An interesting fight

Boris quickly formed a blue mana arrow and loaded his bow.

Without hesitation, he fired a shot at Elias who was charging fiercely up to him.

Elias channeled his power into his legs and ate up the distance between him and Boris rapidly, causing people to gasp.

Damien's eyes shone with light.

That was an ingenious way of using power!

Elias had inadvertently made his legs weapons and the ground his opponent. Using that, he was using the power behind the strikes to rapidly build momentum and cover large amounts of distance!

Already, the arena was twice the size of a normal football field but with the smart usage of his power, he had gotten within hundred meters of his opponent!

Not pausing at all, Elias avoided the mana arrow still jumping forward to close the rest of the distance between him and Boris.

Already, those who had staked bets on the archer were filled with regret.

In conventional terms, this wasn't how the fight was supposed to go!

Boris didn't panic as he rapidly retreated, stoically firing his arrows at the incoming Elias. 

Once Elias got into the fifty-meter range, Boris formed three arrows and fired them at a go!

Elias was forced to stop to evade the three arrows which were aimed for his head, heart and waist. Due to their proximity, the arrows had become even faster and if he wanted to avoid them, he had to break his momentum.

Elias evaded all three arrows narrowly but they suddenly exploded sending him flying few meters away!

Elias gritted his teeth and used the mace to forcefully break his fall. 

The mace raked the ground as he slid to a halt three meters away.

Seeing his opponent trying to recover, how could Boris pass on this opportunity?

He instantly conjured three arrows which were far larger than the previous ones and fired it at Elias without pausing!

As soon as the arrows left his bow, he conjured new ones and fired again and again.

Elias couldn't even rise as he was forced to keep rolling away from Boris' mana arrows which kept exploding each time it landed near him.

"Hahaha! That's more like it!" Silas Spears grinned.

He had staked a bet on Boris and had been originally afraid during the start of the battle when Elias was rapidly closing up the distance between him and Boris.

If Elias had reached Boris then, the fight would have been long over and he would have lost 150 CP!

Fortunately, Elias was on the back foot now with no chance to retaliate, being forced to evade even as the exploding armor kept forcing him back.

Silas was elated.

As long as the archer kept up the barrage, the win was in the bag!

"Finish him!" Silas yelled, pumping his fist.

Gritting his teeth, Elias scrambled to his feet and beat a hasty retreat away from his opponent who was hell bent on keeping him at a distance.

He took a pill from his pocket and popped it into his mouth, causing Boris to frown.

"Hm?"

Boris' eyes widened as Elias suddenly exploded with horrifying speed and arrived within ten meters of him in a second!

Elias had taken in a speed pill which would double his speed for five minutes!

Panicking, Boris backed away hurriedly, condensing five arrows at a go. 

How could Elias give him the opportunity to bully him again?

With a roar, he jumped forward, appearing right beside Boris, causing him to hurriedly release his arrows and thus miss.

With a grunt, Elias swung his mace.

Boris backflipped away, avoiding Elias' strike.

Elias wielded his mace like a bat as he kept swinging faster and faster at the evading Boris.

Elias raised his mace above his head, ready to bash Boris down but to everyone's shock, instead of Boris evading, he rather closed the distance between him and Elias!

"What the fuck are you doing?!" Silas roared in dismay, perched on the edges of his seat.

Why would an archer want to voluntarily get close to an opponent whose forte was close combat?

Had he lost his will to fight?

Surely this guy wasn't planning on forfeiting, was he?

His CP was on the line!

Everyone watched with widened eyes as Boris formed a blue arrow in his palm and exploded it point blank between him and Elias even as the mace was about to crash down on him!

There was an explosion and it sent both combatants flying away!

The first to recover was Boris. 

He rolled to his feet and quickly retrieved his bow which was lying a few feet away from him.

It was clear that the explosive power of his arrows couldn't injure him but only blow him away and he had used such a method to extricate himself from the melee prowess of Elias!

Clearly, he knew that with the effect of the pill Elias had taken, his swings would get faster and faster till he ended up in dire straits.

Thus, he decisively used the force of the explosion to create separation!

Elias had it worse.

The explosion had struck him at point blank range and had dispossessed him of his mace. A tinge of pain crept up his body even as he grimaced and tried to rise up to his feet.

Boris didn't give him the chance and fired an arrow which landed inches away from his head.

"Forfeit or else I'll injure you!" Boris said coldly, his bow locked on Elias.

