10 Art of Sabers!
Orange skies covered the Delta city like a blanket as the sun was setting.
In one of the alleys' of Delta city, a man was drenched in the red blood of a B-rank practitioner. His hand was still on the hilt of the Saber that was sheathed.
From time to time small sparks of purple lightning could be seen surging around his body and he was standing upright emotionless.
A gust of chilly wind blew in the alley and his purple hair danced while three B-rank practitioners felt an unbelievable amount of dread and terror because all they saw was Noah vanishing and appearing beside one of their group members.
The leader was enraged since his mission was only to probe Noah and find out about his abilities which had zero chance of casualties but right now one of his team members was lying on the ground.
For a second he lost his cool but quickly regained it and was about order his men to retreat...
But-
Before he could say anything, Noah released four lightning bolts in the direction of each person.
One of them, who was still looking at the head on the ground was caught off guard and he was hit by the lightning bolt that immediately pierced through his chest turning his heart asunder.
*Thud*
Another B-rank practitioner dropped to the ground.
The remaining three hurriedly defended against the incoming lightning bolts...
One of the B-ranks formed a thin earth barrier while the other threw a fireball at the lightning bolt.
The leader created an air barrier in front of him after seeing the result of the B-rank practitioner he was dumbfounded beyond words.
Their mana was much purer and denser so all of Noah's attacks were blocked easily.
The density and pureness of Mana of a D-rank can't be compared to that of B-ranks and A-rank.
[Lightning step], Noah took another step but this time they were prepared... or so they thought...
The man in front of Noah quickly took out a sword from his spatial ring and tried to block Noah that was rushing towards him.
Noah's hands were on the hilt of the Saber that was still sheathed.
B-rank practitioner infused his body and sword with [Earth] element, forming a thin protective layer of [Earth] around his body and forming another brown translucent defensive [Earth] barrier in front of him hoping it would be enough to stall Noah while his teammates attack him from the back.
Noah unsheathed his saber and slashed in the vertical arc... seeing this the man smirked.
"Aren't you too overconfident?" asked the man while strengthening his Earth barrier with even more mana.
He saw that the Saber was not infused with any mana...
...and even if it was infused he would still be able to successfully block since his mana was much purer and denser than a D-rank practitioner.
Noah didn't reply and slashed while releasing a sliver of Saber Intent, the expression of B-rank quickly changed seeing how easily Noah cut through his barrier...
"Tch!" muttered the man.
..but he was still quite confident in blocking him so he raised his sword to meet with the saber...he noticed Noah's movements were not at all elegant like most swordsmen.
*chrrrr*
Instead of metal hitting metal, screeching sounds came when the sword infused with [Earth] element met with the saber.
The edge of the saber forcefully tore apart metal infused with [Earth] element, Man and Space creating a space tear at the area of impact for a moment...
...And the B-rank practitioner was slashed into two parts along with his sword.
*plop*
Blood and guts mixed with internal organs happily rushed out of his body as if they finally found freedom after years of torture in a prison.
Noah's strike was direct, visible in front of everyone's eyes and his intentions were crystal-clear that he wanted to cut the person in front of him into two halves, unlike swordsmen who feign attacks and use blind spots of the enemy to attack...
This is the Art of Sabers.
The sharp edge of Saber doesn't care about anything and only knows one thing...
One Slash!
Ruthless and Cruel!
One Life Taken!
Callous and Merciless!
Meanwhile, the other B-rank was not sitting idle, he made several fireballs and launched at Noah in rage.
"DIE!!" He shouted while rushing towards Noah with daggers in his hands.
He completely forgot his actual objective which was just to probe Noah, and also the fact that his job was done.
Noah managed to dodge most with his superior speed while slashing other fireballs with his saber crushing them in an instant while leaving behind space tears that opened for a few moments.
Noah's clothes were highly enchanted and he only felt a burning sensation when he was near a fireball. He rapidly rushed towards the last B-rank.
This time he slashed horizontally, the B-rank squinted his eyes into needlepoints and a feeling of terror was about to overwhelm him but he managed to forcibly overcome it with rage that was brought forth from the deaths of his comrades that he called 'brothers'.
He tried to block the saber with one dagger while he aimed the other dagger in his hand at Noah's neck.
Noah sidestepped and instead of aiming for the waist of the man in front of him, he slashed towards the hand holding the dagger coming for his throat.
*Slash!*
A hand holding a dagger flew...
"AAArrrrrhhgggggggg" screamed the man in a grimace. His expression turned ugly and the sense of fear overwhelmed him again but this time he stood there in his spot while screaming as a warm yellow liquid drenched his pants.
*Slash!*
Another slash another head flew in the sky. It was raining heads and blood & guts.
Noah peaked at the last person through the corner of his eyes, the A-rank Leader.
The leader felt like he was thrown into the abyss of darkness to fight against the demon god of death and he forcefully broke out of his fear and horror.
He immediately turned around and ran away while using a technique which he called [Brezing].
A translucent conical-shaped air drill formed in front of him, cutting air, as he infused his entire body with [Air] and ran at an unbelievable speed.
Noah knew he was not a match for A-rank practitioner's speed with his D-rank cultivation so he could only helplessly watch him run away...
Seeing behind the leader saw Noah not moving so he also thought the same thing and ran faster to not give Noah any further opportunities since he has got vital information during this 'probing' attempt.
Noah didn't move from his spot and only raised his finger in the leader's direction...
