Book 2: Chapter 71: The Blind Prophet

Book 2: Chapter 71: The Blind Prophet

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The rest of the time before the round passes by in a flash and soon enough I find myself in the arena facing off against the Blind Prophet. And this time the arena is different. This time the arena is an actual arena grounds on the bottom level of the stadium with no mist wall blocking us off from the audience, making it so we can actually hear the audience. Just with them being a bit muted so we can focus on the match.

Which is very different from the norm so far.

Another difference is that this round we have no time limit for the battles, unlike the five minute time limit for the previous rounds battles. So we can fight for as long as we want without having to worry about the time limit ending.

Although I cant help but wonder what theyd do if the time limit did end during one of those matches, since it never actually happened, nor was it explained.

Doesnt really matter now though. Not as I watch the man standing over a dozen meters away from me wearing a simple white and purple robe with a purple blindfold on his head covering his eyes.

A few seconds pass with neither of us moving, the black stadiums center being filled with nothing but the cheers of the audience and a faint breeze as we stand at opposite ends of it.

Eventually the man straightens up slightly before bowing, not surprising me in the least since hes done that at the start of every single one of his matches so far. And I decide to return the gesture because why not.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.

His lips quirk up slightly as if he can tell I did it which he probably can through his premonition or something. Then we both immediately sprint towards each other, each activating skills along the way.

I very much prefer a straightforward fight.

And with that thought in mind, I straighten up, using pain diffusion to ignore the discomfort brought about by my blood loss as blood regeneration quickly works to restore my blood. Fortunately I was using blood sacrifice little enough that blood regeneration was able to mostly keep me from really losing much blood. So within a minute of watching the Blind Prophet avoid my manifested weapons, Im already back to fighting shape again with my blood shadow standing next to me while wielding a spear.

Of the various weapons Ive trained with over the past months, the spear is most likely the best one in this situation. Its mobile and has a good reach, making it great to catch him up when he tries to dodge out of the way of our attacks.

Allen also went over the Blind Prophets last battles with me and worked through strategies alongside Cynthia last night in our training. Before the whole Destroyer thing happened. And he agreed that the best way to deal with the Blind Prophet is to overload him with too many attacks simultaneously for him to dodge.

Which means going all out with every last one of my skills, including my blood shadow and my blood manifestation skill, arming it with a weapon as we both attack it at once. Not to mention the rest of the blood weapons sent flying through the air at the same time.

Out of nowhere, the Blind Prophet jumps backwards, away from my blood weapons before simply standing there.

With his blindfold on, I cant really tell what hes looking at, and it makes it even harder to figure out what hes thinking. A very annoying problem.

He just stares at me I think for several seconds, my blood weapons floating through the air between us. And right when I think hes about to rush towards me again, he raises his hands and says, I surrender, making me blink in surprise. At the same time, the audience just suddenly goes silent.

My mouth parts open for a second, only for me to end up back in my private booth again.

What just happened?