Spars

" Bang! Bang! Bang!!"

In a training room, three figures were engaged in a heated combat. The first figure who had the most relaxed and indifferent expression was a tall man in pure white robes. The other two figures was an extremely handsome youth with golden hair and a cold looking beautiful girl, who looked extremely exhausted.

" If you guys fight the other schools with this minuscule amount of battle intelligence, then you'll lose. " The white robed man stopped the sparring for a moment and spoke, while looking at both of them.

" You guys are extremely strong for your level, however all you know to do is to overpower your enemy with pure brute force. If you meet an opponent who is a little bit smarter than you are, you'll lose badly even if the opponent is weaker. Let me give you a clear demonstration." The instructor, Gerald spoke as he looked at Samael and Moon in the eye.

" Silver why don't you do a quick spar with Samael. " He smiled as he looked at the silver haired youth who had the upper part of his face covered and was busily reading a huge book.

" He's took weak." He spoke without even raising his head causing the golden haired youth to frown. " That's the whole point of the spar." Gerald said with a smile.

" Fine. A three move exchange." He sighed, reluctant to part with the book he was reading and walked to the middle of the training ground.

" Let's begin now." Silver sighed as he placed both hands in his pocket. " Make your move." He added with a smile.

' There's no way I will lose that badly to him. At most it'll be a draw. I'm a middle stage level 3 arcanist, while he's an early stage level 3. ' Samael got into a stance and cautiously examined his opponent.

" Boom!!" With a loud boom, a large amount of hell flames burst out of Samael's body raising the temperature of the room considerably. Immediately, his golden wings turned red as a crown of flames appeared on his head.

" Fancy." Silver smiled, as he let a minuscule yet condensed amount of Psionic energy out of his body.

Disappearing and appearing behind Silver in the blink of an eye, Samael threw a heavy punch towards the back of Silver's head, to which he dodged with his insane reaction speed. Throwing another punch forward with al of his energy, Samael roared in fury.

Silver only sidestepped to the left and his right leg whipped out smashing heavily into the side of the blonde youth pushing him several steps back.

Giving him no time to catch a breath, Silver moved with incredible speed, appeared in front of him and threw out a barrage of palm and fist attacks unto the chest of Samael who coughed out blood and immediately accepted defeat.

" You're still weak Samael, even after receiving the Seven Deadly Sins. "

Silver uttered and left with a shake of his head causing the blonde haired youth to clench his teeth in frustration. Right after he broke through to level 3, his light bringer arcana has completely metamorphosed into the Lucifer arcana as Silver liked to call it.

Not only did it grant him the ability to control the Seven Deadly Sins; Pride, the power of pure unadulterated Order, Envy the power of Desire, Gluttony, the power of complete Devouring, Wrath, the power of pure and complete Strength and the power of energy manipulation, Lust, the concept of Attraction and Creation, Sloth, the power of Space and Time and Greed, the concept of Expression. The new evolution also granted him the ability to summon demonic entities from the pits of Hell.

Upon his awakening, he was praised and literally worshipped in his clan and was even announced heir to his clan. Although most of the abilities were locked, he could use power of the sin of Wrath and still he couldn't beat Silver. Just now he had lost in less than three moves, which he didn't understand at all.

" Just like I said. " Gerald smiled.

" Now Silver, it's time to spar with Moon." He spoke once more.

" Sigh. " Silver sighed and walked back to the center of the stage.

" Don't go easy on me okay." Moon said as she circulated her mana. With a stretch of her hand, the surrounding shadows morphed into a several long swords which shot towards Silver.

Without moving, the swords immediately broke apart as they neared him, as his arcana lit up on his neck.

" Domain of Eternal Darkness!" Moon immediately raises her hand once more, gathering all her mana and unleashing it in one single attack. Instantly, the entire arena was covered by a dome of complete darkness.

Even Gerald a level 6 arcanist couldn't completely see through the domain. Silver was completely trapped in the domain.

" Boom!!" A second later, a loud boom was heard, before the domain immediately shattered as a massive shockwave erupted, while Moon was sent backwards a few meters.

" How did you break my domain?" She asked in complete shock.

" It's simple actually. Your domain traps the enemy in complete darkness before getting tormented by nightmare spirits. However your domain isn't complete. I just took advantage of a loophole and brought it down. Don't worry though, only I have the luxury of doing that, as only I can see through it." Silver spoke as he adjusted his blindfold.

Truth to be told, he had to use the unique ability of his left eye to see through the domain and explore a loophole, else he really would've lost. The domain was one in which all attacks against it would be nullified by the infinite expanse of darkness.

" Sigh. You guys have such magnificent abilities." Silver murmured and sat down with a sigh. His own progression with his arcana was extremely slow. Even up to now, he only had, Psionic energy, Illusions and Telepathy as his main arcana abilities.

In all his previous battles, he had completely relied on the power of his eyes and his martial skills to win which wasn't what he wanted.

" Seems I have to pay more attention to my arcana." Silver sighed.

" Silver. Although you're a good fighter, you have one fatal problem. I'm sure you already know what it is?" Gerald asked.

" Just get to the point." Silver spoke impatiently. " An arcana isn't the only thing that determines a person's strength, however it forms the basis of strength and is extremely crucial in determining ones abilities. From now on, you'll be sparing with me until you completely master your arcana." Gerald spoke.

" The Arcanist Exploration Competition happens in 5 months, however the preliminary competitions would start in two months in every country and every country would present their top 100 strongest younger generation members, so you guys will be competing with the best this country has to offer, so you better sit up. From now on, I won't go easy on you." Gerald spoke as he addressed the three students.

" Fine. Let's get this over with." Silver stood in front of Gerald and unleashed his mana, causing fierce winds to blow.

" Such a pure quality of mana. It's not that much, but it's extremely condensed to a very pure state." Gerald smiled and nodded in appreciation .

" Alright hotshot, lets see what you can do." Gerald only smiled and placed both hands behind him. " If you can land a hit, or better still even touch me, you've won." He spoke in an arrogant tone which made Silver frown.

Immediately augmenting his muscles with Psionic energy, he shot forward and threw a heavy punch towards Gerald.

" Bang!!!" A large shockwave erupted.

" What the hell is this?" Silver realized that his fist was just an inch away from Gerald's face. To the others, his fist was completely frozen in space time, but to him, he saw everything clearly, his fist was still moving. But that single inch of space had been transformed into an infinite loop of space.

" This is troublesome." Silver took a few steps back and analyzed the situation. ' My distortion arcana could work on it, however, I don't have enough amount of energy needed to completely warp an infinite space loop.' The though as he completely removed his blindfold, and stared at the molecules of an infinite space right in front of Gerald.

" I admit defeat." Silver spoke immediately causing the others to frown.

" So easily?" Gerald smirked. " How do I break through an infinite layer of space without my arcana? " Silver asked in frustration.

" Hahaha. You actually saw through it didn't you. " Gerald laughed in amusement. The others didn't know it, but everyone in the institution knew it, he was known as the strongest instructor in the entire history of the institution.

His arcana allowed him to manipulate both Space and Time to an extent that he was untouchable.

" If we fought on the same level, it would be difficult to find a winner." Gerald smiled and patted Silver's shoulder.

A/N : More stones ✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