Chapter 280 Link, The Menace... Part-3.


    ??[Dao Rhythm!]


    [Dragon Arts: Draconic Dive!]


    Link stomped the ground and jumped into the air. He used Dao Rhythm to walk on the air and then dove down towards Vanya at an insanely high speed.


    [Blessing of the World Tree: Maximum Elemental Enhancement!]


    [Vanya Style: Wind Type: Reversal Winds!]


    Condensed wind elements gathered around Vanya''s hands as she punched towards Link, who dived down towards her from the sky.


    Although one of her hands was already broken, she wasn''t going to admit defeat so fast.


    The wind elements in Vanya''s hand spread around instead of confronting Link head-on, pushing him back.


    Link''s attack lost power significantly due to that counterwind.


    But Vanya didn''t stop there.


    [Vanya Style: Fire Type: Wild Fire!]


    Fire elements condensed around Vanya''s hand, and she spread them along with the winds that she had created earlier.


    The strong wind caused the fire to spread fast, and it fell directly on Link, who hadnded on the ground a few meters away.


    But Link was simply unfazed by all that.


    He didn''t even bother dodging that wind and firebo and walked straight towards Vanya with firm and steadfast steps.


    Vanya threw massive fire sts at him, but Link was still unfazed by it all.


    Not only is his own defensive power extremely strong, he also has Dao Rhythm now, which makes it really difficult to harm him.


    His physique has no weaknesses; temperature fluctuations can do nothing to him at this point.


    Even his eyeballs are as strong as his muscles.


    This implies that Link has no weak points in his body; he is a walking tank! Unless you are at Liam or Rio''s level, it''s really difficult to injure the current Link.


    Despite not having Dao Rhythm during the group survival test, Link was still able to tank Rio''s sword intent, indicating that his defense has be even more ridiculous since acquiring Dao Rhythm.


    Vanya was shocked to see Link walk towards her,pletely unfazed by all those attacks.


    But then she gritted her teeth and ced her hand on her chest.


    [Blessing of the World Tree: Self-Heal!]


    In a matter of seconds, the blessing of the world tree covered Vanya''s body and healed her broken arm.


    But before Vanya could even think of her next attack, Link bent his knees a bit and arrived near her in an instant.


    ''So fast!?''


    Vanya had no time to defend herself, as Link''s punch was swift and precise. She was taken aback by his speed, and thus her reaction was dyed.


    [Dragon Arts: Rising Moonlight!]


    Link''s punchnded directly on Vanya''s stomach, and she flew into the air like an arrow.


    "Guh!"


    She coughed a mouthful of blood, as several of her ribs and internal organs had broken from that punch.


    But Link wasn''t even done yet.


    He stomped on the ground and jumped into the air.


    Using Dao Rhythm, he reached the ceiling of the SS-rank barrier at an extremely fast speed.


    He sped his hands together and hit Vanya with them with his full strength!


    [Dragon Arts: Shattered Earth Strikes!]


    "Gah!"


    *Crack!*


    Link''s attack directly hit Vanya on her back and broke her spine in an instant; moreover, the massive impact from that attack caused her to fly towards the ground at an extremely high speed.


    [Dragon Arts: Overload: Heavens Befall!]


    Link directly dove down right after Vanya, and when she fell to the ground, he directly hit her with a massively powerful kick right in the same spot on her back.


    That attack''s massive impact created a massive crater on the ground, and the wind pressure was so intense that it caused the ground to crack in every corner.


    After all that, Link stood beside Vanya to see if she was still conscious.


    It turned out her eyes were still open.


    Link was already feeling impatient, so he asked her to admit defeat.


    "Do you admit defeat now?"


    A smirk appeared on Vanya''s face after hearing those words. She ced her trembling hand on her chest and tried to use her ''self-heal'' ability again, but Link frowned at that and said,


    "Don''t try to be so stubborn..."


    Vanya grinned as she heard those words,


    "N-not yet... I still have-"


    When she tried to stand up, Link hit the back of her head with a light jab, which caused her to faint in an instant.


    Once she went unconscious, the match ended in his victory in an instant.


    *Surprisingly, the most-awaited match ended in a very fast manner! Who could have thought that even the elven princess wouldn''t be able to hold a candle against Link Rex!*


    Link ignored Vanya''s unconscious body that was being teleported to the infirmary and directly started to leave without even bothering to wave at the audience.


    The battle onlysted less than five minutes... No, it can''t even be called a battle at this point; it was just a one-sided beating from Link.


