<h4>Chapter 23: I can’t lose to amoner!</h4>


    The reason why the nobles had pitiful looks on their faces, was because they knew how terrifying the swift dragon technique was, and why it was one of the topbat techniques the royal family was in possession of.


    The dragon stance enabled the user to exert more power as the movements originate from the feet and guided by the waist, it flows through the body and exits through the fist. What made the swift dragon strikebat technique formidable, was the ability to stop the opponent from counter-attacking.


    The main aim of the technique was tond swift consecutive blows on the opponent''s weak points, forcing him to defend throughout the fight. This strategy puts a lot of pressure on the opponents, causing them to make mistakes in the fight, and all that was left was for the users to take advantage of the mistakes and end the fight.


    Shit! this is bad… ke was clearly in a pinch trying to defend the ferocious attacksing at him.


    He tried his best to escape thebo, but d was relentless, he kept on chaining his attacks leaving no room for ke to break out.


    If this continued, he was doomed!


    [Shift the punch attack at the right and sidestep to the left, then lunch a punch at the left side of the abdomen.] At the nick of time, the system released orders that could help him.


    ke shifted d''s iing fist and this left him open to counter attacks.


    What!... d was astonished at first, but he knew this spelled danger for him, so he immediately used the momentum of his left hand being shifted, to perform a spinning back kick.


    Zeeeww!


    How did he dodge that!... A student screamed out in shock.


    Huh?... Not only did d''s kick hit nothing but air, it also caused him to lose bnce for a moment.


    When he managed to get his thoughts together, he noticed that themoner had sidestepped and a fist was flying towards his abdomen.


    Shit!... he tried to dodge the iing attack by stepping back, but at that moment it was already toote.


    "Ahhh!" The punch sent d flying over a meter. His scream made the entire training ground silent.


    How is this possible?


    Such strength!


    Disbelief was written on the faces of all students in the training ground. Even instructor Zirrack was a little bit shocked, that a student that was most likely in the third star could possess such strength.


    Unknown to them, ke was already in the warrior level in a pathway that gave him a boost in his physical abilities.


    Wow! I am that powerful… When ke saw the amount of strength he just unleashed, he finally realized how powerful the Space pathway was!


    Hmm… He is impressive, not only did he predict and dodge that nobles attack, he maintained a cool head and targeted the opponent''s weak point. That''s what I have been looking for, no one except him made use of the information I gave in the demonstration… What seemed like a proud smile appeared on instructor Zirrack''s face, but it soon disappeared before anyone noticed.


    At this moment, d got on his feet while his hand was holding the left side of his abdomen.


    ''How… could he… have such… strength?'' d was could barely think straight because of the pain.


    You will pay for this you!... d said with a vengeful expression, as he took on the dragon stance.


    ''How are the fire particles increasing? Is it because of thebat technique?'' ke noticed that the number of fire particles stirred up by d when he took on the dragon stance had increased greatly.


    ''Arghh.'' d screamed as he rushed towards ke at a frightening speed!


    Before ke could react, he was jabbed in the chest and abdomen, before being sent flying by a roundhouse kick.


    Hot!... ke was being burnt with every punch thatnded on him, this was bad!


    He guessed that this was a passive ability from the fire pathway, but what he noticed was that, as d got angrier, the fire particles around him increased, thereby boosting the hotness of the attacks.


    ''I can win this.'' Immediately, ke stood up as he saw d approaching him


    ''Themoner is making me lose face, I have to end this now!" Not giving him breathing space, d dashed towards ke with the n of ending the battle quickly.


    He''s enraged, this is an opportunity to counter-attack… ke ran forward and met the approaching.


    [Block the punch aimed at your head and take the one aimed at the chest, then grab the opponent''s hand and deliver a punch at his abdomen, when he bends down in pain give him a knockout blow.]


    ''Take the punch?'' At first, ke was skeptical about what the system said, but he soon understood that if he takes a punch, it won''t deal much damage to him because of his physical abilities, but if he managed tond an attack on d whose defense was nothing special, he would be able to deal frightening damage.


    ''He even has the guts to initiate an attack… Impudent!'' dunched a probing punch at ke''s head and nned on jabbing his chest if he took the bait.


    "It''s over." ke took the bait and blocked the punch.


    Bang!


    "Arrgh!" d roared as he raised his right hand to give a knockout.


    ''Now!'' ke felt a burning pain that made him want to scream, but he knew this was his chance to win and an opportunity like this might note again. So he gritted his teeth in pain and held d''s hand.


    ''What? No!'' d felt chills run down his spine. As ke''s fist approached his abdomen.


    Bang!


    d spat out blood, as a wave of pain surged through his body.


    ''I can''t lose to amoner! No matter what!'' these thoughts rang through his head.


    "It''s over!" ke yelled as he raised his fist to give a knockout blow.


    "Die!" d screamed with desperation in his eyes, as heunched an attack aiming for ke''s temples.


    ''Shit! he wants to take me down with him.''