Sam felt like a million daggers are pointed at him.
He looked around with his energy vision and his feeling couldn’t be more right. The spiritual energy that is still invisible is condensed into hundreds of blades that are all zooming towards Sam.
He disappeared from the spot and reappeared mid-air as he tried to close the distance, but he was suddenly blocked by an energy wall and the energy blades that were aimed at his previous position changed directions before they came at him once again.
Sam swung his sword with condensed spatial energy that created small rift mid-air and it was assisted with the ripple style.
The spatial energy rippled through the air and created a temporary curtain that blocked the energy blades.
But while the back was guarded, the Mountain Master attacked from the front, or more precisely from the bottom.
Through Sam’s energy vision a large circle started glowing under his feet and the two ends of the circle rose up like the mouth of a beast with teeth protruding from either side.
If the mouth is closed, the lower half of his body will be gone.
Sam kicked on the ground and disappeared from the spot, the mouth was dispersed with the ripples that came from his movement.
But this time Sam didn’t transfer himself to a different spot. Instead, he just dashed through the space using his elemental energies. This left a trail of spatial and shadow energy rippling in the surroundings.
This made the Mountain Master unable to use his energy manipulation as he liked. The energy blades he was about to conjure to deal with Sam weren’t formed.
They all dispersed before the process is complete and the Mountain master also received a sword slash aimed at his face. The sword is blocked by an invisible energy. Sam wanted to push through it, but the energy enveloped in such a way that it acted like a snake and crawled across to blade towards Sam’s hands.
Sam used void style as he released some energy through his sword.
The Mountain master leaped back to avoid it, while Sam disappeared right before the energy explosion.
Sam reappeared at a spot, only for his foot to be stuck by something. It is also like a snake coiling around his leg and trying to make him fall down. He kicked the leg forcefully on the ground to get rid of the restraints and moved to the side.
A surge of energy blades met him which he intercepted with his sword.
Slowly, Sam was pushed to the defensive. The usage of Shadow and Space elements together in a perfect fusion is something that he uses when speed is his priority. It is hard for most people to be his opponents when he is like that.
This is the first time he found that even in this form he could be pushed back this much.
Mountain Master is getting used to the timing and controlling this fusion form.
After five more minutes, Sam who just dodged around a dozen blades suddenly felt something brushing past his back and leaned forward only to be caught by something like a net.
The energy condensed into a net held him and a large mesh formed around him bit by bit as each layer kept on adding on to the original net. And when Sam is trying to disappear from the spot, the spatial and shadow energy is being targeted with the energy strands as they exploded and made it impossible for him to move away.
Sam was impressed. He felt restrained and frustrated for a bit, but he is definitely impressed. It is definitely the most mixed feeling he ever felt.
As he was thinking of a way to get out of the situation, he noticed something else.
The energy in the surroundings is not just condensing into the strands, it is also condensing into something else. Of course, it all happening in an invisible state and the only way for him to see it is through his energy vision.
He watched as energy condensed into orbs of different sizes and are staying still at different positions within the whole combat zone.
He could easily guess what the other party is planning to do. He is trying to create a formation that could kill Sam.
“I am caught in your restraints, but you still can’t kill me. I resort to tricks too, but for a person who is on the same level as I am? I don’t bother with them that much.”
He muttered to himself lightly. The Mountain Master is too busy weaving the formation.
Sam gritted his teeth and deactivated the fusion. His body which was dark and gloomy until then, turned back to normal.
He started condensing energy around him to get rid of the restraints, but it seems like the Mountain master is already prepared. Small strands of energy are exploding slowly making it impossible for Sam’s energy to condense.
Sam even tried to get rid of the restraints with the energy manipulation, but even that didn’t happen. The control of the Mountain Master over the energy is so impeccable that as soon as Sam’s energy interfered in it, the restraint structure is changing into something completely different.
Just as strong, but definitely different.
“I didn’t want to use these things, but I guess there is no point in holding back now.”
He muttered to himself once again and made a move. His whole body started glowing with a golden light.
The glow didn’t stop there. It expanded more and more. And from the golden body, light beams were shot in different directions. The mesh and the net didn’t manage to stop them as the light beams were shot from within the gaps and every one of them targeted the orbs around Sam.
The formation that was just about to start went off and the Mountain Master was shocked by the sudden change. He wanted to restrain Sam’s energy, but before he could do that, he had to start dodging the attacks that are coming at him.
Sam’s body slowly started changing color as soon as the mesh was removed from him. The mesh went away and he started attacking the Mountain Master with light beams. He didn’t even move from the spot.
The Mountain Master started blocking the light beams with the energy blades. But his speed is not enough. The dynamic of the battle is changing way too quickly. A few minutes ago, Sam was on the defensive now it changed completely.
Sam couldn’t help but think that this might be the most boring and bland battle he had in a long time.
The other party has a very unique skillset and even more unique mindset, but he is not really an opponent that Sam is enjoying battling. It felt like a massive waste of time.
He doesn’t want to continue this anymore. He just wants to finish this up and go away. He wants a break from this stupid shit.
As he thought to that point. He suddenly stopped in his track and made a different move. His fusion changed slightly as along with the golden light, his body is covered with golden flames as well.
He started breathing deeply as he filled his lungs with the golden flames.
As if this is the chance that he had been waiting for, the Mountain Master made his move. He once again restrained Sam. But this time, instead of a mesh or a net, he created an energy prison out of thin air that didn’t even give him any space to move his arms even in the slightest.
It is almost like he is fit into a coffin that is two sizes smaller than him and he was dragged near so that the Mountain master could have better control over the situation.
But Sam didn’t care at all. He just stood there in that energy coffin as he started taking in a lot of air. His lungs expanded to no limit and before the Mountain Master could even figure out what was happening, Sam used the Golden Sun crow’s bloodline technique.
*BOOM*
The explosive golden flames blasted at the Mountain Master. He was stunned by the sudden attack. He was thinking that he would be able to deal with Sam if he just restrained him. He had the info that Sam could use various elements, but since he didn’t use many of them until now, he almost forgot about it.
He tried to defend against the flames at the last second. But there is little he could do with it.
The energy coffin around Sam was released. He deactivated the fusion and started spatial elemental fusion again. He disappeared from the spot and reappeared right in the middle of the flames.
He caught hold of the Mountain Master and stabbed him in the chest.
“I don’t know where you got all of this reputation from. I guess if you are not given any time to prepare you are pretty easy to deal with. I feel like I wasted too much time planning to deal with you.
Anyway, this is the end for now.”
Sam finished him off on the spot and slapped a token on his forehead before he disappeared from the spot.
The chess match was over which also brought one of the most useless battles Sam had to an end at the same time.
