As he ran, a white light mingled with the faint green light enveloping his body.
He moved like a flash of light, without making much noise, though he was incredibly fast.
The benefit of being a "friend" of the wind mainly brought this advantage—gaining "permission" to pass through.
It was as if he entered a second plane, where the wind doesn't blow; but in reality, the wind was simply kind to him.
Another way to see it was to think that the wind's friction was reduced to the maximum while he was enveloped by the faint green light.
*Boom!*
Suddenly, a shockwave echoed.
It was a bit further to the northwest.
'Huuh? What was that just now?'
When he looked in that direction, he saw a pillar of flames rising into the sky.
'I need to check this out…'
A possible golden opportunity arose.
He ended up thinking of the following phrase: Life is full of challenges that, if seized creatively, turn into opportunities.
Depending on the circumstances, he wanted to turn this situation into an opportunity for himself.
Dashing toward the northwest, he used the wind to track.
A kilometer away from where the shockwave occurred, he got his answer.
A Green Wolf and a Flaming Red Lion clashed.
In theory, flaming red lions are stronger than green wolves. However, this Green Wolf facing the Flaming Red Lion was at least 2 meters tall, and its power was at least twice that of the Green Wolf Rito had faced the previous day.
With the Sage's Eyes activated, he had a view of the battle between the two powerful animals.
Approaching a bit more cautiously, he climbed a tree and hid among the green leaves, waiting for an opportunity.
The Flaming Red Lion was like the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four. Meanwhile, the Green Wolf seemed more like a Green Tornado, charging toward the lion with incredible speed.
*Booom!*
Flames and wind clashed once again.
Head-to-head, the two animals collided, and a pillar of flames shot into the sky.
This time, Rito saw that it wasn't just flames; the green wind mingled with the flames, making them spread even further.
In the pillar of flames and wind, lightning was created. The sounds of the lightning manifesting were as loud as in a storm.
The two animals retreated.
They began circling each other while locking eyes.
Meanwhile, Rito's eyes started to hurt intensely.
A copy of the Flaming Red Lion in flames was being made.
He could deactivate his eyes, but he didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Suddenly, the Green Wolf created ten wind spheres in the air.
This was also observed and copied by the Sage's Eyes, but then, Rito's eyes hurt terribly, and the reason came soon after.
From the ten spheres, 'drops' of wind began to emerge.
So far, so good… However, these drops turned into wind arrows and shot toward the Flaming Red Lion. As soon as a wind arrow was fired from the spheres in the air, another was created and fired.
The Green Wolf resembled an archery battalion.
When Rito thought it was over for the Flaming Red Lion, it let out a thunderous roar, and then a pillar of flames shot into the sky, burning the green grass beneath its feet and the ground, making the earth tremble slightly.
Blood began to trickle from Rito's eyes.
He overused the Sage's Eyes to the point of stressing his eyes so much, using more than 50% of his Spiritual Mana just by observing this fight.
*Roar!*
Letting out a thunderous roar, the Flaming Red Lion charged toward the Green Wolf.
*Awoo…!*
The wolf howled and advanced as well.
Rito kept observing, putting his eyes and nervous system under an enormous amount of stress. Veins like those of a Hyuga using the Byakugan formed, and the blood flowing from his eyes like tears increased.
Even in pain, he still managed to stay calm while watching this battle.
*Boooom!*
Thanks to the Sage's Eyes, he was able to see the exact moment the two powerful animals clashed with their front paws, creating a powerful shockwave.
The flames and the ground charred as dozens of meters around them were devastated by violent green wind and burned by aggressive flames.
Around them, a whirlwind of flames and wind formed.
Meanwhile, Rito felt his life in danger and had to deactivate the Sage's Eyes.
The moment he did so, he found himself unable to continue observing the clash of the two animals in detail.
When he blinked, his vision turned red.
Using the green wind to gently clean his eyes, he found himself able to see properly again.
Breathing heavily, he closed his eyes a little, resting to recover a bit.
*Booom!*
Another shockwave made him open his eyes.
The decisive moment was still far from happening between those two.
He closed his eyes again.
…
One hour later…
Rito felt admiration for the tenacity of these two animals.
Fighting without rest, the two had hundreds of thousands of clashes that ended in a draw.
However, neither of them wanted to back down.
They were too proud to do something like that.
But Rito noticed that their strength had diminished considerably. Even though their clashes were still impactful, compared to an hour ago, they had grown weaker.
During this time, he was also able to recover quite a bit. However, due to the stress caused by using the Sage's Eyes, his recovery was quite slow, managing to restore only 45% of his Spiritual Mana after an hour.
Until then, the two animals were evenly matched, but after an hour, the Green Wolf seemed to be doing slightly better than the Flaming Red Lion.
The Green Wolf's eyes narrowed as the Flaming Red Lion tried to retreat. However, the Green Wolf wasn't going to allow that.
A green light burst from the Green Wolf's body. It opened its massive mouth, and all the airflow around was sucked into it. An extremely condensed and refined green energy ball appeared in its mouth.
It was possible to see the wind spinning rapidly inside the ball. It even emitted humming sounds.
The Green Wolf's eyes looked fierce as it spat out the energy ball.
*Rumble...! Rumble!*
At that moment, a green light exploded and hovered over the entire space.
Then, there was a deafening explosion. A powerful pressure swept in all directions.
After the green light calmed down, it was possible to see that the landscape was devastated.
A 30-meter trench had appeared. All the nearby grass had been pulverized by the wind's pressure and the residual energy.
Even the earth had been deeply plowed.
This was an extremely terrifying destructive power.
As soon as the explosion stopped, Rito saw the Flaming Red Lion lying on the plowed ground, covered in bloody cuts.
And the Green Wolf, which had just unleashed a powerful attack, felt weak but still walked majestically toward the nearly lifeless Flaming Red Lion.
'My opportunity has come!'
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