Chapter 38: One Move Palmer
The victor of this battle was undoubtedly Dayton Palmer. "Ha Ha Ha! Now that's my student! Defeating your opponent with just one move! Simply too powerful," Gerald Bancroft, the headmaster of the Silver Moon Academy, nodded with a grin as he watched Dayton exit the platform.
At this moment, the crowd had already considered him as the champion of the Prodigy Summit. Liev Mikkelsen's strength could actually be considered really good when compared to his peers. But when faced against a monster like Dayton Palmer, he had absolutely no way to win the fight. Moreover, no one was able to see the actual limits of Dayton Palmer, as he had simply used one move to defeat his opponent.
As for the following battles, they were merely distractions in the eyes of the audience. Time flowed slowly and the battles gradually began to turn increasingly ferocious.
The first round of the Prodigy Summit was about to end soon, and other than Claude Rayforth and Hugh Kenton, none of the other juniors of the Flying Sword Faction were able to enter the second round. The Dark Chariot Faction and the Black Pearl Faction had the most number of disciples who had entered the second round, with three each.
At this moment, everyone was filled with anticipation with regards to what the final ranking of the Prodigy Summit will be.
In the main hall, Senior Beldon was talking to Claude who was sitting by his side, "My Junior Claude, do you think you would be able to defeat Dayton Palmer if you were to fight against him?"
"You know, asking such questions to someone who has yet to fight Dayton Palmer may perhaps lower their morale and focus… right?" Claude looked at his senior and smiled.
"So you're not going to answer me, huh?" Senior Beldon mumbled in a low voice, and Claude simply rolled his eyes at his antics.
"Let the second round commence," As the voice of the beautiful lady was heard, all eyes immediately turned to the platforms. Standing atop the platform was Silver Moon Academy's Dayton Palmer and Trinity Academy's Flynn Ravinger.
"Brat, I can't believe that not only are you alive, but you actually have the guts to be standing before me!" Flynn Ravinger glared at Dayton Palmer, and coldly snorted.
"What's the problem between Flynn and Dayton? From the looks of it, there seems to be some sort of conflict between the two of them!" Someone in the crowd exclaimed, which caused many people to start whispering to each other.
Was there really bad blood between the two of them?
As he stared at Flynn, Dayton frowned, and coldly spoke, "Don't tell me you really think that you have any chance of winning against me. You were the one who tried to attack me during our short Confrontation back at Skuma Village. Lucky for me, I wasn't as weak as you, so I survived. But to think I'd be able to fight against you! I'll make sure that I repay my debts back… with interest!"
His words caused Flynn's countenance to freeze, causing the expression on his face to turn exceedingly ugly to behold. He, who was one of the strongest disciples of the Dark Chariot Faction, was being insulted by a scum of the Silver Moon Academy? What humiliation!
"Since you desire to be put in your place, I will aid you with that!" As he spoke, an extremely sharp aura could be felt emanating from Flynn, radiating a terrifying sword intent.
Boom!
With a loud noise, Flynn exploded forth in Dayton's direction, as a resplendent light appeared within his palms and a gigantic sword emerged out of nothingness.
"Take this!" Flynn roared and the sword slashed forth, as the rays of sword light eradicated everything that was in his vicinity.
However, Dayton didn't seem the slightest bit affected by this. He calmly raised his hands forward and remained as serene as before.
"I am the one with the sword.."
He whispered to himself once again, and as a bright light erupted forward, the silver rapier appeared in his palms.
"You should already know that you're no match for me, Flynn!" Dayton calmly spoke, as he struck out with his silver rapier and the ray of light that appeared moved forward with a speed like that of lightning, annihilating Flynn's attack and appearing in front of Flynn in an instant.
The instant this move was executed, Flynn Ravinger felt an impending sense of doom approaching his way and he howled in madness as he struck out with a palm strike, attempting to stop the incoming attack.
"Leviathan Palm Strike!" He yelled out loudly as he swung his palm forward, smashing against the silver rapier.
However, it wasn't enough! Although Dayton's attack was the exact same move he had used in his previous match, the energy and power it emitted was entirely different as the silver rapier enveloped by the ray of light frenziedly smashed downwards.
BOOM!
A frightening storm engulfed the arena, as Flynn's attack crumbled almost instantly in front of the rapier, causing his entire body to be flung through the air, blood spraying out of his mouth.
One move once again!
After a full minute of silence, a thundering applause suddenly rang out all around the stadium. This was too unreal!
Initially, they thought that because they had already declared Dayton Palmer as the champion in their minds, nothing else could surprise them, but to think that the young man was planning on winning the Prodigy Summit using just one move! This year's Summit was simply too fascinating.