NOVEL WEB Chapter 92: Spar? or Brawl?
P.O.V - Diana.
After landing a punch to her guts she looks at me and smiles.
She grabs my hand and says;
"Yes, I would love to know."
Forcefully I take my hand back as I move away from her.
What the fuck?
That was creepy as hell.
I've never seen her show any emotion on her face and now she smiles?... After I hit her?
"What the hell is wrong with you Dang Soha." I ask.
"Ahh, yes, that disrespectful tone..." She says as she stood right in front of me.
The next thing I know I'm hearing her voice from behind me.
"... we need to fix that now don't we?" She says as she swings her palm at me.
I dodge and back away from her.
"Was she not moving at her top speed previously?
I'm using the Heavenly Demon Technique and I still can't keep up with her speed?
Do I really need to also use David's Phantom Technique?" I think to myself.
She dashes at me to attack.
I block, deflect and dodge.
This went on for a while as we moved up, down, north, west, south, east.
Moving at incredible speed the ground begins to demolish.
Moving around clashing against each other, she was about to hit me with her palm when I was before a tree.
Barely, I managed to dodge.
As her palm touches the tree the tree is blown away completely.
I dodge but the wave from the swing of her palm sends me away rolling on the ground.
I rise to my feet looking at where the tree used to be.
Only the stump remained.
"Was she really going to hit me with that?" I think to myself.
She heaves a sigh as she strokes her hair with her right hand.
"Sorry about that, that was too much.
I got too excited." She says as she walks towards me.
Damn, she's a maniac.
This is not an Early Peak.
"Are you hiding your power?" I ask her convinced that she had to at least be a Martial Master.
"Is your mind that weak that you cannot concieve the concept of a Martial Artist being stronger than what can be seen on the surface?" She says as if disgusted by my question.
She heaves a sigh as she says;
"You Martial Artists of now, you place too much importance on the Martial Arts Level of an individual.
What truly matters are the efficiency of the Martial Arts that individual uses, the skill of that individual, experience is also an indispensable factor and finally how well and precise one can control his/her Ki.
Back in my days it was quite common for one to be stronger than what his Martial Level states.
You all are so weak now that a Late Peak of then could stand toe to toe with an Early stage Grand Master of now."
"Back in the day? what is she saying?
A Late Peak standing toe to toe with a Martial GrandMaster?
That's impossible.
Even David, the most talented person I know could only properly face a Martial GrandMaster after entering the Martial Master stage.
I was able to properly face a GrandMaster after entering the mid stage of the Martial Master Realm.
And that was in our previous bodies.
Those bodies were more blessed than the one I currently reside in.
I do not think I would be able to do that in this body.
And she is saying a Late Peak could stand toe to toe with a Martial GrandMaster?
A being who could easily wipe out an empire if there was no other Grand Master to stop him?
A being who could face a thousand Late Peaks and still come out alive?
That's who you say a Late Peak could stand toe to toe with?
Naaaa, she's got to be bullshiting.
"Thats nonsense." I say to her.
She laugh a little as if mocking me.
"You strive for power but yet do not know what true power is.
Let me tell you what true power is..." She says and instantaneously she appears in my front.
She grabs my neck and lifts me off the ground.
"True power is being able to do whatever you want to do, the level of your obstacle notwithstanding." She says and throws me on to the ground.
I land and tumble over a bit.
I stagger trying to rise to my feet.
"Now I ask you again, why do seek power?
For what reason do you fight?
Answer me!" She says in a commanding tone as she approaches me.
"You want to know why I strive for power?" I say as I release an intense wave of killing intent.
I had activated David's Phantom Technique.
"Killing intent....
...This strong?...
...From a fifteen year old?..." She says in shock.
"I once had someone I loved...
I still love him...
He loved me even more.
He always sheltered and protected me in all and in every situation.
When I was around him, despite being a strong Martial Artist myself I was always so careless and carefree... why?
Because he was always there for me.
Why do I have to be on guard when my Superman was always there for me.
I even started getting lazy at a point, though of course he didn't let that.
Technically he didn't teach me Martial Arts but he drilled those Martial Arts into me and taught me a lot of skills and techniques.
Sometimes he created new Martial Arts techniques just for me.
He was my everything...
Literally he was the only thing I had in this world.
We were happy together until we were attacked by some people out of envy and hate.
Tragically he lost his life.
Why do I pursue strength?
Why do I strive for power?
I wish to become the strongest so I can exact my revenge upon those who took him from me...
So I can even if just a fraction, satiate this anger and hate in me." I rant out as tears flowed down. my eyes.
My heart felt really heavy.
I look up and see her looking at me.
Her face carried a look of pity.
Just this night I've seen her express two emotions on her face.
"I see, I apologize for looking down on you.
Your reason is a very strong one.
Now come, show me how you plan on exacting your revenge." She says as she gets into stance for the first time this night.
Yelling as tears flowed down my eyes I dash towards her at immense speed.
We clashed and exchange blows.
Even after activating David's Phantom Technique she was still a little bit faster.
We fought and fought for more than an hour.
The buildings in that courtyard were all destroyed by our brawl.
The fence and gate were not an exception.
The ground messed up looking like it had be beaten up by someone.
The interlocking tiles were all destroyed.
After an hour and thirty minutes of moving at 15000m/s I lay exhausted on the ground panting as I look into the night sky.
My robe almost non-existent.
My inner clothes torn at different places.
I lost.
Though I didn't use the Forms of the Heavenly Demon Technique I lost even after using the Heavenly Demon Technique and David's Phantom Technique.
Damn, and she's supposed to be an Early Peak?
Though, I wonder why even after all the ruckus not a single soul came to check out what was going on.
"You, you are strong." Suddenly Dang Soha says as she stands above me.
Looking at her face she had reverted back to her poker unreadable face.
"Please do not mock me." I say.
She gently comes to sit beside me.
"How do you feel?" She asks as she looks up into the night sky.
"I feel pain Dang So, if you must know." I reply to her in an annoyed tone.
She gives a little smile which vanishes a second later.
"I didn't mean that, I meant your heart, how do you feel after pouring it out to someone." She says.
I cannot deny that I do feel better.
It's embarrassing but my heart feels a little lighter.
But of course I'm not going to tell her that.
"I do not know what you are talking about." I say as I turn my face to the side.
"Sorry I went hard on you, I wanted to confirm something and understand your reason for wanting to get stronger." She says in a soft tone.
"Why would you want to know that though?" I ask.
"I want you to become my disciple." She replies.
That caught me off guard as I sit up in shock.
"Huh? wh...what are you talking about?" I question still surprised about what I just heard her say.
"Before you say anything, would you be willing to listen to my story?" She says asking a question at the end.
I look at her still confused not saying anything.
She heaves a sigh as she begins;
"I have never told anyone this story to anyone before so be sure it doesn't leave us...
My real name is...
Rohli...
Rohli Von Bastin..."