Jewel was sent into the Arena walls, her barrier breaking with it. She slid down from the wall to the ground; she was breathing heavily and had black sand on her robes.
Jack approached her with his usual arrogant look, however, there was something very different about him. His arms had become a deep gray with deep cracks all over them; the gray covered his arms and neck, his sclera turned silver, and he emitted dark energy. Jack had made a contract with a demon.
Jack looked down at Jewel and said, "Tell that sect of yours to bring out someone I'm more familiar with, like that shithead, Adonis!"
Jack knew Adonis survived as he went back to the cave and saw the corpses of his teammates and no sign of Adonis.
Jewel looked at Jack with anger in her eyes and Jack walked away from her with a cocky grin. She was able to pick herself up and enter the team's room, the other's checked if she was okay.
"Guys, I'm fine, but that asshole said something..."
Jewel repeated what he said, and Adonis felt irritated. He wanted to go out there and beat the hell out of Jack, but when he looked at the Sect Leader, she shook her head from side to side.
The Sect Leader began to think and thought that Lena would be strong enough to fight Jack and avoid any tricks he had up his sleeve. But she then felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Sect Leader, let me go out there."
Mila asked with a determined look in her eyes.
"Why do you want to go out?"
The Sect Leader was hesitant, as except for Adonis, Mila was the only one she thought could fight off an Ascent Stage cultivator, therefore, she didn't want to reveal her yet.
Mila, however, was insistent.
"This guy tried to hurt many people that I cared for, so I have quite a bit of hatred for him. I wish to defeat him here, while I have the chance."
The Sect Leader told her to not let personal grudges affect them in the tournament, but Mila was still insistent. The Sect Leader looked at Elder Maron for help, but he gave the sign, 'Just let her go.' Although reluctant, the Sect Leader let Mila go out and fight Jack.
Mila went out, and when Jack saw her, his eyes gave off a mysterious glint.
"Mila, to think you would come out for me!"
"I'm here for payback."
"Oh c'mon, Mila! I never done anything that harmed you."
"You've harmed my family and friends, and that's enough reason for me to come out and kick your ass."
"They all get in my way, I have no choice but to use force to prevent them from stealing what's mine~."
Jack didn't love Mila, nor did he even like her. He was obsessed, as Mila was the first person to ever reject him. He considered Mila a mountain that he had yet to conquer.
Mila knew this and looked at Jack with hatred and revulsion.
The barrier was red and the tension was thick, once the barrier lit up green, Jack dashed toward Mila as she used Earthly Multi-Pillar.
A wave of pillars was launched at Jack, he used his movement technique 'Terra Sprint' and weaved through the pillars. He closed the distance and covered his sword in black sand to slash Mila. Mila used her 5-Star balance ki and backed away, Jack then used his 4-Star Strength ki and started an assault on Mila.
Mila constantly dodged and backed away until she hit the wall behind her, Jack used this to try to stab her in the eye. Mila then formed compressed earth around her right arm and deflected Jack's sword, then threw a punch but intentionally missed as an earth spike formed with rocks was sent at Jack.
Jack backed away in time, but this time Mila was on the assault, she kept following Jack but kept a certain distance from him as every time she threw a punch, a rock spike was sent to Jack instead. This was the new fighting style that she created with Adonis's help, Mila was an offensive far-ranged fighter, so her defense and durability was her weak point. A person that was good at close combat and closed the distance would put her in trouble, so Adonis thought up the idea of close combat that kept her opponent at a certain distance.
Using her control over the earth, she made flexible rock spikes that followed her arm's movements. With this, every time Jack tried to close the distance again, a rock spike would keep him at bay and make him back away.
This frustrated Jack, so he ran away from Mila and jumped into the air. He then formed wings made out of black sand and was now flying, this caused Jack to have to fight Mila in far-range combat, which she excelled at.
Jack sent a lot of sand needles at Mila and she used Earthen Barrier to block it. After that, she uses Earthly Multi-Pillars and sent them in every direction to fight Jack. He was too fast and dodged the pillars, he then flew right above Mila and charged a powerful move to hit Mila. Mila saw this and used 'Nature's Hands' to encase Jack and block his move.
