"Heh."
Scattered raindrops fell between the two of them. Scott sneered, raising his long spear. "You merely broke free of the abyss's entanglement! You can't kill me!"
Bang--
The spear and sword collided once more with a clear ring.
The shrieking soundwaves spread to the surrounding ruined buildings, shaking loose fine cracks and clouds of dust.
Scott's hand trembled slightly. He raised the long spear in his hands, gripped it with both hands, and thrust at He Ao.
He Ao swiftly raised his sword to block, retreating as he received the attack. When he had backed up against a moving low-rise building with nowhere left to retreat, he looked at the smile on Scott's face, flicked his wrist, and sent force through the blade, using the momentum to knock Scott's spear aside.
Before Scott could react, He Ao's figure flickered and appeared behind him.
After the ruby's decree had cut off his connection with the abyss, the power Scott drew from the abyss had diminished greatly. In addition, the ability he had just used seemed to have overdrawn some kind of power. Not only had it weakened him further, but it had also further reduced the power he could obtain.
His Physical Fitness was now only a little over six thousand, close to seven thousand.
Though it was still a little stronger than He Ao's nearly six-thousand Physical Fitness enhanced by super-memory and boxing, it was no longer beyond He Ao's ability to contend with.
Under his divine sense, He Ao observed the Energy Circuits throughout Scott's body, as well as the Energy Convergence Point gathered at his neck. He raised his long sword and stabbed at the back of Scott's neck.
Scott reacted at that moment, turning around and raising his spear before him.
He Ao changed his thrust