Chapter 35: Training Lesson - A Modest Payback, Finale

Chapter 35: Training Lesson - A Modest Payback, Finale

"This idiot thinks he stands a chance against the Prince without his sword, haha."

Asura didn't take notice of the jeers from the inferior knights who chose to follow Valos because they were all as guilty as each other in his eyes.

'Hopefully, you are together in the assessment.'

He stopped three metres away from Valos on the spot indicated on the arena floor, slowly stretching his muscles and body that were still quite sore from earlier on.

"Prince Valos. If you would please stand in the marking and prepare for combat, I want you both to remember this is training and murder is prohibited."

The knight Bradley seemed to be quite fair, and Asura nodded. Only a fool would kill the Prince in the yard of the Kingdom.

More than fifty knights would hunt him down in a few seconds if he did that.

"Heh, did you hear that Fenix? Thanks to this being training, I cannot kill you—weapons would have been fine, you coward..."

"However, be careful because my magic might just cause you injuries that affect the assessment."

The Prince showed a prideful smile and flick of his long bangs before seeing Asura shrug his shoulders and take a strange stance.

"Nonsense."

"You!"

Valos pointed towards Asura with a twisted face filled with anger and jealousy, seeing how calm Asura was as his body began to crackle with a fierce wind element, causing the arena to become turbulent with rocks and debris fluttering around the pair.

"Don't think because my pathetic sister could barely defeat you and those tricks that it will work against me! I am the true heir and future King!"

⟪Asura Combat Arts⟫

—Void Battle Form

The void battle form is the basic Asura Combat Arts and teaches practitioners to embrace the chaos of combat rather than resist it. Movements are fluid, unpredictable, and designed to disrupt an opponent's ability to anticipate attacks.

They can use their Anima to freely flow through their limbs to add elemental damage at any moment of the attack.

With his arms at his waist, he relaxed, not showing any sign of guarding. This strange ability burned into his mind when he reached Stage One of the Asura Monolith.

It made no sense to him before—how could something called Void Stance defeat or protect him from an enemy's attack?

"You dare mock me? Your Prince!"

⟪Asura Combat Arts⟫

—Solar Flare Fist

Asura jumped upwards while he stopped spinning, with his body rising above Valos, with huge amounts of mana gathering in his left fist, before smashing Valos in the crotch as the silver flames condensed and exploded, sending the Prince crashing back down into the arena floor, causing a crater to form underneath him.

I felt his balls exploding... melted by my flames. Did anyone notice?

His body gracefully dropped before his feet landed on the lower body of the Prince, causing the poor man to vomit blood, already squealing like a pig as Asura lifted his leg into the air above his head, about to crush the Prince's skull with an axe kick—finally Knight Bradley spoke out to end the one-sided battle that made the Prince look foolish.

"That's enough! The Prince Valos cannot continue, Asura Fenix—please stay your hand!"

Asura didn't stop his kick but let it smash down into the hard ground, causing a small crater from where his heel landed a few centimetres from the head of Valos, who was staring at Asura in terror, his body trembling for several minutes.

'Doesn't this sound just like what happened with Mu Xue... All that's missing is...'

With a wet sound... The Prince ended up urinating himself.

'Although I assume it's bloody urine with the destruction of his testicles.'

Without regret or remorse, Asura saluted Valos half-heartedly before smirking under his bow.

"Thank you for the great lesson, Prince. I now know what to expect from my future battles..."

Slowly walking back to where Mu Xue was standing, his shoulder was brushed into by the princess who looked into his eyes with a fierce gaze, not like an enemy but as if Asura had done something to embarrass her, while Asura finished his sentence without lowering his voice.

"Disappointment."

"You bastard! Say that again!"

"I'll make you shut up!"

Two knights always around Valos drew their weapons and stepped forward as if to attack Asura before Knight Bradley stepped in front of them and flicked their swords...

A simple flick and their swords shattered, hundreds of silver gone instantly.

The two men felt as if their feelings of pride and belief in the Prince were shattered at this moment as they fell to their knees. Both swords were paid for with the borrowed money from the Prince, and they still had a lot of money to pay...

They were screwed.

"Know some shame! You are knights of Silvara, not common thugs who cannot afford to lose!"

"Victor, Asura Fenix, The future Earl of our Eastern Border with the vile Xian Tei Empire, is a talented and hopeful Heir!"