The moment that Niklos swung his arm down, Borik launched himself forward, the ground beneath his feet cracking slightly under the intense strength of his lower body.
His entire body, from his arms to legs, from his fingers to his toes, everything about Borik's body started to change the exact moment the battle begun.
A thick, brown coloured fur exploded outwards from every corner of his body, as his already massive physique expanded outwards, as his height increased from 2.5 metres to almost a whopping 5 metres.
Arthur could hear the popping of his nails and fingers and Borik's body swiftly changed. His one fragile, and human finger nails had now grown thicker, tougher, and significantly larger than what was normally possible for a human being.
They became more like claws, with a thick, black padding on the insides of his palms.
Borik's face underwent the largest change. His jaw and mouth expanded forward, and his ears slowly started to vanish under the immense amount of hair. All of his teeth became canines, much sharper, and much more deadly than a normal bear.
Faint green coloured patterns could be seen all over Borik's fur covered body, causing many of the Fae Masters in the audience to cry out.
"Honey Leaf Bear!".
This particular species of spirit beast was unique to the Winter Rain Mountain, and was an extremely common spirit beast during the beast tide a few months ago.
Many Fae Masters had felled such low Ranking spirit beasts, but lost an equally large amount of friends to this type of spirit beast. Their thick fur prevented most types of Rank 1 bladed weapons to pierce through, and was abnormally resistant to water based attacks.
It was extremely venerable to fire based attacks, which allowed quite a few Fae Masters to gain the advantage over them.
'There must've been quite a few transformation attributed fae that appeared after the beast tides, and this transformation is more or less complete', Arthur thought.
It was the same as his previous life. Exactly what Arthur was familiar with.
Even though the massive, five metre tall bear was currently charging at him, Arthur only sidestepped to his left at the last second, avoiding Borik's charge before activating his own Fae.
He wanted to win this relatively easily, and without revealing to many abilities that he had hidden.
As such, the easiest was to do this was undoubtably-.
Arthur's arms gained a metallic tint, as they shone a bright coloured grey underneath the clear blue sky. A tall, metal halberd appeared in his arms as well, as Arthur activated another two more fae.
Borik has managed to stop his charge and turned around, noticing that Arthur had activated a number of different fae.
He, like many others had seen Arthur's ability with this halberd during his practice match with Andrea, and knew that the power of this halberd, in conjunction with the other Fae in Arthur's possession reached Rank 2.
Even with his current transformation, Borik knew that he wouldn't be able to take Randolf's Blaze Gown Fae head on, let alone Arthur's Moon Piercer Fae.
The bear's eyes narrowed before it activated another set of Fae, one that caused Arthur's eyebrow to raise slightly.
"Water Shield Fae? Earth Shield Fae?".
Two massive swirling constructs, one made out of flowing water, and the other made out of coiling earth, gathered around Borik's arms. Both Fae were.... different in that they were made of out a static matter. The shields themselves weren't directly attached to their bodies, and merely floated on their forearms while continuously spinning.
This type of shield fae continuously drained origin essence, but the defensive powers of such fae were usually stronger than their normal counterparts.
Having one wouldn't be able to block the strike of Arthur's "Silver Moon Piercer", but perhaps two would lessen the damage significantly.
Arthur's expression never once changed, but he knew the existence of these two Fae were a result of his exemption.
Borik never had either of these two Fae in his previous life, so such things were undoubtably a result of him changing the timeline.
The massive bear grinned, opening his mouth to speak.
"When I've transformed, I noticed that I was a sitting duck for many attacks during my spars. Using these two Fae are quite costly, but even if you do use a Rank 2 Fae, having these two shield type fae, and my fur to protect him would more than half the damage Arthur.... Now.... what can you do about this!".
Borik resumed his charge, the two massive swirls of water and earth gathered around each arm, allowing Borik to change his posture to one that resembles something more like a shoulder charge.
His shields blocked his vitals from Arthur's view, but through the gaps in the shield, Borik could still see Arthur!
Arthur narrowed his eyes and flourished his halberd activating a few more fae.
Borik might of be able to counter Arthur's previous "Silver Moon Piercer", but-.
Some of the Elders, and even some of the Rank 2 Fae Masters in the crowd went wide eyed as the noticed the faint shine around Arthur's body. His figure glowed for a fraction of a second, before disappearing in a trail of silver coloured light.
His body shoot directly towards Borik, halberd in hand and pointed forwards as an immense amount of origin essence was gathered around its tip.
For many of the mortals in the crowd, Arthur's figure disappeared in a bright beam of silver coloured light. He reappeared behind Borik, the tip of his polearm dipped in a bright crimson liquid.
The sound of Borik, clutching at his abdomen, while screaming in pain could be heard throughout the platform. Two distinct, red splotches could be seen on his now human body, one located on his stomach, the other on his lower back.
His pupils were dilated, and he couldn't help but turn around, gazing towards Arthur's figure, a combination of fear and confusion could be seen all over his face.
A few of the Elders, turned towards Niklos and Elder Vova, their faces equally as shocked.
Elder Sagan couldn't help but open his mouth.
"Niklos! Your son can use an Attribute Control Skill!?".
Arthur could've killed Borik with that move, and he didn't hit anywhere fatal, so that didn't particularly bother him. But if the Clan Leaders son could use an Attribute Control Skill, no wait, could create an Attribute Control Skill as a Rank 1 Fae Master then-.
Elder Vova shook his head before the Clan Leader could speak.
"Arthur's attack, while resembling an Attribute Control Skill, lacks the required Laws to call itself an Attribute Control Skill. The strength of this attack could be called a pseudo Attribute Control Skill, and if Arthur does perceive the required Laws behind it, then it will become complete".
Many of the remaining Elders had started furiously researching and practicing with the Fae that they had on hand, trying their best to create their own Attribute Control Skills, just like Elder Vova and Elder Anatol.
These two could wipe out dozens, if not hundreds of spirit beasts with just a single attack, and their combat prowess had been shown to the entire Village.
Their authorities and strength had now exceeded most of their own, now that they had a chance to show off their hidden talents.
Niklos nodded.
"I haven't perceived the required Laws for my Transformation Attribute Control Skill either, so the strength of my Umbral Shadow Wolf Transformation can only reach Rank 4. Arthur is the same in that he hasn't perceived a Law, but has created a move that can be called an Attribute Control Skill".
Many of the Elders turned towards the young sixteen year old on the stage, looking at him with slightly respectful expressions.
Arthur might not be as talented in regards to cultivation, but his knowledge and attainment of Fae and complimentary Fae definitely reached a level higher than their own!
And he was only sixteen! If he was given the proper time to grow and flourish, perhaps he could leave behind some other Attribute Control Skills before he died!
The future of the Clan would become even more cemented, even if they did lose the Boundless Forest Yearning.
Since Attribute Control Skills could theoretically be used by everyone, if numerous people in every generation could use these Attribute Control Skills then the Clan's strength would skyrocket!
Many people down below, including Randolf and Alina, looked at Arthur with wide eyes.
Even if his cultivation didn't match their own, he managed to bridge the gap with his perception and comprehension!
With such a move, he could fight Rank 2 Fae Masters as a Rank 1!
"The winner of the match is.... Arthur Kovacs!".