Chapter 451: Perception Contest

"Hey, is that how you're supposed to use the King Dragon Sword?"

The Minor Character God started complaining.

The King Dragon Sword possesses the ability to manipulate gravity; whether using Battle Aura or Magic Power, both can activate it, but applying the gravity effect directly onto oneself — among all the King Dragon Sword's owners throughout history, probably only Broly would do something like that.

"You don't understand; I'm doing weighted training on my body."

The newly obtained Treasure Sword's effect is far more useful than the Gravity Armor used for weighted training by the Atrophy Royal Guard; although this sword also comes with other abilities — like letting the holder fly in the sky, or condensing gravity to achieve a terrifying explosive slash technique — Broly feels none of them are as useful as applying gravity to himself.

"But Broly, according to what you say, every reincarnation your body resets back to the state when you first came to this world; can the improvements gained from training like this be carried into the next reincarnation?"

"Uh..."

The Eighth Loop Minor Character God's words silenced Broly, who had thought this sword was useful.

Every time the reincarnation resets, he resets along with it; besides memories, even the things belonging to this world that exist inside the Crystal Palace get reset together.

"At any rate, it counts as obtaining a sturdy sword."

Broly comforted himself with that sentence, then started complaining to the Minor Character God: "We agreed you'd find someone with superb combat skills, so how did it end up being that person just now?"

"Didn't his bizarre sword technique almost cut you in two?"

"That wasn't the opponent's swordsmanship; it was purely this sword's ability to manipulate gravity."

"That's how the North God Style is; they acknowledge external objects as also being part of one's own strength."

The Minor Character God shrugged his shoulders.

"Fine then; I hope the next expert you find isn't relying on external objects, but has genuinely superb combat skills."

Having obtained the King Dragon Sword, yet unsatisfied with Alexander as an opponent, Broly corrected his requirements to the Minor Character God and continued along the previous loop's journey path.

During this period, he found some new opponents, but perhaps due to his skill improvement, in this loop clashing with those people yielded few gains.

"The Miris Continent's experts are a bit lacking, but the Magic Continent is different; the Demon Kings here..."

"Don't talk about Demon Kings; I've clashed with several Demon Kings of the Magic Continent, those guys mostly fight relying on racial advantages; as for guys with truly extremely high combat skills, anyway I've never encountered any.

I'm saying, if the Magic Continent side doesn't have experts with sufficiently high combat skills, I'm not wasting time here anymore."

"Guys with extremely high combat skills, hmm, that would only be him; however, I feel you'd better not hold too much expectation; compared to Dragon God Orsted that guy, the other party is merely a Minor Character, and also, that guy..."

"Which person are you talking about?"

The Human God's words hadn't finished when Broly interrupted; last loop's Magic Continent experts, he had also clashed with some.

However, speaking of experts in combat skills, there indeed weren't many.

Of course, it's not that the Magic Continent's people aren't strong; it's just that the Magic Continent's races have stronger physical advantages than other continents' races, leading to somewhat crude combat skills.

Their battles mostly rely on advantages brought by race; for example, the Immortal Demon King's ability to regenerate even after being shattered to pieces — Broly can't learn that kind of technique.

And if the opponent still lacks exquisite combat skills, then clashing with them, besides being able to beat someone up, holds no other harvest for Broly.

"You're really impatient."

"Who asked you to guide me to people who are all unreliable — either people I've already fought, or guys with reputation but no substance.

For example, that North Emperor in Dino Town of the Miris Holy Kingdom — he's completely a blown-up piece of junk.

Yet you actually didn't know at all; I'm starting to doubt whether you, this god, are even real..."

"That blustering guy has strong Fate Power; that's not my fault. Okay okay, Broly, this time absolutely authentic."

The Minor Character God raised both hands in surrender; seeing him so solemnly sworn, Broly shut his mouth.

"However, the next guy is comparatively good with children; if you go challenge him, that person probably won't be willing to fight you."

"Where is the person?"

"At..."

Hailesi Region, at the edge of the Evil Spirit Forest, a green-haired man with a red gem on his forehead was roasting a fire.

Suddenly, he sensed some presences coming from above his head, and vigilantly picked up the long spear beside him, looking up at the sky above.

Broly was descending from the sky riding the King Dragon Sword; must say, using this thing to fly — although not fast — is comparatively effort-saving.

"Hello, I'm Broly; you're Mr. Rigelud of the Spearude Tribe, right?"

Broly landed in front of the green-haired man and actively struck up a conversation to inquire.

【A child?】

Rigelud found it strange how a boy could come from the sky, but upon seeing that the owner of the suddenly sensed presence was a child, not a magic beast coming for a night raid, he still relaxed the stern expression on his face a little.

"I am... Rigelud; you're not afraid of me?"

