Fane arched his eyebrow. He quickly put some distance between Robin and himself. His opponent was a melee-fighter while Fane was better at long-range fighting so he would be safe as long as he did not get too close to Robin.
He quickly performed some hand seals again and the ten black daggers who were still suspended mid-air parried with Robin’s long staff. The golden light and gray-black light collided with each other once again. This time Fane used six gray-black daggers, putting him on even ground with Robin.
Robin was breathing heavily and his face was flushed. He was feeling angrier than ever. His hands trembled as he looked at Fane with gritted teeth. He swung his staff to attack again, but all of his attacks were neutralized within a few seconds by the gray-black daggers.
He became more and more shocked whenever his attack was blocked by the gray-black daggers. He was not the only one as the others were also watching with eyes wide open as if they had seen a ghost.
The corners of Jed's lips began to twitch. "Pinch me, Brother Dwight. Am I dreaming? How is it possible that Fane is on par with Robin? They had been going at it for quite some time. Is this really happening? I'm not dreaming, right?" His pupils were unsteady as he
said this.
Dwight puffed out some air and said, "It just shows that there's a lot of things we don't know in the world.”
All this while, Fane maintained some distance away from Robin, who was trying desperately to break through the barrier made of the ten gray-black daggers. However, he discovered that the barrier was like a sticky spider web and the long staff in his hand was like a tiny bug. The ten gray-black daggers worked with each other and the stronger the staff became, the more daggers would come out. In the beginning, there were only five daggers, then seven, and now there were eight daggers blocking his path.
It seemed like no matter how powerful he was, he would not be able to break away from the web made up of the gray-black daggers. Robin's hands trembled slightly as he stared at Fane vehemently and thought to himself, 'So this is why he was so confident. He still had a few tricks up his sleeves.'
Robin narrowed his eyes and said, "You surprised me but do you really think you can suppress me with your little tricks? Though my technique is only of the intermediate red level, I've already cultivated it to perfection!"
Hearing this, the eyes of everyone present snapped wide open. The fact that Robin cultivated his technique to perfection alone proved that he possessed immense talent. Jed and Dwight glanced at each other, and both saw a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes. Although their level had broken through to the final stage of innate level, their martial art techniques remained at the proficient level.
Derek and his two brothers were looking at Fane fearfully which was a huge contrast to how they were looking at him before. They were sure that the power he had conjured up so far could defeat them three easily.
Robin scoffed and said, "I admit that you're quite talented but it's still not enough to defeat me! Let’s end this now!" The way he uttered those words was as if he had not used his full power in the fight before but judging from everyone's looks, they did not believe him one bit.
Robin then exhaled deeply and forced himself to calm down.
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