Jamal continued to stare down Youden, who quickly slowed down in front of the heating-up boy, quite literally. Their energy whipped around the corridor of the street, as neither said a word, at least yet. Jamal finally broke the silence, as he roared with all his might and expanded the energy inside of him.
His flames quickly launched hundreds of feet into the air, as Jamal stayed laser-focused onto Youden, who barely let his aura extend anymore. He must have seen the little value using up all his energy in that one moment on him.
"Are you done yet?" Youden rolled his head in boredom, anxious for the man to finally start attacking him. "I'm done playing games with you in my way."
Jamal didn't answer back, as he quickly concentrated all his released power. His flames waned down, although they remained deeper in color, the dark red signifying the intensity brewing around him. Once he was satisfied, Jamal instantly formed two sharp blades of fire around his arms.
"You've taken everything away from me, so I'm going to end your regime today!" Jamal yelled with fury, eyes glowing with heat, as he rushed across the space in a blur.
Youden just yawned, as he began to parry the man's swords with one hand, not even touching him long enough for any burns to stay on him, even though they would be healed almost instantly. After several more seconds of blocking the man's assault, Youden was finally satisfied enough to counter back, as he pulled Jamal closer to him and punched his gut.
The attack caused Jamal to cry out in pain, as he crashed through the townhouses he escaped through, before slowing down back onto another street. Before he could get up, Youden phased on top of him, and Jamal barely had time to roll to the side before Youden stomped the section he reached, creating a large crack across the pavement.
"Come and fight me Jamal! You wanted to stop playing around, so let's stop playing around!" Youden shifted light into both of this palms, before throwing hundreds of discs at a rapid pace.
Jamal quickly flipped back up, before starting to deflect the attacks. Even though they stung, Jamal continued to press onward, as the attacks cut through Youden's own people's homes, those fleeing the area. This was going as well as he could have predicted.
"It's clear that you aren't using all your strength." Jamal managed to say once Youden stopped his attacks.
"I'm quite aware, let me be able to do so." Youden laughed with glee, before disappearing.
Jamal was confused, as he turned around quickly in all directions. He didn't leave, but he was moving somewhere else, wasn't he? Jamal continued to stay still, before Youden returned in the corner of his eye. Before Jamal could even react, Youden grabbed him, as they zipped through the air.
It barely lasted five seconds, before Jamal slammed back into the ground, this time in some type of dry plains outside of the city. It must have been cleared for his plans, until Jamal felt something wrap around his leg. Looking down, he could see a root tightly gripping his leg, despite his leg still on fire. He couldn't twist free or risk injury, but he would be able to fight back, right?
Youden watched the man struggle, as he raised two boulders from behind and had them travel across the space. With nowhere to go, Jamal fired two quick fireballs in the direction, causing the boulders to break apart to his side. But it didn't help his situation of being unable to move in the first place. Attempting to free himself, Jamal couldn't do much as Youden wrapped several more around his arms, keeping him in place.
With nowhere to go, Jamal stared into the sky as Youden was forming a large ball of darkness, before sending it his way. He could do nothing but try to exert his energy, which fumbled around him, before the attack slammed into him. Crying out in pain, before the attack exploded around the area, creating half a mile of destruction.
Youden still wasn't done, as Jamal was slow to react and recover, before getting kneed in the gut, then having an elbow rammed across his neck. Jamal coughed out some blood, while Youden created an icicle of condensed water before penetrating the piece into the man's ribs. Jamal's eyes widened in shock, before staggering back.
Before he could even collapse on the ground, Youden grinned as his body turned into metal, before pummeling the man with his fists. Jamal managed to counter little of the barrage, as Youden pressed through and swapped one of his fists for a ball of light. That attack blasted through Jamal's face, as the man was launched several feet into the air, before crashing back onto the earth.
Jamal was in so much pain, but in a way it felt good. It felt good knowing that he was currently losing, because deep down, he was holding back himself. He knew he could better, and that self-motivation helped him quickly get back up, to face Youden raising his hand into the sky.
"Youden, this is quite an experience." Jamal huffed out, as the icicle inside of him began to melt and his flames started to return. "It's time I stop holding back myself."
Not even responding, Youden slammed his hand into the ground, as the earth rattled around them, with Jamal still holding place. Focusing, he recalled everything he knew in his life in fighting, recounting every experience that he could possibly think of. This was it, he managed focus onto Youden, as flames shot around the sky.
Youden watched the sight with interest, keeping his eye on the sky. It would only be a matter of time before it came down, since apparently there weren't any of the size he attempted to use in Port-O-Bea that much closer. But he could sense one large enough coming towards the Earth itself, and it definitely would kill the man. Meanwhile Jamal was straining himself to go beyond, and short bursts of blue fire attempting to swirl around him. Youden could tell it was clear that Jamal wasn't going to hit whatever form or state he wished to achieve.
Getting bored, Youden shot spikes of stone through the ground, with Jamal dodging them with ease, although losing focus and maintaining his deep red flames.
"This surely must be getting boring for you, am I right?" Youden stated to him, "You can't keep up against me."
Jamal was staying tensed while he was speaking, as he noticed a shadow beginning to form around the area. Soon enough, it was as if it became night, as the surroundings got dark. Jamal managed to look up to see a large meteor burning up and in mere moments to crash onto the ground. Not even hesitating, he created a large and condensed ball of fire, before blasting it into the rock. As the attack touched the rock, the meteor slowed down slightly but continued it's pace towards him.
Youden walked towards Jamal, who managed to see the man approaching him, while staying focused on the incoming rock. Youden finally reached the man that caused him so many problems, as he was only a foot away from Jamal.
"I now know about the vials. And I also know that there will be no one to save you this time. I'll make sure of it." Youden laughed in his face.
"You wish. I can't be killed." Jamal managed to hiss through.
Laughing, Youden uppercutted Jamal, causing him to fly into the air and crashing into the city-sized meteor. Without even thinking, Youden formed a small ball swirling of different colors, before he threw it towards Jamal, even though that wasn't even his main goal. Jamal himself was getting pushed into the meteor due to the gravity and the force required to free himself, until he saw the ball of energy slam into him.
It faded away, as the meteor was only a few hundred meters away from Youden, before the entire rock exploded. It wasn't something that was small but merely expansive; the soundwave created by it shifted across the entire perimeter, and blowing out windows even in the outskirts of the capital itself. The wind quite literally lifted Youden into the air, as he fumbled back onto the ground for several yards. Smoke filled the entire air, as pieces of rock landed around him, as Youden blasted the entire space away.
Clearing it up rather quickly, Youden looked around to see any remains of Jamal. He knew that no one could survive such an attack that magnitude and somehow even if Jamal had managed to still be alive, permanent damage should definitely scar him, resulting in the end of the terror across the land. Jamal would simply be no more, as the satisfied Youden left the destructive scene with a sense of relief.