Luke stood rooted in place like a rock, luckily his face was covered by the helmet which made his expression unreadable.
But it went without saying that he was greatly shocked by the appearance of the card in Ivan's hand.
"Are you messing with me? Do you think you can fight me with that?" Luke shouted out in anger while pointing a finger at Ivan aggressively.
"You talk too much" Ivan responded casually and with the card still in his hand, he quietly muttered something.
Wooosh!!
The card suddenly flew from Ivan's hand and trembled in the air in front of him before bursting into light particles which then transformed into a red sword with blue hilt and a golden cross guard.
The blade of the red sword gave a fine silver glint that made everyone who saw it believe in how sharp it was. The sword fell from the sky but didn't touch the ground and just kept floating at the level of Ivan's elbow.
The appearance of the sword caused another wave of murmuring amongst the trainees who were watching, they were surprised to see the small card turning into such a big sword.
Amongst the trainees in the seating area, Sommy and Miko could be seen sitting next to each other at the very back of the sitting area but because of the way the seating area was created they had no problem seeing what was going on in the stage.
"That's even more surprising, so he's a weapon user just like you" Sommy said with a surprised smile on her face as she glanced at Miko teasingly.
The petite girl had a cold expression on her face as she stared down at the stage, her eyes fixed on the red sword floating beside Ivan.
"That's not a weapon mastery talent" Miko said plainly in response to Sommy's teasing. As a Nexulyte with the talent of a weapon master, she was able to tell instantly that Ivan's sword wasn't made from the weapon master talent but she could not tell.
She wasn't the only one, others with weapon Master talents and those with enough knowledge were able to see this was well.
" Hmm, but he summoned a sword. If he isn't a weapon user like you, what is he?" Sommy asked in confusion.
Miko turned to look at her, annoyance visible in her eyes.
" Shouldn't you be worried more about Luke? That duck might hurt himself " Miko questioned.
Sommy gave a helpless smile, she didn't react to Miko calling Luke a duck; his character was not an honorable one to begin with.
" I'm sure Ivan won't go too far…hopefully" Sommy responded.
Back on the stage…
Luke stared at the sword beside Ivan, a surprised expression hidden underneath his helmet.
"So you're a weapon user, good. Now let's see what the first place on the ranking is made of" Luke laughed but his laugh was cut short as he had to jump from where he was standing.
Boom!!
Luke created a small explosion as he launched himself into the air with force.
At the same time, a red blur slashed at the place he had been standing just a while ago.
The speed at which everything happened was so fast that not everyone was able to see what had happened, only a few had seen what had transpired between the two on stage.
While Luke was still busy laughing, the red sword that Ivan had created had been sent out and slashed at Luke's waist at a fast speed. Had he been any slower, he would have been slashed in two by the sword if he didn't protect himself.
Luckily, he had reacted in time.
Luke landed over five meters away from where he was before, the sword was now floating in his previous location.
"Tks! Trying to sneak attack me? Is that all you can do? Such a cowardly first place" Luke snorted and charged at Ivan like a bullet.
Swoosh!!!
He left a trail of red light behind him as he arrived in front of Ivan like a ghost, in his hand was a huge hammer created from Nexus energy.
"Ahhh!!"Luke screamed as he brought down his hammer with so much force that the sound of the air exploding could be heard.
BOOM!!
The hammer landed heavily on the ground, creating a large crater and sending pieces of rocks into the air. But there was no sign Ivan, he had simply disappeared.
"What the…" Luke stared at the space in front of him in shock, Ivan had simply vanished from his sight at the last moment before his hammer could reach him.
" Looking for me?"
Luke felt a chill run down his spine when he heard the voice whisper into his ears, his soul almost left his body from fright; he did not know when Ivan got behind him.
Before Luke could turn around, he felt a sharp pain in the side of his head.
BAM!!
A heavy hit landed on the side of his head and sent him flying away, Luke smashed into the ground repeatedly on his flight path.
Before he could come to a stop, Ivan appeared next to him again with his sword in hand.
BAM!!
He smashed Luke's face again with the hilt of his sword, sending him flying in the opposite direction.
BAM!!
BAM!!
BAM!!
Ivan repeated this process and kept smashing Luke around the place like a broken doll, the boy was unable to resist and could only fly around helplessly.
His whole body was in pain and his helmet was already deformed from getting hit repeatedly by the hilt of Ivan's sword.
"Now go to sleep"
Ivan's voice drifted into Luke's ears while he was mid air, he suddenly felt a great sense of dread but before he could surrender…
Bang!!
The last thing he saw was a foot coming at his face at a terrifying speed, Ivan kicked him hard in his face.
The kick caused Luke's helmet to shatter on the spot and the nano suit on his body to vanish; he left a trail of blood in the air as he flew away and hit his head on the yellow barrier.
Luke's vision immediately went blank and he lost consciousness.
Silence!
The entire arena was in dead silence as the scene unfolded in front of them.
Most of the trainees were unable to properly keep up with the speed at which the two were moving but for those who were able to keep up with their speed…they could only watch in shock as Ivan smacked Luke around like a doll