Chapitre 39: Results
Mila was Adonis's opponent.
Mila told the elders beforehand that she wishes to fight against Adonis when he takes the exam to become a Core disciple.
The reason was simple, like Lena, she was interested in Adonis. For her, it was more curiosity, so she decided to make her investigation into Adonis. She talked to people who knew Adonis or were near him.
When she gathered all of her evidence she realized that Adonis's change happened one day, as Adonis had yelled with excitement and even broke his door from what the people next door to him said.
She was confused about what happened to Adonis on that day to make him change so suddenly, but whatever it is, it is the reason for his sudden spike in strength.
Mila decided to meet Adonis again and even went to Lena's dorm to see him, but she happened to go there during one of Adonis's and Lena's "Sessions". This happened a few more times before she just decided to meet him at a time she was sure he would be free.
She tried to follow Adonis during a few of his missions but she would always lose him for some reason, so she went and decided to meet him at the promotion exam since that was a time she was sure he was free.
Now, here we are, Mila finally being able to meet Adonis.
"...shit, hey Mila, how are you doing?"
"Aaah, you know, could've been better."
'Especially since I'd been trying to contact you for a couple of months now!'
Mila was feeling mixed feelings about being able to meet Adonis, she felt relieved, happy, angry, and frustrated.
Needless to say, she was not going to hold back against Adonis during this fight.
"Adonis, how about we make a bet?"
"Hmm, depends on what the bet is gonna be?"
"Just a simple one; if I win this, you gotta tell me how you became so strong so fast."
Adonis hesitated when he heard this, but the next thing Mila said made Adonis consider again.
"If you win, you're allowed to make me do one thing for you. Doesn't matter what it is."
Adonis wasn't like other guys...but he was a guy nonetheless. His mind wandered a bit about what she said. He stopped when he felt an evil presence behind him. He looked and saw Lena giving him a cold stare.
He waved his hand at her saying 'I'm not gonna do what you think I'd do!'
Lena simply made a gesture of 'I'm watching you'.
Adonis looked back at Mila with a sullen expression, but he shook it off and thought logically about how useful it would be if Mila could do one thing for him that isn't anything sexual.
"Ok, I accept," Adonis said, ignoring the increasing evil behind him.
"Good, now let's begin." Mila gestured toward the elder that they were both ready.
The elder swung their hand down, Adonis immediately disappeared in a flash of lightning, and Mila set up a barrier around herself. Adonis stabbed into the barrier with 'Ifrit's Sword' and pierced it through but felt nothing inside. He sensed Mila coming from the ground and was behind him, so he slashed his sword at her. Mila blocked the attack with a detailed and compressed earthen shield called 'Dwarves's protection' on her right arm; she swung her left arm which had the form of an earthen claw at Adonis's face. Adonis ducked and ran around behind her but Mila immediately turned around and slashed her claws again, but Adonis wasn't there.
Adonis had decided to keep within Mila's blind spot and stabbed his sword at her, however, he then jumped into the air as spikes came from the ground. Mila used her 4-star ki to jump and appear before Adonis, she then kicked him to the ground making him slam so hard into it, it made a crater.
Adonis knew he didn't have time to let the pain subside and jumped out of the crater before a bunch of spikes appeared. Adonis had an idea that if he keeps holding back he would be defeated quicker than expected. He activated his heavenly 2-star and charged at Mila, who landed on the ground. Mila formed compressed earthen armor around her limbs and body called 'Tellus's armor' and blocked Adonis's charge. Adonis created a lightning blade and slashed it into Mila's armor, Mila was surprised by this but used her superior strength to throw Adonis away. Adonis in mid-air shot his lightning blade at Mila and prepared to use 'Raiju's Leap'.
Mila deflected the shot sword to the sky and was gonna run at Adonis before he disappeared faster than he did before. He appeared behind Mila and Mila felt a searing pain across her body and saw a huge slash wound from her hip to her shoulder. Mila fell and blood leaked from the wound onto the ground, the elder was gonna step up and stop the fight, but Mila put her hand up and said "I can still keep going" As she got up. Adonis was surprised that she still wanted to fight and worried for her, but that wasn't needed.
"I didn't think I'd have to use this against you, but you're more amazing than I thought, Adonis." Mila smiled and her blood started to seep into the ground.
"Blood of Earth"
The platform's ground immediately turned red and huge spikes erupted from the ground. Adonis was shocked by this but was able to dodge the spike under him and stand on one. He used his senses to tell where Mila was, but a bloody atmosphere suppressed his senses. He still senses danger from not only under him but all around him. He uses one of his most powerful spells as Lightning started to cover his entire body.
"Lightning Body"
Adonis turned into lightning and dodged all the bullets, pillars, and spikes that shot him. He landed on each spike pillar and used his senses to see if Mila was there, and if she wasn't, he immediately moved to another one. It took him a second to find where Mila's body was and use 'Inferno' to blow up the pillar and her.
A fiery explosion engulfed the platform, and the elder had to interfere by creating a mana barrier to stop the explosion's expansion. Once the dust and smoke cleared, all of the disciples saw Adonis's body being covered in red earth. Mila had taken on a different form, her robes turned into a dress that looked elegant yet dangerous at the same time as if she was the queen of the red moon. Her navy hair turned a dark red and marks that look like red blood vessels formed under her eyes. She looked at Adonis's encased body with a smirk and was gonna say something smug but cracks with a red glow started to appear.
Mila was impressed, "Wow, you can keep going after all that. You're truly a wonder, Adonis." She spoke calmly and snapped her fingers. All of the red earth around her encases Adonis forming a big Iron Maiden.
"Close"
The Iron Maiden's doors closed and Mila held back since she didn't want to kill Adonis, but she felt like this was enough to incapacitate him.
However, the Iron Maiden's eyes started to glow bright orange, and cracks that had fire coming out of them. More and more cracks appeared and the Iron Maiden shook violently, eventually, the Iron Maiden couldn't handle it anymore, and a pillar of fire engulfed it, reaching the sky, along with a roar that could shake the heavens.
Not only did the audience see this, but the entire sect saw and heard it. Many were scared that they had been attacked, but few knew that this was the power of one of their own.
Mila stared with bewildered eyes and couldn't believe what she was seeing. Despite being only Refinement Stage 1-Spark, Adonis showed the power that was comparable to a 5-Spark, maybe even Ascent Stage. It was terrifying and incredible that a person could do this.
The fire dissipated and there stood Adonis with fire covering his body and his eyes filled with an unwavering resolve. He stared down Mila, and she could only feel awe as she stared at Adonis.
But soon, Adonis's body became limp and he fell to the ground.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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