BOOOOMMMMM
A wave of wind rampaged around, the ground cracked and burned, and the trees no longer existed. At the center of the explosion stood two figures, Elijah and Levi, their forms outstanding amidst the chaos.
Elijah was losing his footing, kicked to the ground, barely regaining his balance before Levi appeared in front of him. "Iron Fist…" Levi's deep voice echoed as he moved too fast for Elijah to dodge. The sound of bones breaking was clearly heard even by the group far away.
Elijah coughed up blood, flying backward and crashing into several trees before stopping against a nearby hill. Cracks appeared on the hill as Elijah fell to the ground. 'Damn, even so, he's still an E+ rank, someone close to breaking through.'
Sighing, he stood up, seeing Levi just staring with a smile, swords and rotating spears appearing behind him. "Kid, this was fun, but it seems you just can't keep up with my speed or strength."
Elijah knew it was true. When Levi started getting serious, he realized that even using Lotus technique, Iron Body or Flash Step, he couldn't keep up. But would Elijah stop because of that?
…hell no.
The blood evaporated from the intense heat as Elijah closed his eyes for a moment. His heart started beating hard, Chi surrounding his whole being intensified, and Elijah spoke, "Fire Form." Blazing flames covered his body.
His hair became flames, and his orange eyes, tinged with crimson red, glowed matching the scales that appeared on his body. This was his Lotus Fire form, It didn't significantly increase his power, as it still rose to E+ rank, but his flames got a huge boost.
The ground burned, and the flames dancing around him raised the temperature beyond what an E+ rank should have. Elijah could feel the gate holding him back breaking little by little. He felt the excitement and breathed in.
'Let's do this.'
In the blink of an eye, a huge sky dragon made of flames rushed toward Levi, with Elijah at the center of the beast. "Dragon Fist." Levi reacted quickly, using his weapons to defend himself while jumping back to create some breathing room.
BOOM.
The weapons were destroyed easily, and Elijah's wide smile could be seen. "Damn, Levi." Something had stabbed him close to his stomach. When Elijah shattered all of Levi's weapons, Levi used the small parts to attack. Elijah defended against most but one hit.
Removing it, fire started covering the wound. Then, both sides used Flash Step, clashing with each other. Their attacks became sharper, more destructive, and calmer, similar to when Elijah fought the Amazon. It was something Elijah could only describe with one word: 'Enlightenment.' Each attack slightly changed the way he moved.
Reaching higher stages of martial arts was necessary. Kicking, punching, deflecting, and defending were all part of the battle, actions second nature to the two, dashing through the forest.
Deflecting Levi's attack, Elijah landed a punch on his chest, sending him flying. Elijah moved into a stance. "One Hundred Punches."
Elijah started punching out with many small fists of flames rushing toward Levi, who had just regained his balance. Seeing the fists coming, Levi acted fast, covering his hands with iron. Along with iron hands that formed behind him, they started moving with every punch he threw. "Iron Barrage."
On the sidelines:
Julia watched with cold eyes. 'This isn't good. Even if Elijah tried covering his wound with his element, he's still losing blood.'
Adan was shocked. "Is someone that young this powerful?"
"He's a monster. Even Levi took 40 years to reach where he is," Stella commented, sweat on her forehead.
'If they knew about the other monsters like the Seven Miracles and maybe the Elite Royals, they would be shocked.' Julia wanted to laugh a little but knew Elijah's injury wasn't light. He needed someone to heal him fast.
In the battle:
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA," the two battle maniacs laughed like crazy.
"That's it, boy." Levi could feel he was reaching his realm of martial arts. And what did he feel? A man who focused his whole life on training to see a young man, not above 20, achieve something like this.
The answer was simple.
He felt excited.
BBBOOOMMM
Levi grabbed Elijah's hand, pulled him forward, and punched him in the stomach, close to his wound, but none of this mattered to the two men. Elijah coughed up blood, then held the old man and kneed him in the stomach, causing Levi to cough up blood. Before hitting each other's heads.
"Old man."
"Boy."
Both let each other go and attacked with their fists. "Full Burst: Fire Fist."
"Iron Tiger Fist."
It seemed slow, each fist punching their chests, sending them flying, crashing through many trees before stopping. Elijah lay down, coughing before spitting out a mouthful of blood. 'Fuck, my Chi is getting low.' His transformation was still consuming heavily which, was his disadvantage in a long battle.
Levi, on the other hand, coughed up blood, standing up despite feeling low in mana, still looking afar. 'Damn kid, I wish we had met earlier,' he thought with a smile on his face.
Elijah stood up, removing his transformation and staring ahead as their eyes locked. Now that no fire was burning, his wound started bleeding freely. 'I wish I was still young.'
They both took steps before rushing at each other. 'Come at me,' Elijah shouted inwardly.