Chapter 68 - Sudden Change

After the sword came into his left hand, Asil looked at his opponent in front of him. This time, however, he did not attempt to attack again quickly. Even under normal circumstances, it was already difficult for him to gain the upper hand over someone who was in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm. With this, he constantly used profound energy while was continuously making moves against different enemies while using Profound Guidance Technique. Naturally, there was a great reduction in the profound energy.

He was starting to feel physical fatigue in his body now. Also, with the help of his master Sirius, he strengthened his feelings to a level that they should not have normally been; as time progressed, this made him mentally tired too.

Although Asil had fought many battles in Kastor, all of them were one-on-one fights. In other words, since he had not fought in battles involving many people in this way before, he was naturally not yet experienced enough to use his energy thriftily and to do more work with less. On top of the fact that he was still in the fourth level of the elementary profound realm, this battle with so many people was a disadvantage for him.

Asil breathed irregularly and did not attack as he tried to regain his energy, but how could it have been possible for the masked man who is in the seventh realm of the profound realm to give a man who had killed three of his comrades in such a battle a chance to rest?

The man in the seventh level of the Elementary Profound Realm leaped towards Asil as his eyes flashed with flames of rage, and while he was in the air he swung his long sword in his right hand diagonally across Asil's chest, right from top to left from the bottom.

When his opponent made his move, Asil clenched his teeth and focused all his attention on the opponent approaching him.

The attack his opponent is using now could not be compared to the one he used before. He had not used all his power as he had not taken Asil too seriously in his previous attacks. This time, however, he had used an intense amount of profound energy in attacking as he considered Asil dangerous and a man to be killed. Also though his long sword was a low-level basic profound weapon, it was still a profound weapon. Which naturally increased the strength of his attack.

As his opponent's attack towards him in the air approached Asil, he clenched his teeth and took up a defensive position, bringing the weapons in both hands diagonally in front of his chest.

When the attack of the masked man in the seventh level of the Elementary Profound Realm struck Asil's swords, an ear-piercing ringing sound that lasted for several seconds occurred.

Not much happened to the masked man who is in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm after the attack. The impact only hurt his arm a little bit and he landed two steps back from where he was.

On the other hand, Asil was pushed back a few meters by the impact of the collision. His feet had formed a pile of soil behind them as he drifted backward, and the place he was stepping on now was about five centimeters deeper than normal ground level. He also had a short-term numbness in his arms, and a thin strip of blood was slowly flowing down from the corner of his mouth.

If Asil had encountered such an attack at first, he would not have fallen into such a situation after the collision of the swords. There was even the possibility of gaining the upper hand by attacking immediately afterward. But in the current situation, he did not have the luxury of making such a move because of his fatigue and energy consumption.

After the masked man in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm landed on the ground, he jumped forward and attacked again before Asil could do anything. Since his profound power was higher than Asil and he had been in such battles many times before, his body did not yet have any fatigue or lack of energy.

When Asil saw him moving towards him, he clenched his teeth and looked at him for a moment. He then unexpectedly closed his eyes and, making no move, allowed his enemy to approach to attack him.

Although the masked man in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm was a little surprised when he saw this, his attack did not have any reduction in terms of power. But when he was only two meters away from Asil he suddenly felt something was wrong but by the time he felt it, it had been too late.

Three swords from the right, two from the left, and four from behind was aimed at the masked man in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm and was approaching him rapidly, and when he realized that something was off, the swords were as close as two meters to him.

The masked man in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm roared loudly and tried to scatter the swords coming to him using an energy burst. But when he used that profound energy burst, Asil suddenly opened his eyes and threw forward with all his might, squeezing the swords in his hands more tightly.

Due to the energy burst that the masked man in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm did, the swords aimed at him from three sides scattered. But due to this burst of energy, his attack towards Asil was weakened.

Asil had used all his remaining power in his attack and had never intended to defend himself in his attack to defeat his opponent, instead of focusing only on inflicting great damage on his opponent.

"AHHH!"

The attacks of Asil and his opponent, along with two simultaneously painful cries, had found its target.

His opponent's attack had hit Asil's left shoulder, resulting in a deep and severe laceration to his bone. Asil tumbled in the air due to the impact after this impact and fell hard to the ground a few meters ahead.

On the other side, the sword on Asil's right hand caused a non-deep cut that crossed his opponent's face, while the sword on his left hand caused a deep and also serious cut that stretched horizontally across his opponent's abdomen. He also had a small dagger lodged in his back area. As a result of this attack, the masked man in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm, took a few steps and leaned forward, and slowly fell to the ground face down.

After the Asil fell to the ground, he strolled towards the masked man in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm and saw that he had fallen to the ground. He didn't know if he was dead or not, but he was sure he did at least some fatal damage. Even if the damage wasn't enough to kill him now, he didn't think he'd be able to get up from the ground any time soon.

Asil's situation was not very pleasant either. His whole body was numb and he didn't even have the strength to turn his head, let alone getting up. Since his profound power was low, using Sirius's energy for a long time was a huge burden for him, and when his own energy went below a certain amount, it became even heavier to carry it. Then, when he suffered the final blow of the masked man in the seventh level of the elementary profound realm, his already weak body could not take it any longer, and his muscles temporarily collapsed due to intense fatigue, energy deprivation, and energy damage.

As Asil lay on the ground, the battle around him continued with all its horrors. Those who approached him at first did not attack him because they thought he was dead because of the blood spilling from his shoulder and slowly spreading to a larger area. But this situation lasted only about thirty seconds. Thirty seconds later, someone who realized that Asil was not dead had killed the opponent he encountered, then stepped towards Asil and swung the shiny sword in his hand towards Asil. Even though he was at least ten meters between the man who swung his sword and the Asil, he felt the intense danger approaching himself when he swung his sword.

Because this man was in the direction Asil was looking, Asil could see his movements. When he swung his sword, his sword formed an energy arc, and as that energy arc moved through the air, it quickly began to approach Asil.

When Asil saw this, he knew this man was using a long-range sword technique.. Long-range sword techniques were techniques used with profound energies, allowing the user to attack their opponent by tossing the profound energy even from a distance.