Elias gritted his teeth in reluctance as if contemplating on what to do. Coming to a decision, he took advantage of the speed boost and his crouched posture, channeled his power and leaped towards his mace.

"Don't blame me for being too heavy handed!" Boris called out as he released the arrow.

Elias forcefully reversed the force he channeled in his legs, cutting his jump short in midair!

Boris' arrow passed terribly close to him. As cold sweat dripped down his back.

Had he miscalculated his move, he would have been taken out by the arrow!

Elias was unwilling to give up.

He had trained long and hard to at least increase his abysmal position.

He couldn't lose!

Not pausing even though he felt slight pain from his fall, he popped a red pill this time into his mouth.

His face and body immediately gained a tinge of red as with a burst of speed, he grabbed to his mace and stood to his feet.

"A berserk pill!" Boris frowned.

He hadn't expected Elias to be so tenacious, even willing to use such a precious pill to gain victory.

Things were going to be very troublesome now.

Already, the speed buff from the first pill Elias had taken remained. With the inclusion of the berserk pill, his opponent was going to be even stronger!

Boris retreated and placed the bow on his back.

He waved his hands as he rapidly channeled the mana in him to form six arrows which now rotated around him!

Not pausing at all, he condensed three mana spears and merged them to form an even bigger spear!

Elias left imprints on the ground of the arena as he fearlessly accelerated to clash with Boris. The berserk pill had dumbed down his cautious nature and now only the urge to pummel Boris remained in his mind.

Damien watched the two combatants attentively.

As he had thought, it wasn't going to be an easy fight.

Many techniques had been displayed but it was still not enough to determine the victor.

If this was the power of those ranked at the bottom of the ranking list, Damien shuddered as he imagined the power of the top ten.

Damien estimated that his chances of winning against these two if he faced them was quite slim unless he used all the moves in his arsenal.

Boris was a calm archer who didn't lose his cool even when his opponent was close enough to injure him and he was extremely nimble!

His ability to fire countless arrows nonstop was also quite powerful.

If Boris gained foresight to predict where his opponents would move to or end up, he would be extremely fearsome!

Against someone like that, if he maintained his distance and Damien tried to blink near to use his mind needles, he might actually end up injured once his trajectory was figured out.

Also, the archer possessed range advantage as his arrows could cross distances of two hundred meters rapidly!

For the mace guy, despite being in a tight spot as a body path awakened who was under the volley of a spirit path awakened, he managed to last long and even put his opponent in a tight spot!

His power might have seemed only suitable for offence at a glance but Elias had proven that it could be used for more than attacking.

Damien had learnt so much from this match already.

Pills were important trump cards in battles between awakened.

Power was restricted only by the imagination of the wielder.

Damien began to ponder about unconventional ways to use his power even as the fight had reached the climax.

The mana arrows circling around Boris acted as a deterrent to Elias who was viciously trying to get near Boris.

Boris on the other hand took advantage of the extremely long spear he had formed from combining the three smaller spears to harass Elias as he dealt with the arrows.

Elias parried one of the arrows away and used the opening created to quickly close the gap between him and his opponent.

Boris didn't give him that liberty and quickly withdrew as he kept stabbing his spear forward like the fangs of a snake!

Elias let out a roar blindly charged into the range of Boris' spear as if he didn't see it.

The berserk pill had finally wiped away his rationality and now only aggressiveness remained. With reddened eyes, he ignored the spear which had impacted his armor and fiercely threw his mace!

Boris' eyes widened as he hadn't expected such a diabolical move.

He tried to lean back to avoid the mace but unfortunately, Elias had thrown it with extreme power, causing its speed to be something he couldn't take care of!

The mace struck him in the head but not before he decisively exploded the spear in his hands and the six arrows.

*BOOM!

There was a loud explosion and both combatants were thrown meters away.

Elias quickly got to his feet, unaffected by the blast as he charged to the muddle headed Boris who had groggily sat up in confusion.

"Noo!" Silas groaned as he watched on helplessly as Elias ruthlessly punched Boris, sending him back to the ground.

The punch was so fierce that Boris was knocked out!

Before Elias could do any further damage, he was pulled away by the instructor. 

"Elias wins!"

Silas moaned as he shook his head in regret.

150 CP gone just like that!

True to his nature, he couldn't resist cursing Boris. "Fuck you and fuck all the generations of your family! I will definitely reclaim my CP from you! How dare you lose!" Silas berated angrily.

It was rather unfortunate that his rants couldn't bring back his CP.