Ten days had passed, and both Aji and Xavier felt stronger. They had pushed themselves beyond limits under Master Darius' relentless training. Xavier had honed his mana control, while Aji's prediction abilities and dark magic had become more fluid. Now, the time had come to put their skills to the test.
“Ready to lose, Xavier?” Aji teased as they stood in the center of the training ground, shadows swirling around his hands.
Xavier grinned, his confidence radiating. “You wish! Zoro and I have been working on something new. You won’t even see it coming.”
“Oh, I’ll see it coming,” Aji smirked, his violet eyes glowing with the eerie prediction magic. “That’s kind of my thing.”
As the duel began, Aji was the first to move, disappearing into the shadows. His dark magic shrouded him like a cl
