452 Tournament 1.3 (2/2)
As soon as the both of them entered the arena, they stopped in front of each other and waited for the match to begin.
By the time, a grin appeared on Jason's face. He opened his mouth and said: ”Yo, take it easy there Buddy. You're glaring at me too much as if you're going to swallow me whole or something.”
”I don't know what the Envoys are thinking. Allowing a filth like you to enter their ranks.” Juniper remarked coldly, ”Either way, sinners like you needed to learn their place. I'll make sure that you'll remember your lesson.”
However, instead of being insulted, Jason's grin turned even wider as he replied: ”Wow, that's some insults right there Buddy. Did you learn that from your parents? - oops, my bad. I forgot that you don't have once since you killed them. Haha.”
Juniper's eyes widened before an unbridled fury filled his chest. His eyes turned sharp as he uttered through gritted teeth: ”You will pay for that, filth…”
”Same rules apply. You win if you render your opponent unable to fight. Killing is not allowed as well as maiming or criplling your opponent. Going out of bounds will cause your defeat. Aside from weapons, no other items or medicines can be used. Any attacks that will cause damage over time has to cease as soon as the match ends.”
”The match starts in three…”
As soon as the countdown began, Juniper and and Jason took out their weapons. Juniper held a long and narrow blade while Jason took out two scimitars. They placed distance between them and waited until thr countdown is over.
”Two…”
”One! Begin!”
*Clang!!!*
As soon as the countdown was over, two silhouettes immediately clashed, disappearing from their former locations. The initial clash caused the ground beneath them to crack, it also caused fierce winds to fly everywhere, kicking up clouds of dust.
A great killing intent was reflected on Juniper's eyes. The muscles on his arms bulged as he did his best to push Jason back but Jason was like an immovable fortress.
From this initial clash, Juniper could already tell that Jason's physical strength is greater than his. This caused him to immediately release a peculiar type of energy from his body.
Emerald glow covered his body, as he released this glow, Juniper's body started morphing. His face grew more savage and fangs started protruding from his mouth. His muscles grew larger as well as built, causing his clothes to expand greatly but not enough to tear.
Along with his bizarre transformation, Juniper's physical strength also grew, allowing him to press down on Jason.
Still, Jason was wearing a wide grin on his face as if he was completely unbothered by this transformation of Juniper and wanting to provoke him even more.
Jason tilted his scimitars, causing Juniper's blade to slide off due to much strength placed in them. Jason used this opening to deliver an empowered knee blow straight to Juniper's stomach. This caused the latter to slid back by a couple of meters but didn't really do much to him.
”Tsk, what's that tummy made out of? Freaking steel?” Jason smiled wryly as he felt his knees weakening. He pumped some of his energies to his kneecaps to dissolve the feeling since it would be detrimental for the match if he didn't.
As soon as he finished doing that, he raised his scimitars and exchanged blows against Juniper once again.
Their heated clash brought joy to the audience, causing cheers to erupt. This goes specially well for the Juniper's biggest fan, his servant on the front row. The guy was too intense, he didn't hesitate to amplify his voice so that his cheers could be heard from every corner of the arena.
The water bottles on his hand were already crushed beyond recognition, he already replaced by a huge drum that he constantly slapped using his aching hand while chanting his fanatical cheers.
Juniper unfortunately, or fortunately, couldn't hear any of this. He was neither focused on the match nor paying attention to the cheers. His mind was dead set into one thing…
And that is, to make this filth in front of him, pay for triggering his unwanted memories.