He named his skill Yin-Yang Blast.
Emile reached his tenth battle in a row. His opponent was also in their tenth battle.
He suspected that this would be a challenging fight. He bet all his coins again.
Emile took the same measures as before. He launched fireballs and water spheres.
The man dodged all the attack as he charged forward. He even threw out a few Yin-Yang Blasts, but the man evaded everything.
Emile didn't lose his composure after seeing the man gain distance on him.
Emile took out his sword for the first time. He never had to use a sword before. The players couldn't gain enough distance since he could kill them before they got close to him.
The crowd hadn't seen him use a sword either. His supporters yelled at him.
"What the hell is he doing?!? Just keep shooting spells at the man, don't use your sword!!" One person who bet on him said.
They thought Emile was throwing the match.
Even though Emile took out his sword, he still cast fireballs. He wanted the opponent to be in a bad position when they came close to him.
The enemy got into an arm's length away from Emile.
Supporters for Emile lost hope.
"Run and shoot spells. Don't stand still." Some were facepalming themselves as they imagined their money going away. Supporters for his foe were ecstatic since no one had landed a hit on their player.
Emile also never got hit, but he always killed from the distance which made them think he wasn't capable of fighting in close combat.
The man smiled at Emile before attacking him.
Emile engaged.
*Clang*
They interlocked their sword, and no one had an advantage.
The man moved his sword towards himself before striking from a different angle.
*Clang*
Emile blocked again.
It riled Emile supporters up. They had the most morale they've ever had.
Emile began to cast a fireball.
The man moved back and went for another strike.
Emile cast fireball.
The fireball hit the man's sword which caused an explosion. Smoke clouded their vision.
The man tried to retreat.
Emile ran through the smoke while casting fireball.
He cast fireball.
This was the first he cast a fireball while moving.
Emile ran behind his fireball with his sword out. He followed close to the fireball.
The man couldn't avoid the fireball.
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Emile attacked him with his sword after the fireball struck him. He created a combo from his attacks.
The man blocked the strike.
Emile used Void-Steps to confuse the opponent.
He attacked.
The opponent couldn't block.
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The man survived the attack.
Emile felt startled but didn't show it.
He attacked a few more times.
The man used a skill which surrounded him with mud walls.
Emile felt slightly nostalgic.
He attacked the walls by using 7 hit slash. He destroyed the walls.
Emile ran forward while chanting a fireball.
He did another mobile fireball.
The man evaded the spell; he was wide open.
Emile struck at him since his defenses were wide open. The man couldn't block and watched himself get struck by the attack.
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The man disappeared signaling Emile's win.
The crowded burst with enthusiasm.
"Give it up for Mystical Flame's tenth win in a row. Give your best wishes to Mystical Flame. Let's hope to see more from this participant." The host said.
Emile won more coins. He was over 300 silver coins now. He continued to stay in the arena.
His proficiency of fireball broke past 90%. His mobile fireball broke through the 90% barrier. He gained insight into how to gather fire elements while moving.
Before he would wait for the fire element to come to him. Now he charged at the elements which not only made them active, it also sped up the process of gathering energy.
The active fireball did more damage and created an explosion. This was the first time an explosion occurred from his fireball.
The explosion could create a wall of smoke which could he could use to hinder the opponent's vision.
Emile did a few more battles which somewhat challenged him. His fifteenth battle up to his twentieth battle were players close to the skill level of his tenth opponent.
His 20th opponent was the first NPC to battle him. It was a chief ranked mob.
Emile's coin count had reached 1 gold and 200 silver coins.
The arena wanted him to solo a Chief Ranked mob. Even though he had slain Chief ranked mobs in the past he didn't let his guard down.
This was a golem.
The arena blocked him from identifying the golem's stats.
Emile had to wing the fight with no information about the opponent. He looked for weaknesses.
He noticed that there was something poking out of the head. The system considered this a weakness.
Emile charged forward and attacked the golem. The golem had high agility for a huge-looking body. He evaded the attacks easily.
Emile used his sword to deal damage.
He didn't have a benchmark on when to retreat or when to attack more. He also didn't know the skills of the golem.
The golem smashed at the ground. This cracked the ground and caused shards to fly out towards Emile.
Emile had his guard up the entire time. He evaded a few of the shards and used his sword to defend against the shards.
This got the approval of the audience as they roared.
Emile ran towards the Golem. He attacked more.
The Golem couldn't land a hit on him.
"Get ready the golem will do his special technique," One spectator who visited the arena many times said.
Emile continued to attack. He also attacked at the crystal that was poking off the head of the golem. This dealt true damage.
The Golem activated Berserk which increased its speed by a large margin.
A red glow surrounded the Golem.
This showed to Emile that the Golem had activated Berserk. it also told Emile that the Golem was close to death.
"You think he'll kill the golem," Some of his supporters doubted.
The Golem took the initiative and ran towards Emile.
Emile retreated as he cast fireball.
The fireball which dealt loads of damage hit the golem. Emile cast another fireball at the charging Golem.
This did more damage to the Golem.
"The golem always one shot the opponent when it attacked the participant. Not even tanks survived one blow from the berserk Golem. This is the end of Mystical Flame." One of the spectators said in a wise tone.
"I believe he can survive this. He's survived when people entered close combat. Everyone doubted him when he entered close combat but he won. I think he'll win this." One of the more fanatic fans of Emile said.
The golem came at a close distance.
Emile activated bubble shield. This blocked some damage from the golem's strike.
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This attack was strong enough to one shot 99% of players. Only people with rare equipment and had points in their vitality could survive this blow.
If Emile didn't activate Bubble Shield he would have died.
Emile activated his Berserk and used 7 hit slash aimed at the crystal.
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Emile dealt over 3800 damage from these attacks. This made the golem fall and succumb to its wounds.
Emile won the battle.