The explosion reverberated through the area, sending waves of panic rippling among the spectators at the arena. Silence fell like a heavy blanket as all eyes turned downward, where the chaos unfolded. Kai's brow furrowed with concern, and Julia's voice cut through the tension, her question hanging in the air.
"What just happened?"
"I'm not entirely sure, but it seems like the space around that area collapsed, triggering a massive explosion," Kai replied, his uncertainty evident in his tone. Elijah had attempted to manipulate the space around them, inadvertently causing it to collapse before restoring it.
"If that's the case, does it mean that Elijah's elemental affinity includes space, in addition to the lightning element?" Julia pondered, her gaze intense. "But it appears he couldn't control it."
Within the area, as the dust settled, a larger crater came into view at the center, measuring twenty meters wide and five meters deep. Two figures stood not far from the epicenter. Unexpectedly, a woman's voice pierced the air, filled with anger.
"You idiot!" Her eyes blazed with fury as she confronted Elijah. "Why would you do that again?"
Elijah, on the other hand, could only shrug helplessly. "Yeah, I just... thought I'd give it a try. But it seems I still have a lot to learn about control." He sighed in relief, grateful that he had managed to evade the danger zone in time.
As the woman struggled to rein in her anger, her eyes bore into Elijah's, bridging the distance between them in the blink of an eye.
"Idiot," she repeated, her frustration palpable. Despite her strength, she couldn't shake off the fear that gripped her — fear induced by a boy much weaker than herself.
Sensing imminent danger as the staff-wielding assailants closed in on him, Elijah instinctively activated his space defense and encased himself in an iron-like shield. He braced himself, blocking the impending attack with his hands, while the woman's staff collided against his defenses, a clash of forces ensuing.
BOOM!
Coughing out blood, that is when the onslaught of techniques started. Elijah, with his Fist technique and her staff technique, clashes, but being stronger and faster than Elijah, she sometimes gains the advantage. But because of Elijah's ability to teleport to anywhere he sees, he was able to dodge deadly attacks.
[The technique was called blink, but he uses a large amount of Chi every time he uses it.] 'Combat is nothing more than Kill or be killed.' The words of Ava started ringing inside him.
'It's a focused state in which nothing else matters other than killing those whom you face, the dancing or whatever doesn't matter. It's when the only thing that is important is Defeating them."
The world disappeared before him leaving only himself and the woman who was attacking to kill him. His mind cleared, and he felt every single muscle in his body even some he never thought existed.
His eyes became focused, his attacks became faster, sharper, and fiercer. Elijah's body was covered with the space defense which creates a space around him reducing the impact of her attacks.
Along with using the Iron body and flash step their fight became even more intense than the Woman expected. They dodge, deflect, block, and attack with tremendous focus. Each flaw of his technique was fixed and controlled with remarkable speed.
'Wow.' she was speechless even if he wasn't as good as her he was learning extremely quickly.
Elijah teleported above her with a fist that was glowing a dark essence which she quickly moved to block by using her staff, "Abyssal fist."
BOOM!
The ground cracked and the woman felt the pressure that clashed upon her, and Elijah didn't even stop. He pushed himself back using her staff as support before releasing "100 Abyssal punches." Small but powerful punches formed raining on her.
She quickly dodged, seeming like she knew every action Elijah was about to do. Which was frustrating for Elijah not to comprehend what she was doing. 'I need to create or find an opening, just make a mistake.'
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Flash step!
Using his movement technique, he instantly closed the distance with a kick flying. But unfortunately, she was able to dodge.
"That won't work you should do better." their fierce clash continued with Elijah using his might without a single attack landing.
Dodging Elijah's attacks, She used the end of her staff and strike hitting him in the chest using her wind element to increase the impact Elijah flew.
Elijah rolled over many times before stopping. He coughed out blood struggling to even stand up. 'What am I missing.' Elijah stood and faced her.
"HAHAHAHA Show me what you got," she shouted before jumping back and changing her stance. Elijah was covered in bruises, with blood coming from his head and mouth.
Elijah also changed his stance, 'Only a single attack.' he told himself before a seal appeared on his head,
"ARGAGAGAGAGA"
'Fuck not now.' tremendous pain crossed his whole body as he felt like his consciousness was leaving him. 'Alter!!!' He shouted kneeling down.
The woman stood there confused "What is that seal." she wondered.
[I will try suppressing it so use Yang chi to clear it from your mind.] Alter Elijah 1 answered.
'Is it fully charged.' he questioned in pain.
[Only halfway, but it should be enough. Do it quick before you lose control or you can give me the seat.] Alter Elijah 2 spoke with a smile.
The dark essence around his body disappeared before a golden essence surrounded him. He breathed heavily, "Fuck that was close." he sighed and noted 'Also am left, with no Chi.'
"I lose," he spoke before the man above said.
"Ladies and gentlemen for the first time in all the sky warrior battles he gives up. He leave today with pride showing his power but he just can't defeat the unbreakable wall of the beautiful….." he stopped hearing people cheers " Lady wind spirit."
The people roared and Elijah just when out of commission, 'Damn my first loss, in a long time. This hurts, greatly.' he spoke before closing his eyes.