"Nonsense. Don't think that I don't know what you did a few days ago. Although Gray stole your blood beast blood, it was because you stole his blood beast blood in the first place."
Viscount Fergus's face showed anger as he berated, his body exuding the majesty of an angry lion.
A servant had already reported to him about the conflict between Elise and Gray a few days ago.
From Elise stealing Gray's blood, to Lord Gray asking Lord Linde to stand up for him, to Gray snatching back the blood and snatching Elise's blood as well, and finally, to Gray admitting defeat to Madame De Milan and giving up next month's portion of the blood. He had told him all the details.
As the master of the castle and the head of the Fergus family, he was the one with the highest authority over the castle and the family. Nothing in the family could be hidden from him.
He felt that the final punishment was fair, so he didn't have any intention of asking further. He hadn't thought that Elise would still be brooding and actually want to fight Gray.
Faced with Viscount Fergus's angry rebuke, Elise was so scared that her body trembled. However, she bit her lips tightly and stubbornly spoke.
"Father, the matter a few days ago was indeed my fault. However, I'm requesting to fight Gray now not because of the matter a few days ago, but to temper my battle skills. After all, Gray's strength is extremely close to mine."
"Temper your battle skills?"
Viscount Fergus raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard Elise's reason. He naturally wouldn't believe Elise's reason so easily, but he couldn't help but have other considerations when it came to tempering his battle skills.
If a blood warrior's level represented their battle strength, then battle skills were the way to bring out their battle strength. The talent that Gray had displayed already made him want to train Gray's battle skills as soon as possible.
"Father, battle skills can only be better tempered in actual combat. Besides, with you here, nothing will happen to the two of them. Why don't you agree to Elise's battle?"
Bernal's eyes moved slightly as he tried to persuade his father.
"Gray, what do you think?"
Viscount Fergus looked at Gray and asked.
"Father, I also want a chance to temper my battle skills."
Gray said with a calm expression.
Ever since he had taken over this body, Ai Lisi had been causing trouble for him. Especially a few days ago, Ai Lisi even had designs on his share of blood fiends' blood. It could be said that Ai Lisi had completely exceeded the limits of his tolerance.
He had long had the idea of resolving his "conflict" with Elise. Now that Elise had taken the initiative to bring it up, he naturally had no reason to refuse.
As for whether he was a match for her, that would only be known after the battle. The difference in strength between the two wasn't that great, so he had no reason to be afraid.
"Very well, I agree to this battle. The time will be set for this afternoon."
Viscount Fergus immediately nodded and said.
In the afternoon, the sun that wasn't too hot hung in the sky, sprinkling down warm rays of light.
On the training ground of the castle paved with white stones, Gray and Elise stood facing each other.
Gray was wearing a light gray battle suit, and his face was delicate and pretty.
Elise was wearing a white battle suit with a handsome face. However, there was a hint of gloominess in her eyes at this moment.
Not far from the two, Viscount Fergus, who was still wearing the brown casual clothes from this morning, stood with his hands behind his back.
Further away from the two stood Sarah, Caroline, and Bernal. Apart from them, there was also Madame De Milan and the commander of the castle guards, Lord Linde. The battle between the two had obviously attracted the attention of these two.
"Let's begin!"
Viscount Fergus opened his mouth and said.
He didn't say that he couldn't kill or anything like that. With him watching, if something happened to the two of them, then he wouldn't live up to his name as a Ferocious Blood Warrior.
"Yes."
"Yes."
Gray and Elise both responded and looked at each other.
A hint of coldness flashed across their eyes. At this point, whether it was to sharpen their battle experience or simply to resolve their grudges was no longer important.
Pa, pa, pa!
Elise took the lead and pounced towards Gray. Her long boots stepped on the white stone floor of the training ground and made a hurried sound.
His entire figure pounced forward at high speed, covering a distance of more than ten meters in an extremely short period of time. He was like a wind wolf pouncing on its prey. His right hand bent into a claw and clawed at Gray's chest, producing a "whoosh" sound.
Pa!
Gray moved a step to the side and dodged Elise's claw. At the same time, his right hand quickly formed a claw and grabbed towards Elise.
