While Matt was breathing deeply, Dean was the first to wake up. When he saw Matt's hand and his deep breathing, he realised something. He quickly stood up and walked over to him. He didn't seem to care at all about the blood coming out of his body as he clenched his fists. A wild expression appeared in his eyes.
"Shall we start?" he said towards Matt. A smile appeared on Matt's face and he nodded and stepped forward. Likewise, Dean swung his fist to catch the Slayer.
However, neither of their attacks did much good. As if the Slayer had anticipated both of their attacks, he was able to retreat and attack them. Dean swore as a bolt of lightning shot into those green eyes.
"He has a sense of curiosity," Matt said. The hunter was able to defend himself once more as he swung his fist once more. A few more moves were made, but the Slayer looked confused.
"There is one point I don't understand. You are an Energy Master. You should be able to do better. You don't use any energy. If you hadn't just dispersed the energy of my Yellow Orb Grenade into the wild with your hands, I would have thought you didn't understand its power yet."
The hunter was talking while at the same time blocking Dean and Matt's attacks. Matt's eyebrows furrowed a little because of his speech, but this was not reflected in his attacks.
The two were surprised when the hunter suddenly started laughing and the hunter took the opportunity to push them hard. Dean and Matt were thrown back three metres by his shove.
"Looking at you made me think of Red Lightning Academy. Hahaha, there's only been 1 Energy Master in that rubbish for 200 years! Hahaha they've really reached the ultimate level of ignorance. Actually.... I understand now."
The hunter suddenly disappeared from where he was and appeared behind Matt with another yellow orb in his hand. He swung the orb towards Matt, but not with all his strength. He seemed to want Matt to block it.
As he expected, Matt turned round and grabbed the Yellow Orb with his hands. But this time it didn't take as long as before to scatter the orb. In a few seconds the orb was completely dispersed and the hunter was back in his old place.
"What are the chances!!! I'm hunting someone who's just made the transition to Energy Mastery, you know what that means, don't you? For 1 week you will only be able to use energy in your hands. Then you'll become a true Energy Master. Of course, it would be like that if you were alive, but you're already dead. "
As the hunter disappeared once more, he appeared next to Matt. His sword was going in for the kill this time.
BANG!!!
Just then a pair of hands landed on the Slayer's head like a walnut cracker. As the Slayer staggered back, another hand grabbed the Slayer by the collar and threw him into the trees.
As the Slayer hit the trees, the four looked at each other and then Lily stepped back. Sam threw himself back and then ran towards Lily.
Just as Sam was about to hit Lily, Sam jumped up and gave Lily a flying kick.
Lily caught Sam's feet in mid-air and spun him around, sending him to the Slayer. Then Dean came and gave his hands to Lily. Matt came next. Lily threw him, too, and he moved swiftly towards the Slayer.
The hunter immediately stood up from his place, but when Sam hit him, he flew back again, knocking down a few trees. Dean came after him. When Dean arrived, he didn't make the same mistake he made against Sam and took a step back, allowing Dean to fly into the trees. But with an unexpected move, he grabbed his head. Dean grabbed the Slayer's head in mid-air and spun in mid-air, hitting the Slayer's head with his knees.
The Slayer staggered backwards, blood pouring from her head. He wasn't a healer. He couldn't heal his wounds either.
By the time Matt came last, the Slayer was furious. This time he didn't dodge the attack. Instead, he responded with a punch of his own.
The two fists clashed. Although Matt wasn't as strong as the Slayer, the momentum Lily gave him reduced the risk of injury. Still, his goal was not to win the fist fight.
Mind Thieves can corrupt people's minds, preventing them from thinking for a while. Healers can reverse the body's regeneration rate, causing wounds to reopen and disrupting the rate of healing. Energy Masters can disconnect people from Energy and make them unable to use it for a period of time. This is what Matt did.
Matt was again incapacitated as he was knocked back by the power of the punch. He smashed a few trees and lay motionless on the ground, vomiting blood. The hunter raised his hand in anger. But when nothing happened, he could not help his surprise. He had clearly tried to rebuild the Yellow Orb, but had failed. He couldn't use energy.
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"IDIOT!"
Lily nimbly reached forward and grabbed the slayer's wrist and jumped up and came up behind the slayer and broke the slayer's wrist without waiting.
KRAAANK!!!!
Sam started running again as the Slayer's wrist broke. The hunter hadn't even had a chance to scream because of the pain. The harmony of 4 people with each other was perfect.
"Earth Run!!!"
Sam lunged forward and smashed his fist into the Slayer's face. And then another. And then another and another and another and another.
Sam was pushing himself to the limit. He was at the limit of his power. He was fighting with power he didn't have. All because the Slayer couldn't move. He thought if the Slayer could move, he could kill them all.
