Chapter 77: Fight, Leon vs Seraphine (2)
Leonâs feet
screeched
against the rocky surface, and a painful sensation shot through his upper body, focused more so in his abdomen, where a 2-inch deep hole was created.
ScreeeâCHUNK!
Urgh
Only a grunt escaped his mouth, as he was already used to pain by now, because of his training on himself with his life element and past torturous experiences in the dungeon.
He hadnât had any time to even think properly when he sensed her next attack coming from his back. This attack felt more terrifying than the last one. Leon didnât take any chances and teleported himself 10 meters away from her.
ZztâBOOM!
He had used his life element to heal himself properly.
But what terrified him was the fact that he had seen his masterâs next attack landing on the ground from above. A terrified lightning revolving around her blade
screeched like an enraged banshee
as it landed on the ground,
exploding with a thunderous CRACKâKA-BOOM!
Rocks flew in all directions, the impact
blasted a small crater
, cracks
webbing
through the solid ground like lightning frozen in stone.
If he hadnât dodged that attack, he would have had a deep wound, and if it continued with the same intensity, he would have lost to her then and there.
But seeing her attack landing on the ground and there was no one there, it surprised her a lot. At the same time, she felt ignited to know he had dodged that.
As this combo of hers was enough to finish most opponents, or render them helpless, she knew after her piercing thrust landed on him as a surprise, how tough his body was, so she wasnât worried that it would cause him a fatal injury.
She had used another lightning step to not give him time to even breathe, and then
the Skybreaker Draw
technique to finish the fight, or so she thought.
Her eyes locked on him, standing 10 meters away from her. She didnât charge, she noticed his wounds were already gone, which wasnât a surprise to her as last night he had told her not to hold backâhe had learned to use life element and could even heal fatal wounds with his mana reserves.
She had used almost one-tenth of her whole reserve just now. The reason she didnât attack was to let her mana recover, and this time she was gonna use an even more terrifying combo, and she had even taken into consideration his ability to vanish in just half a second.
She knew what she had to doâjust had to be faster than that.
Leon looked at his master, who was looking at him with the eyes of a hunter who was watching her prey.
After just this little battle, he had understood that in a real fight, he shouldnât try to learn and go with the intention to finish it as quickly as possible, like how his master was trying to achieve.
"Master, be ready," he said with a light smile on his face. "Donât worry, master, I will heal back to new when I am done with you."
"I will finish this quickly, so we should go on our date. I donât like fighting with you, honestly."
Seraphine, hearing his words, was alert now, as now she knew her disciple would show her what he was capable ofânot the unrefined swordsplay he had shown earlier, which made her realize the greatness of having this treasure of time, as he had just switched his weapon.
His confidence had irked her a bit as if he was sure she wouldnât be able to do anything, but she would show him what true years of experience are.
Yet it made her feel warm that he was as excited as her for the date. She replied to him.
"Donât worry, my disciple, I feel the same, so the master is gonna finish this fast."
After they said their final words, the silence fell, and it was broken by Leon as he released an onslaught of powerful lightning strikes every 0.25 seconds.
ZAPâZAPâZAPâZAAAP!!
To dodge these attacks, Seraphine had to activate her
Raijin Descent
, one of the most powerful techniques of hers, as two horns made out of lightning formed up from her skull.
CRRK-KRAK!
Her body flared with
mana body enhancement
and
lightning step
skill.
FWOOSHâBOOM!
She had become terrifyingly fast. Leon could only see her blurred figure as she was trying to close the distance between them. With his spatial awareness, Leon, even when he couldnât see her, could predict the trajectory of her path as he bombarded them with tens of light bolts, which he could cast almost infinitely with his recovery speed in here.
When it felt she was coming closer, he would teleport back,
Zzt!âCRASH!
Making Seraphine realize how deadly this trap she had been caught in wasâhe wasnât even breaking a sweat, and at this rate, in a couple of minutes, her entire mana reserve would be over.
She couldnât afford to delay this fight any longer. She had to finish it quickly if she wanted to win.
She activated her level one
Lightning Aura
at the same time as her
Thunder Vein Pulse
technique to detect where his attacks would come from, so she could reach him quickly and didnât just rely on her enhanced speed.
While using Aura didnât take as much mana as skills and techniques, even with that, she could only last in this state for two minutes with her mana.
Crackling blue lightning
around her sword and body, her pressuring aura and two lightning horns on her head, at the same time, her mana body enhancement master rank is at full capacity right now.
CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!
This was her strongest form.
Just when her Aura unleashed itself, Leon felt the change in atmosphere. Along with lightning strikes, he had decided to use the ice affinity to launch large skewers of ice at her.
SHIIINGâWHOOSH!âSHHHK!
She dodged them as if nothingâit looked to him her figure had just blinked out of sight. Leon realized the seriousness of the situation. Her speed was too much for him to handle now. He used both his lightning element and wind element to enhance his speed at the same time, and teleported even before she had made her next move.
VWOOOM!
And as expected, as he vanished from the previous spot, Seraphine was already there with a sword strike that made a long, deep cut on the rocky surface as if cutting butter.
CLANGâKRRRRRRAK!
Leon knew he would have lost his arms if he hadnât teleported in time.
And now with his wind and lightning element enhancing his speed, he was confident in dodging whatever she threw at him. In her current state, he wasnât a match for her in a head-on fight, so he couldnât afford to take a hit from herâit would be over.
Seraphine tried everything, but he would barely dodge her every single time. There was only one minute left for her now in her strongest state. She knewâat this rate, it was really over. She wouldnât be able to win this fight and would collapse from mana exhaustion.
She had lost. Her disciple was impossible to catch. But she wasnât going to give up just yet.
All she needed was one opening. Just one.
So instead of attackingâshe spoke.
"Leon, are you just gonna run like this... or actually try to attack me?"