Frank knew that he was stronger, it was only natural that Luke would need help to keep up with him. However, he didn’t drop his guard since, despite the odds, Luke still wasn’t showing any fear or apprehension. His words about fighting stronger opponents might not be a total lie. In any case, Frank still knew the easiest path to victory and he was about to take that one..

Frank summoned several ice spears and bombarded Luke with them. He focused on his front to make him lose sight of him for a moment. While Luke was punching and destroying the projectiles. Frank focused a lot of mana on the tip of his sword and then prepared to charge.

Luke used Checkpoint while he raised his claws to block the attack and he did well. Frank noticed that he might use that skill and he quickly moved to where he had teleported. In the end, Luke blocked the attack, but then the sword fired a gust of wind that quickly turned him into an ice statue. The ice layer quickly expanded and locked Luke in a large coffin of ice... He couldn’t move a muscle.

"I never had the chance to test this on a proper target without anyone being around, so you will be mine Guinea pig," Frank said and then smiled before moving away from the place. "Enjoy the trip to the next word."

Luke used and increased the output of Resistance Support since the ice was burning his whole body and because he wanted to free himself as soon as possible. He couldn’t hear what frank said, but he had a bad feeling Anyway. Luke felt the Resistance of the ice decreasing and he also used Fire Manipulation to burn the ice around him. However, he stopped when he saw a large shadow appearing over him and covering the entire area. That wasn’t good...

Luke couldn’t even see what was happening, but he hurried even more. Thanks to his high magic, he freed his upper half fast enough, but he failed at using Checkpoint. That never happened before, but he assumed that it was due to the ice. Still, when Luke looked upward, he saw a massive ice meteor falling. Half a second later, it hit him...

Frank watched his attack landing and destroying completely the remaining parts of the city. The ground began to shake and a massive dust curtain emerged covering the whole area. Despite that, he didn’t receive the notification that he had killed Luke. Something was off... That attack was supposed to have crushed him, or at the very least, freeze him until the bones.

Without any other choice, Frank went to see what had happened. It would be troublesome if Luke managed to escape after causing him that much trouble. At the very least, he had to finish the job since he went as far as using an attack that could destroy a big city instantly. Still, Frank had a hard time searching for the spot he had been before since the whole area was covered in the ice of his attack.

"Come out, you little prick!" Frank shouted. "It is time to show that you have more balls than brains." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Frank sucked at taunting his enemies, he knew that and he also disliked to do so. It was better to crush them already and give his people something more suited for them to keep their faith in him. Regardless, he kept searching and searching, but he didn’t find any traces that Luke escaped. He probably was half dead below that mountain of ice.

Using his sword, Frank began to open a path through the mountain of ice. He did it by swinging his weapon and by using the effect of the katana, which granted him the power to manipulate all the water of the atmosphere and instantly turn it into the water, as long as he has mana. He had to use a lot of his reserves to summon something that big, so he was taking his time with the search. Even if Luke recovers from some of the damage, it wouldn’t change the result now that Frank had turned the area into his best field.

When Frank got pretty deep into the mountain of ice, he suddenly felt that something was off. He had never felt like that, but he felt like he should stop there... He realized that if perhaps Luke wasn’t unconscious, then he had a lot of time to prepare a counterattack. He had used Appraisal to see his skills and he had confirmed that he had some troublesome ones if combined.

Still, Frank stopped too late... the ground below him began to crack and when he attempted to jump backward, something crossed the thick layer of ice and flew to his face. He moved his sword on time to block the strike, but due to the power behind it, he only parried. Luke appeared and his right claw pierced Frank’s right shoulder and made both of them fly upward for five hundred meters.

Luke was covered in blood, his entire body was a mess, but his right arm looked particularly more damaged than everything else. It was completely purple and swollen... Like he had used a powerful attack beyond the limits of his body to attack the ice block and used the same again now.

Frank bit his lips due to the pain and tried to stab Luke while holding the katana with his left hand, but then he saw Luke preparing an attack with his next arm and then assumed a defensive stance. Unfortunately for him, that had been a feint. What Luke did was muster all his strength to turn his right arm to the side and twist Frank’s wounds. For the first time in a long while, he opened his eyes widely due to the pain. He even was unable to breathe since the claws reached his back and Luke was opening a hole there...