Chapter 114: I Lost (1/2)
The third round is conducted just after a brief break for each university to rest.
Although their wounds got healed after the previous two rounds, it is still taxing mentally because of the continuous activity.
The mana control exhausts their mental while the second round tires their body.
It will not be possible if there's no high-ranking Awakened with healing abilities, the tournament will need to be dragged for days if that were to happen.
”LET'S GO!!”
”FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!”
The crowd burst with cheer and shout, their eyes are glued to the arena.
Rex and Kevin are currently fighting with each other, they're making sparks of fire and lightning element every time they collided.
”HOW DARE YOU!”
CLANG!!
Both of their swords collided, they're currently in a stalemate.
Rex grins cheekily, he knows that Kevin is pissed off because of the sword in Rex's hand.
The swiftness of Kevin's speed is not something to shrug off, he flashes all over the place.
Kevin is attacking Rex madly, he doesn't want to believe that his sister gave the sword willingly to Rex.
Rex got attacked from all sides as Kevin flashes left and right, his inhuman reflex is the only thing that shields him from Kevin's relentless attack.
”Fire Demon Art, Ifrit Hellfire Domain!”
SWOOSH!!
Kevin's body burst with dark red flame as the flame covers the whole arena ground in flame, the dark red flame blocks the sand.
Seeing this, Rex jumped upwards.
Rex backflipped on the air when suddenly his eyes widened, the arena ground is completely covered, 'What a powerful spell, to actually cover the entire arena'
He didn't have anywhere to land, he's forced to land in the flame.
PSSHH!!
Burning sound is instantly heard when Rex's feet touch the fire, it scorches Rex's feet before he activates the force to protect his body.
After the force barrier appears, the fiery ground can't scorch Rex's feet anymore.
He looks to Kevin to only saw burning eyes staring at him,
Two redwings appear on Kevin's back that are made by fire, it is emitting intense heat because of the fiery arena.
'The Fire Demon Art seems to amplify all fire-related spells', Rex thought.
SWOOSH!!
Kevin disappear from the spot, it happened in a blink of an eye.
Rex was shocked, Kevin's speed got even faster somehow.
For a Fire Elementalist to have such speed, it is unheard of but Kevin did just that.
Fire Elementalists are known for their destructive spells that can destroy cities in a wave of their hands, it was their element nature to cause destruction.
Although they have powerful spells, their speed is lacking compared to the others.
It was a commonly known fact about Fire Elementalist that they're slow, it is the rightful handicap for having destructive spells.
Kevin on the other hand takes another route.
He focuses on spells that can increase his speed to cover that weakness making him an unorthodox Awakened.
This makes it harder for Rex to caught onto him.
'Damn this debuff, I can beat him easily if I'm not weakened', Rex thought.
Kevin suddenly appear behind Rex as he swings his fiery sword at Rex, it is enveloped by dark red fire that threatens to slash Rex in half.
SLASH!
Rex twisted his body as he dodges the slash, he moves in an unnatural way.
Although he dodges it, the sword still sliced his abdomen a little as it started to bleed.
Seeing this, Kevin is shocked by Rex's movement, 'He manages to dodge that? What kind of insane reflex is that?!', he screamed inside his head.
Rex once again manages to dodge it due to his insane reflex.
He sidestepped to the right, ”Force Beam!”
Slash!
Rex's sword creates crescent-shaped white energy that scars the fiery ground, it makes the ground rumble.
Kevin replies with one of his fire slashes but to his surprise, it got destroyed instantly.
Unlike Kevin's slash that relies on mana, Rex's Force Beam is based on his super high strength that can even rival higher-ranked Awakened.
Kevin flapped his fire wings as he dodges them to the left,
'I need to do something about that wings', Rex thought, he then suddenly saw a smirk appeared on Kevin's face.
Rex frowns, he looks around before suddenly.
BOOM!
The fiery ground beneath Rex suddenly exploded, it charred Rex's body propelling him to the air.
Before he can even regain his standing, Kevin already charge his sword with fire.
He held his sword in a stance as hellfire mana got sucked into his sword crazily, ”Fire Demon Art! Wrath of Hell!”
BOOM!
The ground cracked under Kevin's might, his eyes turn fiery before he slashes his sword at Rex.
ROAR!!
Kevin's slash shot out dark red energy towards Rex,
That energy turns into a dark red hulking lion that roared menacingly at Rex, it raises the already burning place's temperature to a terrifying degree.
It was the spell that gave Kevin his nickname, his signature spell.
Rex gritted his teeth, he's currently in mid-air and Kevin's attack is approaching him fast.
Then suddenly,
Rex's body glows with a hue, there are two kinds of energy enveloping his body creating thick white and black energy all over his body.
”Force Beam!”
BOOM!!
Under the crowd's eyes, Rex punched Kevin's attack.
The collision creates intense colorful shockwaves around the arena, the wind from the shockwaves can even be felt by the crowd because of how powerful the collision is.
'You dare to punch it with your bare hand? You underestimate me too much', Kevin thought in contempt.
Out of all his opponents through the years, he never once encounter an opponent that is daring enough to attack his Wrath of Hell art with their bare hand.
He's confident with his art's power, and it can't be destroyed easily.
But then, his eyes widened in shock.
The dark red energy got stopped on its track, it can't push Rex's hand back even with its insane power.
”RAARGH!”, Rex shouted as he drives his fist into the dark red energy.
BOOM!!
Kevin's attack exploded, the mighty hellfire lion didn't manage to engulf Rex in flame.
It makes the crowd gasp in shock,