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Chapter 36 - CHAPTER 36:Squad Training 2

Okuagu and Lee continued to fight each other as they slowly revealed their hidden and most powerful attacks. Okuagu dodged a punch from Lee, leaving him an opportunity which he gladly took as he sent a flaming kick at Lee's head. Lee raised his forearm just in time to block the kick; which left a burn on his forearm. Okuagu feinted left, gathering heat energy in his hand to throw a fearsome flaming right hook catching Lee under the jaw, making him to stagger backwards. Lee dismissed the elemental armor on his body, as he bent over as though to catch his breath. "Do you forfeit? Okuagu asked panting. "Never" Lee replied with a sinister laugh. Okuagu's eyes opened in shock as countless ice shards rained down on him. "Crap"Okuagu released a massive amount of heat from his body; melting a good number of the shards. The rest of them imbedded themselves in his body stabbing his arms and legs. "Never let your guard down" Lee shouted; moving at a frightening speed before he placed an ice blade on Okuagu's throat. "Now forfeit" Lee added as he pressed the blade harder on Okuagu's throat. "I thought weapons weren't allowed" Okuagu said out loud waiting for Gale's reply. "Yes they aren't. Lee didn't bring any weapon and is simply using an application of his gift" replied Gale. "Just forfeit already" Lee said his voice showing signs of impatience, "Hell NO! Okuagu shouted; massive amounts of heat rushing into his body and lighting it up with an orange glow. "Such a pain" Lee said to himself jumping backwards, the minute his weapon had melted. Lee had considered the possibility of Okuagu melting his ice blade. However, he had still used it for he knew that it will take Okuagu some time to melt the weapon that was made of pure thick ice. Alas Okuagu had once again gone on to surprise him by instantly melting the weapon. Okuagu channeled the heat from his body to Lee, sending a powerful heat blast to Lee. Lee placed his hand on the floor; covering himself in a massive water dome and thus neutralizing the heat attack. "So he has finally decided to use water" Okuagu thought, all the while running forward in a bid to destroy the water dome.The dome however seemed to be alive as it sprouted water tentacles; each rushing to destroy the advancing Okuagu. Okuagu using heat signature to sense the amount of heat each tentacle dispersed, was able to dodge them leaving massive holes where the tentacle had landed. Lee still remained inside in the dome as he launched series of water mixed with ice attacks at Okuagu. Okuagu placed his hands forward and like a flame thrower, released a massive amount of flames which crashed into the barrage of Lee's attack covering the area with massive amount of steam. This steam to the squad's disappointment obscured their line of vision preventing them from seeing the current battle. Lee taking advantage of the decrease in visibility sliced at Okuagu with an ice blade that seemed to freeze whatever it touches. Okuagu sidestepped the attack, which unfortunately for him was what Lee had expected and as such he was sent flying by a powerful kick from Lee's leg that was now covered in ice. Okuagu crashed with a thud before he instinctively rolled out of the way, just seconds before a massive ice shard crashed into his former position.

"Where does he even conjure his attacks from? Okuagu wondered as it occurred to him that maybe Lee's gift worked a lot differently from his own. Okuagu frowned as he felt a pain in his chest that told him that he couldn't maintain this 'glowing' state for long. "Then I will just have to commit everything into this one attack" Okuagu said to himself. Lee seemed to have the same idea in mind as he rushed towards Okuagu; his body being covered by an illusory ice dragon with its mouth opened in an earsplitting roar. Okuagu concentrated deeply as he slowly shaped the flames on his body; covering himself in an illusory leopard like armor. The two squad mates crashed into another, bathing the forest in thick steam on impact. "Time's UP! Gale shouted clearing the steam with vast gusts of winds. The steam in the process cleared to reveal Okuagu and Lee lying down panting as they tried to catch their breaths. "Well done, that was a truly fantastic match" Diamond added beaming with smiles. "Though I believe you guys went a little overboard" Emerald said while Boaruss for some reason seemed to be displeased with the match. Lee touched his sore chin and then asked Boaruss: "What's with the downed face? Boaruss huffed and then replied "Why didn't you use your water powers during the Komodo fight? "Yeah, judging from this spar it almost seemed as though you were holding back during the S-ranked fight" Gale added rubbing his chin. Lee cracked his knuckles and then said: "My gift is greatly influenced by the environment that I fight in. I am stronger in an environment surrounded by trees, lakes, water sources and good earth. And also the swamp refused me the chance of fully utilizing my gift due to the bad air around the swamp that prevented me from controlling the moisture in the atmosphere. "So if you want to conjure ice, you simply freeze the water in the atmosphere to create ice attacks" Okuagu said as he nodded his head in admiration. Lee simply walked away and plopped down onto a nice patch of grass. "Very well, it's time for our next FIGHT! Hollered Gale as he once again looked into the scroll; an act which was not really necessary but had the advantage of making him feel like a top notch trainer. "It's a match between our two jewels; Emerald and Diamond".