"Doing this kind of attack will injure your teammate in the process and she may die in this attack… Why?" Clark muttered inwardly and widened his eyes while going to Zara before coming to a realization. "No, he is planning to create the third possibility of this match. Knowing that there is no chance to win, he is trying to create a draw.
"He may defeat both of us and claim the win, but because of the friendly fire, which becomes a controversial topic, there will be a penalty. Depending on Mo Ning's condition, the judge will overrule his judgment and conclude this match as our win or a draw! In other words, Zhong Li is trying to make this battle a draw.
"As long as they can win the fifth fight, there will be another fight, the six rounds!" Clark gritted his teeth and looked at Zara's expression, which seemed clueless about his real plan.
In that instant, Clark made a hard decision for himself and turned around, looking at the incoming lightning that spread in all directions.
"Ice Boundary!" Clark placed his hand on the ground as Ice Crystals emerged from the ground in all directions.
This skill looked like Ellen's Ice Wave, but it expanded in a circle.
However, Clark was even more daring than his look. He ripped the connection between his right arm and the robotic hand before using his other hand to point it to the lightning.
With the lightning shattering the ice that protected Clark's team, especially the one behind him, the incoming lightning changed its destination and turned to Clark.
"!!!" Zhong Li spat a mouthful of blood as he also got the impact from the lightning as well. He raised his vision and muttered, "He is using that metal arm as a lightning rod? He is insane…"
"Clark!" Zara shouted with a worried expression as she realized what Zhong Li was planning.
Right after the lightning struck Clark's hand, Diego froze the entire arena, including the lightning.
The cold atmosphere stunned all four people in the arena as they all realized the power of a Mythical Rank Expert.
"The United Kingdom wins!" Diego announced.
Clark couldn't help but smile as he closed his eyes. His face was pale and his legs finally gave up.
Before falling down, Zara quickly caught Clark and checked his condition. "Medic!"
"Medic!" Diego also called for it.
They all ignored Mo Ning, who was protected by white barriers, stopping all the lightning and ice that came to her.
Zhong Li's condition was similar to Clark's, but his was close to exhaustion instead of injury.
The reason for Diego to stop the match after the lightning hit Clark was to show that the lightning wouldn't hurt Zara while China Team needed to take their loss because of this incident.
He also believed that kind of injury could be fixed within a few days.
When everything was over, Zara gritted her teeth and wanted to complain to their opponents, but Clark's hand refused to let her go.
This also showed Zara that Clark was still conscious despite closing his eyes.
In the end, Zara let it go and chose to believe Clark as the medical team brought him back, so the audience didn't need to see his condition and Sheira could talk about the ending of this battle.
As soon as they returned, Nella and the other teammates quickly came out, looking at Clark's condition.
The middle-aged man they brought as their medical team started sweating when checking Clark's injury. "This…"
"What is it?" Zara was the first to react by grabbing his shoulders. Clark was in this state to protect her, so she felt responsible for this condition.
"The lightning itself is not harming his body that much. With some treatment and medicine, he should be fine after two days of rest. However…"
"Don't tell me… It's my…" Zara drew a gasp as a terrified expression planted on her face.
"Yes. Because of the hypnotize skill, his body took the lightning worse than expected and put a considerable amount of stress on his body… Healing the wound can be done, but I'm afraid he can't utilize his power completely. At most, seventy percent."
"…" Nella and the others fell silent.
"I'm sorry… It's my fault." Clark gritted his teeth as if he had done something awful.
"What are you talking about? You did it to save me. I should be the one to apologize!"
Clark smiled and turned to Nella. "I can still fight. It's not like we can find my replacement since it's not allowed…"
What Clark said was mentioned in the rule. To replicate the situation on the other side, no team could bring a replacement because if one were injured heavily on the other side, they would become a great burden to the team.
Rescuing him was a priority, but there was a time where rescuing him needed to sacrifice more than ten people. This way, the team needed to make a hard decision.
And Nella was the one who needed to make it… Nella closed his eyes for a moment and nodded. "Please proceed to treat him. I will let you fight, but you need to follow my arrangement. I am required to bring all of you safe and sound, so I won't allow any irreparable damage to your body that may affect your future."
Clark smiled and nodded. "I understand. I shall follow your arrangement."
"I hope you can take care of him." Nella turned to the middle-aged man with a serious expression.
"Yes. I will do my best."
"Clark…" Zara still regretted the result of this competition. And the fact they needed to fight Theo's team with this kind of condition made it even worse.
Nella suddenly bent down and gently bumped her fist on Clark's chest. "I am not good with words, but I need to tell you one thing. If you still want to contribute to the team, you shall think of nothing other than your recovery. Even if it means you can't fight with your full power, for me, seventy-one percent of your power is better than your seventy percent. Understand?"
Clark chuckled and said with a smile. "I got it, Captain. I shall put everything into my recovery."