BXBX NOVEL Chapter 127 127 - Time
A twenty-second counter appeared on top of the arena. The numbers were spinning, as they alternated with the passing of time, that gigantic golden hologram must have been around four meters long.
[17]
[16]
The numbers continued to decrease, while a silence remained in the audience. Confused, everyone began to comment on what was happening.
"He\'s going to drown like that"
"Isn\'t it better to decide that the fight is over?"
"I hope he\'s already dead"
"How cruel"
But when the counter hit fourteen seconds, Ethan resurfaced. Being lifted by the waters of that lake, he was carried up into the sky, his eyes were glowing with an intense white light because of the gigantic amount of energy he was using.
Extending his hands, he launched hundreds of ice needles towards Ryan, who had no option but to receive the attacks. His aura of flames was increasing, preventing the ice from reaching his skin, yet some fragments managed to cut through Whitemane\'s clothes and face.
Again, Ethan spat out blood. This time, he created five different magic circles. All were drawn with that red liquid, which increased the intensity and improved his mana handling. All the water on the bridge was turned to ice, making walking across the concrete walkway a much more complicated task. Even with the aura of fire, Ryan\'s feet were still slipping as he walked.
\'He won\'t be able to keep that spell up for long\' he thought. Closing his eyes, Ryan increased the concentration of his energy, causing the fire to become more intense than Ethan\'s spell. Thus he was able to melt the ice again with ease.
The magic circles moved from position, while one of the circles remained at Ethan\'s side, the other four remained stationary, in front of Ryan. One on his right, one on his left, one on his back, and one in front of him. It was like a box of magic.
Raising his golden sword again, Ryan turned his back and threw the sword like a dart. Destroying one of the magic circles. \'I shouldn\'t go near it, but fuck it\' he thought.
Within seconds, Ryan disappeared and reappeared in front of Ethan. With one of his hands, he grabbed his head, and activating his Healing Hands ability, Ryan caused the blood in his mouth to become stanched. The healing was so intense that Ethan could no longer open his mouth, as all the blood had turned into a tough solid form.
Struggling, he grabbed Ryan\'s arm. "Shit" he said aloud.
\'Laila had warned to avoid his hands\'
With a single touch, Ryan felt his arm being completely weakened. It was as if all the strength he had was gone in a single instant. Releasing Ethan\'s head, he fell to the ground immobilized.
His heart had stopped pumping blood. Even with his mouth immobilized, Ethan\'s gaze was clearly psychotic, it was as if he was smiling as he watched his confused and breathless opponent.
\'He\'s a blood mage... I didn\'t think he could\'
Ryan\'s whole body began to catch fire, activating his demonic form, he regained control of his own body. "I guess you can\'t control my blood that way" he said, laughing still on the ground. Standing up with some difficulty, Ryan reached out one of his hands, and moving his arm, caused black flames to spread across the entire arena.
The fire cut through the water that was levitating Ethan, but with a wave of his hand, he activated the four remaining magic circles. Several ice spikes appeared between the bridge, breaking the concrete structure as they tried to hit Ryan.
But with ease, he dodged the attacks. \'I\'m not having much energy\'
<Let\'s finish this quickly>
Extending his hands, Ryan sent a middle finger in front of Ethan\'s eyes. Channeling all his mana and his demonic energy, he shot a sphere of black flames towards the boy.
Trying to protect himself, he placed both hands in front of his face. But the fire stopped advancing.
"Huh?" Ryan was confused, looking from side to side, everything had frozen. The audience wasn\'t moving, nor was the water or the attacks he had launched. Not even his footsteps were making a sound.
"Don\'t kill my brother, at least not now" Laila\'s voice echoed throughout the arena, she was standing behind Ryan at the beginning of the bridge that connected the two sides.
"I\'m not going to kill him. That would be against the rules, and the whole audience would be horrified" he replied.
Laila crossed the mana barrier, and in seconds was behind Ryan. "Your non-black flames are not giving off any heat, how strange" she said, as she observed the aura that was enveloping her companion.
Extending his hand, he spun one of his fingers, creating a magical circle in front of the two of them. Like a movie being advanced on television, Ryan and Laila watched what that attack would do to Ethan.
The boy would struggle, and using all his strength, he would launch himself toward Ryan. The water would push him forward, causing him to become frightened and unable to control his own flames. The fire would melt Ethan\'s skin, but Ryan would be falling off the bridge at this point, leaving him unable to command the flames to stop.
Before he could get out of the water, the entire body of Laila\'s brother would have disintegrated. And with that, Ryan would have defeated that boy before he even realized he could do anything.
The teachers would not be quick enough to activate the mechanism that deactivates the mana, and all the viewers who were excited for the confrontation would panic at what occurred. Tears and cries of dread would get Ryan\'s attention, and he would rise from the lake like an asssasin.
"How did you see all this?" he said, confused.
Laila crossed her arms, "I can see up to five hours into the future. It\'s one of my abilities."
The two exchanged glances, as if they knew what they were thinking. "So you knew what was going to happen in the realm... You are dangerous". She replied with a smile "And you would be much more dangerous if I let you dominate me, it\'s hard to hold back the urge to fuck you"
"Tsc so you already know" he concluded.
Ryan turned to Ethan, and ended the flames that were going up to the boy\'s face.
"Thank you" she said.
Time then began to flow again, and the boy launched himself toward Ryan, who was trying to keep himself pinned to the ground. Without being knocked off the platform, he took advantage of his proximity to Ethan to give him a single slap across the face.
The blue-haired boy fell knocked out in front of him.
"HE CLOSED THE DUEL WITH A SLAP?"
"WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BATTLE"
The crowd went wild, and above the arena a sign announced the victory of Ryan Whitemane. Ethan was knocked out.
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