Chapter 150 Their Thoughts Were No Longer Bound By Words
The two of them started moving at the same time.
My unique battle technique――[Flash Strike]
OverSkill――[Sky Drive Instant]
Both of them exceeded human speed, their movements too fast to be seen. It was as if they had cut through time, their positions disappearing and reappearing in an instant. The distance between them was devoured in the blink of an eye.
My unique sword technique――[Splitting Light Flash]
My unique sword technique――[Dragon Slash]
Their swords, wrapped in aura, clashed with each other with a burst of speed.
The collision of the swords produced an explosive sound, like a blast. And then, the shock. The force of the swords rebounding off each other was so great that they were repelled, but neither of them refused it.
"HAAAAAAAAA!!"
"RRRRRRRRRR!!"
With a beast-like roar, they poured even more power into their swords.
They forced their wrists to withstand the shock, trying to swing their swords with all their might. The aura covering their swords clashed, as they struggled to control the flow of aura. The aura that was repelled lost control, shooting out in all directions like lightning between the two swords.
Inside the underground facility――[Temple], a storm of destruction raged like a thundercloud.
The aftermath of their battle engulfed the ceiling, floor, walls, and pillars.
The pillars alone managed to deflect the aura's lightning, but the floor and ceiling cracked and shattered under the impact. The metallic floor and ceiling――but the raging aura lightning was not real lightning, just aura.
The raging aura lightning also attacked the two of them, who were nearby.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
"GUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!"
But neither of them showed any signs of pain, and with demonic, fierce expressions, they continued to clash with all their might, their swords locked in a fierce battle.
Aaron Gale neutralized the lightning-fast attacks with [Chaos Strength], while Logan Abrams deflected them with [God's Armor].
Any ordinary Advanced Explorer would have been killed by just one of those lightning-fast attacks in the midst of the raging storm, but these two were able to overpower each other with sheer force――or so it seemed, as they were actually engaged in a precise and intricate battle of aura control.
――A few seconds passed.
The interior of the [Temple] began to distort, resembling a hellish landscape, and then...
Finally, at the center of the fierce battle, the point where their swords clashed, the pressure of their auras surged to an unbearable level. It was about to reach its limit in the next instant.
BOOM――!!!
And then, it exploded.
The formless aura burst forth in a wave.
If this had happened on the ground, it would have been a catastrophic blast that could have blown away multiple houses, reducing them to rubble.
――But.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!"
The two at the center didn't budge, taking another step forward and unleashing their swords.
This time, their sword strikes didn't clash, but instead, they scraped against each other, their blades crossing. They received their opponent's sword on the surface of their aura-covered blades, or they scraped off the aura covering their opponent's sword. They did this to create an opening for a decisive blow, and they continued to exchange sword strikes.
One clash.
Two clashes.
Three clashes.
Four clashes.
Five clashes.
Six, 7, 8, 9, ten, 11 clashes――――.
In just a few seconds, they exchanged over ten sword strikes, and it still didn't stop.
In this one-on-one battle, every time they clashed swords, their speed increased abnormally.
The explosive sound of their aura-filled sword strikes was already too fast to keep track of, like a series of lightning-fast attacks that destroyed the [Temple] like it was made of paper.
The sword strikes, executed with precision like a beautiful dance, made it easy to forget that this was a fight to the death.
It's no wonder one thought that.
This was a real sword dance in the midst of battle.
They understood each other's timing, trajectory, and breathing, and overlapped their sword strikes. But with each exchange, they drew closer to death.
With each strike, they both grew stronger. The next exchange would be even faster.
In this sword dance where timing, trajectory, and breathing were constantly changing, whoever couldn't keep up with the variations would die.
Both of them tried to surpass their enemy's growth and pull ahead, striking their swords even faster.
The desperate situation pushed their limits to the extreme, and in an instant, they surpassed their own limits.
Their blood, brains, and thoughts were racing at an incredible speed, as if they would boil over. Their thoughts were no longer bound by words. Words were too slow.
