"I don't feel right, Ricky. Something smells fishy. Look, Kinsey and Grace have equivalent strength. But now, Kinsey is employing his Metallic Mutant. His power is bound to increase greatly. In this case, Grace..." Tyson used his internal strength to converse with Ricky.
"I feel the same discomfort, too. He is going to have greater power, I would say, way stronger than Grace's," Kristen echoed in the same way, worried.
"I've notice it, too. You are right about this," Ricky admitted with furrowed brows, though he was unwilling to accept this fact because he still hoped for the best.
"But there's nothing I can do. I have to trust her, hoping she can make it through."
After partially suppressing his realizations to keep his focus, Ricky locked his eyes on the battle platform, cheering for Grace silently. 'Come on, Master Grace. Be careful and beat him.' At the same time, he activated his mind to race quickly, trying to connect with the mysterious axe dwelling in the deepest side of his Soul Sea. He had searched about this in his mind to identify as to which tool he currently owned could help to break the glow teen on the battle platform. The conclusion was that the mysterious axe might be the only one which would be of any help.
His mind travelled across his Soul Sea, searching for the trace of the axe but he grew more and more anxious as he failed to locate even the most minute trace. Despondency and anxiety began to creep over his heart. 'Come on, come on! Where are you? Show yourself!' he fervently prayed silently.
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Grace, on the other hand, grew more serious and focused as her eyes concentrated on Kinsey. She had been absolutely confident about herself after all she had been through and certain that she would definitely defeat him. However, her confidence was shattered painfully, thanks to Kinsey's unexpected performance.
"What? You look so scared," Kinsey claimed in a distant tone. He would notice even a hint of change on Grace's face.
"Of course not! I was just surprised!" Grace replied in the same tone as she was asked. Without hesitation, she immediately adjusted and regained her confidence. Yes, she might be surprised but there was no way to claim that she was being scared because everyone knew that she was never a coward. Though her enemy might be stronger than her, never would she surrender without a fight. "Hopefully, your Metallic Mutant would not disappoint you," she exclaimed, voice turning slightly arrogant.
"Holy Snow Attack - come and embrace me, my snowflakes!"
Grace employed her cultivation method once again as she screeched. All the frosty power, which had been circling around her, materialized and turned into thousands of snowflakes. They joined and condensed in an instant, then fell gracefully on Grace's body like a glamorous robe.
"Click!". "Click!"
There were crackling sounds heard in all directions and Grace was soon covered by the snowflakes. An icy sword materialized in her hands, flickering in promising spark. The crowd beneath the battle platform felt that magic was happening in front of them and covered their eyes to protect them from the dazzling sword shining the brightest.
Grace never hesitated and made her move. She flew into the air at a breathtaking pace and appeared above Kinsey in the blink of an eye. Next thing they knew, she jabbed him downwards with her icy sword to hack him into pieces. Her icy blade rushed towards Kinsey's forehead in a snap. She wanted to end him.
"Well, I'm quite confident about my Metallic Mutant and I'm pretty sure It will not disappoint me, but it will surely disappoint you because it will help me make your life miserable," Kinsey replied, tone still distant. Grace's icy sword, which was so powerful that it could split mountains, didn't even frighten him.
He roared out loud and crossed his arms. Endless golden rays were emitted from him and these all flashed to resist Grace's sword.
"Bang!" A clear sound echoed in the sky as Grace's icy sword was able to land on Kinsey's metallic arms forcefully and violently.
The deafening sound wasn't commensurate of the impact it caused. Kinsey's arms remained intact. Surprisingly, there wasn't even a scratch caused by Grace's attack and Kinsey's golden rays still shone brightly.
A vicious smile appeared on Kinsey's face. He shook his arms fiercely and a strong metallic power embedded with killing intent pervaded in the surroundings. In an instant, it was converted into thousands of small streams of metallic blades and dashed towards Grace's icy sword. In the blink of an eye, Kinsey successfully defeated Grace's icy attack.
"The Metallic Fist!"
Kinsey announced. All of a sudden, he stomped on the ground forcefully and then flashed himself into the air immediately. The endless metallic power containing strong killing intent gathered behind him and eventually turned into a golden giant shadow.
As they were suspended in the air, he faced Grace, raised his right hand, and formed a fist. The giant golden shadow also formed a big fist which overlapped with Kinsey's. He made another giant metallic fist appear in the air and then threw it towards Grace. His attack, of course, filled with enormous killing intent.
"Form and show me the snowflake passage, my frosty power!"
fixing her eyes on the big golden punch running ferociously towards her, Grace, with her eyes calm, howled as she channeled all her internal strength to circulate the endless frosty power in her body. Meanwhile, she manipulated her hands and turned them over and over to employ her mastered cultivation method. She knew her opponent had grown extremely strong by using his mutant power so she would not dare to halt for even one second. She might have been killed if she would be distracted even just for a second.
The frosty power gushed from her body and turned into thousands of giant snowflakes. They then gathered together and formed a passage to confront Kinsey's Metallic Fist. The passage, made of snowflakes, seemed to be so unreal, perfect in every inch, as if it was out of this world.
"Bang!" A loud explosion echoed throughout the sky. Kinsey's Metallic Fist and Grace's snow passage collided with each other. Ricky and his friends stared at them, praying passionately that the snow passage would stick longer and protect Grace.
However, to their dismay, it only held on for a while before the cracks began to form and compromised Grace.
"Crack!" "Crack!" The cracks brought total insecurity to Grace's survival. Kinsey's fist broke the passage so it collapsed into snowflakes which returned to the frosty power and finally faded. Kinsey's Metallic Fist remained as powerful as before and hit Grace heavily.
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