Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 79: Muku Vs Layla Pt 2 (Final)

Back to the duel....

"Okay, you can attack first this time" Muku said while looking at Layla standing opposite him.

"Don’t underestimate me! Ice spikes! Ice arrows! Ice lance!". Layla screamed before casting her spells one after the other.

"Come on, you can do better than this" Muku said with a smile as he easily got out of the way.

"Blizzard!" Layla didn’t reply as she cast her next spell. The battlefield was immediately covered up by snow making it hard to see, much to the dismay of the audience, but Layla didn’t care about that.

"Frozen world!" As soon as Layla cast her spell, the snow froze in place. Which hypothetically meant Muku, who should have been exposed to it, was frozen as well. Which would be Layla’s win.

"Frozen meteor shower!" But she didn’t think it would be that easy and immediately cast another spell. Numerous giant ice blocks appeared in the sky above the battlefield and started falling down at fast speeds.

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"Okay isn’t she going a bit too far!?" Emily exclaimed.

"Nah, I think she should even go further!". Jade said, enjoying the show.

"I’m sure Ms Audrey would intervene if Big Brother can’t take it, so it should be fine...right?" Hope spoke, clearly lacking confidence"

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Boom!

Whoosh! Whoosh!....

An explosion rang out from the area Muku was on, ice shards flying all over the place. Then numerous large swords flew into the sky and cut the ice meteors into tiny pieces.

"Nice try, quite ruthless even. But still not enough" Muku said with a smile while looking at Layla provocatively. He would have looked a lot cooler if he wasn’t slightly shaking from the cold. He had promised himself not to unnecessarily use his telekinesis and was already suffering for it.

"That was just a distraction," Layla said, a small smile appearing on her face. Muku’s eyes widened in surprise, and they immediately tried to create some distance. He couldn’t be too complacent since Layla definitely had the capabilities to defeat him if she put in a bit of work. But he immediately realised that he couldn’t move his body, he could only move his head.

"What!?" He looked down and noticed a long shadow stretched out from Layla in the distance into his own shadow.

"That’s one of my new spells. Shadow Lock!. You didn’t think just my Shadow Storage was enough to get me to 99% did you?" Layla spoke as she channelled her mana into her next attack. Even after seemingly having already won, she didn’t let it get to her head and opted to knock him out for a decisive win.

"Ice fist!" As soon as she shouted, a fist as big as Muku formed next to him and immediately came rushing in his direction.

"Steel fortress!". Muku finally decided to get a bit serious. He realised that he had been too arrogant by not attacking and letting Layla do whatever she wanted.

As soon as he called out, his body was immediately surrounded by a metal wall, completely hiding him from Layla’s view. As soon as his shadow was covered up by that of the steel fortress, he was freed.

"Oh, so that’s the shortcoming, huh? Even then, what a dangerous spell!" Muku said while wiping his nonexistent sweat. How could he possibly sweat in such cold weather?.

"Sword rain!". He cast his first attack spell and hundreds of swords immediately appeared in the sky above Layla and rained down.

"Hhm, finally taking me seriously huh!. Encasing Ice!". Layla cast her defensive spell. She was immediately enveloped by three layers of thick ice. The swords managed to break through the first layer. Most were stopped by the second layer and the rest by the last one.

"I guess I have to be a bit more serious myself.....Shadow Charge!". Layla called out beneath the ice layers.

"Oh no you don’t!" Final Judgment!". Muku couldn’t see her but he could feel the mana gathering in the sky like when she used her shadow charge spell that ignores defense. And so, like any man who respects gender equality, he used one of his stronger spells.

The familiar giant hammer appeared in the sky above Layla. This time it was even bigger than the last time it was used. Radiating more destructive strength as well.

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"Okay, are they serious!?" Even Jade was dumbstruck by how much they had gotten into the duel. They were now even using some of their best spells!.

