The Ancient Genes

"Domain!"

Max slowly let his domain out as a smile leaked out on his face. He was confident this time around. Not when this place was giving him some huge advantage.

"Be careful…something seems odd about this.." The man on the opposite side alerted his companion.

"Well, he might be strong. But, there is no way he can handle both of us." The other guy replied, and the next second, he looked at Max and then moved.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as he moved, his partner too sprung into action. It seemed he didn't want to underestimate Max at all. They wanted to bring him down in the fastest manner possible.

Max on the other side didn't back off and his figure shot forward as water appeared beneath his feet and he spun in mid air before lashing out with a strong kick at the incoming opponent.

"Bang!"

The man immediately raised his hand, and blocked the kick. But, the strength behind it was strong enough to push him back. This definitely came as a surprise when their figures were compared.

"So what if you are strong, you still at a disadvantage.." The guy muttered with a smile as he suddenly slipped above Max's leg, and caught it in a grip. At the same moment, a shadow jumped over from the guy's behind.

It was the man's partner.

Even in a situation like that, Max didn't panic at all. Instead he smiled as milky white flame shot out from his body, and similar flames began to emerge all over from the ground as it shot into the air.

The scene immediately made two men's faces change. They could clearly sense the energy. And, they were very familiar with it.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a white hand shot out of that milky white flame and it landed straight onto the man who was coming down on Max from above, and sent him flying away into the distance.

"What is that?" The guy below looked up with a frown on his face as those white flames slowly began to take shape, and until it took the form of a figure which resembled Max except for the fact that its hairs were pure white like the guy's in front.

"Well, something similar to you.." As the man was distracted for a second, Max's voice rang into his ear, and the next thing he knew was a kick from the other side landing right onto his cheeks. The impact almost caved his head in and sent him flying away in the distance as well.

Max on the other hand took his time to admire the new clone he had made.

"This guy is certainly powerful. Much more than I imagined.." He muttered with a smile. Even he didn't have any idea how strong this clone was.

The clone was not made just from Max's life force, but also the pure life force which Max had extracted from the surroundings. It really was different from anything, and was very concentrated.

No wonder it could create a clone of such a level.

But, obviously, there was a problem here. Max needed to constantly maintain his domain, and feed it the life energy as the clone was not able to contain it and was constantly losing the energy. This was really taxing on Max, not to mention, if he overdid it, the backlash could really do him more bad than the benefits he was getting.

After all, if pushed himself to the limit, then he might as well be left hanging on death's door. That situation would definitely leave him vulnerable, which was not something he desired in the current situation.

"Let's finish this fast.." Max muttered, and commanded the clone to take care of the other guy while he shifted his attention to the man who had gotten up while rubbing his cheek. The cheek bone which should have cracked was perfectly fine as well.

But, this time Max had managed to notice a little thing.

'Sure enough, he is using that excess of life energy to heal himself..'

"You are good, kid." The man spoke as he looked at Max, "I don't think you are an illusion too. You are probably a real deal. But, that doesn't matter anymore. I have decided to beat you up until even your parents can't recognize you.."

"Can't we have a little chat before? I am really interested in this illusion thing you talk about. Not to mention, who are you people?" Max asked a little curious, but the man didn't seem to be interested in talking anymore.

His hand suddenly pumped up a little, and the next instant, he took a deep step into the ground as his legs pumped up as well turning him into a weird looking buffed up figure.

"Whoosh!"

But, that sure seemed to give him an explosive force. His figure shot forward like canon, and the next instant he was already in front of Max.

"Bang!"

The person's fist rammed into Max' guard.

"Crack!"

Max's face twisted in little pain as his body was sent flying away before crashing into the trees in the forest.

"Get up kid! The fight's not over yet!" The man's voice sounded once again as he took a leap and his figure came crashing down on Max from the sky.

Max immediately placed his hands on the ground and pushed himself back, barely managing to escape from the attack which immediately demolished a good amount of terrain.

'Damn this guy…he really is strong..' Max muttered inwardly as he got up onto his feet, and shook his aching hand a little.

"You sure talked big for this much of an ability.." The man laughed as he looked at Max.

"Well, I still will. I won't lose in this situation.." Max once again smiled as an explosion resounded and a figure came crashing right between Max and the man who were standing.

It was the man's partner who was out cold with blood covering his features.

This scene immediately made the man's face turn ugly.

"See..I told you.." Max smiled as his clone slowly landed behind him from the air.