Battle Arena (Part-3)

Apollo was smiling with excitement as he let go of himself. Every cell in his body was filled with energy and was roaring with power as he started to exert his strength. 

He started to get better and better at exerting his strength, and he started to push Jacob. 

On the other side, Jacob first was a little better, but as they continued the onslaught, slowly Apollo, started to gain momentum. 

"Damm!" 

As he was being pushed, he quickly made up his mind to use his trump card; otherwise, he might lose without showing his true strength, 'Bloodline Transformation'.

Boom!

Jacob's body, which was already domineering, seems to have become more violent and burst with an extremely powerful aura that surprised Apollo. 

His hand started to change and become bigger and bigger, almost becoming twice as thick before being covered in golden scales with a large claw covered in a powerful golden aura of destruction. 

"Get ready; it's going to be your defeat."

Jacob first exchanged words while showing confidence that he never showed.

"Heavenly Bear Claw!"

Jacob, even with his large size, moved extremely fast, as the partial transformation seemed to not only increase his strength but also give him an overall boost.

Apollo was surprised by the transformation, but he wasn't afraid. He can dodge this, as his reflexes were also off the charts, but why would he be dodging?

His blood was boiling with excitement as he was going to face the attack head-on.

The aura around him also changed as a silvery-white life force came out of his body. The temperature of the arena dropped, and the thick layer of ice covered the entire place.

The shocking change caught everyone's attention, as it seemed that the name Ice Lord wasn't without a reason. Even for a moment, Jacob also felt ominous, but he instantly let go of this feeling, believed in his bloodline, and attacked with confidence.

Apollo used all his strength, concentrated his ice life force in his right fist, and attacked head-on.

Baam!.....

The fist and the claw collided, creating large tremors that travelled throughout the arena and shook the crowds sitting in the stands.

It seems they are equal in strength as they cannot push each other, but this changed as a crack sound could be heard.

Aaah!...

Jacob wailed in pain as his claws seemed to be the first to break, the ice life force seemed to have frozen his hand, and the powerful force from Apollo's punch sent him flying.

Boom!

He landed outside the arena, creating a large crater, with his transformed hands covered in ice. The crowd was shocked that, at that moment, only utter silence remained.

Hundreds of people couldn't believe what they had just seen, as the strength displayed by 'Ice Lord' wasn't something, that could be shown by mortals below the limit-breaker stage. 

With his last bit of strength, Jacob gazed upon his frozen hand, utterly decimated by the unrelenting power of the ice energy. Just look at Apollo standing in the middle of the arena as his heart trembled in fear, and he couldn't believe the strength of this human.

After the silence, Ref quickly announced the winner.

"Winner, warrior of ice, Ice Lord!"

The announcement finally brought the shocked crowd back, to reality, and loud cheers reverberated throughout Arena 4.

The crowd couldn't help but talk about the Ice Lord, who was extremely strong and covered in mysteries. Even weird rumours about him started that he is from the Eternal Ice Palace and was an apprentice of some old monster.

But Apollo didn't care as he left the stage and returned to the waiting room with his head high and feeling great, letting out a bit of steam. 

Alina also came back while following Apollo, feeling shocked, as she had just seen the match and couldn't expect him to be this strong. She also opened nine primary prana circuits, but she might not have lasted a second in front of Apollo.

"So, when will it be my second battle?" Apollo asked while feeling good, as his opponent was good, and he couldn't wait to battle other stronger opponents.

Alina was bit surprised by the sudden question and couldn't answer it. Because of the strength shown by him, it will be difficult to find an opponent. The battle arena needed time to find a strong opponent and arrange that. 

"Ah...."

As she was about to say this, the fat organizer quickly came running.

"Young lord!"

Apollo nodded and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Young Lord, it might be a little hard to organize a match for you today."

He was confused. "Why?"

"Lord, your strength is beyond expectation, and it is difficult to find someone below the limit-breaker state who can fight with you."

"But don't worry, it will take some time to publicize and find a worthy opponent for you." 

"I needed just, ah, two days. Yes, two days will be enough."

The Fat organizer quickly answered and gave him enough assurance that he would quickly organize more challenging and spectacular matches for him.

"So, Lord, what do you say?"

"Okay, then do that."

Apollo agreed that it would be best if they could find better opponents to try his limits.

After this, there was nothing left to do; he could only leave the place as Apollo came out of the Battle Arena. Master Aaron was already waiting for him with a smile on his face.

"Master!"

"Yeah, kid, you surprised me. It seems you are stronger than I expected."

"So when will your second battle be held?"

As he expected, after seeing that ordinary opponents were not worth the time, the battle arena needed time to arrange better warriors. 

"Two days later."

Apollo said calmly, feeling a bit reluctant that he had to wait two days.

"Don't worry, let's go to our next stop to increase your spirit, as it is also an important factor in breaking the limit."