Chapter Fifty-Eight: An Invitation to Battle
"Whew-"
With a heavy exhalation, Gray withdrew from his cultivation state.
His face was covered in sweat, his hands were on his knees, obviously tired enough, but a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
"The fourth pass of the first cultivation posture, complete."
The blood method "Wind Wolf" has a total of four cultivation postures, and the completion of the first cultivation posture indicates that he has been able to complete 1/4 of the fourth time.
And now it's only been a month since he became a mid-rank blood warrior, which can be said to be a big surprise to him.
At this cultivation speed, it should take another three months to complete the fourth cultivation and reach the strength of a high-ranking blood warrior.
This was significantly earlier than the six-month maximum he had expected, and the shortest time he had expected.
"Master Bernard!"
Suddenly, the maid Barbara was greeted in the distance, and Gray looked sideways to see Bernal, with dazzling short blond hair and a white battle uniform, walking in this direction.
He raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, let go of his hands supporting his knees, stood up straight, and walked towards the other party.
There were many people who knew that he was cultivating in this open space south of the castle, but except for Sarah, Ellis had secretly peeped at him.
Others, not even Viscount Fergus, had not been here, and had apparently tacitly assumed that this place belonged to his private domain.
This time, Bernal arrived, and he felt the "extraordinary" in it.
"Brother Bernard."
Walking over, Gray beckoned to the other party.
The misunderstanding of the assassination was cleared, and with the matter of the "knighthood", Gray's embankment against Bernal had been removed, at least not as wary as before.
At the same time, there is also a trace of guilt, guilty that he is likely to take away the other party's title inheritance in the future.
Although Gray is not so eager for the title, he wants more of an aristocratic life than inheriting the title and taking charge of the Fergus family.
However, judging from the current situation, even if he is unwilling to accept it, Viscount Fergus is likely to force him to inherit the title.
If the Fergus family wants to go one step further and compete for the only remaining count title in the Marquis of Sidney, they need at least one heir to the title of berserker.
And judging from the potential shown by Bernal, it is difficult to reach the berserker without a special opportunity!
"Hmm."
Hearing Gray's greeting, Bernal answered, and a moment later, as if he had made up his mind, he jerked his head up, and his blue eyes looked directly at Gray.
"Gray, fight me!"
Fergus Castle, White Rock Training Ground.
Gray was wearing a gray battle uniform, his black hair fluttering in the wind, and his blue eyes were a little less immature as a teenager and a little more profound as an adult.
In his hand, there was a wooden sword made of ironwood, 1.4 meters long and five centimeters wide.
Ten meters away from him, Bernal, dressed in a white uniform, stood opposite him, also holding a wooden sword made of ironwood.
For this battle, Bernal obviously attaches great importance to it, and tries to rely on actual combat, except that the weapon is wooden, and there is no difference between other places and actual combat.
Next to the White Rock Training Ground, stood Viscount Fergus, Ellis, and Caroline.
Viscount Fergus frowned slightly, but in the end he did not stop the fight.
"Big brother, come on!"
Ellis was overwhelmingly in favor of Bernal.
Caroline, on the other hand, looked at it calmly, with no intention of supporting either side.
"Gray, give it your all!"
Looking at Gray, Bernal said with an extremely serious expression.
Judging by the serious expression on his face, it was as if he had made some kind of important decision.
"Okay."
Gray nodded solemnly.
Although it is not clear why Bernal suddenly asked for a fight, he can clearly feel that Bernal values this fight, and deliberately shows weakness or does not give it his all, but disrespects Bernal.
Besides, even if he gives his best, he may not be able to win against Bernal.
Although he is already a mid-level blood warrior and has inherited the combat talent of this body, the time he has been in contact with actual combat is too short, and his combat experience is still too lacking.
And Bernal, who has been in contact with actual combat for at least five years, has early experience in killing, and the actual combat experience can be described as extremely spicy, and in the face of the other party, if he is not careful, he may fail miserably.
Sou!
Almost at the same time, both of them moved, and the distance of more than ten meters, in the face of the extremely fast speed of the two, was already close in the blink of an eye.
Swish!
The sword in Bernard's hand was the first to swing.
