On seeing Duncan, his old friend who fell into the other way enter his battle stance and emit such aggressive mystic energy, Ben's face darkened as he felt the pressure of his current situation.
Unlike before, due to Duncan's identity, Ben already gave up his advantage of being in the dark which was prime for an ambush and this was detrimental to his motive of taking his opponents out when they least expected it.
Besides, Duncan was a powerful opponent to face in battle.
Despite the challenges that were involved in his current situation, Ben felt more motivated than ever before. If it was against any other opponent, he may have given up, but definitely not against Duncan.
Giving up meant relenting to the fact that anti-horny was superior which he would never admit in this life. Horny would always remain superior!
"Without being horny, a man is nothing more than an emotionless robot".
"Horny is not just a feeling, horny is a way of life!"
While saying this with all seriousness, Ben finally jumped down from the tree where he hid originally as he unsheathed his sword with much fanfare.
Shing!
As the vibrating sound of his sword being unsheathed rang, Ben grinned, he now felt full of power. "Come on!"
Duncan did not disappoint, he rushed toward his opponent without any waste of time as the effects of his personalized sage art finally showed its might.
Whoosh!
As Duncan sprinted towards his opponent, he was wielding only one bonking rod, but at this moment as his mystic energy was channeled, it felt to Ben like his opponent was wielding a thousand bonking rods.
The sight was intimidating, but the will to never yield to anti-horny pushed Ben on. His agitated spirit was already making his mystic energy turn turbulent. As he channeled it, wind in the form of a mighty gale soon enveloped his form.
"Movement Skill: Steps of the Nightingale!"
With a loud boom sound, Ben sprinted towards his opponent with speed.
Sword struck, and rod struck, then both collided in a mighty show.
Clang!
In the first collision of both metal weapons, none won the test of strength and this was the reason why both opponents soon deviated into a test of speed.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Ben was unwilling to retreat first, and neither was Duncan as both opponents stood their ground while swinging their weapons at each other savagely.
This was where Duncan's advantage shone.
With his sage art, the effects like an illusion of wielding a thousand bonking rods were deadly, Ben had to put a lot more focus into watching and dodging since at times, he felt like a thousand rods were attacking him rather than just 1 rod.
As the both of them went at each other at full speed while channeling their mystic energy, it quickly became clear that their strength was basically equal.
Without making use of any special moves, no winner would be decided soon. Duncan was the one to flip the board first.
Duncan's sage art was a sacred battle stance that he developed after getting a holy inspiration into the art of anti-horny. This stance not only empowered his bonk attacks, it empowered his mystic energy, and also gave him a special skill.
Duncan's belief in anti-horny was not superstitious, this was a belief that empowered his will to get so strong and develop so many anti-horny ways.
"Duncan Anti-horny Skill: Duplicate Bonking Rod!"
Whoosh!
After dodging another deadly slash of Ben's sword, Duncan feigned retreating as Ben immediately pounced on him like a stalking Tiger.
As usual, Duncan reacted on time to parry Ben's powerful sword attack.
The difference this time was that while he parried with his right arm, he hid his left hand behind his back where a duplicate of his bonking rod weapon suddenly appeared. This felt like magic but was a specially adapted wind skill.
While Ben was unprepared, this 2nd rod came swinging like the legendary sword of Damocles that was out to eradicate horny from the universe.
Bonk!
Ben received his first major bonk to the face.
With a broken nose and a bleeding face, Ben groaned in pain as he retreated. Duncan did not let up the pressure as he immediately followed in pursuit.
Ben no longer had a moment of reprieve, he kept on parrying attacks while trying to retaliate. His understanding of his territory helped matters, but he couldn't quite make use of his territory the same way that Cassandra did.
Ben was frustrated until he was forced to resort to exotic wind skills.
"Wind Skill: Storm Push!"
"Wind Skill: Storm Push!"
Once Ben activated the skill, Duncan reacted like he could read his mind by activating the same skill as both skills easily countered each other.
This was a battle between 2 wind mystic warriors, and it was exciting.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Duncan kept on attacking relentlessly as he easily thwarted any exotic mystic energy moves from his opponent. Being Ben's friend for a long time, he knew him and his preferences like a book, he countered him each time.
Ben kept on getting bonked as his injuries increased. Of course, Ben also dealt injuries to Duncan but injuries kept on stacking more on his body.
This continued until Ben became fed up, he finally used his trump card.
"Horny shall reign forever!"
"Wind Skill: Storm Blade!"
As soon as the familiar green wind form materialized and enveloped Ben's sword, the sword seemed to have turned invisible again as it cut with tyrannical might towards the direction of his opponent.
Duncan reacted impeccably in such an excited manner like he had been anticipating this move since the very start of this battle.
Ben's wind mystic ability empowered this attack so much that all it left was a blur, but Duncan as a wind mystic ability warrior was fast enough to react.
Unlike Ben's opponent in the single-elimination phase, Duncan knew the power of this attack and did not even try to block it. He rather gave his all into dodging this attack completely and he succeeded in the nick of time.
Immediately after he dodged the attack, while Ben was still in the process of recovering from such an all-out attack, Duncan retaliated.
Duncan took a deep solemn breath.
"Duncan Anti-horny Breathing; First Form: Thunderbonk Clap!"
Duncan stretched his body to the limits in a weird shape as thick green mystic energy enveloped his bonking rod, then he struck at his defenseless opponent.
Boom!
The rod attack blew Ben's head into a bloody mess. It was gory at first but like before, Ben's body soon turned into water before dissipating.
Ben was eliminated, and Duncan the anti-horny propagandist won!
With a solemn look on his face, Duncan bowed in the direction of his old friend. "Another soul has experienced the light of anti-horny liberation".
"My mission of an anti-horny world continues".
Duncan suddenly raised his hands in a worshiping gesture like he was a worshiper of the sun god. "I am the Bonk of my rod".
"Abstinence is my body and Chastity is my blood".
"I have created over a thousand mystic techniques and rods".
"I have received epiphanies into the dao of anti-horny".
"Unknown to death".
"Nor known to life".
"I have withstood horny to create many bonks".
He finally closed his eyes. "Now, I say, long live the bonk!"