Chapter 147 : Killing the Enemy with a Single Sword!
Chapter 147: Killing the Enemy with a Single Sword!
A trace of confusion appeared in Anthony’s eyes, but in the next moment, a relaxed smile surfaced on his face.
He gently pulled on the reins, slowing down.
At this moment, Anthony kept a certain distance from Leo. “That’s right, Leo. Right now the city is lacking Beastkin like Centaurs. After thinking it over, I still felt you were the most suitable, so I recommended you to Sir Laforin.”
“I see.” Leo observed Anthony from afar. “I was just planning to head out of the city for some hunting. Anthony, why don’t you join me?”
Anthony looked at Leo with some vigilance.
How could it be such a coincidence? He had just planned to flee, and the other party just happened to appear.
One hand held the reins as he guided the horse forward.
His other hand quietly moved toward his lower back. “Alright, Leo. I just came out to hunt as well. Staying in the castle too long makes me uncomfortable.”
“By the way, Anthony, I’ve been thinking about what you said yesterday. Those lucky insects you mentioned—do they really exist, or are they just stories from a Bard?”
Anthony’s brows twitched slightly. He had thought Leo hadn’t taken his words seriously yesterday.
Unexpectedly, he had indeed taken it to heart.
Sure enough, no one could resist that kind of power—something you could obtain just by reaching out your hand.
“Hahaha, Leo, I’ve always thought you were a smart person. You shouldn’t just be a foolish insect picking up crumbs. I can tell you, gods truly exist in this world.” Anthony’s expression turned serious.
At this moment, there were only the two of them here, and he had already decided to leave Blackstone City.
So there was no harm in speaking openly.
“Leo, you know about the knight’s bottleneck. Everyone has their own limit on the path of knighthood, but the power of gods can allow you to directly break through that limit.”
Anthony’s expression grew even more solemn. “Leo, you’re currently at the Low-tier Knight Realm. If I had a way to let you directly become a Mid-tier Knight or even a High-tier Knight, would you want to try it?”
“Think about it. In just a few minutes, you could become someone comparable to Laforin. No need to painstakingly train your Breathing Technique, no need for any potions. In just a few minutes, I could make you the strongest in Blackstone City.”
“Do you want to try it?”
Anthony stared straight at Leo, as if waiting for his answer.
Leo’s expression looked serious. At this moment, the distance between him and Anthony was less than thirty meters.
“If such a thing really exists, of course I’d be willing. But what I want to ask is—why don’t you try it yourself?
And why kidnap Eve to threaten Laforin!”
Leo’s brows twitched slightly, his voice growing louder, as if deliberately speaking for someone else to hear.
“Hehehe.” Anthony’s hand had already gripped his short sword. Sure enough, Leo wasn’t so easy to fool. “Impressive, truly impressive, Leo Laide. I underestimated you. You ask me why?
Heh, because I’m not the same as you. You can only be insects picking up scraps, while I am someone destined to enter the magical world.”
As soon as the words fell, Anthony clamped his legs around the horse and charged at Leo with full force.
Since things had come to this, there was nothing more to say—when paths narrow, the brave prevail.
Leo was merely a Low-tier Knight. How could he possibly be a match for him, a seasoned Mid-tier Knight?
At this moment, Anthony drew both swords, slashing out a cyan cross.
Star-Moon Cross Slash!
This was his strongest move.
In chess, one move well-practiced could conquer all.
Anthony rarely made a move, but when he did, it was to take the opponent’s life.
Facing Anthony’s fierce slash, Leo merely turned his head and glared.
He had been waiting for them to make a move.
At this moment, he turned to look at Anthony’s black horse—his max-level Mount Control erupted instantly.
Neigh!
……
Meanwhile, fifty meters away.
A breeze brushed through the trees, making the leaves rustle.
On two thick branches, two pairs of eyes suddenly opened.
The two pairs of eyes looked at each other.
“Flag, was he glaring at us just now?” one pair of large eyes blinked, a girl’s voice sounding.
“No way. He couldn’t possibly see us. My natural secret technique can’t be detected,” the other pair of smaller eyes blinked, a low male voice responding.
“No, I feel like he was glaring at us,” the girl’s voice sounded again.
“Then should we act, Mia? We’ve already confirmed everything anyway.”
“Wait.” Mia’s eyes flashed. “Let them fight first.”
“But Anthony is a Mid-tier Knight. Can Leo handle it…”
“Look, he’s also Mid-tier.” Mia looked into the distance. At this moment, a layer of Bronze Flame had already ignited in Leo’s hand.
A large expanse of cyan light spread instantly, wrapping around the massive greatsword in his hand.
Mia blinked, looking very relaxed. “It’s fine. Just watch. At this distance, I can protect him. Besides, he has a Great Knight’s Blessing on him.”
Flag relaxed slightly.
Indeed, with a Great Knight’s Blessing, Anthony couldn’t kill him instantly.
As the two spoke, Leo and Anthony had already clashed.
“Hey, who do you think will win? Let’s make a bet.” Mia seemed interested.
“I guess… guess my ass…” Flag’s eyes widened like bells. “Look!”
In the blink of an eye—
As Leo’s blade passed.
Anthony’s upper body was sent flying into the air.
……
Just moments ago, facing the powerful Mid-tier Knight Anthony, Leo had split him into two with a single strike.
The battle between them had lasted only one second.
At the moment Anthony’s horse was controlled by Leo, Leo used the immense momentum of the Dragon-Elephant’s charge.
In an instant, the effect Lightning Burst activated. Leo stomped heavily on the Dragon-Elephant’s back.
His entire body shot into the air, lunging toward Anthony.
