The ice barely took notice of Justin's heft.
Standing in mid-air with two trails of Ultimate Ice Domains beneath his feet, Justin stared ahead with a blank but dangerous look in his eyes.
The Ice Enlightenment was swirling all around him like dense white smoke with a mind of its own. It slowly gathered behind him, forming a cold, giant shadow. Then, thunder clapped.
Boom! Boom! Menacing cold started enveloping the room, but Justin did not seem to notice. The shadow towered over him now, crouching behind him as if awaiting orders. The trails of Ultimate Ice Domains he was standing on started growing and expanding as if preparing an entire cold, white floor in mid-air for their master to walk upon.
Ricky could only stare at how powerful Justin had become. "The ruinous thunderbolt. I can't believe it," he said quietly. Justin's Ice Enlightenment had always been powerful, and it felt familiar to Ricky now, but something was off.
"You're right, bro. It is the ruinous thunderbolt," Soar agreed.
Thunder clapped once again, but this time, it felt like it shook the earth to its core.
Its crippling sound echoed in the space as Soar's voice trailed off. Behind Justin's ice shadow, dozens of purple thunderbolts were flashing.
Then, they started descending upon Justin, filling him with every ounce of their devastating power.
From a blank but dangerous stare, Justin's eyes shifted and turned opaque white and then opaque black. His ice shadow and purple thunderbolts were now mingling carelessly in and around him, complete natural opposites engaged in a perilous dance. Everyone in the room watched as Justin surpassed the power of a third-class middle spiritual king.
Now, he was commanding the power of a second-class middle spiritual king.
"Justin has truly lived up to his glorious reputation. Combining the power of ice and thunder is dangerous, but he did it. He has become a master of two natures," Ricky said.
"He is now wielding double enlightening powers. This must be his trump card," Soar replied. "With the two enlightening powers, Justin's strength is equal to that of a second-class middle spiritual king."
"Terrence hasn't realized the seriousness of the situation he's in. He seems to be confident about himself," Ricky sighed, casting a glance at Terrence. "I wonder which kind of killing sword he will use to deal with Justin."
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"The thunderous power? Are you really going to use it?" Terrence asked Justin lightly. He was not terrified in the slightest by Justin's strength unfolding before him.
"I have planned to use this power against an opponent way stronger than you, but today's your lucky day. You'll taste the consequence of confronting my thunderous power. Time to die, Terrence," Justin said, his sharp eyes staring hard at his opponent.
"I think you're bluffing. There's nothing special about this thunderous power you just summoned. All bark, no bite," Terrence replied condescendingly.
From where they were standing, Casado and Kevin scoffed in unison. "What a prick. How could he belittle Justin's power?" Casado told Kevin. Terrence's annoying bravado kind of angered them.
However, Justin kept quiet and just smiled because he knew that in the next few moments, Terrence would be on his knees, begging for his life.
His eyes flashed, and the mace in his hand glowed as opaque white smoke dotted with flashing, purple electricity started swirling around it. Justin did not seem to be exerting any sort of effort concentrating the power of ice and thunder on his weapon.
"Double enlightening powers! Now have a taste of ice and thunder!"
Justin roared and charged at Terrence with his shadow behind him. Its two enormous hands now transformed into a huge thunderous ice mace of infinite strength. Justin's Ultimate Ice Domains were full-on stretching before him now, giving him a straight shot to Terrence in mid-air.
Terrence waited to take Justin's full impact.
Thunder was clapping continuously now as if already celebrating Justin's victory.
Justin's ruinous thunderbolt transformed into countless lightning flashes, shooting from the floating trails of his Ultimate Ice Domains. With his mace raised and eyes intent on ending Terrence, Justin ran across his floating sheet of electric ice toward his opponent.
Terrence braced himself.
"Justin's current power is far superior than that of a third-class middle spiritual king," Soar muttered. "I would have to use my blood power and Heaven Melting Fire to match him, and even then there's no guarantee of defeating him. I'm a little worried for Terrence. There's a very slim chance he would survive this," he added.
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