She experienced a sensation like never before. Her current Elemental Burst enhancement exceeded her previous versions that were only powered by using a singular element.

Lucia felt the world slow down, but her body was still moving forward, albeit slowly.

'Hyper Sensitivity!' Those were the words that came to mind. It was Cecil's technique that enhanced his perception.

In the next moment, the world returned to normal and she nearly 'Blinked' right in front of Cecil! Lucia swung her s.h.i.+rayuki at Cecil's face.

"WOAH!"

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In that split second when Cecil was caught off guard by Lucia's speed, he quickly activated Hyper Sensitivity. The world slowed down and he quickly gathered his thoughts.

'Okay, I can dodge this, but what the h.e.l.l! How come she's so fast?!'

Then Cecil noticed a peculiarity on Lucia's body. The aura surrounding her wasn't the flaming purple that he normally saw. This time it was much calmer, more condensed. It wasn't flaring wildly around her.

It was like it had calmed downed and condensed into a thin barrier that surrounded her, almost like how Cecil's mana condensed just above his skin when he used Mana Burst in tandem with circulating his mana using his family's mana cultivation technique.

Cecil grew excited when he thought this, 'She's recklessly using her mana, but she's took another step closer to me!'

Cecil deactivated his Hyper Sensitivity and quickly ducked his body. He avoided Lucia's katana and slammed his maninfused palm onto the ground.

CRAAAACCCKKK BBOOMMMMM

Lucia was forced to 'Blink' away from Cecil. The shrapnel caused from his attack would give Cecil an opportunity to strike back at her, so it was better to back off.

"HAH!"

With a roar, the dust and rubble was immediately blown away. Standing on the wreckage that he created, Cecil had his sword in hand and a golden aura was condensed around him.

"Come on, Lulu! I'll let you hit me all you want later! So let me enjoy this first!"

Cecil yelled excitedly. He used Blink and arrived right in front of Lucia with his sword swinging.

Lucia also 'blinked' away, but just enough to avoid Cecil's attack. She glared at him because of what he said and swung her katana at him.

"Don't play around!!!"

CLANG CLANG CLANG

The two exchanged blow after blow. Cecil was swinging his sword over and over again while Lucia did the same. The area around them was soon decorated with numerous sword gashes.

Lucia felt that her mana was draining away much faster than usual. It was probably because she was using her two new elements to empower her Elemental Burst. She decisively unsealed all 5 tail cores and began casting magic spells on Cecil.

Even if she was going to lose, she would make sure that she at least landed a very, very solid hit on that stupid, yet handsome face of Cecil's.

Solaris Meteors, Lunaris Glaciers, Purple Geysers, Purple Lava Storms, Purple Lasers, and practically every spell in her a.r.s.enal whether they were originals or not, Lucia used them.

During the entire battle, Lucia's mouth never stopped moving. With the aid of her Hyper Sensitivity she was able to fight using her normal spells and originals as well as her martial arts.

This caused Cecil to feel pressured. Cecil's excited mood finally cooled down. Lucia was really gunning for a clean hit. Every dangerous spell that he knew that Lucia knew was being sent straight his way.

She was even using all her high-ranked spells!

'I-is...she trying to kill me?' Cecil began to fret. 'Was running away from her really that bad of a thing to do?!'

The two were moving at speeds much faster than when Lucia had fought against Alice. They were using Blink over and over again. The only thing the audience saw was the multiple bombardments of spells that Lucia conjured and fired at Cecil.

It was literal h.e.l.l on that stage, even the protective barrier was beginning to crack and waver. The audience was in awe, but they were also a little frightened. Is the barrier going to last until the two are able to finish fighting? Many doubted this.

The many partic.i.p.ants in the Dueling Tournament had already returned to their waiting rooms or was spectating the final match in the stadium's seats. They were more at awe than frightened.

They couldn't believe that these two monsters were actually their fellow schoolmates. The entire arena was wrecked! In fact, it was so wrecked that it was already leveled to the ground. There was no longer any distinction between the stage and the out of bounds area.

