Science/Magic 100 Killing an A-Rank

No, it was not stopped. Bloed could feel that [Molecular Disintegration] was still working. However, the amount of mana in the Rank's punch was so great that that Bloed could not disintegrate it fast enough. He probably needed around two seconds more to disintegrate it.

But how could his enemy give him two seconds?

It was a brute-force method that only worked because the Rank was two entire ranks above Bloed!

The Rank was also surprised, but he immediately smiled savagely. He endured the pain on his chest and threw a kick towards Bloed's waist.

Bloed barely managed to transform Leto into a shield and withdrew his saber. He then moved towards the Rank's back and sent another cut towards his waist.

But as expected, the Rank did not avoid the attack. Instead, he created a thick layer of mana in the place where the saber cut.

And just like before, Bloed's saber was stopped.

Bloed cursed his luck and jumped back instantly. One second later, the Rank punched the place where Bloed was just a moment ago.

However, he did not seem bothered by the fact that Bloed managed to avoid his blow.

"It looks like I found the way to stop your saber, boy. What are you going to do now?"

Bloed wrinkled his brows in thought.

Until now, although the fight had been hard, Bloed had always keep his confidence. After all, he only needed to land one attack to win the game. However, now that his [Molecular Disintegration] was no longer effective, his possibilities of victory reduced significantly.

In truth, not even Bloed thought that his [Molecular Disintegration] could be stopped that way, but he understood the reason once he thought about it. Once more, the root of the problem was the fact that he could not truly use this ESP ability yet. His saber was just a downgraded solution he improvised using his psychic energy and magic runes.

But although that method could allow him to barely use [Molecular Disintegration], he could not put much psychic energy on the attacks. Due to that, when the target he tried to break down, in this case, mana, was greater than the output of his ability, it needed a bit of time to work.

However, Bloed was not completely hopeless.

Narrowing his eyes and smiling, he took a deep breath and kicked the ground again.

His body was shot towards the Rank man and his saber thrust towards his heart.

The Rank grunted. He filled one hand with mana to stop the saber and he used the other to punch Bloed.

Bloed's eyes flashed coldly. In the last instant, his body leaned downward, barely evading the punch. At the same time, he took out his energy gun and shot four times towards the Rank's face.

The Rank hurriedly raised his hand to block the shots. However, that created an opening.

Once more, Bloed swung his saber. This time towards the leg.

And–

*Swish!*

The saber managed to cut his leg.

With a disgusting sound, blood spurt out of the leg.

"Agh!" The Rank cried in pain. He swung his arm in an arc to try hit Bloed, but Bloed had already crouched and was attacking another part of the man.

Shoulder.

Then Knee.

Waist.

Back.

Bloed executed tens of saber moves in an instant. The Rank tried to use the old method to block the saber, but he only managed to succeed half of the time.

In the end, although that method was effective, he needed to control his mana almost perfectly to succeed. However, how could he do that while he was using a portion of his mana to suppress the poison?

Ultimately, the Rank's mana control was not especially outstanding. In top condition, stopping Bloed's saber repeatedly would have been possible, but now that was nothing more than a pipe dream.

Bloed took advantage of that. He moved quickly around his body, trying to attack his blinds spots or the parts where he felt the Rank could not move his mana quickly to.

But the Rank was not a fool either. When he realized Bloed's goal, he concentrated his mana in his vital zones and the places that could affect his battle ability. Meanwhile, he swung his arms and legs and tried to land a hit on Bloed.

However, the injury Sara caused showed its effect at this moment. Due to the poison, the Rank movements slowed a lot, and that problem increased every time Bloed injured him.

Bloed continued moving. His saber flashed coldly, reflecting the sunlight. He gave his everything in this battle. At this point, it was not about rescuing Gina. It was about surpassing his limits.

With his saber and gun, he moved around the Rank as a small wolf slowly hunting his prey, accumulating wounds in the Rank and waiting for the chance to finish him.

'Damn it, at this rate I'm going to lose!' The Rank panicked. In despair, he let out a roar.

"AAAAAARRRRRGGHHHHH!!!"

A powerful shockwave erupted from his body. Bloed tried to retreat as soon as he noticed the Rank's intentions, but he was a bit too slow.

In the end, he suffered part of the brunt of the shockwave.

"Ugh!"

A sweet taste spread in his mouth. Bloed's stopped himself from spitting blood and keep his entire focus on the Rank.

But contrary to his expectations, the Rank did not continue attacking. Instead, he ran away!

Bloed was surprised, but his reaction was not slow. He turned his energy gun into the sniper rifle and pressed the trigger!

*Bam!*

Although the Rank tried to avoid it, his body moved a bit too slow. In the end, the bullet hit his chest.

"Agh." The Rank grunted and collapsed on his knees.

Bloed's body relaxed. He released the breath of air he was holding and walked towards the Rank. When he was in front of him, he raised his saber.

"Farewell."

"You will not kill me today, brat!" The Rank cried suddenly. He put his remaining strength in one last blow towards Bloed's chest.

But as though he was expecting it, Bloed took a step aside and evaded the attack leisurely.

Then, he swung the saber through the Rank's waist.

Immediately after that, he put his saber back into his sheath.

Behind him, a rain of blood spurt out from the Rank's waist.

Bloed remained indifferent. He turned towards Liu Ying and realized that she had just finished her opponent too.

Lastly, he looked in the city lord's direction. Right now, the leader of the black-dressed men was the last one standing of his group. He was winning against the city lord, but his expression was incredibly ugly.

After all, his entire team had been wiped out.

The city lord smiled widely. "Bloed, help me."

But Bloed did not pay attention to him. Turning around, he walked towards Leto.

"Let's go!"

Suddenly, Regina's face changed.

She hurriedly stood in front of Bloed and Liu Ying and created an energy barrier around them!

Then next second–

*BOOOOM!!!*

A terrifying sword wave hit the city walls.

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Just three chapters until the end of this fight, and ten chapters until the end of this arc...

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