BANG
Vik, who was expecting his sword to slash Fargaz's face, felt he had hit a large boulder.
As the dust settled, Vik was able to see why his attack didn't land. Fargaz was blocking his attack with a halberd that was purely made of spiritual energy, trying to imitate something.
However, only that was able to block his attack.
Vik didn't have the time to think about the reason; he started a flurry of attacks that were beyond the maximum he possessed earlier.
Fargaz, on the other hand, casually deflected and attacked Vik. He looked casual, yet a smile could be seen on his face. Fargaz said to Vik as he battled him. "Amazing, you are able to progress this fast while fighting me. Is that for the anger you are feeling?"
"Shut up!" Vik shouted and used [ Seamless Sword - Metallic Hymn ].
Fargaz didn't even bat his eyes when he saw multiple metallic spikes shooting toward him from all directions. He just calmly said. "Collapse."
BOOROOOM!
Suddenly, the surrounding rubble and the people around Fargaz got squashed into the ground by an immense gravitational pull that caused the rubble to be pulverized and the cultivators to be lying on the ground.
Fortunately, the cultivators nearby were Kal, Maga, and others, who were strong enough to withstand this. But they were still heavily injured, as the skin on their entire body ruptured.
This move was meant to destroy the metal spikes that were coming toward Fargaz; Maga, and others who were just in its range got caught accidentally.
"Eh?" Fargaz was surprised again to see Vik somehow able to withstand his move, or his gravity manipulation, to speak of. 'How could he negate gravity?'
Fargaz was heavily confused, as he had never encountered something like this. The battles he fought till now were all won by him, except for a few when he fought against someone with a much better cultivation realm than him. Because only strong and superior spiritual energy could overwhelm his gravity.
To fill his curiosity, he clashed his weapon against Vik's with everything he had.
Their fight flashed from here and there as if they were trying to explore the town.
Gradually yet surely, Fargaz was able to catch up on why Vik was able to negate his gravity usage.
'This guy's sword intent is…!' Fargaz's eyes widened when he found out the truth.
Vik was able to fight against him because of his sword intent, which had reached its peak and was on the verge of breaking through.
Yes, breakthrough. Any kind of intent has three realms. First was sword intent, which could boost the attack power of the sword cultivator. Its second realm was sword qi.
Upon reaching this realm, one could separate their sword intent from their body and use it freely in the air.
'No, he didn't reach the peak of sword intent; he was only a half step away from learning to use sword qi!?' Fargaz was shocked beyond belief.
Fargaz had seen many things since his birth and had gotten everything he asked for. For this, he was able to witness and achieve many things that many people would never even get to in a million lifetimes.
But what he was seeing right now was something outside of his expectations. He believed he was the chosen son of destiny; he was the monstrous genius that people would look up to. Now, his belief was broken when he saw someone able to achieve something extraordinary at such a young age. Because he was sure, Vik wasn't very old; he had to be at least in his thirties.
"I.." A wave of unknown anger rose inside Fargaz's heart, which he didn't know was the result of jealousy and learning that you weren't really the superior one.
"You are dead!" Fargaz suddenly yelled out loud, blasting a strong surge of violet spiritual energy that blasted Vik away.
Vik was surprised at such a sudden mood swing in Fargaz, but he didn't think much through as there was only one thing going through his mind, and that was to kill Fargaz.
Fargaz floated in the air and looked down at Vik, who couldn't fly like him because he was still in the Golden Core Realm.
"I will not let you live today." Fargaz declared coldly and snapped his finger.
Violet spiritual energy sprung out of him and started compressing gravity into six small balls that rotated at a breakneck speed. The space around the balls started to twist a little too.
Fargaz snapped his finger and said." [ Self Art - Compressed Black Stars ] "
With the snap of his finger, he shot the balls at Vik one by one.
Vik felt fetal danger from them and spoke with intense focus. " [ Seamless Sword - Star Thrusts ]"
BANG BANG BANG
Continuous explosive noises could be heard as the surrounding areas, taking Vik and Fargaz as the centers, were being destroyed and making the ground shake. It halted every battle happening throughout the town, even the war in Burnheart Family.
Fargaz didn't stop shooting those violet balls at Vik; instead, he increased the number as the violet balls he conjured every second were growing exponentially.
Vik hadn't stopped thrusting his sword, as this was the only way he could cope with this absurd number. He couldn't even escape these, as they moved so fast, it felt like they were teleporting.
…
"These two are monsters." Julie gasped as she watched the fight that was unfolding far away. "I didn't expect Vik to be this strong!?"
She was under the same impression that Fiona had—that Vik was just a simple, generic guy sent by sect. She felt it more because Vik didn't do his job properly, he would slack off most of the time.
On the other hand, Gale just looked at their fight with wide-open eyes, not knowing what to say. 'So, this is what you can truly do when you reach the Nascent Soul Realm? These patriarchs and ancestors are useless, they weren't able to do even a fraction of what is happening. Except for Julie maybe, I can feel she has many things hidden.'
'I…I want to reach that realm fast; I want to fight them.' Gale watched the fight with extreme yearning in his eyes.
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