BEAM!
The energy blast fired.
[Temporal Stagnation]
Miller's own shadow covered his entire body. It increased in size and stretched and was able to shade him away from the attack.
The three beams from different angles hit the shadow at the same time. Like Xentor had explained earlier, the beams slowed down giving Miller enough time to dodge them. Putting all his stats points into his speed he made the run.
Immediately he ran out that place and thus also removing his shadow. The beams still went forward at their normal rates.
BANG!
The beams scattered the part of the arena floor they had hit and as expected it repaired itself instantly.
"Wow."
"Did you see what he just did."
"He was able to escape those attacks."
The aliens in the crowd Whispered among themselves. Miller with his super hearing was able to pick that up clearly. Unknown to Miller, Xentor had made them say those words. He knew what Miller needed to hear - an encouragement.
WHOOSH-BEAM!
One of the beast. The one Miller was heading to at full speed fired a beam at him. At the right time Miller placed his shadow in place, turning his own shadow to the shape of a rectangular shield. The beam hit the shadow and as expected it slowed down giving Miller enough time to run out there as he ran out of there. He removed his shadow. The beam hit the floor.
BANG!
The floor repaired itself.
From Miller's left a beam was fired at him.
WHOOSH-BEAM!
Using his own shadow, Miller was able to slow down that attack. But he was still focused at the beasts he was running to that he didn't know that an attack was heading his way behind him.
WHOOSH-BEAM!
The third beast that was behind him sent an attack aiming at his back. Miller's super hearing and INSTINCTIVE COMBAT SKILL had kicked in at the last second. He instantly removed his shadow from the other attack and then placed it on front of the one behind him.
The previous attack hit the floor close to Miller causing him to jolt to his left side.
BANG!
He hit the wall of the ring.
WHOOSH-BEAM!
Another attack came at him before he had even stood up. Using his Shadow. It had slowed down a bit and putting most of his points into his speed, he ran out of there.
"Miller you have to think smart." Xentor said to Miller. "You are fighting three aliens not one."
It was true, Miller had only been focused on one of them.". He wanted to defeat one before he could defeat the others. If it was in the real world, this kind of thinking would have Killed him or probably cause his own death.
Wiping out the sweat from his forehead, he was ready to attack again.
'This really feels real.' Miller thought. His heart was pounding, and he was sweating. His biggest prayer is that he hopes he doesn't sweat in the real world otherwise his roommates would notice.
WHOOSH-BEAM!
WHOOSH-BEAM!
WHOOSH-BEAM!
Miller was now angry. The three attacks came out simultaneously. Using his shadow, he blocked the one at the center and twisted his body dodging the one at the left and jumping dodging the one at the right.
He dashed towards the beasts at full speed. He didn't want to focus on just one of them. He needed to attack the three at once.
Moving towards one of them. That one released an Energy Beam from it's eyes.
Miller dodged at the right time not even using his shadow and headed towards the other one. The other one sent an energy beam towards Miller.
WHOOSH-BEAM!
Miller used his shadow to block the attack. And he twisted and headed to the third one. On his way, the one in the middle sent out an energy beam towards Miller which was coming at his left side. Miller, being more focused than ever, used his shadow to block the attack.
The beast he was dashed towards to sent his own attack. Miller twisted his body and then faced the beast in the middle with was much more closer to him.
As he got close to the beast. He jumped, putting all his points into his strength, he hammered his fists into the beasts skull.
BANG!
It wasn't only the beasts he had hit that fell on the floor. All the other two did as well. With their gigantic bodies, they crashed at the arena floor causing a loud bang on the floor. Debris could now be seen all over the place.
"Miller!"
"Miller!"
"Miller!"
The crowds cheered Miller's name loudly. A smile could be seen on Miller's face as the dust started to settle.
"Miller. This is just one beast who duplicated itself into three. When you hit one of them, they all felt the pain." Xentor said.
Looking at the skull area, Miller could see a large dent on the other two beasts' head. Exactly where he had punched that one.
"Wow." Miller said a little still panting.
"As for your reward, we would start the Energy Manipulation Ability Immediately." Xentor said. "Should we start now or later?" He asked.
Miller thought about it for a second. To be honest, this new found power was overwhelming even for him.
"Yes. I want you to teach me about the Energy Manipulation Ability." Miller said.
"Let's start your training." Xentor replied.
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