The fighting arenas

The hour passed quickly and the elder come to spoke again. "The second challenge will test your strength, he said. Each one of you will have to kill a level 15 beast. Those who manage to kill the beast in less than twenty minutes will pass for the third phase."

Since there were still almost two hundred people present and only fifty dueling arenas there were not enough arenas for everyone, so they were divided into four groups of fifty to perform the exam. Nicola stayed in the third group, while waiting for his turn he could hear the screams of the beasts in the arenas in front of him.

This was another easy test for him, he was constantly fighting beasts of that level.

When his turn came, Nicola sighed and entered the arena. On the other side of the arena was a jail where his opponent waited, a kind of lizard with shiny metallic scales was on the opposite side of the arena. As soon as it was free of the bars that held him, the monster ran towards Nicola, even his four-meter-long body didn't make him any less agile.

Nicola drew his chokuto and also ran towards the beast, the improved sword now had different four element damage and he intended to end the battle quickly, after the initial shock he tried to cut the body of the beast with the sword, but even though he had all the boost the sword left only a deep wound that did not do any considerable damage. Nicola was startled by the lizard's resistance and continued to attack.

His previous tactic of taking out his opponent in just one stroke had no effect and he had to try something different. By using his elemental affinity to feel the elements around the lizard he was able to clearly distinguish the power of the earth and the metal. It was just like granitic use, a perfect enemy against his abilities, focused only on the absolute defense.

After the damage suffered, the beast tried to attack with a swing of its tail, which Nicola tried to deflect but was grazed, leaving a bloody wound in his leg. With no time to lose Nicola continued to attack the animal with his sword as he ran around it. Several cuts could already be seen everywhere, some more shallow and others deeper.

Under the cloak Nicola used his three tails to wrap his body and provide a better defense for his internal organs. His hidden pairs of hands did not stop working either, while he attacked the monster leaving cuts on all sides, the other two were loading the secret needles with powerful lightning, shadows and fire. Now Nicola was just waiting for the opportunity.