[145] "Immediately"
[The next day]
The bustling coliseum is packed with students, while teachers rest in a secluded box. There, with serene tranquility, sits Garrith Luterain, with Phoenix behind him, close to the vice principal.
Although the vice principal, along with Garrith, keeps his facial expression unchanged, a slight uneasiness takes over him as he perceives the principal's attitude.
In the combat arena below are the ten students who will prepare to face each other in five challenges.
While Subin and Jisuk faced each other in a fight, Jiwoo watched from the stands, accompanied by Kayden, Kartein and Ares. At that moment, Sucheon stepped forward, positioning himself in the combat arena with determination, awaiting his next opponent.
Laura, determined, also advances and occupies the other end of the arena. Both face each other with fixed gazes and serious expressions, creating a palpable tension in the air.
Unexpectedly, Garrith stands up and moves toward the railing of the box. Suddenly, a spatial isolation completely envelops the coliseum, leaving everyone present amazed.
Calmly, Garrith announced. "You can start whenever you want," before resuming his seat.
The vice principal directs an observant look at the principal, being imitated by the other teachers due to the latter's peculiar initiative.
Inhyuk and Seongha, surprised by the director's attitude, share a common thought. 'There is something strange.'
In the combat arena, Laura and Sucheon, upon hearing the director's words, quickly focused all their senses on their respective opponent.
Laura crouched nimbly, her hand touched the ground, and with great speed, a sharp icicle of earth formed and shot in the direction of Sucheon.
Sucheon senses the attack and a purple aura surrounds the tip of the icicle, stopping it a few millimeters from his back, right at the height of his heart.
Sucheon looks at Laura with a disdainful smile, which provokes Laura's fury. A yellow aura begins to flash around her body, while dozens of icicles of earth form around her, denoting clear killing intent.
Sucheon quickly opens his arms, generating a shockwave of gravity that collides with Laura's attacks.
The resulting crash destroys the icicles, unleashing a wave of winds and kicking up a cloud of dust in the combat arena.
Laura immediately counterattacks, causing the earth to completely envelop Sucheon.
Sucheon, upon realizing the onslaught, launches a powerful blast of gravity that collides with the earth, triggering a large-scale explosion.
A total silence takes over the arena as everyone's gaze focuses on the dust that slowly dissipates, revealing Laura and Sucheon in good condition, protected by the shields generated by their own powers.
With a cold and angry look, Laura thinks. 'This guy... I'll kill you.'
"Is that all?" Sucheon asked in a sarcastic voice.
The five members of the world academy's top 10 observe the situation seriously, surprised by the impressive strength demonstrated so far by Sucheon.
The coliseum trembles, and from outside the arena, where the other young people are, gigantic sharp thorns emerge and rise towards the sky before changing direction and plummeting directly towards Sucheon.
Sucheon is shocked by the power and quickly defends himself, but at the same time, more thorns form right around him, catching him completely off guard.
Dust spreads everywhere, and more than half of the arena is covered in dirt, while a yellow aura surrounds the place.
Suddenly, another huge explosion forms and a purple aura spreads everywhere. Sucheon levitates, his body dripping with blood, with an evil smile. He extends his arms and exclaims in an excited voice. "The show is on!" An enormous amount of gravity is expelled from Sucheon's body in all directions, making everyone present feel their bodies become heavy.
In the box, the professors observe in amazement the power demonstrated by Sucheon, while Garrith calmly observes the confrontation, with his senses at the maximum of his capacity.
Jiwoo watches the power displayed by Sucheon, completely amazed.
Arthur, Duke, Cain, Elay and Glant watch the confrontation with serious faces, and the other members of the top 10 imitate their serious expressions.
Laura is the one who feels the change in the area the most due to Sucheon's gravity field. Her face is filled with surprise, and her entire being is immediately filled with seriousness. She begins to perceive Sucheon as a rival on her level.
Sucheon clenches his fist and a wave of purple energy descends from his body directly towards Laura.
