Due to the beast's merge and Azzy's self-suppression, the Tigon wasn't harmed like before. Still, it wasn't able to withstand the attack completely either.
As it slowly stood up while shaking its head, recovering from dizziness, members of the Team harmony found its jaw was dislocated or perhaps might be broken because its lower mouth seemed like it was fixed to the left. The Tigon wasn't even able to roar properly.
Thankfully, there is a healer on the way. One of the summoners also ordered it to stand down until their arrival.
As for the others, they even sighed in relief that it didn't die.
Instead of getting surprised that Azzy managed to deal with the platinum grade beast, the members of Team Harmony became confident that they could stand against this opponent as long as he doesn't revert to his original state. So, they decided to finish him before that happens.
Cobalt and Vernie continued to charge forward.
Upon reaching the range, Vernie, the one with the giant fire sword in his hand and a skill card with an image of chains in his other hand, unleashed his trump card.
Vernie threw the skill card towards after pouring soul power into it. This was a precious trump card the academy bestowed onto him to use at knockout rounds, but due to the captain's orders, he had to use it right away.
However, he made one blunder. Such skill cards are meant to sneak attack at a close range, not throw it head-on from far away. What's more, the person before them is faster.
The experts shook their heads even before watching the result. And just as they expected, Azzy pushed his leg against the sand ground and jumped a dozen meters above in the sky, and easily dodged the skill card.
Eventually, it fell on the sand after flying for another ten meters and energy chains were materialized on the sand.
"Vernie, attack while he is in the mid-air. He can't dodge it." Cobalt quickly passed the orders as the first attack was failed.
Heeding his captain's orders, Vernie gave a loud cry as he swung down his twenty-meter giant fire sword onto Azzy with every ounce of his strength. "Oraa…"
"Oh! Good." Cobalt and his other team member's eyes lit up as the giant sword reached Azzy while he was in mid-air, to which Azzy raised his hands and grabbed the blade as he was descending.
"Dammit…" Vernie gritted his teeth as Azzy wasn't crushed into the sand as he visioned. Instead, he was finely standing on the top of the sand while grabbing part of the blade with his two hands.
Vernie burned his soul energy even more to increase the heat of the flames as well as the force to push Azzy downwards.
However, not only the latter didn't get pushed down by the sword, but the energy armor around Azzy also completely shielded him from the heat, making the attack harmless.
Just then, Cobalt managed to reach Azzy. Taking the advantage of the situation, he swung his 300kgs steel bat at Azzy's chest.
Still, to their dismay, Azzy managed to defend himself by removing his left hand from the fire sword and catching the steel bat.
Both of them tried to use force but to no avail. Azzy's grip appeared studier.
"Aurora, go and assist the captain." One of the summoners ordered the recovered Tigon to attack Azzy whose hands are busy at the moment. They couldn't order it to use the soul skill as the teammates would be caught in the middle.
Seeing the platinum-grade beast running towards him, Azzy glanced at left and then, right. He then glanced at the struggling opponents who are trying to push him back.
A plan formed in his mind.
He suddenly lifted the seals on his soul orb and raised his soul power to more than two hundred thousand once again, alarming Cobalt.
Before Cobalt back away, Azzy tightly grabbed the steel bat before swinging his arm towards the left with all of his strength.
While the heavy bat fell only a few meters away, Cobalt, who lost his grip, was flung away like a ball that was hit homerun.
Due to the huge force, he wasn't able to control his body and flew nonstop until his body crossed the barrier where their representative instructor caught him quickly, saving him from crashing onto the wall.
While everyone is concentrating on the flying Cobalt, Azzy pushed away from the fire sword upwards at the same time and then, motioned his arm and leg backward before throwing a solid punch to the sword.
*Bam*
A loud sound like explosion erupted in the arena as a portion in the middle of the sword was destroyed completely making the remaining upper part fall on the sand.
A few seconds later, the blade and the remaining broken sword disappeared into thin air.
"Eirin…" The swordsman fell pained upon watching his Arcana die and its spirit to the mindscape. Even though he had a revival card with him, swordsman Vernie didn't bother to revive it as he knew the match is over the moment their captain is out. He just stood there like a statue, waiting for the announcement from the proctor.
In the meantime, the two summoners and the healer who were watching it from the skies also thought the same as their teammate, losing their confidence completely.
Still, the summoners didn't recall their beasts as it was pointless now. With their beasts merged, they could neither dismiss the transformation until the time limit nor could they make them return to their respective mindscapes.
All they could do is to watch, hoping for a miracle after ordering to unleash another soul skill, which made the Tigon revert to its original size and turn into a flaming beast with flames covering all over its body.
But, a miracle is called a miracle because of its extremely low possibility.
Unfortunately for them, Azzy decided on his next move as soon as he saw the changes in the beast.
To make sure not to damage his clothes with all the blood once again, he decided to kill it from far away.
With a thought in mind, instantly, the soul armor around him disappeared, and the soul energy that was spread to all the body parts is now retracted back into the soul orb.
Azzy then raised his hand and mumbled, "Soul skill: Death Spear."
His eyes turned pitch black while a dark spear filled with death energy appeared in his hands. Motioning his arm backward for a bit, he threw it towards the Tigon that halted his steps upon sensing powerful energy within the spear.
Before it decided whether to continue or to return, the spear already struck its neck.
Upon getting pierced by the dark spear, the flames over its body died out while its body became petrified into charcoal, almost instantly.
A part of the audience was cheering loudly in excitement while another part of the audience went numb as they watched the five opponents of a higher grade with temporary mid-rank-5 and a peak-rank-5 soul power were soundly defeated by a low-rank-5 without even needing the help of his Arcana spirit.
Moreover, from the start to finish, only a little more than 2 minutes have been passed.
On Team Twilight's side, there were no losses except for Azzy's soul power almost in triple digits. On team Harmony's side, the merged beast was killed; the captain was thrown out of the barrier; Vernie's sword was also extinguished.
With the last ray of hope was easily obliterated, Captain Cobalt threw away the match.
"Team Twilight wins the match." The Proctor announced the win.
Watching from the stands, Vesryn asked Izora who sat beside him, "Are you sure he isn't your long-lost relative? No matter how I look at him, this boy kinda looks like you, especially his aquamarine eyes and nose. Well, his complexion is a bit light compared to you though… Still, people who don't know you might even think you are siblings."
"Don't joke around, Vesryn." The ill-tempered Izora clenched her fist and slowly spoke, "Members of our crescent clan don't have that kind of darkness."
"Hmm, now that I think about it, your clan members are also too expressive." Vesryn let out a comment, not knowing that Izora is in a bad mood, which made her respond with a solid punch on his thigh. "Ugh…"
As he was rubbed his thigh, Izora replied in a cold tone, "You are right. We are too expressive. So, don't test my patience and work on the thing we came here for."
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