BXBX NOVEL Chapter 255 First Phase
In no time, Seth and Zuroc clashed, their weapons colliding against each other before they quickly pulled apart and then went in for another strike.
For the next attack, Seth held both of them down with their heads facing downward and their edges outwards, and then dexterously spinning them in both hands, he swung the right one at Zuroc\'s head and the left one at his waist.
Seeing the incoming attack, Zuroc did not fret, rather than move back to avoid Seth\'s attack, he continued forward, swinging his sword at Seth\'s right halberd, successfully blocking it.
Done with the right halberd, Zuroc\'s attention moved to Seth\'s left halberd, and just before it could hit, he raised his right knee and accurately hit on the flat side, forcefully canceling out its initial momentum, and raising it into the air, but Zuroc didn\'t stop there, as before Seth could gain control of his weapon, he raised his right feet and kick the shaft of the left halberd hard.
With Zuroc\'s first hit to the left halberd, Seth had partially lost control of the weapon\'s trying trajectory and was trying to get it under control, yet before that could happen, Zuroc\'s feet hit the shaft, this move sending the halberd vibrating and flying out of his grip.
"You lied, you don\'t just need some practice, you need a lifetime of practice," Zuroc said, having already attacked again and now watching his sword slam into the shaft of Seth\'s only remaining Halberd.
Now wielding just a single halberd, rather than worry, Seth instead felt a sort of relief and comfort wash into him.
Truth was that after losing red and black, he had also lost his two space rings, and now kept both his new weapons in a single space ring.
Even when he had red and black, Seth had always been stronger fighting with a single weapon, and the same thing applied now.
The only reason Seth had been wielding two halberds was due to his gnawing inability to take out specific items, from a space ring.
Not wanting to just throw the other away, Seth had decided to play with it, and now that it had been embarrassingly thrown out of his hand, he grabbed onto the remaining halberd with both hands and faced Zuroc\'s strike.
Seth heard the man\'s words but he ignored them, instead sending a grin his way, before applying more forcing to his weapon and sending Zuroc skidding backward.
"I hope you aren\'t all just talk," Seth said, spinning around the halberd with both hands, wanting to get in tune with them.
"Seung told me you had unreasonable strength, and he was right, but I hope that\'s not all you have, I brought out my sword for you, I hope I get to use it to the full" Zuroc laughed and dashed forward.
Watching Zuroc\'s enthusiasm, Seth couldn\'t help but smile also, and then without delay ended the spinning of his halberd, his figure blurring and shooting off towards Zuroc, and by the time it appeared, the blade of his halberd had collided with Zuroc\'s swords, the both of them pushing against the other.
Acknowledging Seth\'s superior strength, Zuroc didn\'t waste his time by entering anything like a standoff with Seth, immediately their weapons collided, he let himself be pushed and used this momentum to pull away, moving his weapon to attack from another angle.
In this way, Seth and Zuroc rapidly moved towards each other several times, swinging their weapons at each other, both struggling to slice the other, but then always encountering obstruction in the form of the other person\'s weapons.
Other than using their agility, speed, and strength, neither, Seth nor Zuroc employed the use of qi as they fought.
During this stage of the battle, it was more about skills, who had more experience, and who had better physical stats.
While Seth triumphed over Zuroc in terms of physical stats, the man beat him in the other two aspects as portrayed in the current trend of their battle.
At first, Seth had easily put Zuroc on the back foot, easily sending the man retreating with his powerful swings and longer reach.
While it looked like Seth was the better fighter from that earlier exchange, Seth was more than aware that the only reason he was dominating so badly was because the man was trying to lead him away from his camp, Seth deciding to follow along.
After blasting off Zuroc\'s tent, Zuroc\'s first kick had sent Seth skidding out of the camp, seeing as he had already been at its edge, and then with the other two deciding to meddle, Seth had been sent a short distance away from the camp.
Zuroc most likely not okay with the distance between Seth and his camp, had let Seth push around a little and when the time came when they could both not even see a whiff of his camp, the man had begun letting loose.
At the moment, Seth had the head of his halberd pointing down and deflecting a low swing from Zuroc, yet just as he blocked the attack, the man took a step forward and forced Seth\'s halberd to the side.
With this move, Zuroc had broken through Seth\'s defense and was now face to face with Seth, and though he couldn\'t make use of his sword which was in his right hand and pushing away Seth\'s halberd, he still had his left leg and arm free which he put to good use.
Realizing the danger, Seth released his right hand from the shaft of the halberd, but he was too late as a knee and then a foot slammed into his belly in succession, sending him stumbling backward.
The advantage of his side, Zuroc lifted his right arm and had his heavy sword soring in the air and falling on Seth, and then to make sure of the power behind the attack, he held the sword with both arms.
Once again on the back foot and in a critical situation this time Seth could only swing the halberd over his head and let Zuroc\'s sword hit the weapon\'s length.
With just one hand, there was no way Seth could hold up his halberd to defend Zuroc\'s direct slash, so he could only watch as Zuroc\'s weapon pushed down his halberd, heading to split Seth\'s head in two, yet before that could happen Seth\'s right hand grabbed onto the other side of the halberd, supplying it with the strength it needed to stand up to Zuroc swing.
Despite the timely intervention, Seth was sent falling to one knee due to his shaky stance as he held up against Zuroc\'s heavy sword.
Looking up, Seth\'s eyes came in contact with Zuroc\'s figure and he couldn\'t help but feel like he was standing before some unstoppable demon.
With Seth\'s hands holding up his halberd, Seth could do nothing but watch Zuroc\'s feet come smashing into his face one more time.
Just like with the first kick, Seth was flung away smashing into several trees before coming to a stop.
"Roooaar" Seth pushed himself up and screamed, his roar spreading out and echoing throughout the entire forest, then with a smile he looked at a grinning Zuroc, "I\'m so going to kill you."