Teach's Hidden Move

Splash!

The blood gushed out of his chest. Teach's eyes almost rolled backward. But, he strongly kept his eyes open and stepped on the ground with a powerful force.

"Argh!"

He turned around and his eyes burst out with anger.

"Where did you get that? How could you have a Martial Art? And, why didn't I notice your Qi before?"

Although he had never tried it before, he knew a lot about these things. After all, he had traveled quite a lot. He gathered a lot of information.

So, he knew about Qi and Martial Art. It's just that what Hina used was flame so he wasn't sure if it was flame created out of her ability or martial art.

But, when Barry slashed him, he saw a white glow on his sword. This glow made him sure that Barry used Qi to deflect his sword with ease.

Otherwise, how could Barry move his sword with such ease and with such strength?

"Martial Art? What are you talking about? It's not Martial Art. It is a Sword Art that I created after ten years of practice. As for Qi, do you mean that energy inside my body?"

"I don't know. I felt it when I used this Sword Art for the first time. I released it by merging physical energy and spiritual energy accumulated from billions of cells and one soul."

"Isn't it normal?"

When Barry said that, the corner of their lips twitched. Teach and Hina stared at Barry with speechless expressions.

Not to mention Teach, even Hina felt that Barry was bragging.

After all, even she had trouble extracting physical and spiritual energy and merging them while following the instruction from Flame Qi Art.

Even though her talent was praised by Shin, she still felt if she hadn't read Flame Qi Art, she wouldn't be able to do that.

But the man in front of her not only created his Sword Art but also created it in a way that he could extract physical and spiritual energy to merge them.

She could only describe it in one word; Amazing.

After Barry successfully slashed his boss, he finally puts his sword in the sheath and said.

"Teach, you can no longer win this battle. Surrender!"

Although he knew they were bad people, he didn't want to kill them. After all, they took care of him for quite some time.

Unexpectedly, Teach started laughing upon hearing his words.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Barry, Barry, Barry, do you really think this is the end for me? Do you really think I wouldn't have any kind of trump card of my own?"

"Barry, I have looted over five villages, gathered hundreds of thousand Zel. But, do you know why our group lacks food so often?"

"Let me show you the result of all that money. Not only I will kill you and this bitch but also slaughter this entire village."

Teach took out a strange syringe in front of Barry's eyes and pierces his leg with the needle. After pressing the top, the red liquid inside the syringe started entering his body.

When it starts reacting with his body, his eyes started turning red. Slowly, his body started bulging and his clothes were torn apart.

Soon, his skin started producing hair, a lot of blue hair. His body structure also began to change.

In less than ten seconds, he completely changed his appearance. He looked like a humanoid wolf. His fur was blue and his eyes were red, showing a hint of madness.

He had a long tail behind him and his nails had turned dark. They were extremely long as well.

Howl!

The next moment, the wolf howled and dashed toward Barry. He raised his claw and slammed it toward Barry.

Although Barry was fast, he couldn't react to it. He barely used the sheath of the sword to block those claws.

Bang! Whoosh! Thud!

His body bears the impact of that strike. Although his sword sheath didn't break, his body couldn't hold it so he flew like a cannonball and landed on the ground several feet away.

Howl!

The wolf howled once again and changed his target to Hina. Although Hina was strong, it was only with her Qi.

Right now, she hadn't even extracted enough Qi to fight back. She was just a helpless woman. But, she didn't want to be a helpless woman.

Just a few minutes ago, she almost died because she couldn't react to Teach's attack when her Qi was used up.

But, she also understood that this kind of situation would be common in Sacred Ground. So, she wanted to improve.

She picked up the sword that Teach had dropped and used it to block the wolf's claw.

Whoosh! Thud!

But, just like Barry, she was too weak to block the wolf's claw. Her body flung like a kite and landed far away from Barry.

When she fell, the wolf no longer changed his target. He instantly smashed his foot on the ground and rushed toward her.

Seeing this, Barry picked his sword out of the sheath and used all of his power to dash in front of her.

Bang!

He stomped his foot on the ground and held the sword hilt with both of his hands. Although he couldn't generate Qi anymore, he could still fight.

He managed to block the wolf's claw at this moment. But, soon, that wolf began to overpower him. His strength was nothing compared to that of a wolf.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Suddenly, Barry dropped his sword and smashed the wolf's stomach with his fists. Before giving it time to recover, Barry raised his leg and kicked him on his stomach.

Bang!

The wolf fell to the ground but he also quickly stood up. The damage that Barry inflicted on him was almost zero.

"Miss, try to recover your power as soon as possible. My attacks won't hurt him but since he seems like a mindless beast, I will be able to distract him for a moment."

Barry turned around and spoke to Hina. Then, he picked up the sword and dashed toward the wolf.

At this moment, Teach had completely transformed into a wolf so he could hardly retain his sanity. But, at the same time, his physical powers have been increased by several folds.

When he saw Barry rushing toward him, he instantly stomped his foot and appeared in front of Barry. His speed caught Barry off guard but he was still quick enough to use his sword.

The claw and the sword collided once again but unlike before, this claw released an immense power that shook Barry.

Crack! Bang!

The sharp and strong nails broke his sword and his claw smashed Barry onto the ground.

Crack!

"Argh!"

Barry screamed in pain. This pain made him shake violently as he couldn't keep his consciousness running for long.

Howl!

After defeating Barry, the instinct of the wolf kicked in and the wolf howled with enjoyment. He slowly turned his head at Hina who was constantly squeezing out her Qi.

The wolf sensed a dangerous aura from her. In an instant, he slapped his front claws on the ground and like a wolf, he pounced toward her.

Hina instantly opened her eyes and gathered her Qi at her fingertips. When the wolf jumped toward her, the Qi at her fingertip turned crimson.

It left a streak of crimson light as it moved toward the wolf. The extreme speed created a powerful spark in that energy which instantly burned that Qi.

[Crimson Destruction]

Boom!

The moment it collided with the wolf, it exploded in its face by lighting itself with a spark. The explosion pushed him away while burning his body.

The temperature of the flames was so high that it could easily burn his skin. But, at the same time, his injuries were being recovered.

Hina couldn't see anything because of the flames. She looked at Barry and saw him out of the explosion which made her happy.

After all, she made that move in an instant. She didn't have time to check his condition. So, she was worried for a moment.

But, thankfully, he was still outside the range of the explosion. Because of the explosion, she didn't know what happened to the wolf.

But when the explosion slowly extinguished, her eyes widened.

"Impossible! How can you recover so fast?"

The injuries on the wolf's body were almost healed. Of course, there were still many burnt marks but it wasn't deep as it should've been.

After all, the temperature of that flame was truly strong.

Roar!

The wolf angrily roared and the next moment, he pounced toward Hina. This time, his movement was a bit sluggish because of the pain but he was still fast.

Hina who had lost all of her Qi picked up the sword to block him. She wasn't going to wait for her death.

Bang!

Her sword collided against his claws and broke in an instant. At this moment, the helpless once again emerged in her eyes.

She almost fell to her knees.

The wolf after breaking her sword raised his claw. His eyes seemed to have changed a little bit. The red eyes were slowly turning green.

He pulled back his nails and clenched his claw.

"You!"

Hina instantly understood his situation. The moment his eyes changed to green, she understood that the wolf was properly thinking.

"Don't even think about it!"

Hina tried to push him away. As soon as she rebelled, those eyes changed back and a ferocious expression emerged on his face.

The nails emerged from his claw as he thrust it forward. Hina slowly closed her eyes as if waiting for her death.

But just when she was closing her eyes, a wind blew past her.

Bang!

"What do you think you are doing to my partner?"