The atmosphere of the Coliseum was heating up as Cherry and Hiroshi continued their match. It was an even scrimmage, but a few experienced superheroes could tell that Cherry had the upper hand.
After all, she wasn't that exhausted and her movements were carefully executed which allowed her to have minimal movements.
As for Hiroshi, his movements were wide and overly exaggerated. He was firing fireballs here and there, and putting up earth walls to block Cherry.
In hindsight, he didn't have any choice. Cherry was just too strong for him. He couldn't touch her, and he couldn't let her touch him either. If one of those options were to happen, then he would have his life force drained out of him... and then it's game over.
He couldn't believe that his attacks just wouldn't connect because his life force was imbued in the projectiles he sent at her. She would easily nullify them, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Ten minutes had passed, and Hiroshi was still relentlessly attacking Cherry while keeping his distance. He was nearing his limits, however, and before he knew it, he fell on the ground due to fatigue.
"In a battle of stamina, you can't win against me, Hiroshi. My superpower is the very definition of stamina itself." It was Sassu who spoke. Up until now, she still had control over Cherry's body.
Hiroshi gritted his teeth as he slammed his fist on the ground.
It was his loss.
He bit his lips and turned away. "It's my loss. I surrender." He announced.
Cheers could be heard from the crowd as the normal seating arrangement war turned into a professional tournament. Hiroshi couldn't believe that such a huge crowd formed in a couple of minutes. He walked towards the group, feeling rather dejected.
"Cheer up, Hiroshi," Sassu patted him on the back before supporting him as he walked. "You almost got me there, if you had moved more offensively, you might have defeated me. You were too focused on defending and keeping your distance, that's why you lost."
"Yeah, I guess I still have a lot to learn." Hiroshi forced a smile on his face. Today's fight had been an eye-opener for him. He didn't win, so that means Sassu got to keep her seat. But then again, he learned a thing or two from the match so it wasn't for nothing.
"And Sakura Cherry gets to keep her seat! Now, onto the second match!" Knighthawk screamed, getting into his character as a commentator as he gave the go-signal for the second match.
Emma and Shiroi stepped forward. This wasn't the first time they were going to have a match together, but to them, it felt like the first. After all, they've grown since their last encounter.
"As an added rule... you cannot use a tamed beast in this match. Even if your superpower is related to tamed beasts, it cannot be used. This is to make it fair for those who don't have a tamed beast yet." Knighthawk added. He was aware that Shiroi has a tamed beast that resembled a small penguin. That's why he made up such a rule.
However, Shiroi wasn't planning on using her tamed beast in the first place.
Apparently, Knighthawk just wanted to put up such a rule so Satoshi would have a hard time in his match. Everyone in Class 3-1, and a few dozen people in the audience, could clearly see Knighthawk's intent, and it frustrated them a bit.
Then again, he was the teacher, and he was the one who arranged the exercise. That's why he could put up such rules.
"Without further ado, let's start the match!" Knighthawk continued.
Emma and Shiroi were concerned for Satoshi as well... but they have their fight to worry about. Without further ado, Shiroi created an intense blizzard that filled the entire stage. She was going to impair Emma's vision and disrupt her movements with the blizzard, and then attack her when she slipped up.
On the ground, Shiroi also created a couple of ice spike traps which would activate the moment it detected the slightest movement excluding the wind pressure of the blizzard.
"Hoh-" Emma let out. While Shiroi was preparing for her attacks, she was also creating a couple of portals here and there to aid in his movement. She knew she couldn't directly counter the blizzard. Furthermore, if she let Shiroi do her thing, then she would freeze to death before she could land a decent attack on her.
But recently, Emma realized something. It was a revelation of the usage of her superpowers.
At face value, her superpower was just mere portal creation, but if she pinpointed where the other end of the portal would lead it could accomplish anything. She had done it in the match against Dark Matter and Light Wing this morning, so she was confident that she'd be able to do it now.
"Now, it's my turn." Emma grinned as she raised her hand in the air.
A crack in the dimension appeared on top of the Coliseum, and it turned into a dimensional portal. Because of the blizzard that enshrouded the entire arena, Shiroi couldn't see the dimensional portal which was directly on top of her.
The dimensional portal grew in size, and it didn't take long before it filled the entire open ceiling of the Coliseum.
At this point, Shiroi had no idea why Emma was not attacking her. For her plan to work, she should charge at her and attack her physically.
But Emma did the opposite, and Shiroi became a sitting duck while she agonizingly waited for Emma to jump into action.
"Now, experience the blizzard... desert style," Emma announced.
As the portal on top of the Coliseum opened, it led directly to a certain planet where a continuous sandstorm occurred. The sandstorm seeped through the dimensional portal and directly blew at the blizzard.
The change in wind pressure shifted to Emma's advantage, and her sandstorm completely nullified the blizzard. What's more, it blew Shiroi away as well since she was caught off-guard.
Shiroi caught herself before she was thrown out of bounds, but before she could regain her balance, a dimensional portal appeared in front of her, and a powerful spire of water came out of it, pushing her out of bounds.
"What?!" Knighthawk exclaimed, wide-eyed. He was so surprised at Emma's sophisticated use of her dimensional portal that he forgot to announce the winner.
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