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.
blood trickled from his mouth. "you want it all, fine, I'll give you all you can handle." calvus thought. his body began to vibrate as twelve images of him appeared holding hammers. everyone gasped because unlike the usual flickering his afterimages would do that would inform them if it's the original or not only seven of them flickered while the other five remained solid.
"something new, that's what I wanted to see." vora smiled inwardly.
calvus ability was still the same, the only thing changed was his transferring speed again but this time he was using his transferring speed to its max making it look as if those five images were actually solid when he was just transferring so quickly through them it looked as if they didn't blink or fade at all making them seem like the original him.
steel was surprised. he knew he didn't push calvus to his limits but he was sure he wasn't too far from doing so before he lost the fight. he suddenly realized he would have lost no matter what especially if Calvus had done what he just did while fighting vora.
vora rushed in with a glowing fist and was hit five times in an instant. she didn't even have the chance to figure out which one was which. after knocking her back calvus and his images continued their push.
vora focused more as they all attacked at once. she couldn't ignore any of them but still manely focused on the ones that weren't flickering. they quickly became overwhelming and so she blasted straight up in the air. calvus images followed her smacking her back down after exchanging a few punches.
calvus was switching and moving too fast for her to block all the attacks from the real calvus and so she created a ring of orbs around her as he came to attack which stopped his advancement. calvus was now fully aware of vora's explosive orbs. he noticed where ever she summoned them at they couldn't move from that area and the same for her purple roses. the thing was she could summon more in whatever area she wanted and calvus didn't know how many of how long she could keep it up.
" so hiding behind your orbs I see. hmph it's no different than hiding behind those clones you create." vora responded.
"my ability is not cloning myself, but I'm sorry to say your method won't work this time." he added
"let's see how fast you can make them explode. before or after I punch you in the face." he said to himself with focused eyes.
all of his images flashed forward at once and in one sequence threw out the hammer. now there were a barrage of images surging her way along with hammers. only one calvus was real and only one hammer was real but with him switching so fast like before five of them could easily be mistaken for the real thing.
as they got close she detonated the orbs dispersing them once again but the next thing vora saw was four more images that came out of nowhere. none of them were flickering so with quick decisive movements she threw explosive elbows and punches at all four but was hit behind her head from above. vora failed to notice another one high above her which was the real calvus.
he hit vora continuously before she could do a single thing. knocking her upwards his plan was to stay engaging not giving her the chance to attack in anyway. vora was seen getting pummeled mid air before a defining strike to her chest sent her down crashing in the wetland area.
Boom!
calvus reached her again within seconds picking her up by the throat while one of his afterimages used the hammer whacking vora around like a pinatta at a birthday party. with each hit the power of his swings increased as vora spat up blood. her vision began to waver as all the images of calvus began to double. she was now seeing twenty six images at once crowded around her.
vora felt her reflex had gotten slower and this included detonating her orbs at the right moment and creating them. she was sure after she detonated the ones around her a min ago she instantly made more but was hit too fast for her to finish.
as calvus hit her he noticed her unmoving resolve in her eyes and gradually her face expression went from fighting the pain of his hits to an unnerving one. a face expression that seemed not to care.
"this is what I was after, someone who could push me a little further. I feel much power rising. suddenly a heavy pressure encased them as her eyes bulged and an explosion was released from her being blasting calvus back and disintegrating all his images at once.
her energy rippled with purple and silver lights that waved and surrounded her body. her muscles bulged and her face began breaking down and building up as black fur grew. the area shook slightly as the high grass and water looked as if it was jumping. the swirling lights dimmed down as she stood up tall with a snarl showing her sharp teeth. usually when she transforms into her werewolf form their would only be purple glowing energy around her but now it was a mixture of silver within in it.
she looked at calvus with deep murderous eyes.
"ha,well well looks like she pushed her beast form to the next level. bison will be proud of you vora." spade said to himself with a smile.
