Aimless Ascension

"I already have."

BOOM! Shing!

The moment Gale finished, dozens of tiny script constructs burst out into the air, surrounding Han Shitian. The constructs weren't meant for firepower. The blast merely created vibrating echoes, but they were enough to catch the gold ranker off guard.

However, this was merely a trick, and it ended there. The real thing was starting now.

Now Gale needed to gain the upper hand after the trick led his opponent to a momentary pause. He needed to finish this quick and dominate the whole way. He would be killing two birds with one stone.

Gale launched himself, wind force sweeping behind him as he moved his hand in a thrusting posture, though his arms were empty. His hands weren't empty for long though, as a sleek double headed long spear materialised in his hand.

Blue currents of electricity churned in the air, twisting around the materialised spear. Stormsong was a unique grade fate lock with the domain of Wind, preferably storm. It was seven feet long, terrifying as any Unique graded fate lock could get.

Blue runes engraved in it glowed as Gale forced out his Qi into it as electricity charged through his whole being, lending him moments of bursting speed and power. Gale swung Stormsong downwards, intending to give a huge blow to his opponent on the first try.

The high frequency of pulses of the scripts already disrupted Han Shitian's momentum. He would need a moment to get back to his prime. Currently, he only had his body and sword to protect against Stormsong.

And that's what he did.

Alarmed, Han Shitian could already tell something would come his way at any moment. He calculated in his head and withdrew half a step, preparing to intercept his opponent's attack.

However, he certainly hadn't anticipated the speed of the figure clad in lightning pulses, coming at him aerially.

Gale aggressed like an avatar of an ancient god, as his wrathful spear flew downwards to draw blood. Instead of receiving the blow, Han Shitian changed his tactic, withdrawing half a step to dodge the spear completely.

Gale saw it coming as he changed his swing to a downward thrust, aiming for Han Shitian's leg. Thunder cracked as he poured his everything in the first attack as he knew the longer the fight progressed, the disadvantageous it would be for him, thanks to the restriction over his Qi.

Han Shitian propelled his leg forward to meet the blow, as he couldn't reach with his sword in time. He tried to minimise as much of the damage, twirling more Qi reinforcement in his leg. However, when the spear connected, he finally figured out what he was dealing with.

The spearhead gorged through his calve, shattering his Qi Reinforcement just at the contact with the lightning Qi. Han Shitian had miscalculated the move completely, and he was paying for it in blood and agony.

The spear pierced through his flesh as lightning overwhelmed his channels, disabling him to have a full grasp of his Qi.

However, Gale wasn't finished yet.

Gale twisted his upper hand downwards and the lower in the opposite direction to make a quick spin of the spear, rendering the other spearhead which was facing the sky, descended to pierce at the same spot the other spearhead had, worsening his opponent's situation to a new degree.

Han Shitian yelped as he lurched his wounded foot to misdirect the spear. He shoved his sword at Gale's shoulder, trying his best to push aside the foreigner.

However, Gale saw it coming, and he was quicker, agiler and with his opponent getting handicapped in higher-order Qi manipulation, it took little of him to duck the sword.

​ In the blink of an eye, Gale ducked and blocked the sword's path with his spear. He twisted his weapon in a full arc, disabling Han Shitian from making another move. But Gale hadn't forgotten to make an offensive move, either.

Gale used the full advantage of his weapon.

He propelled the spearhead on his opponent's face while twisting against the sword. Han Shitian lurched his head backwards to dodge, but Gale thought of it already. The spearhead would have done some real damage to his opponent's face, but the other options weren't that bad either.

Gale had a good chance of disarming his opponent. And Gale took it.

As his upward thrust missed the head, Gale changed the direction of his spear to attack with the bottom head. He propelled the bottom head upwards, swinging it vertically along the line of his opponent's abdomen. The sword was still bound in the projection of the spear flow.

Han Shitian had only two options now, and none of the two worked well in his favour. He could either protect his body and disarm himself, or keep the sword and have a long vertical wound on his body.

Han Shitian chose the former option. He chose his body, withdrawing with his best effort, leaving his sword under Gale's grasp.

Gale didn't bother going after Han Shitian as his opponent drew a respectful distance between them. Gale didn't even give the sword a second glance. He wasted no moment and released his first fate lock as the sword disappeared into the void that connected to his left arm.

"What!?" A panicked look spread across Han Shitian's face as he hadn't seen it coming. What's more troubling was that he could barely feel his fate lock now, and no matter what he did, locking it down or calling it back, nothing worked. "What did you do?"

Gale whistled, catching his breath. He wasted more than half of his Qi available to him currently. Although he dominated Han Shitian completely, it would have been complicated if he hadn't gotten the early advantage.

But that didn't mean he would lose, it was just that he would have to work harder and win after getting wounded.

But that doesn't matter now.

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Author Note:

The first volume will have ended in a few more chapters, however, I decided to do something more with this. Which means I'll be pulling stuff that I planned for the second volume.

That put me in a position to continue with the relationship development between one of the gals. Which relationship would you like to see the most?

Gale x Xiaolin

Gale x Wang Li

Gale x Sumei

Gale x Twilight

Gale x Someone unexpected?

Let me know in the comments. I'll proceed with the one that has the most votes.