The Absolute Speed of a Certain Comic 106

Title: Confrontation with a Single Move

“We have no destiny between us!”

Hoshiharu refused.

“Has the Loki Familia finally been sent?”

Below the ring, Shakti smiled helplessly.

Tiona Hiryute was undoubtedly a cadre-level figure of the Loki Familia, holding significant influence within the Familia.

Tiona knew well how boring the arena could be, and the reason she appeared here wasn’t out of desire. The only possibility was that she was given a mission by the leader of the Loki Familia.

And this mission was solely to recruit Hoshiharu, the sensational newcomer making waves in Orario.

The Loki Familia is one of the two strongest Familia in Orario. Though it doesn’t have as many members as the Ganesha Familia, it surpasses them in every aspect of strength. For a newcomer like Hoshiharu, joining them would only make them stronger, without question.

Shakti shook her head in despair.

It seemed there was no hope left for the Ganesha Familia.

In the arena.

Tiona pouted and glared at Hoshiharu with her dark eyes.

“Taking on a Level 5 opponent... I’m afraid that’s not an ordinary challenge.”

Hoshiharu couldn’t ignore the situation in front of him.

From the cheers around him, he knew that the girl in front of him was from the Loki Familia. The reason she was in the ring was to test his abilities.

As for a Level 5 adventurer, to be honest, he had no idea how strong that was. With his current strength, it was still uncertain if he could attract the attention of such a Familia.

“No, just give it your all here!”

Hoshiharu took a deep breath, suppressing the slight tension caused by facing an unimaginable opponent, and entered a mental state, his eyes quickly becoming calm.

“Can’t you think it over...”

Tiona was still reluctant, trying to save her first love that ended before it even started.

“There’s no point in talking anymore, let’s duel!”

Hoshiharu decisively raised the standard sword in his hand.

“Damn it!”

Tiona screamed in sadness and anger.

She raised her seemingly slender fist and stomped her bare foot on the ground.

*BAM*

The arena bricks instantly cracked as delicately as leaf textures.

Her soft foot exploded with rocket-like force, giving the girl immense kinetic energy, allowing her to rush towards Hoshiharu with great momentum!

So fast!

It was so fast that he couldn’t see her figure clearly with his eyes!

Tiona was already in front of him.

At this moment, her speed exceeded the dynamic vision limit of Hoshiharu, making it impossible for him to escape at all—

*BANG*

Tiona punched the ground.

*BOOM*

The arena ground instantly shattered, and the clean white stones within a radius of more than ten meters turned into several coral islands scattered on the ground without any obstruction.

“Escaped?”

Tiona turned around in surprise.

At that moment, she could clearly feel that Hoshiharu was trapped in the mire. His significant physical weakness made it impossible for him to escape her punch.

She initially wanted to hold back her strength and only touch him lightly, but she didn’t expect the boy’s figure to fly out as soon as her eyes shone. He took advantage of the situation and unleashed her strength, smashing the stone arena.

She looked to the side.

The boy stood more than ten meters away from her.

He stepped with his left foot forward and his right foot back. He slightly raised the heel of his right foot, which was an unnatural posture.

“Is your foot hurt?”

Tiona looked at Hoshiharu’s standing posture with a look of enlightenment.

The other party significantly tilted his body’s center of gravity towards his left foot, but during the battle, it’s impossible for a fighter to completely pressure one foot because the kinetic chain would shrink.

It was clear evidence that his right foot was injured.

Although Tiona didn’t know what method Hoshiharu used to avoid her punch, it was clearly not without cost.

“So strong...”

Hoshiharu took a deep breath, enduring the stinging sensation in his right ankle, and focused his energy on Tiona.

At that moment, he unconsciously applied <<Absolute Speed>> to himself, setting his evasion speed faster than Tiona’s running speed, and then he barely managed to escape her punch.

This move was still in the conceptual stage. Hoshiharu created his own footwork to cover his inability to use footwork.

The reason it was said to be under construction wasn’t because its principle was complicated. On the contrary, the principle of this displacement was very simple.

He utilized the fact that “his running speed must be faster than the opponent’s running speed” to form the “absolute evasion” footwork, which had no skills at all.

He named it <<Sword Step>>.

However, <<Sword Step>> required Hoshiharu to give directions to himself, needing an initial kick-off movement, and then after escaping, he had to land perfectly on the ground instead of being thrown with huge momentum.

Therefore, for <<Sword Step>>, a certain level of leg strength was required.

Because his legs weren’t strong enough, Hoshiharu’s hastily executed <<Sword Step>> injured his ankle.

Level 5 is really strong!

Tiona’s first move forced him to use the imperfect <<Sword Step>> to escape.

However, in this way, Hoshiharu became more determined to obtain the power of “Blessing/Falna.”

“Huh... With my injured foot, I’ve really lost my mobility. If I want to win, I can only rely on <<Lightning Flint>>—“

But that couldn’t be used.

Hoshiharu suppressed the burning desire to win in his heart again and set <<Lightning Flint>> as a forbidden technique.

He desperately wanted to win.

He hated losing because it reminded him of his weak and helpless past.

However, the premise of all this was to save his life. If someone lost their life, victory would not only become meaningless, but his aspirations would also have to be abandoned.

If that were the case, then he could only let her take the initiative to fight, and then use that technique—

“Don’t fight!”

As Hoshiharu was thinking about his strategy, Tiona suddenly lost her posture.

“I’m Level 5. I’ve already bullied the weak enough, but after I launched an attack, I couldn’t even win with one move. It’s so shameful. I won’t fight and will surrender!”

She waved her hand, showing a lack of interest.

Her fighting spirit had completely disappeared.

As she said, fighting ordinary people at Level 5 was like an adult bullying a baby, but the baby escaped before she could win with one move, which was very embarrassing.

“...Victory or defeat postponed.”

Hoshiharu was silent for a moment and then suggested.

“Winning or losing actually doesn’t matter... but it’s okay if you insist!”

Tiona didn’t care much at first, but seeing Hoshiharu’s serious attitude, she scratched her head and readily agreed.

“Stop talking about this, are you interested in joining our Loki Familia?”

She showed a broad smile and said, “Honestly, I was sent by the leader to invite you!”

“Agreed!”

“You agreed so quickly!”