Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Securing the First Win Shocks the Entire Audience
"I don't know what courage you have to stand up here on this stage, but I suggest you'd better just admit defeat yourself," the three knight contestants almost didn't need to discuss to let the one who drew lots just now take the stage.
"I'll return those words to you, lest you end up the one embarrassed," Lu Hong played with the giant sword in his hand and seriously made the suggestion to the knight opposite him.
"Haha! I have no idea where a Level 1 warrior like you gets your confidence. Since that's the case, let me educate you properly," the knight drew his weapon, "Remember my name, I am... ... ..."
"Stop, I never remember the names of trash," Lu Hong hurriedly stopped the other from stating his name.
"I... ... ..." The Level 11 knight could no longer suppress his anger, and as soon as the referee gave the signal, he immediately launched his attack.
This knight didn't bother using any skills, in his opinion, to beat a Level 1 warrior there was absolutely no need to use any skills, his strong physique alone should be enough to cripple the opponent.
Huh? Just charging at me like that? Lu Hong didn't find this weak charge interesting at all, but since you like charging so much, I might as well test my own strength.
Thinking this, Lu Hong also started running, aiming directly at the knight's large shield and collided fiercely with it.
"Shit! Is this guy crazy?" the audience below the stage was speechless, a warrior charging bare-bodied into a knight's large shield? Was this person here to be a clown?
Just when everyone thought that Lu Hong would be sent flying, to their surprise, it was the Level 11 knight who was sent flying instead.
"How is that possible?!" The sight before their eyes made everyone unable to believe it, this knight was quite famous, known as the strongest in his class in the knight vocation.
Thump thump thump, the poor knight rolled seven or eight times before barely stabilizing his form.
"How about that? Happy?" Lu Hong was very satisfied with his own physical strength; it was incredibly strong.
"I admit I underestimated you, but now I'm going to go all out. You dare make me look foolish on the stage? I'll make you regret being born!" the knight's face darkened, and the power of Holy Light within him stirred restlessly.
So the overdone quadruple knight attack appeared once again: Power Blessing, Blade Blessing, King's Blessing, Radiant Armor!
After the quadruple attack, the knight shone with light, like a Heavenly God descending, while a crowd of fangirls below screamed nonstop, he was simply one word: cool.
"This is what I hate about you knights, always doing all this messy stuff in a fight, can't you keep it simple?" Lu Hong grimaced, truly bored.
"I'll make you kneel and apologize to me!" the knight, his rage meter maxed out, charged at Lu Hong again with the power of Level 11 Holy Light, like a moving fortress.
"Idiot!" Lu Hong shook his greatsword and leaped into the air, coming down on the knight with all his momentum.
"Jump Slash?" The experienced experts had already recognized this attack; it was said to be a Level 11 warrior skill. Could it be that this man was already Level 11?
Watching Lu Hong leap into the air, then with a domineering force descending from the sky, a sense of crisis instantly surged within the knight. He had to defend!
It has to be said, this knight wasn't brainless; one could tell a pro by their moves. He quickly dropped his disdainful attitude, switched from charging to defending, raised his shield high, and kept infusing it with the power of Holy Light to fortify his defense.
"Take this hit!" Lu Hong roared and fell heavily like Mount Tai atop the knight, his giant sword colliding with that shield.
The knight felt as if he was trying to hold up a mountain, completely powerless to resist. Gritting his teeth, he performed the ultimate move, the Donkey Roll, to avoid the brunt of the blow.
Then a thunderous explosion rang out in everyone's ears, and a cloud of dust erupted on the stage. The knight was watching with wary eyes; luckily, he was smart. Otherwise, if he took the full hit, he would have been badly wounded, right?
Once the dust cleared, Lu Hong, with a smile on his face, looked at the knight, who was still in shock, and said, "How was that move?"
"I admit you're strong, but you can't possibly win against me!" The knight first acknowledged his opponent's strength, then still quite narcissistically declared the predetermined outcome.
"Such a strong-willed good kid!" Lu Hong sighed, sweeping away the knight's thrust sword with one stroke, then stepping back half a step to use the momentum, he kicked off from the knight's shield. The force of his kick made the knight, who was charging at him again, retreat several steps, while he himself jumped over a meter high into the air.
"Bastion Strike!" The knight saw the opportunity and aimed a heavy skill at Lu Hong, who was still descending and unsettled.
