Chapter 114 The Raging Battle

Surprising Randall with the daunting power of his broken flying knife gave Zen an upper hand.

Overconfident in his icy shield which normally could hold up under several blows from even nature creatures, Randall was left vulnerable to Zen's secret weapon.

All of this left Randall seething with resentment over his failures in battling Zen.

Extending his arm, Randall channeled his life vitality, instantly transforming the area into a smooth surface of gleaming ice.

After it formed, he got to his feet to ski, at full speed at Zen.

Randall learned from his earlier blunder to be wary of Zen's peculiar weapon.

As wise and intelligent as Randall was, he came up with an idea to counter Zen's life-threatening weapon.

Waving his hands, Randall summoned five small, sharp ice spikes that glimmered, emitting trails of light using his white life vitality.

Taking successively deeper breaths, Randall flew at Zen, overtaking him and renewing the battle.

As Randall came up, poised to strike, Zen unexpectedly turned, taking aim at Randall, who triumphantly let loose the five ice spikes.

"Scha-wing!"

The five ice spikes clashed against the broken flying knife, causing it to veer and embed in the icy ground.

"Zen, I've seen through your ruse!" Rushing, Randall sped to catch Zen.

As Zen tugged, retrieving his knife from the ice, he felt an icy chill along the nape of his neck. Randall brandished an icy spear, planning to run it through Zen's back.

"The spiritual thorn!"

Poised, Zen used his soul strength to create his gray colored thorn meant for his enemy.

Meanwhile, the knife circled around Zen, reversing direction and flying toward his opponent.

While Randall was focused on killing Zen, he felt a stabbing pain shoot through his head, so exceptionally sharp that he fell over in pain.

Due to Randall's experience in battles, heightened senses alerted him to dangers and he was able to survive Zen's attack.

Maneuvering so he could endure the strike, he was then able to elude the broken flying knife through rolling on the ice surface.

However, his injured shoulder was bleeding.

"Aah!"

seethed Randall between clenched teeth as the pain gripped him. His frustrations were mounting.

Thinking of Zen as an easy target, Randall believed he should have managed to kill Zen with little effort by now.

Randall had several decades of combat experience, and all of it was proving useless at that moment.

Randall howled as his life vitality flowed, transforming into numerous ice spikes that were unleashed in every direction.

"Ping, ping, clatter, clank, tink...." the sound wa

irate. "Dammit Jon, no more of your meddling!"

"You're wrong! I'm not interfering, I am enforcing the law you violated! You altered the marching route the Green Haze Group was to take, and you plotted to murder your fellow soldiers, who fell victims to the blade locust queen because of your actions. What's more, you secretly interrogated Martin using brutal means. If not for our timely rescue, Martin would be dead! You should reflect on your errors and make amends to be worthy as a member of the Imperial Army!" admonished Jon as he rattled off Randall's numerous crimes.

In view of how harshly the Imperial Army disciplined, Randall's crimes would be deemed treasonous and punishable by death, though the numerous soldiers from the Green Haze group that lost their lives meant little to the Imperial Army.

Martin was a victim, but he was too underprivileged to file a lawsuit, so Randall decided to keep him in custody, avoiding any trouble.

"Jon, what you are saying is true. But, I don't believe you can best me in combat!" threatened Randall while remaining cool, calm and collected because he believed he could best Jon in battle by a narrow margin.

"I'm aware of your consummate skills which enable you to confront me!" said Jon admitting to Randall's martial prowess.

Smiling pompously, Randall cautioned, "Since that is so, you should back off and leave me to conflict with Zen, otherwise, despite our fellowship, I won't spare you!"

"You might be brawny, but Randall, you're brainless!" insulted Jon smiling as if he and Randall were joking around.

In that instant, the icy valley designed to trap Zen started shattering, changing into falling flakes, as the icy prison fell away, and a stalwart figure appeared from the other side.