Chapter 85: This Isn't A Trump Card, It's A Lethal Card!
"Are you ready?" Dolly floated high in the air above the arena while checking both sides. "Start," she gave the signal and the next moment the three giants vanished from their places.
"Trying to surprise me?" Jim sneered while he already moved his hand to take the stance of his spell.
"They are targeting Deno," Lan suddenly shouted and Jim was just creating his ball of lightning around himself when he turned around and saw the three appearing on top of Deno and started to attack him.
"Leave them to me," Jim moved towards the three giants who were just bullying Deno with their fierce fists and kicks, with no spell at all.
"Humph, you are too slow," Mench sneered while he aimed towards Deno's neck as he intended to kill him.
However Jim wasn't moving slow, he was just jumping and starting to dance to activate the second spell in his arsenal.
And just before Mench's hand would hit Deno, Jim's spell was activated and Jim found himself disappearing from his spot to reappear again just before Deno.
"Scram," he simply shouted and the next instant his sword released a ball of lightning towards Mench.
From such a close distance it was impossible to evade, yet Mench's reaction was superb. He barely escaped barbecued by lightning, but he ended up with many wounds over his bare chest.
He glanced at his wounds and felt greatly enraged. "I'll kill you first," Mench promised.
"Just what I wanted," and Jim simply sneered while he waved his sword to hit the two giants around, sending them in a hurry back to their master.
One ended with light wounds while the other had no wounds at all.
"This is bad," Deno managed to catch his breath, "their innate abilities are just super, we can't overcome them."
"Just rest and watch," Jim repeated his words again before moving leisurely towards the front where he was before. "Come, show me why you are a core disciple and I'm not."
"Humph," Mench only sneered while he snapped his fingers and then the two giants pointed their hands to each other and Jim felt like they were tearing apart the space itself.
"This is the ground breaking spell," Tina suddenly shouted from behind, "it's a very strong offensive spell. The ground will tear open like having an explosion from within out and rocks and even lava rocks would erupt next."
"Should we attack?" Saga asked in a worried tone.
"Not now," Jim raised his sword high in the air, "retreat to where Deno is," he softly said to Lan who hurriedly retreated without even glancing back.
For him, for Deno, for everyone in his team and those attending this challenge, this was a losing battle for Jim. Victory paled in front of all the odds he got against him.
No one even thought of his victory except for himself and the two girls.
"Acting tough all alone, huh?" Mench was already laughing while imagining Jim's death under this attack. "Punch him," he ruthlessly said and the next instant the two giants threw the air towards Jim like they were throwing a gigantic rock.
"Rumble!"
Just as they did so, the earth rumbled and opened like there was something coming out from inside.
"The girls didn't lie," Jim softly muttered, "there is indeed some lava rocks."
In front of him a group of twelve rocks appeared suddenly from the heart of the cracked open ground; three were faint red like they just came from a place near a river of lava.
"But this isn't enough to stop me," Jim was so much confident at his spell while he only partially activated just now and didn't use the full version of it.
After all he had little time to activate the spell each time he used it. he started jumping and moving slowly in circles for a few moments while the twelve rocks finally got themselves freed from the ground and the arena ground returned to its norm again.
"Kill this clown," Mench coldly said and the two giants didn't delay in throwing a punch towards Jim. And the rocks moved along.
"I hope it will be enough," Jim danced a few seconds extra than what he did last time. "This is the only drawback of such activation," he gritted his teeth while knowing he shouldn't really complain about this.
After all the full version of the dancing spell would grant him more time in his evolved spell of lightning, however this wasn't the case here.
Partial activation gave him only an opportunity for one time use or twice, after that it would vanish.
"Scram," he didn't need to move and this time he focused everything over the strikes of his sword. Each hit released a giant ball of lightning and he managed to throw four balls before the effect of the spell weaned off.
"This one will be crushed normally then."
