Chapter 244


    “Hmm?” Maximus’s pupils dted. He didn’t expect Dustin to grab his sword with bare fingers. It appear


    ed that he had underestimated Dustin’s sheer talent and confidence. Still, he was unflustered by the str


    ength of his opponent. Quite the opposite–the stronger the opponent, the more excited


    he felt. He was getting more belligerent as a result.


    “Return!” With the wave of a hand, Maximus called his sword back from Dustin’s fingers. The sword ca


    me flying back like a serpent.


    “Oh?” Dustin was rather surprised by the move. Although he had reined in his capabilities to match his


    opponent at the earthly level, he acknowledged Maximus‘ talent from how Maximus managed to free th


    e weapon from his grip.


    “Look out! I’ll show


    you my Illusory Sword Technique!” Maximus dropped a reminder before waving his sword again. In one


    move, his sword split into hundreds and thousands of different swords. The gleaming des danced a


    round, weaving a confusing web of swords within ten meters around them. The mind–


    boggling amount of swords made it hard to discern the actual sword from the illusory ones.


    “Wow! It is the Illusory Sword Technique! Looks like Maximus Kane is getting serious!”


    “I heard that no one could fight off the Illusory Sword Technique. That punk is going to lose!”


    “Kill! Kill! kill him!”


    There was an uproar among the audience. Some were shocked, some were concerned, and some wer


    e merely adding insult to injury. Soon, Dustin vanished in the midst of the illusory swords in front of their


    eyes. He and Maximus were nowhere to be seen, leaving only the blinding shine of des dancing in t


    he ring. The audience glued their eyes to the match and struggled to figure out which of them was mak


    ing the moves. Even so, they couldn’t take their eyes off the climactic fight for fear of missing out on the


    highlights.


    Dustin, the ck horse, had garnered all the attention that night by fighting alone against Mr. Williams‘ l


    ineup. Earlier, he took down two masters in the top ten of The Hundred Immortals. Even if he lost the fi


    ght against Maximus, he still won himself the right to feel proud of his aplishments.


    Three minutester, the audience heard the nking of metal as the web of illusory swords suddenly v


    anished. A figure, who seemed to have taken a bad blow, stumbled speedily toward the edge of the ring


    .


    where he finally managed to steady himself.


    Everyone focused on the figure and realized that it was Maximus! As for Dustin, he stood in the middle


    of the


    ring without moving, remaining in the same position as before.


    “What happened? Who won?” The audience exchanged nces in confusion. Dustin and Maximus loo


    ked


    unharmed, but one appeared poised while the other looked grim.


    “Sir, you are indeed talented, I’ll give you that. I concede defeat.” After a long silence, Maximus finally o


    pened


    his mouth.


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    “He conceded?” The audience gasped. What was going on? The two of them stood there uninjured. N


    o one had the upper hand yet, but why did Maximus concede defeat? Could he have been bought off b


    y the Harmons, just like the King of Kicks?


    “Max, what is that nonsense? Us Boulderthorn guild men never concede defeat! Murder that punk!” Bro


    dy stood up and bellowed after recovering from the initial shock.


    “Shut up!” Maximus scoffed. “You have to admit defeat when you know it. There’s no shame in admittin


    g you’re not as good as your opponent!”


    The audience might not be able to tell, but he was well aware of the truth.