Chapter 96: 84 Genius Warriors
"You just said, my way of practicing sword is useless?" Ais started, his face expressionless.
"Yeah, it was me who said it." Long Yi, the honest man, admitted straightforwardly.
"Do you still think so now?" Ais asked again, still with an unreadable face.
"Yeah, it’s been less than two minutes. How could I possibly change my mind so quickly?" Long Yi continued to reply frankly.
"Tell me why, why is my way of practicing sword useless." Ais asked, a glint of sharpness flashing in his eyes.
"Because not all your enemies will be this tall."
Long Yi gestured a height, seemingly casual, but it was precisely the position where Ais’ sword had paused each time he swung! Spot on!
Ais’ eyes flickered, he paused, and said, "My sword swinging height varies every day."
Long Yi was taken aback. Could it be possible? This freakish guy is varying his sword swinging height every day to compensate for this flaw?
"That...requires...great determination..."
Long Yi muttered to himself. What Long Yi actually wanted to say was, wouldn’t it be easier if you just honestly train? Why do you have to be like this? Is it because you are too confident, or is that just genius behavior?
Ai Lin is sixteen, this guy is seventeen, a year younger than Long Yi, yet he’s already in the sixth grade, definitely a confirmed genius. However, even if you’re a genius, you shouldn’t push yourself this hard.
Perhaps noticing Long Yi’s curious look, Ais didn’t say much. He only threw the noticeably larger Dragon-Slaying Sword to Long Yi. Long Yi reached out to take it, and the sudden weight caused the sword to slip out of his hand!
Fuck? Is it so heavy?
Just as the hilt was about to leave his fingers, Long Yi chuckled and flicked up forcefully with his longest finger. The heavy Dragon-Slaying Sword immediately spun in mid-air before landing in Long Yi’s palm with a smack.
Long Yi weighed it, then casually swung it a couple of times. This Dragon-slaying Sword weighs about two hundred catties. Although this weight may not be anything to most Dragon Knights under the enhancement of Fighting Aura, without Fighting Aura and holding the hilt at this disadvantageous fulcrum, anyone with even a slight knowledge of physics would know how difficult it is to halt in mid-air.
Seeing Ais’ expression, Long Yi suddenly grinned, and followed by performing two of Ais’ previous sword strikes.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The Dragon-slaying Sword cleaved through the air, creating a whooshing sound. Its movements were no different from those of Ais just now, even the height was exactly the same!
At this moment, Ais slowly parted his lips and, astonishingly, revealed a smile!
Upon seeing this, Ai Lin immediately covered her eyes.
Shit.
Her Second Brother Ais was an undeniable battle maniac, and the only things that could make him smile were not wealth or beauty, but a worthy opponent!
And now, Long Yi was that opponent!
But Long Yi only had ninth tier Fighting Aura, while her Second Brother had already reached the nineteenth tier! How could Brother Long possibly win?
Although Ai Lin trusted her Second Brother, knowing that he was very accurate, but what if Brother Long loses?
Unconsciously, the focus of Ai Lin’s concern had shifted. If her Second Brother – who has liked her since they were kids – heard these inner thoughts, would he end up being infuriated to death?
"Let’s fight!"
Ais didn’t waste time with words, he pulled out another identical Dragon-slaying Sword from the ground, held the sword with one hand, and pointed at Long Yi from afar. Long Yi couldn’t help but grin.
"Well, Second Brother, this isn’t really appropriate, is it? Look, Ai Lin and I are classmates, you’re Ai Lin’s Second Brother, what if I hurt you?"
Ais was startled, he hadn’t expected Long Yi to dare say it! Long Yi actually thinks he can hurt me?
Ais had seen Long Yi’s battle with the Third Imperial Son. In Ais’ view, he could have turned the Third Imperial Son into a corpse with just one move, but Long Yi had wasted so many opportunities. It was an extreme foolishness. He wanted to personally witness what kind of mettle this influential figure, who spent all day with his sister, truly possessed!
Ais was not very good at speaking, he preferred action!
One sword, swung out!
No Fighting Aura, no flashiness, nothing, just a plain straight sword!
Long Yi let out a chuckle, and swung out an identical sword!
Clang!
The noise was not loud, as if nothing had collided at all! Ai Lin widened her eyes, was it because the sound was too loud that she didn’t hear clearly? No! It’s because the two heavy pieces of metal had barely touched! Both had read each other’s moves, and almost simultaneously held back at the last moment, then simultaneously launched a horizontal strike again!
Clang!
Another soft sound!
Afterward, the open training grounds continuously echoed with light clanging noises. Some of the students who had come for training after dinner were immediately drawn by this captivating duel, they watched with rapt attention!
Even without Fighting Aura, this was the most exciting part of a pure sword fight. Without Fighting Aura, it was purely a demonstration of strength and technique!
Both exchanged more than a hundred sword strikes, but none made any substantial contact.
"Second Brother, I’ve finished warming up, shall we start? However, you’ve already wasted a lot of strength before I came, so it seems I have an advantage." Long Yi said with a smile.
"No, I was resting at that time, only just now was I warming up."
"Ais said."
Long Yi curled his lips. This is why he hated geniuses. Ai Lin was already extremely abnormal, but Ais was even worse. He wouldn’t mind being called a giant; after all, he was incredibly strong and vigorous. But what was a mere human like him joining the fray for?
