Clash of the Two Battle Techniques (Part 1)

". . . It is hard to talk with a crazy nut. Make your move or I will do."

Angered until his face reddened, Chen Lao ran forward as he shouted, "SEE HOW I WILL DO YOU!!!"

A few specks of fire glowed and appeared around Chen Lao's saber. Each fire danced beautifully and attracted each other until the saber was fully covered in fire.

"What!" The surroundings were all surprised!

It was no secret that an Elemental could be conjured into any element. Whether it was fire, ice, rock, anything was possible as long as the user itself was capable.

But for a Battle Warrior, focusing the element into any part of the body would give a burden for mind and body of the user. Hence, only the Peak Grade Battle Warrior would do such a feat, unless the user was at least an Elemental Warrior.

Chen Lao was obviously not an Elemental Warrior, making people believe that he was already a Peak Grade Battle Warrior.

[And this spelt the doom for the poor shield guy.], was what all of them thought. Many shook their head as they imagined the outcome of the battle.

"BAAAAAAAM.!!!"

A cloud of dust covered the result of that clash, but many thought that Fu Tao was badly wounded if he wasn't dead yet.

With that strike, Chen Lao showed his strength as the real Peak Grade Battle Warrior.

"What an unbelievable feat!"

"Damn! It is only one strike, but the strength behind this one strike is very powerful."

"Ah, that poor shield guy is dead."

"The show has ended."

"As expected as one of the four vice leaders of Red Rage Bear Mercenary, he is too strong!"

Many shook their head while no one believed that Fu Tao would be safe.

But as the cloud of dust dispersed, a shadow could be seen. He stood tall, even after bearing the full brunt of the Peak Grade Battle Warrior's strength.

"NO! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE!" Chen Lao continued his assault without giving any chance for Fu Tao.

"BAM! BAM BAM BAM. . ."

[Even though he is able to stand, that doesn't mean he can hold on much longer. That one strike should have wasted most of his strength, so he won't be able to last any longer!] Viciousness was shown all over his face.

His real nature was revealed as Chen Lao swung a slash after slash toward Fu Tao. The flaming saber on his hand grew brighter as the time moved on.

But no matter what, Chen Lao was unable to deal a clean hit toward Fu Tao. Not even once.

Faced with every vicious slash, Fu Tao didn't have any change in his expression. His breath was steady as he parried each of the slashes.

Each parry was perfect as it deflected most strength on the flaming saber.

"F*CK!" Chen Lao was annoyed by the turtle shell in front of him. He couldn't even deal a big blow if he was alone.

He needed some distraction.

In his anger, Chen Lao shouted, "MAN! SURROUND HIM NOW!"

As many saw a lot of people were surrounding Fu Tao, the spectator jeered at the shameless Chen Lao.

"Heck! I never thought that this gorilla man is this shameless!"

"Sigh. Red Rage Bear Mercenary's reputation is so undeserved. . ."

"Is this a Peak Grade Battle Warrior's manner in a fight? Fighting using a number?"

"What do you know? Fighting using a number is not wrong, but this gorilla's conduct is the source of the problem."

"Ah, you are right. . ."

"Really a shameless guy. Doing anything even if it is a dirty trick."

Even though many jeered at Chen Lao and his conduct as a warrior, Chen Lao didn't take any heed at it. Grinning until reached his ear, Chen Lao finally uncovered his real colour to the crowd. Even though many of them knew about Red Rage Bear Mercenary's fame, they didn't know much about Chen Lao's notoriety.

Each of the people surrounding Fu Tao drew their weapon as they kept their distance. Some used a sword, and some other used a saber.

In this world, a bladed weapon was the most favoured type of weapon. There were many reasons for this, like easy to use, optimum destructive ability within limited weight, and also there was a lot of variety. Even some people made a bold conjecture saying that even an axe or poleaxe was included as a bladed weapon. Thus, the bladed weapon was called the king of the weapon by mercenaries.

Hence, it was normal for many mercenaries to pick the bladed weapon as their weapon.

Some even said that the bladed weapon was the weapon for a man.

Seeing the bad situation, Hao Bo moved her gaze toward Liao Yun. If there was a person who could help Fu Tao, that would be an Elemental Warrior. Hao Bo didn't know whether Liao Yun was a real Elemental Warrior, but she believed that Liao Yun's prowess was not far from it.

But Hao Bo was bound to feel disappointed.

"Yes! Kill him! Who told him to ignore me! Haha!" Liao Yun's expression was akin to a doped horse, over-ecstasy. Liao Yun was one of the people who were jeering at Fu Tao. Of course, because of her personal grudge.

[Who told him to leave me alone! You are happy to be together with that man, right? Then just die together!]

Hao Bo floored as she saw the ecstasy-look on Liao Yun's face.

[Aren't you his woman? Don't you fear that you will lose him? A fine and strong man like that is rare, you know?]

But no matter what Hao Bo thought, there was nothing she could do.

With only a Grade 7 Battle Fighter, Hao Bo was akin to a small fry. Moreover, she couldn't possibly offend the entire Red Rage Bear Mercenary and endangered her group mates, right? It was not worth the price.

Even though she felt pity of Fu Tao's predicament and she knew that Fu Tao was covering for Mo Hua, she was the leader of the Turtle Shell Mercenary. She had to be cold and rational in her every move, her choice.

Even though the Turtle Shell Mercenary's mission wasn't ended yet, the mission could be said as completed as they arrived in front of the Black Iron City. Thus, she could cut any relationship before any trouble came from the Red Rage Bear Mercenary.

No one wished to have a trouble coming from one of the four giants of the Black Iron City, especially if they wished to stay in the Black Iron City.

She couldn't destroy the Turtle Shell Mercenary's prestige and the member's unity. Hao Bo understood that her group mates had become closer with Mingyue and company. It was especially true for Mo Hua and Qin Yi.

But as she remembered Liao Yun's prowess, Hao Bo finally made a decision.

Stay together.

Thus, she just stayed silent and continued to watch the fight.

Unlike the surrounding's reaction, there was no change of expression on Fu Tao's expression. But if you observed more clearly, Fu Tao's eyebrows were furrowed as he swept his gaze at the surroundings. "You want to play it in a hard way?"

"Hahaha! You still want to bluff in your way?"

"Tsk! He didn't even understand the predicament he is currently in."

"Someone like him is not even worthy to kowtow before big boss Liao!"

"Let's show him the Red Rage Bear Mercenary's prowess!"

[That guy is definitely died after appeasing big boss Lao.] Each of them was fired up, but they didn't make a move yet as if waiting for Chen Lao's order.

Chen Lao looked at Fu Tao with a cold expression. "So? Will you not change your decision?" Even though Chen Lao was not loud like before, all of his henchmen understood that he wouldn't spare the shield-using guy.

Even though Chen Lao was a loud and prideful, he was, by all means, not an idiot. His cunningness won the position of the vice-leader of the Red Rage Bear Mercenary and all of it was within his plan. And in this condition, Chen Lao believed to use the convenient mean to rid of the man before him.

"No need to flaunt your useless ego. I will make sure to scrap your cheap pride."

Fu Tao gripped both of his shields tighter and an illusion of a swordfish appeared in a blink of an eye.

Even though no one realized the fleeting illusion, some realized that the pair of the shield on Fu Tao's hands was different from before. They couldn't point it out, but it was akin to a difference of a wooden sword and a steel sword. Different in quality and aura around it.

Chen Lao's eyes were cold. As he pointed his flame-coated saber toward Fu Tao, he said, "Cripple him."

"KIIIIIL!"

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