NOVEL NEXT Chapter 501: The Frozen Circle
Despite seeing Nox's overwhelming display of strength, King Drakos Frostpire remained calm, observing everything with a neutral gaze.
'The kid is powerful for his age,' he acknowledged, sipping his frozen liquid slowly. As if annoyed by the taste, a look of displeasure briefly crossed his features, and following a burst of brilliant light, what seemed to be a monster core appeared in his grasp.
Then, the next moment, he effortlessly crushed the monster core with his bare hands, turning it into fine grains of dust, which he sprinkled inside his glass.
If Nox were here, he would've been shocked to his core. Even with all his strength, he could not put a dent in a monster core, and yet… yet the king had done it so effortlessly, as if the monster core was nothing but a mere pebble.
'Well, it seems this fight will still go on for some time.' He then drank the glass of frozen liquid, a satisfied expression appearing on his face.
Although it seemed as if Nox was winning, if there was anyone who knew the true capabilities of Drake's strength, it was without a doubt King Drakos. This was the reason for his lack of emotion on his face.
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On the platform, Nox was like an unyielding and relentless storm. Never giving his opponent a chance to breathe, he kept on raining powerful punches on him again and again.
Fortunately for Drake, after two minutes of being toyed with by Nox, he had come to read the tempo of the match and was now matching all of Nox's attacks. His expression was one of surprise and excitement.
Surprise because he had never expected a boy around 15-17 to be this strong. There was no one around his age in all of Frostpire or the Dragon Realm, to his knowledge, who could match this level of strength.
Nox, without a doubt, was a genius!
Secondly, he felt excited because this was the first time he had been pushed back—even if it had only been for a short period of two minutes!
"But." The whole aura surrounding Drake became serious as he briefly glanced at the seating area, in the direction of his father, and his eyes blazed with conviction and resolve. "I can't afford to let Father down. Even for someone like him, it will be a dent in his pride if a human bested his own blood."
Not only his father, but even he would be pissed at himself. Considering that the general populace of the Dragon Realm considered humans, elves, orcs, dwarfs, those winged creatures, and those who resided beneath the water as lower beings.
With a fierce smile on his face, Drake dodged an attack from Nox. He twisted his body mid-air, his other leg already spinning in a roundhouse kick aimed at Nox's ribs.
Nox's body flickered, appearing a few feet back as…
BOOOM!
Drake's kick shattered the ground where he had stood before. Crystalline ice spikes erupted from the impact zone, jagged and large enough to skewer steel.
In the stands, one of the five muttered, "It seems Drake has finally gone on the offensive." He then glanced at Zara. "Princess, do you think your visitor still stands a chance?"
Zara hesitated. She was not delusional. Nox was powerful, and so far, he seemed to have the upper hand in this fight. But this was because Drake was still struggling to grasp his combat method, which was characterized by fast bursts of attacks. Now that it seemed he was slowly getting the hang of it and was actively counterattacking, she didn't know for sure.
"I wouldn't jump to conclusions just yet if I were you." She smiled and returned her gaze. "Let's just watch for now. I know my brother very well—he's the most talented person I know… of course, after Father."
She paused and murmured in a voice that the others failed to hear, "But ever since I met Nox and all the strange things he has done and keeps on doing, my certainty wavers."
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Meanwhile, below, the air between the two fighters froze as a battle of sheer pressure began. Nox channeled his mana outward, and it clashed with Drake's frost, creating crackling arcs of energy that distorted the space around them.
The fight had barely been quiet, yet the atmosphere was suffocating enough that even the spectators in the stands could feel it.
Then, like a bolt of lightning, they moved. This time, Drake went on the offensive. He held his arms out, and a tiny blue circle—appearing like a magical formation—manifested in front of his fingers and shot forward toward his opponent, spinning wildly.
Nox narrowed his eyes, trying to study the attack. Despite the harmless size of the frost circle, he was very alarmed and cautious. It was the first time he had seen an attack like this.
From the side of his eyes, he noticed that the five people who were with Zara had stiffened, and Drake had a suspicious smile on his face.
Nox watched the circle approach, already planning to dodge it. However, when it was just a few meters away, something shocking started to unfold. The seemingly harmless circle started to expand before his very eyes.
At first, he thought it was merely his eyes playing tricks on him. When something, especially a circle of this caliber, was spinning intensely, it could create an illusion. However, this was no illusion.
It was reality. The circle expanded in all directions and emitted a chilling aura. It hovered just a few meters above the ground, but if one glanced below, they'd notice that the ground was freezing over at a rapid pace.
As the circle expanded further, it began to glow with a radiant blue light, so bright that it was blinding.
'What should I do?' Nox thought, a frown on his face. Of course, he wasn't foolish enough to be caught by that circle—not after witnessing what it was doing.
He had to think of something very fast!
At that pivotal moment, his eyes gleamed as he suddenly had an idea, an idea he wasn't so sure of.
Meanwhile, the eyes of both Zara and the five had constricted into pinpoints.
"He used this technique." Zara's breath hitched. "That means he is really going all out."
"Wrap it up, he's done for," another said, yawning as they leaned back in their seat, the sheer confidence in his voice noticeable.
At that moment, as the circle covered the final distance, Zara became agitated, her fists trembling.
As the frost circle drew closer, the five went into an uproar.
"Is he fucking dumb!?"
"Does he have a death wish? Why is he not trying to dodge!?"
Zara watched silently. She didn't speak for a long time before exhaling as she said in a low voice,
"Why is he just standing there? Don't… don't tell me he's too frightened to move."
Inside the private booth, King Drakos shook his head in pity as he watched the circle swallow Nox, turning into a giant frozen ball.
"I wanted to watch this fight for a bit more, so unfortunat—"
He didn't get to complete his words because at that moment, a cold voice boomed across the coliseum.
"Surrender."
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