BXBX NOVEL Chapter 99 - Friendly Bout Part 2
Chase\'s hardening had increased in defensive power while he had also improved in all other aspects that one would expect from an External Cultivator.
However, while he had his hardening activated, Adam had a slight advantage in speed which he was planning to exploit.
Chase knew that Adam had found the weakness that he had while in the hardened form, but he wasn\'t worried about anything that Adam was capable of as it was only a slight decrease in speed.
Charging towards Adam, his movements seemed more refined than the previous time that he had faced against Adam and he was no longer charging wildly, but was keeping his balance and running in a way that allowed him to easily be able to change directions and make sudden movements.
Looking at Chase\'s feet and the way he was moving, it seemed simple and normal, but as Chase charged towards him, he felt as though it was unusual.
[What a weird technique] thought Adam to himself as he couldn\'t understand how Chase\'s movements had changed to make it seem as though his movements were faster.
Despite not understanding Chase\'s movements, Adam didn\'t let that faze or distract him as he prepared to evade Chase\'s frontal attack.
Chase swung a wide right hook to Adam\'s head which he was about to duck under, but suddenly Chase changed attack and aimed to strike Adam\'s stomach with his left hand.
Adam, noticing the sudden change, jumped back and managed to evade the left strike, but he couldn\'t help but praise Chase\'s adaptability.
Chase had copied that move from when Adam had faced him and attempted to distract him with a fake attack, but he had never expected Chase to use it back on him.
The large juggernaut didn\'t stop there and continued his forwards charge, wanting to overwhelm and corner Adam with an onslaught of powerful attacks.
However Adam wasn\'t going to allow Chase to initiate the cycle of attacks with him on the receiving end, and just as Chase went in for the next attack, Adam swiftly struck him on the face with a wooden baton.
The strike was swift and fast, and Chase who was mid-attack, had no chance of avoiding it as the attack stunned him.
Adam knew that the attack wouldn\'t have much of an effect on the hardened Chase, but he was planning to stun and shock him with it, and while he was recovering from the shock, he could gain the upper hand.
In the second of hesitation after being struck in the face, Adam swept Chase\'s legs and pushed his body with all his strength, causing Chase to fall backwards onto the hard ground head first.
The strike didn\'t hurt Chase\'s head much, but he was dazed slightly by the shock and that was exactly what Adam wanted as he made some distance between himself and Chase who was getting up.
The system made it easier for Adam to use his energy through skills that he gained through the system and done everything for him automatically, but after experiencing the sensation many times and understanding where his Internal Energy Storage was, he was becoming more accustomed to the use of Internal Energy.
Internal Energy, unlike External Energy that was spread all around his body and used through physical action, was stored in one area and needed the cultivator to use it for themselves.
[If you took the Dual Slash that I used 2 IESP for, why don\'t I increase the amount of energy] thought Adam to himself.
Adam was yet to use the skill with more than 5 IESP and wanted to test out how much power he was capable of producing using it.
{Ding, the Dual Slash Skill is capped at 10 IESP and the host will not be able to use any more energy than that through the skill} notified the system.
{In order for the host to use more energy through the skill the host must become an Advanced Cultivator} stated the system.
With that in mind, Adam knew that he could only use 10 IESP through the Dual Slash Skill, which was slightly disappointing.
But after witnessing the power of 5 IESP, he was excited to test out how powerful the Dual Slash would be if he used 10 IESP through it.
Dual Slash
Pouring as much energy as he could into his arms then into the wooden batons, knowing that it was capped, after streaming what felt like 10 IESP into the attack, he could no longer stream any more energy into the attack and he prepared to release it at Chase who was charging towards him.
His arms were bursting with energy as he passed the energy onto the wooden batons and crossed them against his chest.
"I told you that skill won\'t be able to harm me" bellowed Chase as he continued his charge unafraid of Adam\'s attack.
"He, we will see about that" scoffed Adam as he slashed outwards with all his strength, increasing the forward momentum and speed of the energy blades.
Instantly Chase felt danger and Elizabeth was scared of the power that Adam unleashed as the crossed Dual Blades blitzed through the air and struck Chase\'s chest.
Despite them being blunt, the power alone was enough to break through a wall as Chase was launched flying backwards and crashed into a wall that was 15 metres behind him.
If Chase didn\'t have his hardening activated, an attack like that could have killed him as Adam himself was shocked by the power of the strike that he unleashed.
[It seems that the explosive power of the skill doesn\'t increase, but the power behind the blades of energy increases and is enough to launch an opponent flying backwards] observed Adam.
What amazed him about the energy blades that the Dual Slash Skill allowed him to produce was that after striking the opponent, they didn\'t disintegrate and the blades followed through for as long as they had energy.
That meant that if he had used a sharp weapon to produce them, if he provided enough energy, it wouldn\'t stop until it cut through the opponent, while with a blunt weapon, it would cause severe internal damage from the impact.
Chase upon crashing into the wall left a deep imprint in the wall as he blurted out a large curdle of blood from the impact and suffered internal injuries that were caused by both the attack and by slamming into the wall.
"Are you okay Chase" called out Adam as he walked over to Chase that after falling back onto the floor was struggling to breathe.
"Yes master, I will be able to recover" answered Chase through the blood that was arising into his mouth.
It was a gory scene to behold and Elizabeth was extremely worried, but Chase himself weirdly had a smile on his face despite what had happened.
\'I knew that master was the right person and it seems that even though our cultivation level is the same, I still can\'t beat him\' thought Chase to himself.
With the recovery speed of a rank 2 and if he continuously circulated his energy to increase his recovery speed, Chase would be able to recover in a few days, so there was nothing to worry about.
"Chase that was a good battle, but you need to work on not revealing your abilities and weaknesses to your opponent and also always try to find something that will give you an advantage over the opponent like a weapon, as if you don\'t, there is a higher chance that you will lose" advised Adam after seeing all of the faults that Chase had made in their friendly bout.
"I appreciate your advice master and will consider it in our next battle" thanked Chase respectfully as he entered a meditative cultivation state to recover his injuries.
"I will be going for a few days, and when I return I will see how much you have improved in another battle" stated Adam before leaving with Elizabeth.
Chase heard his master but didn\'t answer after entering his meditative state as Adam and Elizabeth left him to recover.
"Are you sure he will be fine after the injury that he suffered?" asked Elizabeth as she was dragged away by Adam.
"Yeah, don\'t worry about him, just give him a few days to recover and he will be as good as new. After all, he is my subordinate" reassured Adam.
"If that\'s how you treat your subordinates, then I pray for them all. How could you use such a powerful skill against your own subordinate?" scolded Elizabeth.
"I knew he could take it and I was clearly holding back" refuted Adam.
Hearing that she was shocked and she couldn\'t help but wonder where the weird animals that he used against the Wolf Fang Gang were and what he was truly capable of if he was still holding back.
"Now that everything else has been completed, it\'s finally time for you to give me my vehicle that I have been waiting for all this time" stated Adam excitedly.
"Yes, so you can finally get out of here" agreed Elizabeth.
"Hey, you\'re the one that called me here in the first place" refuted Adam as he began bickering with Elizabeth again while she led him to where the vehicle was being kept.