throne of seal(shen yin wang zuo)

Chapter 11: A Teacher who comes from Hell? (III)

As he was inserting the sword held by his right hand directly into the ground, exerting his back's strength, the sword in his left hand swept with full force. During this instant, Long Hao Chen felt that his spiritual energy broke into a new boundary. The sword ruthlessly hit the lower part of the scorpion-tailed lizard's jaw, and although it was on its strengthened state, this attack made it fly backwards and caused its ferocious mouth to close.

At the same time, Long Hao Chen's whole body jumped on a curved path with the support of the bamboo sword in his right hand that was pushed into the ground, his left leg kicking the scorpion-tailed lizard's lower jaw upwards.

With two strikes in a row, both linked up extremely well, the scorpion-tailed lizard's body was unable to keep its balance and rose from the ground because of the kick.

Meanwhile, Long Hao Chen, who still had the support of the bamboo sword pushed into the ground, let go of the sword in his right hand which enabled him to jump back to the ground. The bamboo sword in his left hand took the form of a thin white lightning befalling upwards.

With a Bang sound, the upper part of his body rose towards the lizard-tailed scorpion and its belly was penetrated by the bamboo sword, simultaneously causing its body to fall down.

After a sad and shrill miserable yell, the scorpion-tailed lizard's tail swept away as a last intent of struggle before its death.

But Long Hao Chen had already expected this possibility and, using his sword smoothly, he directly countered this last attack and jumped aside before pulling out the sword stuck in the ground with his right hand, entering into a defensive posture.

Ping, the scorpion-tailed lizard fell on the ground, its body violently squirmed and repeatedly crying miserably because of the pain of its belly.

Long Hao Chen looked calmly around him and didn't discover any other magical beast. Then, he found a large tree to lean on; his breathing had become quite heavy.

In a split instant, his whole body was full of sweat. His physical power seemed to be completely depleted.

Since the moment he vanquished the scorpion-tailed lizard, only a few seconds had actually passed; during this instant, at the edge of death, it could be said that his latent potential had been completely stirred up. Especially before he broke through this new level, all of his abilities were used to their utmost limit. His final attack used the only skill that Xing Yu had taught him, pure-white edge. By concentrating momentarily all his spiritual energy at a single point of his sword, it enabled him to attack with 110% of his full-power.

Before Long Hao Chen linked these moves, a certain person hidden in the dark was watching without making a single noise. Even if Long Hao Chen had lost consciousness at the end of the exchange of blows, he could easily get rid of the kind of monster. But in the end, he didn't make a single mistake. With the two swords he carried, he got rid of the scorpion-tailed lizard. Meanwhile, his spiritual force also broke through the thirtieth level, entering into the third stage of knighthood. It was the reason why Long Hao Chen had felt at this moment a sudden rise in strength.

In any vocation, as the rank grew, the feeling of a breakthrough would become more obvious.

After he pant a few more times, Long Hao Chen noticed that the sky had already begun turning pitch-black and felt that his energy had returned as the scorpion-tailed lizard was still lying on the ground, motionless.

Looking at this dead scorpion-tailed lizard, the nine years-old Long Hao Chen's eyes revealed a glow, "Teacher, you were right. It is after enduring hardships that one can become a great man. I should not bear resentment towards you. If not for your teachings, I'm afraid I would have become unable to meet Mother again. Teacher, I won't ever complain again, even secretly in my heart."