The green-haired man's voice was a bit hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken with others for a long time.

"Why would I be afraid of you?"

Broly felt it was strange.

"Because I'm a person of the Spearude Tribe."

Broly looked at the Minor Character God with some doubt.

"Over four hundred years ago, the Laplace War; the Spearude Tribe were the Magic God Laplace's personal guards; this race's warriors were brave and good at fighting, but were used as tools by Laplace.

Bestowed with the Cursed Lance by Laplace, during the war they turned into berserkers who lost their reason due to the curse, slaughtering indiscriminately without distinguishing friend from foe, making all participating races feel fear.

After the war ended, the important figures of the Central Continent, Miris Continent, and Magic Continent would always use words like 'If you don't behave, the scary Spearude Tribe will come eat you' to scare some children.

Over time, it turned into everyone fearing this race."

The Minor Character God explained.

"Rumors truly harm people!"

Broly exclaimed with feeling, then said to the green-haired man before him: "I'm not from this world; I only heard of the Spearude Tribe for the first time today, so I'm not afraid of you."

After a pause, Broly asked again: "I came to spar with you; don't know if you have any interest in fighting a round with me?"

"I don't fight children."

Rigelud shook his head and refused.

"I'm not a child, don't look at my small stature, but actually I'm already 15 years old."

Broly lied about his age; according to the Crystal Palace's algorithm binding to Wanpa Star, he is still 13 years old right now.

Even if the actual length of time he has lived through is longer than this.

"15 years old, aren't you still a child?"

"Ah, forgot to remind you, Broly, the adult age on this side of the Magic Continent isn't fifteen, because there are quite a lot of longevity races here, guys who can live for hundreds of years are everywhere."

The Small Man God spoke up at this time; Broly looked at Him wordlessly.

He in turn looked at Broly, seemingly appreciating the boy's depressed expression.

"Alright then, how would you be willing to have a trial battle with me?"

"No trial, no battle; a child should be protected."

Rigelud sat back down, tossing the dead branches of the tree demon at his feet into the fire, making it burn more vigorously.

The Magic Continent is scorching hot in the daytime and freezing cold at night, with an extreme temperature difference, yet he was deliberately increasing the temperature brought by the campfire.

"Broly, you can make a move; slash with the King Dragon Sword, threaten his life, and this person will naturally fight you."

The Small Man God suggested.

"I don't force others to have a trial with me."

In the Seventh Round, Broly often challenged others to duels, but if they refused, he wouldn't insist either.

"Then how about this: use the North God Style's trash talk to provoke the opponent; just say the Spearude Tribe is a crazy race, mock the Spearude Tribe for being brutal, going crazy to the point of even killing and eating their own family.

I guarantee that once you say this, this Spearude Tribe Warrior Chief before your eyes will definitely get angry and bring out his true skill to battle you!"

The Small Man God gave another suggestion; He especially liked sprinkling salt on the wounds of unfortunate people.

"I likewise dislike the North God Style's trash talk."

Broly refused again; he believed there were many blustering guys in the North God Style, especially the Strange Sword School, with a whole pile of petty tricks.

Things like grabbing handfuls of sand to throw in eyes, lighting firecrackers to blast people, or poisoning and such — he admitted these tricks had some use, but fighting such guys yielded no harvest in most cases.

"If you can beat me, how about I give you this sword? This is the renowned King Dragon Sword; if you sold it, it'd be worth over 100,000 gold coins."

Broly chose to increase the stakes of a battle with himself.

"Not interested."

Rigelud merely glanced at it, completely unmoved.

"Fine."

After failing to persuade Rigelud to exchange blows with him, Broly prepared to leave.

But as he stood up and walked away, he discovered the Spearude Tribesman silently trailing behind him.

When Broly thought this person might have changed his mind and wanted to trial battle with him, a long spear was hurled from behind, piercing through a large Earthworm that had suddenly burst from the ground attempting to attack him.

This thing is the adult form of the Earthworm; it has an extremely heavy soil smell, and aside from some demons taming them to reclaim wasteland, it has no edible value.

"What do you mean by this?"

Broly looked at the green-haired man who came over to pull out the spear and asked.

"Protecting you, go back to a safe place."

Rigelud answered seriously.

"Thanks, but I probably don't need your protection; if you don't want to battle me, then please don't hinder my sword practice."

Broly continued walking forward; this area seemed to have quite a few underground demons like Earthworms, and under the condition of suppressing his Qi, practicing the Water God Style's Reading the Opponent swordsmanship here was quite a good thing.

"Bang—"

As they spoke, Broly felt the ground beneath his feet tremble again; just as he prepared to predict where the underground demon would surface, intending to kill it instantly with the King Dragon Sword the moment it showed its head, a long spear beat him to it, stabbing into the ground ten-odd meters behind him.

