Chapter 244

"Hmm?" Maximus's pupils dilated. He didn't expect Dustin to grab his swor

d with bare fingers. It appeared that he had underestimated Dustin's shee

r talent and confidence. Still, he was unflustered by the strength of his

opponent. Quite the opposite–the stronger the opponent, the more excited

he felt. He was getting more belligerent as a result.

"Return!" With the wave of a hand, Maximus called his sword back from Dus

tin's fingers. The sword came flying back like a serpent.

"Oh?" Dustin was rather surprised by the move. Although he had reined in

his capabilities to match his

opponent at the earthly level, he acknowledged Maximus' talent from how M

aximus managed to free the weapon from his grip.

"Look out! I'll show

you my Illusory Sword Technique!" Maximus dropped a reminder before wavin

g his sword again. In one move, his sword split into hundreds and thousan

ds of different swords. The gleaming blades danced around, weaving a conf

using web of swords within ten meters around them. The mind–

boggling amount of swords made it hard to discern the actual sword from t

he illusory ones.

"Wow! It is the Illusory Sword

Technique! Looks like Maximus Kane is getting serious!"

"I heard that no one could fight off the Illusory Sword Technique. That p

unk is going to lose!"

"Kill! Kill! kill him!"

There was an uproar among the audience. Some were shocked, some were conc

erned, and some were merely adding insult to injury. Soon, Dustin vanishe

d in the midst of the illusory swords in front of their eyes. He and Maxi

mus were nowhere to be seen, leaving only the blinding shine of blades da

ncing in the ring. The audience glued their eyes to the match and struggl

ed to figure out which of them was making the moves. Even so, they couldn

't take their eyes off the climactic fight for fear of missing out on the

highlights.

Dustin, the black horse, had garnered all the attention that night by fig

hting alone against Mr. Williams' lineup. Earlier, he took down two maste

rs in the top ten of The Hundred Immortals. Even if he lost the fight aga

inst Maximus, he still won himself the right to feel proud of his accompl

ishments.

Three minutes later, the audience heard the clanking of metal as the web

of illusory swords suddenly vanished. A figure, who seemed to have taken

a bad blow, stumbled speedily toward the edge of the ring.

where he finally managed to steady himself.

Everyone focused on the figure and realized that it was Maximus! As for D

ustin, he stood in the middle of the

ring without moving, remaining in the same position as before.

"What happened? Who won?" The audience exchanged glances in confusion. Du

stin and Maximus looked

unharmed, but one appeared poised while the other looked grim.

"Sir, you are indeed talented, I'll give you that. I concede defeat." Aft

er a long silence, Maximus finally opened

his mouth.

"He conceded?" The audience gasped. What was going on? The two of them st

ood there uninjured. No one had the upper hand yet, but why did Maximus c

oncede defeat? Could he have been bought off by the Harmons, just like th

e King of Kicks?

Chapter 244

"Max, what is that nonsense? Us Boulderthorn guild men never concede defe

at! Murder that punk!" Brody stood up and bellowed after recovering from

the initial shock.

"Shut up!" Maximus scoffed. "You have to admit defeat when you know it. T

here's no shame in admitting you're not as good as your opponent!"

The audience might not be able to tell, but he was well aware of the trut

h.