Luke finally reached the top. He somehow pulled himself up and just when he stood on the flat ground, his legs and arms gave up as he fell flat on his stomach.

The sleeves of his tunic had soaked with blood upto the shoulders. His heels and toes had scraped off completely as blood kept flowing out continuously. but even though he wasn't in the condition to move a muscle, his lips curved up as he laughed out loud.

"Hahaha! You'll never be able to break me. I'll never lose."

Just then the flame letters appeared and formed a sentence in front of him again.

SECOND TRIAL CLEARED

MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FLOOR

Just then a door appeared out of thin air, just a few meters ahead of him. it slowly opened and a bright light could be seen on the other end.

Luke gritted his teeth, he moved his arm forward, grabbed the ground as his fingers dug in, and pulled himself forward. His body scraped along the ground as he moved towards the door.

Blood seeped out of his lips as he bit them hard. He was in immense pain, but defeat was not an option he was ready to take. His tunic got torn, but he kept sliding along the ground and finally vanished inside, passing through the door.

After coming out on the other end, he was shocked to see that he was back to how he was before going into the second trial. His gauntlets, boots and armor were back on his body. He could sense the energy coursing through his buffed and muscular body, and all the wounds from the last trial were nowhere to be seen.

"Was that an illusion?" Luke thought as he was confused as hell. He was trying to think it through when the flame letters appeared again.

THIRD TRIAL: TRIAL OF STRENGTH

YOU'VE PROVED YOUR GROWTH AND WILL

NOW PROVE YOUR STRENGTH AND DEFEAT THE DRAGON WARRIOR

He finally looked around his surrounding and realized that he was in a floating platform high up in the blue sky, as clouds were passing below him and a few birds could be seen in the distance flying in groups.

Just then the stone platform at a distance from him turned fluidic and rose up, morphing into the shape of a human figure.

Slowly the features of the stone figure cleared and Luke could see a huge seven foot tall man with two small horns coming out of his temples, he had sharp and pointy nails and was adorned in a full body armor, sticking to his body as if it was part of him.

He had a stoic face and stood motionless in his place. Luke was a bit surprised as he had seen a dragon warrior for the first time. he didn't know that dragons could even take a human form till now.

The dragon warrior abruptly opened his eyes, revealing the yellow iris and the vertical slit pupils. A pressure fell on Luke immediately, making his hair stand. It was similar to the pressure of the eye he felt in the cosmos, but almost several thousand times reduced.

Dark grey mana started rising from the dragon warrior's body as he moved his leg back and raised his arm, taking his stance.

Luke didn't tarry and channeled his prana, protecting his whole body with a layer of prana.

The two of them then vanished from their spots and clashing sounds could be heard all around as both of them exchanged hundreds of punches with each other, and moved so fast that they formed a trail in the air, but their figures blurred.

Luke was back to his spot, as was the dragon warrior. Luke's lips curved up as a smile formed on his face. He was feeling exhilarated as it was his first time fighting an opponent who uses his fists like him rather than a sword or other weapons.

Mana gathered on the dragon warrior's fist as then zapping sounds came from it. His arms were now cloaked in lightning.

Luke gathered prana in his fists too as an amber fire started burning and covered his gauntlets.

"Let's roll."

Luke zoomed towards the dragon warrior as the later rushed at him too. Both of their fists touched slightly and slid over each other's arm as their punches landed hard on each other's faces, throwing both of them away to the distance.

After rolling a few times along the platform, Luke held his ground and stopped just before the edge. He grimaced in pain as he clenched his teeth, a few bolts of lightning zapped away, passing through his body from the face.

Half of the dragon warrior's face was on fire when he doused it by wiping it with his lightning clad palm.

He channeled more mana as the zapping sounds intensified and his whole body was now covered with lightning.

Luke felt it was the final stretch now, he activated limit break as the tattoo behind his back glowed and the amber circle appeared.

Another flurry of punches ensued as trails of fire and lightning could be seen in the air. Both of them kept taking hits as no one was trying to evade or block. They took the punches with their bodies and refused to back away, showcasing a pure display of strength and toughness.

After exchanging more than a hundred punches, they separated away as they landed opposite to each other. Prana gathered on Luke's fist and he got ready for a final punch.

The dragon warrior also collected the lightning as it condensed to form a ball of light over his fists, with a few bolts zapping out. the two of them then immediately vanished from their spot, rushing at each other.

BOOM!!

The two of them stood frozen as blood flowed down from Luke's cheek, from the cut made by the lightning punch. While, Luke's fist passed right through the dragon warrior's chest, coming out from his back.

The dragon warrior's body started cracking up, and slowly the cracks spread all over and his body crumbled into dust, getting dispersed in the air from the wind.

THIRD TRIAL CLEARED

MOVE ON TO THE NEXT FLOOR

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