First Victory

"Well I'll just use him to train my skills" Felix said with a grin as he stared at Vane.

CRUSHING FIST

Instead of talking, Vane immediately threw a fist towards Felix who raised one hand to block and responded with a punch which Vane also caught with a hand surprising him.

"You are strong so I won't waste my time using small skills" Vane grinned as performed a jumpkick which pushed Felix backwards.

GROUND STOMP

A fierce aura suddenly exploded from vane which washed over Felix and even reached the spectators, he slammed his legs into the ground and crouched before proppelling himself towards Felix, the force caused the stage underneath him to cave in.

Seeing the approaching attack, Felix dared not take it lightly as he also threw a punch with 60% of his full strength, when they both clashed Felix was actually pushed backwards.

"If you want to gain the upper hand then you better use your full strength" Vane advised as he prepared for another strike,he could sense that Felix was concealing his full strength.

"When it comes to the one with overwhelming strength among the top 5, it undoubtedly falls in Vane's hand" Justin said calmly as he observed the battle, since he was the next, he was observing and searching for key points to defeat Felix if Vane failed.

MOUNTAIN PUNCH

This was the skill that Mark loved using but even he had to admit that Vane's use of the skill far exceeded his.

As Vane approached him once again, Felix also responded with a punch which contained 80% of his strength, in this clash, Felix was once again pushed back which shocked him because he was aware of his strength.

"Well then if strength won't work then I'll just use speed" Felix said with a grin as he dashed towards Vane who was caught off guard by Felix's speed, he couldn't use any of his arms to block it so he used his head.

BOOM

Even though he managed to block it, he was still shocked because that punch contained 80% of his strength but Vane only got out with minor injuries.

"How strong is his body?" Felix said to himself in shock as he remembered how Vane sustained major injuries in his previous fight but managed to heal fast enough to face him now.

"There's something not right about him" Felix said with a frown.

"Okay enough playing" Vane said as he closed his eyes and sighed.

RAGING STORM

Vane suddenly opened his eyes and dashed towards Felix and threw a punch, his speed and strength had all tripled so he instantly arrived in front of Felix who dodged to the left and deftly avoided the attack while quickly responding with a punch to his face.

BOOM

Vane was thrown backwards by the punch as he flew backwards and landed on the ground a few feet away.

"Yes this is what I'm looking for" Vane shouted in excitement and dashed towards Felix who once again used his speed to his advantage and threw him backwards, this continued for a few times and Felix realized that each time his aura only got stronger and stronger.

"Hahahaha this is so exciting" Vane said with a grin.

RAGING STORM

He instantly arrived in front of Felix and threw a punch which was so fast that it caught Felix off guard as a cracking sound was heard.

BOOM

"Ah, that cleared my head " Felix said as he got up and disappeared.

"Huh, where did he go?" Vane asked himself with a frown.

"Boo" Felix muttered as he punched Vane in the punch then disappeared and appeared in front of him with a kick to his stomach then disappeared then appeared some distance away.

"Is his skill teleportation?" Justin said as his eyes glowed, he suddenly saw a flash then Felix appeared and punched Vane then turned into a flash that dashed away.

"No, that's not possible" From this he had found out that Felix wasn't actually teleporting, he was so fast that to the spectators, he appeared to be teleporting.

"What's wrong, you look slow" Felix taunted as he appeared before vane and threw three punches, two to his arms and one to his chest then dashed away.

"Arrg, he's too fast but he can't fly" Vane grinned as wings sprouted from his back and proppelled him into the air.

SWORD OF TRUTH

"Take my sword" Vane grinned crazily as a Large sword condensed which he swung at Felix whose expression turned grim under the mask as he pushed his speed to the maximum.

BOOM

As the sword attack reached, it released such a frightening energy that desecrated half of the stage instantly before fading off.

"That was close" Felix said with a frown, he had forgotten that he was dealing with a lunatic, he just imagined what would have happened if that attack had touched him.

"it seems like I need to stop playing around" Felix said coldly as he disappeared and appeared in front of Vane, he was so fast that the air around him made tearing sounds as he used his knee to smash Vane's chest then threw a kick with his second leg which smacked Vane's neck which cracked and threw him back down to the stage which cracked.

BANG

"What just happened?" An esper asked with shock all he had seen was Felix disappearing then the next moment vane was crashing into the stage.

"Woah" Justin sucked in a deep breath as his mind replayed over the event of what had just happened, by using his eye, he had seen what had happened but what shocked his was Felix's speed, all this had happened in a second, was he even human and he was only an E+ rank.

