the bets were on as everyone watched calvus and vora evade the final ring.
They soon came to a large grassy field that had little to no trees with huge hills. in certain areas of the pasture there were small ponds scattered throughout and high grass that looked to be in low standing water the landscaped looked to be mixed with a beautiful light green grassy field with hills and wetlands. there were many different kinds of plant life many different colors which were also scattered all around.
there were only two ways you couldn't see an enemy in this type of terrain and that was if they hid in the wetland part within the high grass or the enemy or enemies were on the other side of one of the large grassy hills that were everywhere.
the ring barrier stopped wrapping around the area they were not in as they both saw each other from a great distance. the crowd was hyped and cheering for their respective bets.
jolly and company that were still in the room full of pods watched closely. they also decided who they think had the better chance of winning but no bets were placed on their ends. they were more concerned and focused on learning from the final fight more than anything.
Levy also accompanied them after awakening from the pod. they each gave her compliments and respect on her battle performance as another seat came from the floor for her to sit and watch the fight.
Levy had a lot of mixed feelings about her decision to give up but carefully hid them with a confident face. unfortunately her body language told them she was clearly upset. copper seen this and made passive attempts to sway her thoughts. even though she was the one to eliminate him he had no I'll will towards Levy and actually respected her.
Calvus and vora eyes were fixated on each other as they walked forward. they both took their time walking with ready hands. calvus already had his hammer out with three images at his side flickering and walking slightly ahead of him while vora walked with her energy glowing around her fist that were shut tight. her eyes glowed purple and with each step she released a small wave of power.
They stopped advancing soon leaving around one hundred meters of distance between them. "this vora chick is the best I've fought so far. I must be careful and get a grasp on how her powers fully work to win this. her explosive power is really troublesome." calvus thought.
"he thinks those images are going to help him, but he's wrong. I could have stopped those annoying things but I have a tendency to fill out my opponent first. it makes it more fun and intriguing. I'm close to reaching a higher level and I feel it that is the reason I've been dragging these fights out. however I won't take him lightly and I guess I can play around for a few minutes to learn anything else he can do." vora thought to herself.
vora thought this way a lot when it came to fighting. she would purposely put herself at a disadvantage just to overcome it with her power and wits.
a purple orb appeared below her feet making her float off the ground a few inches. she then positioned herself in a running formation.
Boom !
the orb exploded launching her forward. calvus prepared his hammer while running forward as well preparing to swing it while his images flicked, jumping from place to place heading to vora. multiple orbs were formed ahead of the images and exploded.
the explosion blocked calvus view as smoke, grass and dirt blew in the air. calvus looked on each side of him expecting vora to attack but instead she bolted through the smoke and debris with a fist aiming for his head.
" I thought she used it to block my view so she could come from a different direction." Calvus thought while focusing his transfer. calvus body began flickering just as her fist was about to make contact. her fist hit the image of calvus dispersing it and a loud explosion was heard from behind her followed by calvus yelling while being pushed back.
vora was watching him carefully and just before she reached him she saw the original calvus body flicker which informed her he had moved and left an afterimage in the same place his real body once stood. she then generated three orbs behind her where calvus other images flickered and once calvus transferred himself to one of his images behind her he was meet with explosive hit point blank.
Calvus managed blocking the second half of the explosion but not the first as he was flung twenty feet back. vora face remained stone like.
"I'll push him to his limits and make him reveal everything he has." she said to herself as a purple rose sprouted up beside calvus feet. seeing this he instantly disappeared transferring to an image a few meters away and soon as he did another one popped up and another and another.
the little purple roses were sprouting up everywhere he and his images went. soon there was an entire area littered with them. a small field of explosive roses.
" damn it how many of them can she make." calvus thought remembering how she caught him off guard when he went after his hammer that laid around a few of the same roses.
"this battle is already over." spade thought to himself. he wasn't the only one thinking the same thing. jolly also believed it was over watching calvus run and evade the roses which haven't been activated yet.
after around sixty roses vora stopped and her eyes flashed purple. all the roses she just created disappeared. calvus was confused until she spoke.
"hmph, I never planned to detonate any of them. I was just curious how you would try to deal with them and I'm sorry to say this but you're not as good as you think you are. well not against me." she said with an unbothered expression.
a vein popped in the middle of calvus forehead as his aura shifted creating eight images of himself. hmph, we will see about that. an image of calvus warped in front of her throwing a punch. vora didn't move as she thought it would go straight through her and phase out but was not surprised when she felt a hit to her side which made her slide a few feet to her left.
interesting she thought looking at the image flicker and fade. "so he doesn't have to transfer his entire body with an image. I thought I saw him do that against Levy when she had him by his arm that one time. his arm remained solid while the rest of his body disappeared to another image of himself." she carefully thought.
"woah did you guys see that. calvus right arm disappeared from his original body. a young boy said to another watching the fight.
calvus was a tactical person. he would perform moves and show his opponent things over and over to make them think he was at his limit with his powers. anytime he transferred to an image of himself he didn't have to transfer his entire body but he did most times to make it seem that way. he had only did what he performed just now twice when going up against vora and levy earlier.
if his original self was standing still or attacking and he sent out afterimages he could transfer any part of his body to whatever image he wanted but in doing so whatever part he would transfer would flicker and vanish from his original self until he transfered it back. just then his right arm disappeared from his original self to one of his attacking images. so with that particular image of himself that attacked vora there was only one part that was real and not fading in and out which was the arm he made contact with.
"hmmmm I failed to see him use his images in that way. but it seems vora did not. she didn't seem surprised in the slightest and his ability seems simple but im sure it's very complex and takes a lot of concentration." jolly said out loud.
"that's because she doesn't get rattled. and yes I'm sure she saw through his ability a while ago especially when he was solely attacking me while trying to occupy her with soft attacks here and there." Levy responds while not taking a single eye off the screen.
"she might have seen through his ability,but she will meet the same fate as you if she gets hit too many times with that hammer of his." steel chimes in saying.
Suddenly another image appeared low sweeping Levy off her feet and then another came from behind punching her behind the head before her body could hit the ground. vora crashed and tumbled through the ground. calvus wasted no time as he threw his hammer above her rolling body and one of his images caught it with one hand and threw it to another and another and another and then back to calvus who was now running beside her swinging it as hard as he could knocking her from the ground high in the air like a golf ball.
vora's body flung up twisting and turning and came crashing down. the crowd went nuts. yelling and screaming to the top of their lungs.
before the dust could settle a purple glowing dome was seen following with a warping noise as it was sucked to the ground where vora landed and a explosion bigger than all the others could be felt and heard. a shooting object at fast speed was seen bursting low to the ground and the next thing everyone seen was calvus getting kneed in his stomach.
gwahhh! a glob of spit mixed with blood flew out his mouth. "was that your strongest hit. how disappointing." vora said with blazing purple eyes. she then punched him in the face and this time he was the one with his body skiing on the ground and tumbling.
she launched after him blasting off attempting to kick him but calvus was able to transfer a few meters away. he gritted his teeth squeezing on the handle of his hammer.