From MC'd Perspective:
Several metal spikes were shot at me..
Swish~
The next second, the purple arcs covered my legs in a blink of an eye. I evaded those spikes by using lightning movement technique.
I was not planning to waste purple essence. But I underestimated the metal element killing techniques. I remember someone warned me about this before.
A small smile appeared on my face.
Boom~ Boom~
The metal spikes land a hit at an empty spot creating noise.
Using the opportunity, I raised my hand and pointed my firefighter at Brandon.
"Lightning finger technique-2nd stage," I said in my heart.
I mobilized the purple essence. The next moment, lightning power gathered at my fingertips.
Seeing this move, the crowd erupted again. Even I hear a booing sound all of a sudden.
Brandon reveals a smirk on his face. Seeing that I laughed in my heart.
The next second, I released the attack. The purple beam shot at Brandon. This time the attack speed was twice as fast as the 2nd stage.
"What?" Brandon was stunned. He hurriedly forms the metal shield to block. But he was too late. The purple beam collides with a metal shield when it's not fully formed.
Boom~
Unlike before, the 2nd stage finger technique output was powerful. It destroyed the half formed metal shield. And the remaining purple arc lands a blow to Brandon's body.
This all happened in the blink of an eye.
The aftermath immediately swept away the platform. The smoke covered the audience's view as well.
Swish~
Seeing that the purple arc covered my legs again and I dashed towards him to land a surprise blow.
Brandon's expression turned ugly. His shield took the majority of the impact from the attack earlier. Except superficial injury over skin. He is alright.
Just as the smoke is disappearing. He sees a purple arc before him. Before he could realize he was attacked. The opponent punched him on the face.
Smack~
The brute force pushed him towards the edge. His face filled with shock. "What the f@ch happened?" Why does he feel pain over a simple punch?
He realized this was not the time to doze off.
But again he was too late. A purple beam lands a blow to his chest.
Argh!
He let out a scream in agonizing pain and fell out of the duel platform. This time he took the brunt of lightning finger technique.
Silence~
The crowd uttered complete silence. Everyone hoped to see a fiery fight and that too a long standing one.
But the duel once again resulted in one sided crushing.
At the same time, a hint of relief flashes in my eyes. Brandon was overconfident. I realized I had to use fist to end this duel quickly.
[Official Duel: Zack Lockwood is declared as winner.]
Cheer~
This time the audience woke up after the loud announcement and let out a roaring cheer. Once again, Zack's domineering lightning etched in everyone's mind.
By this time, Brandon also came to his senses. Looking at the surroundings, he feels dumb.
"How?" he uttered. Veins begin to pop up in his forehead. He realized his mistake. "So he had planned this from the beginning," He said to himself, looking at Zack who was enjoying the praises.
He feels humiliated. He wanted this duel to be upright. But the opponent played cunning.
"Zack"
"You are a coward. No wonder you won against Tyler as well."
"Instead of defeating us fair and square. You had to resort to a trick. How despicable," Brandon uttered ruthless words.
When his words reached my ears. My mouth curves into arcs. Our conversation no one can hear because of loud cheer.
I looked towards him. His face looked distorted. Looks like the defeat hit him hard.
"Brandon. Don't forget you are a Peak Elite Warrior. So, don't find any excuse," I replied.
Then I waved my hand toward the audience before leaving the duel arena.
Conference Room,
"Ha..Ha...Ha...," Dean Rebecca let out laughter in joy.
Zack won the official duel again. And it's the 2nd one. This is the scene she wants to see. Peak Elite Warriors are defeated by Early Level Elite.
The metal faction head, Marcus Lin's face is not looking good. And Dean's laughter irked him more.
The Elite Section's 3rd powerful warrior in their metal faction has lost the duel.
Marcus completely lost his face in front of everyone here.
Even Vice-dean Franklin Madden was speechless as well.
He looked towards the dean and asked,"Dean, is that lightning element really that powerful?"
Hearing that question everyone turned their attention towards the dean.