"Huff, huff, what a tough guy" Felix said with shock as he panted, even he had to admit that Vane was a tough opponent, he was about to walk offstage when he heard a groaning sound from behind him which caused him to pause.

"Arrg, you are no doubt strong but don't think it's over yet" Vane's weak voice sounded as he struggled to get up from the crater.

"He's still conscious" Felix said with shock, how tough was this guy.

"Come on, let's go" Vane said weakly as he vomited blood.

"You are in no condition to continue this match, you are already seriously injured so surrender" Felix said with a shake of his head.

"You will only win when I am unconscious" Vane grinned as blood dripped down his face, his appearance was rather unappealing, his clothes were in tatters, one arm looked broken, he was covered in blood especially his face.

"As you wish" Felix said as he disappeared with a cold smile.

BANG

BANG

BANG

Vane was suddenly overwhelmed by punches from all sides, he felt like he was being attacked by several people from all sides, his injuries which were already serious were worsened but he struggled to stay conscious as his body gradually went limp.

"No..no..I can't lose" Vane muttered as he gradually lost consciousness when suddenly"Noo!"

BOOM

"What the.." Felix said as his pupils constricted, he immediately backed away and glanced at Vane who stood motionless, behind him was the faint outline of a griffin.

"I need to take him out quickly" Felix said as he dashed towards Vane and threw a punch at with his full strength but as it was about to hit it's target, Vane suddenly glanced up with a grin as he caught Felix's punch.

"Too slow" He said as he fiercely twisted his arm which produced a cracking sound.

WIND BLADE

Vane quickly shot a wind blade right after breaking Felix's hand, within such close range, there was little Felix could do so instead of dodging, he jumped and used one leg to kick Vane's hand which knocked the wind blade off course then used the second to smash Vane's jaw while making use of the momentum to move backwards.

"This guy's too tough, his tenacity is off the charts, there is only one thing left to do" Felix sighed as he breathed in and breathed out.

"Is that all you've got, when you kicked me, I sensed that the force in your leg was weak which means that you are injured, your arm is also broken, you are weak and out of tricks, the outcome of this battle is now uncertain" Vane said with a grin as he laughed.

"Hahahaha, I now know how you are still awake but don't get ahead of yourself, since we started I haven't used any skill or weapon, I have been training my body to a state where no pain is felt, I was able to attain this state all thanks to you, if I'm not wrong then you have attained this state that is why you are still conscious, for this I thank you but I won't hold back anymore" Felix said with a smile as he rolled off his sleeves.

"Could it be that he was really holding back, no he's bluffing" Vane said to himself with a frown.

'Could he really be telling the truth?' Justin thought with furrowed brows.

Under the eye of all, Felix took off 4 body weights, two from his arms, two from his legs, each weighing 0.5kg which comes to a total of 2kg.

"Wait, he was wearing those throughout the fight and he was that fast" Justin said with shock but it didn't end there as Felix took off two gravity weights and his strength limiting gloves which he had gotten as a reward after completing the training regiment if the system.

"Uh, that feels good" Felix said with a grin as he felt a huge weight had been lifted off him(Literally).

"So he was using this as training" Even the city lord was shocked.

"Okay let's continue" Felix said as he dashed towards Vane and threw a punch.

"Hmm, it doesn't matter" Vane said as he threw a punch, the figure behind him also extended it's arm.

BOOOM

A loud boom sounded as a shockwave spread out in all directions, it directly obliterated the remaining part of the stage and extended towards the audience, those nearer to the stage were all hit as they vomited a mouthful of blood, those behind them were luckier, they weren't that affected.

"When two monsters meet, this is what happens, I wonder who won" The referee said with a shiver as he stared at the x-stage where there was a huge crater, as the dust settled, two figures could be seen, one figure could be seen without an arm and the other figure could be seen standing over the other one.

"I ...actually... lost.." Vane muttered weakly with a grin as he collapsed.

"You lost but you've gained my respect" Felix said with a smile as he placed something in his mouth.

"Huh, thank you" Vane suddenly froze in shock then thanked Felix before falling unconscious.

"The winner of this match is Shadow Walker, the next match will begin in 10 minutes" The referee declared with a frown, he had hoped for Felix to lose.

"Hmm, he's the next huh" Felix said with furrowed brows as he glanced at Justin who was also observing him with a calm expression, his original match was supposed to be with him, he had a bad feeling about him especially his eyes which were mysterious.

"Whatever" Felix sighed with a shrug as he went off the stage to recuperate, the stage was badly destroyed so it needed some time to be repaired and strengthened.