358 The Start of The Sparring — One Punch
When the two sides arrived at the suburban plains, the people of both worlds who were watching the real-time rescue images had different opinions and reactions to the challenge.
Muye Realm—
The people of Muye were excited to see the spar.
Arut was the leader of the twelve divine artifact messengers and the strongest man in their world. That young man is no match for him!
!!
[Not necessarily. What if Earth Realm puts all the divine artifacts on him? For the sake of balance, we split the divine artifacts among twelve people.]
[That’s impossible. Didn’t you hear those Earth players say that they’ve only reached the 16th checkpoint? Of course, players who’ve just started challenging the 17th checkpoint wouldn’t be able to beat us.]
[The people of earth are so stupid. Why don’t they just put all 12 divine artifacts on one super strong person?]
[Well said. Then why didn’t we do that back then?]
Somewhere on Muye, on a huge green platform, eight people were sitting around a large round table. They were Muye’s eight of the “twelve divine artifact envoys”. They were the top combat forces of their realm.
Looking at the development on the screen, the eight of them looked at each other and smiled mysteriously.
“Our victory is certain. That young man’s strength is at most the same as Arut from 20 years ago.” A man with yellow spiky hair said calmly.
“I’m very concerned about the way this guy appeared just now. Let Arut deal with him.” A lady dressed as a noble lady said.
“Alright…”
Earth—
Knowing that someone was going to challenge 01, the people of earth were filled with anticipation.
However, no one knew Muye’s strength, and no one dared to boast about the outcome of the battle.
All of them just stared at the screen with full attention.
Regardless of whether 01 won or lost, they were mentally prepared.
Back on the field—
After the two of them stood in their positions, Arut received messages from the other divine artifact messengers. After a quick glance, he smiled, looked up at the young man, and shouted, “After we finish this battle, can you tell me more about your special effects?”
“If you can defeat me, I’ll tell you.” Ling Yi smiled.
These words clearly stunned Arut.
He stopped for a moment, then he smiled and shook his head. ‘It’s good to be confident, but it’s short-sighted to make a promise without even knowing the enemy’s strength…’
The enthusiasm on Arut’s face faded a lot. “Come on. You’re young. I’ll let you attack first.” He said indifferently,
As he spoke, he extended his right hand, and a black iron rod appeared in his hand.
Bang!
With one hand on his waist and the other smashing the iron rod on the ground, he had a calm expression.
It was as if he was a strong person waiting for the weak to challenge him.
Ling Yi smiled when he saw this. He snapped his fingers and activated his [Radiant Domain].
“It’s good to be confident, but overconfidence isn’t good.” Ling Yi said.
Arut’s eyes widened when he heard that.
He was the one who wanted to say that!
“I’m going to make my move.”
Ling Yi said but deliberately paused for a second. Then, he grinned and teleported away.
Then—
0.001 seconds!
His figure appeared in front of Arut, and his fist was aimed straight at the older man’s face.
Arut’s eyes widened when he saw the fist.
The first thought that came to his mind was, ‘What the—! He’s so fast!’
Then, his brain quickly became alert, ‘Dodge! Use your Skills to dodge!’
He was ready to activate his teleportation Skill, [Spatial Shadow].
0.002 seconds!
‘Sh*t! He was too fast! I can’t use the Skill in time, so I can only block it!’
However, his opponent was too fast. He didn’t even have time to put his hands in front of him to block!
Just as he had this thought, Ling Yi’s fist had already landed on his nose. Immediately after, his nose caved in, and blood gushed out. Ling Yi’s fist then rushed into his face!
In an instant, accompanied by intense pain and fierce gales, Arut only felt a roar in his brain, and he temporarily lost the ability to think.
In the next moment, the powerful force and the seemingly endless wind caused his body to fly backward rapidly!
BANG!
He flew backward like a bullet, and his head hit [Radiant Domain]’s wall with a loud thud!
Then his body fell to the ground, and when he landed, he lost his balance. He staggered and knelt on the ground, one hand supporting his body while the other covered his face.
Drops of bright red blood slid down his chin and dropped to the ground.
But very quickly, as several dark green strips of light appeared out of thin air and floated into his face, which was blocked by his hand, his injuries also rapidly recovered.
The next second, Arut removed his hand from his face, took a small breath, and stood up again.
This time, other than the remaining traces of blood on his face, he looked as healthy as he was before.
...
Of course.
His injuries had been healed, but the pain was still there.
Arut suppressed the pain and activated the Skill [Spatial Shadow]. He teleported ten meters in front of the young man as if nothing had happened.
“You are very strong.” He said as he reappeared in front of Ling Yi.
Suddenly his face darkened, and a serious expression appeared on his face.
“Now that I think about it, I still don’t know your name…”
Such a powerful opponent was already qualified for him to remember his name!
“I’m Ling Yi.”
Although he didn’t know if there were any idioms in their realm, Ling Yi still explained, “Ling as in lofty aspirations, Yi as in peerless.”
Arut endured the pain and forced a smile. “Ling Yi…”
“Haha, I thought you were someone with your eyes on the top of your head, but now it seems that you really have the strength.”
...
“Since you’ve made your move, our sparring will officially begin!”
In Arut’s mind, he had already cautiously regarded the other party as an enemy on the same level.
As soon as he finished speaking, he stomped his right foot on the ground, and a ball of yellow gas wrapped around his body. Then, he reached out and took back the stick that he had dropped just now.
“It’s my turn to make a move!”
He shouted out of courtesy, and at the same time, he launched his 8-star Skill [Cursed Hundred Eyes]. A strange purple gas appeared within a meter of his body, and a terrifying demonic eye blinked in the purple gas.
‘Spatial Shadow!’ Arut shouted in his mind.
The next moment, he teleported in front of Ling Yi and swung the black iron rod in his hand at the latter’s head!
[You are immune to [Cursed Hundred Eyes]’ mental deterrence effect.]
[You are immune to [Cursed Hundred Eyes]’ physical corrosion.]
Two messages flashed in front of Ling Yi. He jumped back into the air and used his [Eye of Truth] to check the Skill.
[Cursed Hundred Eyes (8 stars)]: Gather a large number of magical eyes around you. When an enemy approaches, the magic eyes will randomly add one of the following negative states to the enemy. Each state lasts for 5 seconds. When the same state is hit repeatedly, the duration can be stacked. It can be stacked for a maximum of 1 minute.
[1. Mental Deterrence: Cause the target to feel fear and panic.]
[2. Physical Corrosion: Reduces the target’s physical resistance by 10%.]
[3. Energy Corrosion: Reduce the target’s energy resistance by 10%.]
[4. Speed Corrosion: Reduce the target’s movement speed by 10%.]
[5. Offensive Corrosion: Reduce the power of the opponent’s Skills by 10%.]
(Cursed Hundred Eyes + Demon Eye of The Abyss → God’s Punishment Heavenly Eye)
‘We have the same cursed Skill with the same exact effects.’
Ling Yi had seen people discussing this Skill on the forum before, which had left some impression on him.
Knowing that their two realms share the same Skills relieved Ling Yi.
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