Tenma Versus Vander

"Tri-Color Flames!"

Tenma roared as he blasted his flames at Vander. His yellow-red flames transformed into red, green, and blue flames and formed a giant lotus. The lotus rushed toward Vander as it spun.

"Western Mountain Tornado"

Vander had gone to a strange mountain before. In that mountain, he saw a strange tornado that not only destroys everything but also absorbs all kinds of flames and transforms into a flaming tornado. So, he created the same move by watching that tornado and named it 'Wester Mountain Tornado'.

When this tornado appeared, it instantly swallowed the tri-color flames and transformed into a flaming tornado.

"Damn it!"

"Flame Crystal!"

Tenma gritted his teeth and released his flames once again. He condensed a crystal made out of the flame. The crystal was very flat and worked as a barrier for him. It was much stronger than normal flame barriers.

"Tenma, you might not have the knowledge about the magic, but you truly do have several powerful spells. After killing you, I will dig up your ancestor's grave to find every secret you have." Vander smirked and licked his lips like a viper.

His appearance disgusted Tenma as he calmly closed his eyes and prepared himself for the next spell.

Seeing this, Vander stopped smiling. His tornado wasn't enough to break the flame crystal, so he wanted to use something else. He condensed a bow out of the wind and released a wind arrow.

The wind arrow struck directly at the crystal with an intense speed, but the next moment, it changed.

"Wind Drill!"

Vander roared as his wind arrow changed into a drill. It started drilling the hole into the crystal.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

As the hole got bigger, the crystal started cracking. Seeing this, Vander smirked.

'Although the crystal has a powerful defense unlike anything I've seen, it has a major weakness. Once it is pierced, it will start cracking, and the overall defense would crumble.'

'It is truly the strongest defense but only in the hands of the strongest people.'

On the other hand, Tenma panicked. He hadn't even succeeded in condensing enough mana to use the next attack. He didn't want his defense to fail so soon, especially when the tornado in front of him hadn't been destroyed.

Splash!

Suddenly, the flame tornado struck the wave of water. The wind was undoubtedly strong, but the flame wasn't. When the water wave hit, the flames extinguished, and the tornado also fell apart.

"Damn bitch! How dare you look away?"

Celia got angry when Jane successfully managed to help her husband. She knew it would be shameful to let Jane interfere in men's battle. She was furious at this moment.

"Thorns!"

Suddenly, six different metal spears formed around Jane, and when she closed her fist, those spears moved toward Jane.

But Jane was abnormally calm. After Alex started teaching her daughter, she asked her about the various things he taught her.

Moona naturally didn't hide most of the things which seemed quite normal. But for Jane, they were pretty surprising. Many of those things were something that she had never even heard of.

She had been training on her own. Although she hadn't reached Mana Warrior Realm since Moona didn't teach her Heaven and Hell Breathing Style to make her cultivation faster, she did get stronger.

She had been releasing her mana for quite a while and merged it with the mana from the surroundings. She was making the amount of her mana even bigger. When those six spears moved, she instantly used one of her greatest defensive spells.

"Heavy Water Sphere!"

The mana around her transformed into a sphere of water. When the metal spears got stuck inside, their movements were completely paused.

'What? Did she apply Nature Transformation on top of the spell?' Vander was shocked when he saw that. Usually, mana would take a while to transform into an element or magic, even with Nature Transformation.

But, if it is guided by the spell, the transformation speed increases by several folds.

Vander turned his eyes at Tenma, and seeing his shocked expression, he instantly understood that Tenma was also kept in the dark about this.

'But, how? Their relationship is really strong. How could she not share such vital information with her husband? Unless, unless, she was taught about it a few days ago…. That makes sense.'

'Her daughter is already his disciple. And, if his strength is in my estimation, then he must have taught his disciple about the Nature Transformation and Shape Transformation of Mana.'

'She must have learned it from her daughter but didn't get time to explain it to her husband since he had been focused on getting those families to help. All of these make sense.'

'If Celia loses to her, I would be at a major disadvantage. I might not lose, but I will certainly be injured seriously. So, I have to do something about it. It looks like I have to call him. As for using that, nope, I won't use that against these weaklings.'

Seeing him distracted, Tenma instantly focused on finishing his spell. After he gathered enough mana, he focused on attacking Vander. At this moment, Vander broke a small chip to send a signal.

Near the City Chief Mansion, there was a big house. In one of the rooms, an older man with a robust body and white hair sat calmly while absorbing mana from the surrounding.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes when he heard the sound of a crack. He looked at a small chip that was cracked and stood up.

'Tch! He brags so much but can't even handle a single family. If that bastard didn't have that thing, I would have never handed my daughter and city to him.'

He clenched his fist but still sighed and left the room.

On the battlefield, Tenma didn't care about the chip, or rather he didn't see it. He just gathered a large amount of mana into his mouth and released a powerful stream of flames.

"Fire Magic- Fire Phoenix"

The fire seemed normal, but when it came out of his mouth, it transformed into the shape of a phoenix, and the intensity of the flames rose. It moved toward Vander with great speed as well.

'Damn it! How does he have a level four spell? How many powerful spells does he have? No wonder he was so confident in overthrowing me. Damn it! I can't believe I am using a level four spell on this guy.'

Vander raised his hands, and a massive wind burst out of him, forming a giant spiral gate in front of him.

"Wind Magic- Wind Vortex"

The giant vortex had an incredibly suction ability. The fire Phoenix got into the suction force and started losing the flames inside it. The phoenix tried to burn the vortex, but at the same time vortex was consuming her.

But the flames won this time. The hotness of the flame burned the vortex before it could completely disappear. The phoenix screeched and rushed toward Vander.

But Vander had already prepared another defensive move against it. The massive wind formed the barrier around him and blocked the flames. This time, the flames were extinguished before they could destroy the barrier.

'Damn it! How can he cast a spell so quickly? He has been using so much mana already, so why hasn't he shown any signs of depletion? Do I really need to pull off another level four spell? But then, I will run out of mana.'

Tenma gritted his teeth and looked at his wife. She was efficiently handling Celia, and not only that, she was now heavily injuring Celia as well.

'I can't lose to my wife. I need to finish this off. Even if he survives, he will lose all of his mana. I have no choice but to bet on this.'

Tenma clapped his palms together and burst out every inch of mana that remained in him.

Seeing the massive amount of mana Tenma was using, Vander's eyes widened.

'Whoa, whoa, whoa! This bastard has another level four spell. How could he have two level four spells and not know anything about Nature Transformation and Shape Transformation?'

'No, wait! He isn't a mage like me, or rather, he is not a true mage. He is business. He became the richest man in this town because of his talent in business, not in magic.'

'The only reason he has so much strength has to be related to his wealth, and considering that his family has been living here for a long time, he should have inherited those spells from them.'

'He was a businessman, so he didn't focus on transformations. It's not that he didn't know but didn't try to know. Damn it! Even I only have one level four spell; although I have level five spell, it is my only trump card except for that.'

'Don't tell me I am forced to use it against the person whose mana rank is equal to mine?'

Vander's expression was quite ugly at this moment. He gritted his teeth and used immense mana in his next attack. He was still using the wind magic, but this time, his magic's range was so powerful that it literally changed the sky.

The black clouds appeared above him, and the wind blew even wildly.

Tenma also noticed it, but he didn't care. He formed the giant pyramid of flames. The flame wasn't a normal flame either. It was crystal flame.

And it also had crystal spikes. At this moment, both charged their attacks at each other, not caring about the houses or the fights around them.

"Fire Magic- Great Fire Mausoleum"

"Wind Magic- Black Hurricane"