Chapter 614
She . . . was ice-skating?
A deathly silence blanketed the entire stadium, as everyone had their eyes wide open, their jaws agape with shock . As this was happening, the chilling howl of ice-cold air blew past Scarlet's ears . Unlike the step-by-step increase in pressure she had felt as De Gea advanced, the massive spike in speed due to her skating instantly allowed feelings of freedom to gush out from her heart .
Ever since young, she really loved ice-skating, a common hobby for many young Federation girls . Frankly speaking, she was rather proficient in it . However, after choosing to be a soldier, she had obviously buried this hobby of hers deep down in her heart . However, being able to dust off this old machine caused her to feel incomparable delight and happiness .
Being free, happy and relaxed! Naturally, there was also the massive burst of self-confidence that had exploded from her heart! Never did she expect that her pastime in the earlier part of her youth would end up being the straw that saved her life!
This field of ice had now become her stage!
After a moment of recollection, Scarlet awakened from her nostalgia, her eyes now brimming with fighting intent!
With a right leg slightly bent, her long and slender left leg drew a long arc on the ground, causing her beautiful figure to slide across the ice . At the same time, her twin pistols started unleashing bullets once again!
Bang bang bang bang bang . . .
Across her, De Gea had already turned around and started a dash towards her . Being a northerner soldier, the slippery surface of the ice layer did not pose any kind of impediment to him! After the initial wave of shock had set in, he did not believe that Scarlet could just become faster than himself by wearing a pair of ice-skates!
However, this thought completely vanished after a few seconds .
Everyone from the northern regions treated ice skating as something only children would do for fun . Therefore, most of the soldiers that had dreams and aspirations would not concern themselves with learning ice-skating, as all of them felt that this had absolutely no use in combat!
However, Scarlet was not relying on her legs, but her Soul Power and special ability to drive her movements!
Propelling herself using her Soul Power and special ability via the ice blades formed beneath her feet, the movements she made were simply too beautiful for words to describe! Furthermore, not only was she travelling at an extremely fast speed, the various eye-dazzling movements and changes in directions she made, as well as the attention-grabbing, turns and evasions, were completely different from the usual movements soldiers were trained to recognize! This method of moving about was so sly it had basically blown the minds of everyone watching!
Through the use of explosive bursts of power, De Gea's speed in a straight line might be able to contend against Scarlet's current speed . However, the various twists, turns and directional changes caused his head to start spinning!
She was clearly travelling at a high speed right towards him, yet she was able to defy logic by instantly switching from a left turn to a right, all while maintaining her stability! Her body was capable of doing various kinds of angled twists due to the changing centre of gravity, causing his Gale sword thrusts to look like a joke before her!
This came along with the bullets unleashed by her twin pistols, which were now being fired from completely inconceivable angles! Furthermore, the threat posed by them had increased dramatically, with the sounds of gunfire turning in a never-ending loop! Bullets came flying over from all around him, smashing into his arms, head, and even his face, painting an ever-increasing image of misery!
This time, De Gea was being attacked from so many directions that he was forced into a purely defensive stance! For all their strengths, soldiers from the northern regions were just too rigid and inflexible . Their training was also extremely orthodox and unchanging . Therefore, he had never encountered such an outrageous style of combat and rhythm! As she became increasingly familiarised with her movements as she skated about, she slowly sunk into a trance!
In that instant, it became a complete suppression of De Gea!
The Tianjing fans watching from the stadium were already going mad with excitement . All of them had already given up all hope and expectations for this duel! However, never in their wildest dreams did they expect such an absolute reversal to happen!
There was no way that the spectators could prevent themselves from becoming emotional upon seeing this, right? At every crucial moment, there would always be someone from Tianjing who would take up the mantle and reverse the situation! Previously, there was Grai, and then there was Barran . This time, was it the time for their long-legged vice-captain to do so?
What an incredible waltz on ice!
"This girl's turned god-like!" Alasi exclaimed in admiration .
