Ch-60 Vanhi, The Heart of Nether Ashes Soldiers

The squad members of Nether Ashes Soldiers were surprised by Jasper's strength in fighting on par with Utkarsha. With their experience in battle, they could tell how close he was to win the battle.

Lynx and Rihan kept their eyes glued to the battle, not being able to take their eyes off the spectacle they were getting to witness. They were stunned by the display of attacks and volatility of the situation, where victory couldn't be determined until the last moment.

Rhea was the most affected by the fight. She saw the desperation in Jasper to keep improving his strength and was unwilling to give up even when all odds were stacked against him. If he had given up early on, then everyone would have judged him poorly, but his tenacity to not quit was one of his best qualities. It made her want to become like him, challenge the strongest fighter and grow strong under the following pressure.

Captain attracted everyone's attention after the spectacle of Jasper's battle occurred filled with twists and turns, "Rhea choose your opponent. This training session is for all 3 of you, get on with the next match without any further wastage of time. "

"I choose Vanhi. "

Vanhi smiled happily after Rhea chose her. She wanted to fight her after sensing dangerous and destructive power in her. Known as the Flame Heart of Nether Ashes Soldiers, she was the fire lady who lightened the mood. Her desire was to light up the darkest places and give happiness to all she met. But to do this, she must be strong enough to remove all the sorrows of a person. The stronger she was, the more she could accomplish.

Vanhi looks at Rhea and said," What do you want to accomplish in your life? "

" It does not matter, all you need to know is how you are going to lose our battle."

"If you won't tell me then I will. I want to remove sorrow from people's lives. So many suffer for different reasons, but they also deserve to be free from their nightmares. As long as people are suffering, I must find them and relieve them of it. But to do that I need strength. So, let's see if you can last against my all-out strength, I doubt you could." Vanhi gave a french kiss with fire spewing out of her mouth.

As an experienced warrior, Vanhi was better at fighting than Rhea. This was the general assumption of the audience spectating the battle but an arrow lodged deep into her hand, before she could react.

Rhea who was empty-handed mere seconds ago held on to a bow and a quiver on her back. A surprise attack to give her an advantage over her opponent. It was impressive to deceive Vanhi and the others were filled with shock and surprise. A single attack was enough to show what she was capable of.

Vanhi felt stupid and ashamed to be bested by a younger girl but soon she noticed something weird occurring on her hand. Black ooze seemed to be spreading from the point of impact infecting the surrounding areas.

"It's the effect of Darkness I have embedded into my arrow. If not cleaned soon, it can infect the whole body with darkness turning it useless but not to worry, meditating for a day is enough to remove it from the body. "

Now, Vanhi's face had turned beet-red with embarrassment like the fire she could wield. Being shot was bad enough but to be so to lose without even attacking once was truly shameful.

" You are skilled, no doubt about that but don't think this is enough to win. Let me show you what Vanhi, Flame Heart is capable of."

She flicked her fingers and balls of fire were created, after a significant number of them were released at Rhea. She didn't let up her frequency of attacks releasing arrows one after another imbued with darkness. The more Dark Arrow she hit, the faster the infection effects acted. Once the accumulation reached a point she would be incapable of fighting.

But, the production of fireballs to their release was very fast. Rhea wasn't able to stop Vanhi and was forced to dodge. Vanhi was in danger of getting hit by Dark Arrow but a blanket of fire burned through them. Surprisingly, the flames were not enough to stop, only reducing their speed as the darkness consumed the flames like a hungry beast. It showed the supremacy darkness had over flames at the moment.

Vanhi was shaken to the core witnessing this and dodged them. A desire to defeat Rhea in a humiliating way took root in her mind and she was not able to give up on it. She wanted to defeat her utterly and completely.

A whirlpool of flames formed beneath Vanhi's feat as she gradually started floating above the ground. She fixed her gaze straight at Rhea wanting to see the desperation in her eyes as another whirlpool was formed above Vanhi ready to be thrown at her. It was a sight to behold a red whirlpool above and below being controlled by a single entity.

The temperature had risen to such a level that Jasper still on Utkarsha's shoulders opened his eyes and took in the magnificent view.

Rhea calmly counterattacked with Dark Cage, shooting continuous arrows to form a cage trapping Vanhi. The arrows were filled with the power of darkness multiplying its effect, just like before she wanted to dissapiate the flames.

However, Vanhi's Heart Flames were too hot burning through even through the darkness. It was her turn to attack, a flame whirlpool was released at Rhea burning her up.

She tried to dodge it but the whirlpool was all-encompasing and avoiding was impossible.

"You may have had the upperhand in the battle, but if this attack hits you then the burn will be quite severe. Better giveup the battle before facing unbearable consequenses."

"Are you showing me pity !!!"

"No. I am telling, there is no way you can win against me so its better to giveup than keep meaniglessly fighting me."

' My darkness can dissapiate the flames but that's all. If the flames are too much then this feature becomes useless. How about absorbing the flames, what would happen if I did that?