Time’s Ticking Clock [V/L]

It was another day for Lettuki, the sun was bearing down on his back as the saiyan performed some push ups, his hands sunk deeply into the dirt due to the weights the saiyan had worn nearly non-stop. Yet his power wasn't enough, no, it was far too little to achieve his goals, he'd need to train harder and better, he'd need to learn more techniques and get even stronger, the throne was in his grasp, he just lacked the strength to lock it in an iron fist grip.

The saiyan stopped his work out, turning over so he'd be sitting in a laid back position and he wiped the sweat forming on his forehead away with the replacement armbands he had gotten when he gave his weighted arm bands to Jaci. Although he wasn't too sure what the little demon did with them, she threw it at him, he held onto them and then he got hit by her surprise attack. He dropped them, but couldn't find them afterwards, maybe Jaci took them with her, maybe she left them and he couldn't find them, he didn't really know. He could only hope she was doing better wherever she disappeared to and return safely.

A sudden hunger grew over the saiyan, so he sat upright and he pulled out yet another one of those little snacks his bartender friend had given him and he begun to happily eat the packet meal, it was a nice change of pace from the usual food he had cooked. However, the appearance of a familiar ki source had caused Lettuki to finish the rest of his meal and rise to his feet. He walked toward the source, wondering if it was Jaci finally making her return, but to his surprise, it was Vuoto. "Vuoto, glad to see you again, what brings you to my humble abode?" Lettuki asked with a smile, it was an unexpected surprise, but a welcomed one.

WC: 326

PL: 37,508
Weighted PL: 9,377

Pre-workout mix consumed!
8 Pre-workout mix remaining.

Lettuki crossed his arms as he listened to the demon, his was smile still on his face as he was pleased to have the demon around, he was developing a new technique and could use his help, even if the gap between the two warriors were slowly growing if Vuoto's current strength was any indication. "I see, that's a fair enough reason, I prefer the quiet as well." Lettuki commented as the demon finished his explanation. "Besides, out here it's far more easier to train, just have to step outside and the whole forest and fields are my training grounds." Lettuki would offer, his smile growing brighter as he talks about his training.

"Speaking of training, I'm trying to improve one of my techniques, I don't supposed you'd like to help me with that?" Lettuki would decide to ask the demon, figuring since it was just the two of them in the open field with only trees, they might as well train together, although a sudden question popped in the sayian's mind. "Say, did you sign up for the tournament coming up?" Lettuki asked Vuoto, curious if he had signed up since he didn't strike Lettuki as the kind of person to willingly go into battle.

WC: 206
TWC: 532

Lettuki only rolled his eyes at the mention of the demon not making it far, he was coming along a bit better than Jaci and considering what the little demon managed to do, Lettuki was certain Vuoto could go quite the distance in the tourney, although if he could defeat Lettuki or not was a mystery even Lettuki didn't have an estimation for. Regardless, he was excited to be able to see the demon in action, for real this time, especially if it's against one another.

"I see, it will be interesting to see how far you manage to pull yourself Vuoto." Lettuki told the demon with a smile. "Although in these tourneys, killing the other is usually prohibited, humans are more softer when coming to these types of "rituals of strength" as you called them." Lettuki informed him, personally he would rather have these tourneys kill the pathetically weak, but it was pointless to talk about something he had no control over.

"Besides, there will be a chance for us to fight during the tourney, it will be fun to see your actual power." Lettuki said with a smile once more. He would be lying if he said he didn't want to fight the demon after the small brief spar the two had, even if the spar was just a mere test, it made him excited to know someone could keep up with him despite his increased strength.

"Anyways, I didn't quite catch your answer, want to help develop my technique?" It's relatively simple and shouldn't take too long at all for me to master it." Lettuki asked the demon once again, confident he could learn the skill easier with someone with Vuoto around, especially considering he had the means to properly defend himself.

WC: 295
TWC: 827

"Alright, shouldn't be that hard, prepare some of those defense spells, I could use a work out while doing this." Lettuki told the demon as he stretched his arm across his chest, before doing the same to the opposite arm. He rolled his neck and allowed the bones to crack as he did so, he was prepared for a more casual spar than last time and wanted to take advantage of Vuoto's assistance to the best of his abilities.

"Well that, and I don't want to hurt you while doing this, if it works will hurt a bit more than just the punch." Lettuki told the demon as he finished stretching his legs, finally ready to go, Lettuki entered his fighting stance and took some deep breaths. "Now then, let's begin." Lettuki would say as he rushed forward, his smile gone as he begun to drink the thrill of the fight once again.

Beginning his offense, Lettuki would strike at the demon with his leg, attempting to deliver a swift kick across the demon's face. Regardless if the attack would land or not, Lettuki would quickly zip around the demon and try to deliver a quick upper to the demon that could send the demon flying upward if left unblocked.

