The Heavenly Road: God Hunters

Ch45 Accidental Meeting

How shocked the three of them heard that from his words directly, they thought Asta was at least from the Great City who was somehow in another Empire. However, the appearance of Asta is quite simple, making all his words is not a lie.

Yuan who already knew did not feel surprised by it especially with the excitement of admiration that Asta showed in the splendor and luxury of the Imperial Capital illustrates how hick, but of course Yuan did not care about it.

After talking about the Martial Arts Tournament and then they split up, Ace who constantly asked Asta to go around became the reason why they had to split up.

The three of them walked around Hansu. Along the way not a few people who wonder at the astonishment when they see it, but Asta is dismissive of these people. For him it is not important to talk to them as long as he does not harm them or those who harm him.

Along the way Ace constantly taunts Zaru until annoyed at deciding to return to the inn. Ace laughed at Zaru who was stepping away.

"Where is he?" Ask Ace who intended to ask Flares.

"Teacher? I think he's still asleep" replied Asta.

"He's a man who hasn't changed at all. While alive or dead," said Ace.

While they were talking while walking, there was the sound of someone calling out to him. Asta looked back to see who it was.

There was a boy of his age who was waving his hand. He is also seen wearing an owl-shaped mask, because the mask Asta was having trouble recognizing him.

"Who?" Asta asked, Ace exhaled his lazy breath before then descending from his shoulders walking away leaving him.

"I left first, the bear might be lonely without me" Ace said with a happy smile.

"Ehhh,, did you forget who I was? Hey..!! Is your mask the reason you forgot me, huh??"abugn.

"Aren't you the same as I wear a mask, who are you and why recognize me?" ask Asta again.

He looked to the right and left before answering Asta's question. "We can't talk here, there are too many people. I can't say it, follow me," he asked.

But when the child starts to move in the other direction. Asta just stayed in place, before then he stepped in the opposite direction to him.

"I don't have much time, after all who you rule over me," Asta said as he sauntered away.

"It seems that's the only way," he pulled out his sword from inside his ring and then attacked Asta from behind.

But Asta looks just ordinary and only raised his left hand to catch the sword with the claws of Thorn Fearing.

"Don't I tell you I don't have much time with you" Asta said.

'This-?! What the heck with his Spirit Mastery, his Basic Mastery could it be that it was already at the pinnacle, the teenager's inner shriek.

He hurriedly drew his sword and raised his mask slightly revealing half a smiling face.

Asta widened his eyes, and he never expected to see him again in this city.

"You..!!!! Ken-!!!" The young man hurriedly shut Asta's mouth before he called out his name.

"Don't I tell you this isn't a safe place for us to talk, we'd better find somewhere else" he asked.

Asta nodded in understanding when he saw the people around him were watching more and more. They both went to a forest on the outskirts of the capital.

"So what are we going to talk about, where are the four of them, I think the reason you brought me is to meet them too" Asta asked as he looked around him.

"Haha. I don't know where they are either, but I'm sure they're on the other side of the capital as well" Kenshin replied with a laugh.

"Ehhh...? Aren't you always together?"asta asked astonished to see Kenshin laughing.

"Hmmm... How can you tell it," he said while trying to think through the words. "I'm almost like you, I also left the village" Kenshin replied briefly.

"Can you just open your mask anyway no one else will see and know your true identity" Kenshin said.

Asta took off his mask and put it in a ring.

"Well, right now I can make sure that the person in front of me is really you, Asta. Just because you're getting better you cover your face like that. Didn't you say you wanted to conquer a lot of women, if you covered them up like that how they could be attracted to you" Kenshin said.

"Let's just relax I'll definitely have more than one girl, you just wait," Asta said, then made Kenshin laugh because of it.

"Then now how far you have cultivated Asta, I hope you do not laze while cultivating," asked Kenshin.

"My land is now that I'm a tier 2 Spiritualist Master, these few months I've only focused on Basic Mastery training and now my basic mastery is perfect all of it" he said proudly.

"Pffit. You're still 2 stars below me, train harder" he sneered.

"Only two stars, while my basic mastery is all perfect, you think I will lose to you" Asta said.

"Huh? You think my basic mastery is still at a low level? Haha. Honestly speaking, my basic mastery is also perfect," Kenshin replied with a laugh.

They continued to joke until it became dark, Kenshin was thinking to invite Asta to practice his match again

"You sure? Just so you know. My development has come a long way, have you not learned from the first experience" Asta laughed as Kenshin suddenly challenged him.

