Chapter 554: Battle of Attrition (2/2)

Although Krune was holding back in terms of Domain, he wasn't doing so with his Spiritual, Elemental, and Chaos Energies. The only thing he didn't use were his strongest skills and Mental Energy attacks. First, he wasn't battling only souls without Spiritual Energy like in the Soul World. Second, his Mental Energy attacks wouldn't have the power to defeat the enemy since Chaos Energy could still protect against it to a certain extent. Krune is far from being as powerful as Heavin with these kinds of attacks, really far.

Sara noticed the dire situation she was in. Krune's attacks were too hard to defend, not to mention his annoying Purple Tribulation Lightning that kept eating away her Domain.

Outside the arena, Iem Turo looked at Krune's Purple Tribulation Lightning with great interest. It remembered him of his battle against Horune, who had a Purple Flame Greatsword.

'What kind of laws are those? How come I've never seen them before? Was it the reason that Greatsword passed through my crystalization so easily?'

Iem looked at his hand for a moment. Suddenly a small Black Flame Spark appeared for a second, quickly disappearing after. No one noticed that, though.

'Could it be...'

The battle on the arena continued. So far, Krune hadn't used his strongest skills like Heaven's Fall, Tribulation Cannon, or Heavens Storm. Those used a lot of Purple Tribulation Lightning, and Krune wanted to keep enough for later.

Sara used her Chakrams and her own Long Ranged Skills nonstop. However, they were all barred by Krune's Purple Diamond Shields, which were all filled with Purple Tribulation Lightning and usually the opposite element of her attacks.

If necessary, Sara could increase her battle power even more. But there was a problem, Sara still has to win another two battles at the very least. And that is considering that she would defeat Krune in the end.

Sara looked at the Rainbow Colored Wisp, who guarded against all her assaults in a leisurely way. Krune barely had to move, which showed that he wasn't really showing what he could do. As for herself, she was running everywhere with the help of her Time Laws to defend against Krune.

'Is this a pretense? Would he be stronger than what he is showing now?'

Sara then thought about how Krune was able to use all the other Primary Elements as Domains. This Purple Tribulation Lightning one was the sixth Domain she saw him using. Still, Krune hasn't shown a single Fused Domain so far. She quickly concluded that there was no way someone with such proficiency in Elements couldn't use a fused Domain like her. He didn't use a fused one simply because he didn't see a need for it.

She also considered that all the attacks Krune used until now were not his powerful ones. It was more like he was trying to drain all her Spiritual Energy pool. Lastly, she remembered Krune's fight against Vasto, the Spider Demon Beast.

”I give up!”

Immediately, all the skills Krune had launched against her disappeared. His Domain retracted, and his Shields were put away.

”So you noticed, uh?”

Sara sighed while feeling the fatigue of the fight.

”You were simply planning to make me run out of Spiritual Energy.”

Krune didn't deny.

”Yes. The thing I'm most confident about is my Spiritual Energy pool. For two long-ranged attackers like us, the best way was to show who would last longer. It's good that you noticed so early. That way, you can keep your strength for the next battles.”

It would be of no use to tell Sara that he was planning to exhaust her. Why would someone believe the enemy in the first place? So the best way was to make her notice it by herself.

The judge then raised his hand in Krune's direction.

”First Battle, Krune from Luvile Universe Wins!”

Krune came down from the arena and took several Spirit Stones out of his Spatial Ring. The time formation might be out of use, but that didn't mean he couldn't recover without it.

The battles continued after that. Laka's first battle was surprisingly against Hanan. Laka knew how strong Hanan was, so he was very excited. But after just a few exchanges, Hanan gave up, much to Laka's dissatisfaction.

Laka complained without stop, but Hanan only smiled. His ultimate objective if one of the Five Slots. Laka is the type who would definitely fight to the bitter end, so it would be useless to waste his energy against him.

Iem Turo's opponent, Jovlare, immediately gave up.

Lastly, Sule vs. Waka Ulin ended with Waka's victory. In this battle, something incredible happened. Waka's last attack, which gave him the victory, had simply disappeared! When it appeared again, it was already right in front of Sule. Krune was surprised with that because there were no Space Laws ripples around Waka's attack, only his Sword Laws.

'If there were no space laws, then how did he do that?'

Unfortunately, Waka's battle was already over.

With that, the first round of battles was over.