Bamboo and Steel
His right hand was like lightning, and he reached behind his back, grabbing and drawing a smooth bamboo pole in his palms.
At the time, none of the martial artists in the arena could clearly see Leo's movement, not even Cassia, whose power much outweighed Leo's.
They only saw one green ray of light.
There were some noises of "Ding, Ding, Ding." Harold's obnoxious laughter abruptly ceased. The entire procedure occurred in the blink of an eye.
When they returned to the ring, they saw that the situation had changed dramatically.
Leo's posture was tall and upright. He had a smooth, green bamboo stick. The pole's end was firmly pressing on Harold's throat. None of the lethal, toxic needles from before had landed on Leo's body. Everyone had fallen to their sides!
Everyone stopped moving at this point. Even Cassia and Freya were not exempt. The entire environment of the martial arts arena was quiet.
They couldn't see precisely what had transpired at the time, but the tableau in front of them made it easy to imagine what Leo had done.
In that moment, Leo had deflected all of the poisoned needles with the plain bamboo staff in his grasp, not missing one.
What a wonderful skill!
He deflected 10 steel needles in a second. What level of accuracy and quickness in unsheathing would that require?
The fact that Leo was only using a regular bamboo pole should be noted. A bamboo pole's resistance to bending was several times more powerful than a sword's! What horrifying speed would Leo's speed have reached if it had been changed to a sword?
Several people in the crowd started to smile at this point. Leo's deft use of the fist talent appeared to be only the beginning. Harold likely would not have been able to utilize even one technique, let alone three, if Leo had taken the bamboo pole out from behind his back at the beginning of the battle.
And Leo was looking into Harold's eyes right now, bent on killing him.
In retrospect, Leo couldn't help but feel afraid. He would already be on the ground right now if he hadn't been carrying the bamboo stick he was using as a practice sword and had responded a little bit more slowly.
At that very moment, Leo had used the Blinking Sword Skill to its fullest! His hand was still shaking a little at this point. There was no way he could get to that point again if he had to try that again. That was a promise that had been pushed out by a battle for life and death.
Harold looked around in shock as Leo pushed his bamboo against his throat. Leo's punches are too quick right now. It was faster than he thought!
He had no idea why or how Leo had become so strong all of a sudden. Was that kind of sword skill something a person could use?
After some time, Harold got better, and the light in his eyes slowly came back. He got very excited when he saw the dangerous look in Leo's eyes.
"Please don't kill me." I was born into the Whitaker family. I'm not going to die. Yeah, you did want money, right? You can have my money. Master Leo, don't kill me, Leo. I'll bow down and kneel before you..."
Harold was no longer able to think or reason. He started to leak an unknown liquid from his lower body. Right away, there was a smell coming out. Harold had just wet his pants out of fear.
In Leo's eyes, the desire to kill slowly turned into disgust as he saw Harold's horrible look. There was a "pa" sound made when the bamboo pole he was holding shook once. The bamboo pole struck Harold in the face hard, leaving a fresh red mark.
"Come on up, Lei." Leo, let out your voice! Aden looked like he was fresh out of a dream. He replied and quickly got up.
After he fell onto the ring and stood next to Leo, Alden still thought this couldn't be real. Someone had just beaten Harold so badly that he fell to his knees and begged for forgiveness while peeing his pants in fear. Was that person really his big brother, Leo?
This was... way too strong! Totally packed with power! Alden chose that Leo would be his hero from now on!
"Dear Brother Leo, why did you need to find me?" Alden asked with a happy look on his face.
Harold got an angry look from Leo as he told him, "Go look through his stuff. I will watch."
"All right!" Alden didn't say anything else. He just walked up to Harold, tore his clothes off, and started looking around.
By this time, Leo's bamboo pole had long since knocked Harold out. As Alden looked through his things, he had no way to defend himself. Alden wasn't very good, either. This gave him a chance to hit Harold a few times with punches and kicks. Harold would usually pick on him a lot.
Alden took all the money and other things from Harold's body after going through everything. As he was leaving, he looked and took the folded fan that had been used to hide the deadly steel cones. Oh, this was a gem.
"Older brother Leo, this guy was slapping his own face until it was swollen to look imposing. He doesn't even have two hundred taels of gold on him. There's only a hundred and eighty taels!" Alden angrily said as he returned to Leo's side. This individual had earned this money through his older brother Leo's hard work, yet he couldn't even afford to place a bet!
There weren't even two hundred taels? Leo frowned. Suddenly, Leo turned his head and saw Harold's crowd of servants. He stuck out the bamboo pole in his hand and pointed at them.
"You guys, come up!"
The hearts of the crowd of servants raced as Leo pointed at them. They didn't dare to fight back and complied, ascending.
At that moment, Leo's bamboo pole seemed like a deadly weapon to the Whitaker family's servants. They had all witnessed the previous move. They were certain that that bamboo pole would skewer them all, even if they all went together.
"Pay out the money. Be obedient, or else if anyone dares to cause trouble…" Leo tapped on his bamboo pole. His meaning was quite clear.
Alden, who was on the side, began smiling. This move by older brother Leo was clearly taking advantage of them.
The crowd of martial artists below the stage, seeing Leo raking in the money in the arena, was like seeing a bunch of highway robbers being robbed. What was the link between this guy and the one who had demonstrated the divine sword techniques? Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter, but it was genuine. The move that Leo used would be imprinted in their hearts for the rest of their lives.
"Pu!" Freya, who was in front of the carriage, couldn't help but laugh out loud. She had discovered that Leo was truly too cute. However, thinking of the elegance of the move and that she had been worried for him, a blush of red crept onto Freya's cheek.
But at this time, Cassia wasn't paying attention to the changes Freya was going through. Her eyes were staring at Leo, who was on the stage. Just now, that move was playing over and over in her head. She had to admit that this move of Leo's was very powerful.
If it had been her, there would still be no way of blocking it. At most, she could rely on her strength being higher than Leo's to resist it.
Was his name Leo? Believing that in the future their paths would cross again, Cassia took a deep look at Leo, silently remembering his name.