Infinite Star - Chapter 36

“Hey, Beast Boy! How about I give you the Fire Fist?” Zayn started mocking Flint again.

“RAWR!!!” Flint’s beast-like self somehow reacted to the sentence. It seemed like he hadn’t lost all of his intelligence.

Zayn stormed at Flint at once.

“KID! I told you, the Martial Skill isn’t invincible! Try to hit him off-guard! This will guarantee the victory. Everything else is just too risky!”

“I know! I’m just feinting this charge. Just wait!”

At the same time, Flint didn’t want to waste any second in this fight as he also charged ahead.

Both of them came close to each other, in under a second. Flint abruptly went into a bite. Zayn paid no attention to this attack. He was going to use his Movement Art again to get behind Flint, so the attack was meaningless.

*SWISH*

The blue sparks appeared again, but this time they were far fainter than in the previous usages. Zayn noticed that his movement was slower than before.

‘Fuck! My right arm is slowing me down… But the speed should be enough to end this fight.’

As he was preparing to use the True Fire Fist with his left arm, Flint suddenly turned around, towards Zayn, and put his hands in front of his body, as if he was blocking an incoming attack.

This surprised Zayn. In a, not completely intended, reaction, he backed up, using his Movement Art, to create some distance behind both of them.

‘I thought I was faster than him. What did the hell happen?’

As he started to think about the situation, he saw Flint again turning behind in a quick reaction, to his disappearance. But unfortunately for Flint, Zayn just distanced himself from Flint, he didn’t move to Flint’s back.

‘Ah! I get it. He isn’t faster than me. He’s just reacting to my sudden disappearance. Anticipating that I’ll move behind him. He still has intelligence in him, that’s for sure. Well… That’s going to make it harder to catch him off-guard…’

While he was in thought he wanted to move again, to not let Flint catch up with him. He needed time to ponder about this. But right when he started to move, he felt a piercing pain in his legs.

‘FUCK! What’s now the problem?’

The piercing pain only lingered for a short instant. Right after that, he was able to move his legs again. But his legs felt strained.

‘I know… I probably used my Movement Art too much. I can’t just randomly go in there and wastefully use my moves. I have at most two usages before my legs would give up.’

Zayn started to feel a bit pressured. He needed to end the fight, fast. The round was nearly reaching its ten-minute mark and with that the end of the fight. Zayn wasn’t sure if he would fail the mission when he would get a draw, but he didn’t want to test it.

Zayn was slightly distracted, with the feeling of pressure, when Flint just came out of nowhere and punched Zayn straight on towards his stomach.

He was able to notice it in the last second and block it.

*BANG*

Even though he blocked it, he was pushed nearly to the edge of the arena. He used both of his arms to block, mostly his left arm. But his right arm still received some damage again. His right arm bones seemed to be shattered. The pain was normally unbearable, but thanks to the adrenaline he could handle it a bit.

‘He’s stronger! I don’t have much time anymore.’

The audience was surprisingly quiet. No one said anything and no one dared to comment on the fight.

Flint’s Uncle saw that Zayn was being pushed back, and was soo joyous to see Flint winning.

The principal constantly tried to jump in the fight and protect Zayn, but Vown always held the principal back.

Vown somehow blindly trusted in Zayn. He, himself, didn’t know where this trust came from, but he had the feeling that Zayn could handle it on his own.

Zayn now concentrated on the fight again, was immensely pressured. He didn’t have many chances to defeat Flint anymore, the round was nearly reaching its end and Flint was constantly getting stronger and stronger.

Infinite Star noticed the immense pressure on Zayn. He was contemplating if he should again guide Zayn and give a solution to this fight. He thought about it and concluded that he already guided him in the fight before so there would be no harm in doing it again.

“Kid, do you-”

Right as Infinite Star wanted to help Zayn out, he noticed that Zayn was smiling. Zayn was just randomly smiling. Under all this pressure his reaction was to smile.

This reaction deeply fascinated Infinite Star. He instantly viewed Zayn in a new light because of it.

Zayn continued to smile. At the time when Zayn felt immense pressure, he noticed that the pressure only came from him. The only thing which gave pressure to Zayn, Flint getting stronger, time running out, and him not having many chances, was only another form of showing Zayn’s desire to win. And why did he wanted to win? Because of the Daily System’s Quest.

When he reached the conclusion that the pressure came from within him, he knew that he could similarly just let it vanish. He didn’t focus anymore on winning solely. He was now focusing on getting stronger while having fun.

‘To hell with Daisy’s punishment! If I receive it, I’ll receive it. Now, let me have fun!’

Zayn’s mind cleared up and became clearer than ever before.

His speed increased solely on the fact that he was having clear thoughts. He now was able to dodge Flint again. And during all of that, he continued to smile.

He continued to dodge and dodge while analyzing and searching for any solution to his situation.

While that happened, his smile started to diminish. His face had now a neutral expression. But he still continued to dodge and dodge.

Zayn surrounding darkened and only Flint and himself were left there. Everything else was dark.

Zayn didn’t need to concentrate on dodging anymore, as he somehow did it automatically. And with that Flint also disappeared from his sight, turning dark.

He was now left in a completely dark area, without really noticing it. Before him, simulations over simulation occurred on his fight against Flint. On how he could win this.

But nearly every simulation failed in the end. After a simulation failed a new one was created. This process was entirely created by Zayn. He, himself, was creating these simulations, without really noticing it.

“This… Is that… Void Heart Realm! Kid, you surely are a surprise!” Infinite Star noticed Zayn’s odd state and figured at that he was entering the Void Hear Realm. The second realm in the Cultivation of the Heart.

Infinite Star was shocked by this development. To be able to transform this huge pressure into a boost to enter the Void Heart Realm was really something abnormal.

Zayn’s Void Heart state continued.

When suddenly his neutral expression turned to a cheerful expression. His smile sprung again up.

‘I have a solution! Not only one… Wait, what happened? How did I come up with that? Well, no time for thinking about that!’ Inside his Void Heart state, he came up with numerous solutions, each completing the other one. Rising his success chances to nearly 100%.

“It’s time to end it now! Finally!”

Zayn created some distance between himself and Flint, and then prepared himself.

He rushed at Flint. Right in front of him, he launched an attack with his right arm. The attack was obviously a feint because his right arm was completely shattered.

This attack surprised Flint, he didn’t expect Zayn using his broken arm in an attack. He immediately put up a block to counter Zayn’s charge.

Zayn expected this reaction and in a flash went over to use his Movement Art.

*SWISH*

Behind Flint, he sent his left fist flying towards Flint. At the same time, Zayn was analyzing any movement from Flint.

And, as in Zayn’s calculations, Flint turned around, reacting to Zayn’s disappearance.

Zayn used this golden chance, while Flint was turning around. To again use his Movement Art, forcing this movement.

His leg felt like tearing apart, but he continued and again landed behind Flint. Catching him off-guard to this development. His movement was so fluent that his left fist continued to fly towards Flint, without losing any momentum.

At the last breath, Zayn immediately activated the Fire Fist. His left fist turned in an instant to the True Fire Fist and hit Flint directly in the back.

*BOOOOM*

Flint flew away. He received a direct hit from Zayn, leaving his back completely burning. Flint fainted, the force was too much, While flying, he lost his redness and his glowing over time.

The Force of Zayn’s Fire Fist didn’t stop there. Flint continued to fly. He flew off the arena. Smashed into many pillars and walls and continued to fly.

“I… I won!!!” Zayn was feeling so excited. He couldn’t remember if he had felt so great before.

“Quest Completed: Win the Tournament”

“Receiving Reward!”

Following these messages, Zayn fainted.