The Arena was bustling with excited people, the challenge would soon start. When Clifford and Feng Xin entered the arena they were surprised at how great the spectators were. Neither of them was fazed by this, they remained cool, calm and collected. They both walked on to the dueling stage and stood at one end of the stage, Miss Lily joined them soon.
"Are you guys ready?" Miss Lily said while she put a piece of popcorn into her delicate mouth, she had gotten a parcel of popcorn along the way to the arena.
Clifford's and Feng Xin's mouth both twitched when they saw Miss Lily bringing a parcel of popcorn along with her. She really didn't care much, she trusted his students.
The water element mages had also gathered and arranged their formations in pairs. They sneered at Clifford, Feng Xin and Miss Lily, Miss Lily replied by raising her middle finger at them. Clifford shook his head at Miss Lily's reaction, this their teacher was too shameless.
Mr Owen stepped into the middle of the stage, he raised his hands and signaled that the spectators be silent. The noises stopped, the crowd had to listen to what Mr Owen had to say.
When Mr Owen saw that the arena was silent, he started to talk. "Good afternoon everyone, we have gathered here today because our school was challenged by another school. The shadow element school Master had boasted of his two students abilities, claimed that defeating the whole of water element first year mages is an easy task for the two." He pointed at the Miss Lily and his two students. Miss Lily didn't boasted of this, she had only challenged the whole water element first year mages and said nothing more. Contempt could be noticed from the words of Mr Owen, Miss Lily only rolled her eyes at him while she continued to eat her popcorn gracefully.
The spectators roared excitedly, some were excited mainly because they wanted to watch how Clifford and Feng Xin would be battered, most of this people were the ones jealous of Clifford. Some others were excited to see what special ability Clifford and Feng Xin would display. Others just wanted to feast their eyes on a good fight, they don't care who'd emerge as the winner.
Mr Owen raised his hand again and the whole arena went silent. "How could two mages defeat a thousand mages when there is only minor disparity between their powers?" Mr Owens asked the crowd, disdain clearly visible on his face. The crowd roared again.
"Teach them a lesson they'll never forget."
"They're so shameless, beat the fuck of them both."
The spectators roared angrily, especially the water element mages from the upper years. This was an insult to the whole water element school. Although the challenge was unfair, nobody cared as it was the shadow element school that provoked the water element school, the majority of the crowd wanted to watch the shadow element school suffer for their foolishness.
Mr Owens sneered and raised his hand signalling that the crowd should subdue their noises. "We follow the standard rules of dueling, killing and inflicting of fatal injuries are not allowed. Only primary elements are allowed, using secondary element would lead to disqualification.
Shall we begin!" He roared. This triggered the crowd to start shouting again.
Clifford and Feng Xin were not intimidated in the slightest bit, they were even furious that the crowd and the opposition had belittle them.
"Let's teach these bastards a lesson," Clifford said angrily. Feng Xin nodded in response, fire burning in his eyes.
They both took a dueling stance while the opposition also came on to the stage in pair. It seemed like the Clifford and Feng Xin would take on the opposition in pairs till the winner would emerge. Right before the two parties clashed, a shrilled noise was heard.
It was Miss Lily, she angrily walked to the centre of the stage. She pointed her finger provocatively at the water element school and said, "what nonsense is this? My students are no pushovers, they will take on twenty opposition at a time." The whole arena went deathly silent for a moment before the crowd bursted into laughter. This was the most foolish and shameless words they've ever heard. To them, Miss Lily was just bluffing.
Even Clifford and Feng Xin were shocked by Miss Lily's words.
Miss Lily flew into a fit of rage and shrilled again causing the whole arena to go silent, they couldn't handle her shrill voice. Mr Owens was very displeased at this but he still saw this as the opportunity to hurt the pride of Miss Lily.
"Well then, since that's what you want," I'll grant your wish." He signaled that eighteen more of his students should join the two on the stage." He sneered at Miss Lily before he walked back to his place.
Miss Lily was satisfied, she smiled sweetly at the water element mages before she walked back to her position, the boys among them watched her with lewd thoughts when she turned her curvaceous backside to them. Mr Owen was annoyed at this. "This fucking succubus." He lamented while he shook his head.
"Hahahaha....!! Their Master has sentenced them to death."
"How will they take on twenty people at once."
"This is getting interesting."
Numerous comments were flying on the forum. Many people were also watching the challenge on live feed so they were communicating on the forum.
Clifford took a glance at Feng Xin, he saw a cold smile on his face, he definitely wasn't scared of taking on twenty opposition at once. Clifford's battle intent rose as well, a cold grin appeared on his face, it's being a while he displayed this wicked grin. For this fight, he would be using his shadow element, he has chosen the shadow element as his primary element the moment he stepped into the shadow element school.
The twenty water element mages quickly formed a formation, they casted water spells, and formed five giant bodies of water, they manipulated the bodies of water and formed them into whirlpools. The crowd were amazed at how quick and efficient the water mages are at executing their spells, they sounded their appreciation by shouting and clapping. Mr Owen was proud of his students, he sneered in a proud manner towards Miss Lily, the latter wasn't fazed by this, she stick out her tongue and raised the middle finger at him. Mr Owen's face darkened, "fucking bitch." He cursed.
Although they were filled with pride, the twenty water mages didn't let it get into their head, no enemy must be underestimated. They controlled one of the whirlpools to attack Clifford and Feng Xin, if both of them got hit by the the water whirlpool, they would be sucked in to it and be ravaged.
The pair wasn't going to stand there and just watch. Although It would be difficult to fight against a team of twenty, Clifford and Feng Xin weren't worried by this, they would have to destroy the formation first. After they had destroy the formation, they would then take them down one by one.
The water whirlpool was coming fast at the two of them but they just stood there, it seemed like they were just staring foolishly at the incoming whirlpool but they weren't just staring, they had already spread fragments of their shadow element to every space on the stage.
To the crowd, it appeared like both Clifford and Feng Xin are foolish. How could they watch while an attack is incoming, probably because they are scared. They laughed and scorned at their foolishness.
When the whirlpool was a few feet away from Clifford and Feng Xin, they both activated their shadow abilities. Black substance that seemed cloudy rose from the ground of the stage, it rose and covered every place on the stage, the gloomy cloudy substance even rose above the feet of Clifford, Feng Xin and the twenty water mages, it reached their knees.
The pair then sank in to the gloomy shadows and they both appeared right at the middle of the water mages formation, Clifford struck his fist at one of the water mages, the water mage was knocked off the formation, Feng Xin did the same too. The two mages that got knocked off disrupted the formation instantly, panic set in to the rest of the mages.
Clifford and Feng Xin would appear amidst them from time to time, knocking off one or two each with their fists. The synergy of the two shadow mages was too great, the panicked water mages would try to attack the two by casting various attacking spells, but they would sink into their shadows at the last moment, causing the attacks to hit their teammates which further reduced their numbers.
In no time, they had already been reduced to just five in number. The twenty mages that were looking high and mighty a few minutes ago had already been reduced to five. Clifford and Feng Xin did this without breaking a sweat.