The battlefield was an inferno of destruction.
Bolt stood firm, his body crackling with lightning, but this time—he wasn't just relying on electricity.
The air around him shifted.
The wind howled, the ground rumbled, and the temperature dropped drastically as frost spread across the battlefield.
For the first time, Bolt wasn't just using lightning—he was tapping into the other elements at his disposal.
Meanwhile, Kairos stood on the opposite side, his black flames twisting like a living beast around him.
But now, those flames had changed.
Darkness coiled within the fire, tendrils of pure shadow weaving into the inferno, making his power even more unpredictable.
Kairos grinned, rolling his shoulders. "Now this… this is what a real fight looks like."
Bolt clenched his fists. "I'm done holding back."
Kairos' grin widened. "Then show me!"
WHOOSH!
The two warriors vanished from sight—
Then reappeared mid-air, fists colliding!
BOOOOOM!
The shockwave that followed shattered the landscape, sending debris and fire exploding outward.
Bolt reacted instantly—lightning-infused wind wrapped around his form, making him twice as fast.
He reappeared behind Kairos in an instant, ice forming around his palm.
"Glacial Impact!"
His ice-covered fist slammed into Kairos' back, sending an arctic blast surging through his body.
CRACK!
A layer of frost spread across Kairos' skin, slowing his movements—
But Kairos grinned.
FWOOOSH!
His black flames erupted, melting the ice instantly.
"You think that's enough?" he sneered.
He whirled around, his shadow-enhanced flames twisting into razor-sharp tendrils.
"Abyssal Firestorm!"
The tendrils lashed out, aiming to consume Bolt whole—
But Bolt didn't flinch.
Instead, he thrust his hands forward—
"Earthen Bastion!"
A massive stone barrier erupted from the ground, absorbing the flames in an instant.
Kairos' eyes widened. "You're using earth now, too?"
Bolt smirked. "You're not the only one evolving mid-battle."
He slammed his foot into the ground—
The earth rippled, forming jagged spikes that shot forward at terrifying speed!
Kairos dodged left, flames surrounding him—
But Bolt was already there, water forming around his arm.
"Tsunami Strike!"
A concentrated blast of water exploded forward, crashing into Kairos with the force of a hurricane!
BOOM!
Kairos skidded back, steam rising from his body as the water sizzled against his flames.
His smirk returned, but there was a flicker of unease in his eyes.
Bolt saw it.
He was catching up.
He wasn't just a lightning user anymore.
He was becoming something more.
"Let's see how well you handle this," Bolt muttered.
His hands glowed with multi-elemental energy, sparks of lightning, swirls of wind, streaks of water, cracks of earth, and a thin layer of ice forming at his fingertips.
Kairos narrowed his eyes. "Alright then… let's end this."
His shadow-infused flames intensified, his black inferno spiraling around him like a dark sun.
The battlefield erupted into chaos—
Lightning and Fire.
Ice and Shadows.
Wind and Darkness.
Earth and Destruction.
The final clash was coming—
And only one would stand victorious.