Swoosh!

Crackle! Crackle!

In less than an instant, Jekyll’s demeanor underwent through a massive change as his eyes seemed to glow a bright cyan. Accompanying it was an aura that made one feel like one had stepped into the center of a thunderstorm, which was what Valyr currently felt as Jekyll activated his Intent of Lightning.

“Better prepare yourself.” As Jekyll said these words, a few small sparks of lightning flickered around his eyes, making Valyr’s expression turn solemn as he heeded those words wisely. After all, he was up against a Rank 5 class holder, someone using his Intent at that.

“I’ll do my best to control myself.” Watching as the young man before him got into a stance that would allow him to dodge to the best of his abilities, Jekyll began to imbue the energy of his Intent into the wooden staff he held.

“Though… I don’t know if my lightning will do the same.” Wielding the wooden staff as if it were a sword, he then bent his knees before charging towards Valyr with all of his strength, slashing out in a horizontal arc at the very moment he was in front of the young man.

Whoosh!

“Woah!” Hastily ducking under the extended staff as he made sure to keep his balance, Valyr let out a long sigh of relief as he stood up once more. However, rather than continue to remain at ease…

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!𝒐𝚟𝑳𝐞xt.𝓬𝑜𝑚

As if his opponent had lost control of himself, Jekyll began to send a barrage of attacks towards the young man, all of which were imbued with the Intent of Lightning. Knowing that even a single hit of that landing on him would prove fatal, Valyr summoned the entirety of his strength as he sidestepped and dodged all of them.

“Didn’t you say you would only fight back or defend against any attempts at hitting you?” Finding an opportunity amidst the barrage of attacks Jekyll was sending him, Valyr swiftly increased the distance separating the two of them as he frowned. “I haven’t even sent an attack your way yet!”

“Did I say that earlier?” With his eyes still having sparks flickering around its periphery, Jekyll grinned at Valyr before letting out a chuckle. “Well… just consider all of this a retaliation to your attempts at landing a hit on me earlier.”

“Well, that ain’t fair.” Bitterly smiling at Jekyll’s response, Valyr decided to take matters into his own hands, sending a few flaming tornadoes his opponent’s way. “Then again, there was no such thing as fairness ever since we started this.”

“I’m glad you caught on quickly.” Laughing in response to Valyr’s words, Jekyll maneuvered around the flaming tornadoes the young man sent towards him, rely on his Intent of Lightning to improve his movement speed.

However, just as he thought that he had passed through all of the flaming tornadoes, he was soon met by a barrage of orbs made out of earth and water, all of which combined in midair to send a ton of mud flying his way.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

“Now this is what I consider ruthless.” Dodging a few of the orbs of mud that fell down his way, Jekyll eventually became tired of staying passive, imbuing his wooden staff once more with his Intent of Lightning. After that, he swiped away all of the orbs of mud that barred his way, carving out a path that would directly lead him to Valyr.

“Hunter’s Tracking Eyes.” Naturally, with how constrained he felt the previous time Jekyll sent out a barrage of attacks at him, Valyr was not going to stay still, moving around the training ground as he activated the skill he had just evolved not long ago.

Whoosh!

“Mngh…” Though the amount of information he obtained through the skill far exceeded what he previously obtained through Gambler’s Discerning Eyes, Valyr was able to endure the overwhelming feeling the skill gave him, knowing that the only thing stopping him from getting used to the feeling was time.

‘Time to look for some ways to turn the tides to my favor.’ With his irises gaining a crimson ring around them, the young man began to focus his sights on Jekyll as he continued to run around the training ground, weaving his way through the small imperfections he could find on the man’s body.

ραndαsΝοvεl.cοm “So, you actually have that kind of problem, huh.” Unsurprisingly, with his familiarity with the human body thanks to his past combat style, it did not take long for him to find a weak spot he could exploit, sending out a few blades of crimson flames Jekyll’s way.

“Now, wouldn’t it be a shame if I made it worse?”

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

“He’s fast.” As he continued to chase Valyr around the training ground, Jekyll was forced to slow down as he noticed a series of blades heading his way.

However, rather than all of them attempting to make contact with any part of his body, the blades instead embedded themselves into the ground in front of Jekyll, forming a narrow path that the man found odd at first.

Then again, it did not take long for Jekyll to realize what Valyr was doing after crossing the path of blades, feeling the joints on his ankles tighten up from the maneuver.

“Finally using your new vision to your advantage, huh?” Slightly frowning at first, this frown soon turned into a grin as Jekyll took note of the crimson rings surrounding Valyr’s irises. “And here I thought we’d be chasing one another without relying on them at all.”

“But since you’ve decided to use it… two can play it that game.” Activating his own version of Hunter’s Tracking Eyes, a couple of crimson rings swiftly surrounded Jekyll’s irises as he began to search for any hints of a weak spot on Valyr’s body.

“Hyah!” Unsurprisingly, with his greater experience in combat and using the skill in general, it did not take much time for the man to find a weak spot to exploit, sending out a couple blades of energy as he slashed out with the wooden staff.

“Crimson Blaze!” Having noticed these blades of energy, Valyr sent out a couple of fireballs to intercept them, only for them to cut through the fireballs as if they were nothing.

“Ah, crap!”

Bang!