Aaron was stunned at first after listening to Kaxiu's words, and then he chuckled: "Hahaha, okay. Six years ago, when I just became a Shadowhunter, I was as crazy as you. No, you are even crazier than I was back then! Not only do you want to challenge me... you also want to challenge other stronger Shadowhunters?"
Aaron was not angry, but admired Kashu's courage and pride. He was actually not very old, having achieved the position of Shadow Hunter at the age of 23. Six years later, he was only 29 years old now. Young people obviously understand each other better. Aaron looked at Kashu, as if he was looking at himself who had just returned from the source of the Holy Spring six years ago and had greatly increased his strength.
Next to him was Shadow Hunter No. 3 Jin, a burly, white-haired man. He stared at Kashu, without showing any emotion. In the Hunter Association, Shadow Hunters and ordinary Hunters were two completely different levels. Once you become a Shadow Hunter, it means you have entered the ranks of the few high-level people in the Hunter Association. It is inevitable that your self-confidence and arrogance will swell, not to mention the improvement brought by the Holy Spring Water. Jin himself has also experienced that stage.
In his opinion, it is a good move for new Shadowhunters to challenge other veteran Shadowhunters. This will allow new Shadowhunters to quickly recognize their own strength level and suppress their inner arrogance and overconfidence. Who can become a Shadowhunter is not the top talent of the Hunter Association at all times? A top talent who has been a Shadowhunter for more than ten years is facing off against a top talent who has just become a Shadowhunter. The former has accumulated more than ten years of experience and his talent is not inferior to the latter. The winner is self-evident...
Jin turned his head and glanced at the Shadow Hunter No. 2 and Shadow Hunter No. 1 next to him. Both of them had no expression change, and looked indifferent. Obviously, they didn't think that Kaxiu could challenge them all the way. The Shadow Hunter No. 4 Aaron alone was enough to stop the opponent, not to mention Jin who had been a Shadow Hunter for more than ten years. There were five Shadow Hunters in total, and they could be roughly divided into three levels. The strongest and most experienced No. 1 and No. 2. The experienced and powerful No. 3 and No. 4. And the Shadow Hunter No. 5, who had just won the competition and came in as a substitute, had the shallowest foundation.
"Bai Kui, are you sure you want to challenge Aaron?"
At this time, the Holy Light Hunter Dilixiati, who had been silent, suddenly spoke. He was wearing a brand new, neat suit, still dressed like a gentleman. However, there seemed to be a white bandage wrapped around his wrist, as if he had been injured recently, and there was a faint smell of medicine around him.
"Yes."
Kaxiu was brief and to the point.
After getting the affirmation, Dilishaiti looked at Aaron next to him.
Aaron nodded, accepting the challenge.
Suddenly, everyone dispersed, including the injured Lion King Soth and the knocked-out Thorn Solomon. Both were taken to the other side of the canyon.
The only ones who remained were Dark Hunter No. 4 Aaron and Kaxiu.
The two were about ten meters apart, staring at each other. Kashu's blue eyes were quite calm, without any excitement. Aaron was a little confused. He had thought Kashu was very arrogant before, with the arrogance and edge of a young man. But now it seems that it is not the case...
The opponent was too calm, so calm that Aaron felt a little uneasy.
"you… "
He was about to speak, but was interrupted by Kaxiu's words: "Use your strongest means. The muscles in your right arm are obviously much stronger than those in your left arm, and there are more calluses on the palm of your right hand. Your body is centered on your right leg in front, which is convenient for rapid force. So, take out your weapon. You are not good at close combat, but cold weapons. It should be some kind of rapier..."
Aaron raised his eyebrows, looking slightly surprised. However, he quickly adjusted his reaction and narrowed his eyes slightly: "As you wish."
Swish!
Aaron gently wiped his right hand on the side of his leg, and a silver rapier appeared in his hand. The handguard was semi-arc-shaped, with three flower cores carved on it. The core tip extended outward to form three water drop-shaped branches. This rapier was very straight and sharp, and it was a masterpiece of a master craftsman.
despair.
He stepped back with one foot, stretched out straight, and touched the ground with his toes. His right leg was the center of gravity, bent and sank. Aaron leaned forward, his left arm stretched backward, and his right arm stretched straight forward. The sharp flower core piercing sword pointed directly at Kaxiu.
