The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 102

Darius couldn't see the masked figure's movement clearly, but he could feel a huge sense of crisis when the masked figure disappeared suddenly.

When the masked figure reappeared in front of him, the sense of crisis he felt multiplied by tenfold.

His instinct flared up at that moment, and he raised his hands to block the attack from the masked figure

Boom!

A loud sound instantly echoed in the room.

Darius flew back greatly from the force of the hit and landed against the wall in the room. His hands were completely numb after the blocking the hit, and he could barely feel them.

'So strong!' Darius thought inwardly.

The attack from earlier was very strong and could have clearly rendered him incapacitated or worse if he didn't manage to block it on time.

Meanwhile, the masked figure was in complete shock.

Prior to this attack, he had monitored Darius greatly and discovered that he had not yet awakened his Qi, so he wasn't much of a threat to him.

However what was this situation?

Even though he had greatly reduced the lethality of his strike, he was a hundred percent confident that the strike would render Darius incapacitated and bedridden for a month, successfully completing his mission.

Normally, Darius shouldn't be able to see the strike coming, so his attack wouldn't fail; but not only did his attack fail, Darius even managed to block it!

The difference between an awakened martial artist and a non awakened martial artist was like the difference between a drop of water and the ocean.

It was completely incomparable.

Yet, Darius had managed to surpass that gap and successfully block his attack.

Of course, the distance between someone like the masked figure who was an awakened and Darius who wasn't an awakened was astronomical, but there was one thing that was overlooked.

The golden liquid.

The golden liquid stimulated Darius meridians each time he practiced the meditation techniques in the tattered book his grandfather gave him, so he was able to reach the peak of martial arts an ordinary person could reach.

Right now, he was partially awakened, and needed the extra push to become an awakened.

This was why he was able to block the attack from the masked figure.

The masked figure looked at Darius warily. He didn't expect his attack to be a failure. Seeing that Darius showed no sign of retaliation after some seconds he launched himself back at Darius.

This time, he didn't hold back in his strike at all. He was aiming to end this with one strike.

Boom!

Another loud sound echoed in the room, and the whole room vibrated greatly. showing the power of the strike was greatly improved.

Darius flew back once more and crashed into his bedside table, breaking it

completely because of the power of the strike.

However, the masked figure was even more shocked this time.

Darius had successfully defended against his attack, again!

Darius noticed the figure coming towards him, and just by instinct, he managed to successfully defend himself against the attack.

His arms were already numb with pain from the attack, but he gritted his teeth and forced himself to move them. If he continued to remain passive, then the consequences would be unbearable for him.

While the masked figure was still in shock, Darius launched himself at his attacker and tried to deliver a heavy blow to the figure's midsection.

When the masked figure came back to his senses, Darius was already in front of him.

'Such speed!'

The distance between him and Darius after Darius flew back from his attack was over 30 meters, but Darius crossed it almost instantly.

Not even newly awakened martial artists had such speed!

Nevertheless, the masked figure was a martial artist who had successfully awakened and was capable of using Qi. He was still significantly stronger than Darius.

He effortlessly evaded Darius' first strike. Just when he wanted to catch a break, a© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

leg appeared in his vision.

Darius had launched another kick. He didn't give the masked figure anytime to rest.

Boom!

This time around it was the masked figure's turn to fly back from the force of the hit. The room vibrated once more, showing how powerful Darius' kick was.

The figure shook off the attack and got to his feet quickly and then launched himself at Darius.

Darius expected the figure to come at him, so he also launched himself at the figure. The two of them met in the middle of their joumey and exchanged blows with each

other.

Boom Boom Boom Boom!

The blows they exchanged with each other were quite powerful, so much that the room couldn't stop shaking. The staff at Dragon Lord Imperial Residence however couldn't hear a single thing, and neither did they notice anything strange. This was because Darius' apartment was completely soundproof.

As they exchanged blows with each other, the masked figure couldn't help but feel shocked. He was an awakened martial artist, while Darius was not an awakened martial artist, yet Darius was capable of fighting him head on.

That wasn't the scary part. Darius was actually improving as they continually exchanged blows!

When the fight began, Darius was barely able to defend himself, and he was able to land some painful hits, but as the fight progressed, he was not only able to defend himself properly, but he was also able to completely evade the attacks. He even launched some effective counterattacks against the masked figure!

Furthermore, Darius' aura grew stronger as they battled. Darius had no idea his aura was growing stronger, nor did he comprehend the significance of what this meant, but the masked figure did.

Darius was on the verge of breaking through. If he succeeded, he will become fully awakened and enter the martial arts world.