Volstone shattered the intent fist with a single swipe of his hand and frowned. " Again and again you give me more reasons to kill you."

" You sound like a broken record old man." Ved retorted. He slashed his tail at Volstone sending a black crescent slash at him.

I'm his mind all the martial arts he had ever learnt started coming together merging and becoming a whole, he was creating his own style. ' I'll call this Ved...no no, Dragon Arts.'

Volstone suddenly appeared above him and kicked him from behind. Ved shot down like lightning.

He lunged back up with his wounds already healing. He fired a beam of nuclear energy at Volstone.

The beam naturally did nothing against the old man. Ved appeared Infront of him like a ghost.

He slashed his claws covered by pitch black intent. Volstone did not even react, Ved's claws along with his martial intent shattered like glass.

A punch landed on his chest breaking his ribs. His two hearts and lungs blew up like bubbles of blood.

He threw up enough blood to drown a horse, just as he flew back he was grabbed by the tail and slammed against an invisible wall.

More bones broke in his body. He gritted his teeth and tried to bite Volstone. A punch landed on his chin faster than he can react.

His lower jaw broke, the force continued and broke his teeth, his head snapped back breaking his neck.

His image dropped multiple life essence drops on him healing his body rapidly. Just as he finished healing his neck was snapped again.

His body was diced into four pieces. He grabbed them with his strings and healed himself back up.

He had gotten used to such pain that he didn't even flinch at it anymore. He retreated a few kilometres away from Volstone.

However he appeared right behind him as if he was always there. Ved didn't have the time to react before he was kicked on the head.

He used every ounce of power he had to protect his head. His image did it best to lower the effect of Volstone's kick while enhancing the effect of Ved's iron scales and regeneration.

His brain was the most fragile thing about him, it was his sole weakness. He can regenerate even if he lost all four hearts.

But if he lost his brain, everything was over. His neck broke and his body flew like a streak of light.

He gritted his teeth, he realised this old man was toying with him. He had all the power to kill him quite easily yet he didn't.

This pissed Ved even more, especially since he didn't understand why Volstone wasn't killing him.

' What do you want? What do you want?' no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out.

He couldn't run and he couldn't fight but one thing he was certain of, the longer this fight went the stronger he got.

He had reached the peak of how much physical enhancement his image can give him but his martial arts was nowhere near.

His martial intent kept growing stronger and deeper. As they continued fighting or more precisely him getting his ass kicked.

His martial arts kept improving, he was gaining more and better control of his body. He knew how to move to deliver the most damage with minimal effort instinctively.

Even now he still marveled at the power of his image. It wasn't perfect but it was still incredible.

However as they kept fighting he noticed an issue, well not exactly an issue but something he never bothered to notice before.

Which was strange, most people understood the power of their images instinctively but there was a lot he didn't understand about his.

Like the two energies, the golden light that keeps strengthening his body with every wound and the green life drops.

He still had things to figure out about it and he had just figured out something else. The life drops weren't limitless.

Each drop was produced by a leaf and a leaf could only create one drop. However it wasn't much of an issue since there were thousands of leafs.

He had already used a few hundred of them, he could feel those leafs regenating and creating more life drops.

But it would take time for them to finish, they certainly couldn't do it during this battle. He lunged at Volstone again.

He was growing faster with each passing second. He slashed his claws but before they touched Volstone he shifted, spun and kicked him instead.

His keg broke upon impact and healed immediately after. Lightning suddenly exploded out of him.

But it went past Volstone like it was nothing, it was followed by nuclear flames and poison, not a single one did anything against him.

Ved had expected it, the truth was he was just trying to merge his trait with his martial arts but it was harder than he thought it would be.

Fortunately his image was still active making it easier for his mind to figure it out. He clapped his hands together creating a massive boom like thunder.

Lightning appeared between them and with it, nuclear energy. He threw it at Volstone, it detonated before it reached him.

When the flames and lightning cleared he appeared without a single sign of anything happening.

His clothes were without even a wrinkle. Volstone sighed. " Enough, you are quite stubborn.

Do you know why you're still alive boy? Why I haven't killed you yet?" Ved was interested in knowing but he didn't show it.

" Keep it to yourself." He replied before attacking again but his attacks were neutralised like they were nothing.

" No matter, I'll tell you either way, you can consider it the rambling of an old man. I'm interested in that image of yours." As he was talking he kept attacking Ved with the invisible attacks.

" How did it come to be? It's obvious you merely a projection realm yet your image changes more than just effect.

It's clearly effecting the real world, strengthening your body physically and healing you.

It would make more sense if it was increasing the effect of your natural regeneration or making your strength more effective rather than outright increasing it.

Then there's the life tree, creating life essence, though weaker and impure, it still shouldn't be possible, your image is impossible. Tell me boy, how did you do it? Also, can you give that life essence to others."

Ved listened as the old man rambled and didn't say a word however he realised he might've underestimated how ridiculous his image was.

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