My System & My Academy of Superpowers - Chapter 375

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“Keh!” Ryan pulled his katana back. Saori’s came towards his eyes like wind, “Tch.”

-clang.

Ryan used his katana’s hilt to block Saori’s blade. Ryan gave her blade a slight push, Ryan and Saori maintained a little distance between them.

Saori started moving in circles slowly, Ryan started moving without attacking her, “I can not touch her. She is too aggressive,” Ryan gulped, “I thought I will have an upper hand if it is about katana skills but… with her unbreakable defense, she can literally go berserk and still protect herself.” Ryan muttered.

He was trying to come up with a way to break through Saori’s defense, “But I can not just go berserk,” Ryan lifted his katana, “She will surely cut me if I go berserk,” Ryan had no shield protecting him, “Her defense is unbeatable…” Ryan pulled his katana down, “Although her attacks are random, she is using her vampiric strength,” Ryan lifted his eye and looked at the setting sun.

“Do not look away!” Saori ran towards Ryan, “Remember, I am not going easy on you!”

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Ryan brought his katana up from below and deflected Saori’s slashes. Then he brought it down, again deflecting her attack. This continued for a few seconds.

“…the sun is setting down,” Ryan thought, “Saori’s vampiric abilities are slowly coming in effect,” Ryan blocked Saori’s strike with her forearm, raised his red katana.

“Tch. Not so fast,” Saori jumped in the air and then went back from Ryan, “What is that red thing protecting him?” she wondered, “…a shield, like mine?”

‘I can not keep using blood fists,’ Ryan deactivated it, ‘My attack was in vain,’ he clicked his tongue.

“The sun,” Saori gulped as she glanced at the scarlet sky, “This bad. I need to max out my strength and scare Ryan-san before night falls.” She lifted her katana, her veins started popping out as her biceps expanded a little.

‘Pure vampire’s strength,’ she closed her eyes, ‘Max out!’ suddenly she could feel a different feeling in her body. The katana in her hands started feeling lighter than a leaf, her body was getting heavier but she did not felt it.

In the stands, Devon and Brandon sensed the killing intent of a pure vampire. Brandon gulped while maintaining composure.

“This is only one-third of what I felt when Ryan turned into a pure vampire, still do not know how, but this girl’s vibe is pretty good.”

Brandon was sitting alone in the stands and continued commenting on Saori’s vampire aura, “It is not night yet, her full power is not out… I would like to see which pure vampire is strong.” his eyes fixed on Saori who was aggressively charging at Ryan.

Their katanas clashed with each other a few times. Time passed by with Ryan continuously defending against Saori’s blows but he did not even land a single hit.

‘I can not find an opening!’ Ryan was getting frustrated, ‘And did her strength just increase vampirically?’

Ryan jumped- tried to jump but Saori’s blow from up dropped Ryan down on the ground, “I can feel my bones shaking with her  every blow.” Ryan was being intimidated by Saori’s vigorous strength and swings.

“Put any more strength in your blows, I will be blown away from the Arena.” Ryan confessed, “My whole arms shake when you strike me,”

“Then how about you give up? The night is falling, you know what will happen!” Saori’s katana went down, she used the katana as a balance pole to lift her leg and kick Ryan.

“That is what,” Ryan pulled his katana in front of him, “I am waiting for.”

His katana and Saori’s kick clashed with each other. She pushed her leg, Ryan pushed against her with his katana. Nothing moved for a second.

Nothing moved till Ryan decided to play dirty, “Aha, that pink color underwear suits you, Saori-san,”

Her face went red, she felt embarrassment taking over her. She quickly retreated from her attack and ran away from Ryan.

“H- how can I forget…” she could feel her eyes becoming teary, “You still are a three-timer pervert!” she grunted while pulling her medium-length skirt down. She came to a sudden realization, “But wait, I am not wearing pink today–”

Clang!

Bang!

Ryan concentrated all of his weight on his feet, with a jolt, Ryan jumped in the air and swung his katana in Saori’s direction.

