Difference With Sight

Shin looked at Shiro with shock visible in his eyes, normally when a god lost something as precious as his sight then there was nothing the god could do but cultivate. Any loss in body parts was a loss in cultivation which made gods a lot careful during battle, but not only did Shiro lose his sight he also lost the cultivation base that enabled him the status of a god. Under such situations, the god would have to change cultivation paths since only their bodies would remain at god level.

Shiro's conditions were slightly different since he had died and reincarnated, he had nothing to show that he was once a god and all the power and experience he had accumulated throughout his life was gone with his sight.

Shiro looked at Shin with a smile on his face, he had never felt more god like than he was feeling at the moment, all the experience he had accumulated throughout his life came flashing back to him like some distant memory. The patterns in his eyes became more intense as he stared at Shin.

Shin felt fear when he looked into Shiro's eyes, he knew that the transformation Shiro just underwent was not something he could stand against, he personally knew that the only thing which restricted Shiro's combat abilities was his lack of sight but now that restriction was gone.

"Shall we continue?"

Shiro asked, his face still maintained that smile like he was belittling Shin.

Shin was afraid but that didn't stop him from attacking, he knew very well that this was just a sparring match so there was almost nothing to fear. He gathered his energy and lunged towards Shiro, his speed was unnaturally fast, his body became a blur and faded before appearing right in front of Shiro.

Shiro smiled, his eyes never stopped looking at Shin, even when Shin had moved at blinding speed, Shiro's eyes were able to keep up with him easily, his movements were nothing but a snail's struggle in front of Shiro.

Shiro's hands went to the hilt of his sword in less than a second, there was no set up and no starting form he just stood still while chanting

[Sword Style: First Form; Sword Draw]

Shin was terrified, he had no space nor time to change his pattern of attack, Shiro's sword was unleashed from its sheath at blinding speed as it met with Shin's fist which was still heading towards him. An explosion occurred as Shin was thrown some meters back, he swerved his body and landed on his knee to negate the force of the explosion.

Shin looked towards Shiro and realized that the explosion that had thrown him away had almost no effect on Shiro, the guy didn't even move from his position and his sword was back in its sheath.

'So this is the power of someone who was once a god, his experience alone is enough to put him leagues above others'

Shin smiled, it had been long since he had the opportunity to fight someone without worrying about the opponent's safety. He stopped the lightning energy that was circling his body and discharged them, he then pushed his two hands forward and pulled them back into a stance, his legs that were apart suddenly closed as a new form pf chaos energy began flowing through him.

[God Slaying Arts: First Stance; Walking Catalyst]

Shin chanted, he then took a step towards Shiro which in turn triggered an explosion, each step he took triggered an explosion strong enough to kill a person.

Shiro watched as Shin took steps towards him, for some reason he was not feeling the mood to leave his position but seeing that his opponent was no longer playing he decided to get serious too.

[Sword Style: Third Form; Sword Limit]

Shiro wasn't still sure if his body could handle the effects of this technique but if he didn't try then he would never know.

Chaos energy and sword Ki enveloped his sword which was still sheathed, Shiro looked at Shin who was still advancing towards him slowly, he then decided to attack first, he lunged himself towards Shin, his sword danced around in its sheath ready to be called out at any moment.

Shin seeing Shiro attacking did not waste time any more, he used one of the explosions to propel himself towards Shiro with a speed that was far greater than before.

The two met and clashed, in that instant, Shin had released over a hundred punches while Shiro had slashed at Shin over hundred times.

The two clashed several times as they danced around the arena, their fight had attracted a lot of attention and there was now a large crowd around their arena. The spectators were stupefied at the level of power two low leveled students displayed, it was like gods had come down and were now fighting, their fight was like nothing they had ever witnessed.

Shiro and Shin separated after a few rounds of clashing, they were both low on stamina and were now struggling to even move, if not for the fact that Shin possessed nearly infinite energy then they would have collapsed by now.

'With this power it wouldn't be long till I can use that'

Shiro thought as the markings on his body retreated to his neck, his eyes were back to normal leaving him blind once again, he could feel that his body was much stronger than before and he could use more of his technique which was unavailable to him because of his cultivation.

"I can see that you are both exhausted so let us end this fight here"

The referee said after assessing their conditions, he had been so close to calling of the fight many times due to the level of destruction the two had caused but he was able to hold himself back on those occasions.

"Sure, let's do that"

Shin answered, he still had energy to continue but that was only because he was not human, he had a feeling that if he continued to push Shiro then Shiro would use unconventional means to win.

The two exited the arena as sounds of applause were heard from the crowd which had gathered around the arena, the fight had shown the students and staffs of the academy that there was still hope in becoming the best academy in the Tang dynasty. The two smiled and waved at the crowd as they proceeded to leave the building.

'A lot of things are different now, it seems that I now have the nearly inexhaustible amount of energy that Shin possesses and the ability to use chaos energy like him but in exchange Shin now has my speed of thinking, hmm... interesting'

Shiro thought, he had experienced for himself the advantages of having massive amounts of spiritual energy and he felt like if he could get use to the feeling then he would be able to do a lot more.

He smiled slightly, the very thought of mastering this new power brought joy to him, he very much welcomed any challenge that could make him stronger.