The Almighty Ring

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He got to his feet, spat out a mouthful of blood and saliva, then resumed his fighting stance.
He may not have had any external physical wounds, but he was sure that his insides were all messed up.

 “I need to figure out a way to deal with that hammer.” Jiang Fei thought.
The entire time, the light weapons that Dawan used were not physically held by him.
They were like projections of a certain force with a physical form.
He even caught Dawan using the hammer with just a simple flick of his fingers; it was like a homing device and incredibly annoying for Jiang Fei.
The light weapons could be used as physical weapons as well as homing projectile weapons.
Once hit, Jiang Fei would surely be stunned momentarily or worse, suffer from major internal injuries.

 “How can I beat him…” Jiang Fei thought.

 It was hard for him to defeat Dawan in a conventional way because if he wanted to win the fight by any means necessary, he could simply use the Zhanlu Sword or the 10th Dimension.
Either method could not be used since it was just a friendly spar.
The Zhanlu Sword was fatal in every aspect, and a single cut could really kill Dawan.
The 10th Dimension, on the other hand, was meant to be kept a secret.

 After so long, Jiang Fei understood the consequences of everyone’s actions.
If the secrets of the 10th Dimension were made known, what would the Valsalrian Army do to him? At best, he would be promoted and celebrated as the most powerful soldier.
In the worst case, he would be forced, coerced, or even enslaved by them.
They were, after all, the stronger band of bandits in the entire known universe.

 What else could he use against a giant without actually killing him? After he lost sight of the two strongest methods he had, Jiang Fei recalled a move he had just carried out against Dawan: the Feint-and-Bait technique.
It was a simple mind trick to bait the enemy into giving up his guard in exchange for landing a direct hit on him.
It was a high risk, high return method that he could use against a powerful opponent.

 Once he made his final decision, Jiang Fei returned to the fight and fought directly with Dawan in an exchange of swordplay.
Not too long into the fight, Jiang Fei purposedly revealed a flaw in his foot play, tricking Dawan into thinking that Jiang Fei was too nervous and made a mistake in his footwork.
When Jiang Fei noticed that Dawan had taken the bait, he quickly stopped his attack and made a small jump backward to show Dawan that he needed breathing space.

 “Naive again.” Dawan hummed as he took the bait and lifted both of his arms high, wielding a large light hammer that was about to smash Jiang Fei again, ending the fight.

 “He’s taken the bait!” Jiang Fei thought.
Dawan was now midair with his hammer in his hands, ready to smash down.
That was the moment Jiang Fei wanted, a moment when Dawan was completely exposed for any sort of attack.

 “You’re… already dead!” said Jiang Fei with a smirk.

 “What?!” Dawan grunted when he realized that Jiang Fei had only been baiting him!

 In half a second, Jiang Fei took several steps and leaped forward to stab Dawan’s right wrist.
When the blade was sunken into his wrist, Jiang Fei unleashed a sword burst and disarmed Dawan’s entire right arm.

 “Grahhh!” Dawan groaned in pain.

 Pang… Bshh…

 The fight was over.
When the light hammer was dropped, it dispersed into countless light participles, which vanished like the short-lived fire sparks.

 “Are you alright!?” Jiang Fei sheathed his sword and quickly tended to Dawan.

 “Bravo!” Dowan smiled as cold sweat dripped down his forehead.
He did not flinch or squirm.
He only smiled as he accepted his defeat.

 After healing himself completely, the two sat down on the ground and rested.

 “Your skill with the sword is extremely unique… Such a refined energy influx and an array of unpredicted slashes… Truly wondrous swordplay…” said Dawan.

 “You’re praising me too much.
It was simply a move that I thought of in the spur of the moment,” Jiang Fei answered.

 There was a reason why Jiang Fei did not want to take credit for his own moves.
Firstly, the art of the sword that he had been practicing came from China on Earth.
If they, the Valsalrian Army, knew about the origin of his martial arts, they might pay a visit to the planet just to have a test of skill.
Knowing full well how the aliens behaved and thought, things would turn ugly fast.
Perhaps, out of kindness, the grandmasters would be willing to teach them the art of fighting, but the aliens might not simply accept gifts.
They were, after all, bandits.
They would assume that there were hidden arts being kept secret by the grandmasters.
Things would easily escalate, leading to either the destruction of humanity or complete planetary enslavement.

Secondly, Jiang Fei himself did not want to share his art.
Right then, his trump card against all other races in the universe was his unlimited strength granting skill, Omnisurge, and his unique martial arts from Earth.
He wanted that to be his unique characteristic and not commonly known.

 Based on the two aforementioned reasons, Jiang Fei had no intention of revealing anything, and he would put in effort to hide the origin of his skills.
This would make the others think that Jiang Fei was the one who created his own fighting technique instead of thinking that it originated from a less technologically-advanced planet.

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