"If you can take three hits from me, then I'll consider it a pass," the robe woman's confident voice echoed.
Even Vincent was taken aback by her bold challenge. The audacity of her words seemed to ignite a competitive fire within him.
Forget about three hits, he was now determined to prove himself and beat this woman in her own game.
"Come, " he challenged.
"Ignis in via mea omnia, devora coram me omnia," the woman chanted, her voice resonating with ancient power.
As she raised her hand, a luminous trail of fire appeared, swirling around her fingers.
The air seemed to shimmer with intensity, and the space around the flames responded to her incantation.
"You think this small fire can beat me? I just defeated a demon lord of flame," he retorted confidently, his voice tinged with a hint of amusement.
"Don't compare this to that weak flame," the woman asserted with a confident chuckle.
"This is the first one , " She flicked her wrist, and the flame expanded and surged forward.
But it didn't stop there.
As if responding to her command, the once humble flame transformed, taking on the shape of a magnificent bird-like creature with wings ablaze in hues of crimson and gold. Every feather seemed to dance with an ethereal light, casting intricate patterns on the surrounding space.
The transformation was mesmerizing, and the fiery avian creature seemed to come to life, soaring through the air with a powerful brilliance.
"Impressive," he couldn't help but be impressed by the woman's mastery over fire. It was no ordinary display of elemental powers; her control over the flame was nothing short of extraordinary.
But it was not to the point that he would be afraid of it. As the fiery assault surged forward, he remained composed, his demeanor unbothered.
With a calm focus, he summoned multiple ice walls, each at least 10 feet thick, to materialize and intercept the attack with remarkable precision.
The gaps between the ice walls were minuscule, barely a millimeter apart, creating an almost impenetrable defense.
BOOOOM !
The fiery assault clashed, and with a resounding boom, the first ice wall was easily shattered. Vincent's brow furrowed in concentration, realizing that the woman's attack was more formidable than he had anticipated.
BOOOOM!
The fiery bird did not stop and continued to surged forward, its flame diminishing slightly with each ice wall it destroyed.
Unbothered, he focused his energies, adapting his strategy on the fly.
BOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOM!
He was forced to summoned the 11th ice wall as a reinforcement, fortifying it with his newfound earth abilities. The icy barrier stood strong, but he knew that he couldn't rely solely on defense.
With a swift motion, he countered, unleashing a surge of ice and earth towards the fiery bird. The elements clashed once more, and he could feel the strain of the battle taking its toll on the bird.
At this moment, he was confident that he could stop it's assault. However, out of nowhere, the weakened flame expanded once more, transforming into a stronger, vibrant blue blaze.
"It's a two step attack !" He clicked his tongue as he was caught off guard by the sudden surge of power.
BOOOOOOM !
The force of the explosion was immense, and he felt the heat engulf him as the icy terrain surrounding him melted away in an instant.
The intensity of the blast was not on the same level as Diablo's explosive power, but it was undeniably hotter and more ferocious.
As the mist settled, a figure appeared—it was Vincent, completely unscathed by the attack.
In the final seconds, he had managed to block the woman's fiery assault by swiftly creating a formidable energy barrier. Thanks to his domain, he could harness his full power, allowing him to withstand such a deadly attack.
"So my normal attack couldn't even get pass your defense," the robe woman spoke, her tone holding a hint of surprise.
She had unleashed an attack that rivaled the power of Diablo's full assault, and yet, she referred to it as a "normal attack."
Her confidence was too much, but Vincent knew she wasn't exaggerating. He could sense the strength in her demeanor, and it only served to deepen after he witnessed her power.
"That's one," Vincent replied calmly, a glimmer of challenge in his eyes.
He also wanted to test his limits, and the woman in front of him was the perfect sparring partner for that.
"How about you try attacking me for real?" Raising his palm, he signaled the woman, a silent challenge in his gesture.
He was not one to back down from a test of strength. Just as she exuded confidence in her power, he too believed in his own strength.
Moments passed like an eternity, and then the woman's lips curved into a small, knowing smile.
"Omnia , mea semita , ignea , omnia flamma ante me mortem vorant ," With a chant, she raised her own hand, summoning her power once more. The air crackled with energy, and an aura of flames surrounded her.
But this time, the flame she conjured had a dark hue to it—a dark-red flame that seemed to emanate an unsettling aura.
Vincent couldn't help but feel a massive amount of negative energy pulsating within the dark-red flame. It was unlike anything he had encountered before, and he knew that this was no ordinary display of power.
As the woman's dark flame flickered and danced, the space seemed to shudder under the weight of its negative energies at play.
"Let me see if you can take my second attack, " she declared.
Creeeeeeeeek!
And with a thin eerie whistle , the dark-red flame transformed into a massive bird-like creature again, twice the size of its previous incarnation.
Vincent's intuition told him that this attack was far more formidable. So he didn't waste a moment and immediately conjured a barrier, combining the elements of ice and earth in a powerful fusion.
His mastery over his domain allowed him to tap into the full extent of his abilities. With focused, he created a single colossal block, a barrier with a thickness of 100 feet. It resembled a square mountain more than a conventional defense.
BOOOOOOM!
A deafening explosion echoed through the air as his impenetrable barrier clashed head-on with The Dark-Red Bird.
The space round them trembled with the weight of their powers. The woman's dark-red fiery creature surged forward with an unsettling ferocity, its immense size seemingly challenging the very limits of nature.
Vincent's massive barrier on the other hand stood firm, a testament to his mastery over the elements. The collision of dark-red flames and icy earth created a spectacle of power and intensity that few could fathom.
"Is this it ? " Vincent's muttered to himself. His composure remained calm because he was confident in his defensive abilities.
However, what happened next caught him completely off guard.
"My barrier is decomposing ?"
He had not anticipated that the dark-red bird possessed the ability not just to burn, but to actually decompose his barrier in real-time.
The sight was astonishing and left him momentarily stunned.
His massive barrier, constructed with the fusion of ice and earth, was rapidly disintegrating under the dark-red bird's relentless assault.
"I need to stop it,"
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