Humanity Return

Ch. 80 – Attractive Fight

[Moving Cloud]

Booms!

The massive attack rattled the arena in the middle of the stadium, causing a huge blast wave.

Rock fragments began to fall along with a dust mist that spread out in all directions.

In the middle of it all was the black-haired young man who was staring towards his opponent who had just received his huge attack.

Tenma is seen putting his left hand holding the knife that only the handle remains on the stone floor to support his body full of wounds.

Blood was seen drenching all over his face and his expression showed clearly how much pain he was holding back.

Looking at the already helpless green-haired youth, Leinn for the first time showed a different expression to him.

“I'm starting to dislike you”

A smile disappeared from the black-haired young man's face, replaced by an extremely cold gaze.

He sheathed back his sword and began humbling his horses.

“Clear Sky Style, Finisher”

His right hand clasped the handle of the sword still in his left hand, with a huge amount of Mana balls starting to rotate around his body quickly.

Everyone at the stadium realized he was about to launch a huge attack that could not possibly be held back by his opponent who was in that condition.

“A-what is he...?” muttered one of the spectators anxiously.

Tenma realized she could not take a sudden breath, as all the air around her suddenly disappeared simultaneously.

That feeling of surprise doubled as he realized the Mana turmoil unleashed from the sword in the hands of the black-haired young man before him.

Leinn doesn't seem to care.

His sword eyes peered out and in that instant, all the Mana revolving around him was sucked into his body and flowed into his sword.

The sword eyes that were visible were shining in a bright blue color and in a single breath

[Separating Heaven and Earth]

There was no sound of explosions or festive effects, the audience at the stadium only saw Leinn sheathing back his sword that had just come out in part.

Clacks

A small sound from the scabbard and a 50-meter long outline appeared on the stone wall that was quite far away from the arena where it stood.

But only a small percentage of the audience were aware of that, as their attention was being drawn to something else above the arena.

Their attention was on the green-haired young man kneeling in the middle of the arena, precisely at his head which started to move unnaturally.

“Hiii..!”

Screams appeared simultaneously from all over as they saw what happened next. The young man's head slid off and detached from his kneeling body, with a shocked expression still clearly visible on his face.

Some onlookers who had seen Leinn's fight from day one realized their shocked feelings were familiar, and of course-

Clang Prang's!

The sound of broken glass echoed as the head hit the stone floor and turned into a shard of light, along with the sound of a blade striking the sword in the hand of the black-haired youth.

The headless body began to spit out shards of glass as well and revealed the true state of the young man's body.

Blood was nowhere to be seen on Tenma's head, only cold sweat was pouring down, and the two knives in his hand were also intact without cracking in the slightest.

It was all just an illusion that he had created while a dust fog was covering the arena for a while before.

Tenma also uses Leinn's own throwing knife as his secret weapon.

He managed to dodge the attack by recalling from the time Leinn used it to finish off the waves of Giant Tarantulas chasing after him.

“Do you still have no serious intentions?”

The mana began to revolve around Leinn's body, and the pressure it released also continued to increase with time.

“The next attack will not miss”

Using only a small part of his strength and giving a surprise attack to his careless opponent, it was the way of fighting that Tenma had been using all this time.

None of his targets had managed to realize that before his knife took their lives.

Tenma realized the black-haired young man in front of her was not bluffing, seeing Leinn still launch an attack earlier despite knowing it would miss.

A smile reappeared on Leinn's face as he felt a different atmosphere from the opponent before him.

The blue mana began to seep out from his body and increased the pressure he released, making his smile look different.

“Finally”

Clangs!

Leinn's sword swing hit and forced Tenma who appeared suddenly in front of him to leap backwards, and while the sword was still in the middle of his swing, his left hand suddenly shot backwards.

Prangs!

Leinn swung the sword sheath in his left hand backwards without even turning a single look, successfully hitting Tenma who almost managed to stab her back.

The green-haired youth showed a huge crack in his stomach, but still stood up.

Clang Clangs

Two other Tenmas came attacking him from two different sides, blocked by one wide sword swing from Leinn.

They both jumped back and were replaced by two other Tenmas.

Clangs!

The fight over the arena became increasingly fierce and fast, making the audience around them even more excited.

Not only did Tenma's movements become faster, it turned out that his illusion could show almost the same strength as his original form.

His illusory body this time was very different from the previous illusions which were much slower and weaker, now they needed to receive a fatal attack before disappearing and were also able to move unusually agile. Their attacks also came from various directions, eyeing his opponent's blind spot and vital area.

Most of the spectators already did not know who among the five Tenma was his real body, seeing the exchange of attacks between the two of them was already too fast and confusing.

And in the midst of the relentless rain of attacks was Leinn, who dodged and fended off efficiently.

His fickle footsteps coupled with the swing of the sword and the sword sheath in both hands made it look like he was dancing.

“Hahaha..!”

His laughter that echoed in all directions seemed to affect the audience there and make them more excited. And not just them...

Clangs!

“Phew! That's pretty scary”

Leinn let out a short sigh after bouncing back the last Tenma that attacked him, he saw the four bodies begin to disappear and leave behind his real body.

The last tenma was also seen trying to stabilize his breathing without letting go of his alertness. It seemed like his stamina drained quickly as he used the technique for a long time.

“How? It's more interesting not!”

Leinn smiled broadly as he wiped the sweat running down his forehead, looking to enjoy their fight so much.

Tenma looked at him confusedly for a while before becoming extremely shocked. He grabbed her face with his right hand hurriedly.

“...?!”

He found a smile that had already appeared on his face, a wide smile.

This was his first fierce fight, not a mission against those weaker than him, nor was it a training against a senior that was much stronger than him.

The smile lasted for a while even though Tenma tried to eliminate it, and after all her efforts finally the smile disappeared from her face and left only a confused expression.

“What's your reason for doing all this..?”

Leinn warmed one eyebrow after hearing that and started to think for a while.

He realized the real intent of the question and started looking for the answer.

Tenma looked at the black-haired young man in front of her standing up while rubbing his chin, visibly thinking out loud. And suddenly, his expression showed he had managed to find the answer to his question.

Snap

With a big smile, Leinn plucked his finger.

“Because it attracts”