Thaleus rushed back to the arcade. He had taken up too much time getting his stats in order. Luckily because of his new stats he was much faster and reached the arcade within 5 minutes. He hurriedly logged in and started practicing in the waiting area. "I hope I'm not facing the strongest of the four first." His reflexes were much faster. "Hey Dom which skill would you recommend the most for the instant level up?"
"Well since it's already Level 2 I would recommend your Time Lapse. At Level 5 your skills evolve making them significantly stronger."
Dom replied.
"Alright then I'll do that."
*Ding*
*Time Lapse: Slows time by 50% for 5 seconds
Radius: 10m
Cost:15 mana
(Can be used consecutively)
Level 3: 0/500*
"Man this skill is getting insane" Thaleus thought
"Hey Thaleus you ready for your next fight?" Kip had popped into his waiting area.
"Yeah man I feel good about this one."
"Good bro cause you're facing one of the four it seems. You're up in 5 minutes I'll be rooting for you." Kip disappeared.
Thaleus mentally prepared himself. "Seeing the fights if the big four I know I'll probably take some damage so I'm going to need to practice my ki control during combat."
the timer had run down to 10 seconds. "Alright here we go."
Thaleus was teleported into the arena across from him stood The Limiter.
There was a deadly smirk on his face. As his name suggested his ability allowed him to limit the abilities of others. This would pose a problem for Thaleus unless he found a way to counteract it. First he had to find out how the ability worked.
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Thaleus took the initiative launching himself off his back foot towards his opponent the 10 meter gap gone in an instant.1
"He's fast!" his opponent thought putting his arms up to guard as Thaleus looked like he was going to throw a fist. Watching his opponents reaction Thaleus acted accordingly feinting out of his punch and slouching down while sweeping his leg out trying to trip his opponent. As his leg connected with The Limiters "Ripple Touch" he activated his new skill on the leg he connected with. Coming back up he realized his opponent hadn't budged and inch and immediately tried for an uppercut The Limiter moved his head back and tried moving his legs however his hit leg wouldn't budge. Thaleus smiled realizing what had happened and continued his onslaught. He Time warped behind his opponent blink punching with his aura coated over his fist into the back of his opponents head again using Ripple Touch. He backed up and took a defensive stance waiting the last two seconds for the outcome of his work. He wanted to see Ripple Touches odd power. The Limiters head was slowly lurching forward with what looked like a fixed pufferfish expression on his face from the impact of the punch to the back of his head. Finally his locked leg unfreeze and the impact of Thaleus's leg sweep showed causing his opponents body to flip in an unconventional way as if he was collapsing into himself his head and upper body moving slowly forward in a dramatic way while his leg suddenly flung out from under him to his right. as his opponent final leg left the ground Thaleus activated Time Lapse and rushed forward for an aura infused Fractured Twist Kick. Having no way to block himself because of his awkward predicament The Limiter took this kick to his left ribcage with another Ripple Touch on contact miraculously causing him to freeze in midair.
The whole crowd was in an uproar. Who was this boy and how was he dominating this fight so easily and what was this strange ability? The questions in everyone's mind had them all on their feet in disbelief. The Scouts were in shock not knowing what to make of this new upstart.
"We need to find out who this player really is they all thought." There was also a certain contestsnt watching this fight with interest. Dark Sceptor looked at this fight. "This will be a tough opponent." He thought to himself. " I can't even tell how his abilities work."
Meanwhile Thaleus's abilities were up causing The Limiters body to fly into the arena wall after being suspended in the air for the last 5 seconds. His health zeroed from the strange onslaught he had taken.
WINNER: The Clockmaster
Thaleus was ecstatic about his new ability and how it helped his fighting style. He could feel the energy from the crowd over this victory. He also hoped that he didn't stand out too much because there would be questions posed for him if his moves had stirred the pot.
Back in the waiting area Kip reappeared. "What the fuck was that man!" he exclaimed looking at Thaleus with concern.
"What do you mean I just fought the best I could." Thaleus replied.
"Dude the entire stadium in an uproar. you have every scout from here to the planet of Drestsa scrambling to find out who you are first."
"Did I really make that much of an impact?"
"You probably have the Graviton clan looking at you".
"WAIT WHAT! Are we talking The Gravitons?"
"YESSS BRO!"
"No, no, no! I need to keep a low profile. Don't ask me why I'll tell you more when I can." Thaleus added when Kip gave him a strange look. "For now let's just worry about the outcome of this tournament."
"I believe your tactic was wise for your fighting style but unwise on with how many eyes are watching you now. You're lucky you're in a game right now because you'd be used for gain outside in the real world." Dom calmly stated.
"I know, I need to be more careful or something bad might happen."
"Hey Kip let's go watch the other fights I'm sure I've rattled the other contestants enough to step up their game." With that the two teens teleported back to the stands to watch the second round of matches.