IN VERSION

"Of the 2.1 million Ability Users who existed, only less than 5 percent could reach the Advanced stage. Thus, only less than 105,000 Ability Users in total reached this level."

TIME PASSED: Approximately 702 hrs 55 mins (Day 30)

LOCATION: Valeria (Ruined World)

"We won't lose" Tenny and Kyron said in unison.

Darey smiled. For the past days that they had been training, the two boys before him had improved considerably. They had greatly exceeded his expectations. However, they had not reached the limits of their potential, and so he was going to push them to it. This was the last day, and so with only 17 hours to go, Tenny and Kyron had to go all out. This round was 'All or Nothing!'

"Let's go!" Tenny shouted, signaling the start of the fight.

Kyron quickly sprinted, closing the gap between Darey and himself. He charged at him head on, which confused Darey a bit.

"A frontal attack?" Darey questioned.

Immediately, Tenny vanished and appeared directly in front of Darey, as he attempted to hit his jaw with his knee. Darey quickly reacted to this, as he immediately generated a distortion in the space left between himself and Tenny. Suddenly, a purple pulse emanated from Darey, which spanned 3 meters from himself, enough to repel Tenny away. However, Tenny, already predicting this, had teleported a safe distance away.

As Darey recoiled from Tenny's surprise attack, Kyron suddenly appeared out of the blue and was already in Darey's face before he knew it. Kyron quickly raise his right fist as he drove it to hit Darey with full force.

His fist connected as a crackling sound was made, and Darey was sent flying a few meters away from Kyron's position. Darey's shield had blocked Kyron's earlier punch, and the green glowing protective orb shielded Darey from Kyron's attack.

While Darey was still in midair, he saw Kyron's eyes glowing crimson, indicating the use of his energy blast. Darey however, knew the attack would not penetrate the shield, at least not one of that degree. As he maintained eye contact with Kyron, expecting the release of the energy blast, in that split second, Kyron's eyes diverted from Darey as he faced Tenny's location, which was a few meters behind Darey.

"ZZZZIT" The burst of light buzzed as red electricity crackled around it. The blast was sent flying to Tenny's location, which surprised Darey.

"Zoooom!"The crimson ray moved past Darey, who was still in midair, as it went below him to hit Tenny. However, just before it did, Tenny immediately closed his eyes, and then opened them, blue light emanating from his eyes.

Immediately, a portal appeared before Tenny, like a wall, as it shielded Tenny from the attack, as well as sucking the crimson energy ray directed at him. Darey looked at the occurrence, and while he faced Tenny, in the safety of his shield, a small portal, no bigger than the size of Darey's head, appeared directly behind him.

The portal, which was originally blue, started glowing red, as crimson electricity crackled within it, indicating only one thing... Kyron's energy attack!

"Wha...?" Before Darey could react, the energy blast erupted, destroying the shield from within, causing an explosion similar to fireworks in the air.

"Not yet! "Kyron said, as he generated an even bigger and more powerful blast, it's intensity, several times the former. "You better get away Tenny." Kyron warned, as Tenny affirmed and disappeared.

Kyron released the already increasing blast as it flew to the point of the previous one, generating a much larger explosion. The air pressure intensifies as the ground vibrated. The red glow brightened up the dark, colorless sky, as the blast radius was at least 100 feet.

Kyron had also evaded the area of impact immediately he released the energy shot, and so from a safe distance, he watched the energy explosion as it grew in size, and then finally, sizzled. The red glow faded, leaving residues of smoke and dust around the area which had been destroyed.

Tenny appeared beside Kyron as he looked excited.

"Think that got him?" He asked Kyron.

"We, I fired it with the aim to kill, but knowing him... He's still alright. However, there's no way he'll be leaving the blast unscathed." Kyron replied, gazing at the thick smoke rising to the sky, and the huge round scar left on the ground.

"Guess you're right... Since we've not used this move before, it'll be hard for him to have evaded it." Tenny said, while looking at Kyron. "Plus, by using me as a decoy, his attention was shifted from you, and then by redirecting your beam within his shield, we struck him where he was most vulnerable." Tenny added.

"I was a bit skeptical about whether or not your spatial abilities would work within the shield, but i guess my worries were misplaced." Kyron stated.

"I as well, but after constant practice, I have come to understand my ability more. As long as there is space, I can use my ability within any barrier." Tenny stated confidently. "Now, for the next course of action... We should mov..." Tenny was still speaking when his eyes widened. He looked at Kyron's face and his expression also told the same thing.

