Chapter 353: Results of Training

Once again the forest rumbled with sound, the ground shook as powerful skills exploded both tree and soil.

Violet raced through the trees as her domain expanded to cover a forming void run that she embedded on the trunk of a tree that she passed.

A spike of opposing domain attempted to scatter her rune, yet her own domain held the attack off long enough for the rune to fully form.

Then Violet was gone, blinking away as Karla slammed into the spot she just vacated. A chain of void lashed out at her from the tree, it attempted to wrap around her leg, yet was held off by the force of the bear woman’s domain.

Still that provided a moments delay in her chase of Violet, allowing the dragon to unleash a barrage of void bolts and spears.

Karla naturally swatted them away with ease, yet that still forced her to delay chasing after the elusive dragon just a few moments longer.

By that time Violet had successfully carved another rune into existence, as she led Karla on a chase through her trapped environment.

The bear did not wait any longer shattering the chain that attempted to bind her and rocketing towards Violet with unerring accuracy.

A tree exploded as she shot straight through it, avoiding a fresh wave of void spears that would have been aimed at her position had she gone around the tree.

However she was then forced to duck as a beam of nothingness cut across the space her torso previously stood, a feral grin splitting Karla’s face as she chased after Violet.

It was the final day before the second phase of the Champion Beast Protocol started. 9 days of brutal training, of learning painful lessons in domain control, battlefield manoeuvres and combat as a whole.

It had been painful, tiring, exhausting, humbling but also undeniably useful.

Violet had learnt more about fighting over these last few days that she had for most of the first year of her life as she fought and traveled through the forest and Kingdom.

She had broken just about every bone in her body, Karla not seeming to care what state she ended up in as the sadistic woman simply healed her right back up to perfect health after each ’bout’.

Yet Violet could not find it in herself to dislike the batlle maniac.

Violet always thought that she enjoyed fighting, yet when compared with the passion with which Karla fought, Violet was forced to admit that her enjoyment was but a candle to the bear woman’s roaring bonfire.

Still, this was their final bout, as such Violet was determined to land at least a single solid blow.

For during these last 9 days she had not landed a single significant attack. At first she was depressed over how weak she was when compared to the woman before her, it was only when she discovered that Karla was in fact at level 26, over a full 100 levels above her, that she realised she was foolish to have even thought she could pose a real threat to this woman.

Karla was close to a hundred years old, she had been a warrior for nearly her entire life, she lived and breathed combat. She practiced every day, fought most days and always strived to improve her abilities.

For Violet it was a humbling moment as she truly began to appreciate the gulf in power that signified tier 5. Both in skill and strength.

For whilst nearly anyone can reach the peak of tier 4, it takes someone with significant skill to enter tier 5. That meant that anyone who was in that tier was already an elite, to then progress deep into tier 5 it signified even greater talent.

So with that knowledge in mind, Violet was now determined to prove herself, she was determined to land at least one solid attack against her foe.

And to do that she needed to mix things up.

During this training she had stayed in her humanoid form for most of the time, knowing it would be harder to learn from a small humanoid when standing 100 meters long. Yet today, on this final day with their final fight.

Yes today Violet would put everything that she had learnt into practice, but in her true form, in the form she was most comfortable in and where she could exert her greatest strength.

So as Violet blinked away from yet another crushing impact from Karla her body briefly flashed with purple light. Then a nearby tree exploded as her massive body near instantly appeared.

Her long tail whipped out towards Karla. Slicing straight through any trees that blocked its path.

Yet Karla would not simply stand still and take the attack, she did however laugh uproariously and grin like a mad woman as she shouted.

"Hahaha! Finally giving it your all I see! Come then! Let me taste the might of a dragon!"

Then Violet felt her tail get punched and an explosion of pain lanced up her body.

To the outside observer, assuming they could actually keep up with the battle it would have been a comical sight. A masssive 25+ meter long tail that was rocketing towards the nearly 2 meter tall woman was instantly stopped with a simple punch.

The size difference alone would have made the scene quite odd. Yet it was because of Karla’s masterful control over her domain that allowed her to do so.

For whilst Violet had tried to expand her domain to encompass the attack, against a powerhouse like Karla, her domain held no sway.

So when her tail entered into Karla’s domain, where she held the absolute authority, something so simple as a large tail flying towards her posed no threat.

Still, even with the pain from the failed attack, that was only the opening move of Violet ultimate counterattack.

A hundred runes flaired to life in an instant, she had been carefully hiding them all around the battlefield, masking their appearance with the obvious creation of lesser runes.

This runic field was a bolstered form of her original pseudo domain. Only now it was backed by the full weight of a true domain.

The world turned into nothing, only a sole bastion of existence stood with Karla standing in the middle of it. Yet even her near indomitable domain faltered for the briefest of moments at the sudden assult of the void.

And that slight falter was the one moment that Violet was waiting for as she unleashed her two most powerful attacks simultaneously.

Over 400 meters away a runic circle flashed with purple brilliance, briefly illuminating the void of violets bolstered domain as she unleashed her void cannon.

At the same time a second flash of purple lit up the other side as dragon breath poured out of Violet’s mouth.

In existence, her void attacks could travel quickly as they ate away at reality as they moved, yet that very same fact caused the attacks to be delayed ever so slightly.

Yet in the nothingness of the void, their was nothing to delay their movement. No mama to burn through, no reality pressing against the void.

So the attacks traveled the distance between source and target in an instant.

The two attacks impacted the flickering domain of Karla and they caused it to falter in its neigh unbreakable defense.

Then the void was filled with brilliant purple light as Violet expanded her entire mana pool to bolster the utter destructive nature of her magics.

The void domain vanished as Violet was unable to maintain it, her massive body collapsed to the floor with a heavy thud as strength left her.

Yet her eyes never left the central point of her attack, crackling purple lightning and clouds of dirt and debris blocked all vision.

After a moment Violet became slightly worried that she may have actually gone too far, had she killed Karla with that last attack?

Yet her worry proved unfounded when loud laughter rang out from the centre of the impact point.

A burst of power instantly cleared away all debris from the area and Violet was finally able to lay eyes on Karla. Her eyes opened wide and a tired grin split her face as she looked at the now one armed woman standing in the center of a crater.

"Now that was a damn good fight! Well played little dragon! Well played!"

Karla then began to walk casually towards Violet’s prone body with a relaxed gate.

"That was a smart move transforming into your dragon form, it gave your attacks that extra umph that had been missing whilst in your humanoid form. Then that hidden runic array and twin attack, beautiful!"

Violet smiled wide at the compliments glad to finally be getting some recognition for her efforts. However, her smile began to fade as she watched Karla’s arm regenerate in real time, in the time it took her to walk the 20 meters between them her entire arm had regrown, showing not even a scratch on the brand new limb.

"Yet oh would you look at that, I don’t appear to have even a scratch after enduring your ultimate attack. Now how about you feel one of my actual skills?" As she spoke said freshly regrown arms began to glow a brilliant golden light centered in her clenched fist.

Violet’s eyes opened wide as she tried to shuffle away. "Hey now, surly their is no need? And I did damage you! You just cheated and healed!"

Yet that did not stop Karla as her fist flew forwards impacting Violet’s snout in an explosion of golden light.