Chapter 690: Guina

The dojo's back courtyard.

It was extremely open and spacious.

On ordinary days, it served as the place where a dozen or so disciples practiced sword duels.

The land in the village was ownerless and held little value.

Therefore,

it was only natural that the Ichinichi Dojo could secure such a vast plot.

At this moment,

Lu En and Xiong Xiong faced each other.

Their eyes locked.

A terrifying aura of pressure slowly emanated from both their bodies~.

Xiong's aura was immensely robust.

Lu En's aura, by contrast, was especially ferocious, brimming with terrifying bloodlust.

As the violent impulses surged up his brain, a crimson flash flickered through his pupils.

But soon,

he suppressed that violent emotion.

It was merely a sparring match.

No need for life-or-death combat.

Xiong wanted to test his strength.

And he, too, wished to see just how strong Xiong truly was.

Xiong was very mysterious, rarely ever fighting.

Lu En knew little about Xiong as a person.

He only knew the man was strong.

That was all.

Since he had the chance today to face a warrior of Xiong's caliber, he naturally would not refuse.

"Let me see."

"Just how strong is Xiong?"

"Does he truly belong among the very top tier of the Seven Warlords?"

"We shall see."

Lu En's heart was deeply anticipative.

Facing a warrior of Xiong's caliber was a rare opportunity.

Before this,

he had already fought three warriors of Warlord caliber.

The first was Bai Huzi II.

He had been forcefully defeated and captured.

The second was Doflamingo.

The battle ended in a draw.

The third, Crocodile, the Sand Crocodile.

He was crushed and overwhelmed by Lu En, forced to accept the title of Warlord.

Now,

Lu En was about to spar with his fourth Warlord-caliber opponent.

It made his blood boil.

His battle intent blazed like fire,

burning fiercely.

"Young master, please be careful."

Xiong spoke.

"Come! Let me see your strength!"

Lu En's eyes narrowed slightly, his face full of anticipation.

The two terrifying auras collided.

Boom—

The clash of their auras seemed to spark flickers of flame.

Both men's auras were too terrifying.

Merely the clash of their auras unleashed a monstrous shockwave that swept outward in all directions.

This terrifying field of pressure rapidly spread across the bodies of those around them.

A gust of wind stirred Geng Geng Silang's hair; his eyes remained smiling, as gentle and calm as ever, utterly unmoved.

"Truly remarkable individuals!"

"It's understandable that Basso Romi Xiong, a Revolutionary Army officer, possesses such power."

"But a boy merely five years old…"

"Also wields such astonishing, terrifying aura."

"Truly, heroes emerge from youth."

Geng Geng Silang marveled repeatedly.

Feeling the terrifying aura radiating from the two men at close range, he couldn't help but be deeply moved.

Beside him,

Guina's delicate little face had turned pale, her large, watery eyes filled with shock.

She stared blankly at the two men about to clash ahead.

"S-So terrifying an aura!"

Guina was stunned.

Whether it was the bear's aura or Lu En's, both gave her the sensation of being crushed, as if she could barely breathe.

Had she not been standing beside Geng Geng Silang, whose aura had absorbed much of the pressure, she might have been completely crushed by it.

She didn't think so.

Under this terrifying aura, she remained standing, unmoved.

It could only be said that:

This aura was too strong!

And too astonishing!

"How could it be this strong…"

"These two are terrifyingly powerful."

"It's understandable that Mr. Bear is this strong."

"But why? Why does this five-year-old boy, someone my own age, possess such immense power?"

"Why?!"

"How could he possibly be this strong?!"

Guina's face turned pale, her spirit shaken violently.

At this moment,

she finally realized.

What an astonishing, terrifying strength this boy, her own age, truly possessed.

It was terrifyingly powerful!

Merely from the aura alone, she felt not the slightest thought of resistance arise within her.

Clearly,

Lu En, merely by his aura, could completely suppress Guina, leaving her unable to move.

It was precisely because of this that Guina could not accept it.

Her heart was filled with pride.

She had always believed:

Among those her own age…

No one could be her match.

Yet today,

this pride within her was utterly crushed by Lu En, the five-year-old boy before her.

Trampled into dust!

Her pride was shattered completely.

Even,

her self-respect had been trodden underfoot by Lu En.

"How could this happen…"

Guina's eyes went vacant; her body stiffened in place, as if she'd lost her soul, no longer the bright, spirited girl she once was.

She had been severely struck.

Lu En's power was so terrifying…

It utterly overturned her understanding.

It shattered her worldview.

Her young heart was pierced through and through.

"Is this what Father calls a monster?"

She finally understood.

Before this,

why her usually strict father, Geng Geng Silang, had made such an extraordinary evaluation of a five-year-old boy.

Now, at last,

all her doubts were resolved.

Simply because…

That boy, her own age, was an incredibly terrifying powerhouse!

A true, genuine monster!