That's why their thoughts didn't rely on words.
Behind the intense sword dance, Logan was pondering this strange situation.
Why was Aaron able to keep up with this speed?
About Aaron, he's investigated. He's investigated thoroughly. And so, although it's hard to believe, Logan already knows and believes that Aaron is a 'Beginner Swordman' job.
That's why Logan knows that the physical abilities gained from the job correction are not something he can achieve with his own Unique Job.
Furthermore, Logan himself is not just a Unique Job holder. By cultivating [Evil God Cells] and transplanting living tissue, he became an 'Adept', and with the help of 'Activator', he can fully utilize its functions. Additionally, by wearing [God's Armor] all over his body, he receives external assistance for his movements.
As a result, Logan was able to perform high-speed battles that surpassed human limits by several levels.
But why can Aaron perform battles at this level?
Logan observed Aaron even during sword fights and noticed his unusual change.
Aaron Gale's body, which had transformed into a being that shone faintly like an aura, was "trembling".
It wasn't that his outline was hard to capture due to his high speed, nor was it that Logan was seeing an afterimage. Literally, Aaron's physical body looked like it was "trembling".
Especially during the moments he started moving, the "trembling" became more intense.
Logan quickly understood the reason for this "trembling".
――It's the release of aura.
He was releasing aura from his entire body, using it as a driving force, and accelerating his movements by force.
If he were to do it with his bare body, his muscles would tear, his bones would shatter, and his skin would rip, causing his body to fall apart in an instant. It's likely that his "Aura Body" is designed to withstand such a load.
This absurdity, that they're achieving such godlike feats solely through "Aura utilization and control"――Logan laughed.
He thought he'd caught up.
But he hadn't caught up at all.
――Then, he can still get stronger!!
"WHOOOOOOOOOO――!!!"
"HAAAAAAAAAAA――!!!"
The sword dance of the two intensified even further.
Their speed became so incredible that it was like the afterglow of a flash, and the sound was warped to the point where it was hard to hear.
However, eventually, their intense clash would come to an end. As they continued to grow and surpass each other, their sword speed reached the limits of their physical bodies, and they still couldn't land a decisive blow.
――It was a stalemate.
Both of them reached this conclusion at the same time.
And――they both stopped their sword dance and jumped back simultaneously.
There was no time to think about opening a gap or regrouping――
They jumped back, landed, and almost instantly began moving at high speed.
――[Flash Strike]
――[Sky Drive Instant]
They used the floor, walls, ceiling, and pillars――no, even the air itself as a foothold, moving at a blinding speed like shooting stars within the [Temple].
Their 3-dimensional trajectory was unpredictable and endless.
They clashed swords, striking each other on the floor, walls, ceiling, and pillars, and with each attack, the residual aura exploded like thunder. The interval between the explosive sounds grew shorter with each intense clash.
The [Temple] was being destroyed.
In the midst of this offensive and defensive battle, even the sense of up and down became ambiguous.
Part of the ceiling, part of the wall, and part of the pillar were about to fall down, but before that, the two of them were moving at high speed, clashing their swords multiple times. They couldn't even see where the falling debris was headed amidst the chaos, and the two of them had completely lost their sense of up and down.
So...
If the goddess of victory had smiled, it would have been on Logan's side.
As they clashed swords and retreated, a massive piece of debris happened to fall right behind them. Aaron mistook the floor for the ceiling and retreated in the wrong direction――or so it seemed, but that was unclear.
"!?!"
He realized it in an instant, and dodged in a flash.
However, in their current situation, that was a huge opening.
"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOA!!"
Logan poured aura into his sword.
RING――!! A faint bell-like sound rang out.
Logan swung his sword at Aaron, who had dodged to the side.
In that instant, the sword shattered into dust, and a massive amount of aura burst forth, releasing a torrent of energy.
Sword Saint Skill [Destructive Wave]――Overskill [Dragon's Breath]
A tidal wave of aura akin to the Dragon's Breath erupted, transforming into a radiant storm of destruction that engulfed Aaron.
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