Chapter 211: Elder Ardent.
For several heartbeats Mori and Lee watched each other without moving a muscle. Obviously Lee was on the loosing side because of the excruciating pain he felt, but only he knew about it. He hoped that the last inner disciple would have enough common sense to end the fruitless endeavor.
"Damn it ..." Mori cursed with a sigh, and seemingly deflated. He waked over to the outer disciples, and asked, "Are you alright, guys?"
They looked back at him in confusion and even slight despair. One of them, the most talkative guy, said, "Senior brother, we can’t lea ..."
But that was as far as he got. Mori’s four quick slashes were too fast for the outer disciples to react. Even Lee knew he would’ve barely managed to evade them, in the best case scenario that is.
"Alright! You’re a complete psycho." He stated, took a deep breath, and prepared to fight through the agonizing pain. This was not going to be easy.
"Not really." Mori grinned back, "Even if you have swallowed ten sparks, you’ll die today. I want to see how long you can last, kid."
Only now Lee realized that he made a huge mistake by taking the sword directly out of one of the rings. Not only his last opponent eyed the sword, more likely he was set on getting the spatial treasure even more.
"Do you think you can catch me if I try to escape?" Lee said, trying to prolong the conversation, to have more time to think of a way out.
"Why would I catch you? I’ll follow until you drop dead on your own." Mori laughed in return, "In fact, I strongly suggest you try."