Chapter 76: Chapter 76
“That’s the spirit! Come, let us fight like a man!” Judd shouted as he met Eru’s black sword head-on. Eru gritted his teeth; he used his aura to push back Judd’s stick away. Judd’s expression was full of surprise when he felt Eru’s powerful swing. Eru took advantage of Judd’s situation as Eru continued his attack by kicking Judd by his torso. Judd got flung backwards a little, and Eru continued his assault. Eru did not want to let Judd get a chance. Eru felt like if Judd got his chance to counterattack, the latter would bring him many troublesome things.
Judd smiled in annoyance, “Cheeky kid”, Judd said; he prepared his stick to get in the way of Eru’s attack. When Eru’s black sword connected with Judd’s fully nailed stick, Judd had a broad grin on his face. ‘Crap’, Eru thought when he felt that Judd’s stick had become much stronger. “Rargh!” Judd screamed as he swatted away Eru’s attack. Unlike last time, this time, Eru was the one that got staggered backwards. And like what Eru did the previous time, Judd did so to Eru. He kicked Eru by his torso, sending the latter flying across the arena.
Eru managed to land safely, but blood dripped from the corner of his mouth if one looked closely. Eru clutched his chest, “How strong is he?” he asked to himself. Eru wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth using his hand, then he gripped the black sword tightly in his hand. “Let’s try this one more time”, Eru said as he rushed towards Judd. Judd’s eyes squinted; he took a low stance as he prepared for Eru’s charge. Eru held his black sword with his two hands before swiping it towards Judd. Eru attacks became faster with each swing he did. All the crowd could see from Eru’s attack was just black trails coming from Eru’s hand. That shows how fast Eru’s attack was.
However, Judd seemed to be able to see each of Eru’s fast attacks. He had smiled all over his face as he dodged Eru’s attack one by one. Although looking from his appearance, Judd looked calm; however, inside, he was worried as he felt that Eru’s attacks went faster as time went by. ‘Heh, this is exciting! Never would’ve thought that a kid like him would give me such excitement!’ Judd said in his head while he had a wide grin on his face. Then, when Eru’s black sword met Judd’s stick, the latter tried to knock back Eru like before. Eru’s eyes flashed; he fainted his attack before quickly stepping inside, right in front of Judd’s chest.
Eru slashed upwards. Blood spurted from Judd, and his face was revealed as Judd’s mask was removed thanks to Eru’s slash. Judd’s clothes were also in tatters as the people could see his bare chest was exposed. Just as the man in a fancy suit was about to stop the fight, Judd smirked. His aura enveloped his body as his wounds were starting to close on their own. Not only Eru but everybody in the audience and even the man in a fancy suit were surprised by what they saw. Judd shook his head; his mohawk was let down while he had a wide grin on his face. “What? Why are you all surprised by things like this?” Judd asked in bewilderment when he saw Eru’s face and the crowd silence.
Eru pointed his finger at Judd, “How the hell did you do that?” Eru asked the question everybody in the audience wanted to ask. Judd slightly tilted his head, “What? This?” he pointed his finger at his chest, “Really easy, just use your aura to manipulate your muscle and skin, and the blood will stop on its own. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still injured, but at least I can still fight.” Eru looked even more bewildered, as did the man in a fancy suit. “But that….” Eru stuttered. Before Eru finished his sentence, the man in a fancy suit yelled out, “Unbelievable, ladies and gentlemen. Unbelievable! Judd had shown impeccable control of his aura. His control over his aura can even manage to stop bleeding. Do you know how much control you need to do that kind of thing? Unbelievable folks, truly unbelievable.”
Eru stepped back a little, ‘That shady guy was right. To manage to control your own muscle and skin using your aura was something not even I could do. I’m even willing to bet that even that old man in his castle cannot do such things also. The world really is big’, he said in his heart. Judd, the man in the spotlight, just cracked his head left and right, “Do you want to continue fighting or do you just want to stare at me?” he asked Eru while holding his stick on his shoulder. Eru squinted; he shook his head and took up his stance. Judd smiled in excitement; he put his stick forward, pointing it towards Eru, “Come!”
Eru rushed headlong towards Judd. Eru tried to get into Judd’s space by stepping inside. Judd easily stopped him by stepping forward, interrupting Eru’s movement. Eru stumbled backwards. However, Eru gritted his teeth, then using his aura, he gathered his aura to his feet before jumping away from Judd’s follow up attack. After swinging his stick downward when he tried to catch Eru off guard, Judd moved forward, chasing Eru with his stick held high. Eru twisted his body in the air; he landed then immediately took a stance as he met Judd’s stick head-on. The clash caused a boom which resulted in wind blasts towards the audience. The colosseum’s arena barrier was triggered as it protected the audience from harm.
Eru and Judd’s aura clashed, creating sparks between them. Although Judd’s stick was made of wood, his precise control over his aura managed to strengthen the wood to an unbelievable degree. It is so strong, in fact, that the wooden stick could even contend with Eru’s magical black sword, Buddy. Both Eru and Judd pulled back their weapon as they swung them towards each other. Another clash happened, and another wind blast hit the colosseum’s arena again because of Eru and Judd. Clash after clash happened inside the colosseum’s arena as neither fighter did not want to give up.
Until eventually, when Eru’s black sword and Judd’s wooden stick was about to hit each other, Eru slightly slid his black sword downward and using his aura to coat the black sword, Eru slashed towards the defenceless Judd. Judd had a nasty grin on his face as he continued his downward swing towards Eru’s shoulder. Then, with a bam, Judd’s wooden stick hit Eru’s shoulder while Eru’s black sword managed to cut Judd by his shoulder. Both fighters grunted, but one can clearly see that Judd came out of the exchange better. Judd immediately stopped his bleeding using his aura while Eru panted heavily.
Eru gritted his teeth; he ignored the pain in his left shoulder as he held the black sword in his right hand before slashing at Judd. Judd’s aura movement to stop his bleeding halted when Eru’s attack came at him. Eru eyes focused, ‘So that’s the case’ Eru grinned. Ignoring the pain in his left shoulder, Eru kept slashing at Judd, preventing the latter from completely stopping the bleeding over his right shoulder. Judd clicked his tongue, ‘So the kid realized it. So what? I can fight even while my body was bleeding all over,’ Judd shouted; his aura flared up, forming an aura barrier around him before detonating it. The aura blast around Judd managed to send Eru backwards a little bit, but Eru immediately attacked back once he stabilized his footing.
Eru clutched his left shoulder, ‘The bone’s broken’, Eru thought in his head as he could not feel his left shoulder. ‘Should I use that?’ Eru pondered in his head as he watched Judd rush towards him. ‘No time to think’, Eru readied himself; he swung the black sword horizontally before shouting, “Explosion!” Just as Judd was in range for his attack, heat energy gathered right near him before exploding loudly. With a boom, the colosseum’s arena barrier nearly broke down, but the man in a fancy suit stopped it by waving his hand. The explosion engulfed Judd as smoke filled the colosseum’s arena. Eru panted heavily near the explosion, it nearly engulfed him too, but fortunately, he was shy away from the explosion radius just a little bit.
The man in a fancy suit was even more bewildered when he saw Eru cast a magic spell despite being an aura user. He was so shocked that the man in a fancy suit had forgotten to comment on the fight. Not only him but the audience too was surprised. The previous contestant that watched this fight was also surprised, and the many fighting experts, aura masters and mages in the audience were also surprised. However, they had one thing in common when they saw an aura master cast a magic spell, ‘How the hell did he do that?’
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