Elementalists
Chapter 16 - The Genius vs the Gifted

This final match was greeted with great fanfare, this was clearly seen when the Astral Supervisor opened this match by conveying a few words to the audience. Arya was unable to catch what she said, she was too tense to be able to focus on listening to what Astral said. It seems that Astral only gave an introduction to the audience about the profile of the two finalists competing, Arya guessed this from his tone and also the cheers of the audience that sounded shortly after his name or Zayn was mentioned.

"Both Finalists are welcome to enter the Arena"

The cries of the audience were getting lively, and with legs that felt very heavy Arya stepped into the arena. He looked around the arena and found that there were so many spectators he somehow felt that the audience in this match was far more than in previous matches, but there are many issues that say former Leaders of State watched this match.

Amongst the crowd's cries, Arya also heard cheers from the other Elementalists watching the match. They cheered to cheer up by calling Arya and Zayn names, Arya could clearly hear the voice of Elizabeth and Timothy who excited her fiery.

"Let's brother Arya you can do it, I love you!!!"

"Let's beat him Arya! Revenge me!!!"

"Hey! Can you guys just calm down a little bit? My eardrum can break if it's near you two"

Hearing the snaps from Kevin to Elizabeth and Timothy makes Arya unable to hold a smile on her face, then she sees her rival, Zayn who is wearing her black match equipment. He uses a mask that blends with his clothes, he really looks like an Assassin or maybe a Ninja thought Arya.

They reached the middle of the arena right in front of the Astral Supervisor, Zayn looked at Arya with a questioning gaze. Then he took off the mask that covered his nose and mouth, with a confused face he asked.

"How can a man who doesn't even know his opponent's ability smile before a match?"

"Have you never heard that smile is worship?" Arya asked back.

"Mmm so there's something like that huh? Good then" she replied with a smile.

Somehow Arya didn't tell him the real reason she was smiling, she just didn't want Zayn to know that she was agitated. Because if it is known, it is the same that he lost before the match, but in fact he does not know the slightest about Zayn's abilities.

So in this game all he has to do is fight with everything he has and find a way to deal with Zayn's abilities directly after seeing and feeling with his own body.

"I don't have to tell the organizer anymore, do I? Are you ready?"

Zayn quickly put up his mask again and took out his weapon which he put on his waist, this was the first time Arya saw the weapon used by Zayn. He used Dual Shuriken, he held two medium-sized shuriken in both hands, he twisted the two shuriken on his fingers very deftly. Arya also immediately grabbed the sword hilt that was on her back waist.

"Ready" said the two at the same time.

"The Final match between Arya Frost vs Zayn Black begins!!!"

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The two of them were both motionless for a while, Arya could feel the caution from Zayn as well as the extremely high concentration from the look in her eyes. Arya felt a small movement that Zayn made immediately he pulled out his sword and stood with the horses ready to fight.

"Aren't you going to attack first?" ask Zayn.

"I also want it to be like that, but it seems like doing so is not as easy as saying it" Arya replied.

"Then let me attack first"

With a small movement of Zayn stomping his foot to the ground, Arya was initially unaware of what was happening. He came to his senses after hearing Timothy's warning cry, but it was too late. The shadow from Zayn had already hit his shadow and when it happened suddenly it was all dark.

Arya could not feel anything, her body was like numbness. He could not see anything, everything was dark and silent, his eyes remained open but he could not see anything he tried to wipe his eyes with his hands and turned in all directions but to no avail, then he heard Zayn's slow whisper in his ear.

"Loss of Senses"

Arya quickly slashed towards the whisper but she did not hit anything, the whisper began to sound again. But now the whisper is like talking in Arya's head.

"This is one of my techniques, this technique can paralyze all the senses possessed by its target"

Suddenly Arya felt a hard hit on her stomach, the attack made her bend her knees and difficult to breathe. Then several attacks landed on his body again as he tried to stand up, within minutes he felt his body had been battered.

"Sorry Arya, maybe this technique looks cheating but this is my ability, isn't it very suitable for the work of an Assassin?"

Arya kept trying to stand up while protecting the vital parts of her body, the attack from Zayn did not slack off in the slightest. He continues to attack with whispers that make Arya's head feel like breaking.

"Give up, you won't be able to escape this technique. Are you giving up?"

Arya with heavy breath shook her head.

