[106] A Single Move Exchange

"There's no fate between us!"

Eiji resolutely rejected the Amazoness girl's love confession.

"Has even the Loki Familia finally made their move?"

Below the arena, Shakti let out a helpless bitter smile.

Lv.5 "Crusher," undoubtedly a key figure within the Loki Familia, held significant sway within the familia.

Knowing how dull the arena could be, her appearance here was definitely not on a whim. The only possibility was that she had been tasked by the leaders of the Loki Familia.

And this task could only be to recruit Eiji, the super rookie who had stirred up Orario.

The Loki Familia is one of the two strongest familias in Orario. Although they can't match the Ganesha Familia in numbers, they surpass them in strength in every aspect. Moreover, for a newcomer like Eiji, a familia with too many members isn't necessarily a good thing.

Shakti shook her head in disappointment.

It seems the Ganesha Familia has no hope.

On the arena.

"Hmmph!"

The Amazoness girl puffed up her cheeks, her black eyes glaring at Eiji in frustration.

"Facing an Lv.5 opponent... it's probably not just a bit tricky."

Eiji was not blind to the situation.

From the exclamations around him, he could tell that the girl before him was indeed from the Loki Familia he had been anticipating. The reason she came to fight in the arena was likely to test his abilities.

As for how strong a Lv.5 adventurer really is, to be honest, he had no idea. Whether his current strength could catch the eye of such a familia was still unknown.

"No, here I just need to give it my all!"

Eiji took a deep breath, suppressing the slight nervousness that came with facing an unimaginably strong opponent, entering a state of serene calmness, his eyes soon becoming unruffled.

"Can't you reconsider..."

The girl named Tiona still refused to give up, trying to salvage her love that ended before it even began.

"Enough talk, let's duel!"

Eiji's attitude was firm as he raised the standard katana in his hand.

"Damn it!"

The girl let out a mournful cry.

She raised her seemingly slender fist, her bare feet stomping the ground fiercely.

Boom!

The stone bricks of the arena instantly cracked into fine, leaf-vein-like fragments.

The tender foot exploded with the power of a rocket, endowing the girl with immense kinetic energy, propelling her towards Eiji with a ferocious momentum!

So fast!

So fast that the eyes couldn't even catch her figure!

In the blink of an eye, she was already in front of him.

At that moment, her speed surpassed the limits of Eiji's dynamic vision, he simply couldn't dodge—

Bang!

Tiona's fist struck the ground.

Boom!

The ground of the arena instantly shattered into pieces, the pure white rocks within a radius of more than ten meters turned into scattered reefs on the ground without any resistance.

"Dodged?"

Tiona turned around in surprise.

In that instant, she could clearly feel Eiji as if trapped in a quagmire, the huge disadvantage in physical strength shouldn't have allowed him to escape from her strike.

She had originally intended to pull back her strength, just lightly touch him, but in a blur, the boy's figure flew out, and she took the opportunity to release her strength, shattering the rocky arena.

She looked towards the side.

The boy stood more than ten meters away from her.

His left foot was in front, his right foot behind, slightly lifting the heel of his right foot, his posture somewhat unnatural.

"Foot injured?"

Tiona looked at Eiji's stance, showing a somewhat understanding expression.

He leaned his body's center of gravity heavily towards his left foot, but in battle, a warrior couldn't possibly adopt a stance that completely concentrated pressure on one foot, as the kinetic chain would shrink.

That was clearly evidence that his right foot was already injured.

Although it was unknown how he managed to dodge her punch, it was obviously not without cost.

"So strong..."

Eiji took a deep breath, enduring the stinging pain in his right ankle, focusing his energy on Tiona.

In that instant, he subconsciously applied "Absolute GodSpeed" to himself, setting his dodging speed to be faster than Tiona's running speed, barely managing to escape from under her fist.

This move was originally still in the conceptual stage, created by Eiji to compensate for his inability to use footwork, a unique footwork of his own.

The reason it was still in the conceptual stage wasn't because the principle was complicated; on the contrary, the principle was very simple.

It utilized the fact that "my running speed is absolutely faster than the opponent's running speed," thus forming an "absolute dodge" footwork, with no technique involved.

He named it "Sword Step."

But the Sword Step required Eiji to give himself a direction, meaning a starting action of kicking off, and after escaping, he had to land perfectly on the ground, not be thrown out by the huge momentum, unable to stop.

Therefore, for the Sword Step, a certain degree of foot strength was necessary.

Due to insufficient foot strength, Eiji's hastily used Sword Step injured his ankle, and now his right foot was sprained.

Lv.5 is indeed strong!

Just the first move forced him to use the imperfect Sword Step to escape.

But this only made him more determined to obtain the "Blessing" power.

"Huff... with an injured foot, mobility is completely lost, to win, I can only rely on the 'Lightning Flash' move—"

But, it can't be used.

Eiji suppressed the burning desire to win, setting the "Lightning Flash" move as a forbidden technique.

He really wanted to win.

He hated losing, it reminded him of his helpless past.

But all this was premised on being able to preserve his life. If even life was lost, not only would victory become meaningless, but ideals would have to be abandoned.

In that case, the only option was to let her attack first, then use that move to—

"I quit!"

While Eiji was strategizing, the Amazoness girl across suddenly dropped her stance.

"I'm Lv.5, already bullying the weak, and after making a move, I still couldn't take you down in one move, it's really embarrassing, I quit, I forfeit!"

She waved her hand, showing a lack of interest.

The fighting spirit completely disappeared from her.

Just as she said, a Lv.5 fighting a commoner is like an adult bullying a baby, and not being able to take down the baby in one move, letting the baby escape, is particularly embarrassing.

"...The outcome is postponed."

Eiji was silent for a moment, then made a proposal.

"The outcome doesn't really matter... but if you insist, that's fine too!"

Tiona didn't care much at first, but seeing Eiji's serious attitude, she scratched her head and readily agreed.

"Let's not talk about that, are you interested in joining our Loki Familia?"

She showed a big smile, "To be honest, I was actually sent by the leader to invite you!"

"Let's go!"

"That was quick to agree!"

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