Opposite him, Kaxiu still maintained his original action, watching Aaron start to attack. The opponent's rapier posture was very similar to that of the noble rapier master he met in the experimental field, and they might have the same master.
So, the imperial royal family now supports a rapier master
Being able to teach two Shadow Hunter-level masters, this rapier master's strength should not be underestimated. An idea flashed through Kaxiu's mind.
The air current blew gently across the valley, creating a distant whistling sound.
"Be careful, this silver core sword is very sharp, you will get hurt..."
Aaron shook the hilt slightly, and a light metallic vibration sounded. The next second, the air in front seemed to be pierced. A silver light dragged the black afterimage's body and fiercely penetrated the whistling airflow.
In less than half a blink of an eye, he had crossed a distance of ten meters and appeared in front of Kaxiu like a flash. The piercing sword pointed directly at the center of his forehead, and the silver-bright and sharp tip of the sword was only ten centimeters away from Kaxiu's face.
"Buzz..."
A large area of space around suddenly solidified, as if everything was encapsulated in a huge ball of amber, isolating all sounds.
The whistling of the wind, the friction of gravel, the shaking of dry grass, and even the buzzing of metal rapiers. All the sounds were squeezed out by something gushing out crazily. For a moment, even the vibration of the air was frozen.
At this moment, time seemed to have stopped for a second. A pair of birds hovered quietly above the valley, flapping their wings as if ready to fly. The people under the rock wall also fell into stagnation, as if they were wrapped in a huge cavity.
Crash!
!
Kaxiu was motionless, just quietly watching the rapier floating ten centimeters away. Behind him, the surging scarlet spirit was like a reservoir opening, a flash flood. It turned into blood threads like plant roots, densely invading the air, occupying large areas of space.
These translucent auras are no longer smoke-like. In terms of texture, they are more like extremely viscous liquids, even very close to solids.
Aaron, who was ejected like a cannonball, was suspended in the air, fixed and suppressed by the huge spirit. His vigorous and powerful posture formed a swift and fierce sword thrust forward, and the tension was more dynamic than the classical sculptures made by the master of carving. The sword thrust was about to hit Kaxiu's forehead, but it could not break through the remaining ten centimeters. It was as if it was an insurmountable chasm.
Aaron opened his eyes wide and stared at Kasu's vital points with sharp eyes.
However, his eyelids couldn't stop trembling, as if he was struggling violently.
Being held in the air, unable to move at all, and only being at the mercy of others, how powerless and insecure does it feel
"Move, move! Why can't I move! Ah!
!”
Aaron roared inwardly, but his body seemed to be sealed in a huge block of solidified cement. No matter how much strength he exerted, no matter how hard he tried, he could not break free from the shackles and regain his freedom.
Kaxiu watched this scene quietly, with bloodstains extending from the corners of his eyes, like the ends of scarlet feathers. This burst of suppression with spirit was something he learned in the World of Disaster. There was a similar fist imprint in the Nandou Red Eagle Fist Trial Field, and the undead in the Howling Canyon also used spirit in this way. Kaxiu learned and practiced at the same time, taking the essence of various places and combining it with his own surging spirit, which surprisingly had an excellent effect.
He burst out with all his strength, suppressing like a mountain. Enemies below the veteran fighter level would be briefly shocked, lasting from one to three breaths. If they were below the fighter level, they would be crushed to death by their spirit. It was like a rushing cement waterfall that could crush a person into pulp.
Today was the first time he had used this method in its entirety in the real world. He had used a simplified version of it once before in the experimental field.
In the silence, Kaxiu stared ahead quietly. The tip of the rapier was just parallel to Aaron's eyes, and they looked like three sparkling dots. Kaxiu spoke, as if muttering to himself: "Sharp sword, sharp eyes... sharper than many secret weapons..."
He gave Aaron proper respect and slowly extended his right hand.
The index finger and middle finger were put together to form a gun, and they gently slashed through the air. A scarlet light appeared at the end of the nail, like a terrifying flame rubbing against the air at high speed. The flames twisted and swirled, tearing through the air, and directly hit the tip of the rapier!
bite!
A buzzing sound of metal colliding broke the silence of the air.