"At that time it was different from the present, while at this time we both already have their own Animal Spirits. I hope that you will also use your Spirit Techniques, I want to know how strong the True Spirit that the founder of the True Fire Flame Sect once had," Kenshin said.

Asta was wide-eyed to hear it and immediately put on a serious face.

"You..?!!! How do you know," asked Asta.

"Relax not only are you born with a True Spirit" Kenshin said, revealing a tattoo that suddenly appeared on his hand.

"Haha... It seems like you are destined to be my formidable rival later on" Asta said with a smile.

"Prove that you can stand on equal footing with me, Asta," replied Kenshin who then ran forward to attack Asta first.

Kenshin lunges forward and hits his fist, Asta dodges the attack.

"Alright since it seems like you really want to see my true strength then I will show you everything. Coincidentally I also just finished learning a new Spirit Technique," Asta also prepared with the Claw of Thorn Fearing.

"The Dark Fire God Celestial Book, Dark Fire Flame, plus an Intermediate Level Heavenly Art, Mountain Destroying Punch,"

Asta also launched ten single crushing blows that had been upgraded towards Kenshin by ten blows.

Nimbly Kenshin dodged all ten of those attacks, not wanting to lose he also took out his sword technique.

"The First Part of the Immemorial Celestial Book of Sword Science, the Imperfect Sword Trail,"

Kenshin darted quickly forward while slashing his sword horizontally. Created a series of crescent moon attacks in each lane.

Instead of dodging the attack Asta smiled and prepared to brush it off.

"Just like this" he said disparagingly.

Asta brushed off the entire attack with no one to hit him, but when he finished he realized that Kenshin had disappeared.

Asta flips his head around looking for Kenshin, but at that time he feels danger from above Asta's reflexes roll backwards.

And sure enough when that crescent-shaped slash hit the ground, Asta then raised his head to look at Kenshin who was flying with wings in the sky.

"Absmocked..? Unfortunately it's not just you who have the Ancient Unseen Animal Spirit, Asta," he said.

"Hmm, play fly-flying, yeah already. Since you have already used Spirit Transformation then I will use it as well,"

Not to be outdone Asta also directly activated the perfect stage transformation technique followed by the activation of the Light-Eating Fire so that he could manipulate his Spirit Essence to form a wing that he could then use to fly.

A battle in the air ensued from both of them no one had received an attack yet. Both seem balanced.

"There was no other choice, it seemed like I had to use my spirit techniques" Kenshin said.

Even so Asta remained calm and slashed off all the sword slashes Kenshin was emitting.

Kenshin was surprised to see Asta last so long in maintaining several different techniques of change. Soul Art, Transformation and Spirit Techniques. He did not think Asta really mastered the ability to do this crazy thing.

Finally Asta found the position of Kenshin who was looking at him with a look of disbelief. Asta quickly attacked him with his left claw that can drain the electric current until Kenshin was shocked stiff and fell.

The fight continued, initially the fight seemed balanced. But over time Asta looks start to be overwhelmed with the pattern of Kenshin attacks that feel always changing.

"What about the power of this type of Illusory Spirit," Kenshin said on the sidelines of the fight.

"Great! Pretty great! I'm even overwhelmed to face you who always disappear every time you slash a sword" Asta praised as he dodged every attack Kenshin launched.

The longer Asta instead of getting tired in the face of sword slashes that always create a continuous attack. The technique of the Spirit of Fire Fighting Fire made him more excited the longer he fought.

But in one condition saw the possibility of Kenshin thinking to end the fight with a single attack.

Realizing that Asta did not run out of ideas at all, Asta then canceled the Fire of War and Transformation, just when the duration of his Voluntary Raga has ended.

Kenshin scrunched his forehead when he saw Asta who canceled his technique and again Asta smiled at that time.

"East already....!!!!!" Kenshin.

"Yes! You right! Ends already!" He shouted while smiling.

Asta then removed the Thorn Taring Claw in his right hand and raised his hand high preparing to block the attack that Kenshin directed at him.

Instantly a fire tattoo reappeared filling Asta's entire body. Just when the distance of Kenshin's sword was only a few inches from Asta's hand.

A moment later Asta's palm released a large fire that almost burned Kenshin.

Fortunately Kenshin still had time to use his Spirit Techniques and avoid fatal wounds, but not with his sword which is now melted due to the black fire.

Kenshin let out a long sigh when he saw his sword being destroyed again by Asta. Asta, smiling triumphantly, sees that Kenshin can no longer do anything without his sword.

