Stark had been attacked by Leader around four times, while all he and his clone did was dodging all the attacks he sent at them, since they REALLY wanted him to despair.
Since the moment they saw him and his calm expression, they instantly knew that guy thought himself superior to all of them since he probably had power and influence in the outside world.
But Leader had forgotten just one simple thing: the outside world doesn’t matter during the ‘Domination Trial’, you can be the king of a country, a president, a CEO, but you would still get killed if you didn’t fight with all your might.
Plus, they knew from that simple combo with [Snake Restrain] and [Snaky the Snake], as well as his expression after they avoided it that this was probably what he did against all his other opponents, yet it somehow didn’t work against Stark and his clone since… well… they weren’t dumb?
And after four attacks, it was apparent that Leader was slightly panicking, although he kept his neutral expression on the outside, his aura was more shaky and less confident than before.
~BOOM~
The crimson beam that eliminated all 300 snakes was still there, separating Stark and Leader, while also keeping them hidden as it was impossible to see through the beam.
And so… Stark decided to take advantage of this opportunity to finally attack and end this battle.
“CRIMSON BALL TRANSMISSION!” he summoned the crimson ball in his hand, then immediately threw it.
The ball couldn’t be damaged while it was in the air, so it passed right through the beam, and thanks to [Focus], Stark had perfectly been able to aim for where he wanted to: right behind Leader.
The ball lobbed above the sect leader, who was too focused using [Snake Summoning] to create new snake allies, so he didn’t even notice it flying above him, then swiftly falling.
“Stay back here,” Stark smiled at his clone, and it nodded.
And then… before the ball even reached the ground, while it was still falling, now around Leader’s waist…
Stark snapped his fingers.
~SNAP, FWISH~
Stark’s body disappeared from its original spot and a trail of crimson aura went a lightning speed toward the spot the ball was currently in, resulting in Stark teleporting right behind Leader.
The transmission was almost instantaneous and made no noise, so there was no way for Leader to know…
And he didn’t, at least… not until it was too late.
“DOMI-CHAIN!” Stark could have obviously dealt a good amount of damage by immediately attacking, but it would be dumb as he could definitely guarantee his victory if he just played it safe.
~SCWING, BIND~
The crimson chain headed toward Leader, who immediately sensed that something was wrong and turned around.
But…
~FWISH~
All he saw the Stark’s fist in front of his face, and he could do nothing to block this attack as [Snake Shield] couldn’t be activated this fast from this close…
“URGHHH!” Leader subconsciously tried to block the fist with his own, but the force was too strong. The blow sent him flying backward, slamming into the ground and almost entering the area of [Heaven’s Wrath].
“-9382!” when [Domination] aura clashed against [Domination] user, then the amount of damage would be massively reduced, which was why [Domination] were always some of the greatest to ever occur.
“SNAKE SUMMONING!” Leader summoned two snakes in his hands and used their teeth to stop himself from entering the giant beam, and he actually succeeded at the last second, his legs on the verge of being vaporized.
But of course… the fact Stark hit Leader could only mean one thing…
[You have received the ‘Poisoned’ effect for one minute (100 damage per second)]
The [Poison] effect would obviously do 6000 damage; and thankfully enough he had more than enough HP to survive this, but it was still very annoying.
‘…’ Leader tried to take a step forward to stop Stark but… ‘Huh?’
He hadn’t noticed the chain since had deliberately punched him at that exact moment to divert his attention, meaning that the chain was already up to his knees, and carefully rolling around him.
‘I can’t move, shit…’ Leader immediately used [Giant Bite] and summoned two semi-sized snakes roughly the size of his legs, then ordered them to bite off the chains.
But… when he thought he was free since the chains did come out once the snake bit them… something else appeared behind him, someone much more powerful than anything he had ever felt before.
The beam had already disappeared by this point, and Stark’s clone didn’t remain idle, after all they had a plan since the moment Stark teleported, and it was going perfectly.
“AURA SMASH… MERGE,” Stark’s clone immediately began to charge up the attack once Stark went away, taking a long time to gather all its aura inside the giant fist, making it more powerful than before.
And once the beam disappeared and [Superior Clone] noticed Leader was struggling to remove the chains… he shot the giant fist, roughly 1,5x times the size of Leader, toward him.
“SNAKE SHIE-” Leader turned around and immediately summoned his shield again, but… it was too slow.
~FWISH, BOOM~
“-14281!” the damage was incredible for something against a [Domination] user, and it meant that Leader was now at his final 6000 points of health.
“Gurh~” Leader stumbled slightly, the attack making him feel intense pain, and blood pouring out from his eyes and mouth.
He genuinely couldn’t understand how he was losing against such a weak kid.
“HOW… HOW… HOOOOOOW~” he suddenly shouted out of nowhere, completely leaving his normal and composed self behind, his face full of fury.
He was surrounded by a huge amount of green aura, and in addition to that…
~FWISH~
His hair, normally long and black, suddenly began to turn completely green, and scales began to appear on his face, his pupils dilating and transforming into a yellow color resembling those of a snake.
“SSSSssssTOPPPP~” he hissed while speaking, his tongue also transformed, it wasn’t human anymore.
And once all of this shit was over…
“ULTIMATE FUSION!!!” he activated his [Mythical] skill, which was pretty much his ultimate.
Basically… Leader had turned into some sort of snake man.
“Heh~” Stark found this transformation ridiculous, but couldn’t deny it looked strong.
“=)” the clone on the other hand just pointed at Leader and laughed while holding its forehead.
This time, it would truly be the end of Stark’s first fight against another [Domination] user.
