“Holy Shit! He not only killed The Butcher but also Hammer Head!”
“What?! Are you serious?!”
“Hammer Head was taken out in one strike! A few seconds and one strike! Who the fuck is this guy?!”
“Bloodbath… he calls himself Bloodbath!”
Looking at the masked man easily take out The Butcher, the spectators became so interested in Bloodbath that they went to check his previous battles and his identity. They were shocked to see only his name and his current star rank which was a Ninth Star Warrior.
“How does he take out opponents on the same level as him as if they are chickens?!”
“And why do his opponents freeze every time he says ‘Boo’?”
“I don't know but let's keep on watching, maybe he'll show us something interesting again.”
…
The crowd was going crazy over the masked man called Bloodbath, at least those who wanted to see something new went crazy.
On the other hand, Bloodbath was looking for another target to eliminate and it didn't take long to do so. It was a troll, a long and skinny creature, big mouth with razor sharp teeth, big nose but extremely small eyes, so small they were almost nonexistent like a mole's eyes. The troll was holding a club while facing off against a fearsome opponent.
It was a man with a bald head with tattoos drawn on it, a braided ginger coloured beard, not tall but very muscular. This man was a Viking and he was using a silver sword as his weapon. The troll and the viking were exchanging blows when suddenly a figure appeared above the and stabbed his eyes.
KRAAAAA!!!
It screamed in pain and agony of having its eyes stabbed and shook its face to try and shake off the one inflicting this pain but to avail. It then decided to grab whatever was stabbing it, it was then that Bloodbath pulled out his short swords and retreated.
The viking was about to rebuke Bloodbath for stealing his opponent but once he made eye contact with the masked man, he chose to keep his mouth shut and disappeared into the crowd. Bloodbath didn't waste much of his attention on the viking as the troll attacked him with its club.
‘I stabbed its eyes so how can it pinpoint my location?’ thought Bloodbath as he dodged the continuous attacks from the troll.
As the troll attacked, he noticed that its eyes were regenerating and almost completely healed.
‘What the…”
Bloodbath was shocked by such a powerful regenerative ability that he was jealous of it.
‘If I had such an ability…’ thought Bloody but he didn't dwell on those thoughts since he had to kill this monster.
He moved at such an incredible speed that the moment he moved, the troll lost sight of him. The troll then felt its achilles tendons being severed, causing it so much pain it fell on its. Bloodbath then jumped its back and severed its spinal cord joints, completely paralyzing it before finishing off the job by separating its head from its body. All of this happened in under a minute.
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“Wow, this Bloodbath guy has rich combat experience! He's probably from the Combat Zone, only someone like them can pull off something like this!”
“You're wrong, he's not from the Combat Zone. Although those who graduate from the Combat Zone have great combat experience, they lack the sharpness, decisiveness and viciousness that Bloodbath has. Seeing the troll's regenerative capabilities, he immediately went for its spinal cord which, once damaged, would completely immobilise the opponent before going for the death blow. This man is completely on a different level.” spoke an old man who had been watching Bloodbath from start to finish.
“Amazing! Old man, Bloodbath is amazing right?!”
“Yes, but that's not enough to take out the troll. There's a reason why these guys are so hard to deal with.” said the old man.
…
Bloodbath who was standing between the neck and severed head of the troll was waiting for blood to bathe in but nothing happened. Instead, he felt danger approaching from above and knew he couldn't dodge in time so he blocked whatever attack coming for him with his short swords.
Clang!
A heavy club collided with his short swords, causing sparks to fly and one of his knees to touch the floor due to how heavy the club actually was. Using all his strength, he flung the club upwards, making the user lose their grip of their weapon as it flew away.
Bloodbath then turned around to see exactly who it was that had attacked him and his eyes opened wide seeing the headless troll body moving on its own. A head slowly growing from its severed neck.
‘How fucking broken this thing is!’ he thought to himself.
Since its weapon flew away, the troll used his hands to attack Bloodbath. It sent palm strikes after palm strikes like it was killing a cockroach. What Bloodbath didn't get was how the troll was able to pinpoint his location without a head.
While dodging, Bloodbath was also inflicting wounds on it which were quickly healing but he didn't give up and kept on attacking while dodging. Fortunately the troll was lacking in speed and intelligence otherwise this battle could have been more difficult for Bloodbath. This went on for about three minutes until Bloodbath realised something.
‘If external injuries DON'T work on it, what about internal ones?!’ when he had this thought, he immediately executed it. He attacked the troll head on, closing the distance between the two, by this time, the troll had completely grown a new head but Bloodbath didn't care.
With the distance between them closing, Bloodbath cleanly cut open the troll's belly and entered it as quickly as he could. Since it was a clean cut, the wound only took a few seconds to heal.
The troll panicked when Bloodbath entered its body and the wound healed behind him. It scratched and clawed at its stomach to try and pull out Bloodbath but it didn't have the resolve to cut open its own stomach even though it knew the wound wasn't fatal. It was like how one can't hurt themselves when intentionally biting their tongue.
Inside the troll's stomach, Bloodbath cut everything in sight as he navigated his way to its heart which wasn't very far. Once he located the heart, Bloodbath was speechless to see the troll's heart which looked like a brain. He had never seen something like this before but it didn't stop him from chopping it to pieces and storing them away.
With its heart destroyed, the troll immediately stopped moving and fell heavily on the floor and everything became calm. The troll was dead but there was no sight of Bloodbath. The spectators watching waited in anticipation for Bloodbath to appear.
The troll's stomach moved as if there was a parasite moving around its stomach and was now ready to leave the host. A short sword cut a long line through the troll's stomach and Bloodbath appeared. He didn't just make an entrance, he made an entrance in style.
Body covered in sticky fluids, arms that were holding the short swords were wide open and he was roaring as he appeared.
“HAAAHHH!!!”
The crowd that had been paying close attention to Bloodbath went crazy at the sight of Bloodbath appearing like a well oiled killing machine. The crowd shouted his name in joy and happiness.
“BLOODBATH!”
“BLOODBATH!”
“BLOODBATH!”
“BLOODBATH!”