Countless seemingly sticky black rays of light shot out from the swamp, seemingly forming a giant net that loomed at Ezra Zephyr.
The prince's eyes narrowed slightly. With a jerk of his sleeve, a shining ball condensed in his hand, pulsing with berserk colourful spiritual energy accompanied by black lightning.
"Glittering Wind and Light!"
The ball was mercilessly slammed into the black swamp.
~BOOOM~
Spiritual energy containing the primal power of wind and light swept outwards, forcibly shattering the black swamp that had covered the ground as the spreading black rapidly receded.
The sticky giant net also burst apart, transforming into specks of light that filled the sky.
As the light danced in the air, a sharp wind sound was heard as a flash of icy light with a sinister aura pierced through the air, heading straight for Ezra's throat.
It was a dark-coloured halberd. The prince made a punching motion and purple scales appeared on his hand.
The black halberd stabbed the fist, forcing the prince back a few steps, the sharp tip of the halberd merely an inch from Ezra's chest. However, it was ultimately unable to take that final step and was knocked back by the prince's punch.
As the black halberd was sent flying, Ezra Zephyr's etherealised figure shot forth, the purple scales on his hands shone as he appeared behind Kimba
~CLANG CLANG~
Kimba brandished the black halberd, night-black spiritual energy rising like smoke around him. After images of the halberd seemed to fill the area, blocking every single punch of the prince
The eyes of both individuals were ice-cold, neither showing any mercy. Every attack was aimed at a fatal spot but was ultimately blocked by the other party.
For the bystanders, it was a passionate battle akin to that between a lion and a tiger.
On the cliffs in the vicinity, the hearts of numerous disciples shivered as they watched the ferocious clash between the two in the arena. From the aftershocks of each clash, any 5th-level disciple that was sent in would likely be torn to pieces in less than four rounds.
A fight of this calibre was already not inferior to one between diamond belt disciples.
~KANG~
Sparks flew as purple scales and halberd tip collided, creating a shockwave of spiritual energy that blew even the air apart.
Ezra and Kimba's figures jerked, before shooting backwards.
The prince swung the fist, his eyes narrowing slightly as he felt the seemingly rampaging black lightning in his body. Both of them had clashed directly earlier, but there was still not even the tiniest indication of him being at a disadvantage.
Evidently, his spiritual energy foundations had already surpassed the peak level of Core Formation disciples after Divine Spirit Ablution.
"It seems that there's nothing great about you, fucking weak shit, I thought highly of you for a second." Ezra chuckled softly as he looked towards Kimba.
Kimba did not reply, merely casting an icy glance at the prince. The former likewise understood that although the latter was only at the 6th level, he had the spiritual energy and power that surpassed the Core Formation stage.
He was using an armament but Ezra was battling with nothing but bare hands. Kinba understood that Ezra was an unexpectedly dangerous opponent.
However, to think that a disciple who had just joined the outer mountains would dare to disrespect him in front of everyone, did the former really believe he had nothing else to show?
"Junior brother Ezra, young people should not be so arrogant. Since Elder Lo did not teach you how to respect your seniors, as a senior brother, I shall give you a proper lesson on the subject on his behalf!" An icy smile rose from the corners of Kimba's lips.
~CLANG~
The black halberd in his hand slammed into the ground, embedding itself into the floor.
His sleeves suddenly disintegrated at this moment, revealing his arms. Black runes could be seen on them, wriggling like worms.
These black runes gathered together into what appeared to be a strange rune.
An eerie aura immediately spread, causing the surrounding temperature to drop as terrifying undulations began to surge and converge in Kimba's body.
Kimba's hands slammed together as the black runes on his arms frantically began to spread. In a short few breaths, they burrowed into his flesh and blood.
Wisp after wisp of black spiritual energy began to rise from the surface of Kimba's body.
Robust Qi swirled behind him as it released a piercing whistle.
The expression of the numerous watching disciples changed slightly, evidently sensing the sudden rapidly rising spiritual energy undulations in Kimba's body...
Such spiritual energy undulations were definitely not from an ordinary spiritual technique!
It was obvious that Kimba was finally revealing his trump card.
