Chapter 745 Four Pillars: The Next Three
Whoosh!
Having activated the ultimate skill multiple times at this point, Valyr remained unperturbed as the concept of time slowed down around the two.
Of course, the same couldn't be said for his opponent, who looked at the young man with wide eyes as he wondered what was going on.
Though, just as Mikael thought that only time had been stopped, it did not take long for the momentum he had built up to disappear by the time the concept returned.
Saving himself from planting his face into the ground, Mikael took note of the fact that the world surrounding the two of them had become muted in color.
Getting an ominous feeling from the surroundings, the man eventually looked at Valyr with a solemn expression.
"Your doing?" he asked.
Valyr faintly smiled as he began to arm his pistol. "Who else?"
After that, silence surrounded the two of them as the ever-growing darkness underneath Mikael eventually burst.
However, just as the man was in the midst of being covered by a cocoon of Shadow Energy, Mikael had conjured something that made Valyr's eyes widen in surprise.
Swoosh!
At the very moment the cocoon had closed itself, a layer of compacted earth surrounded the cocoon, causing Valyr to stop his preparations for a bit.
"Geomancer?" muttered the young man in slight curiosity, moving away from Mikael the moment he was done arming the pistol.
Bang!
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It did not take long for the cocoon to do its thing, sending out a lethal dosage of Shadow Energy into Mikael.
Though, with the force contained in that explosion, the layer of compacted earth surrounding Mikael should have already exploded.
Yet, it hadn't.
"Well, that's gotta hurt."
Expecting his opponent to be stunned, Valyr's eyes widened in surprise after hearing a muffled voice come from inside the layer of compacted earth.
Not long after, the layer of compacted earth gradually disappeared, revealing Mikael who looked to be more or less unscathed.
"[Reckless Shot]!" Seeing that his opponent had not been stunned by the ultimate skill, Valyr did not hesitate to fire the pistol at the man, hoping to make use of True Shadow Corruption.
However...
"Hmph."
Swoosh!
In response to rapid bullet the young man had shot, Mikael Silva conjured a few plates of metal before him.
Unsurprisingly, the bullet and the plates of metal soon collided, with the momentum behind the bullet remaining ferocious even after piercing through a few plates.
Though, as if there was no end to them, more and more plates appeared between the bullet and Mikael, eventually exhausting all of the bullet's momentum.
"You're gonna have to do better than that if you want to defeat me."
Dispelling all of the metal plates he had conjured, Mikael looked at Valyr with a faint hint of disdain.
And now, there was another one.
However, unlike the clean robes Mariella and Mikael were wearing, the man before him wore a set of sleeveless robes, showcasing the bulky muscles he had on his forearms.
Adding on the faint traces of dust and dirt on the man's clothes, Valyr felt like the man before him was an honorable warrior of sorts, fighting against his opponents without relying on backhanded techniques.
"The name is Matthias Kamai," said the burly man, breaking the silence that surrounded the two of them.
"For our fight, I'd like to keep it simple."
At those words, Valyr thought about his fight with Mariella and Mikael, recalling how anything went during their fight.
Though, it seemed that he had misunderstood the man's intentions.
"Three moves," said Matthias. "Whoever fails to defend against their opponent's moves loses."
Hearing that, Valyr asked if there was any limitation to the attacks the two had to throw at each other.
In response, Matthias shook his head, telling Valyr that any attack was fine.
With that, the two of them distanced themselves from one another, giving both of themselves a bit of time to prepare for what was basically a showcase of their strongest attacks.
Yet what Matthias did not notice was the mischievous glint in the young man's eyes.
By the time their match began, Matthias gave courtesy to Valyr, allowing the young man to land his three moves on his opponent first.
Nodding in response, the young man activated [Superior Analysis] to get a better idea of what he was up against.
After confirming that his opponent was more monstrous than the previous one, Valyr then took out his arquebus, allowing it to charge for as long as possible.
Activating all of his boosting skills after that, he then shot it towards Matthias, only for the latter to dodge it with ease.
Looking on with a solemn expression, he then fired another fully charged shot from the arquebus, to which Matthias dodged once more.
Though, once his third and final move came about, the young man had done something his opponent did not expect.
"[Full Burst]!"
Bang!
With great speeds, the bullet whizzed through the air, swiftly arriving towards Matthias.
Seeing that his opponent had shot out a weird projectile at him once again, the man expected to dodge it with ease once more before proceeding with his triad of attacks.
However, at the very last moment, his opponent radiated an imposing aura that caused him to freeze up.
And it was there that the battle ended.
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Wiping his hand over his forehead, Matthias stared wide-eyed at Valyr as his palm was dyed a bloody red.
However, before he could even utter out a word at the young man, telling him that using such a skill like that was against the rules he had set...
The man could only turn into fragments of golden light as the monotonous voice resounded once more.
'You have defeated the fifth opponent of the Trial of Nine Stars. Four opponents remain.'
'You have 15 minutes to rest before the next opponent appears.'
