As Mwana and Maji 1 continued fighting, the benefit of the GOD.F aura method showed itself as Mwana was now able to fight on par with Maji 1. The pressure on Mwana's bones reduced and he now had his own form of energy 'armor' which somewhat offset the advantage Maji 1 had due to the Silver Hawk Demon Armor. However, this was still not enough to give Mwana the advantage.
"Mwana, pull out your sword. Let's finish this."
Maji 1 was the first to suggest using their weapons in order to end the battle that had dragged out way longer than the 2 boys had intended. At the beginning of the fight, both had vowed to end the other in a few seconds but 'alas', reality was different from their imagination.
"I don't need my sword to take care of you."
"Arrogant!"
However, Mwana's next move shocked everyone watching. He pulled out sword his 'Instant Sword' unleashing a sudden unexpected attack despite his words. Most people could not help but exclaim, 'how two-faced. What a trickster!'
'I was tricked!' These words went through Majimaji's mind as he had been caught off guard. He quickly raised his aqua-blue spear to block Mwana's sword swing. In spars like this, the spear was usually held in reverse while swords were not pulled out of the scabbard. This ensured that fellow villagers did not severely harm each other. However, even this form of combat was still dangerous enough to cause injury if one was caught off guard. It could also kill any ordinary person who had not entered the martial path.
Mwana utilized his father's sword technique, the Sword Dragon Mantra, as he chopped towards Majimaji with his sword still in the scabbard. The Sword Dragon Mantra was not complicated and it only had 3 forms focusing on speed, defense, and attack. The defensive form was the [Sword Dragon Wave] that Mwana had used at the start of the match. The technique also had the added benefit of strengthening the body like a sword.
As the two boys clashed with their weapons, Majimaji was not left behind as he utilized the Pweza family's [Ice Spear Technique] to the maximum. Although his spear was held in reverse, its piercing intent was no joke.
Spears were the main specialty of Majimaji's family making his spear work very impressive. As one of the 8 Great smithing families in the Jua village, there was no other smiths-man that could forge spears greater than what expert Pweza family blacksmiths did. The other members of the 8 great families had their own specialties, whether it was forging swords, shields, bows and arrows, armor, non-combat tools, or even forging the body itself.
As Mwana and Majimaji clashed, Mwana held the advantage as his overhead strike drove Majimaji's feet sinking into the ground.
"SSaaaa!" With a loud battle cry, Majimaji unleashed a wave of psychic energy creating a platform below his and Mwana's feat. This was the same move Mwana had used at the beginning of the fight to stand mid-air, [Platform Stacking].
With this method, Majimaji created a psychic platform below him and Mwana feet to avoid getting sunk into the ground by the overhead strike. The theory was that the platform would redistribute the force thus both the person casting it and their opponent would sink at the same level. At its highest level, this was a notorious spatial ability. However, the 2 boys could only utilize the watered down version of it that replaced spatial power with mental power.
"Wood feeds Fire." Seeing his surprise attacks against Majimaji yield no results, Mwana decided to change his method of attack. He sacrificed his wood energy cloak from the GOD.F aura technique to feed and strengthen his fire element.
"Majimaji, prepare yourself. I won't hold back anymore. This is your last chance to surrender!"
"Don't get too full of yourself yet Mwana."
"Have it your way then."
After speaking, all the green wood attribute energy surrounding Mwana was gathered at the tip of his sword. The green energy then suddenly lit up with a bright red glow. Blistering heat was emitted that forced Majimaji to move back. Mwana proceeded to use the sword tip to draw a circle around his body with the bright red energy as the ink. One circle, two circles, and then three circles of fire surrounded his body forming a triple layered defense. The heat from the circles created a mirage around him making him seem as if he was very far away. Even when Majimaji attacked with his water and ice element spear techniques, his attacks lost their impact on Mwana.
The technique Mwana had just utilized was the [Comet Solar Ring]. Similar to Mwana's favorites, the [Rushing Thunder Charge] and the [Delayed Thunder Charge], the Solar Ring technique was a supplementary defensive move within the [Solar and Lunar Divine Canon]. This Divine Canon that was also simply referred to as the [Sun and Moon Arts] had 10 turns and routes each with a set of unique arts.
