Valentina was surprised that Damien wasn't serious before. She quickly recovered herself and went invisible.
"Heh, you can't escape from me," Damien smirked as he fiercely swept his sword in the air.
"Star Illuminating Vortex!"
An intense and bright vortex of purple lightning escaped from his sword as it became larger and moved towards the ground.
The ground ruptured and got shredded as the debris got sucked into the whirling tornado of lightning. A huge pressure descended on Valentina and found it hard to move in the opposite direction while slowly getting pulled towards the vortex!
Even the air was not left alone and got ripped apart as if a sword was cutting through them. As Damien's Sword Will was imbued in his attack, it was more powerful than it should be.
Damien had executed the third stage of his Lightning ethereal arts, the one he had only comprehended recently.
Her invisibility became unstable as her figure became erratically tangible while trying to become invisible again.
Her feet dragged through the ground as she struggled to free herself from the strong pull emanating from the powerful vortex of lightning. Even her soul energy was burning faster as she was trying her best to assume her invisibility again.
She already required immense concentration and soul energy to maintain her invisibility, but now things were harder than before.
Damien spotted Valentina's teammates standing at a certain distance away with their mouths wide open in shock. He knew that there wasn't much time left before the match became over.
He took in a deep breath and exerted more of his depleted ethereal energy as his sword got engulfed in purple lightning again.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})"Star Illuminating Vortex!"
Valentina's teammates saw a 3-meter-tall intimidating vortex of lightning heading towards them, wreaking havoc on everything in its path.
Their eyes bulged in shock, and they could feel a sharp and piercing aura emanating from it as it slowly got closer towards them.
They tried to run, knowing that it was too powerful for them to resist, especially when one of them was just a mere Nascent Ethereal Realm ethereal practitioner.
"Ahhhh!!" Within a moment, the girl who was at the Nascent Ethereal Realm got pulled towards the vortex as her feet left the ground. Her face paled in horror, losing control over her body as the intense vacuum force drew her towards the lightning vortex forcefully.
She frantically removed her wristband and got teleported before she even got swept in by the terrifying vortex of lightning. How could someone as weak as her care about the match when Damien's oppressing vortex could easily shred her to bits.
The only remaining one was the boy, who was already on the ground as his body dragged through the ground and towards the violent vortex of lightning.
"NOOO!!" He screamed as he hysterically flailed his limbs, trying his best to escape. He even tried using his movement ethereal arts, but it was absolutely of no use. Despite his cultivation, which was at the Tenth Level of the Spirit Ethereal Realm, he was literally helpless.
Just like the girl, he also removed his wristband and got teleported before he could get sucked into the wild whirlpool of lightning.
'Tch, damn, I lost it.' Damien clicked his tongue in frustration as he couldn't get the flag the boy had in his wristband. Since it got destroyed in the vortex, Damien wasn't able to get the flag.
Now both Valentina and Damien had only one flag each and also for their team.
Valentina rooted herself on the ground with her feet not to get pulled into the vortex. She managed not to get sucked into the raging lightning vortex and even slowly started moving away from it because of her powerful body.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Damien was impressed that she was able to resist getting pulled into his vortex. He was sure that if it was any other Earth Ethereal Realm Level One cultivator, it would only be a matter of time before they got sucked into it.
The only advantage his attack brought him was that it forced Valentina out of her invisibility. He was sure that it must be taxing for her to maintain her invisibility.
He saw that Valentina was about to escape from the pull of his vortex, and the vortex was about to dissipate as it was running out of ethereal energy.
"Gahhh!"
With a loud bellow, Damien swung his sword again. He sent another lightning vortex behind Valentina so that she would be surrounded by two lightning vortexes, making it harder for her to escape.
He also sent his ethereal energy towards the vortex that was about to dissipate so that it wouldn't disperse away.
"Haa...haaa…."
Damien was thoroughly exhausted as he used too much of his ethereal arts coupled with the burden from his Anti-God Arts.
He was sure that if he had used his Origin seed to execute his ethereal arts, then he wouldn't have lasted this long, nor would he have been able to send three Star Illuminating Vortex in such a short time.
Valentina gritted her teeth as the suctioning force doubled and surrounded her from both sides. Sweat ran down her exquisite skin as her rosy pink hair flounced in the air which made her look like a raging goddess.
She saw Damien slowly coming towards her with a smug smile. As the vortex was made from his ethereal energy, it wouldn't affect him unless he comes into direct contact with it.
Although Valentina's expression looked as if she was pissed off, her ruby red eyes gleamed with awe and pride that Damien was so strong.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})"Pretty fairy, I did my best not to hurt you. Now be a good girl and don't resist as I remove your wristband." Damien said aloud, but mentally he said to her, "Remember, in a fight, you never give up without giving your all."
The audience was rendered speechless as all their mouths were wide open, seeing the sudden turn of events. Only a few moments ago, Damien was lying on the ground like a beaten dog.
But as soon as he got up, it was like he was not the same person who kept being suppressed by Valentina. Now the one being suppressed was shockingly Valentina while being forced to listen to his frivolous words.
An Earth Ethereal Realm practitioner struggling against a Nascent Ethereal Realm? How absurd and illogical.
Even all the proctor's eyes popped out seeing this dumbfounding match. In their countless years of following the Ethereal Way and teaching, they had never heard or seen such a thing.
Exceptional geniuses, freaks, monsters...they had no words to describe these two with the abilities they have shown. They had no doubt no one with the same cultivation as theirs can even dream about defeating them.
Valentina saw that she was only a few seconds away from getting struck by the ravaging lightning vortices.
She looked at Damien's eyes and smiled. Her blood moved about vigorously as she revolved her remaining ethereal energy through her body.
Valentina's bloody aura suddenly became more heavy and thick, making Damien feel as if he was in front of a bloodthirsty demoness.
However, his eyes widened when he saw Valentina's body emitting vapors as if her whole body was burning hot.
Her lips slowly moved as she muttered, "Bloody Desolation of Life!"
'What the hell…'
