In the special area of the arena.

"Eh? I thought she was powerful, how come all she's doing is defending?

" One of the old men from the big families said.

"She is specialized in using the corrosive ability of the darkness element to full effect. Previously, all she needed to defeat her opponent was nothing but a touch. But as you all saw, that young man is very cautious. Not just that, but he seems to be completely immune to the corrosive ability of the darkness element. Without that, even though Petra can still fight, she isn't really much of a threat to him,

" The Faction Leader commented.

Petra was very famous in Ernst City because of her abilities with the darkness element. She has a series of ways to make the element touch her opponent, thereby incapacitating them. But presently, Grey wasn't reacting to this, which meant that she has technically lost more than fifty percent of the advantage she had.

If others look at the ongoing battle, some would think she was weaker than Harry, which was not true.

"Heh! If sending something into that guy's body is the only way she can win, then there's no need to even start this battle in the first place,

" The lady who came with Grey scoffed.

Even someone as powerful as her couldn't incapacitate Grey by sending elements into his body, much less someone who is just bȧrėly stronger than him.

'Hmm, looks like this guy has more secrets than he's willing to share,' She thought while looking at Grey.

She sent out her spiritual senses when Grey's body got into the darkness swamp, and she was certain that the darkness element entered his body. But unlike the time she sent lightning towards him, he didn't absorb it, instead, lightning in his body automatically fought against it, and even Grey was oblivious to this.

….

Back at the platform.

Bang! Boom!

Grey's attacks kept crashing down, but unfortunately, of them could do any damages to the swamp-like area Petra made.

She hasn't resurfaced since he started attacking, leaving the duo in a stalemate.

'Hmm, at this rate, I'm just wasting my essence. Since that's the case, I'll use that,' Grey stopped his meteor descent.

Before making multiple hand seals, small orbs soon started to form around him. It was a combination of fire and lightning elements. This was the strongest attack he could quickly use without straining himself out.

The orbs were five in number, after growing to the size of a fist, he dropped his hand, making them fall straight down.

They touched the ground, before slowly sinking into it.

Boom!

An explosion rocked the entire platform, causing the swamp-like ground to stir up uneasily. It was as if it was boiling after the first explosion.

Like a chain reaction, the remaining four orbs started exploding one by one.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

….

In the special area.

The Faction Leader stared at Grey, a little uncertain of what to feel. But there was one thing he was presently sure of, and that was that he wanted to recruit him so badly.

His eyes darted to the figure who was sitting beside him, and his dreams of being able to convince Grey to his Faction died. Let's face it, with her here, he wouldn't even dare to take such a bold step in trying to recruit him.

'His elemental grade is quite high. He must be from those high-ranked Families or Faction. But, he's still a bit lacking in strength when compared to them, and his cultivation stage is even below our geniuses. What happened to him, could it be that he couldn't break through to the Overlord Plane?' He pondered while staring at Grey.

After this attack of Grey, the winner of the battle had already been shown.

….

Bang! Crash! Boom!

A human figure was soon blown out of the shrinking swamp which was only around two meters now. The figure crashed hard into the platform.

Petra had a look of dread in her eyes, not believing that she lost just like that. She didn't even last as long as Harry lasted, nor did she bring out any powerful skills. It's not that she didn't, it's just that it was useless against Grey.

"Give up, you're not strong enough to fight against me,

" Grey said while still standing on his ice bridge.

"Hmph!

" Petra snorted coldly, but still turned and left the platform.

There was no use in staying any longer, the outcome of the battle had already been decided when her special attacks proved useless.

She knew any other attack would be futile since it would be difficult for her to touch Grey again with her attacks. The darkness element was powerful, but it had one fatal flaw, it was too slow, especially for someone like Grey with the space element.

….

"Well, that's underwhelming,

" Someone commented from the crowd.

"Yeah, I think her special move was useless against him. This is why she lost so easily,

" A more observant person in the crowd said.

They all started to discuss the battle, but one thing was for sure, it didn't live up to expectations. Harry's battle was more blood-boiling and thrilling.

"No need to fret, there are still two more people higher up in the rankings, and of them is a Darkness Elementalist. And if he manages to defeat them, then there's the lot in the Third stage, and Clovis from the Pyro Faction is there. He's ranked among the top five in this region amongst those in the Early stages of the Overlord Plane. I don't think this kid would be able to beat him.

Back at the platform.

Grey had called for the next challenger to step forward. After defeating Harry, no other battle has been worthwhile.

Even he couldn't deny it, if not for the lady's training, he wouldn't have been as powerful as this.

'Every bit counts.. I hope she can continue training me though.'