''Shall we begin the second?" Luna asked with a smile; seeing such a contagious smile, Alex also smiled in turn while asking.
"Are you ready?"
A savage smile formed on Luna's face as she replied, "This time, I won't hold back."
"I hop–huh?"
By the time Alex answered, a fair and dainty hand was already holding his face, before-
BAAM!!!!
Bringing it down violently against the ground.
At least, that is what it looked like at first glance.
The moment Luna impacted the ground with her hands, the Alex she was holding and thought had slammed into the ground faded, while another one appeared behind her.
What happened was not complicated. Alex used his speed to the limit and coupled with Time Acceleration, and the result was a shadow-like clone.
"Did they never tell you not to attack the face!? What if my handsome face got ruined? Would you take responsibility by getting spanked?"
Alex, once behind her, reprimanded her; however, it was more like he wanted to take advantage of the situation to let loose one of his hidden fetishes. Chuckling, Alex covered his entire arm in the green light, making extremely sharp before thrusting it toward Luna's back. The attack was so fast that it let friction in the air. But, despite this speed, it still missed as she did a simple roll-forward before jumping away.
Immediately she got up, and a blue light covered her body than the sky above the training ground darkened; Alex frowned as he could feel that it was about to rain; suddenly, a small rain fell. Chill ran down his spine when he thought of a distinct possibility; Luna's following words confirmed his assumption.
''Water Divine Steps.''
Under the group's astonished eyes, Luna vanished, and the next moment appeared before Alex; he tried to step back; however, to his utter amazement, thin water tentacles got wrapped around his feet, momentarily restraining his movement, then he saw the savage smile Luna's face. He unconsciously tightened his stomach.
[Holy Punch: Double Punch Destruction Pit Smash]
She launched her two glowing fists into Alex's stomach.
Bang! Boom!
''Ugh!"
Alex was immediately propelled into the air; his body bent in C shape.
''Ouch! That must have hurt a lot.'' Kuina commented, and the other nodded.
Alex, who was flying through the air, almost vomited the content of today's morning breakfast; however, he pushed it back and grinned. He immediately leaned backward to dodge Luna's kick.
Luna smiled, not flustered at all that Alex still could dodge her kick even in this situation; however, she was not done yet; she stopped her leg, which was about to pass Alex's body after missing it and brought down, it was so abrupt that Alex didn't have the time to prepare for a countermeasure, so he was forced to use his Gift.
Bang!
A harmless bullet was fired at the incoming leg and pushed back. Luna immediately retreated; she put a distance between them.
''Not bad, you pushed until I used my Gift fast. You should be proud. Let's end it shall we?" Alex said while cracking his neck.
Luna nodded; she immediately summoned her Gift, the beautiful staff giving a holy light.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Alex fired three bullets at Luna in the form of a test. Immediately, Luna's golden eyes turned brighter, and she moved the staff in her hand.
Pang! Pang! Pang!
Astonishingly, Luna could deflect all the bullets even when they were moving at such a speed that eyes couldn't follow.
Alex had expected instant strengthening to be used for many things; for example, not only could it momentarily turn Luna's body into superwoman, it could enhance her speed, turn a specific area of her body sturdy enough to receive more damage. Then if it's possible, it could be used to enhance her perception making her see the normally impossible things and be able to react to them.
''What about this?" Alex said with a cruel smile. He moved his left arm.
BANG!
Only a single gunshot was heard. However, Luna saw dozen of bullets flying toward her. She became flustered; she might have enhanced her sight, her body might have become faster, but there was still a limit to what she could do, and completely deflecting a dozen bullets was one of them.
Pang! Pang!!!
Luna deflected the ones she could while maneuvering her body to escape those she couldn't deal with; however, it was soon proven to be a grave mistake as she saw Alex smile wickedly.
[Shadow Shift]
''What?"
Luna freaked out as Alex's shadow shifted with one of the bullets she had just dodged.
Alex caught her face before throwing her high into the air, he appeared behind her, Luna immediately swung her staff even while still feeling dizzy because of the attack, to her utter horror, the staff moved so slowly that Alex deflected it to the side using one finger, then he punched her.
It was only one punch, and yet four had been delivered onto her body.
Bang Bang Bang Bang
''Gah!"
Luna gasped for breath; she tried to perform an evasion skill, but Alex wouldn't give her such an opportunity; he was decided to finish her with his next attack.
At the last moment, Luna aimed one of her fingers at Alex and mumbled.
''Holy beam.''
A white ray shot out from her finger and arrived before Alex; it was so abrupt that Alex stopped, spinning Silveria he using it to deflect the incoming ray.
The white ray curved when it touched Silveria; seeing the white ray coming back to her, Luna's mind became calm; she used a holy barrier to defend against the holy beam.
Boom!
There was an explosion when the holy beam clashed against the holy barrier; Luna was sent flying; using this opportunity, she escaped Alex's pursuit, so it should have been.
Just as she landed on the ground at the other side of the training ground, Alex's voice reached her ears.
''It's my win.''
A silver knife was held against her white neck, and a silver gun poked her back; Luna sighed and lifted her arms in surrender.
''I have lost.''