Chapter 170 - [Bonus ]Battling Oneself

After the announcement was made, Jason waited for his opponent to arrive but there was no opponent to be seen in the room they were and Jason was beginning to get really Impatient and that is when a figure was beginning to materialize in front of him. And Jason couldn't help but frown when he saw the figure standing before was actually himself. 

"You want me to battle myself" asked Jason with a frown.

"You got that right boy" replied the skeleton.

"Why can't you just give me another opponent instead of letting me battle with myself" asked Jason.

"The only opponent one would find difficult to defeat is likely to be themselves. So you can defeat yourself in this round, you will be declared the winner of this round" replied the skeleton.

"You are beginning to show your true color as a scam now right" said Jason.

"Young it is just a test so stop complaining and continue with it" replied the skeleton as he was already tired of talking with Jason.

Seeing that the skeleton doesn't want to talk to him again, Jason took a deep breath before getting closer to his clone as he waved his hand trying to communicate with him and surprisingly, the clone waved back at him.

"Cool, hey you look awesome" said Jason with a smile.

"You too man" replied the clone with a smile.

Jason was just about to continue with his discussion when he heard the skeleton saying in an angry voice.

"Will you get this trial over with"?

"All the best man because I won't be going easy on you" said the clone with a serious expression.

"But I am you, why would you want to take this seriously when we are the same? Shouldn't you be helping clear this trial" asked Jason?

"It is a trial man so I can't go easy on you or else you won't be declared the winner and let's not forget that you are the original, so it should be easy for you to beat me" reply the clone.

"I think you are right about that" said Jason as he agreed with what the clone said. 

They both took a step back as they prepared themselves to launch an attack and the moment the signal sent off they both pushed forward as their fist was sent at each other. It was just like a stimulation was running as they were using the same fighting strategy.

"Why is he copying my moves?" said Jason with a frown as he withdrew his fist.

"He is your clone you blockhead, so he can do anything the main body can do. It is just like looking at a reflection of yourself in front of you" reply the bracelet.

"This is not going to be an easy battle as I thought it would be," said Jason before taking his halberd out.

Seeing Jason holding a halberd in hand, the clone let out a chuckle before also taking out a halberd of his own which put a frown on Jason's face.

"He also has my weapon on him" said Jason in shock.

"Are you deaf when I said he is just a reflection of you, whatever you can do, he also would be able to do it" reply the bracelet?

After the clone had brought out his weapon, he didn't give Jason the time to think before he dashed at him while thrusting the halberd forward in hope of stabbing it into his arm to disable him but before the attack could get close enough, Jason has already swept the floor with his halberd in an attempt to take him by the leg which forces the clone to flip up as he abandons his previous attack.

While he was still in midair, the clone sent out a barrage of attacks down on him which Jason barely avoided as he spoke up out of anger.

"I have never done that attack before so how in the world did he know to execute it".

"Just because he is your clone does not mean he did not have the right to do as he pleased. And I must say, your clone seems to be much better at fighting than you, which makes me wonder if you are the clone here" reply the bracelet with a laugh.

"I still don't know why I am talking to you" said Jason.

They both exchanged blows as they were in a stalemate and unlike the previous trials he has gone through, this seems to be the hardest. Since he has about an hour, he has begun the challenge and there is still no progress.

"Why don't we turn this up a notch" said Jason as he kept the halberd away before activating the lightning boot.

"I was about to ask you when you plan to use that move of yours" replied the clone with a laugh before also keeping the halberd and activating the lightning boot.

Letting out a deep breath, Jason launch himself into the air at an incredible speed before descending as he planned to stomp the clone in one swift move but before he could even get close to reaching the ground, the clone which was standing in front of him not quite long suddenly appeared before him as he threw a fist at him that is cover with the iron fist technique. 

Reacting quickly, Jason brought his two hands in front of him in hope of stopping the attack but the moment that they come in contact, a cracking sound was heard as his hand caved in causing the punch to hit him in the chest even though the strength behind the attack has lessened and he was sent crashing down into the floor while throwing up a mouthful of blood.

"Hey, Jason are you alright" asked the bracelet worriedly.

"Yeah, I think I would live" replied Jason as he crawled back up.

"That clone of yours seems to be on another level compared to what a clone should be capable of doing" said the bracelet.

"And it's like he could predict my every move, making it difficult for me to hit him" replied Jason as he watched the clone with a serious look on his face.