Crimson Phoenix Guardian- Aspiration to the Heavens: Becoming the Supreme Mage 4

Episode 89: Hatching Phoenix

*Adela* 

Eli smirked and threw a flurry of fists in my direction as the morning sun hung overhead. I jumped into the air as a swarm of red fists pummeled the spot I once stood on.

"Folia!" I yelled, launching a barrage of leaves at my brother.

Eli slide stepped them repeatedly as he got closer to me.

 "Doing good, My Lady!" Ling yelled. 

"Eli's not doing bad either," Alex said, grinning. I'd ask him, Nat, Shu, and Li to help me with my training. They made the floating barrier and the island my brother and I were currently fighting on. Would've asked Chang and Ona to help too, but the more people here, the more unstable the barrier would be. Too many chefs in the kitchen ruined the broth my father used to say.

Eli spun around as he dodged the last of my leaf barrage. He clapped his hands, creating a powerful shockwave that tore through the rock below and displaced great quanties of air as well.

I gritted my teeth as I avoided the onslaught of air while trying to keep my focus on Elliot. Brother was fast. If I didn't pay attention, he could sneak up on me, using the dust cloud as cover.

I gasped as Eli burst through the cloud of dust and delivered an open fist at me.

Focusing my prana veil forward, I formed a red energy barrier in front of me. The barrier shattered as the displaced air from Eli's attack made contact, sending hot prana flying in all directions.

I flew behind him and delivered a kick, but Elliot blocked my attack with his beefy arm. He might've had only one element he could use, but he was great at it. If anything, the rest of us Xian were masters of none. Bulking up his body certainly helped with the drawbacks that came with prolonged use of martial magic. Likely why Nyima and Ayawamat avoided using it most of the time. The muscle spasms were awful. Eli had to deal with them a lot when he was little. 

To overcome them, Eli trained long and hard, sometimes even to the point of passing out. Xun had to keep telling him not to push himself, but Zhuang wouldn't listen. So Big Brother had no other choice but to put Eli to sleep with his plant magic. Eli though stayed awake for a good while. Xun compared the task to trying to put a Seven-Star Snake to sleep. 

"Hehe. You're still green behind the ears if you think you can beat me in a physical fight," Eli said, smirking.

I smirked and slammed my other heel down at him. He gulped as tiny needles poked through his red aura. A little more and he would've gotten poked.

"Get off! You know how much I hate needles!" Eli said, swinging his arm around.

My heel needles snapped, sending me flying into the air.

"Lady Adela!" Ling yelled as I hit the ground.

"Think she's done for," Alex said.

"No. Lady Adela, you can't lose now!"

I rubbed my head as I turned around until I was laying on my belly. The whole island felt like it was spinning. My pancakes felt like they wanted to come out.

"Seems I over did it!" Eli said, laughing.

"You think?" I asked, glancing up a him. 

He sighed. "Well, you did come at me with thin poky things."

Nat laughed. 

"Hey! Don't laugh at Sir Zhuang, Elephant Boy!" Ling said.

"Sorry, it's just, he sounded like Carter," Nat said, trying to stifle his laughter.