Chapter 110: Tense Battle
When the smoke layers lunged close to Kazuka by a small distance, Kazuka opened his hand and stuffed his hand straight into the mouth of a ghost when it opened its mouth, grabbed that bloodthirsty tongue and pulled hard. Blood sprayed out everywhere onto even his face.
-"If it is this distance I can react in time."
Mythyr suddenly stiffened, eyes wide open, seemingly in pain. The smoke layers immediately vanished.
-"He found it out?"
Kazuka furrowed his brows observing.
Lin in his head seemed to realize.
"Likely those monsters have a contract with her, or are a part of her."
Kazuka's hand was still stained with blood; he gripped tight with both hands and lunged over to seize the chance.
But Mythyr smiled and screamed:
"Do not think only that is enough to be smug."
She slammed her hand hard onto the ground. A series of stone spikes rose up, piercing through the hard stone blocks of the arena floor.
Kazuka opened his eyes wide; he leaped up into the air.
The group above observing, no one was sitting. Takeshi shouted loudly:
"She also has Earth Elemental."
Airi clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"Having some power and then even an element?"
Takeshi was a bit curious if her Earth Elemental was strong. But he felt he was superior.
While Kazuka was hovering in the air and falling.
Mythyr swung her arm and threw a series of rocks toward the falling Kazuka. But because he did not jump too high, Kazuka had landed and swung consecutive slashes, destroying many large rocks along with dodging.
-"Damn it, she controls earth. Fighting Takeshi with Earth Elemental is extremely annoying already."
Lin reassured:
"Do not worry, anything special is like that. Just focus; Lin will still remind. Remember when Lin reminds, immediately follow."
The arena floor now was like a pile of ruins because of the earth element controlled by Mythyr.
Suddenly, Mythyr stabbed her sword into a nearby rock.
She put both hands out in front, one hand above one below; energy was forming something in between. Her hands moved as if rubbing a sphere.
Kazuka created a spear in his hand and launched it toward Mythyr to probe. But a large stone block suddenly grew up and blocked it; the spear slammed into the large stone block creating a large hole.
The stands were still noisy from before until now, some yelling, some cursing.
-"She is defending; lunging up will likely be blocked immediately. But if I let her create something, it is not good."
At this time, Mythyr created a spike made of some metal with a silver color; just looking was enough to see it was very sharp with those two pointed ends.
Immediately, a series of stone blocks were erected and shielded in front of Mythyr. She put both hands forward; the spike she created was being spun continuously with very fast speed and aimed toward the wall in front, but behind the wall was Kazuka standing alertly observing.
Kazuka felt it was not good, but still did not dare lunge up.
Lin: "Be careful; this moment could be when the cards are flipped."
Above the stands. Takeshi was calling out loudly to Kazuka:
"Be careful Kazuka."
But suddenly, next to Ayaka was an empty seat. But a person sat in and turned over smiling.
The whole group was bewildered when seeing a large energy source radiating right next to them, full of murderous intent and threat.
Elyssia was the one who felt the opposite energy most clearly.
Sitting next to Ayaka was a girl with short black hair to her shoulders, skin white, smooth and youthful. But surrounding her was a black energy source. Around there were still many people who knew how to fight, but no one sensed it. It turned out there was a white barrier layer covering the six seats.
She smiled, voice full of seduction and mystery:
"Sit and watch, otherwise I will erase this whole place including you guys."
Elyssia breathed fast, she clearly felt the opposing energy source. Voice trembling:
"W-Why... are you? Who... are you?"
The short-haired girl smiled and turned away to look down at the floor and dispelled the black energy surrounding her body.
"Do not worry, I came just to watch."
Below, Kazuka was covering his body with more energy to defend against sudden attacks.
Mythyr at this time was spinning the metal rod with extremely fast speed, making it hot and gradually switch to red.
She pulled her hand back close and then pushed it away with extremely strong force making the wind have to part.
Kazuka already felt it was not good; he jumped back and forth to both sides and eyes still fixed on the stone walls.
But suddenly, the stone wall was blown into pieces and launched away with extremely fast speed making the wind shriek. To say it was slow, but actually Kazuka had not even realized what was happening.
Whoosh!!!!
The glowing red and hot metal spike stabbed straight over.
Lin had realized in time and spoke loudly in warning:
"Dodge quickly."
But with that speed Kazuka had only just realized the stone wall broke, not at all realizing the metal spike was lunging over.
Stab!!!!
Pierced through one side of Kazuka's neck. If he had stood still it would have hit completely, but at that time he was jumping back and forth. Pierced through soft flesh and then slammed into the hard stone wall making it explode, stone dust flying everywhere. At the same time, according to the extreme force, Kazuka was thrown far away in bewildered eyes, and then slammed his body into the wall of the floor far away. Blood and flesh flew everywhere.
