The Dungeon System
98. Friendship fight part 1
Elizabeth is happy to see Chase and Adam's abilities, but inevitably she thinks that they are both crazy in their own way.
It is as if Adam is Chase's father, but Adam is younger than Chase and physically smaller. The two were also unconcerned about anything related to the world and only focused on their own cultivation and strength, which was understandable after realizing how insignificant ordinary things were compared to cultivation.
Elizabeth was also unaware of the alluring and exhilarating sensations and satisfaction one felt as their strength was enhanced and enhanced through cultivation, so it would never be truly able to understand why people became so addicted to strengthening themselves after starting to cultivate.
Elizabeth had managed to sense the energy after being around her for a long time and had quite a strong spiritual sense, which was the sixth sense the Internal Cultivators had that allowed them to sense the energy, which was, but he could never cultivate at any cost.
His body was unable to store more energy than the average human who was not cultivating, and he had a unique constitution that had never been seen before.
Every human was able to store a small amount of Internal or External Energy to strengthen their body slightly above what was expected of ordinary humans, no matter what their cultivation talent was like, no matter what their cultivation talent was, but Elizabeth's body rejected whatever energy she was trying to absorb and stored inside her body.
He tried everything he could think of to try and cultivate, but gave up after failing to do so after years of trying.
However deep in his heart he wished that there was still a solution to his problem, and saw the incredible and miraculous feats that Adam was capable of despite his ordinary cultivation, and saw, he had little hope that Adam could help him.
He moved to the edge of the large training room and sat on a chair, while Chase and Adam stood face to face with a distance of 5 meters between them in the large training room that was like a hall.
"Master, I must warn you that my strength has increased and I am now a rank 2 Beginner Cultivator, I have also improved my skills from the last time we fought. But don't worry master, even if I defeat you, I will remain your subordinate" Chase said respectfully.
Chase's words unintentionally denigrate Adam and imply that he believes that he will beat him, but Adam pays no heed to what Chase says and is not offended by them.
"I'm glad you'll still choose to be my subordinate. But I have to let you down and tell you there's no chance you'll be able to beat me" Adam argued as he cracked his knuckles and stretched his body, ready to fight Chase.
He knows he won't be able to see her status because Chase isn't a creature with malicious intentions towards her, but from what she can feel and from what she hears from Chase, she said, he had just broken through to rank 2 and would have stats similar to Adam's.
Chase is clearly superior to Adam in terms of resistance, but Adam will be superior in terms of energy reserves, speed, and intelligence.
Adam still wanted the Status Peering Feature of the system, but given that it was 100,000 system points, the, he knew that he had no chance to give it away any time soon and he relied on his sharp senses to gauge the opponent's strength.
"Master, did you read ..." Chase asked before being interrupted by Adam charging towards him.
Adam knows that he has no particular edge over Chase and if he won't use his calling, he will have to rely on his skills and will need to outsmart Chase who is a powerful giant compared to himself.
Running towards him, Chase also ran towards Adam and showed similar speed to him, as Chase who knew how Adam fought wanted to attack first.
Adam is the embodiment of dirty fighting and the idea that there are no rules in combat is embedded in his head as he evades Chase's attack and looks around him to search for anything he can use to win.
He can see the two daggers on the weapon rack, which Elizabeth has prepared for Chase if he wants to train with them, but he doesn't want to hurt Chase or give him permanent damage, so decided to use something else instead.
Before the chase could react or catch him, Adam ran towards the weapon rack and quickly snatched two short wooden sticks that he could use as a dagger.
The handle was wider and heavier than what he expected from the dagger, but the length was perfect for the dagger, and since it was blunt, he could use it without worrying about giving Chase too much damage.
With his Dual Wielding Mastery at 10%, it was not difficult for Adam to use two weapons at once and adapt to the two sticks as he dashed towards Chase who seemed to have activated his hardening ability.
[It appears that the hardening ability no matter how great, limits its movement and lowers its speed. No wonder he took all my attacks directly when we first fought and made no attempt to fight] Adam said.
Seeing that he had a slight advantage in speed, now that Chase had activated his hardening, Adam started to make some distance between himself and Chase planning to use the Dual Slash Skill.
With a blunt weapon, the cutting power and damage of the Dual Slash Skill would be massively reduced as the energy blades were released through the weapons used and took the shape of the blades.
But that was what Adam wanted in the current situation, because he did not want to hurt Chase, and that was the only reason he was comfortable using the skill to fight him.
He had been thinking about whether to reveal the Double Slash Skill to Elizabeth and Chase or not, but he decided that he would do it because it was not something he would hide like a Unique Collector Skill and after all it was not something extraordinary. He also trusted Chase and Elizabeth and knew that they also knew the skills that cultivators could use and their abilities.
After he made enough distance between himself and Chase who was trying to get close to Adam, he finally felt as if he had enough space to activate the Dual Slash Skill comfortably.
Elizabeth and Chase, watching Adam, are confused by his actions, which make no sense when he takes a gun and runs away from his opponent.
But none of them doubted his ability and were curious to see what he would do next.
Double slash
Adam crossed the wooden stick in his chest as he passed the Internal Energy stored in his dantian, which was in his lower abdomen, onto his arm then onto the weapon he was holding.
He decided just to use 2 IESP through the skill, which was the minimum energy requirement and had 1 energy and strength worth 1 IESP in each of the two slashed blades.
Throwing the two blades towards Chase, Adam observed that it was blunt and would not hurt his skin, but the power behind his blade was what he expected if he used it with a sharp weapon.
Chase was only a few meters away from Adam and had no chance to dodge Dual Slash as he raised his hand to dodge the attack.
Chase was thrown backwards as the impact damaged his arm and slightly shook it.
However, Adam could see that it did not have much effect on Chase and the strength of his skill was greatly weakened when used through blunt weapons.
"The master of attack is good, but not strong to penetrate my defense" Chase said.
"Chase you should pay attention to what you say and also how you say it because you can reveal your weaknesses to your opponents in battle as you did the first time I faced you" Adam suggested.
Chase becomes too stupid after gaining a monk's legacy and it's as if his past experiences and common sense have been erased and he should be taught how the world works again.
Yet it can be seen as a good thing, and Adam can use it to make him cautious, ruthless, and knowledgeable about how people actually are in the deepest depths of the heart.
"It looks like I need to use more power against you after your defense improves" Adam said with a smile.
Both Chase and Adam got serious and enjoyed the battle, while Elizabeth watched in amazement the leap of strength Chase and Adam showed after a few days.