430 Academy City’s Fastest Sword (3)

Nathan's eyes opened wide. He watched with an astonished expression as Bloed's saber cut his sword completely.

His expression was filled with surprise and astonishment. He could not understand why his body felt heavy or how Bloed's saber could cut through his sword so easily.

Before he could understand it, though, he saw Bloed taking one step forward.

With that step, the distance between him and Bloed was closed. At that distance, Bloed's saber was swung again.

Nathan's face paled.

He reacted quickly. Without hesitating, he kicked the ground to jump back.

But only then he did realize how bad his situation was.

His body, much heavier than before under the two-fold gravity of [Suppressive Gravity Field], felt like it was a rock. The movements that normally he could realize easily became slower and awkward, completely different than normal.

Moreover, all of sudden, he saw Bloed's eyes lit up, and an even stronger pressure overwhelmed him.

[King's Pressure]!

Under the effects of [Suppressive Gravity Field] and [King's Pressure], Nathan's movements paused for just an instant.

It was just an instant, but it was fatal in this situation.

*Slash!*

Before he could move away, Bloed's saber had cut him.

"Ugh!"

Blood flowed out of Nathan's waist.

Fortunately, he managed to twist his body away at the last second, barely avoiding a grave injury. However, he had still been injured.

Furthermore, Nathan's predicament had not ended.

Metallic sand surged around him, rushing towards his location violently.

In an instant, the metallic sand had blocked all his routes of escape as it rushed towards him.

"Bastard!" Nathan cursed out loud. Instinctively, he knew that if he was trapped by the metallic sand it would be his end.

Thus, he burst out his mana, releasing as much as he could in a violent attack and creating an opening in Leto's encirclement.

But when he rushed through that opening, he was greeted by two plasma bullets!

Both bullets were just in front of him, as though they had predicted his location. At this distance, Nathan could not avoid them.

He could only raise his broken sword to block them.

*Bam!* *Bam!*

The sound of the two bullets impacting the sword resounded in the hall. The strength of the two bullets blew Nathan away, and the high-temperature of the plasma charred the already damaged sword.

But Nathan was definitively an outstanding student. Just in the instant that the bullets hit him, he used the strength of the plasma explosion to jump away, distancing himself from Bloed.

Unfortunately for him, even that had been predicted by Bloed.

When his feet touched the ground, he realized that something was wrong.

Below his feet, metallic sand wriggled eerily as it wrapped around his right leg and tied it down.

'Damn…!'

Nathan only managed to curse in his mind. Then–

*Zag!*

A violent electric current shook his body.

His face turned pale. Blood flowed out of his lips, and his clothes became tattered.

Even so, he did not despair. Quite the opposite, his expression turned fierce like a cornered wolf.

"Bastard!" Bellowing, he filled his body with mana and released it in the form of a shockwave!

The shockwave blew Leto's metallic sand away. At the same time, it gave Nathan a respite.

But it was just an instant.

Because just then, he saw Bloed's eyes looking at him coldly.

Then, Oculus in the sky lit up.

In the next second–

*BOOOMMMMM!!!*

A torrent of plasma descended on Nathan's head as Nathan's face turned ashen white.

Then–

*BOOM!!!*

A powerful explosion shook the training hall, creating a cloud of dust that obstructed Bloed and the girls' sight.

"Is it done?" Gina could not help but ask when she saw that.

Just then, though, something flashed in the cloud of smoke.

Then–

"I won't lose!"

With a cry, a figure broke through the cloud of dust, rushing towards Bloed like crazy!

The figure was completely battered, with burns of different degrees all around his body and his hair charred down. But even so, his eyes were filled with fighting intent.

Gripping his broken sword, he looked at Bloed before flickering and disappearing.

When he reappeared, he was just in front of Bloed with his sword swinging towards his neck.

'Fast!' Bloed's eyes widened. Nathan's speed had become even faster than before.

Hos sword cut through the air, arriving in front of Bloed before he could even think of moving his body away.

Fortunately–

*Clang!*

Leto's metallic barrier managed to stop the attack.

"Dammit!" Nathan growled. In an instant, powerful mana erupted from his body, allowing him to release an even stronger sword attack!

The attack was so powerful and fast that it cut through Leto's barrier easily!

"!!!"

Bloed's face changed. He hurriedly ducked away to avoid the attack, but as soon as he avoided it, another attack was coming for him.

Bloed hurriedly created another barrier and jumped away. At the same time, he ordered Oculus to shot a barrage of plasma bullets!

Leto and Oculus attacks managed to block Nathan for an instant, but it was just an instant. With fierce eyes, he looked in Bloed direction and his figure disappeared again.

Then, he appeared once more beside Bloed, his sword descending like a grim reaper ready to take his life.

"Bloed!" Liu Ying and the others cried in concern. Fortunately, Bloed managed to dodge the attack, but seeing Nathan continuing with another slash, the girls' faces turned pale.

"Regina, stop it! He is using mana beyond the B-Rank!" Liu Ying hurriedly said. "He went against his word."

Regina narrowed her eyes, but she did not move.

In fact, she even stopped Eres who was planning to interfere.

Then, she looked in the direction of the battle and spoke up calmly.

"Trust master. He won't lose so easily."

The girls were startled, but they could only calm down after hearing that.

Anyway, they knew that Regina would never put Bloed's life at risk.

However, they continued looking at the battlefield in concern.

Even now, Nathan continued attacking Bloed restlessly. His attacks were so fast that Bloed barely avoided them in the nick of time, and more than once, he had been very close to being caught.

But it was just then that the girls noticed something.

Even in this situation, Bloed's face was completely calm.

It was as though he did not care about the fact that Nathan went against his words, or as though he thought nothing of the broken sword aiming to his neck once and again.

He just looked at Nathan silently, his saber resting in his hand.

Finally, he said two works.

"It's finished."

Then, his saber was swung again.