Ding ding ding ding…
The alloy sword tip was crushed by the scarlet tooth spear, but the result was different when the flesh and blood fingers faced the sharp metal rapier.
The arm pushed forward, and the spiral decomposition force was like an electric drill. Inch by inch, the straight rapier blade was broken into sections, and flew into the air.
However, just as the fragments were flying, they were frozen by the solidified spirit.
Until the scarlet fang spear shattered all the sword blades and hit the handle!
In this way, a total of two seconds passed, and his spirit suddenly collapsed.
Beep!
A large number of sounds all crowded together and released at this moment.
Hearing, smell, vision, all five senses of human beings have returned. It is like a fish jumping out of the water from the hazy bottom of the water, and the ears and eyes are suddenly clear.
Bang!
A figure flew backwards, circling in the air in a panic. The sharp sword fragments accumulated kinetic energy to the extreme, and flew out like bullets, nailing the ground, stones, and rock walls one after another.
Some of them had more tricky trajectories and rushed straight towards the spectators.
Bang, bang, bang…
Dark Hunter No. 3 attacked from the front and stopped all the fragments. He turned around suddenly and looked at his companions. They all saw surprise and shock in their eyes, and even a hint of fear.
Except for the Holy Light Hunter Dilixiati, all of them were affected by the burst of aura just now. Even though they were far away and the effect had weakened, they could still sense the terrible sense of suppression.
Especially Claire and Soth, they were just like helpless drowning people in the deep sea. The surging water pressure acted on every corner of their bodies, bringing a terrifying squeezing force. As long as they concentrated a little, Claire and Soth would burst on the spot like a balloon filled with water.
The whole person was crushed into a pool of blood and mud.
"So, Bai Kui was not serious at all in the melee just now!" This thought flashed through the mind of Lion King Soth, and his face became even paler.
All his self-confidence and arrogance were finally shattered at this moment.
Even the fourth shadow hunter Aaron was defeated by Kazheng. Soth finally had no more excuses to comfort his pitiful self-esteem.
"Aaron lost... What a domineering method..." Shadow Hunter No. 2 looked at the figure standing like an iron tower in the distance and said in a deep voice.
"He's going to challenge you next, Jin." Shadow Hunter No. 1 turned his head and looked at the white-haired strong man Jin: "I'm afraid you are no match for him..."
"Even..." He hesitated and turned his gaze to look at Shadow Hunter No. 2 next to him. In the end, he did not say the second half of the sentence.
"Is this the top expert in the Empire's secret martial arts world? I wonder which mysterious school he is from." The Holy Light Hunter Dilixiati obviously knew something about the secret martial arts world, and his eyes flickered slightly. He suddenly said to Claire, who was temporarily taking care of Solomon, "Wake Solomon up now. I saw that he had just woken up, but he happened to encounter that force that suppressed half of the valley, and he was knocked unconscious in an instant..."
Claire was slightly stunned, and looked down at Solomon, who was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed and his head resting on a stone. This guy is such an unlucky guy...
The very center of the battle field.
Aaron staggered to his feet, looking at the rapier with only the hilt left in his hand with a pained look on his face. His palm felt numb and painful. Aaron took three deep breaths, and only then did his heart, which had been beating so fast, return to its normal rhythm. The scene that had just been frozen in time was really heartbreaking. The pressure at that moment was even greater than when he was sparring with the president.
"You win..."
He looked at Kaxiu who was seven or eight meters away and said with a complicated expression.
Aaron had never thought that he would be defeated by a novice who had just become a Shadow Hunter for less than a minute. Not to mention that this new Shadow Hunter had not even been to the Holy Spring, and he defeated him just like that. In the crushing action, there was an indescribable aura of dominance.
He could sense that the other party was not satisfied with defeating him and wanted to challenge other higher-ranked Shadow Hunters. Taking a deep breath of the cool air, Aaron looked at his companions who were gradually approaching.
Finally, he set his sights on Shadow Hunter No. 3, Jin.
Unexpectedly, the frail and thin middle-aged man next to Jin suddenly took a step forward, quickened his pace, and came to Kaxiu first.
Phantom Louis, the second Shadowhunter, had been a Shadowhunter 25 years ago. He was the oldest Shadowhunter present and had the most combat experience.
He looked directly at Kaxiu and actually took the initiative to challenge him to a fight.
"How about we have a fight?"