<h4>Chapter 280 - Injury</h4>


    Seeing the movement from rk, Phyrill and Laust quickly leaped to the side as if inviting their opponents to follow them.


    Laura and Scarlet knew that these two were trying to separate them from rk and might utilize some chance to ambush him.


    Even so, they still followed them carefully. As long as they maintained their position between their enemy and rk, these two shouldn''t be able to help Alea.


    On the contrary, rk raised his hands and formed a vortex of ice particles on the gap between hands, leaving a frozen trail on the ground. He then released the attack at once as it formed into a tornado.


    "Ice st."


    Alea frowned as she realized an attack like this was only to force her to move and the real attack would appear soon. Hence, she sucked the air before releasing a roar. "Great Lion Roar."


    The sound waveing from the roar sted the ice particles to the side, freezing the ground.


    Alea ran forward as soon as the way was open, but he soon saw rk using another attack right upon her.


    "I believe you have the power to destroy that attack instead of dodging it." rk smiled and ced his hand on the ground.


    Alea''s Awareness sensed something was moving on the ground and jumped into the air, witnessing a huge spike emerge from the ground to pierce her. But she raised her vision right after and saw five diamond-shaped ice flying toward her from above.


    It turned out the attack was just a simple distraction, so she leaped into the air.


    "Enchant de."


    She shed her sword horizontally, hitting all the ices with a single swing. Luckily, the Enchant de prevented the ice from forming on her sword, so Alea could release another attack.


    Seeing rk was about to release another attack, Alea waved her hand and released a phoenix.


    "Ice Mirror." rk also summoned multiple ice spikes that joined together, bing his shield.


    The phoenix hit the Ice Mirror and exploded, engulfing the shield with its extraordinary me. However, Alea''s phoenix also ended up vanishing, leaving only a pool of water as the result of their sh.


    "Inch sh."


    Alea had fallen down on top of rk and waved down her sword, using the momentum, weight, and gravity to enhance her attack.


    "Tch." rk clicked his tongue and punched Alea''s de.


    However, his hand was stopped before he even hit Alea''s de while his ice began to freeze this invisible attack.


    The shock wave emitted from this sh carried rk''s ice, making the air chilly. Even those on the sides felt this cold air as they took a nce at their condition.


    Bam.


    The conclusion came in a sudden as Alea pushed rk back.


    Continuing her movement, she waved her sword upward and shot out a crescent-shaped red fire to rk. "mming Ge-Sword."


    "…" rk grabbed the me without flinching before freezing it and throwing it to the ground to shatter.


    "Grand Burst." Alea summoned multiple explosions in session. Meanwhile, rk countered it by creating a small wind that carried his Ice. "Ice Gale."


    The two shed and neutralized each other again.


    "I thought you were stronger than this," said Alea with a smile before dding her sword with me.


    rk smiled back and jumped forward, sending a punch right on her face. "Test it then."


    "Melting Sword." Alea struck his hands, albeit the fire couldn''t do anything to him because of his powerful ice.


    Alea kept hitting him with her sword a few times, but none of the attacks dealt actual damage, so she decided to step up a little bit. "Herculean Strike."


    She released all her might in one strike and struck rk from above.


    rk furrowed his eyebrows and avoided it by taking a few steps back, letting the sword hit the ground, turning the arena into another crater.


    rk and Alea lost their bnce for a second due to them dropping to the lower level.


    After that, Alea marched forward while waving her sword.


    rk did the same, but Alea''s movement turned out to be a fake as she suddenly came to a halt while pointing her left palm at rk. "Ssh Explosion."


    A small red ball appeared in front of rk''s belly as thetter quickly covered it with his hands.


    Boom.


    "Kh." rk clenched his teeth as his hands felt numb after taking the explosion. The ws didn''t have any scratch on them, but the impact truly numbed his hands.


    Even so, rk didn''t show any expression to everybody else as only Alea could see through the slight change of his expression. As expected from a man who took the entire lightning strike from Zhong Li, he was indeed strong.


    "What is this… Alea and rk can''t hurt each other. Their elements are the opposite of each other, so they are canceling each other. However, rk seems to be holding back a bit because his blessing should have enough power to overpower Alea''s fire for a moment. Or does rk have another n?" Sheira tried to rile up the audience.


    They didn''t know who would win because both of them seemed to be equal.


    Hearing that question, Alea couldn''t help but smile. She said inwardly, ''No, that''s not it. He may have hidden it this whole time, but I can see his facial expression clearly. He is not holding back. Even Theo can''t escape from my eyes and choose to let me read his expression before using it to his advantage.


    ''There''s no way rk has enough ability to cover his facial expression. Hence, there is only one more possibility…'' Alea remembered what she wanted to say before the match started. Although she ended up stopping, she just wanted to confirm it with her own eyes in this arena.


    And with all these exchanges, she had gathered enough information to gain a massive advantage. She smiled and wondered, ''What will Theo do if he knows that rk hasn''t recovered from his injury? His strength is probably sixty to seventy percent of his previous power…''


    "It''s time." Alea smiled, waved her sword to the ground and created a small spark that soon turned into a nine-headed hydra, flying to him. "Third Labour. Devouring Hydra."