“Pervert, Ryan-san!” she shouted. It was too late to black against Ryan’s attack. All she could do was trust in her mega shield.

Ryan’s katana banged against her head, it was stopped a few centimeters away from her head as if an invisible barrier was placed between her and the blade.

“Uh!” Ryan heard Saori make a little moan when his katana clashed with her head.

“Oh,” he realized, “I can not cut through you but… the attacks still impact you.” Ryan was still in the air. He pulled his right leg behind and performed a roundhouse kick.

This time she blocked the kick with her katana’s blunt blade. Leaving a cut on Ryan’s track pants. Ryan pulled his leg and katana away from her.

‘I still managed to find the defense hole there. Her defense prevents her from getting hurt but… it does not help her from the internal damage she takes.’

“This is a practice match you know, it is fine if you stop right now and get ready for the main battle.” the referee jumped in, “You can either fight the friendly matches till you have figured your opponent’s patterns or till someone wins.”

“No. I have to pull this till night. I will be able to activate my abilities.” Ryan grunted.

“These are my last few minutes. If I fail to scare Ryan-san, the night will fall and things will get ugly.” Saori stepped away from Ryan, pulled her katana forward.

“Come on, Ryan!” Ryan talked to himself, “Remember what else you learned from Shinmen sensei in the last class! You must use everything you have!”

This match, the third friendly match was the turning point of future events. If Ryan manages to scare Saori, he will have an upper hand during the final battle. And vice versa with Saori’s perspective.

“Okay. fight as long as you want but…” the referee stepped down, “If you do not give your best during the leveling game, I will be mad.”

“Eek.”

‘That sounded kind of creepy and cringe but…’ Ryan got ready for another round of sparring, ‘It sent chills down my spine.’

“Saori-san! I hope you are not tired!” Ryan shouted as he charged at Saori with his katana by his side.

“If you want to stab someone,” Takezo’s words ran in Ryan’s head, “Then point it horizontally. Stabbing the katana’s tip three inches deep is more than enough to kill someone.”

‘I can not do that.’

“If you are in flashy and serious combat, make sure you keep attention to your surroundings. If your eyes move away from your opponent or the opponent’s katana, you are doomed.” Ryan memorized those words, “Always keep your katana in front of your eyes while fighting an aggressive opponent. Never go aggressive against an aggressive opponent.”

‘Is what he said but…’

“And if you are the aggressive one, never point your katana at the opponent’s neck. Always keep it by your left side if you are a right-handed wielder.” Shinmen further explained in the previous class.

“I do not care. I am already feeling more than exhausted.” Ryan turned the katana’s blade, “I am going to attack her!”

They both got closer, Ryan lifted his katana, Saori did the same. They both brought it down at the same time.

“B- but did not Shinmen sensei tell us to keep low while fighting an aggressive opponent?!” She was surprised when Ryan attacked her, “Tch. I should follow his words!” She stepped back.

She unconsciously went from the attacker to the defender. Ryan was landing strong blows one after another. He had no morale left anymore.

All Ryan wanted to do was hit Saori, hit her, hit her, hit her blade will she feel her hands getting numb.

“Ryan,  your katana might break if you land such irrational blows…”

“I know,” Ryan replied, “And that is what I want,” he muttered to Professor.

“Ouch!” Saori let out a groan in pain, she felt her forearm’s bones shaking because of Ryan’s strong blow.

Stepping forward with each other steps, Ryan was getting closer to Saori and Saori was being pushed away from him as she continued taking steps back.

Ryan started hitting Saori as if he was swinging a baseball bat on the ground, then from the side, then from above. From every side, in every angle.

“Heh,” Ryan grinned, “And there you go.” Ryan used a faint attack to confuse Saori. “I found an opening.” he bent down, went past her katana.

He suddenly rose up with a kick on Saori’s chin. Her arms went up in the air as she felt her body being lifted in the air.

“Shit… I was pushed to being a defender from an attacker… as expected of you, pervert Ryan-san.”

“Ashiro Saori-dono is out of the Arena.”

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Will Be Continued…!

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