Chapter 97: Duel [2]
Chapter 97: Duel [2]
Chapter 97: Duel [2]
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As soon as Grayfia declared the start of the duel, the maid disappeared from the arena, and a torrent of flame rushed toward Jin.
Jin was ready to defend. He extended his hand and created a barrier with Defensive Magic he learned from Kuroka. The flame was stopped by a large blue Magic Circle that appeared in front of Jin, not even getting close to his body.
But as he defended against the flame, he felt Riser's energy move to the sky. He raised his head. And when the flame died down, he saw Riser dived toward him with his fists covered in flames and flaming wings blazing behind his back.
It seemed like the Phenex's son decided that long-range combat wasn't an option with the weapons flying around Jin.
However, Jin wasn't silent. He would not let him dive toward him without being obscured.
"Shoot."
With a gesture of his hand, he dismissed his barrier, and the light weapons around him shot toward Riser at once. They were faster than bullets, and each could pierce a boulder easily. Not to mention, all of them were made with Holy Magic, a Devil's weakness.
If even one of them hit Riser, then the blonde guy would get a nasty injury.
The man himself knew about it. So he did his best to dodge every weapon coming to him, maneuvering in the air nimbly.
"That's useless! Riser knows your attack patterns already!" Riser shouted confidently.
In a second, he managed to reach Jin and sent a powerful jab toward his head while shouting. "Die!"
His punch was strong and swift, splitting the wind. It would definitely knock or even kill a normal human in just one punch, burning them simultaneously.
But Jin wasn't a normal human. Even without Touki, his physical capability was far from what a normal human could do.
Facing the punch with a calm face, he tilted his head to the right, dodging the punch hairbreadth. The hot flame touched his face and hair, but he didn't feel any pain. It was due to the Immortality and Fire Magic he got from Ravel.
He was immune from all Fire and could regenerate his wound in just a few seconds.
Then, before Riser could recover from his shock after his punch was dodged so easily, Jin sent a quick jab on Riser's stomach with his left hand, pushing the blonde back to the ground and taking a few steps back.
All weapons in the sky were already fired; Jin had no more reserve for now. But that was only true for a few seconds. He created a dozen more light weapons as Riser tried to recover.
"Yo, take this." He said, gesturing with his hand to fire the weapons.
This new fighting method was something he developed to play around with his opponent, mocking them. It had no obvious firepower and was obviously weaker than his real strength. He didn't even try to condense those light weapons enough to pierce the ground this time.
He only wanted to mock Riser for a while.
"Bastard! Are you mocking me?! Riser told you that Riser could dodge this just fine!"
Like before, Riser flew back to the sky and dodged all the weapons that Jin fired. He halted in the sky and looked at Jin with a scowl.
"Take this seriously! Don't you dare mock Riser any longer!"
His shout reverberated in the arena as the fire around his body grew bigger. It also grew hotter and created a gust of wind that hit Jin's body, causing his blazer to dance in the air.
"Woah, that's some big bonfire."
Jin's reaction was lackluster. He wanted to show his strength to Sirzechs Lucifer to make his plan smoother.
At first, he wanted to play with Riser a bit longer, but seeing that Riser had taken the duel seriously himself, Jin also turned serious.
With a small smile on his face, Jin lowered his hand and cracked his fingers.
"I guess I need to step up my game a bit."
Now, a question. How to humiliate your opponent while showing off your strength at the same time?
The answer was simple.
"Let's do this, Riser Phenex. It's not only you who have fire wings."
It was to beat your opponent at his specialty.
A pair of majestic fire wings appeared behind Jin's back, propelling him to the sky. The pair of wings were even bigger than Riser due to Jin's new skill, Advanced Magic Manipulation, which he gained from Rias.
Not only that, he could now mix two Magic due to the Advanced Magic Manipulation, turning the fire he created into a Holy Fire, which was a Devil's weakness. Its color changed. The previous bright orange color was now closer to yellow.
The contrast between the said Phoenix flame and the Holy Fire was so powerful and hot that Riser's eyes widened in surprise.
Surely, the blonde would never expect Jin to use Fire Magic in the duel with him. After all, there was no sign of Jin using Fire Magic in their confrontation a week ago.
"You! Riser told you to stop mocking me!"
"I don't mock you," Jin replied calmly. He crossed his arms as he floated in the sky, flapping his wings to stay afloat. "Because I have never taken you seriously since the start. I only state the fact. This duel is only a play for me. You have never had a chance to beat me since a week ago."
"Fine" Riser said in a lower tone. "Let's see if you can still talk like that after Riser burns that mouth of yours!"
The flame around Riser condensed into a sphere in front of his palm. He then grinned.
"Let's see if you can take this attack. Even Riser is burnt if Riser touches it directly."
"Hoo, interesting," Jin said, loosening his arms. A white aura covered his body; he activated Touki. "Try it, baby boy."
Jin had no plan to dodge this one. He was confident to be able to block that attack.
"Well then. Take this!"
Riser threw the sphere ball toward Jin at a fast speed. It might even be faster than the light weapon that Jin fired earlier.
The ball left a trail of flame behind, burning the air and distorting it. Riser's face looked funny behind the distortion.
However, Jin was calm. He extended his hand and created a similar kind of sphere made from Holy fire, then fired it when Riser's fireball almost reached him. Of course, he also prepared defensive magic, as when the ball collided with each other, it created a scorched shockwave.
Boom!
The shockwave blew the dust and burnt it nicely. The air in the arena got distorted due to how hot it was. But Jin was standing there, unscratched, and only got a little burn on his clothes.
Using Wind Magic, he blew the dust away, clearing the arena. Then he was able to see Riser's shocked face, which satisfied him greatly.
"Is that it? I can imitate that without even doing that fire show stuff." He said with a mocking smile. "Now then, how about we take this duel for real? There is no way the mighty Riser Phenex is only this strong, right?"
"I will kill you, for sure." Riser replied with a scowl deeper than ever.