Absolute Soul
97. Fugitive Power is 10 Million Bold

"It's...."

Heru was wide-eyed at his own strength, he had never expected to be able to unleash such a devastating blow. Of course he had already felt the results of his intensive training with Haikal, but aided by the increase in physical strength from Jack's Forbidden Magic Card, his strength surged to unbelievable heights.

"If the seven of spades is this big, what about the king or ace of spades?" Heru turned to look at Jack was curious about the strength of the young man nicknamed 'Jack of All Trade.

He only looked at Jack for a moment before his gaze was moved by the figure of the young man who was now patting his shoulders while raising his thumb, "Great punch, Heru."

"If the punch you just said was great, what did you call your Water Smash?" Heru raised his eyebrows slightly confused whether Haikal was mocking or praising him, then glanced at Haikal's lower arm which was now filled with black spots.

Heru had indeed seen the greatness of 'Air Smash: Overload' Haikal which can throw dozens of flying knives when fighting Shear first on the roof of the building, but compared to now the move feels at least twice as dangerous as before. Moreover, this time the quality of the flying knives is much different.

He suspected the increase in Haikal's strength had something to do with the black patches on his arms.

"I'll explain later, for now we can't let go of vigilance." Haikal smiled faintly then pointed towards Shear crashing down, there were seen dozens to dozens of knives hovering in the air.

Heru frowned seeing that, "He hasn't lost after being hit by such an attack?"

"He's a fugitive Blazer worth 10 million Bold, no wonder." Haikal did not elaborate on how powerful a man like Shear was once the flying knives shot towards them like raindrops.

Haikal and Heru took a swing before a cold wind blew from behind carrying a large amount of snow which then formed a kind of snow wall protecting both of them from the raining of the knives.

"Thank you, Salvia, Verna." Haikal smiled slightly as he glanced back, precisely at Salvia and Verna who were both holding back dozens of daggers using their snow and wind from a distance.

Not wanting to waste any more time, Haikal and heru kicked the ground simultaneously darting as fast as lightning towards where these dozens of flying daggers were attacking. They could see a figure of Shear standing firm while controlling his flying blade from afar in the same spot.

"Ah, it's been caught apparently." Shear smiled cynically welcoming the arrival of Haikal and heru, she took out more knives from under her cloak and threw them all at once to the two youths.

Heru had already taken a swing to release the Water Smash to dispel the knife Shear threw before Haikal stepped forward and spread out his hands, "Let me stop him, you just focus on attacking!"

Heru wanted to reject Haikal's intentions, but he had not yet had time to voice Haikal's body giving off a blackish-red aura that quickly formed a slightly translucent red armor, wrapping every inch of his body, "Berserk Plate!"

"Added...." Haikal pulled his hand back and pushed it with all his might, "Air Smash!"

The wind pressure from Haikal's fist shot down most of the blades that flew towards him, but some could endure making Haikal furrow his brows, "So apparently."

Haikal who felt unable to rely on Air Smash any further then began to throw his fists smashing into the flying blades one by one. Heru also did not want to let his best friend trouble alone, he helped beat the knives.

It took a lot of time and effort to fend off dozens of Shear flying knives, especially this time the knives have a much different quality than the daggers that Haikal and Heru had fought before.

In addition to being sharper and stronger, these flying daggers can be fed with soul energy making them far more dangerous than ordinary daggers. Shear also controlled this dagger with a thread of soul energy that was not thin so it was not easy to crash.

That's why the previous Air Smash Haikal can throw dozens of daggers at once is not powerful this time.

"You all right, Heru?"

"Some knives got away and hurt me, but it didn't matter. Just scratching," answered Heru immediately did not want his best friend to worry too much.

Different from Haikal who was currently wearing a Berserk Plate, Heru did not have any protective armor that could protect any part of his body other than the sleeves clad in Twin Kong, either, Soul Arc shaped gloves iron so that it gets scratches that are not small.

