Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix-Chapter 1098: Potential

The arena, filled with cheering spectators, provided the perfect stage for Rain to showcase the adaptability of his skills. With that in mind, Rain opened his fists and relaxed his posture.

Dana was surprised when she saw that; she didn't expect that Rain would do something like change his posture and fighting stance… still, she could feel that he wasn't underestimating her; he was just adapting himself to the situation.

"Begin!" Esmeralda shouted.

Dana charged at the same moment and then twisted her right arm and shoulder while she approached and clenched her teeth. Rain moved his head to the side and his right hand in the opposite direction and tried to deflect Dana's punch, but her attack made his whole arm tremble with the impact. Two of his fingers broke immediately, and he barely changed the direction of it…

Rain ignored the pain and waited for the next attack, but Dana jumped away and raised her guard… that had been an awesome chance for her to continue her advance. Rain had planned to defend himself, so he wondered if she made a mistake waiting for a counterattack.

"She didn't use Limit Breaker or Magic Boost, but her attack was on the same level," Rain thought when he fixed his fingers. "Is this a new technique?"

Rain didn't notice anything out of the norm, and he didn't have time to think either since Dana charged again. She copied the same movements as before…, but at the last moment, she moved the direction of her right arm and helped Rain dodge with ease… Still, soon Rain saw her raising her right knee and almost hitting his stomach.

Rain jumped backward and blocked the attack with his palms, but he still felt his bones cracking. After spinning in the air, he landed on the border of the ring, but once again, Dana didn't follow up with the attack.

"She must be saving her energy…" Rain thought. "It must be something related to the Greedy Vows… I will attack only every ten seconds or something and charge my attacks to make them hard to dodge and block… of something like that must be her vow."

A Matter of Skill was a technique that came from Greedy Vows, so that showed how much potential that had. Rain wasn't the only one who was making good use of it… freewebnσvel.cѳm

Regardless, blocking and defending will be hard, and focusing on the counter will be difficult as well since his counters will be weaker than Dana's since she was only attacking now and then harnessing her energy in the meantime. So, Rain's only option was obvious.

Before Dana could charge again, Rain stepped in with Impulse, but soon, he disappeared when he was in front of Dana. In the next moment, Dana felt dozens of palm strikes hitting her from angles, and her stamina began to drop insanely fast.

"The Counter Flow technique!" Dana said and then tried to hit Rain with a sweep kick.

Rain tried to move away from the attack, but his left ankle was still hit, and it broke like it was a single stick. He at least avoided being forced to spin in the air.

When Rain stopped moving, he made his left feet touch the floor of the arena, and the pain made his body flinch. His mobility will pay a price now… he couldn't heal himself, and Dana and everyone knew that. Thanks to it, she couldn't help but smile.

"Too soon to celebrate, dear little sister," Rain said. "Well, I guess I don't have much of a choice now aside from showing that a bit more."

Rain fixed his posture a bit and raised both of his arms… he looked like a bear now. Dana could tell that Rain wasn't planning to run away, and that was exactly what she wanted.

After exactly ten seconds, Dana charged in again, and then she punched Rain with all her might. The arena fell silent as Dana's powerful punch stopped just centimeters away from Rain's face. The audience, including Rain's family, Seadrei, and other spectators, collectively held their breath, their eyes wide with surprise.

There was an eerie absence of the expected impact sound or any indication of a collision.

Confusion and disbelief painted the faces of those witnessing the scene. The sudden pause in the action left them wondering if something had gone wrong or if they had missed a crucial detail. Esmeralda squinted as she observed the situation, trying to comprehend the unexpected turn of events.

It became evident that this was a strategic move on Rain's part, a calculated gamble to showcase the limitations of Dana's fighting style. The spectators, initially caught off guard, began to murmur and exchange bewildered glances.

For a moment, everyone thought that Dana hesitated in punching Rain seriously. He was her brother, after all… but soon they saw her face… she was sweating cold and showing an expression of pain… something happened. Once again, Rain did something that no one was able to see.

Dana groaned and then jumped away while slowly moving her arms… before long, some marks of fingers and hands appeared on her arm, and they were quite red as well… Thanks to that, she was even able to understand that Rain attacked her arm a bunch of times, enough to make her punch lose all of the power.

"He attacked fast, Jori too… a new technique that improves his attacking speed?" Dana furrowed her eyebrows. "My right arm is heavy since he also used the counterflow technique with each of her palm strikes."

Dana wanted to use power, but Rain decided to counter her power with speed… only Rain was Skilled enough to pull that off… Still, Dana soon felt her arm getting lighter again, and since she didn't suffer any real damage, she could try again… she just had to land a good hit, and Rain would be done for…

"I am going to bed everything on the next punch…" Dana thought.