He couldn't understand what Victor was thinking, risking his life like this.
With such a suicidal way of fighting, even if Victor beat him, he would most likely end up crippled if not dead.
"Doesn't matter—killing you is what matters most!" Victor roared and threw punch after punch at Jackson.
Soon, Jackson felt his health drop into a very dangerous zone.
He was a high-attack, low-defense class. Getting stuck in close-range with Victor made him panic.
In a rush, he blocked while begging in a low voice, "Victor, I'll let you leave. We don't have to die together!"
"Who said I'm dying with you?" Victor gave a cold laugh, drew his longsword, and slashed at Jackson.
"You're a real psycho. Go to hell!" Jackson was angered too and crushed a scroll in his hand.
In an instant, his eyes turned blood-red, and a heavy smell of blood spread from his whole body.
"This scroll was probably forged with many lives, right?" Victor stepped back two steps and spoke coldly.
"Worth it if it kills you!" Jackson grinned wide. Blood still dripped from his red hands.
Victor took a deep breath and counted the time in his head.
The ten minutes they had agreed on were almost up.
If he couldn't beat Jackson in time, and Elena lost to Hall, he would be attacked from both sides.
Thinking of this, Victor's face grew solemn, and he met Jackson's attacks with full strength.
Jackson dropped all pretense of a master's calm. To end Victor fast, he fought like a mad dog.
Skills poured down on Victor like rain. If not for Phantom Trail, he would have been blasted to pieces by now.
"Then I can only use this move!" Victor dared to hand over the Ultimate Scroll because he still had one last card—Holy Light Dragonbane Slash.
And now was the best time to fire the ultimate skill!
Victor gripped his sword with both hands and quietly drove Holy Light Dragonbane Slash.
In a flash, golden light spread around Victor, along with a dragon's roar.
Jackson frowned and mocked in a low voice, "Don't think a short boost lets you beat me. Without your Ultimate Scroll, your loss is only a matter of time."
Victor ignored him. He held his breath and focused on controlling that power.
Now his power was boosted tenfold, and the Holy Light Dragonbane Slash he controlled was ten times stronger as well.
Guiding this strong power, Victor had to be very careful.
"Wait, what power is that!" Jackson finally sensed something was wrong and stared at the man before him in fear.
That power just now was clearly not something a Primary awakened could produce.
Victor ignored him and slowly rose into the air, a golden dragon coiling behind him.
He slowly raised his longsword. With the dragon's roar, a wave of sword energy shot at Jackson.
"Iron Shield! Unbreakable Body! Steel-Flesh Ascension!" Terror on his face, Jackson cast his defensive skills one after another, trying to block the strike.
But it was still useless. Jackson watched the dragon slowly crash into him, and then felt a burning heat in his chest.
He was pinned in place and watched his body slowly turn to charcoal.
In the distance, Elena and Hall both stopped fighting and looked toward Victor and Jackson.
"This... how is that possible?" Seeing Jackson burned to a crisp, Hall clutched his head in disbelief, his voice shaking.
Why could Victor, a Primary awakened, kill a top expert at level 32?
Back when he fought Jackson, he had tried everything and still got captured.
"Hall... teacher, stop." Elena took a deep breath and spoke sharply.
After seeing Victor's Holy Light Dragonbane Slash, Hall already felt fear. Hearing Elena's words, he began to hesitate.
He was thinking whether he should keep attacking the two of them and then walk back to the Bonfire Society with his head held high.
Or seize the chance to run and disappear, hiding his name from now on.
"Hall, do you want a taste of Holy Light Dragonbane Slash too?" Victor strode toward him, his voice a bit cold.
In truth, he was already spent. Burning his blood and using Holy Light Dragonbane Slash had almost drained his last bit of strength.
Right now, Victor was standing mostly on willpower.
"I... I'm leaving!" Terror on his face, Hall cast a skill and turned into a streak of golden light, fleeing away.
"Victor!" Elena rushed over and held him tight.
Victor took a deep breath and whispered by Elena's ear, "Did Hall really leave?"
Elena froze for a moment, then sensed carefully and nodded. "He should have run."
"Good." Victor took a deep breath, then collapsed to the ground.
Right then, Victor heard a prompt sound by his ear.
[Killed member Jackson of the anti-human group Red Rebels. Reward: 45689 experience points.]
[Level up to level 19. Gained 60 ability points.]
[Reward: one Skill Ascension Book, one designated-type Skill Book, one Class Mutation Scroll.]
...
When Victor woke up again, he was already in a hospital.
Victor had stayed in a hospital before, but the ward in front of him felt completely different from before.
It was almost a hundred square meters. Several nurses were hurrying back and forth, and there were dozens of fresh flowers in the corners.
"He's awake!" A nurse noticed Victor waking and shouted in surprise.
As soon as she finished, the door of the ward swung open and several people rushed in.
At the front were Elena and Kane. Behind them were City Lord Chris, Erica, and others.
"Victor, you finally woke up!" Elena hurried to his side, her eyes filled with tears.
Victor smiled and tried to stand up, but his body felt very weak, and he could barely feel his arms and legs.
"Victor, don't move!" Kane held him and said in a low voice, "Your wounds... are serious. You should rest a bit more."
Hearing Kane say that, Erica's tears fell at once. She looked at Kane and asked coldly, "Captain Kane, why did you send Victor, a Primary awakened, deep into the Red Rebels' base?"
"I..." Kane froze for a moment, then lowered his head and stayed silent.
"Kane, you really were too rash this time." Chris let out a soft sigh and glanced at Victor. "The wounds can be healed, but what about his future?"
Victor didn't understand what Chris meant. To spare Kane from embarrassment, he changed the topic and said, "By the way, why didn't Audrey come?"
Given his relationship with Audrey, she should be here.
But as soon as Victor finished, everyone fell silent.
"Why aren't you talking?" Victor asked, puzzled.
They looked at each other, and at last Elena spoke in a low voice: "Victor, this may hit you a bit hard..."
"It's fine. Say it." Victor forced a smile. He had already guessed the gist.
"You woke up today, and today... is the day of the Federal Awakened Exam!"
Hearing that, Victor took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
The exam lasts seven days, with a total score of seven hundred. Missing the first day means you lose one hundred points right away.
What's worse, Victor's body was very weak now, and no one knew how many days he needed to recover.
It was no exaggeration to say Victor was destined to miss out on the top academies.
"Sorry, Victor. This is on me. I'll make it up to you," Kane said, head lowered, guilt in his voice.
He paused, then added, "If you need it, I can also help you get a captain's post in the Holy Knights' Order!"
"Thank you, Mr. Kane, but I want some quiet right now." Victor gave them a small smile.
They exchanged looks, then turned and left without a word. None of them wanted to touch Victor's anger now.
After they left, Victor leaned back on the bed and thought in silence about his next move.
He had earned many rewards for killing Jackson. Maybe that was the key to turning the tide!