Her right hand grabbed empty air and a hand came from the side. Elise's left hand quickly shot out and also formed a claw to meet the hand coming towards her.
Bang!
The two claws collided in midair and made a muffled sound.
Four faint red marks could be seen on the palms of the two people's hands that had collided.
In that instant, the four fingers of the two other than their thumbs had all pierced into each other's palms and left light marks on each other's palms.
They were evenly matched. Neither of them had the upper hand in their first exchange.
From their reaction speed to the power of their attacks, the two's battle strength should be about the same.
This was expected. One of them could last for three minutes in the first position for the third time, while the other could last for six minutes. This kind of difference was almost negligible. Moreover, both of them cultivated the same blood technique, so in terms of battle strength, they were about the same.
Whoosh!
Pain came from their palms and both of them retracted their hands reflexively. However, in the next moment, the other hand had already shot out and collided once again.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Their hands continued to extend and retract, colliding with each other in midair. After more than ten exchanges, many red dots appeared on both of their palms.
Suddenly!
As if he was enlightened, Gray's extended right hand moved to the side and brushed past Elise's extended hand. Then, he leaned forward and knocked Elise's hand aside.
After knocking Elise's hand aside, Gray's hand did not stop there. Suddenly, he extended his hand and ruthlessly hammered Elise's stomach with his claw.
Boom!
Even with the protection of the battle armor, under Gray's claw, Elise could not help but bend her body and fly backwards.
"Could this be … the battle talent of the original owner of this body?"
Looking at Elise who was sent flying by his punch and then looking at his own hand, a strange look flashed across Gray's eyes.
In his previous life, as an ordinary office worker, Gray naturally did not come into contact with combat skills. Moreover, he had zero fighting experience, so in terms of battle experience, he and Elise, who had lived two lives, could be said to be about the same.
However, in the battle just now, the scene of the original owner of this body single-handedly fighting five soldiers surfaced in his mind, as well as unclear thoughts such as "What should I do now?". He could not help but suspect the cause of this "unforeseen event" to be the original owner of this body.
The original owner of this body was a genius, not only in terms of cultivation, but also in terms of battle.
When he became a low-level Blood Warrior for the first time, he was already able to single-handedly fight five well-trained soldiers. Of course, this had to do with his superior low-level Blood Warrior physique, but it also had to do with his battle talent.
Under normal circumstances, only a low-level Blood Warrior with rich battle experience would be able to single-handedly fight five well-trained soldiers. However, the original owner of this body had just become a low-level Blood Warrior and did not have any battle experience, but he had done it. This was all because the other party had extremely high battle talent.
Originally, Gray had thought that the other party's battle talent would have completely disappeared with the disappearance of his soul. Now, it seemed that the other party had used some strange method to merge with his soul.
What he had obtained was not only the other party's memories, but also the other party's battle talent. There might even be more, but he had not discovered it yet.
Bam!
After flying for more than ten meters, Elise pathetically landed on the ground and crawled up. The pain from her abdomen caused her expression to change slightly. Fortunately, she had the defense of the combat armor, which weakened some of the force. Otherwise, it would have been much more painful.
"Humph —"
Elise's expression turned ugly as she was actually at a disadvantage in the fight. She fiercely stomped on the ground and once again pounced at Gray.
Her left and right hands struck out together, one from the left and one from the right, at the same time forming claws to attack Gray. It was as if the upper and lower jaws of a wind wolf were rapidly closing, and the left and right fingers were the sharp teeth of the wind wolf.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Gray also struck out with his left and right hands in the shape of claws, but unlike Elise's way of crushing the middle, he split them apart from the middle.
Bam, bam!
The two people's hands collided with each other, and two sounds of collision rang out almost at the same time.
Then, they quickly separated again, and once again gathered strength to attack the other party.
Bam, bam, bam!
Both of their hands moved quickly, and more than ten hurried collisions rang out in succession.
When they were about to collide again, Gray's hands suddenly slipped nimbly, crisscrossing past each other and actually grabbing Elise's wrists.
Then, he pushed Elise's hands to the side, leaned forward, and quickly closed in on Elise. His right shoulder tilted, and his shoulder was like a giant hammer, fiercely hammering Elise's chest.
Boom!