Heaven's Greatest Professor

Chapter 256: Two Minutes

"You come again to challenge me?" she said, her expression sour.

Warden nodded. "Didn't I tell you to wait for me?"

"You did," she said, eating her orange, looking disinterested. "But I'm not in the mood to fight right now."

Warden frowned. "If you don't fight me, can I just climb up to the top?"

The woman shrugged.

Warden didn't know if this was a trap or not, but he did not plan on skipping this checkpoint. While he would like to climb to the summit, he couldn't deny the amount of improvement he made fighting Karim and Ovium.

The woman appeared elusive to him now, but after he unravelled her enigma, Warden would reach a notch higher in skills.

Thunder crackled in the gathering clouds as lightning burst somewhere close to them. The woman didn't even waver, while Warden had his undivided attention on her.

"Good thing one doesn't need to be in the mood to fight," Warden said as he took his stance.

She lifted her head to shoot him a look, her expression betraying her irritation. She really didn't seem to be in the mood.

Warden could have left as it was... but he chose not to... He didn't know where the feeling of urgency came from, but whenever he looked at her, Warden couldn't calm himself.

"I'm coming..."

Saying that, he charged at her, his spear rising along as the wind concentrated. The white-haired woman glowered at him. She rested the basket from her lap and raised an arm.

"I hate this place," she muttered and chopped her hand in the air.

"That's better," she said.

Warden flashed again, using the Tier-5 rune. He employed void essence as a whole, as her eyes flashed with more interest, easily understanding the origin of the power.

But that wasn't the end of it. Warden drew his baleful intent along as both of the destructive powers combined together to create something ruinous.

"What's the point of tyrannical power if you cannot strike with that?" she taunted, flashing away.

Warden pulled patterns and mobilised them all to obstruct her movement. It barely slowed down her movement, but the minimum was enough for Warden to catch up, burning away a Tier-5 and a bunch of Tier-4 scripts. He enabled all the Empowering scripts on his body as well, just so that he could withstand the terrible velocity.

Power surged within him in a flood. Warden didn't know for how long he could stay in this form, but he felt invincible.

He shadowed her, swinging his spear in tyrannical forms. The wind rushed in torrential form, answering his call. The woman tried to obstruct his attack, but Warden broke through them all.

Both of their forms flashed in the sky as the lightning crackled in flashes of light.

"Draw your blade!" Warden shouted.

She did not.

Warden showed no mercy. He pushed against the tangible force of the wind and swung his spear in a low sweep, wind rising and concentrating with his void energy and intent, creating something devastating... something malevolent... something baleful.

The angelic face of his opponent split into a grin. "I didn't know why you thought this was a good idea--"

Warden launched the attack at her.

She didn't move away... not this time. Light sparkled around her, her entire form literally glowing with silver light. Then pristine white, celestial wings spread on her back, each of its feathers glowing in celestial light.