Dean Rebecca sighed. She can understand the mood of everyone.
"The lightning element is a special element. And it's as powerful as the record says. But it also depends on the warrior who uses it," She said, looking at everyone.
"This time, Zack made Brandon let down his guard by revealing a small attack. From then Brandon used the killing technique right away."
"But unfortunately, he was overconfident and Zack tricked him in the end. The 2nd lightning attack was powerful than 1st one."
"Before Brandon could think. Zack made him fall off the platform," She added further.
Shock~
The faction heads revealed shocked expressions on their faces.
"So Zack used his brain and Brandon didn't," Franklin commented.
Marcus Lin's expression went down a little after hearing Dean's words. He too noticed Zack's quick thinking. Like somehow he came prepared.
But Brandon was blinded by his Peak Elite Strength. So he decided to talk some sense to him later.
Vice-dean Franklin furrowed his eyes. He knows that the dean didn't simply call them here to watch the duel. There is something more.
He was also disappointed by Brandon's defeat. He was planning to bring up the issue on the table. But Brandon spoiled all of his plans.
Now if he does that he will get on the dean's bad side.
At this time, Rebecca turned off the screen and looked at everyone.
"Now let's get down to the real business."
"I called you all for this meeting to discuss the year end conference."
Gasp~
The Faction heads expressed surprise.
Vice-dean Franklin was calm on the other hand. He was wondering what this was all about?
But a year end conference?
"isn't it too early to discuss this matter?" Franklin asked.
Rebecca replied,"No, it's a good time to discuss. Because I want all the faction heads to train their students even harder. Especially the top 10 warriors in each faction."
"I don't want to see them defeated by Early Elite Warriors like Zack," When she said those words.
The faction heads were displeased. But they nodded their heads in understanding. They can understand why the dean arranged this meeting now.
The warriors from other academies are exceptionally strong as well. They won't be surprised if they see a warrior similar to Zack who can fight across ranks.
Seeing the serious expression on everyone's face. Dean Rebecca was satisfied. This is the reaction she wants to see from them.
If it was earlier, then they would have neglected her words. Now Zack's duel showed them a mirror. Hereafter, each faction will be well prepared.
Then they talked about a few other things before ending the meeting.
The Special Faction Room:
Michael remained silent. His earlier suspicion became more. Even in this duel, it looked like Zack dealt with it easily.
"Good" "Good"
"As usual we were worried for nothing," Ernest said with a smile.
"Hereafter, no-one will challenge him," Laverene said.
"That won't happen," Michael interjected by saying that.
"Have you forgotten those hot heads from the flame faction?" Michael asked.
Laverne frowned. She almost forgot about those annoying guys. Tyler Lane was just one person. There are still many others in retreat.
If those hot headed guys are back, then they would pester Zack for sure.
The Metal Faction:
Brandon Hurst secretly went back without meeting everyone's eyes. At this moment, he can't see his friend and faction members' eyes.
It's totally humiliating and embarrassing. When he was about to enter the room.
He received a message from the faction head.
Seeing that his expression became even more worse. He knows what's going to happen next?
Several minutes later,
He reached the office after avoiding the scrutinizing gaze of everyone on the way.
The Flame Faction:
Tyler Lane was in a better mood compared to a few days ago. "He...He..He..."
"This guy Brandon was worse than me," Tyler Lane said to his friends in front of him.
"Yeah, he was an idiot. Lost without showing much of a fight."
"What about other factions?"
"I don't think the Rain Faction and the Rock Faction would participate in an official duel."
The flame faction members started to talk among themselves. Earlier, everyone thought that metal factions would embarrass them.
But in contrast to everyone else. Brandon has met with the same fate as Tyler. So those flame faction warriors who were dissatisfied with Tyler earlier.Now their anger was gone completely.
Meanwhile,
I came back to my room with a smile on my face. Brandon was not that strong. And he was not a quick thinker as well.
After pushing down these thoughts, I went back to take a shower.