Chapter 26: Rex Vector vs Magma Jones! [1]

Clang!

Once the mechanical elevator latched at the arena, opening up and revealing its passenger, Rex took a deep breath and finally walked out.

As the more well-known star between the both of them, Magma Jones's elevator already came before his as the spectators were now going crazy, cheering and screaming his name at the top of their voices.

Rex took all this interference calmly as he walked to his corner of the arena.

Shing!

Having brought Berserker out ahead of time and kept him in his sword scabbard, he simply unsheathed the sword now that he needed it as the familiar presence immediately gave him the confidence that he needed.

"Shing!"

"Yes, Berserker, he'll be our first stepping stone".

As Rex held his sword, regaining his confidence in the warmth that its hilt brought to him, his already serious eyes pinned his opponent down.

After learning who he was going to fight the previous day, though he knew Magma Jones in school due to his popularity, he still did the needful and did all the research that he needed about his opponent.

Apart from the fact that his mystic ability was the iconic Jade Earth mystic ability of the Magma family that was famous for amplifying the strength of earth skills thrice the normal at its greatest proficiency, the most important thing to know about Jones was that he was a student of the Taijutsu combat department.

The Taijutsu department of the Obedin Mystic Academy was the department with the most students.

As a department tailored for mystic warriors who preferred hand-to-hand combat, it had the lowest entry requirements.

Though Jones was not the best student in the Tiajutsu department, he was definitely among the top students and paired with his mystic ability, he was a monster to face against any student.

In normal terms, meeting an opponent of this caliber in his first battle would have made Rex feel bad that he was cheated but he didn't feel this way this time.

Previously, throughout all his academy life, Rex only got his chance to shine in the sword department of the academy. In every other facet, he was not too exceptional because of his lack of mystic energy.

Now that he finally acquired this energy that he's been coveting all his life, he was ready to rewrite the way that people in this city viewed him.

What better way to rewrite the perception of people about him than to go against one of the favorites of the tournament and emerge victoriously?

This train of thought could be considered reckless, but Rex was ready to indulge in recklessness this time. He had spent too long staying in the dark, he loved the light too, and he wanted to see the light too.

This was why once the bell to start the battle rang, every distraction left his mind as his opponent was the only thing now left in there.

Gong!

With his right leg still in its initial position, Rex shifted his left leg forward a bit and squatted slightly to lower his center of gravity. Once he did this, he felt a ripple traveling through his body like an electric current.

Then, he raised his sword and pointed it at his opponent.

"Come on!"

Magma Jones did not disappoint. He didn't give a damn about whatever his opponent was doing, all that was in his mind was crushing the damn bug with his astonishing strength and he went for it.

"Earth Skill: Finger Bullets!"

Boom!

Magma Jones erupted with speed towards his opponent, as his acceleration immediately reached a peak that almost eclipsed some wind mystic warriors.

While running, his 2 hands were inclined downwards toward the arena ground. While clenching his outstretched hands like he was clawing at something, he suddenly pulled up.

With a loud sound, the battle arena floor tore open as brown solidified earth came out before hovering in the air before him.

While still running at full speed, his hands moved like lightning as he tapped the air thrice with his fingers before pointing them at his opponent.

Tu! Tu! Tu! Tu!

The solidified earth suddenly fragmented, turning into bullet-sized solidified earth as they shot towards Rex at an extremely fast speed.

This one move already caused the spectators to explode, cheering loudly.

Rex who was on the receiving end of this skill was calm. His eyes narrowed as he tracked down the trajectory of the earth bullets while he was still in his sword stance, and when they came close enough, his hand vibrated.

With his right hand that held the sword vibrating, Berserker responded in full obedience to Rex's moves as the sword stabbed 3 times consecutively.

Pu! Pu! Pu!

3 fast stabs and 3 earth bullets were poked since they were coming straight towards the sword as they simply broke down into free soil.

Whoosh!

After the 3 fast stabs, with the sound of the air reverberating like it was being cut apart, Rex drew his hand back, rapidly inclining his sword to a vertical positioning as the rapid maneuver intercepted 4 other earth bullets.

The next moment, in this state of absolute concentration, he instantly channeled his mystic energy as golden sword energy surrounded the sword.

This sword energy evaporated all the other earth bullets, the few others that escaped were deliberately left alone as they missed the target already.

What just happened seemed like magic but it was not, the title of the best sword student in the sword department was no joke.

From the first 3 fast sword stabs to now, a second had not even passed and the spectators were still trying to react to everything that happened but the mystic warrior, Magma Jones went on his second offensive.

While shooting the earth bullets at his opponent, he was already rapidly closing the distance to his opponent.

And now, he was not too far again as he activated another skill.

"Earth Skill: Boulder of Death!"

Once Jones activated this skill, the battle arena briefly shook as a massive boulder was lifted out of the ground the next moment before being thrown towards Rex at an impossible speed relative to its size.

Rex's eyes were still narrowed as all this happened, and once he saw the incoming boulder, he raised his sword and pointed it forward again.

This time, the sword was already engulfed by his golden mystic energy.

Rex briefly closed his eyes, and when they opened a nanosecond later, they glowed golden as he finally spoke for the first time since the battle started.

"Sword Skill: Drilling Stab!"

Whoosh!

Rex finally moved as he thrust his sword forward.

BOOM!

When sword and boulder finally came into contact, it was like planet earth and mercury collided against each other as a sound like those of exploding dominoes reverberated.

The sword didn't shatter as most spectators expected, instead it was the boulder that exploded as a mighty sword energy with an extremely sharp attribute cut through it like a hot knife cutting through butter.

With the boulder shattering, debris and shrapnel flew everywhere.

A pretty shocked Jones quickly recovered and rushed into the flying debris to take advantage of the time when his opponent's vision was blinded.

What he didn't know was that doing this was useless, this was because Rex already entered his domain!

Rex's mystic energy presence exploded the next moment!

Boom!