Chapter 237 - Strings No More.

''Rahahaha!'' Lucius laughed creepily, but it was all Rijun because real Lucius is in a sleeping state, not aware of anything happening.

Rijun in the balcony started moving his fingers in a rhythmic manner.

Lucius started moving in a slow yet steady manner.

''Second move, Massacre!'' Lucius' hands started trembling, and suddenly his nails started growing longer until they were 10cm in length!

''Hmm?'' Ichiro frowned, 'How did he do that?'

Lucius grinned and lunged towards Ichiro.

Ichiro went into his fighting stance and prepared to defend by any means necessary.

Lucius only used his middle finger's nail. He sent a horizontal slash towards Ichiro's face. Even though it didn't look too threatening, Ichiro wasn't planning to underestimate him.

Ichiro's first choice of dodging was moving backward, but he has a feeling that's what Rijun wants him to do.

He decided to make an unexpected move.

Ichiro pushed his palm towards the nail, which caught Rijun off guard.

The usual reaction of young men like him is to retreat if they are facing an unknown attack, but Ichiro decided to fight head-to-head!

Ichiro used his backhand to hit the thin side of the nail, but surprisingly the nail was very sharp and digged inside his hand!

But, Ichiro didn't change his expression. He did a sudden jolt of movement, which deflected the nail enough to completely miss his body.

Rijun looked shocked and tried to make Lucius retreat, but out of nowhere, Ichiro grabbed the collar of Lucius' expensive-looking suit.

[Steel Edge - Sky And Earth!]

Ichiro twisted his hand, which caused Lucius' legs to leave the ground and to start falling dangerously towards the ground!

Rijun used his great Martial Emperor hand speed and started moving Lucius' move, which should be impossible for humans to achieve.

Even though Lucius' rank should be the same as Ichiro, maybe slightly higher, the fight is still not completely fair!

Rijun can make Lucius' body move way faster than should be possible of his rank!

Lucius quickly put his hands on the ground, which stopped his falling, but that was not the end.

He used his hands to start spinning, and at the same time, he sent a devasting kick towards Ichiro!

''Third move, Disaster!''

Ichiro quickly crouched, just enough to feel the kick blowing past him. He quickly retreated, and he felt that Rijun was indeed shameless.

'Fight against someone of the same rank... What a bullshit.' He felt incredibly annoyed, but nothing he could do.

Currently, it is simply too impossible for him to fight against Martial Emperor.

'One day... Martial Emperor's will be like a bunch of kids in front of me!' Ichiro glared towards Rijun's smiling figure.

'The day I reach Martial Emperor... No... Even being Martial King is enough! Let's see that day... Will you fight fair!'

Rijun not knowing the thoughts Ichiro has, had already started controlling Lucius.

Lucius started stomping towards Ichiro with his face being emotionless like he was nothing but a puppet.

''Fourth move, Bloodshed!'' Lucius put his two palms together, and out of nowhere, his speed increased by a hundredfold!

His slow movement became fast as lightning, and he immediately appeared in front of Ichiro.

He pushed his palms forwards. If this attack hit its target, then the result would be bloodshed!

Ichiro's bones and organs would be destroyed because of the impact of the attack.

Ichiro widened his eyes in shock and made a split-second decision.

'This is going to hurt...' Ichiro grimaced and clenched his fists tightly.

That caused his muscles to tighten.

[Steel Edge - Immortal]

The two palms struck Ichiro's body, and Rijun was already grinning viciously.

He expected that Ichiro would be at least crippled. His anger towards Ichiro made his judgment clouded. If he was in a calm state of mind, he would never want to risk everything and cripple Ichiro.

Abyss can kill all of them effortlessly.

But, what Rijun expected to happen didn't.

The two palms destroyed Ichiro's suit and made two handprints on his chest, but his attack didn't do what it was supposed to do.

*Cough*

Ichiro coughed blood, but he was otherwise fine.

''H-How?'' Lucius asked with his creepy tone. The voice was full of shock.

Ichiro grinned and wiped the blood from his lips.

He used his body to redirect the impact of the attack. It is an incredibly difficult and painful technique to perform, and it can be suicidal even.

If he was even milliseconds too late or too early, he would have got hit by the attack, which would have made his organs explode.

This is one of the moves Ichiro hates the most. No matter how good he does it, he always gets injured.

''My turn,'' Ichiro said with a grinning figure.

Rijun widened his eyes in shock and started moving his fingers with incredible speed.

Lucius quickly went into his fighting stance, ready to block and counter-attack any attack!

'I guess this will be my third attack...' Ichiro thought and lunged towards Lucius.

Lucius had his two hands in front of him, with his body being in a relatively low stance.

Rijun thought that his stance was perfect, but Ichiro could see a flaw.

It can block and attack, but he can't dodge! His body is in a way too low stance, which makes moving fast, near impossible.

Maybe Rijun thought that he didn't need to dodge. It could be the result of his arrogance, but he forgot that now he is using Lucius' body, and he isn't necessarily strong enough to block Ichiro's attack.

Ichiro appeared on the attacking range, he saw instantly that there weren't any flaws in Lucius' stance, but he didn't need to search for flaws.

He will use brute force!

He put his palm next to his waist, and immediately aura around him changed. The illusionary figure of a dragon appeared behind him, and it was looking straight towards the ceiling of the Underworld City with anger!

He couldn't see the sky, that made him enraged!

[Iron Palm - Dragon Soars To Sky To Defeat Heavens!]

Rijun felt that something was very wrong, but his utter confidence told him that he was just imagining things.

Lucius put the two arms ready to block the attack, but then Ichiro attacked with his palm!

It looked ordinary at first, but while the palm was approaching Lucius, it started slowly changing.

The palm suddenly had a jaw of a dragon with sharp teeth which could pierce through anything!

It was an illusionary image, but that alone caused massive pressure to appear.

*SMACK*

The palm struck the block of Lucius', and at first, it looked like it got blocked, but that changed soon.

First, Lucius' hands broke like they were nothing but twigs. After that, the wind pressure from the attack struck Lucius' torso, which sent him flying straight towards the nearby building!

*CRASH*

Invisible strings surrounding Lucius' body started vanishing until not even one was left.

Only the unconscious body of Lucius was left in the debris of the building.

''Only three moves....'' Ichiro looked towards Rijun's shocked face, ''Disappointing.''