Chapter 158: Last Strike
"Oh! Senior Russell is wounded! It's over!" "To think that even after Senior Russell trained a lot, he was still behind Senior Javier Banderas! I can't believe it!" "Well there goes my money. I should've placed a bet on Senior Banderas instead!" "Don't make such early predictions. There's still a chance for him to win."
The crowd began to whisper amongst themselves, and Russell chuckled out loud as he faced the still indifferent Javier Banderas.
"I'm impressed. I thought I was training too much, and yet you were still able to injure me. You truly are a cultivation monster," Russell said indifferently as he gazed up at the sky. "It's about time we ended this, though." Russell changed his expression to serious and raised the sword in his hand. As soon as he did, Javier sensed a condensing feeling all around him.
Swish!
Russell charged forward in an instant, his long saber glowing bright crimson red!
Javier, who decided not to wait around, also charged forward while holding his giant sword in a slanted manner, ready to swing!
Clank! Clank! Clank!
The two collided with each other in the middle of the arena, resulting in a bright light enveloping the spectators stand, before they shot upwards into the sky and continued their fight in the air.
The incredibly quick and blurry silhouettes moving through the air like shooting stars, occasionally colliding with each other and sending a bright light every now and then created an abstract scene in the arena.
Most of the spectators couldn't even comprehend what was actually going on, but nevertheless, they watched the lights moving and colliding with each other with awe.
This was beyond what everyone was even expecting. Those who previously declared that Senior Davies had lost simply because he had scratches on his body had now shut their mouths tight. Nobody even dared to breathe heavily.
BAM!
After creating another loud and bright collision in the air, the two cultivators pulled away from their entanglement, and their figures were now visible to all the spectators, who cheered loudly.
Javier turned his attention to Russell Davies and said, "Is that all you got?"
Russell scoffed in response, and merely brandished his saber and slashed in Javier's direction.
Javier stiffened for a second before immediately raising his giant sword in order to block the attack.
However, the moment his blade and the saber light collided, he felt a tremendous amount of spiritual energy enter his body, causing him to shake violently for a brief second before being flung backwards.
'No way?' As he was flying backwards in the air, Javier looked at Russell Davies, who had a wide smirk on his face, with disbelief in his eyes. 'Was he hiding his strength?'
The saber blade light attack that Russell Davies had utilised just now was a simple yet incredibly powerful saber attack. However, he had been using the same attack for quite a while in this fight. Javier, who was able to deflect most of the saber blade light attacks, had just now realized that the previous attacks had been reduced in power, subconsciously forcing Javier to get used to them, before suddenly striking back with his full power blade light.
Javier was caught off guard by the sudden increase in spiritual energy which was more than what he was used to.
Russell Davies stared at the surprised Javier for a few seconds before disappearing from his spot, and reappearing right behind Javier.
"Take this!" Russell screamed loudly as he thrust his saber, and the moment the saber was thrust, the tremendous amount of spiritual energy was emitted from him before being gathered within his saber, and then a bright red blade light rushed out from the tip of the saber.
Javier raised his hands and the giant sword appeared right above him, blocking the saber blade light that was aiming for his chest.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
When the giant sword and the saber blade light collided with each other, the giant sword was pushed back, before a bright light enveloped the skies.
BOOM!
The light blinded everyone in the spectator stands for a split second, after which they saw a bright light come crashing down onto the ground with a loud noise, sending rubble, dust and debris all over the place.
Russell Davies, who was still floating on the sky, slowly descended down and landed on the arena.
Whoosh!
All of a sudden, the giant sword shot out from the dust filled arena, and Russell Davies immediately raised his long saber in order to block it, sending him a few metres back.
"Like I said before," the chilling voice of Javier Banderas was heard from behind him, and Russell immediately turned around in a panic and stretched out his long saber, blocking a powerful fist attack!
BOOM!
The fist and the saber collided with each other, emitting a loud burst of air, as Javier's figure came into view. He looked down at Russell with a menacing look on his face and said, "Is that all you got?"
"Damn you!" Russell cursed out loud as the two cultivators were pushed back because of the tremendous force behind the collision.
Javier rushed forward immediately, appearing right in front of Russell and stretched out his fist, aiming right for Russell's face.
"Sh*t!" Russell yelled out in frustration and bent his upper body a whole ninety degrees backwards, and swung his saber right at Javier's waist.
BAM!
Javier's giant sword suddenly appeared from above the sky and shot down right next to him, blocking Russell's saber strike in an instant.
Javier kicked forward, slamming his foot on Russell's knee with a tremendous force!
BOOM!
The strike pushed Russell backwards, and he crashed down onto the ground with a loud thud.
Javier appeared right above him in the air, and without wasting a single second, he raised both of his hands, gripping them together tightly and slamming down onto Russell.
Russell flipped upwards onto his foot, narrowly avoiding the strike as Javier slammed down onto the ground instead. Russell, who wasn't about to waste this opportunity, immediately rushed towards Javier and punched right on his stomach, where David Moriarty had previously injured him. Although cultivators heal extremely quickly, the strike that David had used contained an incredible amount of spiritual energy. Something that could not be cured so easily.
"Ugh!" Javier groaned in pain and immediately stretched out his hand, grabbing Russell Davies' throat in an instant.
BAM!
He slammed Russell down onto the ground with such force that the earth shook violently and the ground cracked, forming a large crevice underneath Russell.
"Gueh.." Russell gasped for air, but right then, a fist landed on his face, pummeling his head down, forcing it to slam against the earth once again.
Tfoo!
Understanding that he had to get out of this dangerous situation that he had gotten himself in, Russell immediately took a mouthful of dirt when he slammed down onto the ground and spit back at Javier's face when he moved forward to land another punch.
"Ugh.. What the hell?!" Surprised by the sneak attack, Javier immediately pulled back his face, but it was already too late. The dust had entered his eyes, causing him trouble with his vision.
"Take this!" Russell decided to seize the opportunity and struck his saber right at Javier's stomach in close range, sending him flying back, bouncing on top of the ground multiple times before crash landing with a loud noise.
"I'm not done yet!" Russell charged forward without wasting any time, and appeared right in front of Javier while he was in the middle of crash landing, and swung his long saber at his chest.
"Me neither!" Javier screamed out loudly as he stretched out his fist while he was on the ground, and his fist collided against Russell's saber attack, which sent a large shockwave through the atmosphere, pushing even the spectators back a step.
BAM!
The impact sent the two of them flying backwards. Russell found his footing after a few steps, while Javier, who was on the ground when the attack occurred, was pushed farther back through the field, and had created a thin but long trench on the ground because of his motion.
Javier looked at his body. There were multiple wounds on his hands, face and chest. But it wasn't just him who was injured. Russell also had multiple injuries on his body, and blood was dripping from his knees.
"These two…" The Headmaster leaned forward. Even he was getting excited because of the fight. "...They're true warriors."
Claude, who was watching the fight, clenched his fists, as a wide grin appeared on his face. He wanted to get in the arena and fight the two of them.
"Let's finish this." Javier rose from the ground, his eyes fixed on Russell. Russell nodded his head, and raised his saber as a bright red circle appeared behind him.
Javier waved his hand, and the giant sword appeared right beside him. However, this time, it didn't strike the ground, but instead floated horizontally, its tip aiming at Russell.
"Scarlet Saber Technique." Russell whispered and he swung his saber hard, as the bright red circle behind him divided into multiple red discs that surrounded his saber, shooting out with the saber blade light!
"Golden Shooting Star Technique!" Javier yelled out, as the floating sword beside him transformed into a streak of bright light, aiming right towards Russell's blade light!