Chapter 23: Bad Matchup

Chapter 23: Bad Matchup

I aimed my hands at him and blasted both the Fire and Electricity magic at once, but as expected, he's so fast that he dodged my attacks almost easily.

But thanks to the effect of Warrior's rage and by activating the skill Extreme speed I became much faster than him and managed to catch up on him.

I blasted my Fire magic point blank but he dodged it by spinning in the air while launching an effective counterassault and instantly covered my entire body in a white thread immediately binding me in place.

[Skill [Mystic Thread] was acquired.]

[Ability to create, manipulate and shape magical threads, the toughness and sharpness of the threads can be altered by the user.]

The next thing I knew, I was already lying on the ground covered in webs and completely incapacitated to move due to the thick webs hindering me.

So he planned to confine me inside these webs while at the same time avoiding doing any damage to me to prevent me from powering up.

"Good strategy, if I must say," I said while shaking my body inside the gigantic cocoon containing me.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

Leal looked at me with discontent visible in his eyes and clicked his tongue.

I exhaled while continuously moving inside the cocoon. "This technique would be very effective against Leo."

I activated my Fire magic and burned the webs, but man! They were tougher than I thought.

So, I activated my Ice magic and turned all the webs into ice, and destroyed them using my empowered physical strength and Fire magic.

Leal's eyes instantly narrowed as he watched me stand up. Afterward, he waved his hand as if he's grabbing something.

Before I realized it, multiple threads already punctured my skin and tried to restrain me. As I looked at the end of the web, they were not connected to anything, they were just floating in the air while attached to me.

Leal moved his hand and I felt the painful sensation as he tried to control my body.

He jumped towards me while aiming for my head with his fist. I tried to parry his attack with a punch but before he landed, a web immediately pulled him to the ground and launched an uppercut.

He's trying to weaken me up little by little, just like what happened when I fought Leo.

However, his physical attacks were not as powerful as Leo's house-destroying punches.

I grabbed Leal's hand that delivered the uppercut, and the next thing I saw was his despair as he realized what just happened.

It's over. He's strong but it's a completely bad matchup.

I hurled my fist towards his face and slammed it with him towards the ground as the powerful crushing sound resonated throughout the area.

The ground cracked with Leal lying in the middle. It's the very first attack that he received, but it's boosted enough that I was certain that it had devastating damage enough to take him down in one strike.

The audience remained silent while their eyes were widening while staring at the possible conclusion of our battle. However, after a few seconds, the silence shifted to loud roars and claps.

The entire coliseum was engulfed in their excited voices while jumping.

I raised my hand to respond to their applause.

However, before I knew it, Leal was already standing up with evident resentment visible in his eyes.

"Why?" He asked using such a hateful voice. "What gave you the need to go to this place? Do you forget? Do you forget what kind of anomaly you are? there's no such place as a safe place for you, Meruem, because you are a disaster yourself. I don't know where your people have been hiding all this time, but you should have stayed there for everyone's sake!"

He groaned as he walked towards me while his body was shivering due to the damage he took.

He stared at me with his eyes full of desperation in them.

"You are a threat, Meruem. Do you realize?" He put both of his hands on his knees without removing his eyes from me. "You are a danger, not just for me, but for everyone in this place. You are bound to bring ruination wherever you go because that's what the people of your tribe are, the very embodiment of destruction itself!"