"You asked for this." Kleon growled and in that moment, he stretched his hand and reached for his back, grabbing a huge something which had been securely sheathed behind him.
It was a large Revolver pistol with a barrel that was as thick as a baby's arm and an handle that even Kleon struggled to hold with one hand and used his second hand to stablize it.
He pointed the large revolver at David as he smiled sinisterly. "You wouldn't have known I have something like this with me would you."
David was exceptionally stunned. He had almost forgotten about firearms. But since a Spryher has enough reaction speed to dodge bullets, he had thought this world had cast it aside.
But from what he was currently seeing, it seems he was a little wrong. But still, the pistol gave David a sense of reminiscent with earth, making him slightly unaware.
And that was a grave mistake as something happened in that moment.
David suddenly felt something touching his chest and it remained there permanently. He touched his chest subconsciously to figure what it was.
But he could not touch it, the thing was invisible and intangible. His body felt that it was still on his chest but he couldn't feel it.
Looking up at the gun in Kleon's hands, David frowned deeply a guess came to his mind. He had been marked by the revolver using a type of wave that would stick onto its target for a while.
David's eyes flashed as he immediately activated Scorching Fury. Intense heat blazed around him and the invisible heat waves that seem to distort space radiated out from him.
Kleon's eyes finally showed fear as he could now recognize who he was dealing with. The other students also stepped back in fear as the temperature on the room rose drastically.
David face suddenly turned expressionless, even his heat waves was unable to completely erase the mark on his chest, it could only grind through it and he estimated that it would take about 10 minutes to completely clean it.
But from the situation he was in, it was likely he didn't have up to 30 seconds, not to mention the ten minutes he needed to completely wipe off the mark.
"I-I warned you but you wouldn't listen, hehe. There is no turning back now." Kleon stuttered but his hands didn't as he immediately circulated his blood and in that moment, he used all the strength his fingers could muster and pulled the trigger!
Bang!
He was immediately sent flying due to the rebounding force and even the two other group member that had tried to catch him while he was still in the air were also sent flying by the recoil which showed how powerful the gun actually was.
The earth rumbled and the entire building rocketed. A massive bullet tore through the air with a whine that seem to escape from the atmosphere from its rapid spinning force.
David's expression grew solemn. The bullet was seemingly spinning very slowly, but David wasn't a fool and it didn't take much thoughts to know that it was only an illusion.
Showing how fast the bullet speed was.
David also knew he had been marked by something, there was no way he could dodge the bullet effectively.
Aaargh!
David suddenly yelled out as his body was forcefully compressed and he reduced by a few inches.
His muscles constricted around his body and they hardened to the highest point as his skin seem to shine in bronze colour.
Massive and explosive amount of strength filled his body, muscles and bones as his blood and muscles oscillated. It was even stronger than last time!
David couldn't get rid of this addicting feeling and if he wasn't in this type of situation, he would have loved to savour this feeling for a while.
But he needed to take care of something first, savouring would come later.
Stretching forth his arms, the bullet spun rapidly as it headed for David.
It seems as though David was about to catch the bullet with his bare hands.
In about a blink of an eye, the bullet instantly made contact with David's hand and sparks flew off as the centrifugal force from the bullet and David Iron skin produced an astonishing amount of friction.
It was as though his hands were made of iron and the bullet was meant to file it.
The force behind the bullet was massive as David's hands was being forcibly pushed back and his hand was turning red due to friction.
Aaargh!
David yelled as he forcefully circulated his blood, and the Five-Fold Strength technique to the maximum but that didn't seem to be enough as the bullet has pushed his arms backwards to his chest.
Sparks continued to fly off as the bullet continued to spin, producing a ear-splitting screeching noise.
David couldn't even get a proper hold of the bullet and his hands was already all red from the friction.
And as if that wasn't enough, his body began to skid backwards.
At first it was a slow push, but after a few seconds, the velocity began to increase, drawing two deep ravines in the ground.
His expression changed when he noticed the situation was turning bad.
"Open for me!" his yell resounded like thunder and as if it had heard the decree of an emperor, the adrenaline gland in his body opened as adrenaline pumped into his system and into his blood stream.
His rapidly pounding heart shivered and as if it was on drugs, the blood circulation increased by a huge amount.
His strength soared in that instant and all of a sudden, David forcefully stomped his foot to the ground and his body immediately stabilised. His legs, was deeply imprinted into the ground.
The screeching noise of the bullet slowed down in that second and after a blink of an eye, it stopped.
Although it might seem long, but all these happened in just a few seconds.
The entire cave suddenly went silent apart from David who was currently kneeling on the floor, his breathing rough and hard.
Suddenly, David raised his head up slowly as he gazed at the five students who were currently staring at him in fear and amazement.
He said only one word as his figure disappeared.. "My turn."