Chapter 146: Show off

The seventh fighter came. But unlike before, the man didn’t show any signs of arrogance or fieriness in their eyes. Instead, they showed fear.

First of all, Celeste looked like a fighter that he was not going to beat. Her techniques looked far beyond what he could do. But also, the pressure in this fight was immense.

If he lost this fight, then there would only be two fighters left in their group. And they hadn’t even defeated anyone from Eren’s group.

They might not have lost yet. But it sure did seem like they were the losers of this duel.

So, the seventh fighter from Carter’s group chose to fight using a defensive strategy. He tried to exhaust Celeste like the other fighters before her so that she wouldn’t last a few more rounds after this.

But that didn’t work. Celeste’s ferocious panther-like moves allowed her to move with speed, strength, and grace at the same time.

There was nothing the man could do unless he had eyes on the back of his head as well.

So, it wasn’t long before he was defeated and the eighth fighter needed to be brought out from Carter’s group.

Celeste stepped back, showing that she would be voluntarily bowing out of the duel.

"Is she tired already?"

"Looks like it. She must have exhausted her Psion reserves after everything she did..."

"That was a shame. I wanted to see her move like that more! It was quite a beautiful sight to behold hehehe...."

Celeste walked towards Eren and leaned into his ears. "You’re welcome," she said to him.

Eren immediately realized what she had done. In truth, she could have fought this eighth fighter without much trouble as well. She wasn’t even tired a single bit.

From what he saw before, she could fight for a few more duels without even breaking a sweat. She could probably finish this duel all by herslelf as well.

But she didn’t. She allowed Eren to have that privilege. That was because she knew that he needed to show off his skills in this duel. That was the only way that he was going to overshadow the rest of his group members after their impressive showing just few duels ago.

"I didn’t need you to do this," he said to her, cracking his knuckles.

"I know," she replied to him. "But I just wanted to do it regardless."

Eren stayed silent for a few seconds. "I’m not going to thank you."

"Wasn’t asking for it." She flashed him that cheeky smile.

Eren had no choice but to shrug it off and focus on his opponent. The eight duelist of Carter’s group immediately turned more excited as he saw Eren step up to take Celeste’s place.

Even Carter himself was rejuvenated after all of that.

"Their leader is stepping up already?"

"Does this mean that they have no other fighters left?"

"That sure does look like it. The other members in his group don’t seem like they are in the mood to fight either..."

The eighth duelist was a young man who wielded a wooden spear. He faced Eren with a lot more excitement than before.

After all, it truly did seem like Eren had no other fighters left after this.

Meaning, as long as he beat Eren, they would be able to start a miraculous comeback and defeat ten more opponents in a row! This would restore the reputation that they lost just a few minutes ago.

"Unleash everything you’ve got," Carters said to his group member. "Injure him. Exhaust him. Do whatever possible to make sure that he can’t fight the next fight."

The young man nodded.

Eren watched all of this with an inwardly sneer. Even if he couldn’t hear half the things that they were talking about, it was blatantly clear what they were trying to do.

But it didn’t matter. He was confident in a duel.

Finally, both of them stepped forward and started their fight.

Immediately, Eren’s opponent lunged towards him with a spear attack aimed right at his eyes.

Eren ducked out of the way and delivered a Primal Strike countering the attack.

The young man immediately reinforced his own hands, allowing him to use his Martial Manual to create a defensive measure with his spear. Rotating them like a fan, a massive shield appeared right in front of the young man, blocking Eren’s Primal Strike.

A few people noticed that the young man’s shield staggered a bit after being hit by that Primal Strike.

The Proctors, in particular, were a bit shocked.

"Say... that Primal Strike looked awfully strong didn’t it?"

"It did... it did... but in th end, it won’t matter. That kid’s [Construct Spear of Dreamscape] is a powerful 7-star Martial Manual. And he’s already got a Middle Proficiency Mastery on it."

Meanwhile, Kaiser and Miss Calliope both stayed silent as they watched Eren fight.

Miss Calliope could barely hide her surprise.

Eren looked plenty competent for a youth that had just woken up from a coma just a month or so ago.

From the looks of it, it looked like he had been training for months on end! The only indication that he was a beginner at this was the fact that he was still using a simple Foundational Moveset technique like the Primal Strike.

Otherwise, she would have thought that he was a really powerful talent on the likes of those heirs and scions from the Prominent Families.

Meanwhile, the fight in the Pitted Cavern became a lot more close than any of the fights before this.

Eren’s opponent skillfully used his spear for offense and defense perfectly.

Whenever he would attack, his spear would become like a gatling gun with an unrelenting barrage of attacks.

But whenever he would defend, that spear would become an all-around shield that would protect him from any kind of attack that Eren threw at him.

It truly did seem like they were even in skill, which was a bad thing for Eren since he was supposed to be winning this fight effortlessly.