The sh of the two Third Forms generated an explosion between Noah and his copy, they were both flung back by the power released in the st.


    Meanwhile, Heilong and its copy had also separated, they returned to their masters as they prepared themselves to charge again.


    Noah wore a stern expression behind the armor of smoke, his eyes carefully analyzed his opponents as he tried to n his next approach.


    ’My copy is virtually unharmed and Heilong’s one has just a few scratches, I need to find an opening before I deplete my reserves.’


    The Demonic form was extremely powerful, Noah had yet to find someone on his level that was able to fight it.


    However, when matched with his copy, every little advantage mattered.


    Noah was about to charge again when he noticed that his Bloodpanion had recovered before the opponent’s one.


    ’What is happening?’


    Yet, his thoughts were interrupted since he saw his copy being covered in ck mes.


    Noah’s pupils shrunk as he hastily turned, shing in a certain point behind his back.


    ck mes appeared in that position and an attack of identical might shed with his sh, the copy had warped behind him and used the Third Form, even its battle style matched Noah’s one.


    The two dragons came out in the open again, they protected their respective masters as they entangled themselves in a violent battle.


    Shockwaves resounded under Noah’s feet as he charged toward his copy, another piercing line tried to vertically sever the world in front of him but it could only sh against a simr attack.


    BOOM BOOM!


    Explosions resounded in the arena as the Third Forms of the Ashura continued to meet each other mid-air.


    Noah attacked madly, he was doing his best to expose his own ws.


    Yet, that wasn’t easy.


    Noah had always pursued power, his battle style had been perfected through his constant training and hundreds of battles, it could be said that there weren’t actual ws in his technique.


    However, as the battle continued, it was clear that Noah was gaining the upper hand which didn’t make sense considering that his copy seemed to match his every move.


    Another sh between the two martial arts urred, Noah tried to understand the reason behind his advantage but his thoughts were soon forced to a stop when he felt a piercing pain to his heart.


    A few drops of blood came out of his mouth but the liquid "Breath" in his circtory system quickly healed the light injury on that organ.


    Noah knew his abilities better than anyone else, he immediately understood what had happened.


    ’It hid a few Ghostly ws behind the Third Form!’


    Noah had obtained that spell only a short time ago and he had only tested it once in battle, it was obvious that he hadn’t explored all the possibilities that his new attack method offered.


    Yet, his copy had used it in a way that he still hadn’t tested and it seemed even more skillful than him in that aspect!


    ’Don’t tell me, my copy can express the full potential of my abilities even if I’m still unable to do so!’


    That thought worried Noah but it also confused him: If his copy could coordinate its abilities better than him, why was he gaining the upper hand?


    ck mes covered the copy and Noah quickly recalled Heilong as he shot in the air.


    ck mes appeared behind his previous position but a fuming dragon soon came out of them as the copy realized that a simple-looking needle had been thrown toward it.


    BOOM!


    Another explosion resounded, Heilong’s copy endured the might of Noah’s Hidden st, its scales were shattered but they soon regenerated.


    Noah carefully observed from his position in the air, his eyes analyzed every detail of the battlefield as he tried to understand what he had missed until now.


    Then, a smirk appeared on his fiendish form, he had finally understood the w in the copying technique!


    ’Heilong’s copy has the same power of my Bloodpanion but its defense is only at the peak of the lower tier; my copy has never used the Shadow sprint but only relied on the Warp spell as a movement method; my corrosive smoke is slightly more abundant than its, its sabers might be ck but they don’t contain any corrosive ability.’


    All those little details became obvious once he watched the battlefield from above, the weakness of the copying technique became even more obvious when he used one of his new Hidden sts to attack the copy.


    ’The effects of the Elemental forging method can’t be copied!’


    Noah’s eyes shone when he realized that, the battle had suddenly be extremely easy!


    Noah dove toward his copy, once he knew about its weakness, he had no more reason to act cautiously.


    The fiendish copy raised its sabers and was about to perform the Third Form when it saw five spiked spheres falling toward it.


    Heilong’s copy immediately covered its features, the spheres exploded when they reached the borders of its cloud of smoke.


    BOOOOOM!


    A loud st made the whole arena tremble, Noah was using the Instabilities that he had prepared before joining David’s team, which meant that he had used rank 3 "Breath" in the gaseous stage during the forging!


    His newly forged Instabilities and Hidden sts were rank 3 inscribed items at the peak of the lower tier!


    The scene in the arena was quite peculiar, there were two ck clouds, one high in the air and one on the floor, a third gray cloud was between them.


    A dragon was at the center of the ck clouds, both Noah and his copy were relying on the protection of their Bloodpanions to defend against the fuming spikes released by the Instabilities.


    Heilong’s defense had reached the middle tier of the fourth rank thanks to Noah’s forging but that of its copy was still in the lower tier, the amount of damage it took from the spikes vastly surpassed that of Noah’s Bloodpanion.


    That forced the copy to deplete more "Breath" to reform it.