Chapter 193 – The Four (1/2)

Chapter 193 – The Four

“Big sis, do you really have to fight?”

Helly nervously yelled, seeing Sela stepping in front of Calron to confront him.

“Haha, of course!”

Sela grinned and stretched her arms behind her as a warm-up. The light armor on her chest was perfectly glued to her body like a seamless skin of protection. With her arms and navel showing, Sela looked like the beautiful image of a woman warrior with both looks and brawn.

“You really think that I’m a chump, right?”

Calron remained composed, but if Roran or others were here, they would have noticed the tell-tale sign of Calron about to truly become angry.

The group seemed intent on ostracizing Calron. He figured it would not be easy to work in a team of youngsters who were born in privileged clans, but condescending him based on his origins was something which Calron would not stand for.

“You might have beat back a few Saint stage experts, but that is nothing compared to us. At the Academy, even eighth rank Vajra stage students are able to defeat those common Saint stage experts. Besides, Sela is from the second most powerful tower family in the city. Raizel clan warriors might have strong elemental powers, but Xin clan’s martial arts won’t lose to the Raizel clan in terms of raw strength.”

Bren smirked from the side.

He had absolute confidence in Sela, as even amongst the other Academy students, she was the cream of the crop. It was said that before entering the Academy, the Xin family had sent Sela out into the wild to hunt a hundred Vajra beasts before allowing her to join the school.

It was training to see whether she had the tenacity to represent her family in the Academy. For the Xin clan, strength was everything… regardless if they were a son or daughter.

“I’ve fought with warriors from your clan before. They were strong, but nothing compared to me.”

Sela yelled before leaping into the air and diving with a kick at Calron.

Too slow.

Calron remained still and planned to block off her attack with his hand.

However, it was right then that a slow smile spread across Sela’s face and a light purple essence enveloped her body.

That’s not essence… it’s source energy!

Calron realized it too late as the kick was already upon him.

“Kugh!”

He swiftly stepped back and groaned in pain. Looking at his bruised hand, Calron was stunned that someone’s kick had managed to hurt him to this extent. It seemed that his instincts warning him of Sela at their first meeting were not false.

She was a legacy inheritor like him as well. Moreover, compared to his level of training in Blood Legacy, she appeared to have surpassed him greatly in her own legacy arts.

“This is disappointing. Even though I knew you were not on par with us Academy students, you should still not be this weak.”

Sela pouted, turning her back to Calron.

Should I use the Azure Lightning? No, I cannot control it properly so I might kill her by accident. Since normal attacks won’t work on her, it leaves me with only one choice.

Calron contemplated, and all of a sudden, a cloud of crimson source energy coalesced around him similar to Sela.

“Huh?”

Sela’s head whipped back in Calron’s direction the moment she sensed the presence of another legacy inheritor. Even Bren and Helly were shocked.

“When did the Raizel clan have a legacy art? Have they been hiding this from us since the beginning?”

Bren frowned, realizing that something was strange. If the Raizel clan also held a powerful legacy art besides their lightning prowess, they would truly be a monstrous force amongst the tower clans.

“I don’t know what the Academy is, but they must not be as special as you talk about them since they haven’t even taught you to never underestimate your opponent.”

Calron spoke while activating the Blood Mist Step and darting behind Sela.

“Formless Fist.”

It had been a while since he utilized this technique, and it was time for him to start honing his martial arts. Although the Azure Lightning was overpowering, Calron can’t use its power for long due to the high essence consumption and he needed to master his martial arts if he wanted to survive for long on the battlefield.

Calron’s fist struck towards Sela’s armored chest plate but thanks to her quick reflexes, Sela blocked the fist with both her arms.

“That was too close.”

Sela muttered, glaring into Calron’s azure eyes.

“You sure?”

Calron smiled.

“Arghhh!”

Sela roared in pain as a shockwave traveled throughout her body from the area that Calron’s fist hit her. Her armor couldn’t stop that attack.

Back when Calron was learning the Formless Fist, Elias had told him that the power of this technique relied on compressing and bursting the very air in front of the fist. If this was applied to a human’s body, then they would also burst like a watermelon under this attack.

However, because Calron had not trained sufficiently in the Blood Legacy arts, he could only send a shockwave to Sela’s body.

“You’re no match for me, please stop.”