Inside the empty void of darkness, only two young men existing, standing facing one another. One looked slightly older than the other. He was wearing a black tailored-suit which fit his body line perfectly. With his face that was showing a calm demeanour, his imposing aura emanating from his body made it felt like looking at the impersonification of an emperor. But to the young man, he was only your neighbour uncle who can't stop embarrassing you in front of your friends. The calm face of the older looking man suddenly broke out into the face of longing someone.
"Hey, old geezer what's with your face? Stop creeping me out every time I see you."
Realizing what the younger man was saying, the older man let out a cough and smiled wryly. After not talking with anyone for the past few months, of course, he felt like tearing up when finally able to talk with Kim. The only people he could see was the warriors who were busy reconstructing Borneo from scratch.
"How was Borneo?"
Rentap was already proven to be an exceptional leader in the past which made his name carved in history. It was no wonder he could bring his leadership again to rebuild Borneo. After several months since Kim and Momo left, they already made a proper village by the river with houses, farms and ranches. It was a small village but it was only because the warrior's number was lacking. A bigger village was deemed unnecessary. Since all of them was a man, the village won't be increasing in size very soon.
With the village able to sustain themselves, Rentap had made some plans to explore Borneo. He chose several men to come with him and entrust others with the village. Kim already told Rentap on how the world had progress compared to his time. The desire to explore had been burning brightly ever since. If he was not feeling obliged to stay as the guardian of Borneo, he would left and follow his sworn brother, Kim. Alas, all he could do was take in whatever he could find on the island.
"Seems like my brothers are doing well."
Looking at the relief face of Kim had made the older man to subconsciously smile as well.
"Enough talking kid, let's see how much you improved since last time. I won't waste whatever time you have in this domain now come!"
Kim slightly chuckled, "Aren't you overly excited today, old geezer?"
If only Kim had known how lonely the voice felt since Kim and Momo left. Even though Kim and the voice mana were connected, the voice could only reach Kim's mind while Kim was in Borneo. After Kim left, it was hard for the voice to reach him due to the chains suppressing his mana. The only time he could have human contact was through this mental domain that only lasts for 2 hours in a month.
Without letting out a single word, the voice body suddenly bursting with disgustingly powerful mana. A giant black silhouette could be seen emerging behind him. Compared to the silhouette he saw before, this time the shape was somewhat more distinct. From the shape, Kim was able to make an assumption the true identity of the voice by now but it didn't surprise him in a bit. He already had thought of it a while back with all the evident clue he gained during the transfer of mana memory.
What matter now was not the voice identity but actually the power coming out from him. 'The old geezer is stepping up his power again.'
Kim planned to ask the voice about the metamorphosis of a human into a monster but it seems that a single mistake from this spar might force him to break from the mental domain before he could even ask. But in a way, it was a good thing for Kim as well. He already expected the voice to be merciless in their 'practice spar'. Ever since Kim left Borneo, he never had the chance to utilize most of his mana. It wasn't just the voice who wanted to see Kim, but Kim was also itching to see the voice so he could have a proper fight.
Without hesitation, Kim released his mana in full power. He enhanced his strength and mind at the utmost maximum. This was Kim at his peak!
"It seems you have improved again kid! I thought you will be slacking off after you step out of Borneo. Your master is proud of you! Bahahahaha!"
Kim let out a snort and dashed toward the voice body in sonic speed. Only a flicker of light could be seen as he neared the voice body. Scarily, not even a single sound could be heard with that one movement. In a split second, with his enhanced mind, Kim thoughts of several possible answers from the voice and how he should reply to him. After clashing with the same person over and over again, it was not impossible for Kim to understand the voice way of fighting.
Even though other mana users who watch Kim would think he fights by overpowering others with his tremendous strength but it was exactly the opposite. Kim was someone who analyzed his opponent before he made a move. However, his fast-thinking decision made it seems like he just acted out of impulse. The reason he fights this way was Borneo had too many powerful monsters where it was impossible for Kim to overpower them easily with pure strength. Kim also trained with the voice who never seems to be weaker at every clash even if Kim was utilizing his full power.
For that reason, Kim understood well how the voice fight. The first thing he always noticed is that the voice is extremely proficient with his mana. He never overexerts his mana to perform a skill. Each one of his movement was executed with the optimized amount of mana. The second thing was he always reply with a slightly more powerful move against Kim. The voice seems to able to perceive Kim strength for each of his attacks. This enables him to save his mana while still overpowering his opponent without being in a disadvantaged position. Little by little he would break his opponent mental fortitude, the moment he found an opening the voice would go for the kill. One could say that the voice has an imposing manner whenever he battles.