Huge detailed hands came out of the ground and all of them grabbed Jack, but a sudden spike in demonic energy was felt by everybody. The hands were immediately cut apart and a whirlwind of slashes with Jack in the middle was blasted right at Mila, she narrowly jumped out of the way and use Tellus's Armor to protect herself further. That was the right call as when the whirlwind of slashes hit the ground, they spread everywhere in powerful waves. Mila used Earthen Barrier and poured a bunch of mana into it to protect herself, but the slashes were stronger than she expected and broke through her Earthen barrier and hit her directly.
The slashes razed the Arena and all the earth that stuck out was cut cleanly and the walls were filled with deep, violent slashes. After the wave stopped, Jack picked himself up, and now all of his skin was gray and cracked, his sclera was black, and horns appeared from his head.
Mila was still standing, but Tellus's armor was ripped apart and she even bled from multiple places. Her barrier was cracked and broken in many places but no fatal spots were hit, so she was still in even though her barrier continued to crack.
"Hahah...HAHAHAHAHAHA! LOOK AT YOU, MILA! DO YOU STILL DARE TO TRY AND LOOK DOWN ON ME!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Mila was silent as she let her blood flow on the ground, she smirked catching Jack's attention.
"Eeeeh!? What are you still smirking; look at your state! You have no chance in hell to defeat me!!"
"I'm smirking because I realized how ignorant you are."
"What...?!"
"You boast about my current state, but you still look far worse than I do."
Jack had veins pop from his forehead.
"To be honest, it's pitiful that you had to make a contract with a demon to finally have a chance at beating me."
Mila continues to smirk and Jack's face was filled with anger.
"I HEARD ENOUGH OUT OF YOU, BITCH!!"
Jack dashed at Mila and planned to make her armless, but Mila's smirk turned to a full smile as she said, "Blood of Earth."
The Arena became filled with a bloody atmosphere and the ground turned blood red, creating many sharp spikes across the entire Arena. Jack tried to avoid all the spikes but some hit him and broke through his barrier and skin, he raced toward the sky, but something grabbed his leg.
A chain made out of blood earth latched onto his leg, then another appeared and grabbed his left arm. Jack used his whirlwind blades again to cut the chains and continue his flight to the sky, but many chains appeared and one wrapped around his neck and pulled him down. All of the chains wrapped around his limbs and body and brought him down to the ground, he was now on his knees trying to cut through the chains, but the chains surged a bloody aura that suppressed his magic.
He then felt hands grab both of his wings, he looked behind him and saw Mila in her blood form.
"Let's take off these pesky things, shall we?" Mila said sweetly.
Both of Jack's wings were ripped from his back, leaving two huge bloody wounds on it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Jack yelled bloody murder as his wings were the most sensitive part of him.
Mila walked past Jack as if nothing happen and said, "Angel of Judgement, come."
The ground shook violently as a giant came out of the ground, a demonic giant had ripped armor and chains wrapped around them, it was completely red except for its eye and weapon that was pitch black, its eye was on its forehead, and had many white rings in it. Overall, the giant looked like a demon rather than an angel.
Mila then announced, "Your verdict will be determined by the heavens."
Jack had zero idea, what Mila was talking about until he looked back and saw the giant's eye staring at him as if he could see through his entire being.
The giant then roared with anger, causing every weak cultivator or normal person in the Arena to put their hands over their ears and the others to wince at the unpleasant sound.
After the screaming, Mila said with a smile, "The heavens have found you guilty."
Mila put up her arm and the giant lifted its weapon high, when Mila swung her hand down, the giant swung their weapon down at Jack.
"Aaa...AAAAHH...AAAAAAAAAAH!!! PLEASE DON'T DO THI-!!"
Jack tried to beg Mila, but it was too late as the giant's weapon hit Jack, making a huge flash of black devour the Arena.
After a few seconds, the darkness cleared, and the giant disappeared. Jack was unconscious on the ground and Mila changed back to her normal form with no wounds on her body, the only evidence that told everybody that a fight happened was the ruined remains of the Arena floor.
Everybody was silent at what they just witnessed, it wasn't until Mila put up her hand and was leaving the Arena stage that the audience began to cheer loudly.
Mila walked back to the room looking fine, despite her mana being completely depleted. When she entered, all she saw were shocked eyes, even Elder Maron looked shocked.
"...Why are you all staring at me?"