These 10 routes and turns were: Solar Fire, Solar Light, Solar Wind, Solar Flare, Lunar Water, Lunar Earth, Lunar Darkness, Lunar Mirror Light, Lunar Thunder, and Lunar Cold Wind. The Solar Ring that Mwana conjured utilized the fire element and was part of the Solar Fire Route.
"Majini let us see how you stop this! Comet Rapid Fire!" Roaring loudly, Mwana activated all of his natural energy and unleashed a barrage of concentrated fire attacks towards Majimaji.
"Comet Fire! Comet Rapid Fire! Comet Explosion!"
The attacks kept coming and all Majimaji could do was retreat while defending. It seemed as if Mwana had lost it and was recklessly expending his energy.
"Mwana, since you want to go all out, let's go all out!"
Suddenly, an unnatural silence enveloped the entire stage. In the blink of an eye the sky around the field seemed to have darkened eerily. Even the spectators were plunged into darkness. They could only see a few meters ahead of them. However, the darkness was even more concentrated within the stage taking on the very darkest color black. If one viewed this village open field from above, they would see a dark gaseous burble covering a 50 meter radius on the field with the fighting stage at the very center of this bubble.
Majimaji had unleashed this sphere of octopus ink in gaseous form in order to blind Mwana. As someone with an octopus-type bloodline, he could use some of the basic arts of octopi even before achieving Bloodline or Beast Transformation. He could use bloodline abilities such as octopus ink manipulation, hydro tentacles, and hydro suction.
Within the darkness on the stage, there were two glowing spots whose light was not completely extinguished by the pitch black ink. One of the lights was red while the other was blue. The red light naturally came from Mwana's Solar Rings. As for the blue light, it came from a blue moon hanging in the darkness. This blue moon looked extremely realistic. Just like Mwana's Solar Rings, this moon had been conjured using the Sun and Moon Arts.
This conjured moon that hang behind Majimaji was referred to as the [Lunar Ice Mirror] and naturally utilized combined elements of the [Lunar Water] Turn and [Lunar Mirror Light] Turn of the Sun and Moon Arts.
In the pitch black sphere, a huge blue beam sliced through the darkness, possessing a terrifying momentum as it attacked towards Mwana's Solar Ring defense. The first two rings directly crumbled under Majimaji's tyrannical might. This was the power of the conjured moon hanging in the darkness.
Majimaji did not give Mwana the chance to breathe as he zoomed around him in the darkness while unleashing his strongest moves. The Ice Spear techniques, the Cold Moon Spear technique, the Heart Burning Ice technique, all were used one after another.
"Hahaha, Mwana it is over. You can't even see me. You can't attack or counterattack. How much longer do you think your defense will last?"
Majimaji's voice came from multiple places on the stage at the same time. In the darkness, not even the spectators could pinpoint his exact location. If the spectators could not then what about Mwana who was trapped in the darkest part of the sphere?
Majimaji was not wrong in his assumption as even experts stronger than him at the 5th level had trouble seeing in his Sphere of Darkness let alone Mwana who was only at the 3rd level. However, Mwana could see! In the last few days, Mwana's senses had been enhanced to a great degree due to his stronger soul. His senses were first sharpened after his bloodline awakening and continued getting stronger as his soul entered a new realm.
However, strong senses from a strong soul would only allow Mwana to see a meter or two in Majimaji's Dark Ink Sphere. Therefore, this was not Mwana's only reliance. His biggest advantage was the third person perspective of the [Dragon Mirror Eye] innate ability! Most importantly, this innate ability utilized psychic and spiritual power to view the world so Majimaji's Sphere of Darkness did little to hinder Mwana's actual vision.
Mwana could have delivered a ferocious counterattack against Majimaji in the darkness but he chose not to. After his last Solar Ring was shattered, Mwana coated his right hand with the thunder element and his left hand with the fire element. He was wielding his dual elemental and bloodline affinities in order to parry Maji 1's blows.
Even though Mwana could see the attacks coming, he only reacted at the last second putting on the front of a person who was completely on the ropes. However, despite the precarious position he was in, Mwana decided to continue pretending to be helpless in the darkness. He would only react in full force when he was assured of victory. He stayed calm as Maji 1 ran circles around him while harassing him and gloating happily.
'Patience. Let him be smug for now. I must be patient.'