Salute To The General

As Pallav and Akuma battled each other, their clashing swords let out a series of clanging each time they parried. They fought as persistently as eagles after their prey.

Pallav's fighting style was a standard, no-nonsense style commonly practiced in the military. He wasted no movements and had no flourishes. Each thrust of his sword carried the magnitude of thunder.

On the other hand, Akuma also used a standard style, but he incorporated some techniques from the warrior's way.

When fighting, he often angled his sword and launched attacks from the trickiest angles, making it hard to defend against.

In the blink of an eye, the two had fought for dozens of rounds.

There were more than a dozen shallow knife wounds on Pallav's body, and his whole body was stained with blood.

In the meantime, Akuma had three cuts on his body, one of which was very deep.

The deep one had cut into his chest, revealing his bones.

Akuma's chest was stained with rivulets of blood.

Pallav put some distance between himself and Akuma. He then sneered and said, "Akuma, I've already discovered your strengths. You've slaughtered many of my comrades and committed many evil deeds. Today, I'll personally send you to the gates of hell." Although Akuma did not sustain as many injuries as Pallav did, the former still had more grievous wounds. If anything, this was a source of embarrassment to Akuma.

However, he merely smiled icily at Pallav and retorted, "Oh, how wrong you are. You're the one who will perish today. Not me."

as Pallav was about to reply, he suddenly felt as if he had gone into a trancelike state which made him

aback by this. He quickly shook his head vigorously to

same time, he was equally startled and angry, unable to make

viciously as he watched this scene unfold before him. "What's the matter? Are you feeling a little dizzy? Well, it just

to emit a faint blue hue. He suddenly returned to his senses and hissed, "You shameless

normal for assassins to use poison? You only have yourself to blame for not doing your homework.

dissipated into a shadow form that went charging at Pallav at full speed. The katana in

to kill Pallav with

his

taken hold of him, blurring his vision and causing the world

sword. Immediately, Akuma raised his katana high and aimed it at Pallav with a devilish grin on his

shouts of anger and indignation could be heard

has a

"Stop this!"

"General!"

cheer on their boats, seeing that Pallav was about to die by Akuma's

and at the same time, its

was

meteor and pierced through Akuma's katana with a resounding whoosh.

sharp katana was