Chương 289: Chapter 272. Can A Guardian Fly?

/CLANG! / Sounds of my sword crashing into my enemy had been filling my ears as the new scuffle evolved from a few slow strikes, to now, hitting this guy in the chest as hard as I can. It wasn't doing an amazing job to be honest. pivot. /Thump! / I heard another sound as I dodged a punch that came towards me, Sarah was able to take a chunk of plant out of her opponent. The thumping sound was the chunk of plant landing on the floor.

Green fluid dripped from and then pooled around the chunk of black and green plant matter... Skin? Maybe I should call it skin for simplicity's sake? Regardless, Sarah was making good progress, that was for certain. Meanwhile... Raise! / Thump! / Pressure! I blocked a punch from my dance partner with Scarlet. It seems they're not stupid after all, they've switched their strategies from what they tried originally. The ones fighting against Anna and Princess Alice are more focused on dodging and blocking it seems.

Because of that, we haven't seen what the Underworld Goddess's Mana can do. Strange, it's almost like they've gotten faster in these exchanges. Maybe it's possible? Considering a God grew them, but if that's the case, what will they do with more speed? They can't seem to hurt us and we don't plan on giving them the chance to either. /Clang! / Though I say that, my opponent still doesn't even acknowledge my blows.

He's so resistant to everything I throw with him, I feel like I'm fighting a training dummy with a dulled sword. I feel like I need to be careful with Scarlet's blade. The last thing I would want is for the blade to be damaged from hitting him so hard." Why not try using my flames to burn him?" Scarlet spoke to me. Her voice was filled with frustration. It was clear why, she'd usually cleave through anything I've aimed the blade at, but now, we're only grazing or scratching the enemy.

But even with that, we need to conserve our energy for the real fight ahead." No, that'll take more mana to use. I still want to use Paula's Portal to send him falling to see if dies that way. If it doesn't work, I'll use your flames then. I know it's frustrating, but we need to keep our cool, this is only a step on the way to where we actually need to pull out all the stops."" Fine! But don't come whining to me when your mana dips below 20%!" She didn't like my shutting down of her idea, but what can I do?

I'm feeling frustrated too. I just need to find a moment to catch him off guard, so I can toss him through a Portal. How I get to that situation, is the biggest issue though. It's like a battle between fire and water, we keep canceling each other out. Maybe I can use Holy Martial Arts instead of Scarlet for now? /Thump! /" That's 6 pieces so far! Any luck over there!?" Sarah announced her progress, the other girls' answers were less than ideal for everyone involved... Except for our enemies, I would guess."

We haven't landed a solid hit yet! But they're afraid! That's a good sign! Right, Anna!?" Princess Alice answered Sarah's question while running down her opponent. It seemed similar to the way a wolf or a big cat would hunt. So fast.... All while looking for any weak point to sink her blades, almost like fangs, into the enemy." Yes! I think we're on to something! How goes the cutting!? Are you able to wound them!? Are they regenerating?"" So far, it seems like they can't regenerate!

It's going to take more and more cuts to actually defeat them though! Keep trying on your end!" Sarah yelled back an answer to Anna's question. Seems that for the most part, everyone was on offense, I think it's time I join them so I'm not just aimlessly slashing and not even causing any damage. First, I returned Scarlet to her bracelet form and then I began to channel my mana into my fists. The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Pull! PUNCH! /BANG!

/ I punched the guy I was fighting with as strong a straight as I could." Huph!" He made a sound... A groan. Did I finally find the right appro- /Thud! / pain!" Hugh!" Well... Seems I was wrong. My punch seemed to work to some degree, but I was countered before I could even aim a second attack. Regardless, he reacted to my attack. I feel like that's a step in the right direction. He wouldn't even blink when I swung Scarlet at him... Maybe they have an innate resistance to swords or bladed weapons?

But if that's the case, it seems that if you have enough strength, like Sarah, Anna and Princess Alice, you can bypass it a bit? Let's test that theory out. I start by jabbing at the guy's head. punch! punch! punch! punch! / Thump! / It hit? Good!. Remembering what Ruby taught me back during her classes, she mentioned that landing your jab is the most important part of a fight. It allows all of your other attacks have a better chance of landing. / Whoosh!

