Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

The king didn't like Joanis' tone, but he had a point… Joanis failed to kill Rain because of his pride and hatred toward him. A quick thrust in his heart would have been enough before, and preferred to split Rain in two… in the end, the king made the sea emperor face Rain while the other sea folk used their magic to stop the waters and return to their base.

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When Rain found the sea emperor again, he also found the surprise in his eyes. It seemed that everyone liked to show him that kind of look… still, at that point in time, it should be obvious was known for his comebacks.

Besides, while his fire magic sucks, Rain wanted to see himself as a Phoenix that would get up no matter what and win in the end… maybe it was weird to see himself that way only because of his red hair and indomitable willpower.

"If you can hear me, then I need to tell you… this is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you," Rain said and then increased the size of his forearm and shin guards.

They eventually covered Rain's arms and legs completely, but he stopped right there… At the same time, they were so cold that they began to freeze everything around Rain.

The sea emperor ignored that and just charged at Rain… his movement was so fast that the blast in the water only responded when Rain was attacked and was being pushed dozens of meters away.

In the end, Rain was only able to endure the attack for a few moments… the sea emperor was stronger than him, and while he blocked the thrust that had been aimed at his heart, he was knocked down on the water and rolled several times. When Rain stopped moving, he saw the sea emperor falling from the sky, about to impale his head.

Rain hit the water with both hands and then propelled himself away from the spot… in the next moment, the sea emperor landed, piercing the water and the ground with his spear… the entire area trembled thanks to the impact, and numerous waves moved in all directions.

When the hole in the water created by the sea emperor's attack was about to close, he jumped away and then looked at Rain, assuming his fighting stance… he could have stayed underwater, but the king wouldn't have been able to see him fighting like that.

"Hehehe, sucks to be you," Rain said as he moved his right fist to his right side. "Here comes a big one."

The sea emperor charged once again and tried to impale Rain's head once again with the attack. However, Rain punched him right back… his forearm guard and the spear collided, and the impact pushed away all the water in their surroundings in a three hundred meters. The blast also froze the waters and soon created an arena enveloped by ice walls.

The sea emperor was left astonished by the fact that Rain was able to block his attack. However, Rain's fists began to drop some blood… it seemed that Rain had to pay a price for all that power… still, the sea emperor had to do the same… his right shoulder also froze thanks to the blast of Rain's attack.

The sea emperor jumped away and then used his mastery over water to get rid of the ice, and soon he looked at the frozen area in shock… and then he looked at Rain again.

"You will get more of them. Enjoy," Rain smirked.

The sea emperor readied his stance again… the king was getting annoyed already… he wanted to kill Rain as fast as possible, so how come that hadn't happened already?

The king's intentions reached the sea emperor… he had to kill Rain with all his might. In the end, he jumped to a whooping five hundred meters in the sky and moved his spear to his back while moving his body like a spring. A bunch of water was summoned to the back of the weapon and was condensed in small points on the butt of the weapon.

When the sea emperor threw the spear, it fell as fast as a lightning bolt… all the water and the sea emperor's strength propelled the weapon to become insanely fast.

When the weapon hit its mark, the entire area trembled, and rifts on the ground began to spread in all directions. The waves began to crash violently against each other, and it felt like the magic people's country was about to be split in half.

Still, when the impact ended… Everyone could only see Rain punching the spear while a lot of blood was leaving his arms in his fingers, his elbow, and his shoulder… he didn't move a single inch, but the impact caused a fifty-meter crater under his feet.

When the sea emperor landed, he made the spear return to his hand, but soon his entire arm froze when he touched the weapon… Rain's attack didn't create a blast of cold wind like before that froze everything… This time, he focused on a single point and enveloped the coral spear of the sea emperor.

Still, he had an easy time getting rid of the ice once again. In the next moment, the sea emperor checked his condition by making his spear spin in his hands… everything was back to normal on his right arm. If he could smile, he would smile about that, but he couldn't.

At the same time, the wounds in Rain's arms began to heal quite fast, and the sea emperor saw all that… the king probably couldn't see that from that distance, but he couldn't believe that Rain could take more of those hits, but he also couldn't believe that he was able to block the first attack in the first place… an attack that probably could kill a dragon in one hit… at least some of them.