"Kenshin don't tell me you forgot" Asta said, still smiling.

Kenshin took a slow breath, "well I give up, you win, are you satisfied?"Kenshin.

Asta laughed after hearing the confession of Kenshin's defeat. "Where's the pay?" Ask Asta.

"What other payday?!" Ask Kenshin back.

"Our bet, do you think I'll do it for free" Asta said.

With an annoyed face Kenshin then took out a bag of gold and threw it at Asta. Asta caught it and counted the numbers inside.

"A hundred gold pieces? Pretty," he said with a happy laugh.

"Oyy, Kenshin, I can't find any other reason why you're here. Are you going to participate in the tournament?" He suddenly asked.

Kenshin narrowed his eyes and sighed softly. "Indeed you think I'm here just for a walk, of course I'm here for the Tournament" Kenshin explained.

Asta was silent for a moment while staring at the starry night sky. In his memory he remembered his friends while at the Fire Shrine.

"Most likely they will participate in this Martial Arts Tournament, they may have arrived in this city just that we have not had time to meet them" said Kenshin.

"Hey, you asked me if I was here and what are you doing yourself? Join Tournament? Which group do you want to represent. There's no way you're going back to the Sect" Kenshin continued.

"Of course I didn't return to the Sect and neither did I represent any Sect even though I did enter this Martial Arts Tournament. I'm here thanks to Manager Row's help, so you could say I represent the Red Dawn Association," Asta replied with a smile.

Kenshin frowned in disbelief, "According to what I know all along the Association has never sent anyone in any Martial Arts Tournament, then why are they sending you now as its representative, is it Ace who as the Ancient Animal that recommended you to the Association?" kenshin said he didn't believe it.

"So you know that Ace is an Ancient Unseen Animal?" Asta was surprised.

"Only a fool would consider him an ordinary wolf, from his ability to speak alone would have explained everything. Don't you know about it?" Ask Kenshin.

Asta also held his chin, "just right when in the city a lot of people pay attention to me, so that's the reason," Asta murmured.

"Asta, you still haven't answered my question" Kenshin said.

'Don't say anything related to Master, not one bit, ' Flares said, but only Asta could hear it.

Asta nodded in understanding, Kenshin who saw him tilted his head in wonder.

"It was dark and I was sleepy, I left first" Asta said, yawning and putting his mask back on and turning to walk home.

"Oyy, you still haven't answered him" Kenshin said.

"See you later" Asta said, waving his hands without caring.

Arriving at the restaurant where Asta stayed Manager was joking with the guests who visited the restaurant.

"Manager, isn't there an association branch here why you chose to stay at this inn restaurant," asked someone.

"Sometimes I feel more comfortable staying somewhere, it explains more that you and I are the same. I just want to mingle more with young cultivators like you guys," the Manager explained.

While on the other hand Ace and Zaru are seen playing chess, they both seem fierce to fight on the chessboard.

There is no less crowded with Manager Row tables, even more. Supporters from both sides appear to be trying to encourage their choices and it seems that there has been a lot of betting done between them.

"Mr Ace, you've won!!"

"No!! Mr Zaru will win! Don't expect more of that!"

"Master Ace..!!!! Mr Ace...!!!"

"Mr Zaru...!!! Lord Zaru..!!"

Behind his mask Asta was a little surprised to see the scenery so crowded in the restaurant. Asta went to Manager Row's desk to join.

Apparently Yuan Tiandu was also there, he waved his hand calling Asta.

"What is this really about?" Ask Asta in a whisper.

"Hhhh..!!! This is it, I introduce you all, Asta...!! He is my nephew as well as someone who will represent the Red Dawn Association in the Martial Arts Tournament" the Manager introduced Asta.

The men then stormed him to get acquainted with him, Behind his mask Asta could only smile awkwardly when it happened.

"Senior can you explain everything to me" Asta whispered to Yuan.

"Didn't you notice that reddened face? Go upstairs and sleep, you're too young to talk about this" Yuan said with a mocking smile.

Asta just put on a flat expression behind his mask hearing Yuan Tiandu's words, he followed her advice and went upstairs to sleep.

Finished cleaning himself and changing clothes Asta who was about to lie in shock by his teacher who suddenly appeared in front of his face.

"Teacher can you not do something like this again?!!" Asta Protests.

"Hahahaha,, sorry. It's just that there's something the teacher has to tell you right now" Flares replied.

"What's that?" Ask Asta curious.

"Listen to this,,,,,"