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nPhantom Shift has been activated

nFrom everyone’s perspective, it looked like Mako just shifted to the right slightly but the weird thing was the fact that Bill didn’t change his trajectory as he continued to attack Mako in the place he was before.

nFrom Bill’s perspective, Mako never moved; but as soon his club made contact with Mako’s figure it dissolved into the air as the club basically hit nothing but air.

nThe crowd was confused, but no one as much as Bill. He turned to the side to see Mako standing there with no changes in his facial expression and taking the same exact fighting stance.

n“You’re gonna fight or what?!” Mako taunted Bill which brought him back from his daze.

nHe stared at Mako with a pure look of confusion as he didn’t understand why he missed the hit when he himself saw the club connect.

n‘Doesn’t matter anyway, I have a job to do here, and this trash just got lucky!’ Bill thought in his head as dashed forward once again trying to bash Mako with his giant earth club.

nThe result, however; was the same as before with Mako dodging the attack. Bill tried again a couple more times but to no avail, every time the club seemed to have connected but it would always go through Mako’s figure and Mako would appear a bit to the right or left of the attack position.

nBill tried to adapt to Mako’s weird fighting style by trying to aim a little left or right of Mako’s figure hoping he would hit him that way, but Mako was also adapting.

nBy using his agility and perception, Mako was able to predict where the club would land and use phantom shift appropriately so the club would always miss him.

nAggravated by the whole situation, Bill yelled loudly and just started unleashing continuous attacks hoping that Mako wouldn’t be able to dodge them all.

nThere was a downside to attacking continuously as even though the hit rate would go up the accuracy of the attacks would go down. Mako used this to his advantage yet again as he sometimes only had to use his agility to dodge a hit while preserving his energy by not continuously spamming Phantom Shift.

nSwinging a huge club made of rock a couple of times is no big deal for Bill, but long uses such as his current predicament were making him lose his energy at a much faster rate than normal.

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nThe government regulates the level of ability that can be given to anyone under the age of 25, everyone not including military personnel can only acquire abilities up to level 3 and no more.

nEven though a level 3 ability is not that strong, it is plenty to be considered the strongest in an entire high school.

nBill and only a couple of students who had good family backgrounds or rich parents had been able to acquire level 3 abilities as mostly all the students in Emerald High had level 1 or 2 abilities.

nThat being said, it was still a low ability level so it had limited skills and a shorter energy pool.

nBill’s best and signature skill was the giant rock club, so Mako made a plan to just dodge every attack till Bill was exhausted and had used all of his energy before attacking and finishing the fight.

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n“Humph! I thought that the strongest kid in school should at least be able to hit me once!” Mako taunted bill some more while hopping on his feet like a bunny.

nConsumed by pride and rage, Bill didn’t even notice the fact that this was what Mako wanted him to do. He kept attacking with his club and Mako kept dodging it.

nAfter several minutes of this, the crowd became more and more impatient as almost everyone there had bet money on Bill to defeat Mako but Mako was still standing without a scratch on his body.

nSeeing this, Bill winded the club back towards his left hip and intended to swing the club horizontally which wouldn’t be that efficient since clubs were not meant for slashing but would cover a larger area making it so that wherever Mako shifted, the club would still make contact.

nMako already understood what Bill was trying to do, and seeing no way out Mako knew that it was time to counter.

n‘Add 2 Attribute points to Strength,’ Mako commanded the system.

n2 Attribute Points have been added to Strength

nStrength: 10

nAs Bill swung his club, but before it could hit Mako; he jumped in the air with all his might and started to spin midway. The spin helped Mako to change his direction midair as he jumped vertically but was coming down horizontally. When he was completely horizontal, he extended his right leg out towards Bill’s head with intense speed.

nBill’s hands were occupied due to performing the swing from the club, so he wasn’t able to block Mako’s kick which did connect with Bill’s head.

n*Whack*

nA loud thud sounded followed by Bill skidding back a few feet and tripping. The entire crowd went nuts after that hit.

n“WHAT! IN! THE!….”

n“I NEED TO GET MY EYES CHECKED!”