The whole stands were silent, not even having seen what happened. But when seeing the wall explode and Kazuka slam into the wall and roll down when his neck was half gone, exposing even bone and blood into a puddle. The whole stands yelled in madness, the noise ear-piercing making a few people sitting silently watching have to cover their ears.
All five friends in the stands with horrified eyes looked down at Kazuka below on the ground being motionless, two eyes still open like dying without knowing the reason. The air was silent and all five of them created an extremely heavy atmosphere. The short-haired girl sitting next to them smiled interestedly and covered her mouth with her hand.
"Truly interesting."
But of course just that could not kill anyone when that blow missed. Kazuka had not reacted in time and if he did not have consciousness return, he would truly lose blood and die.
Above, Airi and Takeshi had stood up and gritted their teeth tight.
But the annoying atmosphere full of threat made everyone shiver, goosebumps and hair on the neck standing up like a danger warning. Takeshi and Airi's legs trembled and they flopped down, as if losing control of their bodies.
Below, Kazuka suddenly stood up. Mythyr was curling her lip smiling thinking she had won, immediately turned off her smile and confusedly looked at Kazuka with the blood-drenched neck.
Energy radiated, the neck had stopped bleeding and only old blood remained. Two soulless eyes suddenly had life return, the neck gradually being recovered.
Lin in his head breathed a sigh of relief: "A bit more and it would not have been in time."
Kazuka seemed to regain consciousness, feeling like his soul had just left his body and then entered again.
He also self-understood the situation and tried to recover the neck. He collapsed onto his knees and breathed heavily in sound.
Lin knew Kazuka could not react, Lin had inserted into Kazuka's perception and replaced him to control the body, and only just in time prepared energy to stop the blood immediately. Because this was not Lin's body, when hit, Lin did not feel pain so did not stop in time and was always in a ready state.
Above, the audience cheered even louder because the battle was making them feel interested. The five friends breathed a sigh of relief and were happy. Although in everyone's head they did not understand how Kazuka lived, they pushed it aside and only needing him alive was joy enough.
Mythyr's confusion was clear when her killing strike had attacked and hit but Kazuka was still alive in an incomprehensible way. She pulled the sword from the rock and spilled energy out. She was determined to kill Kazuka.
-"Impossible, clearly the reaction ability was not in time, so how is it possible to stand back up? That blow should have killed that kid?"
She gritted her teeth tight with anger. Just thinking about her killing strike not killing Kazuka made her even more bitter.
Kazuka stood up and breathed hard, he spoke softly full of gratitude:
"Thank you, Lin."
Lin hurriedly waved away the unnecessary words for the present:
"Focus, this time do not let her gather energy anymore. Even if defended fiercely, must block."
"She is still very annoying with Earth Elemental, focus."
Lin lowered her voice reminding:
"Must be careful, Lin cannot help again. Lin is too weak to maintain Ka's body, only just controlling for a small interval made Lin almost disappear."
Kazuka was a bit moved and nodded to reassure.
"Alright, thank you Lin."
Lin was very sleepy after controlling Kazuka's body for less than 4 seconds. But Lin needed to try a bit more to finish this battle.
Kazuka fixed his eyes on Mythyr, he pointed a finger toward Mythyr and launched a small energy ray to see what Mythyr would do next. But she did not avoid; the small energy ray was too weak, when touching the energy layer surrounding Mythyr it was immediately neutralized.
Kazuka lunged forward with a powerful leap that kicked up dust toward the back.
Mythyr also lunged and faced Kazuka head-on.
Both sides threw out two slashes at the same time and collided. While retracting the sword, Kazuka clearly felt his energy was weaker and immediately pushed more energy out. Two swords once again aimed toward each other extremely powerfully. Continued and collided energy and then retracted the swords; Mythyr saw her energy was losing ground and immediately poured more.
Both sides kept racing to push more energy into the swords; both kept distance when the times the swords faced each other were all the sword tips. The whole stands were dazzled when two energy sources, blue and red, collided and two sword paths swung continuously making the whole stands yell loudly in excitement.
Once more touching swords, Kazuka opened his mouth and launched an energy source toward Mythyr; she leaned her head and retracted her sword then slashed down from above.
Kazuka put his sword across his head and blocked that slash. He swung his leg with a kick aimed toward Mythyr's stomach. But Mythyr swung her right leg wanting to kick away Kazuka's right leg that was kicking over. But that was only a feint; he stepped his right foot down and his left leg kicked a very strong blow straight into Mythyr's knee joint making her knee dangle as if disconnected.
Mythyr opened her eyes wide, knowing it was not good.
