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"Is the fear of battle?"
The Demon Spear, also known as the Demon Slaying Spear, scoffed as he watched Raon approach.
"How arrogant. But I like it. A martial artist of the Five Kings should have that level of confidence."
He licked his lips in anticipation, seemingly pleased.
"Enough talk. Let’s begin."
Raon aimed his Divine Sword, blazing with golden flames, at the neck of the Demon Spear.
"Very well."
The Demon Spear raised his left hand in front of the spear's blade, taking a charging stance. He emitted a sharp aura as if he had become a spear himself.
"In a battle between martial artists, there is no need for courtesy toward elders."
The Demon Spear lifted his chin and moved the tip of his hand holding the spear.
"I'll make the first move!"
The Demon Spear merely moved his fingers, but the spear in his hand spun violently and shot toward Raon's heart.
'Fast.'
Raon frowned as he saw the spear technique approaching him in an instant.
'But that's not all.'
The Demon Spear unleashed a practical technique that could attack anywhere using the elasticity of the spear shaft. It was now aimed at his heart, but that target could change at any moment.
'In that case...'
Raon gently turned his right wrist, unleashing the sword technique Fangs of Insanity. Fangs of Insanity was a perception sword. There was no better sword skill to block complex techniques that were difficult to catch visually. The Divine Sword lunged fiercely like a predator that wouldn't let go of its prey's neck, violently deflecting the Demon Spear's attack aimed at his neck.
The clash between the spear and the sword created a powerful wave of aura in the air. Trees were worn down and underbrush shredded.
"Not bad!"
The Demon Spear, as if his first attack was just a light greeting, rotated his ankle forward and unleashed a series of spear strikes. Waves of attacks capable of crushing Raon's entire body advanced simultaneously, giving the feeling of an inescapable black tide approaching.
'A wave can be neutralized by an equal wave.'
Raon dragged his Demon Sword across the charred ground, lifting it. The frost imbued in the sword strike unfolded like ripples in a lake, creating blue waves in the air. Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation: Flame and Ice Unification. The waves of the Demon Sword and the spear clashed head-on, creating a shockwave of aura that seemed to reach the heavens.
Raon squinted as he watched the aura of the Demon Spear pierce through the Flame and Ice Unification and rush toward the Black Dragon Coat.
'It is certainly strong.'
To break the Flame and Ice Unification in Sword Domain state and try to tear apart the Black Dragon Coat was, without a doubt, power befitting a high-ranking Transcendent.
"It's too early to be surprised, isn't it?"
The Demon Spear launched the spinning spear from his grip. Above the black flames that burned in the spear's strike, a massive spiraling force blossomed and surged toward Raon's eyes.
"You don't need to worry."
Raon calmly shook his head.
"I'm not surprised at all."
He deployed the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation: Revolving Heaven with his Divine Sword. The flames spinning in the opposite direction of the Demon Spear's spear enveloped the opponent's martial art.
"Then let’s continue."
The Demon Spear gripped the end of the spear shaft and extended the blade. The black flames burning from his spear transformed into a massive spear as if wielded by a celestial god, heading straight for Raon's heart. Raon blocked the Demon Spear's attack by creating two layers of Fire Wall with his Divine Sword and Demon Sword.
'Hmm...'
Despite having established two Fire Walls, the impact still transmitted to his hand holding the sword. It was terrifying power.
'Moreover, its form is fluid.'
The Demon Spear feigned aiming for his heart again but redirected the spear strike toward Raon's right shoulder. Like a martial artist who had lived on battlefields, his martial art was untamed and fluid. It was not easy to handle or understand.
"Your expression has hardened."
The Demon Spear looked down at Raon and tilted his chin.
"Smile. This is an enjoyable fight, isn't it?"
He smiled faintly and leaped into the air. The Demon Spear executed a fierce spear strike as if trying to split the full moon rising on the horizon in half. Raon regulated his breathing calmly despite the chilling spear strike from the Demon Spear descending toward him.
'I must not be impatient.'
The Demon Spear concealed his objective until the end, wearing down the opponent's breath and mental strength. To counter this tactic, one always needed to maintain composure. As the Demon Spear’s strike fell toward his front, Raon raised the Crimson Slash with his Divine Sword.
The sword strike, blazing with golden flames, and the spear strike, wrapped in black flames, clashed in the horizon.
The blade of the sword and the blade of the spear trembled as if they were about to break, and the flames of different colors growled at each other, competing fiercely.
"You’re definitely different. However..."
The Demon Spear curved his lips and pulled back his spear. He applied an even stronger rotation to the spear shaft, creating a storm of black aura. The storm of spear strikes created by the Demon Spear obliterated the Crimson Slash with just the wind and surged violently toward Raon as if trying to tear him apart without a trace.
'I need to buy time.'
