Chapter 323: The other group
Frost Dragon – Blizzard Strike
Hex covered his fist with a layer of frost and intercepted the fist coming at them. The clash blasted the air out.
The gang led by the lanky man had no time to prepare. Some coughed blood while others fainted due to the change in air pressure.
Hex hadn’t let the petite build of his opponent drop his guard. The fact that he couldn’t sense the man’s presence revealed a lot about the level of threat the man posed to him.
Contrary to taking it lightly, he went all out. The branch below him was covered immediately in a layer of ice. The sub branches and leaves stood frozen due to his blizzard strike.
Even then, the strength hidden in the man’s thin arms shoved him backward. Hex looked up in shock. Despite expecting the man to be a powerhouse, he was surprised. His opponent had relied on pure physical power to outmatch him. No other human had been able to do so, not as far as he knew off.
Even those a stage above him couldn’t compare to him. Not as long as they were human. The man had done it. And he was human. Hex didn’t doubt as much.
His opponent only raised a brow in response to a Refined Knight withstanding his punch. He didn’t ask or say anything. He didn’t glance at those who had fallen. He didn’t even give Hex more than a glance. Elize, who stood behind Hex, drew most of his attention.
Elize didn’t make any move. She stood there as if the battle didn’t concern her. Perhaps, Hex realized, it really didn’t. She did say she wouldn’t meddle or reveal her identity to others.
The petite man didn’t know any of this. But he realized he would face someone his equal. And his gaze changed. Although he didn’t underestimate Hex earlier, now, he looked at him as if he was a threat.
A sense of dread gripped Hex’s heart. He wasn’t cowering. It was just a feeling a person got when facing a terrifying predator.