The Author's POV

"Begin!"

The moment the referee's words faded, both Ava and Amelia simultaneously moved.

Raising his hand, the mana in the air agglomerated towards the palm of Amelia's hand creating a circular pressurized wind ball. Within a couple of seconds the ball turned the size of a basketball before with a low shout, Amelia directed the ball in Ava's direction.

Swooosh—!

With a low hissing sound, the ball quickly headed in Ava's direction as it pierced through the air at a terrifying speed. It was so fast that the spectators below were unable to see a thing.

At the same time Amelia was preparing to attack, holding onto three blue cards, Ava quickly channeled her mana into them and threw them in front of her. As she did so, she pressed her foot on the ground and pushed her body back.

SHIIING— SHIIING—

The moment the cards left her hand, three massive ice pillars materialized in front of her.

Bang—!

It was then that the ball came into contact with them and a terrifying explosion resounded throughout the whole arena. But it had to be noted, Ava was two minor ranks lower than Amelia, and so were the cards.

The moment the ball came into contact with the pillars they instantly broke apart into pieces like broken glass, creating a small mist in the air.

Fortunately, Ava already knew about the fragility of the ice pillars. The only reason she used them was to buy herself enough time for her next move, which was exactly what she did.

Taking out her flute, she quickly blew at its ip

Tootle too~

A melodious tune suddenly rang throughout the whole arena grounds.

Meanwhile, as Ava was blowing onto the flute, Amelia's attack never stopped. The only thing that was different about the attack was that its momentum had slowed down. This was of course a result of the ice pillars.

Within a couple of seconds, the attack was already in front of Ava. However, it was then that something happened.

Just as the attack was land on her, a massive boulder-like creature materialized in front of her and crashed onto the ground with a loud bang.

Booom—

Then, following the appearance of the creature, a terrifying explosion resounded throughout the arena as the ball came into contact with the creature. Dust and debris flew in the air, blocking the sight of all parties present.

As this happened, the hearts of every human that was watching tightened as everyone wondered.

'Was Ava able to stop the attack or not?'

Fortunately, all doubt seemed to resolve over the next few seconds as the dust settled down revealing an enormous beetle-like creature standing in front of Ava.

With its anterior opened wide and only a few scratches on it, the creature looked completely unharmed. Furthermore, standing behind it was Ava who had her flute pressed by her lips.

Confusion instantly appeared on the viewers faces as they looked at the creature standing in front of Ava.

Fortunately, the announcers were not just there for show as Lorena quickly commented.

"That right there is a metal-plated beetle. A creature that has low attacking power, but incredible defensive power. Simply put, they are tremendous tanks."

Nodding his head, Zack quickly followed up from the side. Excitement flashed across his eyes.

"Right, as you've just seen, despite only being a low ranking creature it was still able to withstand the impact from Amelia. Ava's opponent."

"Oh, it looks like Ava is going to summon more creatures," Lorena added as she pointed toward the screen in front of her.

And just as her words faded, Ava once again blew on the flute.

Tootle too~

flute as three more creatures suddenly materialized next to her. As the creatures appeared, Ava's face

appeared, a look of realisation appeared on

Ava is going the

creatures that Ava had just summoned were known as the steel-webbed spiders, a terrifying class creature that could shoot out webs that were as sturdy and powerful

words faded, Amelia who had

only took him a couple of seconds to create them, and once he was done with

was ready. Snapping her fingers, the three steel-webbed spiders she summoned quickly distanced themselves into a small triangular formation. From how fast and readily they got

body, the spiders quickly shot out spider webs in the direction of where the attacks were coming from, creating a large

quickly moved a couple of meters behind the web. This was of course at the instructions of Ava who

just as the metal-plated bottle arrived, the three attacks came into contact with the webs. Just like a parachute, the moment the balls

Snap—! Snap—!

it appeared as though Amelia's power was still too strong for the

whole arena as the spiderwebs quickly came undone. However, the purpose of the nets wasn't to stop the attacks,

look in the direction of the metal-plated beetle that quickly dashed forward and met the

Booom—! Booom—!

throughout the arena as the metal-plated beetle skid back all the way towards the

Tssss.

audience was able to get a look

stumbled down repeatedly, and eventually, unable to hold on for any

of the metal-plated

"Come back."

Tootle too~

the beetle quickly disappeared from arena and entered the

became incredibly solemn. It was clear that she hadn't

Swooosh—!

worse, Amelia who was standing at the back

finger in the sky, the air suddenly fumbled towards the tip of his finger as a terrifying pressure descended

gazed in Ava's direction before

"Go."

his breath before he

came crashing down on Ava and her beasts. Unlike the previous attacks, this attack covered almost half of the arena and so both her and her beast were quickly swept inside of

at attack, Ava didn't attack. Instead, placing her mouth on the flute

Tootle too~

melodious sound rang out, following which, all

the edge of the arena. Once she

"This…"

Lorena and Zack who were watching from the studio stood up in shock as their hands pressed onto the

for a good second, they looked back at the cameras and slumped back on

as though contestant Ava

"Wait, look."

on it was Ava standing right behind Amelia who was looking at

about to say something, Amelia suddenly felt an ominous premonition. But it was too late as he suddenly felt a powerful mana fluctuation coming from behind

he extended his hand towards where the source came from, but by the time a

source of the fire pillars was none other than Ava who quickly followed up

of them were the same spiders from before while the other three were ferocious wolves that quickly dove in the

eyes of the spectators watching the scene. At one moment they thought that Amelia had won when suddenly

dive onto him, a hand came sweeping down

disappeared, Amelia's haggard figure appeared on the stage. With heavy

"You bitch!"

before he could

winner, Amelia. He will pass

"…eh?"

"Huh?"

on the faces of the spectator. This

when she clearly destroyed