n“DID MAKO GREY JUST LAND A HIT ON BILL’S FACE!”

nBill’s head was still spinning because of the heavy hit it took without any protection. It took him a couple of seconds to regain his senses after the concussion and that was when he realized what had happened in the past 12 seconds.

n“How did you do that!” Bill shouted towards Mako who went back to make the same stance as before.

n“What? All tuckered out from just one kick?” Mako continued to taunt.

nBill felt rage like never before but this time this wasn’t the only emotion he felt. Another emotion started to well up inside him.

nFear!

n‘I have to defeat him! If I lose, then he will for sure kill me!’ An intense thought started to bubble in Bill’s head.

nStanding up, he dusted himself off while giving a confident grin to Mako.

n“So cocky just because you landed a lucky shot? I will put you in your place!” Bill shouted as he quickly placed his palm on the ground.

nThe ground started to slightly rumble as Mako’s had a sudden feeling to move. Mako didn’t understand why, but he didn’t question his instincts and just moved.

nAs soon as he moved an earth spike penetrated from the floor mat and 7 feet into the air.

nThe crowd became scared, but no one was as terrified as Mako who very nearly avoided death.

n“ARE YOU INSANE!” Mako yelled at Bill, but he didn’t reply rather he placed his palms on the ground again.

nNow knowing Bill’s intention Mako had to quickly devise a plan to finish this fight before he got killed.

nMako started sprinting toward Bill with speed while earth spikes kept protruding from the ground at different angles to hit Mako.

nSince Mako had to run forward as well he couldn’t efficiently dodge all the incoming spikes which caused a lot of shallow cuts to appear on Mako’s body as he barely dodged the incoming spikes.

nNarrowly avoiding death Mako came close to Bill who made a small earth shield to protect against the punch that Mako aimed at his face, but the punch never landed on the shield as it hit his guts instead.

nPhantom Punch has been activated

nSaliva forcefully came out of Bill’s mouth as he was knocked a few more feet back.

nThe crowd now watched in a stupor as Mako engaged Bill in a fistfight because Mako was running low on energy to continue to just dodge Bill’s attack.

nBill, on the other hand, was proficient in fistfights but because of using the Earth ability constantly and taking two major blows, his fatigue was making him sloppy which made it so that Mako could fight on equal terms with Bill.

nThe fistfight lasted a complete eight minutes. Both boys had bruises and scratches all over their faces and body. They were both exhausted from fighting, but Mako still had the upper hand as he pushed Bill back against his own earth wall.

nBlocking another punch from Mako, Bill used what remaining energy he had left to make a club again although this time it was much smaller.

nBill swung the club at Mako again and it actually managed to hit Mako in the face as Mako was not expecting that sudden move. Mako spat out blood from his mouth while the crowd cheered.

nEnraged and tired, Mako rushed toward Bill hoping to settle the fight with this final attack. Bill saw this as he tried to block the attack by holding his club near his body.

nMako threw a kick which was; in fact, aimed at Bill’s body, but Bill also didn’t expect what happened next.

nPhantom kick has been activated

nThe Crowd, Online viewers, Instructor, and Mako couldn’t understand what had happened. Bill Johnson was knocked out cold and was lying on the ring floor.

n“Ummm… Mako… Grey won?” The boy with the long hair announced. 𝒃𝙚𝙤𝙫𝒆𝒍．𝙘𝒐𝙢

nThe crowd erupted but not with joy but rather in anger and sorrow as they all had lost a lot of money.

nThey started throwing their drinks and other garbage at Mako, but Mako couldn’t register any of it as he kept staring at Bill who was knocked out.

nWell, not exactly Bill, but rather the system screen that had multiple notifications displayed on it,

nQuest Completed

nRewards: Instant level-up, one random skill

nUser has leveled up!

nReward: 3 Attribute points, Random Attribute increase

nPerception has been elevated to 7

nCurrent Level: Lvl 5

nInventory Tab Has Been Unlocked! ?

nChoosing Random Skill

nNew Skill Learned: (D-Tier) Analyze! ?

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