Midair—
Hunting Moment! Force of a Thousand Jun! Ninefold Tsunami!
With triple explosive enhancements, Leo’s Sword Intent surged to the peak, all his strength concentrated into this single strike.
However, Leo did not choose to use the Dark Extinction Cross Sword.
Instead, he used the Mountain-Cleaving Cross Sword—Mountain-Cleaving and Rock-Splitting.
The sweeping sword light trailed explosive afterimages, directly meeting Anthony’s slash and cutting him cleanly in two across the chest.
The broad blade carried a spray of crimson blood.
Leo flicked the blood off the sword midair, then landed steadily back onto the Dragon-Elephant’s back.
……
“Uh…” Mia looked at the two halves of Anthony falling from the horse, momentarily stunned. “This… Flag, I feel like your earlier evaluation might have been inaccurate.”
Flag was also somewhat dumbfounded. “No… no, my evaluation can’t be wrong.”
Mia looked at the young man riding the giant horse in the distance.
That single strike just now was astonishing.
Whether in strength or speed,
it had already far surpassed the level of a Mid-tier Knight.
On the ground, beside Anthony’s severed body—
The broken short sword, shattered chest armor, and torn inner armor.
All these defensive measures, combined with Anthony’s Bronze Flame defense,
had been completely torn apart by Leo’s strike.
Like cutting through a sheet of paper with a knife.
Effortless.
And not just strength—Leo’s instantaneous burst of speed, and his agility in mounted combat,
that astonishing strike—perhaps even an ordinary High-tier Knight like Laforin might not be able to block it.
“Flag, go re-evaluate him.”
“No… I think he’s already beyond my defensive threshold.”
“Look, is he coming toward us?” Mia blinked.
“Impossible. He absolutely cannot detect us.”
Flag was extremely confident in his natural secret technique.
“If he discovers us, your bonus this month will be deducted,” Mia said, staring at Leo.
As members of the Golden Knight Order’s intelligence squad,
their specialty was concealment and reconnaissance.
If they were discovered by an outsider knight, they would be ridiculed by their teammates.
Fortunately, Leo only rode forward a few steps before stopping beside Anthony.
At this moment, Leo had been aiming at the two behind him the entire time.
The moment he saw Anthony, he had already used Hunting Moment’s Vibration Perception to scan the surroundings.
So he had discovered Mia and Flag long ago.
The Dragonblood Horse was currently stationed a thousand meters away.
And under Vibration Perception, those two appeared like massive sources of vibration.
From the last time he saw them, Leo had already formed a deep impression.
Originally, Leo thought Mia would act.
He had waited for a long time, deliberately stalling with Anthony.
He even shouted about Anthony kidnapping Eve, yet Mia still didn’t act.
In the end, when Anthony attacked, Leo had no choice but to unleash his full power.
“These two… what are they even trying to do,” Leo thought speechlessly.
But he didn’t bother thinking further.
Anthony on the ground was not yet dead.
A Mid-tier Knight possessed strong vitality—even split in two, he still lingered on the brink of death.
“Leo, don’t kill me! I have many Tier 3 Body Tempering Potions—take them, just don’t kill me!” Anthony looked at Leo approaching, as if seeing death itself.
He couldn’t understand why Leo was also a Mid-tier Knight.
Nor could he understand why a Mid-tier Knight could be this powerful.
Leo glanced at the Infinite Pouch slung over Anthony’s shoulder.
“Killing me is useless, hahaha!”
Crack!
Without hesitation, Leo brought down another sword strike.
This hundred-pound greatsword was unstoppable with every swing, directly ending Anthony’s life.
Leo knew those weren’t real Tier 3 Body Tempering Potions.
At a moment like this, there was no need for words—swift resolution was key.
“Still said it was useless.”
This Anthony always acted mysteriously, but his actual strength was just average.
Leo felt that this Mid-tier Knight’s combat ability, strength, and agility were all rather mediocre.
As for Mia and Flag, he had no idea what they were doing.
They had watched the whole time without acting.
If he hadn’t seen them rescue Eve earlier,
he would have already fled.
Setting that aside, he quickly looted the corpse.
Leo moved with practiced efficiency.
One pouch, four counterfeit Body Tempering Potions, another pouch, a star-shaped emblem, and a notebook.
He stuffed everything else into the pouch.
Glancing warily at the two still hiding behind him,
Leo leaped onto the Dragon-Elephant with his spoils and rode off swiftly.
Even then, those two were still hiding in the trees.
What kind of strange habit was that?
Leo didn’t think further and galloped toward Blackstone City.
……
After confirming Leo had gone far away, the two leaped down from the tree, their disguises quickly falling away.
“Mia, what do you think?” Flag looked at Anthony’s corpse on the ground, now chopped into three pieces.
“His strength is decent,” Mia recalled Leo’s strike. “But I’m curious how he found Anthony. This guy hid himself extremely well. If that high-tier Corpse Servant hadn’t confessed, it wouldn’t have been easy for us to uncover him.”
“So you agree to recruit him into the team?” Flag asked.
Mia looked toward the direction Leo had left. “Although he’s only Mid-tier in realm, I’ll make a special request to the commander. His reconnaissance ability is perfectly suited for us.”
“Indeed, very good.” Flag nodded.
“Anthony…” Mia looked at the corpse.
She had never expected that this man, who once she called uncle, would become a traitor of Blackstone City.
Mia used her foot to flip Anthony’s body over, but at that moment, she seemed to notice something.
Her eyes showed a trace of suspicion as she crouched down, placing her hand on his corpse.
The next moment, her eyes suddenly widened.
Something was wrong.
“He… didn’t learn the Divine Sacrifice Method.” Mia looked at Flag in front of her.
“What?!”