Another Earthworm was wiped out; Rigelud walked over, retrieved his spear, then turned back to Broly and said, "This place is rather dangerous; we should leave as soon as possible."

"This person's perception capability seems stronger than mine."

Broly asked the Human God.

"The red gem on the foreheads of the Spearude Tribe grants them extremely keen perception of their surroundings, and they can also use the powerful perception bestowed by the red gem on their foreheads to see through the opponent's tricks and find the enemy's weakness — they are a race with extremely high combat talent on the Magic Continent."

The Small Man God introduced.

"I see."

Broly nodded, closed his eyes; in the state of suppressing his Qi, his Ki Sense was rather blurry.

But this was only a fuzzy feeling; actually, as long as he carefully perceived, he could still detect some very subtle changes.

"Clang—"

After walking a distance, before the third underground demon could prepare to burst out and attack, Broly took a step ahead and swept a sword slash past.

Rigelud, who had been preparing to throw his spear, froze, looking with some surprise at the slightly raised mound over there.

"How about it, my perception speed was faster than yours, right?"

"Faster than me, you're impressive."

Rigelud nodded; he was a discerning warrior, able to feel the level of that sword strike of Broly's.

"So, you don't need to follow me anymore."

Broly waved his hand at him.

"No, you're a child, I must protect you to a safe place."

However, Rigelud still shook his head.

"Since that's the case, then how about this: let's have a contest — whoever eliminates more attacking demons first wins."

Broly proposed; although it wasn't a trial of combat skills, a perception contest was also fine.

Rigelud didn't speak, merely threw his spear out.

"Child, no need for adventure; I will protect you well."

He walked over and pulled out the Bone Spear.

"The Spearude Tribe's perception capability is exaggerated; as their Warrior Chief, Rigelud is even more so. You are challenging another race's forte."

The Small Person God said.

"However, compared to you being able to spread your perception capability across the entire World, the Spearude Tribe's bit of skill is nothing big."

"With the same Aura Volume, his perception capability is stronger than mine; he still has quite the skill."

Broly threw the King Dragon Sword as a projectile, and then, striking later but arriving first, knocked Rigelud's Long Spear to the side; meanwhile, an underground demon beast had just poked its head out when the swiftly flying King Dragon Sword pierced into its skull's interior, killing it instantly.

"Return."

Broly crooked his Finger, and the King Dragon Sword, as if having Consciousness, flew back upside-down from the demon beast's head.

This is Qi's Long Range Manipulation of the King Dragon Sword, but to achieve this under Low Qi conditions still requires a bit of Qi Technique.

The North God Style is not entirely rogue techniques either; it also has Throwing Sword Technique like juggling, and the Usage of Qi within it is quite clever.

Cooperating with the King Dragon Sword, this special Treasure Sword capable of Gravity Manipulation Flight, one can realize some Strange Sword Technique moves; of course, placed in Broly's hands, Strange Sword Technique moves become...

"I throw, return!"

The Returning Sword capability of throwing the King Dragon Sword out and then letting the King Dragon Sword fly back on its own.

What, you say this capability has no use?

Hmm, indeed it has no use.

It merely saves the effort of having to run over and pick up the sword after throwing it out.

When Rigelud threw his spear, Broly threw his sword.

When Rigelud moved his legs to run and retrieve the thrown-far Long Spear, Broly's King Dragon Sword whooshed back.

After walking a distance, Broly felt throwing the sword was too troublesome, so he simply used Qi Control Sword directly; the King Dragon Sword evolved into a Cruising Sword.

As long as Broly Perceived a demon beast's Traces, this sword would hurriedly shoot over and kill the demon beast; Rigelud threw his spear Many Times, but surprisingly never stole a kill from the King Dragon Sword.

"Perception capability is yours slightly stronger, but Outburst Speed is mine faster; how about we call it a draw?"

Leaving the Danger zone, Broly asked the Green Hair man's opinion beside him.

"Actually, counting it as your win works too."

Rigelud did not care about this.

"If there is Opportunity later, let's compete in other things."

Broly waved and bid farewell to Rigelud; this time coming to see him, although unable to spar with him in a Battle way, both Water God Style and North God Style techniques had some Progress, not counting as completely no Harvest; this still made the Saiyan quite Satisfied.

"Good."

Rigelud agreed with a sound, then watched Broly ascend and fly far away.

"Truly a Strange child, but anyway, he should not be in Danger."

Broly once again went to the Heaven Continent, and this time flying was much faster than Last Time's crawling.

Aurora Plateau, the place cracked by Broly and Orsted in the Previous Loop, has already been Reset.

Some bird-type demon beasts nesting on the Short Grass Plateau, when the boy flew up, vigilantly raised their heads, looking at him.

(Chapter End)