Chapter 144 143: Level Up



"FURY OF THE SWORDSMAN OF THE WIND!"

As soon as those words escaped Jian's lips, the wind stirred around Jian and a green aura covered both Jian and his swords.

Jian's speed of descent increased drastically and so did the constriction of Corey's pupils.

In his vision, he could see numerous rapidly forming green translucent symbols but the distance was just too short and the complexity of this particular skill was just more complex for him to locate the weak point of Jian's current skill.

With a thought, Corey activated his hexagon barrier skill, but this time, he didn't just produce one hexagon barrier, he produced three hexagon barriers with the furthest barrier from him having the lowest amount of mana in it, and the second and third barrier having more mana in them, with the closest barrier to him having the highest amount of mana in it.

As for the reason why he made more than one barrier?

He knew from the complexity of the symbols, that just one barrier could not protect him.

Clang!

Shatter

A loud sound akin to metal hitting metal resounded due to Jian's swords hitting Corey's hexagon barrier, but a second later, like glass shattering, Corey's hexagon barriers shattered and Jian's descent was decreased by a minimal amount.

Clang!

Shatter

Just like the first barrier, the second barrier also shattered and Corey's pupils constricted seeing that.

Jian's skill was more powerful than he expected.

It was like with every spin that Jian generated, the power, the force and the mana behind his attack increased.

All of this that just happened, happened in a span of two seconds and in the next second, Jian reached the third and last barrier.

But just as he was about to destroy the last barrier, the muscles in Corey's legs and toes tightened and with a thought, Corey used one of his skills.

'Super Jump.'

Bang

The ground beneath Corey's feet cracked as Corey used Super Jump to explosively jump backwards, covering a huge distance.

The instant Corey jumped backwards, Jian reached the last barrier and with a clang that sounded much louder and longer than the previous ones, Jian collided with the barrier and in the next two seconds, the barrier shattered.

BANG!!

The ground trembled and debris of stones and sand flew up into the air as Jian's attack landed on the ground, destroying an area of approximately 20m around him.

Meanwhile Corey who was outside the range of the attack, placed his dual battle axes in front of him due to the flying debris.

A few seconds later, Corey could hear a whistling sound and with a cold glint in his eyes, he removed the dual battle axes from his front and his eyes caught unto a speeding Jian coming towards him.

Clang!

"THE MATCH IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE A MATCH OF CLANGS."

"IT'S LIKE A COMPETITION BETWEEN WHO AMONGST THE TWO OF THEM CAN PRODUCE THE LOUDEST OF CLANGS."

"IT'S LIKE CLASH OF CLANGS!"

The announcer said with a wide smile as the audience screamed, shouted, roared and made all sorts of noises and sounds with their throats, drums and whatever object was with them.

"You're stronger than I expected for a newly promoted tier 1."

Jian spoke with surprise in his tone and coldness in his eyes as his two swords were pressed unto Corey's dual battle axes.

"And you're faster than I expected for somebody who has been in tier 1 for quite some time."

"Did you increase only your agility just so that you can run away and escape like a coward?"

With an indifferent tone and expression, Corey mocked Jian and Jian's eyes became colder.

He separated his swords from Corey's axes, then his stance shifted and the muscles in his left hand tightened, wanting to launch a flurry of sword attacks unto Corey.

But just as he was about to attack, he felt an extreme deadly sensation of danger and he instinctively used almost all his mana to instantly teleport away from Corey.

But just as he appeared in a different location, he once again felt a sensation of danger and when he looked up, he saw a colorless translucent axe like slash coming towards him and with a panicked and shocked expression, he used the last of his mana to unleash a green sword slash.

As soon as the green sword slash collided with the colorless translucent axe like slash, the two attacks negated each other and a heavy gust of wind was produced, causing Jian to place his left arm in front of his eyes due to the sand which was blown into the air from the sandy ground they were on. [A/N: I forgot to previously mention that the ground where the fights happen in the Amphitheatre is sandy.]

Whoosh

Just as Jian covered his eyes, he heard a whooshing sound and when he looked up, he saw Corey coming at him with indifference in his eyes.

Clang!

Another resounding clang occurred in the Amphitheatre as Corey's dual battle axes collided with Jian's swords.

"Fuck."

Jian cursed as he was pushed a step back from the collision and with cold and confused eyes, he looked at Corey.

His lips opened, wanting to speak, but Corey, fully knowing what Jian was about to say did not give Jian the opportunity to speak and dashed towards Jian.

"Motherfucker."

Jian cursed seeing Corey coming towards him and he shifted his stance.

