“Let the battle commence.”

*Swish*

Without wasting any time, the first move is made by Luke.

Rook smirks, “You think you can defeat me with a head-on attack?! Are you forgetting, I have learned from our family Tree of Atlas!” Rook readies himself to catch Luke, “What-“ Instead Luke flew through Rook.

“That’s kinda surprising...” Rook says.

The crowd seems to be in disarray after watching that.

It seems that Luke is standing right where the match started.

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“It’s really not surprising Rook, we have studied their team and that guy has illusion magic from some Sun Wukong Tree of the East.” Flesty says to Rook.

Rook looks surprised.

“Don’t tell me you didn’t read the documents I gave you...” Flesty looks to be disappointed.

“I didn’t...” Rook seems to be sweating.

Flesty sighs, “You can still win though, we all know.” Flesty smirks.

“I definitely can.” Rook says as he looks Luke.

Luke looks at Rook and they begin to have a staredown.

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The Tree of Atlas, that’s what Luke’s big brother said. That’s all sorts of troubling now. If I knew that Luke’s big brother was using such a powerful Tree, I wouldn’t have given a yes signal for Luke to fight this round.

“Sir Dan...You don’t seem very comfortable with Luke fighting this round. Why is that?” Horrell asks me.

“Yeah, I noticed that your expression changed when that Rook guy said that he is using the Tree of Atlas, is Tree of Atlas something to be feared of?” Izumi asks.

I sigh, “This match is actually a mismatch.” I say.

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*Swish*

Luke rushes in again and uses frontal assault again.

At least that’s what the audience is seeing but in actuality, Luke is moving in from the left of Rook.

*Grab*

“You had your chance to hit me the first time but this time I am prepared for your attack.” Rook says as he catches Luke who was to his left by his neck.

The crowd reacts with a surprise, then cheers on for Flesty’s team.

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“What?! But how?!” Jack seems to be totally surprised.

“Do you know about the God Atlas?” I ask.

“No.” Everyone around me says.

“You see, Atlas was a titan god, it was said that he carried the whole god damn world on his back. He had his eye in every corner of the world when he carried it on his back. That’s why, he could see past everything in the world, the mist, the rain, the snow, water and even illusions, everything that the world had in it, he could see it. That’s right! Atlas is the perfect mismatch for Luke’s Sun Wukong. He can see right through Luke’s magic. Atlas is immune to any kinda effects.” I explain.

“What about the first time?! Why was he surprised by Luke’s attack?!” Elena asks.

“My guess is, he didn’t activate his magic back then but now, his magic is active and he can see everything.” I say.

“That’s bad...Luke...”

Even Izumi seems to be worried now but this is a perfect battle or Luke. Can he overcome his mismatch or is he going to be burdened by that power of mismatch?

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“It seems that our contestant Luke is quite some trouble. What will he do to get out of that lock? Is he going to go on or is he going to give up?” Darlion is having his fun commenting on the situation.

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“Grrr....”

It looks like Luke is going to lose consciousness.

“Give up, Luke, you are weak and that fact won’t change. Doesn’t matter how much you try.” Rook gives Luke an evil smile as he holds him by his neck.

“I won’t...Give...Up...”

Luke is choking but he isn’t giving up.

XXXXXX

“You still have your secret weapon, Luke.”

That’s right...There is still that I can do Sir Dan!

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“This match is ours.” Flesty smiles but little does she know that Luke had a smile as he looked at Rook.

“What?!” Rook looks at Luke's smile and gets surprised.

A great amount of mana is generated from Luke’s body.

“What are you doing?!” Rook seems to be surprised.

“Nothing...Special...Brother...” Luke opens the palm of his right hand.

Just when Rook was about to leave Luke, Luke catches Rook’s hand, “WHAT ARE YOU-“

*Smack*

“GUH!” Rook spits out saliva as Luke summons his handy purple-colored pole in his right hand which sticks right into Rook’s guts.

Rook puts down Luke.

*Cough* *Cough* *Cough* *Cough*

“That was...Something...” Luke takes a deep breath.

“That was totally unexpected.” Flesty says.

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“Damn...Even Luke is having his glory moment, when will I have my glory moment?” Elena points at herself.

I sigh.

The two most intelligent people on our team are Luke and Horrell. It is true that Izumi is quite good with her strategies and stuff but when it comes to strategizing on the spot without anyone’s help, only them two can do it.

I guess I should say, I am glad, Luke is the one who is fighting this fight because if it was anyone else...I feel like this fight would have not been an easy one. It’s still not an easy fight but I think it’s a winnable fight for Luke.

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“I guess I will need my trusty pole to fight you.” Luke says with a serious expression as he stands up straight.

“You seriously want to have a physical battle with me?” Rook questions Luke as his stomach ache from the wound seems to have healed up in seconds.

“If I magic can’t defeat you then I will definitely have to defeat you with my physical strength.” Luke says as he slams the stick to the ground and holds the other end of the stick to the back of his hand.

“I am going to crush you!” Rook threatens Luke.

Luke doesn’t respond.

“It seems that the fight has reached an interesting point folks. Both the participants are looking to go all physical now. Who do you think will win and who do you think will lose? Let us know via voting in the audience from the academy website.” Darlion asks everyone to vote from their mobile’s academy website.