His four lightning balls managed to crush all the rocks coming at him except for one, a faint red one. He didn't panic as he started to wave his sword, releasing his strong lightning balls towards the rock while retreating steadily to maintain the distance between the two fixed.
"Phew," Saga heaved a deep sigh of relief, "I thought you will be hit just now."
"It's nothing," Jim acted tough while watching the rock being fractured into tiny pieces. "Prepare yourselves, it's time."
He only said that when he saw the look over Mench's face. He was enraged. "Good, I need your mind to be clouded with anger and arrogance," Jim sneered while he moved to the front once more, leaving the two girls alone.
But he shielded them with his body, blocking the vision of anyone on Mench's team from noticing what the two were about to do.
"We should get in," one of the two Bulltors volunteered to offer his services.
"Shut up," Mench turned sharply to shout at him, "you two are here just for show. The giants are still the Giants, we won't need any help to crush a simple human."
The face of the Bulltor changed slightly before he regained his peace and calm again. "Got anything to say?" Mench was already mad and wanted anything to vent his anger upon.
"No, nothing boss," the other Bulltor spoke up for his friend while the two exchanged meaningful glances.
They both managed to spot what the two girls were doing and they had a faint fear towards it.
"Scram then," Mench moved his eyesight back to Jim as he clenched his big fist and cracked his knuckles with the other hand, "just wait, I'll use my top spell over you."
"Humph, keep dreaming kid. Last chance to surrender and admit defeat now," Jim threatened once again while he glanced not over the three but towards the two Bulltors.
And his glance made Mench turn his head slightly to them. "Having second thoughts?" he sneered before adding, "If so then I promise to kill you two and make you all join each other in hell."
The two Bulltors were having doubts, but after these words they both retreated while Mench only sneered and said nothing.
"Move with me, buy me some time," he said in a loud tone as if he was mocking Jim and the rest of his team, "I'll use it."
"Boss…" the two giants glanced at him and said in the same tone but Mench only raised his hand to stop them. "I can't stand such humiliation anymore. A mere human acting this tough against me? That's an insult I shouldn't tolerate anymore."
The two seemed a bit hesitant before they nodded. "We'll defend you boss," they said while Jim only watched this silly and hilarious show in silence.
"Are you kids finished?" he shouted while showing a mocking look over his face.
"Just hang in there, I'll come in a minute to wipe this irritating smile over your pretty face," Mench threatened while he started to clench his fists as if he was waiting for something.
And Jim just noticed the two feet of his shining in brown light while his two fists started to form two faint orbs of brown light.
"You should wrap things up now," Jim muttered to the girls before adding, "it seems I slightly overdid it to irritate him, hehehe."
The two giants stood vigilantly in front of their master while Jim didn't stand silent anymore. He moved a couple of steps to the side, turned around and then started to dance.
He started to perform his full dance, but the two giants, Dolly, Jim's team, and the entire audience all ignored his silly and funny moves while they had all their attention fixated upon the two girls behind him.
Tina and Saga were still in their places but they were in a strange posture.
"What the hell is that?" the lower disciples all muttered this question in their minds, while the higher disciples and masters all recognized this spell.
"No F*cking way! It's a fusion spell!!!" Dolly was the first to shout in shock while Jim laughed while dancing his stupid dance, "Indeed, it's my trump card."
"It's a lethal card," Dolly instantly moved towards Mench as she said in pure advice, "admit defeat kid, live to fight another day."
Mench was closing his eyes while gathering up his energy. "Boss, please think about the advice and accept it. They are using fusion skills!"
However Mench didn't respond. "Damn, he already started it," the other giant said before giving the two girls holding each other's bodies in a warm and so peaceful hug and Jim who was dancing in a weird way before he added, "run, run and live."
He turned around and simply ran to the outer rim of the arena, and he wasn't alone as the other giant and the two Bulltors were already running as well.
This arena had turned into such a deadly zone where no one ever wanted to be inside when the two girls launched their skill.