    Vanya is not weak; she''s probably stronger if youpare her to other excellent students like Arner, Miki, Renna, or even Lia, but in front of Link, she didn''t have the chance to stand for even five minutes.


    During the team battle phase, she was able to hold Link in ce because he wanted to have a fair fight, and thus he didn''t use the ''Dao rhythm'' on her.


    But right now, Link is in a hurry.


    He doesn''t have that much time to waste on the match; he still has to go back and see if Riya has returned.


    It''s been nearly a whole week now, and he has been feeling extremely uneasy all along; his restlessness isn''t letting his stay put in one ce.


    He has already searched all of the waiting area just to look for Riya, just in case she was hiding somewhere in the corner to purposely make him worried.


    (Basically, you can say he''s mentally stressed and doesn''t have the energy to waste on other things…)


    …


    Cafeteria


    While eating snacks nonchntly, Lia frowned a bit as she saw how Link''s match went.


    She put her smartphone down and nced at Rio.


    "He seems impatient and bothered by something, doesn''t he?"


    Rio nodded his head and replied in his usual emotionless tone.


    "Usually he doesn''t use his ''Dao Rhythm'' so early in a fight, but this time he directly started with that… It''s as if he wanted to finish this match fast…"


    Hearing Rio''s words, Liam frowned a bit as he retracted his hand from Ellie''s mouth. (She asked him to feed her with his own hands…)


    "I think I know what''s going on with him…"


    Liam told Rio and Lia about how he met Link before his own match with Rio.


    "He was looking much tensed at that time too… as if he hadn''t slept for quite a few days… He even seems to have lost some weight overnight…"


    Rio frowned after hearing those words.


    "Wait, did something happen to Riya? Otherwise, why would he be so tense?"


    The first thing Lia and Rio thought about was obviously Riya.


    Apart from her, they can''t really think of any other reason that could cause Link to be so worried.


    At Rio''s question, Liam nodded his head.


    "Yeah, he said that Riya hasn''t returned from her training session for so long now… which is very weird…"


    Even Rio nodded his head at those words.


    "Yeah… that girl can''t live without candies and sweets… Howe she didn''te back asionally to get some candies from Link…"


    Riya had given her whole stock of candies and sweets to Link before she left for training.


    She didn''t want to get distracted by them, so she said that she woulde back to get some from Link during breaks in the training session.


    But even Riya didn''t know that she would have no breaks at all and wouldn''t get to leave directly for a whole week.


    Not only did this cause a lot of distress to Riya, but it also caused massive chaos in Link''s mind.


    Riya had never gone back on her words like this before; this was very weird, and it was hard to digest for Link.


    Liam nced at his smartphone and frowned when he saw Link leave the stadium ground with that stern expression on his face.


    "He''s really be impatient… This may be bad for you too, Rio… After all, you will be fighting him next…"


    Hearing Liam''s words, Rio didn''t say much.


    "I have fought him in his berserk state before… It''s no big deal."


    Liam let out a sigh in response to Rio''s words.


    "Sigh, although you fought him during the New Year festival… Link was not this strong at that time… Right now, I doubt he can already be considered a semi-S ranker when using Dao rhythm to maximum capacity…"


    "Even I can''t guarantee that I cannd a proper hit on Link…"


    Although Liam has Kazto''s spatial warp techniques, those techniques can''t do much damage to Link''s ''Dao Rhythm''.


    And if Link covers his whole body in Dao Rhythm, then it would be very difficult for Liam tond a proper hit on Link.


    Moreover, unlike Rio, Link has extremely high strength.


    Link''s one punch is capable of directly sting his summoned beasts to smithereens.


    "Also… that fast speed he showed just now… That is definitely a movement art… He won''t be too far behind in speed from now on… He likely learned it to counter you specifically…"


    Even Rio couldn''t help but frown at those words.


    Link has always considered Rio his rival, so it wasn''t surprising that he would take some countermeasures against Rio''s insane speed.


    In the first ce, Rio''s movement arts were also given by Link; it won''t be surprising if he had a much better one for himself.


    All in all, this whole situation only made Rio more excited.


    ''As we had promised, both of us really ended up reaching the finals…''


    Rio and Link had promised to reach the finals, and now that was already done.


    All that remained was to engage inbat tomorrow.


    …


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    Author''s Notes.


    Yo! It''s your beloved author here! Finally, we will get to see the long-awaited battle between Rio and Link… This will be a sight to behold!


    Question of the day.


    Who do you think has the highest chance of winning in this fight?


    1. Link


    2. Rio


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