"Alright, bring it on!"
With one slice, Long Yi calculated the force that Ais could probably exert, and slashed straight down!
Ais’s eyes narrowed as he also slashed straight down!
Clang——!
The immense metallic collision forced Ai Lin to immediately cover her ears. In fact, not just Ai Lin - the people spectating the battle, besides a few who were trying to show off, all covered their ears.
The two Dragon-slaying Swords clashed against each other, and then simultaneously separated. The once blunt sword blades were now sporting two dents!
"Nice!"
Feeling the vibration in his hand, Long Yi pivoted his body and launched another slash, this time, with even more power!
Clang——!!
A louder noise rang out, forcing even those who were previously showing off to cover their ears due to the ringing sound. The two people in the field each retreated, the battle remained undecided!
"Again!"
Long Yi was pumped. This slash, he had put forth his full strength!
Clang!!
Crack!!
The two swords broke apart simultaneously!
Holding the broken sword, Long Yi’s face was full of excitement. In this world, there was actually another human who could fight him in raw strength!
At that moment, Ais smiled wryly in his heart. He was very confident in his absolute power but did not expect Long Yi’s strength to be so outrageously high. Long Yi’s first slash was manageable, that was within his own range of power. But he had had to forcibly receive the second slash, and if it wasn’t for the Dragon-slaying Sword breaking, his own sword would likely have flown out of his hand! At this point, Ais could clearly feel his hand trembling slightly!
"In a battle of brute strength, I have lost," Ais said. "But a fight isn’t about brute strength, it’s about Fighting Aura!"
Seeing that Ais doesn’t intend to admit defeat, Long Yi just laughed.
He knew it would end up like this.
Truth be told, Ais was very strong. Being able to reach this point without using Fighting Aura was enough to prove his strength. It was clear to see that Ais was very confident about himself. Also, it was easy to assume that in the place like Dragon Knight Academy, people who could achieve such levels purely relying on their brute strength must be few and far between. After all, in this era, victory over the enemy can be achieved with Fighting Aura and Magic. Not many people are willing to put in harder effort to cultivade their raw physical strength.
Ais was not an ordinary person. As a genius, he naturally had a unique talent. Since he was young, he realized that as his own absolute power increased, his strength was enhanced in a geometric ratio with the augmentation of Fighting Aura.
This was Ais’s talent, and his biggest reliance!
Thereafter, Ais tossed his half-broken sword aside and fully released his nineteen tiers of Fighting Aura! Everyone around was repelled by this enormous Fighting Aura, and could not even look directly at him!
Nineteen tiers of Fighting Aura! Just one tier short of achieving a Dragon Mark!
With such immense power, he was facing Long Yi, who just got promoted to second year!
The spectators were all dumbfounded. Undoubtedly, Ais, though low-key in the Dragon Knight Academy, had an absolutely splendid reputation. A genius who ascended to the sixth year at the age of sixteen, how could he not be well-known within the academy?
On the other hand, Long Yi, the hot topic, had challenged and defeated the second years right after entering the academy in his first year. Afterward, he publicly beat up the Emperor’s son, got promoted rapidly to the third year, and had an inexplicable scandal with the White Dragon Knight Elsa, all of which made him the center of attention.
People knew that Long Yi was very powerful, and he seemed to be growing stronger as time went on. But no matter how powerful he was, there should have been a limit. He was only in his second year, challenging a sixth-year student, and that, too, the famous genius, Ais.
My gosh, was this some kind of ridiculous comedy plot?
Or was Ais trying to bully him?
However, Ais didn’t see it that way. Although he could not accurately gauge his opponent’s strength like his sister Ai Lin, he vaguely sensed that Long Yi was likely hiding his true strength. His real power would definitely not be as simple as it seemed!
So, Ais decided to use all his strength to draw out Long Yi’s true power! He wanted to see if Long Yi, who was constantly hanging around his beloved little sister, was really cut out for it!
In the face of nineteen tiers of Fighting Aura, Long Yi smiled.
Has he gone mad? Of course not! On the contrary, he was ecstatic!
Even when he was in the Dragon God’s space against the Three-Star Joker, Long Yi had never felt this excited. Because somewhere deep down, Long Yi despised those warriors who only knew techniques but lacked strength, and hopped around like monkeys. For Long Yi, a true warrior should violently tear through the enemy’s defenses with an overbearing strength that no one can match, expose those fools hiding in their shells, and ruthlessly whip and trample them.
Techniques are indeed important, but when you’re hopping and leaping in front of the enemy only to find you can’t hit them, isn’t that just foolish?
"Nineteen tiers of Fighting Aura? It looks like, I really need to whip out some of my trump cards. Otherwise, I might lose today."
Hearing his words, Ais’s eyes tightened as he knew his guess was right!
Long Yi, indeed, had been holding back!
Long Yi’s entire body tensed up, a strange power flowing in his body. He was using a secret method unfamiliar to others to convert his Mana back to Fighting Aura within his body!
In merely an instant, a bright light flashed in Ai Lin’s eyes, and Long Yi’s power had changed!
It turned out to be.
"Eighteen tiers of Fighting Aura!"
Ai Lin’s eyes widened in shock!
