Chapter 2094 Dim
Ryu chuckled lightly. "... Too arrogant."
BOOM!
A pair of twin crossed blades met in the air, one side a pair of sabers, and the other a pair of great swordstaffs.
The arms of the Aspirant shook as a thunderous echo suddenly boomed through the skies.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A layer of three Skybreaker Revolutions shook the Aspirant and sent it taking a heavy step backward.
Ryu lowered his blades, facing off against the Aspirant calmly. He didn't seem to be in much of a rush to finish off the battle at all. That was because he knew what was coming next. And because...
He took his eyes off of the Aspirant again, looking toward the three remaining Legions. As expected, they had charged the three Sovereigns.
On one side, Old Wan was pretending to struggle. Ryu couldn't really understand why he was still bothering to act at this juncture, but it seemed that scheming was in the very depths of this man's bones.
Then there was Black Worm and Chaotic Space.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
Ryu could see instantly that they would struggle.
Of course, Ryu's definition of struggle was pretty cutthroat. They were still weaving through the army with decent efficiency, but there were still clearly some times where they didn't deal with a situation cleanly, or they were forced to expend excess energy in order to maintain a facade of calmness.
They didn't want others to see through their weakness and take advantage. A part of them probably even felt that Ryu had just expended way too much energy just now...
Well, only the fools would assume such a thing. After all, why would someone with Chaotic Silk Meridians need to worry about energy expenditure? Did they think that this Chaos Qi was just for show?
CHI! CHI! CHI!
Ryu casually raised his blade to block a strike from the Aspirant, and an echo of three defensive maneuvers shot out once more.
He used his Nine Revolution Skybreaker Bone Structure almost carelessly, and it made this Aspirant look like nothing more than a fool.
The Aspirant stumbled back, its body shuddering. After just two exchanges of strikes,
But he felt like he was missing something.
His great swordstaff clashed against the Aspirant's saber and reflected it again, and then again.
His eyes focused on every shift, every moment, every flow of energy.
At the same time, his [Third Perspective] was honing in on the other battles around him.
Those down below couldn't understand what Ryu was doing. It was clear that he was crushing the Aspirant, so why hadn't he killed it already? It seemed like he was wasting energy for no reason at all.
'Chosen... why can't I see through what that means... even now?"
Ryu's eyes glazed over as he began to restrain his power. From using three echoes, he reduced it to two, and then just one.
The moment Ryu stopped using his Nine Revolution Skybreaker Bone Structure, he and the Aspirant seemed to have become evenly matched. But there was a sharpness and case to Ryu's movement that still made it obvious he had the upper hand. He seemed two or even three steps ahead of the Aspirant at all times.
And then Ryu just began to use a single great swordstaff.
And then he put his blades away entirely and just fought against the Aspirant with his
fists alone.
However, he was still shaking his head inwardly as wounds began to appear across his fists and forearms,
The Heavenly Court Ancestor said that he was a Chosen, and such a thing should have
a strong attachment of Fate to it. It was something that Ryu should be able to sense
even without the input of this Ancestor, but he couldn't for whatever reason.
So what was it that separated a normal genius from a Chosen? Where was the blessing
coming from?
The glow seemed to dim from Ryu's eyes entirely.