Chapter 69: A Ranker
I didn't know why, but there was a bit of an astringent feeling that filled my heart.
Seeing the three of them like this bugged me for some reason…
But I suppressed that feeling quickly as Bing Lan and Bing Xin brought Tie Gang over to greet me.
When they came over, Tie Gang suddenly bowed his head and said, "You're the one that saved Xin'er? Thank you for saving her."
There were no fake emotions in his voice, there was only sincerity as he said this.
But that just went to prove just how close they were…
I suppressed that feeling again and said, "No, it's what I should have done."
Tie Gang looked up at me before suddenly revealing a smile. He reached his hand out to slap my back before saying, "Good man! You're a good man!"
Eh?
Did I just get a good guy card from this guy that I had just met?
Seeing that I had an awkward look on my face, Bing Lan came to my rescue by saying, "Big Brother Tie, let's go to the conference room to discuss the raid."
But to her surprise, Tie Gang shook his head and said, "Wait, I want to test him first."
This time, it wasn't just me who was surprised. Everyone looked at Tie Gang with a confused look as they didn't understand what he was doing.
In front of everyone, Tie Gang pulled out his sword and took two steps back. He lifted the sword up and pointed it right at me before saying, "Come at me."
I looked around as if I was looking for help, but all I got were helpless looks.
It was as if they were just telling me to go along with him.
I didn't know what to do at first, but then I just gave a sigh before saying, "I need a sword as well."
The sword that I had been using was the one from the training arena, so I had left it back there.
Tie Gang was the one that spoke first. He turned to Bing Xin and said, "Lend him your sword."
Bing Xin was taken aback hearing this, but then she gave a nod as a blush appeared on her face. It was as if she was starting to understand what Tie Gang was planning on doing.
She walked over to me and drew her sword to hand to me.
I looked at her with an unwilling look like I didn't want to take it, but she just kept offering it to me.
So with a sigh, I took the sword from her and faced Tie Gang.
Seeing that I took the sword, he laughed and said, "Show me what you have!"
At the same time, I could have sworn that I saw a glimmer coming from his body as he stood there. It was almost as if he had activated some kind of power.
An A Rank power…that really would be hard to deal with.
But with this sword in my hand, I might be able to do something against him.
The moment that Bing Xin's sword entered my hand, I knew that it wasn't a simple sword. There was a cool feeling to this sword that slowly became colder and colder until it felt like it was about to freeze my hand.
However, that feeling reached a peak before slowly becoming weaker.
It was almost as if the sword was slowly coming around and accepting me.
Holding it firmly in my hand, I raised it up before saying, "Faster."
Then all of a sudden, I disappeared from the view of most people. However, those that were stronger were still able to follow me with their eyes.
That included Tie Gang who I was charging at.
But even though he could see me, he didn't move at all as he waited for me to approach.
Seeing this, I just calmly said, "Stronger."
Then in one swift move, I slashed down at Tie Gang who simply raised his sword to meet my slash.
At first, it didn't seem like my slash had any effect on Tie Gang, but he was still forced to take two steps back in the end.
That was because I had suddenly said, "Become dizzy."
Tie Gang's eyes had twitched a bit before he was pushed back a bit, but then his eyes focused as he suddenly swung out.
I felt an immense force from in front of me that I couldn't resist at all.
This immense force carried me off the ground and sent me flying away.
I flew through the air a bit before finally sliding to a stop on the ground.
Tie Gang had already started moving after sending me flying, so he appeared in front of me as soon as I landed on the ground.
His sword was raised so that it was pointing right at my throat, so I wasn't able to move a single inch. I could tell that if I did move even the slightest, he would be able to stab me right through the throat.
So I could only release my grip on the cold sword and raise my hand to show that I surrendered.
I couldn't help being worried when I saw the way that Tie Gang looked at me with those sharp eyes, but then I let out a sigh of relief when I suddenly saw the smile appear on his face.
Tie Gang took his sword back and said while laughing, "That was quite the strong blow, I can even still feel my hands trembling. Whoever said that you were weak definitely didn't know what they were talking about, I even had to get a bit serious there."
He reached his hand out to help me up before slapping me on the shoulder and saying, "You're good, you're very good! You've passed my test!"
"Test?" I couldn't help asking.
Tie Gang nodded before bringing me over to where Bing Xin was standing. He said with a wide smile on his face, "You're someone I can trust to take care of Xin'er."