Chapter 127: Tournament of Geniuses- Duo Battle Part 4

Seru was very much confused. But soon, he realized the source of this power. When Mike's flames enter his body, instead of destroying that flame, his flames swallowed it. It did remove it but by swallowing it.

His Phoenix Flame might not be destructive as most flames. But it is still the flame of a divine bird. If anyone low-level flames enter its territory, it will get devoured. The Phoenix Flame turned those flames into stamina and ability energy to refill him.

'So, he really put all of his strength and most of the ability energy in that attack. Otherwise, it would be impossible to gain so much energy. I didn't know that my flames could devour other flames. Probably because I didn't let other flames enter my body.'

'After all, who in the right mind will let enemy's flames enter his own body? But, it clearly can't swallow flames outside of my body. No matter what, I did get a chance. This time I won't make a mistake. Three minutes, I have three minutes.'

'His ability energy and stamina has been consumed a lot by using that teleportation and that weird spear strike. I still have the upper hand. Within two minutes and thirty seconds, I must attack him from a different place to knock him out in the last thirty seconds.'

'Alright, let's move!' After taking a deep breath and calculating everything inside his mind, he flapped his burning red wings and soars towards the sky. It was like a spaceship moving at the speed of Mach 3.

This time, he increased his speed by sacrificing his proper attack route. This means he can only maintain the speed and hit him with the flames around him. He cannot infuse the flames into his fist or feathers to attack strategically.

Mike who was on the brink of losing consciousness due to the heavy use of space element also felt the hotness increasing near him.

Bang!

Seru's body strikes him from the right side without giving him a chance to dodge. He couldn't feel the aura though he can feel the hotness of the Phoenix Flames.

Bang!

He tried to keep his mind calm but still couldn't succeed on dodge it The flames were striking him from different angles with Mach 3 speed.

'I need to find a way to defeat him. I can't go on like this. My ability energy isn't inexhaustible. But, what can I do? What can help me in these circumstances?'

He was using Whirlwind Boots. He had activated the Golden Buddha Kong Body. He was also using his spirits. But he couldn't find a way to defeat him. Suddenly, a scene rang in his mind.

It was a few days ago when he was fighting against hundreds of zombies. While he was pushed to his limit, he barely survived on his own. At that moment, he looked at his master and asked "Master, what can I do to come out of these situations? I think I will face a situation where my winning chances will decrease especially when the opponent pulls out some tricks."

"Boy, let me teach you something about Spirits first." Mad Beast Emperor sighed and spoke.

"Huh! Why aren't you answering my question first? What does this get to do with Spirits?" Mike interrupted his speech and asked him with confusion.

"Can you let me finish?" Mad Beast Emperor glares at his disciple and feels frustrated with such a mindset. Mike understands everything but still acts like an idiot. Or, that is something he thought. After all, he doesn't know Mike properly at that time.

Mike shuts his mouth after receiving that glare and listens to his master's speech.

"Spirit is the manifestation of Will. Will is desire. When you desire something, you do everything you can to complete it. While awakening Will can help you mentally, it can't support you physically. You need Spirit for that."

"The stronger your desires are, the stronger your Will can be. But, a strong Will doesn't make the Spirit strong. As I said, you can use Will mentally, but you can't use it physically. Only spirit can help you to do something physical."

"But, will you use spirit to finish your homework. Will you use Spirit to finish your workout? No, you won't use it unless it's in the battle. In other words, battles are the only space where you can use Spirit and it is also the only place where you can improve it."

"Remember this carefully, Spirits blooms in the midst of a battle. The more you desire to win, the better your spirit will get. But just desire isn't enough for improving your spirit. You need something that can trigger your mentally, something that can really push you to your limit."

As those scenes disappear from his mind, a smirk appears on his lips. He clenched his fist and murmurs "Spirit blooms in the midst of a battle. Something that can push me to my limit. Do I even have to ask? Claire, play Worst-Case Scenario Video in my mind?"

In the crowd, many peoples were looking at the flash of flame hitting Mike from different places. But they didn't see Mike coming down any time soon.

Boom!

Inside the room for Mad Beast Emperor and others, a chair explodes with immense energy. The excitement and surprise fall in his eyes. The Mad Beast Emperor stands with the immense energy shrouding his body as he muttered "He is doing it."

Suddenly that voice changes into words of excitement and laughter "Hahaha! My disciple doing it. He is going for it."

"Master, what's happening? Why is Mad Beast Emperor laughing when Mike is beaten so miserably?" Tori looks at Fire Emperor's face and asked with confusion in her eyes.

At this moment, Fire Emperor had a solemn look on his face just like Emperor Lewis. He knows what was going on. Spirit blooms in the midst of the battle. It was proven by few warriors but still, not many people can achieve it. 

"Oh! That's interesting. It seems like wolfy is right. He might end up being a worthy opponent." Aarav looks at Mike floating in the sky covered with white energy that was slowly transforming into yellow. He glanced back at Alfred and mutters.

At the same time,

"I don't what he is trying to do. I just hope he can defeat that guy." Olive looked at Mike and shifted her gaze at Zen who was coughing blood out of his mouth and muttered. The healing flower on his head was healing him quickly making it harder for her to defeat him.

"Alright, I have played enough with you. This time let's settle this." Olive suddenly shrouds her body with immense red energy. Suddenly, her veins pop out and her eyes turn red. The moment a red domain surrounds them, her breath rise.

"Cough! It seems like I picked a pretty bad enemy. Well, I have to blame myself for having just an A-Rank Innate Ability to fight against an S-Rank. But still, I can't give up so easily." Zen spits blood out of his mouth and rapidly releases the plants around him.

These plants rise up with an immense growing speed. Suddenly, dozens of branches combine and formed two pillars to each side. Both pillars of branches had sharp tips. In an instant, they rose to the sky even higher, detaching themselves from the ground.

"Twin Thorns of Emperor!"

Two pillars with sharp tips moved their target at Olive who was still growing stronger. The moment those pillars moved towards her. She took a step forward. Just a single step on the ground creates six inches deep hole, sending her directly in front of those pillars.

Her nails had changed into ten sharp blades. Her red eyes glanced at those pillars, and the chill surrounded the arena. Suddenly, the red moon appears above them covering the sun. The entire battlefield was shrouded with madness.

Ka-cha! Ka-cha! Ka-cha! Splash!

Her finger blades moved like the wind slashing those giant pillars into pieces until her blades splashed Zen. The blood marks covered his body as he fell on the pool of blood.

"Berserk Domain- Slaughter Dance under the Red Moon"

Thud!

The moment she knew it was done, everything reverted back to normal. Those pillars slowly changed into dust along with the domain and the red moon. Olive looks at the sky where Mike was standing with the yellow energy surrounding his body, blooming twice as big as the white energy.

'Spirit blooms in the midst of the battle, huh! Something that can push me to my limits. I never thought I would end up using it. Nevertheless, I achieved what I exactly need.'

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the flame moved towards him but this time, he easily dodged it. Mike looks at the transformed phoenix flames and asks 'Claire, how much time is remaining?'

"Host, One Minute Remained for the battle to end!" Claire's voice rang on his mind

'Alright, give me the thirty seconds to get ready.' After saying that, he starts patting up the dust from his body leaving the entire crowd and Olive in dumbfounded expression.