Chapter 149 - Such A Destructive Element
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Back at the field.
The battle between the Twelfth Prince's group and the group from the Azure empire had slowly started taking a turn. Unlike the rough start they had, the group from the Azure empire was slowly gaining the upper hand now.
Boom!
Crash!
A human figure crashed through the field leveling the tall grasses in the process. After sliding across a distance of almost ten meters from where it crashed, the figure stopped.
Looking closer, the figure was Neil from the Twelfth Prince's group. After their initial sneak attack at the start of the battle, they only managed to hold the upper hand for about three minutes or so before the group from the Azure empire gradually started turning the tide of the battle. Currently, other than the youth injured at the start of the battle from the sneak attack, the others from the Azure empire were doing fine.
Neil was presently fighting against one of the two people in the Fourth stage of the Origin Plane in the group from the Azure empire.
Spit!
He spat out the bits of grass that got into his mouth during the crash. Placing one leg in front of him while the other was in a kneeling position, he raised his head to observe the ongoing battle, but seeing how things were going, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter inside.
He was barely hanging on against his opponent, while the Twelfth Prince was being suppressed by the young lady who was the other person in the Fourth stage, and as for the other youth from the Royal Academy who was in the Third stage, he too was also being suppressed by the Dual Elementalist in the Third stage from the Azure empire.
Since his strength saw a decline, he wasn't as strong as he previously was, so fighting against two people was a little more than he could handle.
His companions who were fighting against a single opponent would occasionally lend him a helping hand when they were chanced. They knew if the youth were to die, then they might not be the ones doing the killing, rather, it would be the other way around. But their opponents also being aware of this was trying hard to ensure they don't get the chance to help him.
The Twelfth Prince's group knew if the injured youth could be taken out of the picture, then their chances of survival would increase exponentially. Because once the injured youth was dead, then the two who were fighting against him would join hands with the others to suppress their opponents. So, there was no way they'd allow the others to help him.
As things stand, taking out the injured youth was their best shot at survival, either that or maybe someone would come to their aid just like the last time they were stuck in such a situation.
"Heh! What are you looking at?" The tall youth asked mockingly while walking closer to Neil.
"Hmph! Dodge this." She said coldly while unleashing a large-scale attack.
Unlike her previous attacks, this one covered a twenty meters radius around the Twelfth Prince.
'Damn it!' The Twelfth Prince cursed, not expecting his opponent to make use of this method just so she could strike him.
Being forced to defend, he created a tornado around himself, using it to fend off the fire coming his way. But doing that not only protected him but also gave his opponent a target to attack since he wasn't moving anymore.
Swoosh!
A large flaming sword sliced in the direction of the tornado, easily cutting through it from the top to the bottom, slicing apart the Twelfth Prince's protective cover.
The second the tornado was cut apart, the Twelfth Prince was revealed to the young lady who followed up the flaming sword with fire arrows heading straight at the Twelfth Prince.
'Why do I always get the troublesome opponents?' The Twelfth Prince complained while setting up a windshield to block the arrows coming his way.
Boom! Bam!
Multiple arrows struck the shield as well as the surrounding places where the shield didn't cover, causing a large area to be covered in smoke.
Of all the battles, the area where the Twelfth Prince's battle was going on was more glaring due to it losing more grasses. Although there were other Fire Elementalists in the two groups, none was as destructive as the young lady was.
The Twelfth Prince was currently caught in the middle of the smoke after managing to fend off the arrows coming his way. He covered himself with a wind sphere that slowly grew bigger and exploded sending airwaves in all directions thereby clearing the surrounding air of the smoke.
"Such a destructive element." The Twelfth Prince said looking at the once serene field that has been destroyed by the young lady's attack.
He had never liked fire, he didn't know why though. Even though it's among the strongest elements in terms of attack power, he still didn't like.
"I hate people who only evades. Fight properly!" The young lady yelled angrily with fire raging all around her.
"I'm a Wind Ele... Wait, why am I even bothering to explain to you?" The Twelfth Prince who was about to explain the reason for his fighting style paused and asked.
He truly wasn't obligated to explain the reason for the way he fights to her.
"Because you're afraid." The young lady laughed and continued her attack.
The Twelfth Prince quickly evaded the attack once again while also counter-attacking.