At that moment, the Slayer had managed to find an opening and sent a sword thrust through it to kill Sam, but just then another punch exploded into his jaw, knocking him off balance. Dean threw another punch.
"Potential Awakening!!!!"
Dean awakened the true power of his Potential and used his dangerous fists to strike the Slayer.
The two friends' punches were powerful, but not enough.
As Dean and Sam attacked with all their might, the Slayer moved faster than either of them realised and grabbed Sam. He threw Sam to the ground and then turned and hit Dean. As his gaze met Lily's eyes, he moved again at the speed of Green Lightning and slashed Lily across the stomach.
Lily clutched her stomach as she moaned in pain from the cut. She was breathing deeply. While Lily was crawling on the ground, the hunter was approaching her with slow steps. His gaze was like that of a sheep.
"How pathetic! It was a mistake for you to even think that you could defeat me!" said the Slayer. He raised his sword and swung it to kill Lily.
At that moment, a stone hit the Slayer in the face.
He was weak and powerless, but he managed to get the Slayer's attention and prevented him from killing Lily.
The hunter turned his gaze to Matt. Matt had thrown a stone he found while being dragged on the ground. He had closed one eye from the pain. The other eye was filled with blood. The punch he had taken from the Slayer had put him in a really bad situation, but he still looked like he would do anything to save his twin.
The Slayer moved towards Matt with calm steps. He had a dull expression on his face. He kicked Matt and sent him flying forwards.
Slowly, the cold expression on the Slayer's face changed and turned into a look of contempt.
After a while, the Slayer started to laugh. He was laughing at Matt.
"You think you can stop me? I'm much stronger than you. You are not skilled enough to defeat me. When I kill you here, I'll seal your fate and make sure you can never get past me. Hahahahahaha"
The Slayer laughed and kicked him again. Matt clenched his fists. So hard that his fingernails dug into his palms and began to draw blood. He was angry at his powerlessness. Angry that he would never be able to protect his brother again. Just like he couldn't protect Kai.
***
10 years ago
The Lane family had come to a spa. Lily, Kai and Sam were being bathed by their mum. Matt was looking at the water next to the green hot spring water that looked like a lake. As the vapours came out of the hot spring water, Matt touched the water but pulled his hand directly because of the hot water. While holding his hand because of the pain, his father came to him. He took Matt's hand in his own hand and spoke.
"What are you doing here Matt? Don't you need a bath too?"
Matt bowed his head. His father looked at Matt's hand.
"How did your hand burn, Matt?" he said.
"I felt the water calling me, so I went to it, but the water was too hot. My hand hurts, Dad." Matt said. Rhodes smiled. He took Matt's hand and put it in the water with his own hand.
"Don't think about the pain Matt. Just feel it. Feel the peace. Feel the flow of the water. Feel the cold and the heat in it. Maybe one day this water will help you protect your brothers and sisters. Because you know. You're responsible for them. You are my eldest son. I trust you," Rhodes said.
Matt looked at his father and hugged his father with his hand out of the water.
"Don't worry, Dad. I will protect my brothers no matter what. "
It was a childish promise at the time.
***
He didn't even expect to remember today.
"Don't worry, Dad. I'll protect them. No matter what. "
Tiny waves of energy began to emanate from Matt's body. Small ripples also began to form in the surrounding lakes. When the hunter turned his head and looked at Matt, his body froze.
Matt was standing and looking straight at the hunter. His gaze was angry. His blond hair fell over his face as if it was wet and the water was flying and covering his body. His wounds were being covered by the water from the lakes. After a while, the water was all over him and no part of his body could be seen.
The hunter looked at Matt in amazement. Likewise, Sam, Lily and Dean couldn't figure out what was going on.
The water suddenly receded around Matt and revealed Matt. His clothes were torn. The water was covering his genitals. His eyes and hair were completely blue. There was a scar on his shoulder. It covered his left breast like a chain. But the most remarkable thing was that Matt was in the air. The water had lifted him up. He was rising.
Suddenly, Matt's body started to crack. There were 3 cracking sounds and he moved to the centre of the Blue Lightning. Then came 3 more cracking sounds and he reached the top. Then came 4 cracking sounds and Matt reached the Green Lightning.
Matt held out his hand towards the Hunter. As he stretched out his hand, the waters moved and surrounded the hunter's body. Matt closed his hand hard and with a crackling sound, the area fell silent. The water carried the hunter's body away with the waves. Matt landed on the ground. But Lily and the others still didn't understand anything. When Matt realised that they didn't understand anything, he softened his stern expression and looked at his brothers with a naive expression.
"I am the King of the Seas now."