When Arkeon noticed Vin's trance like state, he raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"Using me as your training dummy, how disrespectful, but it's quite fine, I look forward to seeing how strong you would become after your comprehension." he smiled and said after.
Since that was the case, he decided he was going to help Vin out, so he got more aggressive, aiming to apply more pressure on Vin.
And it seemed to do the magic a Vin got even more aggressive so as not to lose out.
"Not yet"
"Not yet"
"Not yet"
"I'm not there yet"
"Almost there"
Vin kept on muttering to himself as he fought, he was already on the verge of success, on the cusp of a huge break-through, he could see it clearly now, the barrier that blocked him from entering the pinnacle of completion.
And So he kept on attacking the barrier, over and over again, not stopping for even a single second because if he did, then all his efforts would have been in vain.
He kept pushing and pushing until.....
"BREAK!!!!"
"Crack!!!..."
A loud sound went off in Vin's mind as it felt like something had broken, like a glass or a barrier.
Vin felt like he had been released from a thick constrain and he felt relieved, his mind relished in excitement.
From the outside world, everyone had seen Vin stop moving all of a sudden, a satisfied smile plastered on his face, like he had just accomplished something great.
And indeed he had, Sword one had been learned to completion, and he was now ready to delve into Sword two, but before that.....
"Are you done?" an irritated voice dragged him out of his thoughts, Vin opened his eyes and saw that Arkeon was looking at him with a faint smile.
Only then did he remember he was still in the tournament, and his opponent was still obviously waiting for him.
"Yes I am, thanks for waiting, and for your help too" Vin replied with a smile, even though he was in trance, Vin was still aware that Arkeon applied more pressure on him to help with his breakthrough.
And for that he was quite grateful, now it was time to put that comprehension to good use.
"Now that warm-ups are over, shall we begin?"
"I wouldn't have it any other way"
"Tchieaiiiinnn"
A piercing sound rang out as they both drew their swords.
Void kept ringing on Vin's hands as it seemed excited for the new battle, "Seems you're quite excited to right, why don't we show the world our strength then" Vin said with a smile.
The sword in his hands let out a piercing battle cry as if acknowledging the words of its owner. Vin raised his head and looked at Arkeon with a big grin on his face...
"Well then shall we?"
"Indeed!!"
"Hermes Celeration"
"Flash step"
They both cast their movements skills at the same time and vanished, appearing a split second later at the center of the stage before clashing again, this time with their swords.
"Sword one"
"Judgement"
A huge wave of intertwined, violet and blazing red colored sword qis blasted out of their focal point, with a loud booming sound.
Vin only used sword one since that was the only other sword still he had asides from his self created one.
But Arkeon used a variety of sword skills, and each of them were fire based sword skills.
They were moving so fast that, it seemed like they were fleeting in and out of reality, only the sparks of pristine violet and blazed red flashes of light made the spectators aware that they were still on the stage.
Along with the occasional loud banging and booming sounds that went off occasionally.
There were only a few people in the asides from the outer court sects' elders that were present, these were the stronger inner deciples that had come to watch the tournament.
And then another person was currently seated amongst the Mortal lords, he was no other than Thorne Thunderforge.
The current number one strongest deciple in the outer court, his eyes were pinned on the stage as he focused his full attention on the ongoing battle.
Just like Arkeon, he too has sensed that Vin was quite dangerous even to him, it had been a long time someone in the outer court had given him danger signals at first glance.
But even with that, his battle power was still basically equal to Arkeon, his senses wouldn't deceive him as it had been honed through countless battles.
So there was basically only one reason for this, and that was that Vin was still hiding or more like suppressing his power, and the only reason someone like Vin would be hiding is true power at this time would be because...
'He wants to challenge me next, hmm not bad. At last someone worthy' Thorne thought to himself. Even with this thought his eyes never peeled away from the battle.
He wanted to observe his future opponent and see what was so special about him.
Vin and Arkeon kept clashing, their movements becoming more faster and more deadly as time went on, it didn't take long before sword gashes started appearing on their bodies.
The sword qi infused in these injuries caused their body to be unable to heal naturally so their bodies were quite bloodied and battered.
Their auras kept rising upwards with their energy blaring wildly like it would never run out of steam.
It soon got to a time when their auras reached its peak and then they exploded outwards, each moving to the other end of the stage.
But the crowd didn't cheer yet, they knew better than to do so right now as it would only be distracting, and no one wanted to miss out on their next action.
When they stopped they were both panting heavily as the battle had really taken its toll, it took a while before they calmed down a little.
"Out of respect for you, I shall now display a technique I created myself" Vin stated calmly.
"Is that so, I also happen to have my own self created technique, so why don't we pit it against each other in conclusion and see who wins." Arkeon replied in courtesy.
"That would be a perfect ending" Vin said.
"Are you ready?"
"I was born ready!!"
"Here we go then"
"Seven sins of chaos ~..."
"Sword of judgement~..."
"Fallen petals!!!"
"Radiant destruction!!!"
Thousands and thousands of violet colored sword qi was released from Vin's body through his sword and into the air, they fused together forming an array of thousands of petals lined up in a unique pattern.
Like petals hanging from a tree with Vin as it's trunk, the scene looked so beautiful that it was almost picturesque.
The crowd of spectators were entranced by its glamorous view, but the deadly auras coming from those petals sent cold shivers running down their spine.
But Arkeon wasn't left out either, a condensed beam of Pyro energy left his sword and gathered in the air above him, taking up the shape of thousands of blazing red swords.
They were lined up like soldiers on the battlefield with Arkeon as their General.
And then....
"Engard!!!"
"Swooooooosh!!!"
With a downward motion of his sword, Vin released his technique, the petals as if given a leash off, left their branches and shot with utmost precision towards their target.
Arkeon pointed his sword forward as if commanding his soldiers, and the swords behind him, as if on cue also shot out towards Vin.
When the two skills finally met at the center of the stage.....
"BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!"
A huge explosion went off as the swords as petals attacked each other with vigor and tandem, this caused another chain of smaller explosions to go off too.
But the disparity of their talents were soon revealed, the petals were much more than the swords and some of them left the group and shot towards Arkeon as if they had a mind of their own.
Arkeon's eyes widened as he was caught off-guard, he raised his sword in a hasty defense but the petals seemed to have expected this as they further divided and bypassed his defense and riddled his body in holes.
Another round of explosions went off as the entire stage soon became a mass of fireworks, it was only a while before it finally settled settled down and a shocking scene was revealed to the crowd.
Arkeon, his body riddled with holes was on his knees with his sword lying by his side. And Vin was standing right in front of him with his sword placed on Arkeon's neck.
Dead silence...
The silence this time was so deeply intense that it was was almost suffocating, they could even hear the sound of their heartbeat at this moment.
No one wanted to be the one to break the silence until....
"It was an honor Arkeon. But I have won." Vin stated with a faint smile on his face.
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