Kazuka swung a palm push against Mythyr's black blade which was pressing on his sword. She seemed to lose balance and her body drifted in the direction Kazuka pushed.
She seemed to be very panicking in her head when fighting balanced and suddenly getting trapped. Although she could predict actions and prevent. But one must see to predict.
Surely due to luck, when she swung the sword with two hands and in such a holding posture. Along with her sleeve being quite wide and making a little bit extra. This led to when Kazuka's leg kicked toward the stomach, her eyes glancing down could not see Kazuka's leg and it had been covered by her hand and large sleeve; she could only sense Kazuka's energy when wrapping the leg. Furthermore, Kazuka only wore shorts and he was still young so his legs were quite small too.
Kazuka spun his hips and leaned his body to the left. His right hand swung the sword to the left to gain momentum, his muscular arm draped over his neck like a giant snake with large muscles.
Then Kazuka swung out a slash aimed straight near her left rib area.
Because when Mythyr's sword was pushed by Kazuka and she lost one leg to stand on because it was disconnected. She followed the push and slid toward the side Kazuka pushed, which was Kazuka's right.
Blood sprayed, Kazuka's close slash cut deep inside Mythyr's body and crushed three ribs making them crumble. Along with that the slash went deeper inside and cut straight into Mythyr's left lung. The strong slash made Mythyr fly far away and roll several times on the ground.
But she was still conscious; while rolling she immediately stood up, her face turning pale green. A horrific breathlessness made her try harder; intense pain made her hug her right hand to the wound while holding the sword. Her heart rate gradually became faster. Energy was trying to heal the wounded part for her, but the fast heart rate made her vision gradually blur.
Of course, Kazuka did not finish hitting and stand to watch. He lunged over with fast speed and had to conclude.
But she exerted her strength, kneeling in weakness. She placed her hand on the ground and channeled energy down.
Suddenly the ground seemed to vibrate violently. Pieces of stone around flew toward one side making Kazuka change movement direction and run in circles when being blocked by rocks flying over. But unexpectedly it was not normal. She was very smart using the very stone blocks of the arena and created two giant stone golems 2.5 tharn high with two glowing red eyes.
Kazuka was forced to stop and look one last time toward the Mythyr who was weakly breathing in a miserable way as her lungs seemed to be collapsing. And energy still tried to recover. Her figure was hidden behind the punch of a large golem lunging toward Kazuka.
Kazuka immediately jumped backward and avoided it.
Kazuka knew this was the time to finish Mythyr, but these two golems did not let him do that.
Above, the nobles no longer laughed, talked, or ate anything. All of them were widening their eyes and focusing on observing the battle, as if there was an indescribable attraction.
Selena was very excited, her hands gripped the chair and she had stood up since some time ago. She did not worry for anyone, but she was simply swept away.
The whole stands, no one cheered; the atmosphere was silent but full of tension, heart rates as if merging into one.
All of them knew, no need for the sound to echo how far, no need to fight the strong to prove. They are all meaningless; one person wins and one person loses, but if there is a next time, surely the result will be different. It is about how plans are arranged, and sometimes just reacting later and being pulled by fleeting trouble but it is the cause making a person not in the good state they should have been in without trouble had they had a better plan.
Lin: "Must overcome these two golems as fast as possible. Behind their chests is the energy core created by her; when the stones gathered, Ka also saw it."
Kazuka nodded.
"Um."
Kazuka jumped backward and pressed close to the arena wall. The two golems still stood blocking, seemingly also knowing if they moved they could create an opening.
Kazuka gathered energy, it surrounded him more thickly, then thicker, then extremely thick. The blue light from the energy surrounding Kazuka was dazzlingly bright. The treading force under his feet became even stronger making the ground crack like a giant spiderweb.
Stepped extremely hard making the ground crack large and lunged with extremely fast speed, wind shrieking in intervals; dust and wind had to part to the sides.
The two golems immediately reacted when seeing Kazuka lunge. They lifted their horrific heavy arms and swung punches toward Kazuka.
Lin shouted loudly in Kazuka's head: "Turn left!!!."
Kazuka immediately switched direction to the left and ran through the golem's crotch.
Mythyr at this time was gritting her teeth struggling to recover and pushing the interfering energy out. It seemed the internal wound was healing, those ribs also healed, only the large wound part had not yet recovered. She with teeth gritted together as if the two jaws extremely hated each other, veins bulging all over her face and blood threads in her eyes tangled; overall her angry face was deformed and extremely ugly.
Clearly sensing Kazuka's energy lunging over, she hurriedly raised her head with a bit of fear.
But the stone golems did not make it easy for Kazuka like that. One was lunging from the side when Kazuka was lunging toward Mythyr's place.
