Chapter 418 Water Vs Ice
Pearl was on the platform now with her gaze on her opponent who looked like he was trying to intimidate him from where he was standing.
Michael Jonah was a dark-haired third-year student, he had quite thick arms and a face that looked pretty intimidating but Pearl wasn't someone that got intimidated easily especially when this isn't her first time in this competition.
"Hey, your ability's hydro, right?" He asked with his gaze on Pearl but she didn't respond to him and just stood there with his arms crossed.
"Are the two of you ready?" The sergeant asked and the two replied by nodding. "Alright, you may then begin your fight."
"Well, you don't have to tell me, I saw you during last year's tournament, the way you fight is pretty mesmerizing," Michael said as a black sword slowly appeared in his hand.
"Oh, so this is your first time in the tournament, that's cool, welcome newbie," Pearl said before putting on a warm smile.
"Newbie? I don't like being called that, but I guess I can bear it if it's coming from you, either way, I'm knocking you out."
"Okay." She said, still standing the way she was.
Looking at her, it felt like she wasn't even aware that she was in a fight or maybe she was just playing with him.
"Pearl lost out in the rounds before the last rounds last year just like Tammy, but she was knocked out way faster compared to Tammy," Chloe muttered.
She wasn't really expecting anyone to hear that but Luis had sharp ears so there was no way that was going to escape him.
"How fast?" He asked.
"Under three minutes," Chloe replied before turning her gaze to him.
"Under three minutes? Who knocked her out?" Luis asked.
"She was a level five second-year student that year and was paired against a level six third-year student who had a very powerful fire ability." Chloe expressed. "He was able to easily vaporize her water defense which came through for her until that point in the tournament.
"She held her ground for a while in their sword clash after exhausting all her water points but it didn't take long before she started to get overwhelmed because her opponent also had a super speed ability that he didn't reveal till that point, it was an easy victory for him as soon as Pearl exhausted all her options."
"The way you explain it, it sounds like it lasted for more than three minutes," Luis said.
"Well, it didn't."
"She's going to get pretty far now that that student is no longer in the academy, right?" Tania said.
"Well, that's not all she can do," Luis said.
"Yeah, that's not all she can do but they weren't that large last time," Chloe said, showing a bit of surprise.
Michael shared the same excitement as some of the students in the stands, he had never seen anyone do something like that with their ability before.
"I can learn how to do that, right?" Ciara muttered from where she was sitting with her friends.
"When did they get that large?" Michael asked with his gaze on the balls.
"Well, I've been working on them, and guess what?"
"What?"
"They hit harder now." She said with a smirk.
As soon as she said that, Michae formed a shield out of his ice ability because he was aware that making anything to freeze those water balls will drain him dry.
An ice shield was his only line of defense and it was supposed to work against water, right?
Two water shots the size of bullets quickly shot out from the water balls.
With their combined force, they pierced right through the ice shield and sent Michael flying backward.
That could have sent him off the platform, but he summoned his sword right on time and stuck it into the ground to prevent himself from falling off.
His breathing was very fast-paced now as he looked up at the balls.
"That's a big problem."
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Back at Asaka, leading all the way into the prison room, blood could be seen dripping out from the entrance, but there was only one person in the room.
"This is embarrassing." Roy groaned as he sat up on the floor.
His shoulders were bleeding, but those weren't the only parts of the body that were bleeding.
"This weak human body is near its end, but I'm not done using it yet."
As soon as he said that, his body slowly began to get covered by some kind of dark purple energy, and that continued until it was all that could be seen.