Domain of life

"So the story about rocks falling in the night is true", prince almost shouted.

Shiva's expression turned serious as he looked towards the dark sky.

"That was just the beginning, real fight is about to start", shiva said he shifted his gaze to a certain direction.

Meanwhile inside the cave a middle aged man opened his eyes and murmured in surprise,"the boy can sense me, he is not simple."

Prince Pranay also understood the meaning of Shiva's words.," Someone that could control the rocks is inside the valley."

Shiva took pranay with him as he rushed towards the cave while dodging the falling rocks.

Finally both of them reached the cave.

"So you have finally found me, you are indeed a genius to have such skills at such young age but how sad, you won't have time to grow",a voice came from inside the cave. They saw a middle aged man coming out of small pyramid of glistening yellow sand.

The cave started to shake. Earth was trembling. An oppressive aura surrounded the whole area and the pure air became contaminated with the sand. It became difficult to breath.

Shiva and pranay both used clothes to cover their mouth to filter the air. They were already prepared for the next attack.

Middle aged man looked at both of them and murmured," Sand Strike."

The yellow pyramid turned into gaint fist that smashed towards the shiva and pranay. Even with its enormous size it's speed was very fast. Shiva wanted to dodge the attack but before he could act pranay pushed him behind and he saw pranay taking full attack head on with golden umbrella.

In Pranay's mind attack couldn't be dodged and shiva didn't have any armor for protection so he pushed shiva back because he atleast had the golden umbrella, heirloom of the Danteluri Dynasty known for its perfect defense.

"Boom"

The gaint fist smashed the golden umbrella. Prince Pranay was thrown back like a broken kite and fell to the ground. His both hands were covered with blood but he was alive. Most of the attack had been nullified by the golden umbrella. There wasn't even a small dent present on the golden umbrella, pranay was wounded by the pure force. Shiva quickly came to pranay. He was very touched by the act of prince. They had known each other for only 1-2 months but pranay still thought of saving shiva first.

"He is a genuine friend", shiva thought. He took pranay and rushed backward and after gaining some distance from the cave he put down the prince.

"You rest here I will be back soon",shiva said.

When shiva was about to leave pranay held Shiva's hand and told,"Be careful, he has surely reached the middle rank of mystic and a very powerful amongst them."

Shiva smiled at prince and consoled,"Don't worry, I will be."

And he again rushed to the cave but his expression had changed. There was a seriousness around him. The opponent this time was surely powerful, he didn't even bother with them when they ran away. But Shiva knew that if they want to cross the valley they will have to get rid of the middle aged man first.

Middle aged an was surprised that the boy didn't try to run away and again came back to fight.

"You sure have guts"

"Sand spear"

The yellow sand turned into a spear that rushed towards the shiva at an alarming speed. Shiva took a deep breath and let go of any other thought, a domain of life formed around him. Even though it was just at early stage his senses became very strong. When the golden spear entered the life domain, the spear didn't look too fast in Shiva's eyes and he easily dodged the sand spear.

Middle aged man started to become wary of shiva, he didn't sense the life domain as it was never seen before and there were no records about it.

Shiva dashed towards the middle aged man after dodging the sand spear.

Mystics knew that they couldn't use the magic continuously as their energy would be drained every time. That was an essential difference between real Gods and the mystics of this world.

Next the Middle aged man performed the multiple magic at the same time.

"Sand fist"

"Sand spear"

"Rain of death"

"Earth spikes"

A gaint fist and spear formed by rock rushed towards the shiva. Rocks started falling from the sky. Ground converted into the spiky hell. This was an attack from all directions.

But shiva didn't panic and there was no fear in his eyes as he proceeded towards the middle aged man. He dodged the rocks, fist, spear and he had to reach the opponent in one leap otherwise he would fall on earth spikes. He was lacerated all over the body but he didn't stop.

Middle aged man started to panic,"This boy is either a madman or fearless."

"Shield of rocks"

The glistening yellow sand formed a barrier around his body and hardened into a very hard rock. It was the best defense that he had. Shiva reached the middle aged man and punched.

"Bang"

The barrier crumbled and the middle aged man was pushed back by the force. Next moment he was lying on the ground flat bleeding from nose and mouth.

Shiva slowly walked towards the middle aged man.

"he he he he "

The middle aged man started to laugh hysterically as he said," You have no idea what you have angered and don't think you have already won, I still have one last move remaining."

"Cage of death"

Shiva stopped for a moment bit he didn't see any change but suddenly his expression became grave as he looked back towards the resting prince. A cage of rock surrounded him and was compressing at very fast speed. Middle aged man used this attack on pranay because he was sure that it won't work on shiva.

Shiva rushed back towards the pranay but when he was halfway a gaint fist hit his back.

"Boom"

It was a direct and heavy hit as shiva was thrown forward and fell on his face near the prince. His body started trembling with pain and his senses started to become blurry. The cage of rock was still compressing.

Shiva felt like he was going to lose his family once again. He closed his eyes and his breathing became normal soon a domain of life formed around him again.

He felt like he was filled with life again and was healing at the visible speed, his wound started to close and within few seconds he was rejuvenated. He stood up and smashed the cage, crushing it in one hit, releasing the Prince.

But prince was unconscious and his breathing was very ragged and was gasping, his pulse was very feeble. If nothing was done urgently prince would die.