The black ironwood sword, tearing through the air, with a terrifying whistling sound, slashed towards Gray from the bottom up, like a black shadow.
Sou!
Gray, who rushed forward, slammed his right foot on the ground, his ankle twisted, and the momentum of the forward rush suddenly changed, and he quickly swept towards the right side of Boral.
At the same time, the sword in his hand, swinging behind him, slashed at Bernal in reverse.
Boom!
Gray's reverse sword was blocked.
The sword in Bernard's hand turned sharply and drew an arc in front of Gray's sword.
Smack, smack, smack!
However, after all, it was a hasty resistance, and the strength could not reach the strongest, Bernal was directly shocked by the huge force coming from the sword and retreated again and again, and took a few steps back before unloading this power.
Boom!
As soon as he stepped on the ground, the white stone paved ground trembled slightly, and Gray's figure quickly rushed towards Bernard, and the ironwood sword in his hand came down from top to bottom, with the momentum of opening mountains and cracking stones, and fiercely slashed down vertically.
Wow –
However, the sword slashed into the air, and the moment before his sword slashed, Bernal's figure had disappeared.
Suddenly, it disappeared like a phantom, appearing several meters away, and the speed of the explosion in an instant was terrifying.
Obviously, this is the blood power infused into the legs, increasing the speed!
Swish!
Moreover, the horizontal movement of several meters just made Bernal appear on Gray's left side, and the black ironwood sword was like a black light, cutting straight towards Gray.
Call!
There was no need to turn his head, the sound of the wind coming from the left side was enough for Gray to tell that the attack was coming from the left.
The power of blood poured into his legs, and Gray's body moved to the right like a thunderbolt, narrowly avoiding Bernard's cross-cut sword, which was less than a centimeter away from him when it was closest to him.
Then he turned around, leaned over, and stabbed Bernal with a sword, but Bernal retreated sharply and pulled away.
Whizzing!
After more than a dozen fights in a row, except for the first time when the two clashed, the weapons collided, and after that, the weapons never collided again.
As people who also practice the blood method "Wind Wolf", the two prefer to use their speed to maneuver around the enemy rather than go head-to-head with the enemy.
However, this does not mean that the battle between the two is not thrilling, but rather, the way the two fight is more thrilling than the average fighting style.
After several battles, the weapons of the two were less than a few centimeters away from each other's bodies, if it weren't for the fact that the two were holding ironwood swords without blades, those who saw the two fighting would probably think that the two were fighting to the death.
"What a speed!"
Looking at the fight in the field, Caroline said in a slightly alarmed voice.
The lower blood warrior combined with the increase in blood power, the speed was already very fast, but compared to the two people in the field, it was another notch behind.
In a different place, if she faced either of the two, I was afraid that she would be defeated in a few strokes.
"Hmph, the last winner must be the eldest brother, that guy Gray wants to catch up with the eldest brother, it's still very early!"
Afraid that Viscount Fergus would hear it, Ellis muttered quietly.
Seeing the fight in the field, he had to admit that Gray's strength was far superior to him now.
However, he still doesn't think Gray can catch up with his big brother Bernal.
On the one hand, it is because of the strong image that the eldest brother Bernal has established in his heart since childhood, and on the other hand, there are also some personal emotions in it.
Although he felt that Gray was a little more pleasing to the eye because he had recaptured the Tiger cubs, he definitely favored his eldest brother between the eldest brother of the same father and mother and Gray.
The fight continued.
Sou!
Dodging the sweep of Bernal's sword again, Gray appeared to Bernard's right side, ready to stab Bernal in the chest from the side.
Because it was an ironwood sword, it had no blade, the tip of the sword was not sharp, and Bernal was still wearing a battle suit, so Gray was not afraid that he would hurt the other party.
Swish!
But at this moment, before he could draw his sword, a long sword of iron and wood seemed to know that he would appear here, like a black light, slashing at him.
"How can it be so fast?"
For the first time, Gray showed surprise on his face, how could Bernard's longsword have already slashed out, how could he turn back so quickly?
It was too unexpected, and the sword was already so close to him that it was too late to dodge, so he had to raise his sword to block.
Boom!
The sword collided with the sword, one was a full swing, the other was a hasty resistance, and Gray was shocked back by the force coming from the sword without exception.