Sam put harbinger away and stood on the ground. He let them get up and recover. They are not using the hoverboards anymore. They are going to battle straight without any external measures.
Sam also decided to keep all of his toys away from this battle. He only decided to use weapons.
They exchanged a glance and the trio decided to jump at Sam at the same time. Philip with the fists, Jack with his sword, and finally Watt with a couple of cards in his hands.
Sam used his sword and his body turned rocky. He blocked Philip's fist and blocked Jack's sword with his own. He used the two collisions to his advantage and moved out of the trajectory of the cards that almost hit him.
The cards hit the nearest tree and impaled themselves into it.
Sam stomped his feet on the ground and the surrounding gravity increased. The trio is not exactly bothered with it. They trained in the gravity field. Sam felt the disadvantage a person would have in a high gravity zone when they are fighting for the first time when he fought Dia.
So, he made sure that they wouldn't kill themselves if they fell into such a situation.
The trio continued with the attacks as if nothing happened as soon as they adjusted their energy flows to sustain the gravity. But Sam once again smirked and deactivated the gravity field right before they wanted to lunge forward.
They kicked the ground harder than they required to due to the absence of excess gravity and they rose too high in the sky.
Sam took this chance swung his sword. A combined wind blade and sword ray sliced through the air and hit the three.
The after effect made the surrounding trees got cut.
The three of them fell on the ground, but they didn't take time to recover and stood up taking a defensive stance.
But Sam didn't follow through. He placed the sword back in the storage and took out the staff.
The trio looked at him as if they wanted to say something, but they suppressed the urge to do so.
"What? Do you guys think I would fight just like did every day? You know me too much, but that doesn't mean you know me completely. I already told you, think differently while you are fighting with a familiar opponent."
With that, he lunged forward once again and the gravity increased. The trio cursed under their breaths and tried to control their strength to the utmost and started fighting, this time they are prepared for the sudden disappearance of gravity, but that didn't happen, their attacks are on brink of landing, but right before that, gravity increased even more and their movements were forcefully halted due to that.
They were hit by the solid strikes of the staff on their shoulders, backs, and even heads.
If not for their last-second defense maneuvers they would have been already critically injured.
Sam didn't wait this time. He didn't let them digest the surprise at all. He swung the staff as if he is fighting his mortal enemy. If not for the absence of the killing intent, the trio would have been sure of that.
They felt like this is the test for their endurance on how much beating they can take.
Sam is shifting between elemental fusions as he landed one hit after another. Just when the group thought that he is using earth element, he slammed them with a lightning strike. When they thought that he is using fireball, it turned into a water ball.
The fighting style is extremely bizarre.
They are feeling the pinch on how their unfamiliarity with his method of fighting is affecting them. Sam is being extremely random and chaotic. Generally, he focused on efficiency so much, but now he is using the energy as if he has too much of it and he couldn't exhaust it all.
The whole forest is hurting because of their battle.
In the middle of this chaotic beating, the trio managed to land a few decent hits, but they are not enough to stop Sam and his onslaught.
They all gathered at one point and went on defensive and created a distance between Sam and themselves.
They are managing to gain the rhythm of Sam slowly.
Sam halted in his attacks and help the staff in his hands and spoke.
"Already done? I thought you would have learned a thing or two from me, but it seems like someone needs experience."
The three of them almost cursed on top of their lungs, but controlled the urge and whispered something.
Sam just smiled and let them do as they pleased. If it was a real battle, he would have already killed at least one of them. It is just too easy for him since he is familiar with every single move they can use.
And in the same way, they are being stumped because, Sam is just playing around in an unusual style, which made all the advantage they have over his familiarity to be of no use.
After the discussion, the trio got ready and the three aura surged to the skies. Jack shifted his sword from the right hand to the left hand.
His aura changed and this is not the first time Sam is feeling this aura. This is the aura of the swordsman who died in the undead realm. In fact, it is the exact same aura as the sword rays in the valley.
Watt also took out a bunch of cards in each hand. He is like a magician who likes doing card tricks. He held the cards like a fan and stood there.
Philip also changed his style. A large volcano seemed to have opened in him and became active all of a sudden.
Sam also recognized this aura. This is one of Philip's hidden cards which was good for surprising enemies in a pickled situation. This is one of the techniques he got from the Murali's inheritance island.
This is a type of technique in which the user stores a part of energy he absorbed daily around the spiritual core. This needs impeccable control and balance in the energy. This forms a cocoon within his body which he can access whenever he is a dangerous situation.
This technique is mostly used when fighting powerful opponents or too many opponents at the same time.
Sam didn't expect him to use that now. But he is quite looking forward to it. He spun the staff around him as he ran forward. Once again he started playing with the gravity, which is actually irritating. But this time, the trio is prepared.
The issue with the gravity is that it will mess up their footing and the strength they use will always be not right enough to launch their attack. It will either be more or less. But now they decided to not move at all.
They all decided on ranged attacks that are devoid of gravitational influence.
Jack threw a chaotic sword ray, Philip threw a jet fire and Watt threw a wind blade without any card.
All three attacks are targeted at Sam and he didn't have time to keep the gravity in a variable change. It stayed like that for a fraction of seconds.
Sam used water element and a huge circle of spinning water was created in mid-air. He is using the same tactic as earlier. Use the steam that is formed out of the collision of the water and fire to make their vision blurry and the water disc also defended against the sword ray and the wind blade.
But since the gravity is not changing constantly and remained the same for a few seconds, the trio took advantage of the interval and launched themselves on Sam.
There is one thing about gravity while manipulating it, it is hard to use other elements when doing it and it would be hard for Sam when all three of them are at his throat to get that interval to manipulate.
So, he abandoned that idea and started fighting. Even Watt is near him and he is throwing those cards almost at a point-blank range which makes it hard to miss.
He has several cuts on the face and neck but everything is small.
Soon, Sam had to use the ripple style just to cope with the trio.
He is constantly spinning the staff to defend the sword and the semi-solid metallic attacks from Philip which are extremely annoying and finally Watt's stupid cards.
Particularly the cards that have threads attached to them.
The commotion has sent every beast that is in the vicinity to escape and there are many trees that collapsed due to the after-shocks.
Sam is shifting between elements to deal with the attack. He is on the defensive. But he is not feeling anxious, because he knew that he can manage this. In fact, he is a bit surprised and excited that they are finally getting what he is trying to tell them.
They are finally thinking differently.
