single wave.
The single vibration wave transmitted into Linley's body only made his blood boil.
"His understanding of the Earth's Pulsation is still very low."
The Rock Sword Saint 'Hudson', in terms of the Earth laws, did not follow the path of 'Earth's Pulsation', but another path.
"This Hudson probably isn't feeling too good either." Linley looked at Hudson in the sky.
"Hmm!" Hudson, standing high in the sky, trembled. A trace of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. He looked down at Linley in shock.
When the Black Obsidian Heavy Sword collided with his earthy yellow heavy sword, there was almost no impact force. Instead, it was a strange vibration wave that transmitted. Hudson only felt as if heavy hammers were violently pounding his heart, lungs, and other internal organs. In the blink of an eye, a continuous hundred waves of vibration.
"Fortunately, my understanding of the 'Heaviness' of the Earth laws has reached a certain level, which helps protect my soul and internal organs. Otherwise... just this one strike might have killed me."
Hudson's defense was terrifying.
It wasn't just his external defense; his soul and internal organs were also protected. After all, the Earth is the mother of all things. The path Hudson walked was one of extremely high defense and extremely high attack power.
If Linley had used fifty vibration waves, it might not have injured Hudson. But Linley used a hundred vibration waves. No matter how strong Hudson's defense was, he was still injured.
One was above Mount Tujiao, the other at mid-height on the mountainside. The two looked at each other, both feeling the other's terror.
"Such a terrifying attack." Hudson was frightened. It was the first time he had experienced such a strange attack.
"Such astonishing defense, such terrifying power." Linley was also shocked that the other could withstand a direct hit from 'Hundredfold Waves' and not die.
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Below, there was silence. They didn't know the outcome of the battle between the two experts.
"Haha... good, Linley. You are the first Saint Domain expert to seriously injure me." Hudson said loudly, then his voice turned serious. "But next, I will no longer hold back. Prepare to take my Earth Split. Don't blame me if you die!"
Olivia's face changed below. Last time, he was almost beaten to death by 'Earth Split'.
Earth Split was much more terrifying than 'Earth Quake'.
"Who dies is still uncertain." Linley said coldly, his voice also resounding through heaven and earth.
In reality, the limit of Linley's Earth Mysteries vibration waves had already reached 132. He had only used a hundred just now, not his limit.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Two sonic booms sounded again. The two peerless experts, one diving down from the sky, the other charging up from below, clashed in their strongest collision at the edge of Mount Tujiao.
Earth Split!
Earth Mysteries: --
The ultimate attacks of the two experts!
"Boom!" Linley was actually struck and smashed directly into Mount Tujiao, creating a terrifyingly large crater. "Crack!" "Crack!" The mountain rocks immediately split. With a rumbling sound, countless boulders rolled down, trees were snapped, and the boulders rolled down towards the spectators below, who immediately had to defend themselves.
"Boom!" Linley shot straight out of the crater. His body was covered in blood, and even some of his dragon scales were shattered.
The power of Earth Split was several times that of Earth Quake. Even after enduring it through his Pulsating Defense and Dragon Scale Armor, Linley was still severely injured and spat blood.
"Pfft!"
Hudson's throat convulsed, and a large mouthful of blood sprayed directly from his mouth. His face instantly turned pale. The two Saint Domain experts were both stained with blood.
The battle was unprecedentedly brutal!