"Should we stop it?" Emily spoke while looking at Audrey. Her meaning was obvious, which was, "Why aren’t you stopping it?"

"Don’t worry, they haven’t lost control, they know what they are doing. Their spells will likely stop just before they hit the target. Though even if they don’t stop. I can still easily stop both" Audrey spoke with confidence. Unlike the rest of the group, she knew just how much stronger she was than them, so wasn’t as worried. For now, she was just enjoying the battle, though she wasn’t sure who she hoped to win between the two.

"If you say so". Emily could only trust Audrey’s words. She then continued watching the battle. Although she was worried, she had to admit that it was quite entertaining to watch.

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The giant hummer descended on Layla’s ice barriers slowly. Yet the barriers didn’t even manage to slow it’s it down; it just broke through with its speed and proceeded like that, like an unstoppable force.

"Frozen Sky Lance!" At this time Layla also finished casting her ultimate spell, the very same one that put an end to the spider queen’s terror, even if it didn’t last long enough to kill it then. This time, it was even more solid; she had gained better control over it. The giant black lance descended from the sky above Muku. It was a lot faster than his hammer, so it quickly caught up. It was as if they were trading an attack for an attack to see who fell first.

"Oh, come on! aren’t you going a bit too overboard here!?" Muku screamed after realising he couldn’t move again. This time it wasn’t because his shadow was trapped by Layla again. It seemed the black lance coming down on him had a passive ability similar to Shadow Lock that kept the target in place. He tried to set up metal barriers above him but the Lance went through each one of them as if they weren’t there.

Now the only option he had left was to use his telekinesis to knock Layla out so that the spell is cancelled out or lose the battle. As a man of his word, there’s no way he’d do that. He had to think of another way.

"Sigh, okay, Layla, I surrender; I can’t get out of this without using my Telekinesis. It’s your win, cancel out the attack." Muku spoke as he cancelled out his "Final Judgment". Unlike Layla’s attack, which automatically froze the target in place, his attack needed him to use his telekinesis, which meant Layla could easily avoid it. And so, it was his loss.

Hearing his words, Layla immediately cancelled her attack, and all the ice in the area disappeared, and the sky cleared. She now appeared in front of everyone again, her face a bit pale. The attack still took too much out of her. Even though she’d just won, she didn’t look too happy about thorough.

"Hey, why don’t you look happy despite having won?" Muku asked Layla with confusion in his eyes.

"I only won because I basically asked you to not use half of your strength, if not more. I’ll only be happy when I beat you at full power. Not to mention that despite having realised more potential and just a step away from Rank Two, I still had to use my best spell to win and you don’t even look half as spent as I am. We’ll have a rematch when we reach the peak of Rank Two. I should have figured out how to beat you by then," Layla explained herself before walking off to the sitting area. The others congratulated her on her win, but she just nodded; she sat where Jade had gotten up from preparing to go next. She then closed her eyes. She clearly didn’t want to talk so the others left her alone.

"So it’s Jade and Emily next huh?" Muku said after seeing that Jade and Emily were the ones who had gotten up.

"Yeah, I’d have rather faced Chloe and had a competition of speed that no one could see, but she still has to realise a bit more potential before that, sadly", Jade replied, not caring about how Emily felt about being indirectly called a replacement.

"Oh, so you think I won’t be challenging enough for you huh?" Emily said with a dark look on her face, having taken offence to Jade’s statement.

"Well, I didn’t mean it like that; I just think that I can probably end the battle before you can react, that’s all", Jade tried to explain herself, but it only made the situation worse.

"Well let’s go find out then" Emily smiled slightly and walked over to the battleground, her whole being radiating battle intent.

"Umm, Jade, I have a feeling you’re going to regret your words soon", Hope couldn’t help but comment from the sideline.

"Don’t worry, I’ll show all of you why they say only speed is absolute?", Jade said before arrogantly following after Emily.

Another epic battle was about to be fought. Will it be as Jade said or will it be something else?...