"Sand Explosion!" Still in the air and not yet landed, Lu Hong swept his greatsword, releasing a crescent-shaped Sand Explosion in front of the Bastion Strike. The power of this Sand Explosion, compared to when Lu Hong first started practicing as a Level 1, was drastically different. If before it could have been seen as tossing sand, it now could be called a sandstorm.
With a blast of explosion, the valiant knight was once again sent flying, falling hard to the ground. In contrast, Lu Hong landed safely without any harm.
Such an obvious scene, the disparity in skill was clear at a glance!
Hisss! The onlookers all sucked in a breath of cold air, although the previous Jump Slash was fierce, the opponent only defended and didn't counter, this time the skill exchange made it clear to everyone, the knight was no match for this warrior!
No one expected this warrior, who had vanished from the public eye for many years, to actually defeat the top knight of this year's graduating class!
You have to know that for nearly three years the knight had won the grand melee's championship twice!
"This warrior is formidable!" the big shots in the viewing stands exclaimed one after another. Their eyesight was keen; they could tell that Lu Hong was Level 10, and facing the enemy Level 11 knight, not only did he not fall behind, he actually defeated them head-on, truly a rare occurrence in a century! Of course, it was also a scandal in the knight's world!
"Of course, my young master is that impressive," the little old man said gleefully in his heart as he watched these big shots exclaim in astonishment. His master truly brought honor to their warrior's name this time.
"Fidel, look how amazing Kuludo is!" Nono's eyes were practically sparkling with hearts, looking completely lovesick.
"Cough cough! Nono, do pay some attention to your own identity as a knight," Fidel reminded her in a low voice as he saw the unfriendly looks from the surrounding knight classmates.
After failing to counterattack twice, the knight began to panic. What happened to winning the crown? Wasn't I supposed to be strong already? Why did I get beaten so badly? Was the teacher just consoling me?
After a series of tumbles and being pushed back, the once-noble knight began to walk the path of self-doubt, and whether he could come back from it seemed definite.
"So? Want to try again?" Lu Hong still wore a smile, which made the opposing knight grind his teeth in irritation.
"Whatever, you can't break through my Holy Light Armor anyway, I don't believe I can't deplete your Fighting Spirit!" The knight began to act shamelessly. Though he had failed many times in clashing, he indeed wasn't injured thanks to the protection of the Holy Light Armor.
"Who told you Holy Light Armor is unbreakable?" Lu Hong was somewhat speechless. Why did every knight have so much confidence in their Holy Light Armor?
"I'll show you it can be broken!" Lu Hong decided to present a truth to all the knights present in this very public setting: Holy Light Armor was not invincible in defense.
"So fast!" As Lu Hong moved, the knight suddenly noticed that the opponent's actions were even faster than before.
Left side! The knight judged the opponent's move and slightly shifted his shield to the left.
But the next second, Lu Hong redirected the force of his greatsword, switching to holding it with one hand.
"A feint?" The knight was startled, but it was already too late. Lu Hong's heavy fist landed a crushing blow to his face.
The heavy punch was actually not an attacking skill, but a disrupting skill, accompanied by a three-second skill silence.
Put simply, this punch to the face infuriated the opponent so much that he couldn't focus on releasing any skills for three seconds.
"Armor Breaker!" Having landed a hit, Lu Hong performed a flashy 360° spin, switching back to wielding his sword with both hands.
With the momentum of the spin, he swung a devastating blow with an armor breaking effect from the knight's undefended right side.
"I refuse to believe you can break through the Holy Light Armor!" The knight knew it was too late to defend, and could only believe in his skill.
Crack! A crisp sound filled the eyes of all. The sacred Holy Light Armor began to crack inch by inch starting at the waist, eventually shattering into a cloud of starlight all over the body.
"How is this possible!" Stunned, with disbelieving eyes, the knight was sent flying by Lu Hong's sweeping blow.
Without the protection of the Holy Light Armor, this knight, questioning his life, heavily crashed into the arena's energy shield and passed out.
At this moment, there was no cheering in the arena, just silence, along with an abundance of astonishment.
The Holy Light Armor, known as the most perverted skill among all First Transition professions, was just easily broken?!
The crowd was stunned for a long time, looking at each other. Were we all drugged? Did we hallucinate?
"This duel, warrior Kuludo wins!" The referee, after all, was the referee. He had seen every kind of shady call and upset and was quick to react, loudly announcing the result.
The principal of Kains Academy felt his vision go dark. It's over! My money!