Way of Overlord
Chapter 516: Conquering the Mind

Chapter 516: Conquering the Mind

Aeryon could understand Ayera heart. He could also understand why she chooses this way. Because this is the method of the warrior of the Steppe

If he loses, then he should not deny this justice to hers

Aeryon could not help but feel heavy in his heart.

If Mayeux was any other person, and he had to choose between Ayera and this person, he might even lean toward Ayera.

But he knew Mayeux. This is like his bosom friend. A person who understand him. How many people in this world could understand him

Not many. So, Mayeux must not die. This battle is not a battle he should lost.

So, he sighed in his heart.

Aeryon could guess all of this in an instant and he could not help but laugh in his heart. He both feels sad and yet at the same time, he also feel happy

Because.....that mask that she wears always in front of him...that mask is slipping. And he finally could see her

The real her. This fiery woman of the Steppe. A wolf king wife should not be like a timid sheep

But even as he was thinking of all of this, his body is now moving after dodging the dagger.

Aeryon slammed himself into the one of the five pillars of the pavilion and one part of the pillar split apart from the seams, the wooden pillars crack.

"hmm" Aeryon mutters to himself.

"There is something different about her" he thought to himself.

Aeryon look at Ayera and only now he could feel that there is a power that is building up inside Ayera.

He doesn’t know what it is but this made his eyes narrows.

Aeryon have many skills but he did not use all of these skills. It is not that he doesn’t want to use it

Some of the skill he have only could be used when certain thing is present. And there is also the fact that there is no need to use it

Because his strength alone is overwhelming.

Ayera saw that Aeryon easily dismantle her flying daggers and she immediately kick the ground

Ayera charges forward and her movement speed exploded all of a sudden.

She chose the perfect moment to attack.

She was like a hound that could smell that faint opportunity.

This shows her improvement and her ability level has risen since the last time these two clashed against each other

The moment Aeryon stop his movement, Ayera charges and in just a second she arrives in front of him.

Before Aeryon could see it, she is already holding another dagger

A smile on her face, a fire in her eyes

A dagger in her hand is gripped tightly, she moves the dagger, and when she moves it, it is natural and full of charm

It is almost like it is not an attack but a dance. But Aeryon did not have time to appreciate the art that is hidden in this killing move

Because the dagger edge swipes toward his neck.

Aeryon look at this attack, his eyes caught everything from her footworks, to her swing of her arm, to even the glint on her dagger.

He smiles and only shift his weight and retreat only a few inches

The dagger miss the target, the edge of the dagger is only a few inches away from his neck.

It was so close that Aeryon could feel the wind caress his neck, and almost felt like he could feel the sharpness of that dagger brushing by the skin of his neck

But he is still calm.

And there is a smile on his face.

There is confidence in his heart.

And even if he doesn’t have confidence, he must show confidence

In that brief moment of respite, a moment that is only a few second, Aeryon takes a deep breath and when he takes his breath, it is almost like he is sucking the energy of heaven and earth, his feet stuck to the ground as he make sure that his feet is like a stake embedded on the ground.

He swings his hips and thrust out his palm, his breath is released, energy exploded out

Aeryon then simply throws a palm.

HONG!

The wind rises with the thrusting out of the palm, the sand and gravel below his feet surges up toward his palm energy, the ground around his feet, depressed by one feet and one could even hear the wind roaring when the palm force is released.

Only using the force of his physical body,. And his palm strike created roars!

The palm attack itself is as swift as Ayera. Aeryon speed while is not as graceful as Ayera, it is also very fast

Swift like lightning, powerful like a mountain crashing.

The roar came before the attack and even before the palm arrives in front of her, the gust of wind first hits her.

She did not dare accept this attack. Even before the attack reached her, she knew that if the attack connected, she would be crushed

Ayera saw it and tries to dodge it.

But the palm attack was so fast that the moment she realizes it, she did not have a chance to run away from it entirely

The palm connected but before that palm could attack her bones, she kicks the winds and her body flew backward.

But the palm still managed to attack her. No, to be more accurate the palm attack brushed her. But that brush of a palm, is enough to cause injury

And she could not be calm. Because a second after she distance herself, she heard it.

Crack!

There is a sound of a crack.

Aeryon eyes narrowed

"A steel armour. Hidden under the clothes. You have been prepared" Ayera and Aeryon is now four feet away from each other.

Ayera gulped.

That attack, a small brush of Aeryon palm, nearly broke her rib bones. If not for the fact that she has a hidden steel armour beneath her clothes, the broken things on her body would be her bones

Ayera is now on top of the railing of the pavilion, standing on the railings like a crane, her body swaying with the movement of the wind.

Ayera grabs below her shirt and throws away the bent and cracked steel armor into the small lake

She then look at Aeryon, her eyes narrows like she is analyzing him

Aeryon on the other hand is on the entrance of the pavilion, near the pillar, looking at Ayera with a smile

But he standing there is not some coincidence. This pavilion is now like a prison. And the only way out of the pavilion is true that entrance of the pavilion

She could jump towards the water but that means she already lost. And the whole reason why she wanted to fight is none other than she wanting to win

There is pillars around him that he could use to dodge and shield himself if Ayera started bombarding him with flying daggers.

Even though each attack of Ayer is a killing attack, Aeryon is very casual with his attack and defense

Almost like he didn’t take her seriously.

But Aeryon has never been one that underestimate his enemies.

Last time, he underestimated Wustkazan and if not for some luck, he would be defeated. No one notices that Wustkazan has a great chance of defeating him last time but Aeryon has reflected in that battle and he take lesson from that

he underestimate his enemies too much because past lesson inflate his ego. It is good that he realized this early.

If this is realized later, he might make a mistake that would cost his hegemony

So, he would not do that ever again.

Even though, it looks like he is underestimating Ayera right now, only he knew that he is very cautious right now.

Especially that aura that he is feeling when Ayera made her attack.

Each time she made her attack, he felt this palpitations in his heart that he could explain

Ayera is hiding her ultimate move.

He doesn’t know what this ultimate move is but he knows that this move exist. And when it is time, this move will probably show its edge

So, he is cautious about that move.

But there is no need to show that he is uncertain, or fearful.

One of the books he once read about fighting is that when you fight and your strength and the other persons strength is at least equal o did not have much difference, then at certain times, just smiles

A battle is not always about strength. It is not only conquering by force.

But when the battle is already commenced, the superior fighter could even conquer the mind of the opponent

Making the opponent to follow your pace is conquering the mind.

Making the opponent doubts themselves is also called conquering the mind

Making the opponent uncertain and hesitant is also called conquering the mind.

Because when doubts, uncertainty, enter the hearts of your opponent, their moves would surely be slower and when their movement follows the mind and become slower, then there would always be flaws

Aeryon knew this method. And this method always works. The more he appears calm, the more it could rattle his opponent.

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