As Adria and Mister X’s stare down continued, the latter broke the silence, “So, is your plan… to bore me to death? I once… had someone actually try that… it was quite possibly… one of the worst experiences of my…existence.”

“If that is the worst, then I am about to rip your world asunder.” Adria retorted.

Mister X dawned an unnaturally large smile and taunted, “Come then, show me… what an insect can do… to a continent.”

Without a moment more of hesitation, Adria began to launch a barrage of fireballs towards him. Mister X took each shot head on, the fireballs ripping and burning his body. Adria ceased her attack as she put all four palms together as she gathered an incredible amount of fire. She then calmly stated “Congregate. Blaze. Ignite. Inferno.” The mass of fire condensed into a swirling ball, then had plumes of fire explode from certain parts that arced back into the intense fire. The fire and arcs then sped up until the red ball of heat turned to a bright yellow until it finally began to radiate an intense heat that began to melt the surroundings.

“Why don’t you try this on for size!” Adria shouted as she fired the raging, balled inferno akin to a miniature sun at him.

Mister X watched on, his body oozing black slime to cover the holes, gaps, and burns left from Adria’s prior barrage. He held out his hand and the same black ooze coated it as the artificial star barreled towards him. Colliding with his hand, Mister X’s expression instantly changed, realizing there was far more power behind it than he originally anticipated. He rotated his hand and reflected the attack towards the mountain beside him.

The attack collided with the mountain and instantly detonated, creating a continuously expanding inferno dome. Adria cried “Fortification! Solidify!” as she raised her hands, dropping to one knee. A bunker made of rock and earth surrounded her and hardened to something akin to steel. Mister X held his hand out once again towards the inferno rushing to consume him. Black ooze began to come from his eyes, almost as if he was crying it, and a mass of it encased him. The inferno dome engulfed the entire mountain, then the others around it. It grew until it swallowed everything within a two mile radius.

Adria was constantly pouring mana into the bunker to prevent it from giving way until the dome finally subsided. Bringing the bunker down and standing up she found herself nearly at the center of a massive crater, the mountains that were once right next to her were now nothing but ash. She scanned the area to see if Mister X succumbed but as she locked onto the pulsing mass of black ooze an immense amount of disappointment overcame her. “I knew you were tough, but I was expecting that to do something…” Adria complained

“To be fair… it did do something.” Mister X replied as the ooze fell to the ground.

There he stood, but missing an arm, his right leg burned to what appeared charcoal while his left leg was also gone. His face was half burned off and there were multiple holes burned through his body.

Adria stood mortified as she asked, “What the hell are you? How are you still alive with those wounds?”

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Mister X chuckled, “Wounds? What wounds?”

Upon saying that, the ooze that fell to the ground crawled up his body, regenerating his missing leg and healing the other. Going further up, it filled and healed the holes in his torso and reconstituted his arm before finally covering and healing his face.

Adria stood in complete disbelief for a moment before she finally said with terror, “Oh, fuck this.”

Mister X dusted himself off and proclaimed, “Now that you have… had your fun, I do believe it… is my turn.”

Mister X vanished from sight and seemingly teleported behind Adria, blasting her with corrupted magic, sending her flying. Soaring through the air, Adria unfurled her wings which caught the wind and slowed her down. She flipped herself around and began to fire a rotation of fire, lightning, water, and earth. Each one tearing through Mister X’s body as he walked towards her, the wounds closing as soon as they were made. Planting her feet into the ground and grinding to a halt, Adria began breathing heavily.

Through gritted teeth she spat out, “Well if normal magic won’t work, how’s about some superior magic!”

Adria wound up her upper right hand that had begun to generate an increasingly hotter ball of fire. It continued to burn hotter, turning blue then to white until it ceased to be fire and became condensed plasma. “Try this on for size!” Adria cried as she thrust her hand forward. The plasma beam rocketed forward, melting the ground as it traveled.

Mister X smirked as he stood completely still, allowing the attack to rip through his torso. He continued to stare at Adria as the gaping wound was closed. However, Adria had already begun her next attack by the time it had. She combined fire and earth magic to create a combo magma spell, firing the massive ball of magma towards Mister X. Growing annoyed, Mister X complained aloud, “Dear me, could this be anymore… sad. It feels as though I… Am kicking a puppy. Though, I suppose I have… done worse.”

He then created a curved barrier of ooze, the magma sliding across it with little to no resistance. As it collided with the ground behind Mister X, the magma began to burn a hole into the earth, causing even the dirt to combust into fire.

“Well.. if magic won’t work, then what about physical attacks?” Adria muttered to herself, trying to figure something out, “The issue is, status is not showing any weak points to exploit physically. I do have that, but there is no telling how much destruction would be caused due to it. Though, I don’t think I have much of a choice at this point.”

Mister X began to taunt Adria, “Oh dear, what could… be wrong? Do not tell me that you have gone… insane like your dear son. I did not think that schizophrenia could be… taught.”

Adria took a deep breath and shouted “Flash!” and lightning coated her body. She rushed towards Mister X who parried the initial attack, grabbed her wrist and plunged his other fist into her abdomen in rapid succession. He threw her into the air and flipped over above her, driving his foot into her back and rocketing both of them to the ground. The dust from the impact began to dissipate and Mister X slowly stepped off of her.

As he looked down at her, Mister X commended Adria, “I must admit, although you may not have done… meaningful damage to me, you are quite strong. It has been a good… while since I have encountered someone with… such strength. I will say this, had I still been… bound by the shackles of mortality, I would have… been in a great deal of danger. You did well, for an…insect.”

He then turned his attention towards where Zycor had been hauled off to. “Now that this is… done, I believe it is time for our… reunion, dear Zycor.” Mister X commented to himself aloud.