Chapter 920: Bicker Over Fair Spar
Chapter 920: Bicker Over Fair Spar
After hearing Valefor's furious shout outside the mountain cave, Vaan smiled before flying out through the newly formed hole.
In this world, he didn't have any male friends. If they weren't acquaintances or subordinates, then they had to be enemies or strangers.
Valefor was the only one who he could consider to be the closest to a true friend, someone he could trust unconditionally. He might be ruthless, cold, and vindictive, but he was also straightforward and true to himself.
He wasn't someone who would try to measure another person's worth when trying to befriend them.
Nevertheless, in reality, it was difficult not to consider another person's worth when befriending them in this world.
After all, if the status between two people were too far apart, they would never be able to treat each other as equals.
The weaker side would always consider their choice of words and actions carefully when interacting with the stronger side, even if the latter didn't look down on them and wanted to treat them as a true friend.
Any form of friendship between them would be superficial at best, not a true friendship. Nevertheless, it was because of Vaan's heavy destiny and rapid growth that he couldn't find people of similar status to befriend. Even if he wanted a male friend, it wasn't possible-at least not on Pangea or Gehenna.
As such, Valefor was the only one closest to being his true friend.
The only thing stopping them from actually becoming true friends was that they were ultimately one and the same person.
That said, if Valefor knew how Vaan treated him was because he wanted to view him as a friend, he definitely wouldn't want to become his friend.
Vaan's type of friendship would only shorten his life.
After all, friends were supposed to be nice and helpful to each other, not annoy, anger, and beat each other.
...
After Vaan chased after Valefor and met up with him in the sky, they both stared each other down for a moment.
Although Valefor was caught off guard by Vaan's fist, he was still shocked by his brute strength, which wasn't powered by any energy, law, or aura; it was simply raw physical strength.
How was that the strength of someone who had just stepped into the divine way? Nevertheless, Valefor was able to come to terms with Vaan's heaven-defying battle power. His cultivation method had to be able to do that much to attract heaven's punishment. "Since your strength has increased significantly, you must be itching to test it out and adapt to your new power. That must be why you picked me. I am the best choice for a sparring partner around here," Valefor commented coldly.
He was still feeling peeved by Vaan's previous joke to rile him up. As such, he added, "Very well, I will be your sparring partner. However, don't expect me to go easy on you, Other Me."
"It just so happens that I have also achieved a recent breakthrough and wish to test out its power. Try not to die, okay?" Valefor warned as he worked up his fighting spirit.
However, he suddenly felt Vaan's main consciousness set a restriction on his Primordial Avatar and limited his use of power to First-stage Divine Knight.
"What the hell are you doing!" Valefor questioned angrily.
"What the hell am I doing? You mean, what the hell am I not doing, right?! Of course, I have to restrict your power to an acceptable level to make it a fair spar!" Vaan snapped back.
"Bullshit!" Valefor cussed in disagreement, arguing, "How can it be a fair spar if one side has their power restricted?! It's only fair when both sides can fight freely! You want a fair spar? This is what we have to do!"
He had already experienced how heaven-defying Vaan's physical strength was.
If he had his power restricted to First-stage Divine Knight, how would he be able to bully him and repay him for all the frustration inflicted?
Won't he be bullied instead?
"Nonsense!" Vaan immediately denied Valefor's point before mentioning, "I'm only a First- stage Divine Warrior, and you want me to fight a Half-step Divine Lord at full strength?" "Did your head get kicked by a donkey, so you are temporarily having some loo-loo logic? How does that even make sense? A spar with such huge power differences can't be called fair!" "So, stop talking shit and fight me, Other Me!" Vaan urged after giving Valefor a piece of his mind.
"No way, you unfair bastard!" Valefor stubbornly refused, barking, "Do you think I don't know how strong you are?! With your various abilities, your battle potential is definitely above First-stage Divine Knight!"
"Hmph! Unless you unseal my cultivation, I'm not sparring with you!" Valefor coldly snorted.
However, he suddenly felt Vaan's coercive will commanding his body to fight him. As such, his body acted against his own will.
After all, he was Vaan's Primordial Avatar!
"Hehe, even if you don't want to fight, you have no choice but to fight," Vaan chuckled slyly.
"Stop it! What the hell are you doing, you shameless bastard!?! Release your control immediately!!" Valefor helplessly roared as his body forcefully engaged Vaan in close combat
quarters.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each time they trade blows, Vaan's fist would send Valefor flying some distance. It was clearn/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
who was stronger.
At the same time, although Vaan's blows couldn't hurt Valefor, the impacts still made him feel uncomfortable and depressed.
Who could be happy being a punching bag?!
In a last-ditch effort, Valefor quickly barked, "If you are capable, stop hiding behind such cheap tricks and fight me openly and justly! Don't use your authority!"
"Hehehe, you're talking nonsense again, Other Me. Using my authority is part of my capability. If you are capable, you can try using your own authority to cancel mine!" Vaan
grinned.
After Valefor heard Vaan's shameless response, he almost fainted on the spot from sheer rage.
Alas, even if he were unconscious, his body wouldn't stop acting on its own due to Vaan's absolute command.
"Stop bullshitting me, you shameless bastard!! If that was possible, do you think I would be
in this situation?!"
"That's because you are not as capable as me!"
Puchi!
Valefor coughed up blood in anger after hearing Vaan's response. The words "Not as capable"
dug into his heart like sharp knives.
"Stop arguing with me, Other Me. Your mind is saying you don't want to fight, but your body
is... Hehehe," Vaan chuckled cunningly.
Puchi!
Valefor coughed up blood in anger again.
He couldn't believe his other self would be so shameless. He was obviously at a disadvantage because he had no control over his own body and cultivation!
Valefor's eyes became bloodshot as he glared daggers at Vaan. If looks could kill, he would
have died a thousand times!
"Arghhh!!! I'm going to kill you!!"
"That's the spirit!"