"It's a shame, but it's over"

Arya held back a kick that Zayn aimed at her head, holding Zayn's ankle with her right hand. Zayn quickly moved away after noticing his feet covered in ice, Arya stood up surrounded by cold air. He breathed a long breath that made him more and more surrounded by the fog.

"How can you?" ask Zayn.

"Thank you for giving me time to break away from that technique" Arya replied as she turned around.

"I didn't think you'd break your little finger" Zayn said in disbelief.

Arya's little finger hung weakly after Arya had bent it so strongly that she could escape from Zayn's technique, it was now blue and swollen. It did hurt but it was worth the results he got, as soon as he heard the lively cheers from the audience. He could also clearly hear Timothy's spirit cry after seeing himself successfully escape Zayn's control.

"You better not be planning on controlling me anymore Zayn" Arya suddenly said.

"Mmm?"

"Your dreams are ready to be behind me, right? I'm sorry but it won't work anymore because I've frozen all the sensory nerves I have" Arya said while sticking her thumb on her forehead.

"Wah-wah seems like this is not a good situation" Zayn replied as he lowered his body in a standby manner.

Quickly Arya stomped her feet to the ground, from the impact appeared ice with a pointed tip that was pointing towards Zayn, Zayn immediately tried to dodge but the attack was too fast. The attack split into two pieces and surrounded Zayn and eventually created an ice wall that imprisoned Zayn.

"I won't let you run" Arya said slowly.

Arya leaped over the wall and swung the sword very quickly towards Zayn's head, Zayn resisted the attack with the shuriken in both hands, Zayn immediately jumped away and threw his two shuriken towards Arya. Arya evades the two shurikens and continues to target Zayn's body with her sword, but just before Arya hits Zayn's body she is forced to duck as Zayn's two shurikens return to her.

"How can......"

Before Arya finished her words Zayn immediately threw one shuriken at her, Arya avoided it with one small step but suddenly she realized not just one shuriken was pointing at her, Zayn doesn't let Arya think she's directly lunging towards Arya and that's where Arya sees four Zayn figures pointing towards her simultaneously from four different directions.

The four of them lunged and scratched Arya with their weapons, they caught the shuriken they threw at each other. Arya was in the middle of the four Zayn without being able to move she felt like she was bound by something.

Arya tried to rebel, then she let out cold air from her body and there she saw her body was tied to the threads of Zayn's shuriken.

"It looks like you're late to realize it, but just so you know the thread is made of a very strong material and can't break easily. And if I pull this thread, it'll wrap your body around it to shreds, so will you give up?"

"No will" Arya replied loudly.

"Then see you" Zayn said as he pulled the thread with all his might.

Arya's body was twisted and shattered, but suddenly a white mist appeared as her body was torn apart. Zayn who saw that squinted his eyes, then suddenly heard a voice from above the ice wall.

"Maybe I can't make much, but it's not just you that can make clones" Arya shouted from the top of the wall.

Instantly the cheers and loud applause from the audience grew even more so, Arya clapped her hands together and made the ice wall come closer. The four Zayn who were inside the wall were getting squeezed and would crumble if not get out of there immediately.

Arya quickly noticed it and immediately jumped off the ice wall, right when Arya had just jumped Zayn smashed the ice wall by throwing both shurikenya in all directions while directing it with a thread. After all the ice was destroyed he immediately shot towards Arya by pointing the two shuriken towards Arya's neck.

Deftly Arya rewinds her head and levitates a proper kick hitting the belly of Zayn, unfinished Arya quickly slams Zayn to the floor and locks an arm against Zayn. Zayn did not stay silent he threw the shuriken towards the head of Arya so Arya was forced to remove the lock.

Zayn holding the arm that Arya had just locked, Arya again pulled the sword from the sheath.

"Hey Zayn, you said you've been trained in Assassin techniques since childhood, right? I'll show you a killing technique I've read" Arya said with a smile.

"really? I can't wait to see it" Zayn replied grimacingly.

"Offshoot Step"

Arya stepped around Zayn slowly, she stepped in the same rhythm. As he read from the book, and if successful then Zayn would see Arya with a large number walking around him, Arya realized the technique worked when she saw the surprised look of Zayn. Then he calmed himself down and waited for the right time.

He began to sneak behind Zayn and slam two sword swings to Zayn's knees, making Zayn bend his knees, turning before Zayn and slamming the handle of his sword into Zayn's chin. Zayn was thrown into the air, not yet finished Arya launched a top kick with his right leg which also hit the chin of Zayn.

