Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 104 - Controlling the Power Within
Apollo turned the Cias ,"I guess we fucked up…" ,"Big time." Andrea shouted from another barrier ,"YOU TWO IDIOTS HAD TO GO DESTROYING THE ENTIRE DAMN SOLAR SYSTEM AND GETTING US ALL TRAPPED DIDN'T YOU!!!" ,"Not like you didn't blow up a planet either." Andrea and Apollo started screaming at each other. After a while they calmed down and so Cias apologized ,"I'm sorry for trying to do that, I thought it'd be cool to show what I've been working on and it ended up horribly." Cias looked down at the ground ,"It's alright, we all make mistakes. All we gotta do is control our power to the utmost extreme and that'll let us get out of here. Although I'm not really sure how to control solar system wiping power?" Cias looked at Apollo ,"Anything can be done with ki, even condensing the power to destroy a universe into an energy ball the size of a grain of sand. Application and control of energy is all it takes to be able to manipulate ki to its absolute extreme. But first we have to unleash our full power and try to suck in as much energy as we can and keep it close to us."
Apollo, just having learned Art: Absorption was putting it to good use and trying his best to control this new Art. It really wasn't easy to control power this strong and keep it so close to you but he was getting the hang of it after several hours. Cias dug deep within himself and learned how to control it already within those 3 hours. Apollo was the one who was now being left behind, Apollo thought (He's better with techniques after all). Apollo entered his consciousness and sensed the energy oozing out from his soul, he stretched out his thoughts, grabbing every iota of strength that he had, pulling it to himself. When he opened his eyes he noticed no energy leaking from his body, there wasn't even an aura to speak of. When he looked up he noticed John looking straight at him ,"Good job, now for the next step, try to do that while fighting, it's a whole different ball game."
Apollo looked around John, seeing how everyone except him was done, he was surprised (How is everyone so good at this???). He looked at himself, kind of embarrassed. John said ,"Everyone grows at their own pace, don't worry about them, besides, you're very strong in your own way. I'm going to expand this box so that you can fight Cias." He then stretched out the barrier. As John was walking away he said ,"Happy fighting." Cias first unleashed his full power, activating Art: Flame Slayer, Apollo activated his Art: Water Slayer. Apollo forced the energy to remain close to him, not escaping a foots length away. Cias with even more control had the flames wrap around him about an inch away. No energy was escaping from either of them but then Apollo yelled out ,"HOPE YOU'RE READY TO FIGHT AGAIN, I KNOW I AM!!!" Cias gave an affirmative ,"I'M READY WHEN YOU ARE!!!"
Cias swung his spear from below and Apollo swung his sword from above KABOOM. Apollo knocked Cias's spear to the side but Cias manipulated the shape of it to squiggle around and block the incoming blow BAM. Cias then got his spear back to its original shape and stabbed at Apollo numerous times TITITITITITITITI but all of his blows were either blocked or dodged. Apollo's energy was escaping, he noticed it and focused while Cias read that and went on to attack even more aggressively BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. Apollo was having a hard time fighting back and controlling his energy at the same time but with each swing he was progressively getting better and better until…
Apollo was getting backed into a corner by his friend, Cias was even confused but every attack of his was getting weaker and weaker, not because he was but because Apollo was getting better and better at diverting each blow. Apollo was seeing everything (So my sword goes here, and then… here). Everything was in slow motion to him, the light of his energy glistened on his body in all of its magnificence. Apollo was walking at Cias, dodging or blocking each blow without wasting any energy whatsoever. He then put his sword right near Cias's throat, Cias then put up his spear near Apollo's throat and smiled. John walked by, disabling the barrier and putting his hand on Apollo's shoulder ,"Good job."