Chapter 1438: Chapter 1148: Are You Out of Your Mind?
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Bang!
An equally forceful kick, lashed out, the two feet met in midair in a perfect clash, but it was the unprepared instructor who staggered back several steps, whereas Long Yi stood steadily on the spot.
"I allowed myself to speak, got a problem with that?" Long Yi still bore that same expressionless tone.
That kick had come so suddenly; he had attempted it many times before. Not to mention those greenhorn recruits, even the seasoned professionals rarely guarded against such a move. Yet, the moment he lifted his leg, that guy named Henki also raised his! And he even managed to kick him back!
"What, wanting to rebel now?" bellowed the examiner.
"Rebel? Why? I’m just fighting you, that’s all," Long Yi feigned ignorance and asked. Then he suddenly straightened his body stiffly and struck his chest with a fist, "Long live the Emperor!"
Thumping one’s chest was the ultimate salute to the Emperor because their chest held the cockpit; it meant offering everything one had.
"The Emperor doesn’t need an idiot like you for protection!"
Whir!
The energy sword suddenly appeared, and the examiner’s body instantly turned into a streak of light rushing towards Long Yi, eliciting a chorus of gasps around them. Clearly, the examiner had employed a combat technique.
Within the bootcamp, ordinary recruits essentially just learned some basic fighting skills. Only after joining the regular troops would they be taught how to employ combat techniques using energy activation. Just now, even when suppressed to that extent, the previous examiner hadn’t used any combat technique. To use combat techniques to bully people in a bootcamp was regarded as a particularly contemptible act, but this examiner clearly lacked such self-awareness.
The streak of light charged directly at Long Yi, while he appeared to hurriedly pull out his Alloy Greatsword from his private space.
Clang!
The energy sword clashed against the Alloy Greatsword, ringing out a prolonged sound. Long Yi’s greatsword in hand burst into a dazzling brilliance, absorbing all the energy from that strike. The examiner suddenly felt the energy in his hand dissipate, followed by an Alloy Greatsword slashing into his embrace, spinning him around on the spot, and then he flew far away.
Boom!
Energy erupted, and the examiner was suspended in midair.
Floating in midair was yet another technique not taught in the bootcamp.
At that moment, the examiner’s heart pounded furiously because the Alloy Greatsword had struck a crack in the armor on his chest! Although that strike wasn’t very powerful, the damage inflicted was shockingly severe! Had it not been for the hasty blow from Long Yi, had it been a power-filled strike instead, his body might have been cleaved in half!
For a time, the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
"So, are you coming down for another round, or do you want to rest a bit before the next fight?" Long Yi spoke again.
Fight?
The examiner gave it some careful thought; he definitely couldn’t fight. The strength of his opponent had far exceeded his expectations, and victory was unlikely if they continued. But to just slink away in humiliation?
What a joke! How could he ever hold his head high after that!
"Kid, I don’t know where you sprang from. But today, I’m going to teach you a lesson. At the same time, I’ll show you fledglings why we are known as the regular army!"
Boom!
An astonishing surge of energy burst forth, and the examiner’s greatsword unleashed power several times greater than before!
"Doppelganger Slash!"
The examiner suddenly split into two, charging from two different directions! Long Yi seemed unperturbed, simply raising his Alloy Greatsword slowly, as energy sharply rose.
The undiminished glow on the Alloy Greatsword grew even brighter, and the massive blade traced a dazzling arc in the air!
Boom!
The arc met the two charging examiners head-on; one illusion immediately dissipated, while the other was cleaved clean through the neck!
The examiner, now missing the head of his armor, turned around, the energy sword in his hand flickering erratically. At Long Yi’s waist, there was also a wound—neither deep nor superficial.
In this exchange, it was still Long Yi who held the advantage!
Every warrior present was stunned. Not so much by the spectacular duel, but because during the fight, the Henki portrayed by Long Yi had unleashed energy for the first time!
Henki was looked down upon, partly because he had never controlled his armor to release any energy. As a member of The Forgotten Ones, not knowing how to channel energy through the armor was akin to being useless.
But just now, not only had Henki released energy, but it was also incredibly powerful! Could it be that he was no longer the waste they thought he was?
"Not bad, let’s go again." Long Yi glanced at his fast-healing armor wound, then said to the examiner.
At this moment, the expression within the examiner’s cockpit was uncertain. If they were to be brutally honest about the strike they had just exchanged, he definitely came out the loser. In fact, had he not dodged quickly, he might have lost his life with that single strike! As an examiner, coming here and bullying newcomers with advanced combat techniques, only to be countered, even a judge probably wouldn’t declare him the winner, right? But what he couldn’t understand was, why had his strike failed? And what was the deal with that Alloy Greatsword? The moment his energy sword encountered it, it would crumble, and his armor also crumbled upon being hit by it! The energy on it seemed to disrupt the energy alloy itself!
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