After fighting with another mana users who was a human, Kim learned new things. Even with the voice reaction and fast speed, Kim found out that his movement was not efficient for a human. He was actually slightly crude. From Kim's view, the voice body was not the body he is used with. Even if the voice was faster than him, technically Kim could outspeed the voice because his reflexes are a millisecond faster.
'Which mean his next action would be...a full-frontal attack!'
To Kim expectation, the voice was going to give him a direct reply. The corner of Kim's mouth curled upwards as he was already thought of a counter. The moment the voice raised his right arm, Kim breath out a cold air which formed several layers of ice between them. He landed on the ice with his feet and pushed himself backwards, doing a backflip.
Being the person he is, the voice just punched through the layer of ice and broke it into several pieces. Kim saw this and manipulated the ice to surround the voice body. He then threw a fireball toward the ice creating an explosion. With the extreme heat, the ice instantly evaporated creating a mist which blocked the voice from its view.
The explosion didn't even leave a scratch on the voice body at all. Behind its body, a black silhouette that looked like a pair of wings grew behind him and with a single flap, the mist was dispersed instantly. Without anything obstructing their views, their eyes were interlocking with each other. The moment he saw the smirk on Kim's face, he expanded his mana sense and detected two surging mana were rushing towards him from his left and right. Kim already deployed his hands of Gaia while the voice wasn't looking.
Too bad, "It's too slow!"
It was commendable that Kim was able to distract him for a few seconds so that he could unleash a more powerful attack, but the hands of Gaia was considerably slow for someone like him. All he needed to do was to rush directly at Kim and give him a good smack on the face. Little did he know, Kim had already prepared another surprise while he was distracted.
The voice wanted to rush toward Kim but his legs were not moving. 'This kid, did he learn new tricks while he was away? His manipulation is getting better'
There were branches of trees growing around his legs. Kim even enhanced them, making it as sturdy as a mountain. Even a legendary monster would have a hard time releasing itself from this powerful grip which in turn become a simple feat for a being like the voice. However, the oncoming hand of Gaia left him with insufficient time. Instead, he decided to take on the attack.
The voice hands were fully concentrated with mana. He then swung both his arms towards the direction of the giant hand made of earth, which formed two beastly claws made from mana. When Kim saw the two claws, he could feel the terrifying mana coming out from it.
Without a doubt, those claws completely obliterated the hands of Gaia into bits. The two giant hands which dominated the night of rampaging monsters at Kuala Terengganu had been destroyed with a single attack.
Kim was slightly shocked. He thought that he could at least hit the voice body this time and didn't expect the voice could actually react with a stronger attack. 'Wasn't I fast enough?!'
Seeing Kim was contemplating, the corner of the voice's mouth curled upwards. 'You are thinking too much, kid. Let your master show you how it's done!'
The voice made another swinging motion and two giant claws made of mana were flying towards Kim direction in sonic speed. Kim could sense the terrifying mana coming out from those claws. He wanted to avoid the attack but he couldn't budge an inch.
"This power..."
Kim gritted his teeth to fight against the domineering pressure. Behind him, his mana spirit was formed. Kim whole body was shining with a brilliant glow. With a tremendous effort, he swung his left arm forward and unleashed his most powerful punch!
In the nick of time, the fist of heaven and earth collided with the giant claws, creating a massive shockwave! If this happens in Kuala Terengganu... no even a metropolis like Kuala Lumpur will suffer immeasurable damage.
Kim managed to stop the powerful claws but he wasn't left unscathed. His whole body was trembling with pain. His left arm felt like it was broken from taking on the claws. He could not use that arm anyone. Since he used his full power from the beginning, with that punch his mana had been depleted close to exhaustion.
Kim was now left with one more attack and the voice knew that as well.
"Still standing kid? Not bad"
Kim snorted and coughed a mouthful of blood.
"I thought you would be slacking after you left Borneo."
"Fighting with another human had made me sharper."
"I see."
The voice squinted his eyes when he heard that. He could teach Kim everything about mana but he knew it was impossible for him to teach a human how to fight. 'I guess it was best for both of them to leave Borneo after all'
"So, what are you going to do now? You can only do one more move."
"Then I will hit you with this one move!"
"Bahahaha! It's worth it to have you as my disciple!"
"Shut up and come at me!"
The voice let out a snort and this time his whole body was emanating with terrifying mana. He rushed towards Kim and a blink of an eye both of them was only several metres apart from each other.
With this one last attack, he concentrated all his mana into his right arm. Not being able to use his dominant arm will not hold him back. Kim unleashed the same powerful punch he did before but this time it was full of mana pressure.
"That's right, kid! To hit a person, all you need is completed domination! Hit me with all you got!"
Feeling the mana pressure, the voice also imbued his claw attack with mana pressure and swung it towards Kim. Both of the attacks collided and created a more powerful shockwave than it was before.