Peter stood tall on the stage and was still covered by flames. Ryan had also released his aura and was surrounded by a green mist. They both didn't break eye contact and kept straying at one other. Ryan had finally had enough and made the first move. He places his hands together and opened his hands revealing and ball of green energy. He then places his hands out and the ball of energy was sent flying towards Peter. The ball released a powerful aura but the strange thing was it was slow. Peter jumped in the air and didn't even use his ability. While he was in the air a ball of fire came out of his hand and went straight toward Ryan. Ryan used his green glowing hands to protect himself. When Peter got back on the ground he kept firing the fireballs. After a few minutes of nonstop fireballs being fired, he started to get tired, or in the correct terms, he felt sick. He started to couch repeatedly. But then he got on one knee and while he was coughing he vomited a mouth full and blood and even then it kept on getting worse.
Everyone watching was shocked, at what was going on. Wasn't the number one winning so what was happening and why was he suddenly coughing blood? Then they heard someone laughing like a madman. When they looked in that direction they saw Ryan.
He began to walk slowly toward Peter and was still laughing.
"Did you honestly think my first attack was just to have the first move? I used a lot of Mana in the attack and that's why my other attacks are weak. Today I take back my crown as King of the first years." Ryan said still laughing.
Then everyone notices that Peter's arm was turning green and was raising his head. It had reached half his neck when it stopped. Ryan had a confused look but then changed it to an even bigger smile.
"Do you honestly think that Qi will help you? You can't remove the poison only healers can do that you are only slowing the poison. But I am impressed that you were able to stop the poison from moving and not slow it down. But it doesn't matter beca...…" Suddenly a powerful aura of fire came out of Peter. Ryan jumped back but the fire was too powerful and still brunt Ryan. Just as fast as the fire was released it disappeared. When everyone looked at Peter he stood on his two legs but still looked sick.
"What do you think you are doing? Every time you use your ability then the poison spreads."Ryan said with a confident smile.
The next second Peter moved toward Ryan with an incredible speed. Before Peter's fist could hit Ryan flames had covered it and punched Ryan who was sent flying but before he could hit the ground Peter jumped in the air and stamped him in the gusts making him crush the ground hard creating a creature and vomit a mouth full of blood. Peter jumped back around 10 meters. Then a second later he was releasing a powerful aura of fire. But everyone noticed that the poison spreading. He went to one knee and planted his two fists on the ground.
"Hell's chain." After saying that three chains made of fire came out of the ground around Ryan and chained him. Ryan screamed in pain and burn masks were on his body. Peter stood up and the aura of fire he was releasing grew even more. Everyone around the stage couldn't stand it and moved back.
Behind Peter, three swords made entirely out of the fire appear and were pointing at Ryan.
"Triple flaming sword." After saying those words the swords went straight for Ryan. When the three swords hit him at the same time it was like a thousand suns and a few seconds later he fell to the ground and remain motionless. The chains had also disappeared. The fire aura that was being released by Peter disappeared. Then Peter's watch lighted up.
"Match won. Congratulations on winning that match."The voice from the watch said.
A few seconds later two guards appeared behind Ryan and carried him. Then they disappeared. A lady wearing a large hat appeared beside Peter. The hat was too big to see her face. He took her hands out and it started to glow. Then Peter felt like the feeling of sickness was gone. After he was fully healthy the woman disappeared before he could say thank you. He left the stage and went to where the top ten were sited. He sat down on the chair that had the number one on it. Moments later the person sitting beside stood up and went to the stage. The stage was already fixed and there was another person on the stage.
Ben was on the stage and was face-to-face with Lawrence. If there was one thing Ben knew not to do and it was not to underestimate his opponent even if he didn't have an ability. And Lawrence was also a guy who had a massive amount of Qi.
"The match between the number two and number five will begin now." The voice on the watch said.
"So are you going to start with Qi?" Lawrence said then released a powerful amount of his Qi.
"We both know that it doesn't matter if I use Qi since yours will just overpower mine." Peter said then was surrounded by an arc of lightning.
