"...I'd like to apologize to you, Riser-san." the shinobi called out to his fellow blond.
Riser's smirk grew, seemingly fed by the younger blond's capitulation. "Ah...so you've finally seen the light, have you? Seen who's the superior being?"
Naruto tilted his head a bit. "Actually, I wanted to apologize for not making my last beating...stick. Obviously, since I was so focused on getting my friend out of an engagement, I wasn't giving you the full effect of my foot-up-your-ass. So I'm going to fix that. If I did that in the first place...then you might either have been too traumatized to be so annoying or maybe even have changed for the better."
The Phenex's smirk finally dropped, changing into a scowl.
"...I'm going to enjoy this far more than I should."
Naruto gave him a mocking grin.
"Sorry, to say...I feel the same way. You chose the wrong time to get back at me, I happen to be in a pretty bad mood."
Riser ignored his opponent's words, glaring at the man who has humiliated him.
"I'm putting you back in your place, in order to restore the natural order of things. Your defeat here is guaranteed, human." Riser claimed, before spreading his legs out to fight.
"...Fine, let's see how much stronger you've become then." Naruto retorted quietly, crouching to get ready to pounce.
Good thing he did.
Riser raised his hand and created a large magic circle, bigger than his own body.
From it, spewed flames that flew straight towards the whiskered teen.
Naruto's eyes widened slightly when he noticed the heat of the flames. This was...!
The blond narrowed his eyes, he needed to test something.
So Naruto ran towards the incoming flames, making sure to keep note of how hot the flames were as he approached.
At the last moment, he slid under the incoming flames, using his momentum to move past it while in that position.
After finally clearing past the attack, the shinobi acrobatically got back to his feet and gave his opponent a harsh stare.
"...There's no way you could have increased your demonic energy and the potency of your flames so quickly...what the hell did you do?" Naruto asked seriously.
Those flames were almost as strong as the very flames he faced in the Valley of the End...
A massive difference compared to what the Phenex's flames were like before.
Riser shrugged, seemingly amused by his enemy's confusion.
Naruto frowned, he's had enough of this new and cocky attitude, he won't show off any jutsus unless some major shit happens, but his strength and speed?
He didn't particularly care about those at the moment.
But first...he still needed to figure something out. This was a perfect opportunity for it.
But before he made to attack, Riser slammed his foot onto the ground, creating a magic circle under himself.
The circular object then spewed large walls of flames that enveloped the young man that created it, surrounding him like some overbearing shield.
Naruto realized that that's exactly what it was.
"Now human...did you really think that I didn't learn from our last encounter? That I didn't try to find a way to circumvent your abilities? Well unfortunately for you I'm not that foolish! My flames have become more powerful, now you have to go pass them in order to inflict damage on me at all! What will you do now!?" Riser exclaimed, a large smirk once more adorning his features.
The shinobi glanced at the wall of flames, it was indeed a hell of a lot more powerful than before...
With his speech over, Riser manipulated the flames in front of him to spread, causing the flames to spread outwards. From there, he aimed the flames towards his enemy, hoping to ensnare him with the scorching heat.
Seeing the incoming heat, Naruto dodged out of the way by tucking himself into a roll, moving away from the attack, before getting back up and checking on the wall of flames.
Just as he stopped, he was forced to move as Riser sent several fire balls at him by using the wall of flames for ammunition.
Naruto continued to dodge around the attacks, not seemingly bothering to do anything to attack back.
Instead, with his brows furrowed and face scrunched up, he seemed to be focusing on something else entirely.
Riser assumed that his concentration was due to his desperation to avoid his attacks, so accordingly tried to overwhelm his opponent with more attacks.
The fireballs were getting shot out at a frantic pace, all in rapid succession as they converged into Naruto's position.
Naruto himself began speeding across the castle courtyard as the fireballs rained around him, causing large explosions that rocked the area.
Man, the courtyard was pretty damn big...
The blond clicked his tongue when he noticed that Riser sought to catch him in a pincer, throwing his flames like a particularly large douse from a flamethrower and leaving them like a wall in front of him.
The whiskered teen smashed his fingers into the ground in order to slow down his momentum and shifted courses, not crashing into the flames and continuing to dodge incoming fireballs behind him.
However, he made extra sure to stay close to the flames...
Ok...his tests were almost done.
One last test.
For some strange reason, the blond suddenly stopped moving. Allowing for the fireballs to catch up to his position, only deigning to take off his jacket that he wore for the party.
A maniacal grin at hand, Riser obliged the suicidal act by allowing for his rain of fire to hit his enemy where he stood.
Naruto did nothing, simply stood in position as he stared at the flames reaching his position...
The current Maou Lucifer watched as the fireballs reached the young human that he invited, detonating like a bomb that enveloped the blond and smashed apart the ground. Melting it the rocks that were at the explosion site.
Sirzechs and his wife were watching the clash on top of the keep, using their elevated position to watch the battle without anything blocking the way.
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