"Behave?" Lu Wan showed a trace of mock. "Do you think we"re in the city right now? There"s no need to bother with formalities because we"re all just students of the same school.""You!"
"Stop it," Chen Zi Quan raised his hand to block his guard from charging forward. He looked at Lu Wan. "Interesting, so you mean that we"re at equal grounds?"
"We"re just students in the school, so during that time, there"s no use of status and background."
"If you say so, would you like a bout with me instead?"
Lu Wan frowned. Challenges were normal for people with age differences around one year. Chen Zi Quan was 14 while he was 13, which means that they only have one year difference. If he refused, it would make him look rather weak as they were supposed to be on equal grounds.
While Lu Wan was contemplating, Ye Jiao was looking at the prince while pondering. She had heard a lot of things regarding this second prince from Lu Wan and other rumors. Aside from Lu Wan, he was the one acknowledged as someone with the greatest talent in this kingdom.
Forming his core at the mere age of 11, he proceeded further to reach rank 1 by the age of 12. Then two years later, he broke through to rank 2 at the age of 14. Right now, there was no one who could rival him in terms of achievement among the younger generation.
"If you insist, I don"t see any reason to refuse," Lu Wan finally replied.
Chen Zi Quan took out his sword. The sword shone slightly when it was in the young man"s hand. As the prince took his stance, Ye Jiao could feel some invisible pressure coming to her direction.
"What"s this? It feels different than the normal pressure from Eon Energy Master rank 2."
Ye Jiao was about to ask when her body jolted as she looked at one direction. Her pupil contracted in worry.
"Young Master, we have to move from here!"
"Ji-Xiao"er?" Lu Wan was startled. He furrowed his brows as he followed Ye Jiao"s line of sight. In that moment, he could feel his hair all over his body standing up in sudden fright.
Not only Lu Wan, Chen Zi Quan also followed the girl"s sight. At the same time, his body perceived the great danger they were facing as they could see the trees shook and fell at high speed. From the way it looked like, the beast was coming to their direction.
"RUN!"
All of them immediately ran in the other direction. However, they realized that the speed of the beast was much faster as the rumbling drew nearer. Their heart tightened in worry because they knew what it represented.
"We"ll have to fight."
"I already call the teachers!" Mu Xin informed. "But I think they won"t come here that quick."
Chen Zi Quan frowned. His long hair fluttered along the wind as he run at high speed. With his maximum speed, he would be able to shake the beast and escaped, but if he did that, he would have to leave these bunch to their death.
"What"s the estimation of the beast"s strength?"
"It should be rank 2."
Rank 2 was not impossible to beat with their current strength. They might need to overexert themselves a bit, but it should be enough to defeat the beast.
"What"s the race?" For the first time, Wei Yin spoke up.
Mu Xin looked to the back. "It"s a boar."
"Then we"re going to fight it."
"There"s an open field a few meters ahead. We"ll fight the boar there," Chen Zi Quan a.s.sumed the leader"s position and gave out his instruction.
"Ok."
"Fine."
"Yes."
All of them scattered around the open field as soon as they entered it. Ye Jiao stepped to the other side and hid her figure behind the trees while trying to erase her presence. It would be better if she could just hide because it meant that she wouldn"t have to show her strength.
It was not the time for her to fight.
Lu Wan landed near Chen Zi Quan, making the prince annoyed.
"Why are you over here?"
"I"m just worrying that someone might break their words and disappear in the middle of the fight," Lu Wan smirked.
Chen Zi Quan frowned. "I have my pride as the second prince of Chen Kingdom. There"s no way I would want to run away."
"So you say."
Lu Wan"s provocative remark earned him a glare from the young prince. However, they didn"t have the luxury to fight against their own because the boar had broken through the last tree, entering the small open field.
"Charge!" Chen Zi Quan took the initiative and used his sword to block the boar"s advance. Using his Eon Energy to form a defensive layer around him, he has the highest defense among the group. As it was still filled with momentum from the run and the fact that it has ma.s.sive power, Chen Zi Quan was pushed to the back several meters before the boar started to slow down.
*Cough!*
"Your Highness!" Wei Cheng rushed forward and attacked the boar with all his might. His eyes showed traces of worry as he saw the second prince"s pale face.
At the same time, the other three also started to attack the beast altogether. Their sword and blade reached the boar���s body. However, the tough defense of the boar made their attack barely made any scratch on the surface.
"Attack again!"
With that order, all of them mustered their greatest strength and attacked the boar again. Their blade reached everywhere on the boar"s body, but not a single one of them managed to wound him fatally.
"Too shallow!" Lu Wan furrowed his brows. If it was in normal times, he would have fetched out his poison and coated his blade with it before attacking relentlessly. But it was impossible to do so in front of so many others.
Not to mention, poison would surely leave residue.
Roar!
The angry boar shook his front head and pushed them back. He cried angrily as if saying that no one should stop him in his way.