Affinity:Chaos

Pu-chi!

The arrow pierced through his left shoulder, but he attacked at the same time as well.

Bam!

Grey was slammed by the heavy hammer, crashing into the ground once again.

Lucan stood still mid-air, looking below him to see if Grey was still able to stand up. His shoulder was feeling numb from the arrow, and he could barely feel his left arm.

His expression changed when he didn't see Grey's figure on the ground. Without any delay, he knew Grey must've used the space element to escape at the last minute.

Flame soon surrounded him, before exploding out in all directions. Since Grey was trying to attack him covertly, he would use this to bring him out.

Boom!

An explosion occurred in his left, and he turned to look at Grey who was standing there, shaking slightly from the previous vicious hammer attack. Blood could be seen coming from the side of his mouth, and head.

One has to know that Grey's physical body was far above that of others in the Origin Plane. Even Elementalists in the Overlord Plane didn't come close to him when it came to physical defense, yet, he wasn't only bleeding from internal injuries, but external as well. This goes to show how powerful the hammer attacks were.

Grey was breathing heavily after his sneak attack was blocked by Lucan's quick decision.

'If only I could use a few more elements or the Fusion State, then victory would be guaranteed.' He thought with a shake of his head.

After this, he knew there was no use in fighting anymore, although he could still go on, he knew had been defeated.

"I give up, you win," He said before disappearing, appearing on the ground of the platform.

As soon as his legs touched the ground, it gave way, and he fell on his ground, luckily, it was in a sitting position.

"*Sigh* It will take a while before I can get back to top shape again," He muttered while rubbing his shoulder.

Lucan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Grey admitting defeat. He had to admit, he was starting to get worried when he saw how persistent Grey was, luckily, he noticed that sneak attack, or else he would've been the one defeated today.

"If you were in the Overlord Plane, I'm certain that you wouldn't have any problems with defeating me," He said while getting off the rock he was standing on mid-air.

He approached the exhausted Grey, making sure to stand upright, not to give away his tiredness.

"Yeah, a shame I'm still not there yet," Grey replied while regulating his breathing.

"Given your talent, it's only a matter of time before your name spreads across the entire continent," Lucan said with a smile.

"Actually, I wouldn't want that," Grey replied honestly.

If not for Sylvia who made him start this challenge, he wouldn't want to be known all around. He had always been one who enjoyed solitude, a life of fame wasn't something he was after.

The moment they separate, he'll continue living like he previously did, when he was unknown to many while searching for Ellis. Once he finds Ellis, he would head back to the Azure Continent to bring his friends here, after that, he would start his search for his parents, while also trying to get to the peak of the world.

When Lucan heard his reply, he was taken aback since he thought Grey was someone who liked the limelight. If not, why would he start challenging geniuses all around, topping the rankings for the Origin Plane in every region?

From the strength Grey showed, there's a huge chance that he could be in the top twenty of the Early stages Overlord Plane geniuses rankings, much less topping the rankings of the Origin Plane Elementalists.

If Grey had encountered one of the geniuses ranked sixteenth to twentieth, then he had at least a sixty percent chance of winning.

This was high, given that the genius ranked fifteenth here could easily stroll into the top five in the rankings of regions like the Gale region.

….

Sylvia didn't feel disappointed in Grey's performance, she was amazed. If this was the strength Grey displayed at the previous regions, then he would've been able to sneak into the top ten in the Early stages Overlord Plane rankings. This was something deemed almost impossible for an Origin Plane Elementalist.

Lucan's family members were all left astounded by the battle, finding it difficult to accept the fact that the genius of their family found it difficult to defeat a youth who is still in the Origin Plane, if they didn't witness the battle, they would've been embarrassed if they heard it.

Grey wasn't your regular Origin Plane Elementalist, and they could all tell from how winded Lucan was after the fight, even though he was trying to hide it, they could see it.

"This boy, who is he?" An old man with long white beards asked while staring at Grey.

"If I'm not mistaken, he's the young man who had made a name for himself recently, he had…" A man who was in his late twenties stepped forward to tell the old man about Grey's exploit this past month.

"Oh, such a prodigy. It's a shame he's only still in the Origin Plane, if he were to break through to the Overlord Plane," The old man didn't finish his statement, but everyone knew exactly what he meant.

This was a genius that even the top Factions in the Middle Continent would fight to get, and it was no exaggeration.

"Hmm," The old man squinted his eyes as he stared in Sylvia's direction.

"Hello Senior," Sylvia greeted politely.

Unlike her previous unruly nature when she was in the Gale region, she knew even though her family is more powerful than the Edinburgh family, this old man was more powerful than she was.

"Oh, where are you from, young lady?" The old man asked.

"The Middle Continent, I'm with him," Sylvia replied while pointing at Grey.

"Oh, no wonder. He's a rare talent," The old man nodded in realization.

Now it all seemed to make sense. When he heard Sylvia say she was from the Middle Continent, he assumed it was the same for Grey.

'Maybe he couldn't break through, so he decided to travel and challenge others.' The old man thought.