Burning Soul - Chapter 185

‘There’s no way I’m letting him deal with this alone!’ Theo unsheathed his crystal sword, in that slightly moonlit room, his sword shone.

Theo was the one to take the charge and attack Clarke first, with the handicap he wouldn’t be able to defend his strike.

His first strike landed right on the back of the blade, following the first swing he moved his sword close blocking Clarke’s charge.

With a clang he countered the attack mid-air, he then balanced himself and prepared for another strike.

“Your friend seems energetic!” Milot’s uncle commented at the scene,

The moment he finished his sentence, Milot appeared right above him with his ultra-speed, he held both of his black swords as he charged down like hellfire.

Both had frighteningly fast attack speed, each of Milot’s strikes was being countered by his opponent just as fast.

‘Relying on brute force won’t get us anywhere! My stamina will run before his!” Milot knew he lacked the monstrous stamina his uncle had.

On the other hand, Theo was fighting a one-sided battle, his opponent was clearly stronger than him, Clarke not only was countering his attack but was doing so in elegance, without even sweating.

It was as if he was playing with Theo.

Theo stepped back a bit and switched to Shadow moves, closing in on Clarke seemed possible now.

He saw an opening as Clarke let down his guard a bit, “You dare use my own spells against me”

As soon as Theo stepped out of shadow mode, Clarke grabbed him by the neck and threw him against a wall in the distance.

“You brat!

A mere shadow movement! Are you a fool, just so you know, you are fighting against the master of shadow movement? You are a decade too long from where I stand!”

‘Master! That’s gonna be tough’ Theo stood up stumbling from the rubble of the wall he was hit in.

‘Third skill – Pheonix’ Theo unleashed a skill onto Clarke, a burning flame-shaped in phoenix was unleashed. Behind the cover of its Theo charged in with his sword engulfed in black flame.

Although it didn’t faze Clarke a bit, he was a bit wary of the flame. Theo took that advantage charged using Accel. His sudden increase in speed allowed him to get close enough to land a direct strike.

His blade hit Clarke’s dagger directly making a clang, the reaction Clarke gave was rather interesting, he backed down suddenly.

‘What is going on, why didn’t he counter me like last time’ Theo was a bit puzzled,

‘What a troublesome kid!’ Clarke was suspicious of his moves, he then glanced at his dagger that was engulfed in the same flame.

“you know, that was my favourite dagger!” The blade he was holding disintegrated in the black flames it was engulfed within.

“Playtime is over it seems, let’s get a bit serious!” He pulled out another dagger which looked more ominous than before,

“If it’s corrosion that you want to play with, let’s play fair!” The dagger he held was different,

Theo charged in again, this time his strikes were countered fearlessly. His blade was resistant to corrosion of the Hellish Flames, the black flames Theo was able to manipulate.

“It’s getting more fun!” Clarke smirked as he charged onto Theo again.

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A ferocious battle was undergoing on the other side as both Milot and his uncle sparred. Their blades clashed with the strength to destroy nearby surroundings, the shockwaves alone were enough to shatter the ground and crack the walls.

The speed of his blades had greatly increased, it seemed that the speed and strength of his attacks increased as he fought.

He took a step back to take a deep breath, it was as if he focused himself even more, with better concentration he took an attacking stance.

‘This is looking rough!’ Miot wasn’t completely unharmed; he had a few cuts here and there. Although he could heal himself up it’d take mana to do so and using even a tiny amount of it during the fight for something so trivial could cost greatly.

On the other hand, his uncle stood without a scratch, even though Milot was a master in swordsmanship, there still was a huge difference in their strength.

Milot launched another strike, this time swinging both of the blades onto him at the same time, he poured in a great amount of strength into the strike. The latter had to counter it with great strength as well, Milot switched his move right away and swung his sword in the other direction, he poured in a bit of mana into the blade and gave it a shape of water.

With that, his blade was engulfed in water that followed the blade wherever it struck. The strikes he landed became heavier and the movements more dynamic. Each strike was more refined.

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‘How he’s doing that, I better ask him later on!’ Theo was mesmerized by the sight thought he couldn’t afford to look any longer, his opponent was Clarke.

“Ah! The other side looks more fun! What a weakling I’m to deal with.” He sighed

‘Fusing mana into the strikes, manipulating element, that way…’ Theo ran towards Clarke with his mana infused blade, ‘let’s see’ he strengthened his blade with enchantment and struck on to Clarke’s dagger, ‘Element space – Accelerate’

With the skill being activated, his surrounding froze for a brief moment, within which his blade went past Clarke’s dagger.

The instant his skill was released, his blade was right next to Clarke’s body,

“Eh?” he twitched, his movement was much fluid and closer to Clarke who had his guard let down in overconfidence. The strike landed with a great force; the blade hit him directly.

‘It worked!’ Theo took a moment to grasp some air, the entire movement ate a load of stamina.

“That Surprised me!

You can use such dirty tricks, huh, well…” Clarke walked away unscathed from the attack,

‘As I figured, it won’t be easy!’

Clarke closed in with the skill lurk allowing him to travel that short distance in a moment, not only that, he struck onto him with great speed, Theo barely evaded it, but the next hit got him. It landed right onto the helm of the sword nearly cutting down his fingers.

He let go of the sword and kicked it up in the air, jumping after it he then grabbed the sword and descended upon him.

Using the same tactic earlier but a different element

‘Element Shadow – Chaos’ The skills he learned with Lumiere back in training were quite new to anyone but them,

The effect of the skill was that the strike of the sword would release dark smoke which would make it difficult for the opponent to breathe or see clearly. The same occurred with Clarke, Theo managed to obstruct his vision and breathing.

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Or so did he thought, “didn’t I tell you; you dare use my own spells against me?”

Before Theo could reach him, Clarke struck him mid-air, with the speed and agility of his, it was a sure hit!

“Goodness, what a troublesome pest!”