The fight began with a large, fast, and powerful sword swipe by Lawrence toward Ben. The attack was fast but Ben was faster. He moved to the side and moved toward Lawrence but Lawrence was going to defend and also move to Ben. The two clashed and a gust of wind moved everyone around the stage back. No one could see through the dust but could hear the sound of swords clashing. Then they saw Ben come out of the dust and two sword swipes followed. Ben place his hand out and made it into a gun-like way. Using his index finger to point and his thumb for a correct pointer he fired two lightning bullets.
[Lightning bullet]x2
[-40 Mana]
[-200 Energy]
The two lightning bullets hit the swipes and canceled them. Out of nowhere, Lawrence appeared beside Ben and used his grant sword to hit Ben hard moving him to cough up blood.
[-140 Health]
[Your left ribs have been broken and will heal after your fight]
It's been a long time since Ben saw his Hp go down in a real fight. It was obvious that Lawrence had infused his sword with Qi. Ben was sent fly but immediately stood his ground with his ability. When he looked that the direction of Lawrence he was no longer there but was in the air and he fire a lot of sword swipes. Ben managed to dodge the attacks and for the ones he was not able to he would use his sword to match it. After a few seconds of dodging the were no more sword swipes and Lawrence appeared beside and was ready to do the same thing but this time Ben jumped up and equipped his right hand with lightning before punching Lawrence in the head then moving to the side and kicking him in the ribs breaking it and sending him back. Ben didn't waste time and moved faster toward Lawrence and used his sword it cut open Lawrence's chest making blood come. That it didn't end there Ben kicked him again which sent him flying. Lawrence stood up a few seconds later and the cut on his chest was healing. He was using Qi to heal his wounds. Even though he couldn't heal it to completely close up it was still a huge advantage. Before Ben could do anything Lawrence released an unimaginable aura. His Qi was rising and wasn't slowing down. Lawrence runs toward Ben leaving an afterimage of himself. Ben couldn't even see when Lawrence was in front of him a punched him in the face.
[-280 Health]
Ben was sent flying and when he landed he didn't have time to react because Lawrence grabbed his neck and carried him with his left hand and kept on punching him in the gat until Ben coughed up a mouth full of blood.
[-320 Health]
Lawrence then throw him in the air and punched him again sending Ben flying back.
[-100 Health]
[Warning]
[Your hp has reached 10]
Ben was on the floor with his face all messed up. He couldn't move and he didn't think he could defeat Lawrence.
[*Ding]
[Updated Quest]
[It seems Lawrence is stronger than we thought. But it doesn't mean you should lose easily.]
[Options]
[#1. Give Lawrence the fight of his life.]
[Reward]
[Instant level up]
[#2. Defeat Lawrence]
[Reward]
[Two Instant levels up]
Ben had got a message from his system telling him not to give up and to keep fighting. He focused hard and started to use his Qi to heal himself.
[+2 hp]
[+2 hp]
[+2 hp]
[+3 hp]
[+2 hp]
[+2 hp]
[+3 hp]
[+3 hp]
He kept on getting the message that he was healing. And after a minute his health had reached half since that was the limit. Ben got up slowly to see that Lawrence was celebrating thinking that he had won. But when Lawrence notice that Ben was standing and he had used Qi to heal he was angry. He had an ugly look on his face and released the same aura he did a minute ago. Lawrence used the same speed he did and moved toward Ben.
[Lightning step]
When Lawrence was within four meters he suddenly felt the wound on his chest get bigger and deeper. He looked in that direction and saw that it did get bigger and deeper and blood was coming out. When he looked back he saw Ben with his katana in his hand but Ben was not facing him.
[Lightning step]
[-20 Mana]
[-100 Energy]
Ben had used a skill he learned from his ancestor Lightning Step. It allows the user to move at an incredible speed within seconds depending on the amount of energy and mana used.
Lawrence was pissed and reached Ben again and went for another punch.
[Lightning enhancement]
Lawrence punched Ben but to his surprise, Ben didn't move at all.
[-15 Mana]
[-80 Energy]
Ben had used another skill called Lightning enhancement which was like a shield but was on Ben's body and would last for a second. The amount of damage done to the shield would determine the amount of Mana and Energy used.
Ben then punched Lawrence in the face sending him flying. And just like that the ties had changed.