Calvus stumbled to his feet. his ears and head was ringing and he was bleeding heavily from his nose. his eye sight was blurry and hadn't adjusted yet. the next moment he couldn't breath as a strong hairy hand wrapped around his throat. vora growled bringing his face closer to hers. "this is what true dominance and power is." the growling feminine voice spoke to him.
vora pulled her arm only six inches back and in one strike that was followed by an explosion of silver and purple energy calvus was sent back crashing and hitting the ground as what seemed like a gallon of blood spewed out his mouth.
Arrrrg!
Boom!
afterimages popped up and faded popped up and faded. calvus was trying to focus and transfer himself to get some distance away but the pain his insides were feeling compromised his focus as he laid on the ground with a mouth full of grass and blood.
vora walked over slowly as calvus stopped trying to use his ability and was now focusing on getting to his feet. he groaned in pain grabbing his side. his armour had a large dent that made it looked like a partially crushed sardine can. "arrrg! my ribs,she broke my ribs. it was now getting hard for him to breath comfortably as he wobbled to his feet.
standing in front of him now was vora with a raised claw. calvus looked at her calmy. "go ahead, finish me." he said bravely.
vora growled while swinging forward. a few people closed their eyes expecting to see calvus face ripped off. vora stopped inches away from his face. calvus didn't blink or flinch as he stood there.
a light envelope vora and she was now back in human form.
"I'll save you further embarrassment if you forfeit the match." calvus looked at her with suspicious eyes.
"why, why not just finish me off. because I've gotten what I wanted and their is no need honestly." vora replied.
there was a few seconds of hesitation before he responded again. "what did you get. he asked.
"more experience, you see I could have stopped your image attacks from the very beginning but I needed for you to make things interesting. before we came to your planet I was already on the verge of taking my powers to the next level. fighting here was the best time to try to achieve that in which now I have. you have your answer now forfeit the match." she said.
"bullshit, you're lying. what could you have done to stop my images that would have given you absolute victory." he said wheezing for air between words with a slight irritated face expression.
vora generated two purple balls a few meters away. one was dark purple while the other was a little lighter. "your images are created through your energy and until you switch with them they constantly remain as a form of your energy correct." she asked him which calvus agreed.
"now I want you to generate one of your images near those orbs." it took a few seconds but calvus did what she asked and within a second his image was sucked into the light purple orb and it exploded.
he looked with wide eyes gritting his teeth in disbelief. "this bitch,she could have caused more problems for me from the very beginning." he thought.
everyone watched carefully and suddenly realized she was telling the truth. they had seen her use that particular orb a few times throughout other battles. jolly face palmed himself while thinking how in the hell could he forget about her being able to do that with an opponents energy for the second time. he also didn't take in consideration that calvus images were simply pure energy that replicated his exact features.
calvus looked at her for a few more seconds before forfeiting the match. vora was declared the winner. calvus and vora were sent to the pods. they both stepped out the pods and calvus looked at her tall feminine and athletic frame for a second before turning away.
the pods disappeared as the room itself shaped into a stage and began to rise. they soon were in the stadium among the crowd. many people clapped and cheered while others were too busy collecting funds for their bets. vora was told to step forward as a twenty foot weapon wall came out the floor. there were over forty types of weapons mounted on the wall and a brief description underneath each one.
vora wasn't really the type to use weapons. she like using her fists and claws but something did catch her eye which was at the bottom shelf. their were multiple items that were considered weapons but not your normal ones like a sword or spear which was rings and arm guards.
she read every description and none of them interested her except one. she picked up a yellow and black arm brace and put it on her forearm. "I wonder how useful this can be." she thought.
jolly and the others continued to watch. they could see all the choices she was given but couldn't read any of the descriptions of what they could do. this was because shield made it this way. to them they could see a template at the bottom of each weapon but the information seemed to be blurred out in there eyes.
After everything was done many left while others stayed swamping all of the participants with questions and commending them on a job well done. many of them were kids and it was safe to say they had gained many young fans. vora especially but she wasn't the type deal with kids and ignored many of them while heading for the exit.
once out she was accompanied by spade in which he too congratulated her on a job well done. "so out of everyone you faced, who was the best opponent. I'd have to say the one using the vines ground and roots. his power is remarkable in many ways I believe. manely because I see an unlimited amount of growth within him as well, but I'll beat him everytime no matter how creative he becomes." vora confidently said.