While all the others had already ascended to the second sublevel of the Lucullus prison, Stark and Leader were now facing one another, with the clear intent to fight and kill the other party.
It had been Leader that attempted to ambush Stark, but now that he was forced to fight, he wouldn't hesitate to take this opportunity to climb to level 50 but also to accept the offer he had been given.
"..." Leader's expression remained neutral as he saw Stark activate his aura, the clone behind him still smiling widely.
Frankly, Leader hated that clone more than any of the other participants, and he didn't know why, something just felt off about it: its eyes, its mouth, and its entire figure, it felt like it could kill him whenever it wanted, but just chose not to for fun.
But of course, he would never show his expression faltering, it was something he learned as a sect leader: always being shown as all powerful with no flaws.
"GET READY, SECT LEADER!" Stark shouted with a smile as he stood his ground.
~FWISH~
Leader on the other hand already had the giant green aura lying in front of him, but he also decided to summon dozens of others that ranged from small to middle-sized, each of them surrounding his body: shoulders, neck, one was on top of his, others around his torso and legs.
"Am I supposed to be impressed," Stark rolled his eyes while activating [Perception], if he so wanted to waste time, then Stark would use it wisely to check out his opponent.
...
[Name: Leader]
[Level: 61]
[Class: Domination]
[HP: 34000]
[Strength: 2938]
[Speed: 5372]
[Stamina: 4314]
[Defense: 5409]
[Skills: Domination, Snake Summoning, Venomous Touch, Ultimate Fusion (MYTHICAL), Serpentine Charge, Reptile Swarm, Serpent Restrain, The Symphony of Snakes, Snaky the Giant Snake, Giant Bite, Attack Frenzy, Snake Shield, Better Summons (PASSIVE)...]
...
The giant green snake opened its mouth, big enough to swallow both Stark and his clone in one go, yet none of them looked afraid of that thing.
"..." Stark looked at his clone then made a quick gesture with his head, asking it to do 'that'.
He didn't even plan to waste his [Dodge Control] or [Invincible Dodge] on such a WEAK combo of attacks.
And so...
"DOMI-CHAIN," the [Superior Clone] summoned the crimson chain and sent it toward the giant aura snake, closing its mouth and slowly wrapping itself around it.
"...!" Leader for the first time in months if not years showed signs of legitimate surprise, "KEEP GOING...!" he wanted to shout to his snake.
But...
~FWISH, STOP~
The chain wrapped itself around the snake's mouth, face, and body; making it abruptly stop right before reaching Stark as the chain was absorbing its energy, making it fall to the ground, unable to keep going.
~FWISH, KICK~
Right afterward, Stark and his clone got rid of the small snakes attached to their legs by punching or kicking them.
"MOVE..." Leader ordered [Snaky The Snake] to keep going, but...
[Snaky is unable to move since he is bound, try again later!]
"Well, I'll just summon his back to the space and use him later then..." Leader lifted both his arms with the intent to bring Snaky back to himself, but yet again...
[Snaky is restrained by the 'Domi-Chains', making him unable to come back until the chains are off him!]
"..." Leader was astonished: his most powerful combo had been stopped by a mere chain while his opponents were restrained, and they didn't even seem to care about that, taking it as some sort of weak attack.
[Snaky the Snake] was Leader's second most powerful skill, yet it was now tamed by Chosen, making him unable to control it as long as it was bound.
'...' Leader breathed in and out again, focusing his aura and attention on what he should be doing next, 'It doesn't matter, I'm still stronger...'
He got ready to keep going while using his other skills, after all it wasn't because his most powerful combo had failed that it was the end of the world, it was bound to happen at some point against someone who had the convenient skills to stop it.
But... even when he thought of all of this... the faces of Stark and his clone at that moment, their massive smiles as they saw his surprised look, sent shivers down his spine.