Raon retreated using the Supreme Harmony Steps, drawing his Demon Sword from behind his waist. When the storm of black aura got close enough to touch his front hair, he lifted his left wrist and struck with the Demon Sword. The frost blazing from the strike of the Demon Sword roared toward the heavens and the earth, taking the form of a massive dragon. Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation: Flame Dragon Strike.
As the Flame Dragon Strike, unleashed with the frost of Glacier, collided with the storm of black aura created by the spear, a terrifying shockwave enveloped the world. The sky cracked like glass, and the earth's axis twisted, tilting the ground.
Raon and the Demon Spear pressed their fingers to the ground, launching their swords and spears as if determined to end it here. Blue lightning erupted between the two, shooting in all directions.
The entire forest was collapsing, but there was not the slightest tremor behind Raon’s back. He was absorbing the impact that would have reached Merlin with his entire body.
"More! Bring out more!"
The Demon Spear nodded as if pleased with Raon's counterattack and gripped the shaft of the spear with both hands. Using his left foot as a pivot, he swung the spear shaft horizontally, using his whole body. The spear shaft, bending as if about to break, connected as a single line, drawing a fiery spiral with black flames. It was the supreme technique of the Demon Spear, Explosive Spiral.
The Demon Spear simultaneously destroyed the storm of aura he had created and the Flame Dragon Strike, attempting to envelop Raon in a spiral of black flames. Instead of retreating, Raon advanced and elevated the flames of his Divine Sword to their maximum expression.
The flames imbued in the sword strike rose as if they wanted to touch the sky, piercing through the spirals of black flames. It was the manifestation of the supreme technique of the Azure Sky Sword, Azure Sky Drive. As the Azure Sword and the supreme technique of the Demon Spear clashed, a tremendous shockwave swept through the entire forest. Trees were uprooted, and the underbrush turned to gray ash and settled.
Raon and the Demon Spear, as if they did not want to give each other a moment to breathe, unleashed new techniques, launching their swords and spears toward each other's vital points.
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The Demon Spear, Kern, licked his lips while watching Raon struggle to block the techniques of the Demon Spear.
'Raon Zieghart...'
He is the best prey, both for reputation and for my satisfaction. With no way to fight against the leaders of the Five Kings at this moment, Raon Zieghart was no different from a supreme sacrifice to elevate my own status.
'It was a good decision to pursue Merlin.'
He had volunteered for a mission out of boredom from being stuck at Eden's headquarters, but he did not expect such fortune. It seemed that luck had been on his side since leaving the Five Divine Orders.
"Bring out more heat!"
The Demon Spear moved sideways and lunged toward Raon’s left side. Using the subtleties of the Demon Spear, he struck Raon's waist with the bent shaft of the spear instead of the blade. Raon defended by tilting his Divine Sword, but his reaction was late and he couldn't fully absorb the impact, causing his shoulder to tremble.
"We're just getting started! Keep up properly!"
The Demon Spear shouted that there was still a long way to go and swung the shaft of the spear like a staff. He brought the thin blade of the spear down toward Raon's crown, imbued with a rotational force that could destroy the sky.
"Ugh!"
When Raon raised both swords up to defend, the Demon Spear slightly bent the shaft of the spear, aiming for his shoulder instead of his head. Raon reacted quickly by twisting his Divine Sword and Demon Sword, but unable to dissipate the powerful force imbued in the spear's blade, his feet sank into the ground.
"Your feet are stuck. You don't need to pull them out, I will do it for you."
The Demon Spear twisted his lips and swung the shaft of the spear horizontally. The shaft of the spear, curved like a full moon in the sky, raised waves of black flames that seemed to burn everything in their path.
Raon brought his Divine Sword and Demon Sword to his chest to receive the terrifying spear strike from the Demon Spear. However, the force of the spear strike was so strong that it pushed him a long distance, with his legs still stuck in the ground.
"Is that all you can do even after opening your Sword Domain?"
The Demon Spear clicked his tongue as if disappointed.
"Apparently, the title of Sword Emperor was too much for you."
He laughed, muttering that the title was wasted.
"That's not something you need to worry about."
Raon calmly shook his head, exhaling a brief sigh.
"You’re right. It’s not something I need to worry about. But you should worry about my spear."
The Demon Spear curved his lips and pushed up the blade of the spear he had planted in the ground. The aura that emerged from the spear's blade continued underground, causing a massive explosion of energy beneath Raon's feet.
Raon tilted his Divine Sword and Demon Sword downward, but unable to completely block the attack that emerged from the ground, his shoulders and waist were cut.
"Now I won’t even give you time to breathe."
The Demon Spear advanced, crushing the ground, and launched a spear strike toward Raon's chest. A single spear multiplied as if reflected in a mirror, turning into dozens of spear strikes aimed at Raon's entire body. Raon attempted to block the spear strikes with his perfected two-handed sword skill, but unable to fully deflect the onslaught, he bled from various parts of his body.
'As expected, he cannot handle the Demon Spear.'
The Demon Spear is a martial art created to kill martial artists. It breaks the flow of the opponent's martial art and imposes the flow of the Demon Spear, allowing even other Transcendents to be treated like children.
