On a clearing in the middle of the woods where two earth lions. They where both in the second rank and where enjoying a magical beast they had just killed.
All of a sudden a rustling sound was heard in a nearby tree. The two beasts raised their heads to find the cause of the noise but instead where enveloped by an intense wave of fire. The fire covered a large area and in no time burned to a crisp the corpse the lion's were just feasting on.
The flames were however unable to even leave a dent on the lion's tough skin. The two beasts knew they where being attacked , if they had facial expressions they would be laughing at their opponent's pathetic attempt at injuring them.
The fire however was never meant to hurt the two lions, instead it was just there as a distraction. The lions figured this out when injuries started to amount on both lion's bodies. These injuries where not burn marks though, instead they seemed to come from a bladed weapon.
A figure was running through the fire at a fast pace delivering shallow cuts on the rock hard skin of the lions, which where temporarily blind due to the flames.
"Lex come back i am now out" Adam shouted from the nearby tree. He had been using his new [Inferno] skill to blind the lions and restrict their movement. Lex then jumped straight into the flames to deal as much damage as he could before Adam ran out of 'Force'.
When Lex heard Adam's signal he quickly jumped back up the tree to find Adam already using [Absorption]. The flames dispersed to show two very injured Earth lions. There where multiple cuts around their backs and rear legs. Lex had to hold the lions off for two minutes until Adam finished [Absorption].
The beasts where furious as they frantically looked around , looking for any sign of their attacker. It didn't take long for them to spot Lex and Adam. Lex immediately jumped down at that point, he could not let them attack Adam while he was in the middle of [Absorption].
As soon as his foot touched the ground, he dashed in the direction of both the lions , who did not hesitate to perform their signature leaping attack. Lex quickly dived towards the ground causing the lions to jump over him and land a few meters away , but not before he cut off one of the lion's tail.
The tailless lion whimpered in pain as blood dripped from the stump which used to be its majestic tail. Lex did not waste a second and waved his sword as soon as the lions touched the ground. A large horizontal line of flame came out and connected on the hind legs of the tail-less beast.
Lex's [Scorching blade] was highly effective as it almost severed the legs of the lion , it fell to the ground in pain , somehow igniting the other beast's anger. The lion ran towards Lex , with its teeth bared. Lex raised one hand fired out a [Flame blast]. The attack connected right on the head of the lion and slowed down it's advance, but did not stop it.
The enraged beast continued to run towards lex, creating small craters with every step of its large front legs. Lex continued to use [Flame blast] but it seemed the lion had developed countermeasures as it tilted its head everytime a ball of flame was about to hit, causing Lex's attack to only hit its indestructible mane.
The lion was one meter away from Lex at that point and it didn't hesitate to raise its razor sharp claws to Lex's head. Lex quickly crossed his sword in front of his face , prompting the deadly claws of the beast to clash with it , giving birth to bright sparks.
Of course Lex could not match a rank two beast in terms of raw strength so he was thrown to the ground with the lion on top of him , it's claws only being stopped by his blade from ripping through his chest. Its mouth open and three inches away from Lex's terrified face.
Back at the village, in the village hall.
Linda stood with both hands tightly gripping her sword, opposite her was Mia , she held a dagger in each hand and in a friendly voice with a smile, she said to Linda "I would like to thank you for this opportunity, it means a lot"
"Yeah yeah bitch let's just get it over with" Is what Linda wanted to say but instead she just settled for
"Try your best okay!" with a smile so fake , it could be seen from space.
"Fight ! " Laura shouted.
Mia did not waste time , she bolted towards Linda at a speed which made her eyes almost pop out of their sockets. Mia was almost completely covered in lightning as she zig zagged towards Linda. Her movements where too fast even for her.
Linda cursed the rules of the match which stated that she could not use her powers and skills. In less than a second, Mia was already at striking distance away from her opponent and she did not hesitate to slash towards Linda's neck with all her might.
Linda reacted just in time and raised her sword to block the attack. Mia's dagger clashed with Linda's sword and Mia jumped back as soon as she heard the clash. Linda just stood there , both impressed and surprised. Mia's attack did not do any damage to her at all. In fact Linda did not even move an inch after blocking Mia's attack.
However everyone saw the speed at which Mia moved, and she was fast , very fast. Even Michael who had the same element had to admit that he himself was not that fast. What happened next was Mia attacking Linda non stop, Linda did not move and just raised her sword to block.
Mia was relentless, she attacked like her life depended on it, even though she knew that she could not injure her opponent she had to try. Blue lightning started to fill the hall as Mia continued to speed up, slowly but surely losing control.
"Laura, her lightning is going out of control, we have to stop this now before it's too late" Michael shouted to Laura.