The Supreme Level Up System

Lexus landed on his feet and slipped on the sand for a short while. He looked astonished that he had lost the exchange when it came to brute strength. As if that wasn't enough, he frowned when he saw that Aion didn't move from his spot and just assumed that neutral stance again…

Aion's eyes were as calm as they could be. There was no hesitation, anger, fear, or any other emotion on them. There was only focus and the will to attack when necessary. Lexus had an idea of what Aion did, but he couldn't wait and think about it while Inner Strength was active. Moreover, he had to try his hardest to test the strength of his son.

Lexus charged again and then thrust his sword at Aion's torso, but another simple downward strike stopped his attack… What was surprising was that Aion only began to move when he was within his range… Lexus saw that clearly. With his focus, he could react only to real attacks, not feints.

The weapons collided again, and the powerful impact made the sand around fly away in a perfect circle. This time, Lexus wasn't blown away, and his trust pushed Aion backward a little. It seemed that the weakness of his stance was thrust attacks. Still, while Lexus moved his sword backward to prepare for his next attack, Aion stepped forward, already swinging his sword toward him.

Lexus barely had the chance to move his sword and block the strike while holding the sword with both hands. The vibration made his arms tremble and hurt a little, but then he noticed that Aion didn't put much more strength before the impact… He quickly returned to his neutral stance after taking a single step backward.

"Is that kid planning to defeat his father by using the same sword strike over and over again?"

"It looks like he has speed and power, it is clear with the sound of the impacts, but he is underestimating far too much his old man…"

"Maybe he can use only that now that he changed his weapon."

It looked like some of the audience was thinking along the same lines as Lexus, but unlike him, they didn't know what he had realized. It was true that Aion was using a basic way to attack, but it was also the best way for him to attack using a longsword, probably because he practiced that swing thousands of times. Moreover, after seeing the second attack from up close, Lexus noticed that Aion used Inner Force, if only for a moment… He was using his best attack while only using the bare amount of energy… It was like the strategy he used against Valgen, but a lot more advanced and troublesome.

"Even if he is doing all that, he shouldn't be able to be stronger and faster than me… I suppose he is using something else as well," Lexus thought.

Lexus began to run around Aion to see if he could find any openings while he moved, but Aion followed him with his eyes without showing such a thing. He was good at changing the direction of his body by shifting the weight on his feet. Despite that, Lexus charged and attacked with all his might. This time, he used a downward strike as well, and when the weapons collided, the sparks flew around again, and the audience covered their ears due to the impact. Aion and Lexus have pushed away from the center of the impact. Since Lexus was heavier, he gained extra power, and he covered a bit of the difference in power… he still didn't know how Aion's attack power was higher than expected, though.

At that rate, they will only break each other's weapons. Unlike his kids, who had been influenced by Aion and knew how to use a kick, Lexus only trained how to use a sword, which was almost an unrivaled specialist. So, he couldn't let that happen. For a brief moment, Aion saw the sword of his father emitting a dangerous red glow, and then he swung it toward him insanely fast…

Aion didn't have time to dodge, but he swung his sword while he jumped backward and made the explosion happen a bit further away from his body. The surprise and the pain broke his focus a bit… Regardless, as expected, his father was the one who taught Vangel that technique.

Instead of something created by his family, it was probably Lexus' own technique, something he developed by himself, and just like he did years ago, the family didn't waste any type of talent. So, they passed down to the next generation a single technique that could help all fighting styles…

The explosion and the jump made Aion's body being pushed backward. Thanks to that, he didn't suffer that much damage. However, his sword did… Taking two or three more of those attacks will be too much. Eventually, Lexus and the audience noticed that Aion prevented most of the damage, and that surprised them since the attack was a lot more powerful than Vangel's…

Much to everyone's surprise, Lexus fired another of those attacks, and this time Aion jumped to the side the very moment the energy enveloped the sword. The attack hit the spot Aion had been in and caused an explosion while opening a crater. It forced his body to be pushed to the side and lose its footing. Lexus used that chance to approach and attack with all his might.

Attacking perfectly and repelling the sword strike in that circumstance wasn't possible, but Aion did them anyway. The weapons collided, and Aion was sent flying to the other side of the arena while spinning in the air.

Lexus gave chase, and even before Aion could land, he approached and attacked again. Despite the situation, Aion blocked the sword strike that sent him flying to the walls of the arena. Still, he landed on his feet on the walls, despite the fact that the impact made it fall.

Aion suffered some damage, but that didn't bother him. He just had to keep his pace once he regained his focus. Even if Lexus was the creator of that technique, he couldn't use it too often… and put him in a bad spot with it, or so Aion thought.