Chapter 276 - Superior

Hearing the statement that had been made by such A familiar voice, Julius was frozen in place due to the sheer fear that was placed into his soul. Even with such a destructive attack, his opponent, King was still alive and more overs he was also capable of speaking as if he had not even a single scratch on his body. Although that wasn't necessarily true, it didn't make much of a difference as the single scratch which Julius had managed to cause on the right cheek of King wasn't much of an accomplishment in the grand scheme of things as King had managed to live through the devastating attack which was directed at him by his opponent. As such, that meant that there was only one thing left for him to do. In this situation, a single thought popped into Julius' head as he remembered what he was told.

"You have only one chance to get him. If you fail to kill him with your first attack, you're as good as dead," Julius remembered as he heard the voice of his teacher ringing constantly in his head. 

Just imagine what would take place in the moment that followed made Julius sick to his stomach. He didn't want to die. Even though he was most likely going to live as he couldn't sense killer intent in the aura which surrounded King, there was still a chance he would be able to kill Julius by accident by simply using too much of his power.

"You know, you should be quite proud of yourself. I never thought that there would be a day where I would feel the pain of a single scratch once again. It was really a blessing since I haven't been able to experience this feeling even in my dreams. It was really a pleasure to experience that and I hope you keep growing so you can help me feel much more pain the next time we battle," said King with a slight smirk on his face.

"You're welcome-" Julius had begun to speak before being abruptly interrupted when King caused something to take place in the time it would take an eye to blink. In the next moment, Julius laid unconscious on the ground with his mouth open as he tries to breathe desperately.

"Over so soon? I expected more from someone who would actually be able to cause a scratch on me however it seems I've overestimated you. It seems you still have a lot of room to grow, although it would make sense since you're nothing but a mere guild. You have quite the long ways to go. Good luck Julius, I hope that I can one day fight you when we're placed on equal footing," said King as he began to walk away from the scene as the battle had been concluded or at least that was what he had believed.

Just as the King had begun to walk away, there was a sudden surge of power flowing in the air. It was so menacing that it reminded the guild leader himself about the aura he had felt when he had realised that King was in the area. Although the guild leader himself was confused where that aura was originating from, he soon realised that his fears were correct in that it was all stemming from the only source which it could have come from. That being the unconscious body of Julius as it lifted itself in the air while floating as if it was a zombie magician.

"No way, it looks like you still have some fight left in you. I can't wait to see how many more hits you can take. I presume that the adrenaline rush has already hit you and you're ready to fight for real so please try to stand up for a bit longer this time-" the guild leader head to speak before he himself was cut off instead of Julius as he was blasted with such a large wall of pure hot lava, he thought that he would actually be injured by it.

At most, it had felt like some weak ants biting his body so it wasn't too much of a bother to him.

"Well, even if you're managing to stand up right now, it's not like you've managed to increase your attack potency-" King had begun to speak one more before yet again getting cut off by Julius who still was unconscious and was being moved and controlled by his blade which caused his to attack King with an endless fury of attacks. This made it so that King would be forced to be on the defensive. It wasn't like he had an option either as Julius wasn't going for kill shots. Instead, he was purposefully targeting King's blade itself as he knew that as long as he could t move the blade itself, he wouldn't be able to deliver such a deadly blow to Julius once again.

"You're probably thinking that without having a 100% connection with my blade, I must be pretty weak right? Is that what you're thinking? If so, how about we place that theory in a test to see if it's correct huh?" King asked as he forcibly grabbed Julius' blade and pulled it off to the slide and how was able to regain control of the battle. King's palms alone were strong enough to make it so that he could catch such a powerful blade and take it away from its user with ease and as such, without the connection between the black blade and Julius existing, Julius could no longer move and as such it was decided that he had lost the battle.

...

...

...

"Why do you look as pale as a ghost old man? Are you seeing ghosts or something? Perhaps your time for your passing has come, I've always known a saying like this would come. The guild is in good hands," said King in a sarcastic tone as he believed that he was making a funny joke and simply assumed that the guild leader was simply shocked that he had managed to defeat Julius which didn't make sense as that type of reaction should have only been presented of Julius somehow managed to defeat King by some miracle.

"Your face..." said the guild leader as he couldn't even get the proper words out for what he was trying to say due to how hard it was for him to state as he couldn't even believe his eyes.

Although confused by what the guild leader had said, King was curious and began to touch his face to figure out what the guild leader was telling him. He had looked around before his arms began to shake in fear as he found out why the guild leader was munching such a face.

"my finger, it's wet. Does this really mean... I let out my first drop of sweat in 4 years. This is quite astonishing. I should have kept it

in a jar or something to look back at this day at least," said King as he was rather surprised to say the least, however for some reason, there was an odd shine in his eyes. Something that depicted excitement. As if he couldn't wait to train the next day. King had found motivation to work harder than ever which was why he couldn't allow Julius' will to be shattered contrary to what he had been planning previously.

With the sudden change of plans, King believed that if he didn't step in yet, he wouldn't be able to fight the only man to cause him to sweat ever again. That being none other than Julius.

"Come on old man, tell me what I should do. I don't know how to heal you know. I only know to attack and speak with my fists," King explained which caused the guild leader to feel sympathy towards him.

"Sure," said the guild leader before teleporting the 3 of them back to the guild building with a snap of his fingers.

...

...

...

Instantly as the 3 of them teleported inside the guild hall, everyone fell to the ground due to the overwhelming pressure that the aura which surrounded King was. 

"Can you try to hold back for a little?" the guild leader asked with a rather annoyed expression which King nodded to in agreement which allowed everyone inside the guild hall to actually pay attention to what had happened to Julius.

Of course they all had the same thought however they quickly dismissed it as they could not believe that a man could be capable of being in a battle with the King and come out in such "good" condition. They expected everyone who was foolish enough to battle the one who was accepted as better and superior to all others to be turned to nothing but dust if they were lucky. The worst case was where they would be erased from all existence due to the sheer power that King withheld. 

As such, the guild began to laugh at Julius as they assumed the next assumption they could have all come up with.. That being that Julius had passed out after being in the sheer presence of King.