Chapter 140: Settling the score
As soon as the bell’s crystalline echo faded, the arena erupted into chaos. Rowan wasted no time. With a savage grin, he thrust both hands forward, summoning a massive vortex of flames that roared across the arena floor.
The fire twisted and spiraled, growing in intensity as it surged toward Davi’s team, the heat so intense that it distorted the air and made the protective runes beneath flare in response.
"So fucking annoying," Alexia muttered, stepping forward with fluid grace. Her eyes narrowed in concentration as she drew her blade
The woman faced the fire as a challenge to face, and smiled confidently. Then, with a single, precise movement that spoke of countless hours of training, she sliced through the air, using her <air blade>.
The fire vortex split cleanly in two, the flames parting around her blade as if it had cut through water rather than scorching heat. The divided inferno crashed harmlessly to either side of Davi’s team, dissipating against the arena’s protective barriers in a spectacular display of light and sound that drew gasps from the audience.
Alexia flicked her sword, dispersing the residual heat with a contemptuous gesture. "Is that really the best you can do?" she called out, her voice carrying across the arena.
But Rowan wasn’t listening. He had already changed targets, darting across the arena floor with supernatural speed, his focus entirely on one person, his sister, Ember.
"I’ve been waiting for this," Rowan snarled, flames dancing around his fingertips as he closed in on Ember
Ember stood her ground, her own hands wreathed in flames as she manipulated the fire, to create an shield.
"So have I, brother," she replied, her voice steady despite the exertion. "This time, I will defeat you, because I don’t fear you anymore"