If the attack would land, Lettuki would put his hand together with his palms outward in an all too familiar matter to the demon as Lettuki smirked. "Explosive Barrage!" Lettuki would roar out as the green ki coming from his hand would quickly take the shape of an orb, however it seemed to be a bit more wild as it formed, lashing out at random times. Lettuki would send the orbs at the demon, however as they approached Vuoto, some would hit against each other and blow up on impact with one another, however Lettuki kept sending them outward, for every 6 orbs he launched, 2 would blow up, by the time he fired off 75 orbs about 25 of the orbs would've blew up on themselves, leaving only a small cloud of dust in their wake and providing fine cover for the other orbs. However, this was the result Lettuki didn't want, no, it was too crude and a lot of energy was wasted during that attack, it would be better to overwhelm the demon with the pure numbers rather than waste energy making a smokescreen.

Should the uppercut be blocked or avoided, Lettuki would only fly backwards, bringing his arms upward and hands together, palms pointing at the demon as he smirked. "Explosive Barrage!" Lettuki would roar out as the orbs formed and were sent outward toward the demon, however on their way toward the demon, some orbs would not only hit each other and blow up, but some would even lack proper aim due to the saiyan's movement as he launched the attacks, making them hit the ground or even the surrounding area around the demon. The orbs would create a rather large smokescreen, but it was a huge waste of energy and not at all what Lettuki wanted or needed from the attack, he must've lost about 50 orbs from that attack to each other or the ground.

Regardless, Lettuki would take his stance, thinking about how he could possibly improve the attack while awaiting for the demon's reaction, either it be a return of an attack or one of their own attacks.

WC: 567
TWC: 1394

Learning [RPT-2] Explosive Barrage! now, 567 words of the required 1,000.

Lettuki was pleased that Vuoto could still keep up, his reaction time improving enough to dodge the saiyan's own attacks and that meant he could use a bit more of his power while attacking. However, before he could go back on the offensive, Vuoto fired off his own attack, or so it seemed, a wind would push the smoke created by the failed orbs away, giving the two warriors a clear vision of one another, however the demon must've forgot about the orbs that didn't explode and since he had made no movement away from his location, the 25 remaining orbs would clash into him, each exploding on impact.

Lettuki on the other hand would know better than to just let the demon's wind wash over him and quickly leaped out of the way to the right of the wind's path judging by the way it pushed apart the wind. With the danger avoided, Lettuki would rush forward once again, creating orbs as he did so and allowing them to hover around him as he moved. Once he was close to the demon, he would send off 25 orbs off at him, on a direct path forward into the demon. "Explosive Barrage!" Lettuki would shout as he begun to fly circles around the demon, letting off his remaining 50 orbs randomly fly to where the demon stood, this time only 25 of the orbs would explode against each other now that Lettuki had some experience of firing off the attack while moving, yet it was still imperfect.

Regardless if the attack landed or not, Lettuki would fly upward and only look down at the demon, waiting for Vuoto's next action while he begun to think about ways to improve the technique. It was already getting better, but even with the quick revision, the orbs were still exploding against one another, a waste of energy and doesn't help at all except for creating a smokescreen to cover the other orbs, but even then the benefit was minimal compared to the waste of energy.

WC: 342
TWC: 1736

909/1,000 for [RPT-2] Explosive Barrage!

Lettuki saw the smoke fade away from the demon's location and saw a strange black ball sitting where the demon was. A defensive spell, although why the demon didn't drop it was a mystery to the saiyan who only point his hands together once more and begun to focus a bit better on his attacks, not really caring about the dome. As Lettuki formed his attacks, he allowed the orbs to float around himself once more, deciding to break the dome with a giant barrage striking it all at once rather than just sending them pair by pair like he usually done.

As he kept creating more orbs, he was proud of doing far better than before, a good 25 orbs had struck the demon while he remained untouched, a huge difference from before in which the saiyan only managed a single punch. But before he could create the 75 orbs, he felt his energy drain catch up to him rather quickly, too caught up in the battle to fully realize just how much energy the attacks were draining him. Lettuki only shrugged as he let the 50 orbs he had generated fly off into the dome in an attempt to destroy it. "Explosive barrage." Lettuki would kinda mutter to himself, a bit disappointed he could only manage 2 full powered barrages compared to the 4 full powered barrages he could do with the original version.

WC: 236
TWC: 1972

1,145
/1,000 needed for [RPT-2] Explosive Barrage!

Lettuki watched the dome break under the force of all 50 orbs exploding against it, however some of the orbs even broke through and into the demon to his pleasant surprise. He had expected the attack to break through at most, but to inflict damage on the demon yet again was a plus. However when the demon came back up, he noticed him limping a bit, apparently hurting him more than he intended to.

That didn't stop the demon from making a return though, as soon as he disappeared Lettuki recalled the last time the demon disappeared during their spars and immediately flew forward, blindly hoping he'd avoid the demon's impending strike. Thankfully he predicated the attack correctly and he spun around to face the demon. "The same trick won't work on me." Lettuki told the demon as he pointed out the flaw in the demon's attempt. Lettuki would then cross him arms. "Your leg alright? We can stop the fight if you want, I am confident I learned the technique enough to be able to use it for the tournament." Lettuki told the demon, unsure if the demon would want to keep fighting just for the sake of fighting. 


WC: 200

TWC: 2172