A punch swing from the golem like a giant hammer with heavy weight smashed down. But Kazuka did not let it do that; he was forced to stop. Spun his body and threw out an extremely large and thick energy slash aimed straight at the golem's fist.
BOOM!!!
The slash cut deep into the stone fist, running along from the tip of the fist up to near the shoulder. But then it stopped and made the golem be thrown away.
Another golem lunged over then he swung one more slash launching straight at its neck. But the slash only cut half its neck and vanished.
Suddenly, Kazuka felt energy behind and also knew it was Mythyr; it seemed she had finished recovering. Two golems immediately broke apart into stone pieces.
-"Huh?"
Kazuka turned back and Mythyr was standing then radiating even more energy.
Mythyr with a face deformed by anger.
Kazuka immediately lunged and swung his sword diagonally. Mythyr also replied immediately. Two energy sources collided and flashed. Both gritted their teeth using strength and met eyes.
When jumping away, Kazuka spun in the air and threw out a kick toward Mythyr's neck. But she immediately grabbed Kazuka's leg and used strength wanting to slam Kazuka down onto the deforming ground. While being slammed down, Kazuka tucked his leg and kicked backward into Mythyr's face but she leaned her body back and avoided it.
When Kazuka was slammed near the ground, he used force and took advantage of the force, stabbing the sword into the hard stone surface where he was slammed. Then clung to it and used leg strength to fling her hand; Mythyr who was holding Kazuka's leg was pulled along and thrown behind Kazuka's back.
But Mythyr quickly regained balance and dodged Kazuka's energy spear lunging over.
Then both lunged into each other once more. Kazuka swung out a horizontal energy slash; the energy slash tore the wind as it lunged.
Mythyr jumped up and avoided the slash; she was alert and immediately replied with a vertical energy slash.
Along with that, she flicked her left hand; a series of stone spikes larger than tree trunks lunged over.
Kazuka opened his eyes wide before the rain of attacks. He stopped, pushed more energy out to easily defend.
Dodged the energy slash. Swung consecutive energy slashes cutting through the stone pillars.
Lin spoke loudly: "Quickly create an angle to have vision, do not stand in one place or these stone pillars will block the vision."
Kazuka jumped flexibly everywhere and consecutively stabbed energy and slashed energy.
He leaned to the left to dodge then there was another stone pillar lunging right after.
Mythyr was churning up half the arena. She created stone pillars hovering behind and her eyes darted continuously in their sockets following Kazuka's movement, then launched the stone pillars; she read Kazuka's moves beforehand and struck first immediately after; both eyes were pinned on Kazuka. But because the stone pillars were also large, sometimes she lost track of Kazuka because he was hidden behind a pillar, but those eyes found him again as if pinning a target.
Kazuka rolled once and slashed energy blows in all directions; sweat ran along his forehead and had soaked his clothes since before until now. A bit worried:
-"Continuing like this is not good; though not tired in physical strength, I must stretch myself out and do not know if she will have a surprise blow. If the moment I lower guard is the time she acts, it is over."
Suddenly remembered the time he swept clean several of those magical trees in the forest. He then decided to prepare to use it.
Therefore it is said, sometimes just a moment of focus or neglect can also lose a rare opportunity. If at this time he chose another way and did not think of it, then what?
Kazuka spilled energy out thickly around the body. Mythyr furrowed her brows; her hair blew and was messy, the face of excited and interested smiling remained. She was alert and jumped backward and landed on a stone block and continued to launch large stone pillars.
Gripped the sword tight…
BOOM!!!!
A large explosion happened with a large range; simultaneously the stone pillars lunging were immediately blown apart.
But Mythyr still clearly sensed Kazuka's energy in the thick black smoke layer. She created larger stone pillars and launched them into the black smoke, tearing the smoke like pulling a curtain of the one inside wanting to play some trick.
Kazuka inside the black smoke gritted his teeth and pushed more energy down into the sword.
Lin hurriedly stopped:
"What do you want to do? It is not good."
Kazuka gritted his teeth and answered with some difficulty:
"I will sweep away all those stone columns, then lunge over."
Lin hurriedly stopped: "But are you sure you use it and still have the ability to press close?"
Kazuka tried to laugh; he turned the sword tip down toward the bottom of his feet and raised the sword high over his head, two legs opened wide like two solid pillars, the whole musculature as if concentrated into the arms.
"Do not look down on me like that."
BOOM!!!!!!!
Kazuka stabbed the sword hard into the ground, creating a terrain tremor that made the ground crack, tearing the surrounding black smoke, flinging up dust, earth, and stone boulders into the sky. The shockwave from the impact point spread in a radial shape, with great pressure making the lunging stone pillars immediately shatter into pieces.