Clink!
Clink!
Clink!
Hundreds of clashes echoed through the arena.
The people could only see them in disbelief, seeing how amazing the two people were. However, both of them had limits.
"Paaa!" Clovis and Sullivan coughed up their breath and jumped backward at the same time.
They had exhausted their breath, not expecting that the other party could last this long.
"Ha…" Sullivan circulated his breathing carefully, staring at Clovis. The last minute had been insane. "Your strength… is not a mere Tier 4. It is already on the border of Tier 5… if you haven’t surpassed that border already."
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"What?!"
"A Tier 2 human with the strength of a Tier 5?"
The people couldn’t believe what they heard. Sullivan might have problematic behaviors, but he was an expert with great insight.
His assessment should be pretty accurate.
They simply couldn’t believe that Clovis didn’t just have Tier 4 strength. It was Tier 5.
Clovis, on the other hand, said, "If you are Tier 5, you would have won already."
"Heh." Sullivan grinned.
Their fight had just begun.
Clovis and Sullivan charged forward. Sullivan took the initiative like previously, thrusting his spear at Clovis’ neck. Instead of blocking it, the latter knocked the spear’s shaft to the side, deflecting it to the side, this time a bit further away.
After that, he swung his short sword with all the momentum he had. Sullivan took a step back and put his spear’s shaft on its way, but this was Clovis’ ranged attack.
The pressure actually hit his shoulder.
"!!!" Sullivan widened his eyes in shock and hurriedly pushed the sword up. He spun his spear and swung it from the left.
Clovis ducked down and swung his sword at Sullivan’s feet. The latter jumped while waving down the spear, but Clovis skillfully tilted his body forward so that only the shaft hit him instead of the blade.
When Sullivan was about to pull back his spear so that the blade could slide on his shoulder, Clovis leaped forward, headbutting Sullivan’s abdomen.
"Gah!" Sullivan gritted his teeth, the liquid from his stomach leaked out of his mouth.
Clovis wanted to deal severe damage using this chance, but the latter had jumped away as if he were trying to run.
But the moment Clovis chased after him, Sullivan halted his step and thrust his spear forward.
Clovis hit the shaft again to deflect it, but to his surprise, the spear actually curved slightly and hit the top part of his shoulder.
"!!!" It was Clovis’ turn to be surprised. He instinctively swung both swords at Sullivan, but the latter blocked it, albeit Clovis poured all his strength into that swing, which ultimately blew him away.
Clovis took a deep breath. ’Because his blow was powerful, I thought that spear was heavy. However, it turned out the spear was quite light and made of pretty elastic material. He just looked like he was about to attack me earlier while he flapped that spear to the outside.
’But I hit him, which caused a reaction in the opposite direction, allowing the spear to hit me instead of moving away. What a unique spear technique.’
Clovis’ expression turned solemn. He realized that if he took it easy, he might end up losing. There was no way he would stay in this academy.
’I guess there is something I can test in this type of fight…’ Clovis took a deep breath, his body was relaxed. He placed his long sword in front and tilted his body, positioning his short sword on his back.
Sullivan didn’t know why, but he felt danger coming from this stance. He was supposed to be the one having the upper hand, yet there was something from Clovis’ stance that irked him.
Sullivan charged forward and thrust his spear. He had to remain aggressive to overwhelm Clovis.
To his surprise, Clovis actually hit the spear’s blade this time, knocking it down.
"!!!" Sullivan widened his eyes in shock. Although a lot of people had been doing the same thing, the intention was different.
Instead of blocking his attack, he actually attacked his spear.
Sullivan shifted his grip a little bit to bounce the spear back to Clovis.
Clovis took a step back, barely avoiding the spear’s reach even with that ranged attack.
After that, he struck the spear once again, knocking it back.
Clovis did all this just with a single sword.
Sullivan saw Clovis slipping past his defense, so he had to pull back for a bit and regain his stance. Clovis didn’t plan to let him do what he wanted, but Sullivan struck him with his shaft instead, pushing Clovis to the side.
Clovis tried to stop but he ended up sliding on his foot until he managed to hit the spear away.
Sadly, Sullivan had recovered and swiftly pulled back his spear. When Clovis was about to swing his sword, Sullivan thrust his sword and knocked it down.
’His form becomes much more compact. Instead of speed, he is using that compact form to actually overwhelm me. It’s true that it’s me who is usually changing style, not the other way around. So this is how it feels to have someone as annoying as I am…’ Sullivan grinned.
His eyes flashed. Since he had knocked that sword down, he should be able to defeat Clovis. ’The idea is good, but only if you are Tier 3 or even Tier 4. Unfortunately, this is the end.’
Sullivan smirked when he saw an opening in Clovis’ defense. He thrust his spear at his chest, but all of a sudden, Clovis swung his short sword and hit the spear away.
"!!!" Sullivan widened his eyes, realizing what happened. "Ah shit!"
He had been so focused on Clovis’ new style that he forgot for a second that he was still hiding that short sword.
He jumped away, but it was too late. With one swift swing, Clovis’ strike reached him and hit his chest, leaving a wound from the left chest to the right. The blood spurted out because he hit it a bit deep.