--back at the arena—
Dante's P.O.V
I made my towards the ring, taking my gaze towards my opponent before me... I feel so tense just standing on the same ground with him... He got the second-highest score in the first assessment and from what I've seen from his teammate's previous fights... I do know for a fact, that I must stay alert no matter what... But now I wonder. 'just what does he plan to do?'
Lance just stood there with his facial expression with a frown and glaring daggers at me, as I could also feel his tensed form... And of course, his mana this close is something truly amazing... But something felt off.
"Get ready.... fight-." The general couldn't finish his commencement, as Lance immediately shouted out his right hand and something appeared in a black orb that circled his entire hand, until finally a golden spear, similar to those of the ancient relics of Rome... And from the power I was feeling from it, it just had to be another sacred arm... But from what clan? Lance suddenly squinted his eyes at dante and flung his spear at insane speeds that shot right at me.
Boom
The shockwave shattered the ground, as I held onto the tip with my right hand, ultimately stopping the fast projectile from Lance. I started to feel a small smirk grace my face, with the sudden change in Lance's facial expression to a somewhat shocked utterance, but quickly turned into its former death stare.
I continued to hold on to the spar, but then in a flash Lance vanished from sight and appeared close up to me, also holding onto his spear. He struggled to push it closer to my face I prevented him from doing so by pushing back until he suddenly tried to launch a high kick to my head, but I countered this by launching mine with a greater force... However, to my surprise, he quickly picked up from there and resorted to condensing the spear back into a ball and forcing me to not be able to maintain my stance close to him.
He conjured up his spear again and decided to strike me with a vertical slash from below, though I managed to dodge it on time and moved to the side. The force from the slash spotted the ground and destroyed the wall behind me, as the shockwave from it was very crazy... Though for some reason... I just started to get even more pumped up. Lance saw this and began to try to stab me in the face, but I kept on dodging in both speed and precision, as I tried to launch a kick in his chest, he saw this coming and proceeded to move back a little bit, to escape my incoming strike... But though I noticed this and re-aimed my strike towards the ground.
"Aurora technique: stump!" I called out, as my foot got enveloped in a red thick mana cloak. It made an impact on the ground and caused a large shockwave that tore through the floor of the terrain, forcing Lance to retreat further back. He jumped far away to try and escape the damage site of my attack, though as he was about to land, I broke through the ground further in hopes of extending the effect of my attack. But Lance saw through my scheme and resorted to swinging his spear down on the ground with so much force that he was able to neutralise the shockwave that was heading towards him, however I immediately took the chance for a strike as I noticed a sudden opening from him after his previous strike. I blitzed to his front and attempted to strike him in his chest with a fast kick, but he seeing this tried to block this with his left arm, I proceeded to manoeuvre and launch a surprise kick with my other foot, aiming for his head. But just as I was out to land, I suddenly felt an intense pressure coming from behind me, so I decided to throw off the attack and move away to see the tip of his spear... Was chasing me, aiming to pierce me, and it followed me everywhere around the arena.
'damn it, is his spear somewhat alive!' I thought while avoiding every attempt the spear made to stab me, but after I tried to avoid another attack from the spear, I decided to near the wall and widen my stance. As I focused and waited for the spear, a red cloak of mana overcame my body and sunk in, then out of the blue, I saw the spear coming my way while aiming at my chest. But I just placed out my hands and then chanted. "Aurora will: shell grab!"
I gripped the head of the spear and faced the full force of the spear, still maintaining my stance and proceeding to halt its assault on me. However, I felt a sudden lift into the air, as the whole spear took me airborne and proceeded to slam me into the high-up ceiling above. I managed to immediately prevent myself from the disastrous impact and instead positioned myself into a crouched stance, as I instantly launched myself towards Lance with a rattle axe move straight for the top of his head.
"EAT THIS! Aurora technique: battle axe!" I roared out, coating my leg in the same red mana as before, as I made an impact with his spear. Which he had brought up to shield him from my attack, though the force from my attack shattered the ground beneath him to nothing but rumbles. I noticed that he winced from the pressure, but then before I knew it, he vanished out of my sight and reappeared right at my back with the tip of his spear glowing black. 'whoa, he's fast.'
"weapon technique: infusion!"
"black." Lance cast, as he lunged his spear at me multiple times creating a mirage effect from how fast the attack was launched at me. The attack decimated the ground I stood, though I had managed to escape this attack and land just a few meters away... But I stared at my arm and saw a long streak of blood flow down it... His attack managed to scare me. I turned towards him, as he emerged from the cloud of dust caused by his attack with his usual death glare and his spear held firmly in his hand. "you can't win."
Before I knew it, a sudden blast of wind was launched towards me from the swing of Lance's spear, as this came my way, I felt it hit my skin like a wall of glass that tore through my clothes in the process, though I retaliated and pushed through it. "this same line, get it, line bro!"
I called out to him with a smirk on my face, though this seemed to anger him resulting in him sending out even more wind attacks at me. As they were heading my way... I only resorted to one thing... 'time to get down.'
With that I got into a flare more, generating a high tensed wind pressure that shot out and neutralized his wind strikes. I then got into a sprinting form after this and immediately rocketed towards Lance who also did the same, but with his spear trusted out in a charging move. I saw this and just grinned and charged even more, with a mana cloak covering my body but mostly concentrating on my right fist. And the same thing was happening to Lance also, as his black mana cloaked him and his spear.
"aurora technique: maximum enhancement!
Indomitability!"
"weapon technique: infusion!
Blackheart!"
We both clashed with each other, creating a sonic boom that sent shockwaves throughout the whole terrain and its wall. His spear tip was against my fist, which was not harmed due to the enhancement, though this seems to have caught Lance's attention, as he whispered with an awe expression. "I see... Well then, it's time to get serious...."
I felt a sudden spike in his mana presence and decided to immediately clear away just in case, as I landed just a few weeks away. I observed and noticed that the ground started to shake violently from what was going to arise from him, though the power I felt was very immersive, I decided to stand my ground and instead grin in excitement. A black mana cloak started to overcome all of Lance's very body, encasing him in a mana-like armour that started to solidify and condense into an actual armour black in colour and had a golden outline at its edges, as its eye visors were glowing red and the spear remained the same.
"sacred arm: dark emperor."
I stood in awe at the now Chad in Armour Lance, whose power level now has surpassed his previously recorded one, as his new form had transcended beyond the charts... truly a sacred arm in display.
But in the end... It just makes the battle even more challenging... Just the way I like it.
"okay now I'm getting pumped up, come at me lancelot."