/ But at the same time, if the opponent can read your jab, they can counter. Thankfully, I got the snot beat out of me every class by Sarah, Anna and Ruby, so someone that moves as slow as the guy I'm fighting is like a cakewalk compared to them. / Thump! Thump! Thump! / I landed three jabs in rapid succession.

Sure, it feels like I'm hitting stone from how tightly bound the plant material is, but Divine Fist and my body's natural state now from being empowered and strengthened by my Holy Mana means I don't need to worry about my hands breaking. / Thump! THump! THUmp! / I started to add a bit more power to each jab to see if my opponent would do anything, so far nothing. /THUMp! THUMP! / I can see it in his movement, he's going to try something after my next jab. / Thump! /... I was right! Pivot! /Whoosh!

/ I only threw one fast jab and he tried to counter me! Now for my turn! Tighten! PUNCH! / THWACK! WOOSH! / I punished him with a hard straight that I threw the whole strength of my body into! It sent him flying back, but it wasn't enough yet. In order to open the Portal, I'll need to send him flying in the air, so I can open the Portal where he will land and he'll fall through.

I need him to have airtime, so the Portal has time to open, ironically, my Portal is too slow to capture him as he is or the speed I just sent him flying with. /CRASH! / He finally landed on the floor a good 30 or 40 feet away. But he got back up. Well, no reason to let him catch his breath!" I'm going after him! You guys! I'll let you know if blunt attacks work better after a few more exchanges!" I yell as I take off. I can't tell if my Holy Mana is actually harming the guy at all, but I'm sure I'll find out soon.

Sarah and Anna try to yell something to me, but their opponents don't give them a moment to make a coherent sentence. I've made it to him, so I need to attack again. Kick! I jump and throw a roundhouse kick to the guy's head. This was a mistake, however. /SMACK! / Shift! SPIN! While my attack made contact, it was with his hands unfortunately. I was currently sideways in the air and my opponent took that as a hint to start spinning me. I couldn't go against the momentum of the swing as it got faster and faster.

Finally, he let go. Release! / Whoosh! / I was flying quite fast, thankfully, I had a way to stop the momentum." Holy Bolt!" / Thoop! / Land! I fired a Holy Bolt above my head, the momentum of the throw lessened considerably and I was able to land on my feet after a moment to adjust to my position in the air. Once I landed, I looked around and saw that I was thrown to the left of where I was. Sarah, Anna and Princess Alice were all to the right of me, still fighting their opponents and seemed to be making progress.

They were pushing their opponents back, getting closer and closer to me. I thought that was good, since it showed that they were beginning to take over their figh-"!" Pivot! /SMASH! / Before I could finish my thoughts, my opponent copied my idea and tried to stop me from catching my breath. Shame he thought I wasn't just observing my Friends. I dodged his fist as it hit the ground and actually broke through it.... He... He's stuck...

I felt the smile on my face form as I finally had a good moment to open the Portal. Without missing a beat, I raised my hand and a Portal formed directly behind the opponent. PUNCH! / CRACK! / I exploded with a hard left hook to send him flying backwards. He couldn't dodge and with a look of panic on his face, my opponent flew into the Portal. I then looked up and saw a small black dot in the sky. Now that I had a moment to look, the sun had finally started to rise out of the Eastern skyline.

I jumped back to a safe distance and waited patiently to see the result of my plan. Eventually, I got my answer. / SMASH! BANG! / The smoke took some time to clear, but the answer was found. He did explode, but he was still "alive". It's a weird feeling to see a Human-like entity moving as it's green and black blood pours out of where it's arms and legs used to be. I didn't see a reason to leave it alive and potentially reconstruct itself.

I smashed its head in with a jumping stomp and did the same where it's heart would be. I have no idea if that really did destroy it, but it stopped moving. So I thought that was a good sign at least. I then looked over to where the girls were currently fighting, Sarah was fighting what looked like half a man, as Anna and Princess Alice continued trying to land a hit on their opponents, I think I knew who needed my help more, so I got to running back to the group fight I left for a brief moment.