Chapter 136: Alistair vs Anastasia 2

‎Alistair and Anastasia stood twenty meters opposite each other in the now fixed arena that looked just like it did before the catastrophic battle between Rose and Damon. It had been too damaged and had to be rebuilt.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is arguably one of the most anticipated fights in this tournament. The institue’s rank 1 who popped out from nowhere, and the rank 2, who’s certainly the most famous prodigy all across Nahaar.” Instructor Lee’s enthusiastic voice projected throughout the stadium.

“Now I won’t take anymore of our precious time, and will immediately announce the beginning of the fight.” he grinned.

“Begin!”

Unlike what most thought, Alistair and Anastasia didn’t jump into the fight, nor did they immediately start throwing punches. Instead, they both stood, observing each other.

Alistair then began to make the first move. He took a stance, with his spear that was pointed at Anastasia. Just as he was about to burst into action however, a cold voice interrupted him.

“What is it you think you are doing?”

Alistair’s eyes that were fixed on Anastasia blinked in confusion. Anastasia didn’t let his mind wander in confusion for long though.

“You sure have some guts….” Anastasia continued. “…to think you would stand a chance against me without using your ability.” This second sentence though, was whispered right into Alistair’s ears.

’So fast.’

Alistair swung his spear to the side, but instead of making contact with the figure of the redhead that had appeared at his side, his spear merely passed through the figure as if the figure were a phantom. An after image.

Alistair’s narrowed gaze back to Anastasia who had reappeared back where she stood originally, still staring at him with an indifferent gaze.

’If she had wanted to end the fight, she could have ended it right at that instant.’ Alistair thought, his mind replaying how dangerous that previous encounter was. He hadn’t even seen, nor sensed her moving.

“You’re right.” Alistair said as his body began to slowly get shrouded by golden light. “I shouldn’t insult you by trying to hold back.” The golden light completely shrouded his body like a cocoon, then began falling off his body in motes.

When the light completely faded away, the sheer power radiating from Alistair’s body would have given anyone the chills, but Anastasia wasn’t just anyone, was she?

“Since you want to face me at my best, I’ll gladly comply.” Alistair took a stance once more. “All that I ask, is that you do the same.”

“Very well. I shall do so, only if you’re worthy enough to make me.” Anastasia replied.

BOOM!

The moment Anastasia finished speaking, Alistair vanished from his spot, or rather, he moved faster than the eye could follow, leaving a massive crater behind him.

A thunderous explosion rang out as Alistair reappeared right in front of Anastasia. His glowing gold hued spear already descending towards her.

BOOM!

A cloud of dust rose at the point of impact, as the spear seemed to have hit Anastasia. But Alistair swiftly twisted his body and disappeared from there, the gust of air following his movements, blew outwards, and the cloud of dust soon dispersed to show Anastasia’s absence from there.

Meanwhile, Anastasia was calmly standing a few meters away from Alistair with her sword held loosely, when Alistair suddenly appeared overhead, bringing his spear down with massive force.

Anastasia merely sidestepped.

BOOOM!

The earth detonated from at the point of impact where Alistair’s spear had struck, and a massive shockwave blew outwards, forcing both Alistair and Anastasia backwards. But just as Anastasia leapt backwards, she twisted her body mid air, and kicked at a massive chunk of earth with all her strength, sending speeding at Alistair with speed that surpassed that of a bullet.

“Upthrust!”

BOOOM!

A a pocket of air detonated as Alistair moved his spear to shatter the projectile, rendering it to dust. However, at that same instant, a lock of red hair appeared in his vision, and a boot edging towards his head whose glimpse he caught from his pheripherals.

While Alistair shattered the massive chunk of earth, Anastasia took that moment to appeared above him. Alistair’s body moved out of pure instinct before his mind could even process the action. His legs began bending to dodge the kick, but something bizarre happened.

The kick suddenly accelerated at the mid point and struck Alistair’s head with devastating force before he could fully duck.

Bang!

Alistair’s body flew out like a ragdoll on impact. ’How?’ he thought. He had seen the attack coming, and had already began to dodge it, then how did it’s speed suddenly increase? That shouldn’t have been possible. Or maybe it was.

Anastasia did claim that her ability allowed her to increase her momentum after all, even though everyone with a keen eye clearly knew it was more than that. After all, they had witnessed Anastasia’s fights with the boy who possessed a shadow ability. While it was true that she could increase her own momentum, she could also somehow decrease the momentum of her enemy.

’Was that what she did to me?’ Alistair thought as he hit the ground, and continued to skid on the surface.

True to Alistair’s thoughts, to the observers, at least those who could keep up with their speed, the moment Alistair began to duck, his movements suddenly slowed down. To some of the observers who could see what was happening, Alistair’s movements literally slowed to a crawl.

“Guess it’ll be me against Anastasia then.” Damon concluded. Just from this short exchange, he was 90 percent sure that Alistair was going to lose. The ten percent couldn’t be scrapped though, after all, Alistair had already begun training with instructor Summers in this timeline, who knew if he had some new ace up his sleeve.

[Dragon dash]

Alistair sprinted towards Anastasia with increased speed than before. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared so fast that even Damon lost lost track of him for a split moment until he reappeared once again. And that was saying something since the Damon present was the strongest reflection he could make.

Alistair reappeared before Anastasia, but yet again, to the observers, Alistair’s figure suddenly began slowing down as he reached within a certain distance from Anastasia, though the slow spell was far from effective as before due to his increased speed.

Anastasia had to put in more effort in the fight now.

Clang!

Sword and spear clashed in a violent display of sparks, before the ground beneath their feet shattered and hollowed out into a crater. After which a thunderous shockwave that shook the entire stadium blew out from their center.

Alistair disengaged, then whipped his spear from the side and towards Anastasia’s neck so fast that the air whistled, and his weapon left a streak. But to Anastasia, he still looked like he was somewhat in slow motion.

Anastasia bent her legs, and bent her back until she was almost parallel to the ground, as the spear passed harmlessly above her. Then she dropped both hands on the ground, and whipped her legs up in a brutal uppercut.

Luckily for Alistair, he managed to bring his palm to block the blow.

Bang!

A gust of air sounded out as he still got sent flying upwards. Anastasia didn’t waste time before she bent her legs and jumped after him.

Alistair somersaulted mid air and pointed his spear down towards the redhead closing in on him.

“Drake’s descent!” An intense golden glow wrapped around Alistair’s spear, as he streamlined his body for rapid descent.

Anastasia meanwhile didn’t back down.

“Flowing jet wheel.” A blue hued high pressured water flowed like a chainsaw with overwhelming speed along the blade of her sword.

When they met, the world seemingly went silent for a split second that dragged on like minutes as a bright white light as bright as the sun flashed at the point of contact to the entire arena, before the aftermath followed.

BOOOOOOM…CRAKAKAKA…BOOOM!

A thunderous sound split the air, before a massive shockwave that swept everything in it’s path and turned the arena’s ground into a massive gorge, including blasting both the combatants away. Alistair got sent flying back to where he descended from, and such was the case with Anastasia. Alistair’s legs smacked against the translucent barrier at the top of the stadium, standing upside down before begining to fall once more.

Anastasia on the other hand, had it a bit rougher. She landed on her feet, but due to the influence of gravity, had to roll on the ground to nullify her momentum.

The moment she was on her feet though, she raised her sword at the descending Alistair.

“Tidal wave.” Her soft voice was silent, but it seemed to echo.

A violent tsunami, much much greater than Damon’s both in force and volume began condensing at with the wave of her sword. And with one more wave of her sword, the water body shot upwards to meet Alistair before he reached the ground.

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