9 THRONES

CHAPTER 133: THE DEVELOPMENT OF GERTIAS

Gertias drew a large sword behind his body, it was about 2 meters high.

Vann took his sword as well which he got from Horge, although Vann's cultivation was 1 level above that of Gertias now, he did not dare to underestimate him at all.

After all those who were in the position of the 10 strongest people of the Wood Sword Academy were definitely not without reason, they were not only powerful but possessed various unique abilities as well.

Moreover, Vann saw firsthand the battle of Atrea and disciples at rank 4 even though Vann was also training at that time so he did not see their full match. But a sure thing, whether about the ability of the Atrea bird or the ability to use many weapons belonging to men at rank 4, Vann can only admit they are all very strong.

At least the ability they use is not something that people can do easily, at least they must be diligent in training and improving their abilities to become that strong.

Even Vann was unsure whether his strongest ability, the Water Dragon Sword, was able to defeat Atrea's ability to transform into a bird.

"Physical Strengthening, Iron Body, Bear Power!", Gertias used 3 abilities at the same time.

Slowly Gertias' body increased by 1 meter which was not like a human anymore, his skin turned into iron and the muscles he had seemed to become stronger.

Without wasting any more time, he rushed forward towards Vann and slashed his sword.

"Shelf!".

Vann jumped so he managed to dodge Gertias' sword, but the ground where Vann was standing just now was instantly shattered by Gertias' sword.

Even though the floor and the arena wall are made of special materials that are not easily destroyed so that participants can compete without having to worry about destroying the arena, however, Gertias' attack was able to destroy the arena which showed just how terrifying the power he had just been.

While Vann was still in the air, Gertias raised his sword and stabbed towards Vann.

Gertias's power was strong, but Vann found it to be slower due to the overpowering force.

So Vann dodged his sword again by moving to the right as he landed on the ground, then Vann walked over from beside Gertias and slashed his sword "Strade Technique 5 Element stage 1, Water Wave!".

A powerful water emerged from Vann's sword and smashed into Gertias like a small tsunami wave.

"Shelf!".

Vann who slashed Gertias was slightly surprised, although he managed to injure Gertias on his shoulder, but the wound was not large enough to inflict fatal wounds on Gertias.

Though Vann believed his slash just now was able to injure even a tier 6 Gold Core heavily, it seemed that the defense of Gertias' iron body was terrifying.

Not only was Myro shocked, the few people in the top 10 who still survived were shocked.

Tarion who was ranked 1st and did not speak much from earlier spoke up "It seems that during this time, Gertias has been training a lot! Based on his current strength, I don't think it's difficult for him to sit at rank 5 though. But he made a big mistake here".

Tarion looked at Poris slightly before shaking his head "The mistake I meant was not in Gertias's movements or the abilities he used, but he was wrong against the enemy!".

"Wrong against the enemy?" said Poris disagreeing "Although Vann was 1 level higher, his foundation was definitely not strong as he increased his cultivation too quickly! When Gertias uses 3 techniques at a time, he should be able to defeat a tier 6 Gold Core like Vann without a time-".

Before Poris could finish his words, explosions were heard in the arena.

There were a lot of cracks in the arena where Vann and Gertias fought, Vann continued to avoid Gertias' attacks while the opponent continued to chase while slashing his sword.

"Why Vann? Can you just escape? Don't think you can beat me when I'm tired, with the physique I have right now, there's no problem defending against you like this for an hour! You don't have to wait for me to get tired, better to give up!", said Gertias a little angry because Vann always avoided his attacks. Whereas as long as Vann was once hit by his slash, Gertias was confident he would win.

"I'm not waiting for you to get tired, but rather I'm waiting for an opportunity" said Vann, unaffected by Gertias' taunts.

"A chance? What chance are you waiting for? Chance where I beat-" said Gertias.

But without letting Gertias finish his words, Vann shouted in the spirit of "A chance like this!".

Vann dodged Gertias' attack again, but this time there was a difference that Gertias was unaware they were at the boundary of the arena.

Therefore, Gertias almost fell from the arena, fortunately he moved in time and drew his sword again. If Gertias was late, he might actually be considered defeated as a result of leaving the arena.

Gertias looked at the evading Vann getting angrier "Do you think the plan to throw me out of the arena will work? Let me tell you, stupid plan-like".

Gertias was surprised because when he saw Vann, he did not see Vann's face at all but the head of a dragon.

"Switch Technique 5 Element stage 1 Change, Water Dragon Wave", cried Vann who slashed at Gertias fiercely.

"Booooom!".

A strong water explosion occurred to the point of making the arena shake, the spectators around became wet from the water explosion earlier, he said, but they did not care about the falling water around but rather everyone's eyes were fixed on the arena.

They had never thought that the battle of rank 9 and 10 disciples that should have been the weakest fight among the strongest 10 elite disciples of the Wood Sword Academy turned out to be no less interesting than the previous Atrea fight.

After the explosion of the water dragon disappeared, the figure of Vann who remained standing in the arena was visible while Gertias lay on the ground and was thrown from the arena.

"Don't joke, how could I lose? I have worked hard for many years now, I cannot lose so easily!", said Gertias who tried to stand up, but in the end he fell down and lost consciousness.

The silver mask teacher realized the fight had ended, he raised his hand and shouted "The winner is Vann, the position between the rank 9 and 10 disciples of the Wood Sword Academy will be swapping!".