"Don't think you can defeat you in a weapon to weapon battle!"

"You don't have as much experience as I do!"

Jian shouted but Corey did not reply.

As soon as Corey got close to Jian, Jian slashed with his sword before Corey could attack, fully expecting his attack to cause Corey to dodge or push Corey back due to his sword having a longer reach.

But Corey, having seen the attack before Jian even swung his sword due to his Eyes of Omniscience, blocked the attack with one of his axes, surprising Jian.

Despite Jian been taken by surprise due to Corey's decision, he was nonetheless pleased and with a small smile on his lips, his free hand moved, wanting to slash at Corey.

But what Jian missed was the movement beneath which were Corey's legs.

With an indifferent expression, Corey bent slightly and swiped at Jian's legs with his right leg and a second later,

"Huh."

Jian had a confused expression as he felt himself falling backwards and just as he looked up, he saw the edge of Corey's unmistakable black axe coming at his forehead.

'Oh fuck.'

Chop!

Bang

The entire Amphitheatre became silent as the blade of Corey's axe was inside Jian's skull.

As Corey's axe was inside Jian's skull, Jian's body suddenly became lean and his face became much paler, looking like it was blood deficient.

Not only that, a white mist appeared from Jian's corpse and it moved to the left side of Corey's chest and was absorbed into the left side of Corey's chest.

Seeing the state of Jian's corpse, Corey raised his brows as he looked at his dual battle axes.

'I guess this is how it grows.'

Corey thought, then with an indifferent expression, Corey yanked his axe out of Jian's skull.

Two seconds later,

"DID YOU ENJOY THIS MATCH PEOPLE?!!!"

"YAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

"I SAID!!!!..."

"DID YOU BLOODY FUCKING ENJOY THIS MATCH?!!!!"

"YAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"

The entire audience made a cacophony of loud sounds, shouts and roars as the announcer spoke with an extremely loud voice.

Meanwhile Corey just had an indifferent expression despite all this happening.

He bent and took Jian's sword and with an indifferent expression, he started dissecting Jian for his soul stone, something which he had not done in quite a long time due to him not having the need to level up.

A few seconds later, Corey brought out the soul stone of Jian and without wasting time, he absorbed it with his left hand.

A few seconds later, the soul stone turned to dust and Corey felt stronger than before.

Although he was tempted to check out his stats right now, he decided not to since it was not so urgent.

Corey looked around then his eyes went to Jian's swords and with a shrug, he kept it in his inventory, not bothering to keep it in the storage space in his eyes.

Seeing that he had nothing left to do, Corey started walking to the gate that led to the exit of the Amphitheatre.

But just as he was walking to the gate, the voice of the announcer reached his ears.

"WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! HOW CAN OUR CHAMPION JUST GO LIKE THAT."

"WHY DON'T YOU SAY A FEW THINGS, A FEW WORDS."

"LIKE WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE MATCH?

HOW DID YOU FEEL THROUGHOUT THE MATCH?

WAS THE MATCH SIMPLE, DIFFICULT OR EXCITING?

ALSO, HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO GUESS THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE SWORDSMAN OF THE WIND THE LAST TIME HE INSTANTLY TELEPORTED DURING YOUR BATTLE?"

With a microphone close to the announcer's lips, he spoke then he brought the microphone close to Corey, gesturing for him to speak but Corey just had an indifferent expression as he stared into the announcer's eyes.

"I'm a man of little words. I prefer to speak through my actions rather than words. My goal is to win every battle while reaping the smiles off the faces of my enemies."

With a calm and steady tone, Corey spoke then he looked around and continued speaking:

"As for how I was able to 'know' my opponent's location after he teleported, I was just lucky. It was just lady luck smiling upon me today."

Hearing Corey's words, the announcer raised his brows and was about to speak once again but this time, Corey walked away without waiting for him to speak.

The announcer's lips twitched seeing Corey walk away and with a soft shrug, he flew back up into the air.

"WELL THAT'S THE END OF TODAY'S MATCHES PEOPLE."

"LUCKILY, THE LAST MATCH BETWEEN SMILE REAPER AND THE SWORDSMAN OF THE WIND WAS ENTERTAINING."

"SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW."

With a slightly low bow, the announcer ended his words and Corey raised a brow hearing his words.

'I was the last match?'

Corey thought then he shrugged and walked into the open gates, expecting to see the two officials of the Underworld who would eventually chain him once again.

But to Corey's surprise and shock, Corey did not see the two Underworld Officials.

No.

He saw…