The fierce attack left Zayn lying on the floor, Arya vigilantly kept a close eye on Zayn. He sat down on the floor and took off his mask and spat out blood from his mouth.

"You are really strong Aryan" Zayn said with a smile

"You too" Arya replied politely.

"I'm going to be serious against you, so I hope you're serious too" Zayn said.

Suddenly from Arya's shadow appeared two shadow clones belonging to Zayn, Arya was late to realize this because her concentration was dissolved due to talking to Zayn. The two clones fastened the threads on both Aryan wrists, and pulled them away so that Arya stood up with both hands drawn left and right. He can't move. Then another clone appeared from behind Zayn.

"This will be the last attack" Zayn said.

Then the clone threw Zayn into the air, he floated high in the air and then a dark aura enveloped his body. He held his hands together holding the shuriken above his head, then pointed it at Arya. It started spinning, so the attack looked like a pointed black tornado.

"Fight me seriously Arya, this is my last attack, Black Tornado!" shout Zayn.

Seeing the devastating attack that led to him, Arya took a deep breath. With the instant that the thread wrapped around his wrists froze, the ice continued to flow until the clone that held it, the entire body of the two clones froze. Arya drew both hands and smashed the thread along with the two clones, after destroying both Zayn clones she raised her sword above her head.

He held the sword with both hands, he shifted his legs slightly and suddenly ice covered his feet and made it look like he was wearing ice shoes. He deliberately did this to strengthen his footing, then he controlled his breathing calmly and just before the attack hit him he swung his sword forward.

Instantly Zayn's Black Tornado came to a halt, from the swing of Arya's sword came a large chunk of ice that locked onto Zayn's arms. The chunk of ice was split apart by Zayn's Black Tornado but the attack was so powerful that it could stop Zayn's attack and also shake the arena of the match, the chunk of ice extending continuously up the walls of the arena.

Zayn was unable to move as both of his arms were frozen from the attack, making him hang in the air looking like a crucified man. Arya looked at Zayn with a serious look. Then he put his sword back into the sheath and put it into position as if he wanted to pull it out, he lowered his body, with his right hand holding the handle of his sword. He stared hard.

"You said you wanted to fight seriously, right? Well, I don't expect to use this technique. This technique may not be perfect but I don't know how to repay your feelings anymore"

Then Arya took a deep breath.

"Shu School's Flow Sword Technique, Kamaitachi"

After saying that, Arya's body suddenly disappeared. His body was seen again at the end of the arena next to the arena wall, he slashed from the front of Zayn's body to the arena wall. Currently he was standing flanked by the two chunks of ice that he had taken out earlier, he did not move his body pose still like a person who had just swung a sword. Then after a while he turned his sword and slowly inserted his size.

Just as the entire sword part entered the scabbard instantly the arena shook, a strong wind appeared around the arena that made the arena's protective glass shatter apart. Then suddenly at the area he passed while performing the slashes sprung countless slashes, even the two large chunks of ice that froze Zayn's arm were smashed into tiny pieces. The ceiling and floor did not escape the impact of the attack.

Arguably the attack destroyed nearly 50% of the match arena, Zayn's body in the area that Kamaitachi passed by was jolted several times in the air like it was hit by countless strikes, when the impact of the attack ended, Zayn's body fell to the floor. But not only he who fell to the floor, the owner of the technique also fell. Arya fell down after raising her hand in the air to signify her victory.

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"I can't believe that idiot taught Arya that technique!" bianchi shouted in annoyance.

"Hey, can you please not yell near my ear" Astral replied.

Astral and Bianchi were in the Trial Supervisor stand, remaining the two of them in that place as the other eight Overseers rushed to check on Arya, Zayn, and also the spectators. Astral and Bianchi did not participate because they wanted to check Arya's re-recording of Kamaitachi.

"Gio Hey? I replied, how can Arya do that technique if she doesn't teach it?"bianchi asked impatiently.

"Take it easy on yourself Bianchi"

"How can I possibly calm down? The technique is too dangerous and has a high risk, akh....I'm upset!!!" bianchi said as she ruffled her hair

"It seems like he didn't teach Arya this technique" Astral's timpan slowly said.

"Why can you think like that?" ask Bianchi.

"This technique is not perfect"

"Then? Where did Arya get to know that technique?"

"I don't know, either, but I found something interesting in this match"

"Mmm....? What'sthat?"

"It turns out that geniuses are not necessarily able to defeat talented people"