The two immediately charged at one another. Anthony began attacking Jason, wanted to rip the head off of the boys shoulders. Jason began defending the blows without giving ground. The weight behind each blow was staggering. Every punch could put a dent in a tanks exterior signifying the power behind each attack. To make matters worse, each throw specifically designed to inflict as much damage as possible. It was enough for Jason to be on edge.
'He packs a tougher punch than expected.' Jason thought as he dodged the next attack. 'He is also not leaving me any room to counter either.' Jason slowly started to grin. His heart began to pulse faster in excitement. Then he thought of an idea.
If each throw wanted to inflict as much damage as possible, Jason had to adjust the throw just enough to make it miss him. Jason moved his hand to slightly adjust the right hook that Anthony threw at him.
It was enough for Jason to slightly avoid the next blow but it was quickly followed by a left gut punch. Jason twisted his body, managing to dodge the blow by a hair. He simultaneously raised his elbow which connected to Anthony's face. Anthony stepped back a few steps, his endless barrage of attacks stopping as Jason's counter finally registered in his mind.
Anthony's face changed several times within a few seconds. From smug to shock, then shock to realization, then realization to anger.
Anthony couldn't believe that Jason actually landed a blow against him. The attack didn't even hurt for his skin was so thick. It felt like being bitten by a mosquito. Yet Jason's counter managed to damage Anthony's ego. Anthony looked at Jason with barely contained rage. Bloodlust was leaking from him like a fountain. If Anthony found Jason as an annoyance before, now Jason managed to piss him off and the fight only lasted for a single minute.
Anthony lunged forward. His attacks aincreased in both speed and power. Jason had trouble dodging and deflecting the Anthony's relentless onslaught.
The eventually Jason used fire and appeared to Anthony's side. He activated his fire manipulation to ignite his hands on fire and punched with all his might. Anthony wasn't prepared for the surprise blow from his flank and couldn't react in time to block or dodge the blow. Jason's attack connected forcing Anthony to take a step back.
The cheering crowd roared with the unexpected counter. Jason landed a perfect attack in the midst of a relentless onslaught and the crowd cheered louder when they realized something.
"First blood!"
"First blood!"
"The underdog managed to deal enough damage to receive first blood."
Anthony looked down at where Jason hit him and saw a thin trail of blood trickle down his body.
With first blood, the momentum is now on Jasons shoulders and like any good fighter, he planned on riding the wave.
Anthony's eyes turned bloodshot with pure unfiltered rage. His skin took a dark sea blue hue. His bones and limbs stretched as muscles began to tear and reform. Dark blue scales began to cover his body as fins grew out of his forearms and his back. His face twisted as it took on the appearance of sea monster. His eyes turned crimson red with gold vertical slits. His mouth opened impossibly wide, showing off three rows of sharp shark like teeth.behind his teeth was a tongue that extended and grew out of his mouth. In the back of his throat was a pitch black empty void that Jason immediately realized was his internal void storage dimension. His hands extended into razor sharp claws that were six inches long each and sharp enough to cut through steel. Anthony activated the blessing of the leviathan. Smoke flowed out of his nostrils as he exhaled each breathe he held.
Jason looked at this fact and cold sweat dripped down his spine. 'Hes a fire breathing leviathan.' Jason thought to himself. 'This is troubling.'
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"Interesting. That blessing quite ferocious." The Jiang Yue said.
"Yes. His blessing is truly remarkable." Addie commented licking her lips with desire.
Jiang Yue ignored Addie's obvious perverted intentions and continued looking at the arena with a curious look. "If it only took him two attacks to push him to activate his blessing, his temper could very well be the deciding factor of this match."
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Jessica's looked at Jason with her mouth wide in astonishment. How is he growing at such a fast pace? It takes years, sometimes decades to naturally evolve, but Jason is evolving practically daily. It's almost like the gods themselves are giving him some kind of cheating method to bypass the natural law of evolution. Just last week, he wasn't even a blessed. Now? He's already in a mid tier adolescent. He's breaking the rules of what we know. So how is he getting stronger on such a massive scale? And why didn't I see it happen?
These questions continued to plague Jessica's mind until arriving at a single destination. 'I just need to force the answers out of him before he gets to strong for me to handle.'
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"Looks like things are getting interesting!" The announcer said. "The underdog has dealt first blood of this match and the leviathan has appeared for retribution. Can he hold out against this fierce predator of the sea?"
Jason briefly looked at Anthonys full transformation with narrowed eyes before grinning widely. 'His emotions ran hotter than I thought but that form is dangerous.' Jason bent his knees and held his hands in front of his face like a boxer. 'I'm gonna need to test the waters and see if I can even dodge his attacks in his blessed form. On land he is slower than he was previously. However, he most likely has water inside that stomach of his and who knows what else. I need to be cautious.' Then an idea appeared in Jason's mind. 'Let's see if this works.' He thought to himself.
Anthony who was standing a few meters away from Jason looked at him with murderous rage. "You insignificant worm. You dare force me to use this form. You! Pathetic! Lizard! Will! Suffer!" Anthony charged at Jason with the sole purpose of killing him.