Chapter 189: Black Sword

Chapter 189: Black Sword

—As you wish.

After a short silence, the battle between the two exploded once more.

“Clank!!” Sparks erupted from the collision of the fang-shaped longsword and the sharp massive sword.

Despite the language barrier, the black knight managed to understand and comprehend Ji Bai’s request. As it went on the offensive, its every single action was grand in scale.

“Clank!!” The intense sound of metal colliding continuously reverberated throughout the colosseum.

It seemed like everything happening in the surroundings was completely incapable of affecting the unceasing battle between the two armored humanoids in the center of the colosseum.

Even the faded paint and tiles on the walls had been impacted by the aftershocks of their sharp blades.

Lin had no choice but to move somewhere far enough so that she wouldn’t be affected.

‘Such fast speed and strong power... Are those two monsters?’

The black knight no longer held back its attacks, causing the injuries of Ji Bai, who was situated at the eye of the storm, to grow ever more severe. Even still, his movements were not affected in the slightest, as he stretched his reflexes to the limits and used the sword arts he had learnt his whole life in the most opportune moments.

He had already utilized all he had.

Even so, Ji Bai barely managed to block a third of the storm-like barrage of attacks the black knight unleashed onto him.

Even when he found an instance to perform a counterattack, he realized that his fang-shaped longsword was completely incapable of piercing his opponent’s armor no matter what he tried. At this point, dealing any actual damage to it was nothing more than a pipe dream.

The majority of his opponent’s attacks landed on his [Radiant] armor.

Ji Bai could hear it buckling every time its berserk power struck it.

It was very obvious that every single black knight’s attack vastly exceeded the damage threshold of his [Radiant Armor].

In the black knight’s hands, the massive sword, which was equal in size to its stature, seemed like an extension of its body.

‘What sort of existence is that? How is it able to use all sorts of miscellaneous sword techniques with such perfection?’

Ji Bai had always believed that he would never lose to anyone in a pure contest of sword techniques. Yet today, he was beaten to the point that he could not even ward off his opponent’s blows.

Even though that was the case, Ji Bai did not feel any fear looking at the scarlet light radiating from the seam of its helmet.

Its large piercing sword struck him, but it made no difference; He had already gone numb from the damage sent back from his armor.

The strength, speed and understanding of sword technique between the two were not on the same level at all.

Once the energy in his [Radiant Armor] was completely exhausted, the battle would be over.

Even so, the frantic barrage of attacks coming out from the black knight didn’t stop at all.

‘Whether this sword can cut through butter is already a problem in itself, right?’

Ji Bai knew he had no space or time to be choosy seeing the black knight readying itself for battle once more.

A shower of attacks descended once more, but they failed to deter Ji Bai, who had managed to improve somewhat during the battle earlier.

However, every time he would gain some sort of understanding about his sword arts, the power of the black knight would increase considerably.

Its true ability resembled a bottomless hole, the end of which Ji Bai was unable to see no matter how hard he tried.

However, the black knight finally held none of its power back in the following exchanges, making it seem no different than a ferocious dragon that had escaped its fetters.

Every move and stance carried out by its massive sword contained countless years of training and were at their pinnacle in this moment; They had become something that could be executed at a snap of their finger.

“Clank!” Its asphyxiating sword techniques made Ji Bai feel, for the first time, how shallow and superficial his understanding of the sword really was.

Sparks incessantly landed on the scar-riddled ‘Radiant’ armor, causing the injuries Ji Bai received to become more and more severe.

But he didn’t give up; Rather, the worsening of his injuries made his gaze grow calmer.

“Clank!” The black sword in his hands blocked a heavy slash of the black knight’s.

Sparks spurted outwards once more.

Surprisingly, the ‘dilapidated’ sword could actually withstand the black knight’s fierce all-out attack with apparent ease. The sensation it gave off in Ji Bai’s hands was extremely comfortable as well.

‘I can sense... that feeling is near.’

“Clank!!...” The sound of colliding metal overpowered the applause that was coming in from all directions.

Lin slightly knitted her brows, her eyes completely fixed on the dark-silvery silhouette in the middle of the colosseum.

The speedily recovery of magic in her body meant that her regeneration ability had kicked in once more.

Her impulses compelled her to go forward and lend a hand, but logic constantly told her to not intervene. To put it more aptly, it was telling her that Ji Bai did not wish for her to do so.

As they clashed and came into a stalemate, she could only silently stare at the incessantly struggling figure.

“Clank!!” At this moment, the tempest of attacks he had been receiving came to an end.

The black knight raised its head slightly, as if somewhat stunned.

Its massive sword had been blocked by the other party’s handguard.

Following which, its opponent shot its sword aside and made use of the moment it was stunned to slash his blade towards its neck.

Surprisingly, the dilapidated black sword had left a crack on the black knight’s indestructible armor...