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nAlan looked at the instructor calmly before walking off the platform.

n“What an exciting battle,” Klaus said.

n“Yeah, this was absolutely a top-notch performance from both fighters” Reynolds added.

nThe instructor in charge of their platform looked at the two commentators and couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

nKlaus and Reynolds spoke all through the fight between Alan and Sheila, there were times they made him laugh with their commentary.

n“Are you two done?”

nKlaus and Reynolds shifted their gazes back to him.

n“Oh sorry, we forgot our battle was still ongoing,” Klaus said.

n“Rey,”

n“What?”

n“Admit defeat”

n“Why?”

n“Well, because I need this victory,”

n“Why don’t you admit defeat instead?”

n“You idiot, don’t you want me to participate in the competition?”

n“Hmm, you have a point there”

nThe two continued bickering some more.

nThe instructor felt like beating both of them up, ‘Why was I the one sent here?’ He almost couldn’t hold back anymore.

nLuckily, Reynolds admitted defeat before his anger exploded. The instructor knew Klaus and has always known him for being playful, so he just let it slide.

nWhen they both got back to their seat, one more battle was still ongoing. So Grey was still there.

n“Why did you two take so long?” Grey asked.

nBecause of the fight between Alan and Sheila, he didn’t check on his friends. He knew they weren’t going to fight anyway, so there was no need, the only thing that is puzzling him was why they took so long.

n“You didn’t see our fight? We had an epic battle” Klaus started exaggerating the nonexistent fight he had with Reynolds.

nReynolds just looked at him with a confused look, the only thing in his mind was, ‘When did we have such an epic battle?’.

n“….and after I dodged that attack, I was able to immediately send him flying off the stage.” Klaus smiled after he finished his story.

n“So in short, Reynolds admitted defeat after you were done watching the battle?”

n“Yeah, that’s pretty much the summary of the entire battle” Klaus nodded continuously as he replied.

nAlice laughed when she saw this, Klaus came up with such a great battle that even she hoped to see something like that.

n“You currently have two wins, adding my battle would make it three” Grey surmised.

n“Yeah, I’ve already defeated that one guy who I don’t know his name, Reynolds, and I don’t think you’ll be much of a challenge. So yeah, I already have three wins in the bag” Klaus shrugged.

nGrey looked at him and declined to reply, it was best to let a man dream. If someone who didn’t know them heard what Klaus said, they would think Klaus would be able to comfortably defeat both Reynolds and Grey.

nIt soon got to Grey’s turn. When he stepped onto the platform, he was surprised by his opponent.

n‘Damian’ Grey was slightly taken aback.

n“Hello,” Grey greeted with a smile.

nDamian looked at him for some time before speaking.

n“I know I’m not your opponent, but I really do want to fight you”

n“Well, here we are” Grey spread his arms.

n“Begin”

n“Let’s fight,” Damian roared.

n“Hope you don’t disappoint me” Grey smiled before charging towards Damian.

nThree pillar-like rocks shot towards Grey, he sidestepped to avoid it before sending out an attack which took the shape of a fist, only it was made of lightning.

nOn seeing the attack, Damian set up two protective walls in front of him in a bid to stop the attack.

n“Boom”

nThe strike easily shattered the first wall before crashing into the second one. After holding out for some time, the second one crumbled as well, it was able to reduce the power of the attack significantly before it crumbled.

nDamian was able to block the weakened attack but was pushed back a couple of steps.

n‘He’s this strong?’

nThe strength of Grey’s attack exceeded his expectations. He thought very highly of Grey, that was why when he saw the attack, instead of using just one wall, he made two. But it seems like it still isn’t high enough.

nHe once again increased how highly he thought of Grey. Since he took notice of Grey, he decided he would go all out for this battle. Even if it means he would lose the next due to fatigue, as long as the battle was great, he didn’t care.

nThey continued exchanging moves but Grey got the upper hand in the entire battle. He had been able to counter every move Damian used.

nWhile the battle was still on, Grey sent out an attack that stunned the crowd.

n“Fu*k, that attack is too overpowered” Klaus shouted out.

n“I still haven’t been able to master it yet, but he unexpectedly has” Alice opened her mouth in amazement.

nThis technique was the hardest technique he has mastered so far.

n“Lightning Rain”

nThe entire arena was completely covered with bolts of lightning falling from the sky.

nDamian had a tough time defending against it, he was able to block some, but they were just too many. He was hit multiple times, but even after this attack, he was still standing.

n‘His ability to take a beating is amazing’ Grey clicked his tongue when he saw Damian was still on his feet.

nThe crowd was also surprised by it, most of the students felt the battle was already over with that attack from Grey.

n“Arghh” Damian roared.

nHe stamped his foot strongly on the platform, and it shook strongly.

n“Crack”

nCracks started appearing on the platform.

n“Thump, Thump”

nGrey felt like something was pounding the platform, the sound almost resembled the sound of a heartbeat. Not just him, everyone in the arena heard it.

n“What is that?”

nThey all started asking the same question, what was making that sound.

n“It’s like a heartbeat,” Klaus said.

n“Where is it coming from?” Reynolds asked.

nKlaus shook his head, he had no idea where the sound was coming from.

n“I think it’s from the platform Grey’s on” Alice said.

nThe instructor looked at Damian with eyes filled with shock.

n‘It shouldn’t be….’ He tried to dispel the thoughts coming to his head.

nThe sound got louder and the crack on the platform started increasing, it was like something wanted to break free from underneath the earth.

nThe shaking in the platform increased, Grey subconsciously took a step back. He didn’t expect something like this to happen, from what he saw, he knew this was definitely related to Damian.

nAll the battles in the other platforms ceased, and they all looked in the direction of Grey and Damian.

nEveryone looked intently at the platform, they all waited patiently. The sound kept on growing louder and soon.

n*BOOM*

nThe middle of the platform exploded out and dust immediately covered the place, small pieces of rocks flew everywhere and Grey easily destroyed the ones that came his way.

nThe entire arena went silent, they all looked at the platform with eyes filled with curiosity.

n“RAWR…..”

nThe roar shook the arena.

nThose who were weaker and were closer to the platform felt intense fear.

n“Oh my God!”

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