Heated battle

The battle went on as they moved throughout the arena. Ayaan jumped, leaped, somersaulted, rolled over, as if he was as a gymnast, his body moved in weird angles and in process, he even recovered with Black iron alloy sword and the combat knife.

But he was on complete defensive mode. No matter what he used, whether it was water bullets of some weird slash and stab attacks, they were all blocked efficiently.

At one point, Ayaan stopped using the water bullets and just kept on thinking while dodging. He had limited MP and he didn't want to waste it.

After some time, Ayaan got an idea.

*BANG* *BANG* BANG*

The tridents came at him and he swung his sword. The blade of the sword interlocked with one of the tridents. He bent it to the side and locked the blade and the trident head. He even pushed it to the side, forcing Varunax's trident second trident.

Along with his combat knife, both of the tridents are locked for a moment.

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Before Varunax could sweep his tail, Ayaan made his move.

His forearm guard, changed a bit. The shield form collapsed back and turned into its launcher form.

A chakram flew out and hit Varunax in the chest. The force of Chakram is not as high as Water bullet. But it was concentrated. It slashed into Varunax's tough skin and left a gash. However, it didn't penetrate deep enough.

Ayaan also got an idea on how thick the hide of Varunax was. The rotational force of Chakram, made it spin over and crawl off Varunax's flesh.

Varunax was caught off guard. Ayaan let got of the combat knife and let Varunax lean forward, he was already applying force to push him down. It was easy.

His slipped past the tridents and threw a punch to his face.

*BAM*

The punch connected. Varunax controlled his huge body and made his move. He swung his trident, trying to stab Ayaan from the top.

Ayaan blocked the attack with the shield, slid to the side, breaking the lock. He took deep breaths to calm himself down.

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*SWOOSH* *SWOOSH*

The tridents came crashing and the dance continued. And this time, the black streaks of water followed the tridents. Instead of firing off like arrows, they moved like whip swords. Not only does Ayaan have to worry about the tridents stabbing him, but he also has to block the black water streaks that are growing around him.

Before he knew it, Ayaan was locked in a circle. Streaks of black water, sharp and fierce, surrounded both him and Varunax.

Ayaan suddenly didn't have a way to retreat back and move around anymore.

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Ayaan felt his veins throbbing. He was tense. Because the more this fight went on, the more he understood that Varunax was clearly stronger than him. He was playing around with Ayaan. He was making Ayaan one card after another and was countering it.

First Ayaan focused on sneak attacks, and Varunax subjugated them.

Then he went on the defensive, Varunax used simultaneous attacks and closed the distance.

Ayaan danced around and used the stage to his advantage, finally landing one blow that barely did anything.

Varunax now blocked his range of motion.

Ayaan was slowly running out of cards to play and this was getting dangerous with every second.

He did have some moves that he wanted to use, but unless he could find a sure-fire method that could induce damage on Varunax, there was no point in wasting them.

Ayaan and Varunax were standing apart. They were within the circle and the latter is waiting for Ayaan to make a move.

'Think'

'Focus'

'Calm down'

Ayaan's breath stabilized. He tried to focus and analyze Varunax. And the more he thought, the more he realized that there was only one way to get ahead of Varunax.

He took a deep breath and got ready. With the sword in his hand.

Ayaan's eyes turned colder and he lost the vision of everything else in the world. He could see Varunax and Varunax alone. His aura changed and he lunged forward with no hesitation.

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Varunax cackled like a maniac as he let Ayaan close the distance.

Ayaan lunged forward, with the sword in his hand. He stabbed straight toward Varanax's head.

Varunax blocked the move with the trident head and twisted it.

*SNAP*

The sword broke into pieces. Ayaan threw the hit with all the force that he could muster, at Varunax's face.

Varunax struck it down with one trident and swung the other. Ayaan turned sideways as he dashed forward. At the same time, the spike from the forearm guard protruded out. He locked it with the incoming trident head.

He forcefully turned, pushing the trident and the hand holding it down. He got close.

He was basically touching Varunax's body.

From that angle, Ayaan could sense Varunax using his other trident to stab him. It was very similar to when he fought the Warlord in the previous quest.

But this time, instead of just blocking with a forearm shield, Ayaan went a bit further.

He gritted his teeth and he put more force into the forearm spike. He used that lock as leverage and turned over Varunax's hand.

He raised both his legs, used one to push the other hand of Varunax, and kept it at bay. Not letting the trident come crashing, while used the other to throw a knee to his face.

*BAM*

Varunax shook his head as a smirk appeared on his face. He tried to maneuver around this weird position Ayaan put himself in. But before he could do so, Ayaan already made his next move. He hooked his leg over Varunax's head, let go of the hands, and finally climbed over his shoulder.

While Varunax reduced their battle zone to a circle with his black streaks of water, Ayaan reduced it even more and kept it within the body of Varunax. He utilized that massive figure of Varunax to his advantage.

While sitting on Varunax's shoulder with the legs hooked around his neck, Ayaan took a harpoon from his inventory.