Aspiration to the Heavens: Becoming the Supreme Mage Vol 2- Descent of Darkness

Episode 104: Earth Shattering Lightning

*Lei*

Iah and I glared at one another from opposite ends of the canyon. Only a single wooden bridge waved in the gusts that would occasionally blow in.

A single horn appeared on Iah's forehead and yellow scales covered his skin.

My lips curled upward. "Seems that you're taking me seriously this time."

Iah scoffed. "I did the first time too." The earth underfoot trembled. "But I'll finish this battle quicker than the last."

I snickered. "Perhaps I misspoke. It does seem like you're underestimating me." Wind danced around me, raising dust high into the air.

"Careful with those debris. I don't want to win because you had an asthma attack."

"No worries, the dust is stuck in my gales!"

Iah sighed. The clouds of dust caught in the walls of my vortex began to seep into the center.

My breathing came to a standstill. If I breathed in that dust it would be the end of me. Luckily, Iah turned them into spikes... well maybe not so lucky...

A sphere of wind surrounded me, destroying the spikes of earth.

"Fulgur Draco!" I chanted. With a raised hand toward the sky, lightning dropped down from the heavens.

The bolt went through the barrier around the battlefield and took the form of a dragon. The electrifying dragon rushed at the prince of Mina, scorching the ground as it flew incredibly close to it.

"Heed my call, oh earth! Terra Draco!" Iah punched the ground, causing a giant rock dragon to rise from the dusty ground.

The rocky dragon crashed into my lightning dragon. Iah and I were flung away from the canyon as a shockwave erupted in the spot where our spells had collided.

Iah raised his head and grinned. He was starting to look like his old self again.

A smile came over me too. "Let's do this!" I yelled, gathering winds in the blades of my butterfly sword. "Ventus Perseco!"

"Oh no, I'm not going to face that again," Iah said, clapping his hands as I threw one of my knives. Wall of earth rose around the edge of his side of the canyon. The blades of wind struck them head on, tearing holes just like my wind arrows had torn through the orichalcum targets.

The rock making up the walls was pulled toward the blades but as soon as that rock touched it, it was torn by the wind of my blades.

Bullets of mud lurched at me from the wall. Wet clay splatted behind me. With a single slash, I had cut them each one of them down.

"Is that all you got, Lei?" Iah asked.

I narrowed my eyes at the earth wall. "Hey, look at who is losing!"

Something hit my stomach, sending me crashing into a sandstone cliff. A plume of dust spread all around me.

I covered my mouth and tried to stand up but a foot landed on my stomach.

Now out of the dust cloud, I gasped for air. A wall of wind formed behind me.

"I stand corrected," I said, wiping off the blood dripping from my mouth.

Iah's golden eyes gazed down at me from on top of another sandstone cliff.

"Spark!" I yelled. Electricity surged throughout my legs. Flying at him, I formed a fist and threw it at him. Iah in turn met my fist with his own. The cliff he stood on shattered into dust and cracks appeared throughout the ground below.