Chapter 597: The Final Moments
The two of them closed the gap. Xiao Lin no longer used his flame sword aura and Poseidon no longer used his huge waves. They engaged in a purely physical fight. Xiao Lin was at a disadvantage in terms of technique, but he used brute force to overcome it, though that fighting style took a lot of energy.
Xiao Lin admitted that his rank was still very low. Even with Myth increasing his various attributes drastically, there was still a big gap in terms of skills, so he chose the simplest way to fight.
If one punch was not enough, then he would throw two, and if he could not hit any vital spots, then he would use his monstrous strength to compensate.
To Xiao Lin, he no longer needed to carefully control how he used his strength like when he was using Momentary Ruin. After all, no matter what, the Myth would end when Replicate reached its limits. At that time, if Poseidon did not die, then he would!
Since that was the case, then he would use all his power within his limited time!
In truth, Xiao Lin’s attacks had taken effect. Poseidon was only truly at Gold rank in skill at his full strength, so before that, Poseidon’s strength had just been in between Silver to Gold rank, but even so, he could not completely block all of Xiao Lin’s attacks.
Xiao Lin’s speed allowed him to unleash a few dozen punches in the s.p.a.ce of a second and, of those, Poseidon would block eighty percent of them. The difference in terms of skill and experience was greater than expected, but it was no matter; Xiao Lin only needed to ensure that the remaining twenty percent of his punches had enough power to harm Poseidon.
His punches all contained that faint blue flame. It was actually closer to sword aura than fire, but it was not true sword aura, because Xiao Lin could clearly feel the elemental composition within. It was possible that it was the true form of elemental sword energy, and Xiao Lin was using it extremely comfortably.
The might of the blue flames was quite shocking. Poseidon’s body had been strengthened in a special manner. Normal weapons would not be able to pierce him, and normal attacks would just be like an itch to him. Yet, the punches that carried the blue energy left very clear marks on Poseidon’s skin. After a few consecutive attacks, his skin started to break. That was something that he did not see even after one hour’s worth of attacks under Momentary Ruin.
Xiao Lin utilized his advantage to the maximum, and Poseidon really did despise him. Of course, Poseidon’s skills had been greatly affected by the sealing. The two of them exchanged hundreds of punches in just mere moments.
Xiao Lin, who had abandoned all forms of defense, was not in a great state either. He did not have any energy to think about defending himself. Even under his Myth state, he was already at his limits, and only under those limits could he force himself to maintain the attacks on Poseidon. Yet, after over ten seconds, Xiao Lin’s entire body was covered in blood.
Thankfully, the recovery ability of dragon’s blood proved useful at that time. Even though the effects of the small amounts of dragon blood in his body were limited, thanks to being strengthened by Myth, it was strong enough that he could still remain standing.
The two of them fought for a dozen seconds before descending back into the water. It was a fist fight, but the impact of each of their punches was equivalent to a Silver-ranked spell.
The sky constantly roared, and the waves crashed around them.
The entire forest had heard the sounds of that fight. Everyone, including the fleeing beasts, could not help but look back with an expression of confusion and shock.
It was a pity that only an extremely small number of them had seen it. No, in the entire cla.s.s, it was possible that only Gu Xiaoyue would be able to follow such a rapid fight. The others would not be able to know what was happening with their weak levels of perception.
However, everyone understood that Xiao Lin was definitely holding that fierce-looking man back. They might not know that the battle was at Gold rank, but everyone could feel the tremors coming from the center of the storm. A Gold rank was something most of them had read about in books or listened to their teachers about at most.
Gold rank was already something far out of their reach for them. After all, the Epic and Legend ranks above that stood at the peak of Planet Norma.
The forest was moving toward extinction, and the storm was heading toward the outer areas. Of course a lot of those that did not manage to escape in time lost their lives to it, but no one complained at that time. Under such absolute power, everyone could only feel how miniscule they were.
It was just a short minute, but to Xiao Lin who was fully concentrated, it was possibly the longest minute that he had ever experienced; it felt like it was longer than anything.
The pressure he felt fighting Poseidon was unbelievably ma.s.sive. His Myth state had given him the ability to stand against his foe, but the battle had caused him to slowly understand that being able to stand against his foe did not mean being able to defeat him.
Myth was nearing its end, and he did not have more than a few dozen seconds left. At that time, with the rapid decline in his strength and the sudden impact of his wounds, Xiao Lin would definitely die.
Xiao Lin could not help but raise the corner of his eyes a little as he glanced at a yellow glow that pierced through the thick clouds. He did not know how long was left until the exam ended, and could not be sure if he could hold on.
His action was caught by Poseidon, and Poseidon also saw that Xiao Lin was at the end of his strength. Xiao Lin’s speed and strength was lowered by a small level, but Poseidon was almost at his limit as well. Poseidon’s muscles had expanded to an unbelievable degree, and after Xiao Lin’s countless attacks, it had started to tremble. Even though it was very weak, Xiao Lin still noticed it.
It was not that Poseidon could not be defeated; the sea G.o.d was just a term people called him. Xiao Lin firmly believed that if he could maintain the state for twenty minutes to half an hour, even if he could not kill Poseidon, he could still completely exhaust the man’s strength.
However, that was just an if. Xiao Lin started to get anxious.
“You’re done!” As if declaring his victory, Poseidon shouted before changing directions. He separated himself for the first time after the close combat fight, and the distance was over a kilometer. At almost the same time, both his hands started to glow with a deep blue light.