Point-of-View: Izzozon
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"Sounds like you all really enjoyed that first match, and the fun’s only just getting started! It’s ti for match two of round two, it’s Prysm Duralles vs Izzozon!"
"It’s been so ti since I last got to fight you, Prysm. I hope you’ve improved enough to keep up with ," I remarked with a smirk.
"Well, we’ll just have to see, won’t we?" She replied guardedly.
She seems pretty wary and tense...hope that doesn’t make her fighting less effective, that’d be a sha.
"Let’s kick it off, here’s the countdown...ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five...four...three...two...one, ZERO!!!"
Prysm was quick to manifest her axe the instant the countdown ended, before stepping forward and she raised the axe up high and swung it down with a yell of exertion, a deafening crash ringing out as she slamd it down onto the floor of the arena.
I stumbled slightly as the arena shook violently, before I spread out my wings and flew up as her strike split the floor in half.
"Elental Water: Ultra Water Ball!" She chanted, charging up a massive, swirling sphere of water before firing it up towards with imnse speed and force.
But with the distance between us, I had more than enough ti to react and evade. I swerved across the air, moving out of the way before the water ball slamd onto the wall of the barrier, right as Prysm suddenly vanished from my sight.
I tensed up for a mont as I sensed her behind , quickly spinning around just in ti to see her quietly completing another chant before she swung her axe at rapidly.
I swung my right hand towards the axe, smacking it against the side of the blade of the axe and deflecting her swing down before it could reach , before she opened her mouth and fired out a piercing beam of water at my face.
I quickly tilted my head across, her attack hitting the top of my ear and tearing through, before she swiftly teleported away as I fired out a burst of flas at her from my mouth.
I forgot she could teleport, and she has the Physical Boost Skill too...I think she also has a Skill that improves her perception, basically letting her see things in slow motion, which significantly improves her reaction ti.
And more than that, she’s gotten stronger...while I’m still just at ten percent of my full power right now, I’m still a bit stronger than I was before Larrk and Uncle Azazel upgraded the seal on my full power and let unleash it in stages, but she’s already putting up a much better fight now than she used to when we sparred while staying in the Haven.
"You should really pay attention, Izzy!" Her voice suddenly ca from above , as she teleported and swung her axe down towards the top of my head, unleashing a burst of wind from behind it to further increase the power of her swing.
I veered away to my left as fast as I could, grimacing as her axe struck the top of my right shoulder and cleaved through, severing my right arm before she teleported back down as I began to fire out a wave of flas from my mouth.
I quickly spun around, before I found my eyes being forced shut as she swiftly raised a finger and unleashed a blinding flash of light. I flew across as fast as I could, feeling a cold, sharp pain hitting my left leg as my arm regenerated...she must be firing ice projectiles at .
I then surrounded my body in intense, swirling flas, widening the flas as much as possible as I waited for my eyes to recover...her water and ice attacks won’t work on with this, wind shouldn’t be too effective either, and she’s unlikely to be able to reach with her axe with these flas surrounding , her axe may be able to cut through my flas, but she can’t get close enough to swing at without touching my flas, she’ll get badly burned if she-...hm?
My ears perked up as I heard a rapid whooshing sound coming towards , before I strained my eyes open just in ti to see her axe coming hurtling up at with a rapid spin. I quickly swerved away in alarm, narrowly evading as the blade of the axe sliced through my flas and missed the front of my chest by a hair.
Suddenly, she teleported behind and caught the axe as it flew past , gritting her teeth as she swung it at , her hands and forearms getting singed by my flas as her axe struck my stomach and sliced it open, blood gushing out before I unleashed a bursting shockwave of flas to knock her away and flew up higher to get so distance as she teleported back down and healed her burns, letting out a slow exhale.
Well, now...I don’t think I can defeat her in my current state, just how much stronger has she gotten since we last sparred? Maybe Larrk getting so powerful through his Contracts incentivized her to get stronger too.
"Okay, then, guess I have no choice but to turn things up a notch or three...Unlock Seal: Level 3!" I chanted, a thick purple mist flowing out of my right eye as an intense wave of energy burst out from , sixty percent of my full power unleashed, the most I can currently manage without losing control.
She was quick to teleport away as I swooped down towards her with an imnse burst of speed, before a storm of ice needles sped up by powerful gusts of wind ca raining down towards .
I spun around and unleashed a burst of blue flas from my mouth, evaporating the incoming projectiles before she suddenly teleported beside and swung her axe at my hip.
I swiftly reached out and grabbed the handle before the blade could reach , halting her swing before my hand was suddenly repelled from the handle...oh, right, only the owner of a Soul Weapon can touch it, I forgot about that.
She then slid her right foot forward and rapidly extended out an ice spike straight up towards my chin, I quickly drove my knee up, striking and shattering the spike before it could reach , before swiping my claws at her face.
She was quick to tilt her head back and teleport out of the way, a small scratch across the bridge of her nose as my claws nicked her in the split second before she teleported...she’ll probably reach the ti limit of her Physical Boost Skill before much longer, I should end this before then.
I then unleashed a blazing wave of blue flas at her, she teleported up into the air to avoid the flas before using her Wing Magic to hover in the air...not the best move, it’ll certainly be easier to evade my blue flas in the air than on foot, but between the two of us, I’m far more adept in aerial combat than she is.
I spread out my wings and shot up into the air, unleashing more blue flas at her as my previous wave began to spread out across the arena, liquifiying the floor as the air within the safety barrier began steadily heating up and shimring violently.
Sweat began pouring down her face before she ford an icy mist around herself...that won’t help, a simple cold mist isn’t enough to counter the imnse heat of Dragon Fire.
I began spewing more flas at her, while she teleported around the space within the barrier to evade my attacks, the heat progressively intensifying with every attack I launched.
Not bad...she isn’t strong enough to attack anymore, she isn’t even trying to teleport close to to attempt another attack, but she’s still managing to evade my attacks even in this form. I an, if I attacked with real intent, she probably wouldn’t be able to fend off for very long, but I’m not really holding back at all beyond that.
But that said, she can’t keep this up for much longer...she’s visibly struggling to breathe now, heck, even I’m having so trouble breathing. And the floor of the arena has been completely set ablaze now, so she has no choice but to stay airborne...it can’t be easy maintaining a Flight Spell while also focusing on evading my attacks.
She’s also got multiple Skills active just to keep up enough to pull off her evasions, she can’t maintain all that once her concentration starts to waver. Any second now, she’ll-...
My eyes widened in surprise as she suddenly teleported behind , swinging her axe at with all her remaining strength as I quickly spun around and sent my tail shooting out, grabbing her right forearm and constricting around it just in ti as the blade of her axe cut into my skin...another second and she might have cut right through .
"Damn it...guess this is my limit," She sighed with a defeated smile, sweat profusely pouring down her face and her voice slightly hoarse.
"It would seem so...still, you’re way stronger now, I can’t wait to see how much you continue to improve from here," I grinned, before firing out a blast of blue flas at her from my mouth, the barrier triggering and teleporting her out before my flas could hit her.
"Not for the first ti in the tournant, the arena has been reduced to a molten puddle...the winner of the second match of round two is Izzozon!"
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