Before any of them could react, the smoke cleared and right before them was a massive ball of light approaching them at an unimaginable speed. The blue light was over 30 meters, and by the energy it emitted, Kyron as well as Tenny knew, that this meant their demise. Tenny's eyes closed as he braced for impact.

"BOOOM!!!!" The sound echoed through the ruined world, as the vibrations spread for miles. The air pressure blew even the clouds in the sky away from the area, causing the blast to resemble a very large ball of destructive light. It's blast radius... 500 MILES!

Dust, smoke, wind and everything within the area were blown away. The explosion reduced the entire area to nothing, causing a gaping hole, as well as a massive charred surface 5oo miles large, and a few hundred feet deep, and standing the air, hovering above all the wreckage and destruction was Darey, looking totally unharmed and smiling at the sight. He looked away from the blast area, a few meters from the area were Darey and Kyron catching their breath.

"So they escaped eh? Interesting... Looks like Tenny's ability could prove to be quite troublesome." Darey said to himself as he decided to venture closer.

Tenny had no idea how they had survived. His mind had grown blank from the sight of the unavoidable danger as he closed his eyes. It was possible that he would teleport 20 meters away from his location, but even then he would still be caught within the blast area. Other than that, he had managed to teleport Kyron with himself as well. They were at least 250 miles away from their previous location. How was that possible? He had never even travelled that far before.

Tenny shoved those thoughts aside. He needed to focus on the mission at hand, and as such he would have the speculations later on. As he attempted to stand from his sitting position, he felt a bit faint. He realized that transporting himself, as well as Kyron, for a distance of over 250 miles had to take its toll on him, however, this was no time to rest. Darey would be coming soon, and so they had to be fully prepared to give their all, after all, they could not afford to lose.

"Kyron, we're going with Battle plan Y" Tenny groaned as he stood up with unease.

"What..? Now? B-But isn't it too soon?" Kyron protested.

"It seems you don't understand our current predicament. We can't afford to hold back at this point, or else we'll lose before we get the chance to play all our cards!" Tenny replied.

"You have a point." Kyron reasoned. "Hey Tenny, Just saying... How many abilities has Darey displayed in total, since we've started training?" Kyron asked, looking to Tenny.

"One hundred and fourteen" Tenny answered, remembering his previous estimation on Darey's maximum being hundred. How foolish those thoughts seemed now. "This new ability he just used... It must take a huge load of energy from him, so he must be very drained. That'll ensure the success of the plan even more." Tenny added.

"Oh really?" Darey said as he was suddenly noticed behind Tenny.

Before Tenny could react, Darey snapped his fingers which immobilized Tenny. Kyron resisted the effects as he aimed to hit Darey, but immediately he hit Darey, he felt an electric shock surge through his entire body as every cell within him vibrated, causing him unimaginable pain. He screamed for several seconds before passing out, falling down beside Tenny's paralyzed body.

"A few million Volts was all it took uhn? I guess it's because you've not built up resistance to it." Darey said. "I guess once again... It's my win!"

"Uh... Ah" Tenny said, groaning as he regained consciousness. His sight blurred as his vision suddenly became clearer, until finally he could see clearly.

"Oh, you're finally awake!" Darey said smiling.

"Wha... What's going on?" Tenny stuttered.

"Oh, i guess it'll take a while for you to regain your senses since your nerves were seriously corroded." Darey explained. "But in short... You LOST!" Darey stated bluntly.

Suddenly, the events up to the current moment flashed before Tenny's eyes, and his memories returned. His face fell, and he looked downcast as he muttered to himself.

"W-We... Lost. I-I see..." He stated, with frustration in his voice.

"Yo, Kyron... You're also going to stay silent?" Darey beckoned on Kyron who was also sitting in isolation as he looked downcast as well.

Kyron did not give a response, and Darey looked disappointed.

"Well, this is no good." Darey stated. "You both look like you're about to give up, or maybe you already have... But I think you're forgetting one thing." Darey said, raising his index finger.

Tenny and Kyron looked up as Darey smiled, pleased to finally get the attention of the two other boys.

"You still have TIME!" Darey stated firmly, with a crazy smile on his face, gazing at the rekindled eyes of the challengers. "So... What will it be?" He asked bluntly.

Immediately they heard this, both boys wearily stood up as they walked close to each other until they were directly opposite themselves. They then faced Darey, who was standing in front of them.

"Bring it on." They said in unison, their eyes ready for the challenge once more.

"Good." Darey said, encouraging the futility of their attempts. "Make it count!"

TIME PASSED: 717 hrs 23 mins (Day 30)

PROGRESS: Challengers Final match

TIME LEFT: 2 hrs 36 mins 55 secs!!!

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