As black spiritual energy rose, Kimba's eyes turned pitch-black as he sinisterly looked towards Ezra and grinned, revealing a set of eerily white teeth. "Although I've yet to fully master it, it should be enough to deal with the likes of you.
Junior brother, I hope that you will not be too arrogant in the future. You should know that there are many in the outer mountains that have the ability to deal with you. You don't have the qualifications to be cocky here!"
The instant the final word was said, his hands clasped each other as an eerily cold voice echoed in the mountain.
"Gamma layer skill, Don Dark Devil!"
Alarming spiritual energy erupted from Kimba's body like a volcano at this moment.
The many disciples on the surrounding cliffs turned pale with horror. In a certain stone pavilion, the eyes on Denise's originally ugly-looking face brightened up in excitement at this moment as her hands tightly clasped together.
That brash enemy of hers had finally forced out Kimba's trump card!
Strand after strand of black spiritual energy continuously rose from Kimba's flesh as alarmingly violent spiritual energy undulations swept out like a storm, causing cracks to grow from under his feet due to the spiritual pressure.
The expressions of the numerous disciples on the surrounding cliffs changed slightly.
In one of the stone pavilions, a cold smile was revealed on Elder Song's face. Kimba's Don Dark Devil was not complete and had not been fully mastered by him. Even so, he was still able to bring out 30% of its power.
Even a mere 30% of a high-tier Gamma layer skill was not something ordinary Gamma layer skill could compare to.
When Kimba used this technique, it meant that the battle would soon come to a close.
Elder Song's cold eyes swept a glance at the nearby Elder Lo. The latter's aged face was stretched taut at this moment because he knew that though the prince also had a peak tier Gamma layer skill, Sun God Memoir, he had yet to master it. It was a skill much more deadlier than Don Dark Demon.
It was more powerful than the Don Dark Demon skill because it could not be used unless mastered.
"I'll let you know the meaning of true despair!" A cruel look surfaced in Elder Song's eyes. Never mind, although it was not possible to make Elder Lo's faction lose all face, it would probably make Elder Lo quite sullen when the hope he just discovered was immediately extinguished.
In a stone pavilion, Paige's slim brows were slightly furrowed as he observed the black spiritual energy swirling around Kimba. This event was evidently also somewhat out of her expectations. Aily at this point sneaked away from Elder Song's pavilion and came to Paige's side.
Aily exclaimed in surprise, "Kimba is surprised. To think that he managed to learn the Don Dark Devil technique. Even amongst the grandpa's diamond belt disciples, there are no any Blood Slaughterer Peak's disciples who have been able to do so."
Paige shook her head. "He has not fully mastered it. If not, it would not be invading his flesh."
Ailu shrugged and said, "But even so, it should be enough to deal with Ezra."
Paige sighed, before she said in a rather regretful manner, "What a pity..."
Aily's lips curled slightly downwards. "What's there to feel pitiful about? He's already very capable of pushing Kimba so far. Did you expect him to defeat even Kimba?"
She let out a soft laugh, clearly feeling that her senior sister was overestimating Ezra.
Paige sighed as she nodded. "Indeed, it is already quite a feat to have pushed Kimba so far with only his bare fists."
Aily flinched at her words, she understood what Paige meant.n(.0ve1b1n
As the black qi rising from his flesh grew thicker and thicker, Kimba's body suddenly began to grow, breaking even his clothes. In a short few breaths, the originally handsome-looking Kimba had transformed into a mini black giant.
His body was covered in black runes as black Qi swirled around him, an incomparably bizarre sight.
The Don Dark Devil skill could temporarily make one's body extremely powerful. At close quarters, the destructive power that could be released in an instant was basically a nightmare.
Kimba's eyes had become pitch-black. He slowly lifted his head, his gaze locking onto the prince like a hawk as the corners of his lips raised to form a hideous, twisted smile.
"I was hoping to save this for the diamond belt disciple selection test. The fact that you've forced me to use it has already proved your ability."
~BOOM~
The instant the final word left his mouth, Kimba's foot slammed into the ground, shattering it as his enormous figure transformed into a flash of black that shot forth. His speed was quick as thunder.