Chapter 199: Illusionary Steps of the Wind

Noah had a calm expression as he saw that elder rolling around in pain. He looked at the other elders in this room and spoke coldly, "I hope you aren't as disappointing as him,"

Those words triggered all the other elders in the room. They were cautious of him because he was merely a 3 Star Warrior, yet he had won in exchange against a 4 Star Warrior.

It was shocking indeed.

However, they soon calmed down and realized the truth. Although Noah's technique was strong, it certainly wasn't strong enough to defeat the power of a 4 Star Warrior so easily.

This meant that the elder had held back a great deal of his power while fighting against Noah.

This revelation relieved them. It meant they were still strong if they used their complete strength against Noah.

However, none of them realized that their guess was completely off the mark.

Noah didn't give them any more time to think as his hold over his Sword tightened, and he rushed towards the nearest elder to his position.

He slashed at him diagonally. The other person had pulled out his Axe and used it to block Noah's attack.

As the elder blocked Noah's attack, he realized that he had been severely underestimating Noah.

This wasn't the strength of someone at the 3 Star Rank. In fact, Noah's strength with the condensed Sword Intent could be placed near the peak of a 4 Star Rank.

The elder immediately used a burst of his bloodline energy to increase his power and push Noah away.

Noah was surprised when he felt that sudden power burst as he was pushed back.

Just as he was regaining his footing, the elder shouted, "This guy is much stronger than he appears. Attack him with everything you have got."

The elder who had shouted this could also be considered the main leader of this Origin Sect Branch.

Since he was advising them to fight seriously, they had to respect his words.

Two individuals immediately moved as they targeted Noah from two different directions.

One was attacking Noah with a Lightning Spear while the other was striking Noah with his Wind Element, amplifying his Sword's cutting edge.

Noah knew that it would be next to impossible to block them or parry them with his Sword Qi only.

Thus, he used his best technique as well.

'Sword Domain!'

Immediately enough, his Sword Qi expanded in the area. As the two elders entered that domain, they experienced a sudden suppressive aura over their bodies.

By the time they realized it was a Sword Domain, it was far too late.

Noah had already diagonally slashed at one of them and pierced the other one's guts with his sword.

After piercing his guts, Noah whispered, "Sword Qi, burst!"

Immediately, that man felt the Sword Qi within the sword being released in his body. These Sword Qi were so powerful and so sharp that they continued to cut his body internally.

Once Noah had damaged his body enough, he pulled out his sword and faced the other Elder who possessed Wind Element.

The elder possessing the Wind Element was intimidated by Noah's gaze. He backed a couple of steps as if he wanted to express he no longer wished to fight him. A lot of blood squeezed out of that diagonal slash across his chest.

Noah then focused on the Elder who possessed the Bloodline Energy.

If his guess was right, it was a Bloodline Skill that would enhance the user's physical strength.

While he looked at the elders, they observed how he had defeated their two comrades. They were incomparably shocked as they witnessed his Sword Domain.

Only the man possessing the Bloodline Skill felt that Noah's sword domain was incomplete. If he did have a complete Sword Domain, then they wouldn't have a chance of resisting.

Currently, only he remained confident of facing Noah. The others had already mentally given up.

However, the man had his own misgivings as well. He asked with a solemn expression, "Who are you? And why have you attacked the Origin Sect?"

"I am a swordsman. I attacked because I wanted to exchange pointers with you all." Noah responded with the same answer as earlier.

When the elder heard those answers, he became extremely angry. He felt as though Noah was mocking him by answering like that.

"It seems I will need to ask your corpse about this." He spoke as the aura around him increased.

A few elders around the scene backed away.

"He is using his Raging Heart Bloodline. Now, his physical strength will be twice as strong as compared to before. However, he still doesn't have much control over himself and might harm us."

Thus, the other elders walked away from the area that was going to turn into a battlefield.

Meanwhile, Noah recalled all of his Sword Qi and condensed it into a Sword Intent, filling his Sword with it.

He charged at the elder ahead of him with his quickest speed.

Before the other elders could even blink, Noah used his Fleeting Cresent Slash – Diagonal.

In reality, the slash that would have been perfect in this situation would have been Vertical. Stop! However, Noah didn't want to kill this elder ahead of him. Thus, he went with the Diagonal as which he intended to strike his chest only.

Before his sword could touch the elder's body, it struck the Axe that had moved at surprising speed.

The power in that Axe was much greater compared to before.

When Noah felt that Axe strike his Sword, he sensed just how much this man overpowered him.

As he was pushed away, he tried to stabilize his footing and then counterattack quickly.

However, before he could regain his footing, the man ahead of him had moved towards Noah.

There was a furious look on his face as he charged at Noah while brandishing his Axe crazily.

Noah frowned as he thought 'Is this man swinging mindlessly?'

Noah had initially been thinking of using his Wind Element to enhance his energy, but he changed his mind after noticing that crazy look on that elder's face.

As soon as the elder was close enough, Noah whispered, "Illusionary Steps of the Wind."

Noah moved from his spot and used a movement skill.

The elder soon struck Noah's body and was shocked to see it turn into the illusionary wind.

A second later, Noah appeared with his Sword pressed against his back.

Just as the elder thought of enduring that sword strike and then hitting Noah, he felt a suppressive aura around him.

This was Sword Domain! Noah activated it as soon as he pointed his sword against the elder's back.

He had to suppress this man's aura, and what better way than to use his trusted Sword Domain.

Now, his sword could easily pierce this man's back, and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Stop! Don't kill him!" One of the elders nearby shouted to Noah.

Noah didn't care about that shout, though. He wasn't planning to kill this guy anyway.

"Surrender now." Noah coldly replied.

It was an elder possessing the greatest prestige in the Origin Sect Branch after their nominal leader, who spoke out, "We surrender. However, don't kill our leader. If you do kill him, we promise we will attack you with all our might. Not just you, but all those men outside won't be able to leave."

This was a naked threat to Noah.

When Noah heard that threat, he snorted and pierced the back of their 'nominal' leader. Their nominal leader let out a grunt as he tried to endure the pain.

He was also feeling the backlash of using his Bloodline Skill.

At this point, Noah spoke, "Remember that your threats don't work on me, so you don't need to try them again. I never planned to kill this man. If I did, he wouldn't be standing right now."