Ready, fight.
Right on cue, Alric launched several compressed balls of gravity essence, each with 1 ton of weight. As they got closer, they suddenly stopped moving and began to decay at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Alric looked at this calmly, took his staff and cast another spell.
Gravity-space technique: Spatial Blade of Mass
Joel, who expected to see an attack, was surprised when he saw nothing. He suddenly felt a disturbance in the place, but it was too late. The blade sliced through his body, its weight decimating him easily.
Tch, pathetic. He was easily killed, even when he had the time affinity.
But something does not feel right. Why is everyone not cheering for me, he thought.
Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulders. Then, without even having time to react, he was blasted off easily.
This time-affinity is good, to think I can rewrite the memory of someone, Joel thought as he checked the space and gravity crest on his hand.
Alric splurted out blood as he hit the barrier on the ring. Fuck, I lost my guard against him, Alric thought.
And why does he have the water affinity, too, he thought to himself. If he could stand toe to toe with Joel before, now he did not stand a chance.
The spectators of the match did not even see anything; they only knew that Alric hit the barrier. But the examiner was different, he saw everything that happened.
Such precise use of time essence, he already knows how to alter the perception of someone. It seems he did not waste three years doing nothing.
If the examiner knew he only got the time affinity a little over 3 hours ago, he would start to question his world view.
Joel, for making me lose blood, you will pay.
Eclipse Void Arts: Vacuum Lance
As he said this, a lance formed from spatial essence lunged at Joel. As he prepared to counter, the spear suddenly vanished, leaving a stunned Joel.
The lance opened a rift behind Joel and pierced him from the heart. Joel spat out a load of blood as the spear drilled into his heart and came out the other side.
Joel mobilised all his time essence to nullify the effect of the spear. Alric, who stood at the side, was not surprised by this; rather, he shot several spatial blades at him.
Using spatial essence, the blades covered a distance of over 3 km in the blink of an eye and appeared in front of Joel.
Joel easily deflected the blades as he calmly struck them with his spears.
You think you are pushing me to a tight corner, while exhausting my essence, Joel said to Alric after he deflected all the blades.
We both have dual-affinity, with mine being two ultra rare, while yours is a mythic tier and a basic tier. Do you think your essence reserve is going to be up to mine, Alric said to Joel with a maniacal expression.
We would see about that, Joel said as he readied his spear to counter the technique Alric released.
Several daggers filled the air, each pulsating with enough power to destroy a building.
Release, Alric said calmly as they rushed at Joel at a terrifying speed. When he hit the first one, his hands became numb as the force knocked him back.
He steeled himself and countered everything until there was no more. Alric, who was at the side, was surprised when he found out that Joel hadn't exhausted his essence.
Alric, it is my turn now, Joel yelled at Alric.