Laura quickly counterattacks with an immense amount of earth, which collides head-on with the gravity wave.
A large explosion forms as Laura attacks and Sucheon dodges and counterattacks. Thus, they continue exchanging attacks until Laura can no longer keep up, and slowly her body is filled with small cuts and fatigue.
Sucheon's body drips blood from the fierce attacks received. With a wave of his hand, a faint flash of his aura is projected towards Laura. In one agile movement, Laura twists her torso, dodging her aura. At that moment, a sphere the size of a soccer ball forms and explodes with intensity.
A large explosion is unleashed, destroying a quarter of the fighting arena and causing damage to a small portion of the stands.
An incredible silence envelops the place, and you can see Laura unconscious on the ground, with her arm and part of her torso completely burned.
Sucheon descends from the sky, breathing heavily. His face was bloodied, and his body seriously injured, and slowly advanced towards Wooin, Subin and the others.
"The winner is Sucheon Kang," Garrith announced.
Inhyuk looks at Sucheon in amazement and thinks. 'That technique was shown when he fought James, but that time James allowed his attack to grow enough so that he was fully at his peak, demonstrating his great drawing power. However, Sucheon can only generate a small black hole the size of a football, but that is already incredible. 'His strength has improved a lot.'
The other teachers talk among themselves, amazed by the latest technique demonstrated by Sucheon.
The spatial isolation disappears, and the sand returns to its normal state. Two people with a stretcher arrive and take Laura away.
Sucheon turned and looked at Jiwoo, catching the attention of Jisuk, Subin, Gangseok, Wooin, leah, Arthur, Duke, etc.
Jiwoo just stared at him.
Arthur smiles when he sees the situation and slowly goes down, approaching Jiwoo. Everyone present looks at him as he put his arm around Jiwoo's shoulder, leaning on his back. With a light tone, he comments. "Apparently he's challenging you."
Jiwoo just shakes his head and comments. "I've only beaten him twice."
Arthur frowns at this and removes his arm from him, placing it next to Jiwoo. He asks. "Why are you here and not fighting?. I was surprised."
"They told me I couldn't fight," Jiwoo replies calmly.
Arthur is surprised and asks. "Who?"
"You guys," Jiwoo comments calmly.
Arthur turns serious as he looks at Jiwoo, detecting no trace of lying in him. He thinks. 'What the hell is going on here?... Didn't Leah tell us everything?'
Kayden and Kartein look at Arthur calmly, understanding the situation. Suddenly, they both turn their gaze to the sky and warn Jiwoo telepathically at the same time. {Jiwoo, watch out above}.
Jiwoo quickly directs his gaze to the sky, capturing the attention of everyone in the room.
Garrith quickly gets up from his seat and with a simple movement neutralizes the vice principal.
In the blink of an eye, both Garrith and Phoenix disappear, and Phoenix appears flying imposingly in the center of the arena, surrounded by a magnificent golden aura. Garrith is standing on his back, and an aura spreads to all around.
Then, the Phoenix flaps its wings and an imposing gust of wind shoots towards the sky.
A reddish, golden barrier completely covers everyone, protecting them.
Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, the roof of the coliseum shakes and is destroyed.
A terrifying attack is displayed for everyone to see, colliding with Garrith's attack.
A large explosion is unleashed, destroying everything in its path and generating a loud roar and rumbling.
The explosion dissipates, and amazement and fear are perceived in the vast majority of young people. The roof is destroyed and much of the wall as well, up to the height where Garrith's barrier is located. Further back, you can see the completely flattened academy, without any building standing.
Seongha, Inhyuk, the teachers and the students observe Garrith in the sky and, a few meters above, they see a man surrounded by a reddish aura with black tones.
Garrith frowns at the man and says. "Andrei."
Leah, Duke, Sucheon, Inhyuk and everyone watched in amazement as the man slowly descended, placing himself at the same height as Garrith, with his hands behind him, levitating in the sky.
Everyone, together, thought. 'Andrei, a member of the top 10 world ranking, affiliated with Frame…. What does he here ?'.
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