Chapter 2219 Challenge

Chapter 2219 Challenge

Yet, that wasn't all.

CRACK!!!

Rui flattened his skull without even the slightest hesitation.

The unconscious Martial Master died then and there.

The first casualty of the Master-level battle had occurred.

It was not missed.

Rui turned as his eyes swept the battlefield, meeting the bloodlusting gaze of the Sekigaharan Masters. The elation he had felt from gaining more experience was gone. It was in the first place. It was an emotion that had no place in a battlefield, breeding immense complacency that almost got him killed.

"You want to kill me?" His furious voice echoed across the battlefield. "Well..."

His eyes narrowed.

In their depths stirred an endless darkness. Cheêck out latest novels on n/o/ve/l/bin(.)c/o/m

A void.

"...Here I am."

For a moment, the battle seemed to pause the Rui's overwhelming Martial Embodiment swept across the entire battlefield, snuffing all other Martial Embodiments as though they were merely flames before his inferno.

Unbeknownst to him, in the Sekigahara Confederate, this was considered an insult and a provocation.

A declaration of superiority.

Countless Sekigaharan Martial Masters glared at him with bloodlust.

In just a moment, several Martial Masters flooded him from all directions.

"Die, little bastard!" they roared with furious bloodlust.

Unfortunately for them, they didn't have as much luck as last time.

"Speed Void." Rui bent heaven and earth as his domain expanded, enveloping all his incoming opponents.

WHOOSH!

"Eh...?" Their eyes widened as Rui casually evaded their full, slowed-down attacks with little effort.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

"Master Kaijin!" The Masters of the Sekigahara Confederate bowed to him despite the war that surrounded them. "We are gratefu—"

"Shut up."

His voice was deep and raspy. His muscular body was littered with scars underneath his Martial dougi.

His fierce eyes glared at the Sekigaharan Master around him with contempt.

"You weaklings couldn't defeat a snot-nosed brat who entered the Master Realm three years ago?" They flinched at his words. "Master Kaijin—"

"Enough." He growled. "Go join the others and weather down the Kandrian Masters, you useless louts..."

His gaze shifted to Rui, flashing with bloodlust.

"Yes, Master Kaijin!

They scurried off, leaving the two remaining Martial Masters to their devices.

"You know," Rui began, heaving a sigh. "Next time you try to provoke me with petty insults, don't be so extra."

He directed a steely gaze at the powerful Martial Master.

"You're transparent."

A smile appeared on Master Kaijin's face. "Hoho, it appears that rumors of the wisdom beyond your age were not wrong. I had hoped that, given your youth and the overwhelming success that has been your Martial Art career, you would have an ego proportional to your unfathomable talent, but it appears not. In that case..."

He adopted a wide-legged stance as his powerful arms stretched out before him with the fingers of his flat palm facing him.

A classic Karate stance.

"...I challenge you to a battle, Master Rui," his tone grew more intense yet respectful. "I have looked forward to fighting the Void Prince of the Kandrian Empire for a long time."

It was deeply odd to be challenged formally in the middle of a war.

Yet, it was nothing out of par for the martial culture of the Sekigahara Confederate. "Should you accept," Master Kaijin continued. "You will not be ambushed for the duration of our fight as they have undoubtedly witnessed my challenge to you."

His eyes flashed with battle lust.

Yet, they lit up with elation when he saw Rui take a stance before him.

"I accept your challenge," Rui's tone was intense. "You see..."

His eyes narrowed.

"I love fighting people stronger than me."

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