"Is that all you have?! Use more strength!"
The Demon Spear curved his lips and pushed his spear blade like an arrow. The black energy imbued in the spear's strike caused a vicious explosion in front of Raon's chest. Raon raised a Fire Wall to block the explosion from the Demon Spear, but unable to completely erase the impact, he was pushed back and his knees trembled.
"Ha..."
Raon exhaled a deep and murky breath as if he were exhausted.
"It’s problematic if you are already tired. Even that woman lasted longer than you."
The Demon Spear licked his lips, pointing at Merlin lying behind Raon.
"Now I understand."
Raon straightened his knees and slowly lifted his head.
"What?"
The Demon Spear wrinkled his nose, looking at Raon's calm eyes.
"What do you understand?"
"Now I know what kind of person you are."
Raon shook the dirt and blood from his uniform and his Black Dragon Coat as if the fight had already ended.
"You said you liked to fight, right?"
Raon tilted his chin toward the Demon Spear.
"Yes. I like to fight more than any other value in the world."
The Demon Spear nodded as if to say, what’s the point of saying that?
"I became strong to fight, and I created factions to fight. The reason I live and breathe is exclusively for battles that make my heart race!"
He curved his lips, saying he lived to fight.
"Are you enjoying it now?"
Raon asked, looking into the smiling eyes of the Demon Spear.
"Yes. My heart is boiling. But your sword is a bit bland, so my excitement is starting to fade."
The Demon Spear tightened his grip on the spear shaft, telling Raon to put in more effort.
"You don’t like to fight."
Raon shook his head firmly.
"You only like fights you can win."
"Huh? What nonsense...?"
The Demon Spear let out an empty laugh as if he were stunned.
"From now on."
Raon tilted his Divine Sword downward, revealing a chilling gaze.
"I will make you feel it."
"Spouting nonsense when you're on the brink of death!"
The Demon Spear gritted his teeth and charged at Raon. He unleashed the supreme technique of the Demon Spear that had dominated the fight thus far, striking toward Raon's neck.
"Whether it’s nonsense or not, the result will speak for itself."
Raon stepped forward with his left foot, his eyes unwavering. His Demon Sword and Divine Sword extended gracefully like a dancer's movement, drawing red and blue flashes. The Divine Sword and the Demon Sword, emitting noble light, not only erased the Demon Spear's strike but also reached his neck.
"Uh, uh..."
The Demon Spear, unable to comprehend how his martial art was broken and Raon's sword was at his neck, trembled his jaw.
'What? When did he get so close?'
He clearly saw the blade of his spear sinking into Raon's neck first, so he couldn't understand why his spear strike had disappeared and a blue sword was at his neck. He didn't even feel it.
"Nonsense!"
The Demon Spear swung his spear shaft to push Raon's Demon Sword away from his neck.
"This time it won’t work!"
Shouting, he swung his spear shaft overhead. He unleashed the supreme technique of the Demon Spear, using immense air pressure and rotational force to strike Raon's head. Raon blocked the supreme technique of the Demon Spear with a single Divine Sword and aimed the Demon Sword at his neck. Blood dripped down his neck due to the frost on the blade of the sword.
"Im-impossible!"
The Demon Spear recoiled to avoid the Demon Sword and thrust his spear shaft toward the sky.
"This is my full power!"
He adopted a true stance and unleashed all his aura. He pointed at Raon with the tip of his left finger and created an extreme rotational force in the spear shaft.
"Die!"
He launched an extreme spear strike that erased even the sound, imbued with a rotational force that tore through space and waves of black flames. Supreme technique of the Demon Spear: Annihilation of Spear Waves. The tyrannical spear strike that even cracked the air spread as if to erase Raon’s very existence.
Raon, as if seeing through the Annihilation of Spear Waves, raised his Divine Sword and Demon Sword with unwavering eyes.
The flames burning from the Divine Sword unfolded a golden silk that seemed to wrap around heaven and earth, and the frost of the Demon Sword drew a sword path where light shone like a dream. The harmony of the Golden Flame Dance and the Silver Sword Dream.
The golden flames of the Golden Flame Dance gently wrapped around and dispelled the Annihilation of Spear Waves, while the blurry sword strike of the Silver Sword Dream penetrated the keen senses of the Demon Spear and reached his neck.
"Ah..."
The Demon Spear, as if unable to imagine that the Annihilation of Spear Waves would disappear so easily, trembled his lips as he gazed into space, even with the blade of the Demon Sword touching his neck.
"Keuuk!"
He fluttered his eyes like a rain-soaked butterfly, watching the blade of the Demon Sword slowly sinking into his neck.
"What about now...?"
Raon looked into the eyes of the Demon Spear, filled with the emotion of fear, and lifted his chin.
"Are you enjoying the fight?"
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Thanks for the support
Yes i know raon would pull a "I have analyzed all of your techniques" move
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