Lucia and Cecil didn't care about this. They used the entire area inside the protective enchantment as their battlefield.

While Lucia sent magic spells his way, Cecil responded by firing mana bolts, mana volleys, mana waves, Flash Canons, and Kinryugihas at the girl.

Whenever Cecil used Ascending Blade, Lucia would also respond with her own Ascending Blade. Whatever sword skill Cecil used, Lucia would match it. She had learned all her sword skills from Cecil and she was putting it all into good use in this match.

It was only during these times that Lucia and Cecil would be visible to the audience inside the stadium. During the times where they engaged in a melee, it was only then that they would suddenly vanish from the stadium with only the sounds of metal slamming against metal was evidence of their fight.

The battle continued until the arena's protective barrier was already at the brink of collapse. Multiple cracks were already present and it seemed that just one more technique from the two fighters would destroy it. By this time, 4 of Lucia's tails were already exhausted of their mana.

The two were facing against each other in the middle of the destroyed arena. Their blades were pointed at each other. The two had multiple injuries on their bodies and they were panting in exhaustion.

However, in their eyes, the fires of battle still hadn't died down. They were still so eager to continue. The two had also cheated a little. With multiple high-tiered spells and abilities landing on each other, their protective enchantments should have long been broken apart.

But, Cecil had tampered with the runes during the battle on Lucia's behest. The enchantments wouldn't break unless a super high-tiered spell landed on them squarely.

"Hahaha~ how's your face Cel~?" Lucia taunted with a bright smile.

"Heh, like you're one to talk!"

"Oh, really?" Lucia looked at her reflection on the blade of her katana and smiled. There were only splotches of dirt and dust, nothing like Cecil's who sported multiple cuts and bruises. "Nothing's wrong?"

"...that's because you kept aiming your attacks on my face."

"So~? I did tell you to let me hit you once, but you wouldn't listen~"

"Urk..."

During the entire fight, Lucia always aimed her strikes at Cecil's face. This was why it was battered with bruises and cuts.

"Ha~ah! I feel refreshed already! I'll have that kiss now, if you don't mind~"

"..." Cecil let out a helpless sigh hearing this.

Lucia was a little worried, she took a quick glance at her wrist and saw that the gem on her bracelet was already flas.h.i.+ng with a deep orange color.

"C-Cel! Let's stop now! You're almost in the red!" Lucia yelled in a fl.u.s.ter.

"Y-yeah... I can already feel it...that's why I already stopped using mana a while ago."

"Huh?"

"Do you really think I would have all these bruises and cuts if I kept up with your speed?"

"O-oh...no wonder it felt like you weakened a bit."

"Phew..."

Cecil was exhausted, he had almost overused his mana and he was fatigued from repeatedly using Blink in battle. He couldn't understand how Lucia was still fine despite using Blink as well.

When he activated his Mana Eyes to take a look at Lucia, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in fear.

The mana in her body was circulating around abnormally.

"L-Lucia?!"

"Hm? What's wron—gahack?" Lucia suddenly began coughing up blood from her mouth.

She collapsed right on the spot as her mana began to rampage around inside of her body. Cecil immediately Blinked right to her side. He put away her weapons into his ring and activated his Mana Sense.

He quickly located Anna and Blinked to her side.

"M-mother!"

Anna was already waiting for them. She immediately grabbed onto Cecil and said,

"Let's go!"

Cecil activated Blink and brought Anna with him to his private residence. He blinked multiple times until he reached the mansion despite being critically low on mana.

Back in the stadium, the referee was dumbfounded. The fight didn't look like it was going to end just yet, but then Lucia suddenly collapsed and without a second word, Cecil appeared next to her, picked her up and then vanished together.

He was at a loss at what to say, but since Lucia was the one who collapsed first, he decided that Cecil was the one who won the match.

"WINNER AND CHAMPION OF THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT, CECIL SILVARIA!!!"

With this, the curtains drew to a close on this year's Academy Tournament.