To any ranged soldier, the most important factor to a powerful attack wasn't the power behind it, but using an insane speed alongside devilish movements that could exceed that of an assassin, to establish an invincible position in combat . When coupled with never-ending long-ranged fire, so what if the power behind each individual attack was weak? Even metal plates would be penetrated by slow and repetitive hammering!
Karkel was also somewhat dumbfounded by what he saw . His movements and speed could be considered as the most unique among all of the CHF ranged soldiers, as he dared to meticulously calculate the best distance to fight before engaging in close-quarters combat . Now, Scarlet was utilising the rotations and inconceivable directional changes to suppress her opponent!
He was the type that would drag out the fight, while Scarlet was the type that would circle her opponent .
The only thing that could be said was that she had gained enlightenment .
"There's still preparation needed to use this move . That ice layer can't be formed at the start of a fight . After displaying this move to the public, no one will give her the chance to slowly blanket the entire stage with ice anymore . "
"So what? We just want this round!"
"Tianjing's gonna pull a reversal? Ha, this is getting interesting!"
"If Scarlet's able to take this round, the pressure will land on the Grozny side . Vladimir might be forced to face off against Wang Zhong, and a 4:1 victory will probably not happen . If he uses anyone else to match up against Wang Zhong, that's equivalent to telling everyone that he is afraid of Wang Zhong!
"Ah! No matter how the Ice Prince treats fame with indifference, even the northern regions would not look kindly on him if he shows this level of weakness! Furthermore, this will have a very big blow towards the morale of his squadron . "
"This is getting more and more interesting!"
As the atmosphere became electrified, with crazed fans shouting out Scarlet and Tianjing with all their might, De Gea rapidly calmed himself down . This was his opponent's trump card . Naturally, he knew that if he lost, the situation that everyone was discussing would unfold, which would force his big boss Vladimir into a completely passive position! If that happened, everything that all those before him had done for this match would go completely down the drain!
He couldn't lose! He absolutely couldn't lose!
There was absolutely nothing wrong with De Gea's actions in this fight, as a stable defence was indeed the best way to deal with situations that one did not have complete confidence in . As for the matter of ice-skating, he would not even attempt to try it out! He knew he was not suitable for movements that required that level of deftness and dexterity . Furthermore, he did not have any prior ice-skating experience . However, with a stable defence established, his opponent would not be able to break through it and eliminate him!
Scarlet had now established an extremely superior position on stage, revolving around her opponent and attacking while maintaining approximately 10 metres of distance . However, after a moment of fluster at the beginning, De Gea had utilised his ice shield and runic sword to create a stable defence against all of her attacks .
If this continued, all of Scarlet's ingenuity would be for naught; once De Gea got accustomed to her attacking style and rhythm, she would end up being the biggest loser . Clearly, some of the experts present could already see this happening . Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click for visiting .
This was the reason why fancy moves were unable to win life-or-death battles! As long as De Gea didn't make a second mistake, which northerner soldiers clearly wouldn't, Grozny would have some breathing room . Indeed, Scarlet had pulled out a frightening move! However, De Gea was extremely stable!
After 5 minutes of defending, De Gea finally discovered that the key to her arcing movements lay with not the where her body and eyes were pointing at, but the tips of her feet . Ice-skating requires repetitive movements, and that would develop into habits . Regardless of how talented Scarlet was, she wasn't able to defy the heavens and alter the laws of physics and the conservation of momentum! Compared to Vladimir, the things she was doing were just like child's play!
As he waited for his opponent to unleash her killing move, the confidence and judgement in De Gea's heart continued to grow stronger and stronger .
"Frozen Forest!"
Suddenly, De Gea roared out, before the icy air that perfused his surroundings instantly turned multiple times denser!
Bang bang bang bang!
Dozens of ice blades burst out from the ground, immediately surrounding the two of them . Despite reacting quickly and avoiding them, everyone could see that those ice blades were not meant to do harm . Instead, they were there to restrict the area in which Scarlet could move about!
BANG!
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