"Looky! Can withstand Knives Raid with high quality daggers in such a large amount, you guys are indeed not ordinary Blazer candidates!" Shear then pulled out all her flying daggers and took out a paper scroll and opened it, "You guys managed to get me to use this!"

"That's...." Haikal's forehead immediately shriveled to see the contents of the scroll, he could see a statue-shaped painting on the scroll. Heru who also knew the meaning of the scroll immediately got a bad feeling.

The painting of the statue on Shear scrolls looks bubbled for a while before it finally came out and became a real statue—no, probably more precisely a giant-sized doll.

Shear immediately attached a thread of soul energy to control the puppet and sure enough, the puppet moved as it wished through a certain finger pattern. He grinned broadly at Haikal and Heru's reaction, "How is it? Are you afraid of my Knives Reaper?"

Knives Reaper is a mechanical doll that is widely known as the main weapon of Shear, he often uses this doll to fight in various areas, he said, then this doll is also what makes Shear's head valued at 10 million Bold.

Haikal and Heru are hesitant to face Shear who has used his main weapon, they both know clearly that Shear is much more capable in a real fight.

Unlike the tournament matches, this time they were really faced with a life-and-death fight. Wrong in the least then fatal injuries even death will be difficult to avoid.

Haikal clenched his teeth for a moment before drawing a series of self-soothing breaths, casting doubt and fear, as well as increasing concentration, "Heru, if you can't follow me back down."

The look in Haikal's eyes instantly changed, he became more serious as if his doubts had momentarily disappeared without a trace. Heru whose entire body was trembling in fear of not being able to win now stopped as soon as he saw Haikal's gaze.

"Huh, big is your mouth now." Heru snorted softly feeling Haikal was underestimating him. He realized that Haikal was stronger than he was, but Heru did not want to lose, "Maybe, let's fight who beat him first."

Heru increased the pressure of his soul energy higher following Haikal, his body emitting a thick greenish-brown aura that blended with Haikal's blackish-red aura. The strength of both of them increased drastically.

Shear who witnessed that smiled for a moment before moving the Knives Reaper towards Haikal and Heru with the dozens of blades that were now united and forming a giant scythe, "Let me test how strong you are until the chairman wants to recruit you!"

Haikal did not wait or give direction to Heru, he immediately darted forward and floated a Water Smash on the Knives Reaper. Unfortunately, the style that relies on wind pressure is not effective against the mechanical doll.

"Stupid, throwing down a dozen flying knives alone can't let alone a mechanical doll of the highest quality as high as a Knives Reaper!" Shear laughed at Haikal's silly actions, but Haikal's subsequent movements stunned him.

When Knives Reaper swung his dagger scythe, Haikal flicked his right arm and held the slash with his bare hands.

"You fool, I didn't use Water Smash to blow it away." Haikal then grabbed and pulled both of Knives Reaper's arms, holding back his movements temporarily, "I'm after this."

Heru who was waiting for the opportunity to finally move, he kicked the ground darting rapidly towards the stunned Shear not expecting Haikal to be able to stop his mechanical puppet with his bare hands.

"Eat this! Kong Strike!" Not wanting to waste a chance, Heru thrust out a fist with all his might once again aiming for Shear's wide-open body, but the price of 10 million Bolds for Shear's head was not a mere number.

Shear raised his arm, controlling the dozens of daggers that had been on standby behind him forming a sharp wall resisting Heru's fist punch, causing the sound of iron clangs as well as sparks from the impact of the two metal objects.

Heru's rampage worsened when he realized his attack had been anticipated like this.

"You think I didn't anticipate the arrival of one of you to attack from close range?" Shear looked at Heru cynically before smashing the dagger wall and turning it into a kind of large sword consisting of dozens of flying daggers, "You guys are naive!"

"Feel one of my mainstay techniques firsthand!" Shear pushed the blade towards Heru's wide-open body, "Knives Sword!"

Zraaat!!