The Copy Mage

After practising the use of the Wind Scythe ability, Damian realised that the wind blades didn't necessarily need to be released from his hands and arms, and the ability would merely compress Wind Energy and form a blade that could be thrown through a singing motion.

That meant that a Wind Blade Kick was a possibility, while Damian had also begun experimenting with Wind Energy itself.

He had the Flame Burst Skill, which would release an explosion from his hands or feet, and used the concept behind it to form the Air Burst Skill.

Damian's perceptivity and talent when it came to wielding energy was unbelievable and would only continue to improve as he leant to use more types of energy.

After Damian trained for a few hours, he heard a knock on the door of the private training room he was in and knew exactly who it was.

It was Kong and Damian knew that since he knew exactly where he was at all times.

Opening the door for him to come inside, Damian recovered his energy and body before preparing himself to spar against Kong was eager to spar against him.

He had been sparring against Kong during his training, but with his new ability, both of them were even more excited than usual to spar.

Damian's spars with Kong would vary from each time.

Since Kong had an incredibly durable body that he had never managed to injure along with an unbelievable recovery speed, Damian would fight using his full power against Kong, while Kong would do the same.

Their power was consistently evenly matched with both of them having incredible power and combat prowess.

Each of their progress from each of their battle was similar and Kong had begun switching from its small and big form during the battle, along with using movements that were similar to the skills and techniques that Damian used.

He was the perfect opponent to train against and it was thanks to him that Damian had been able to master and improve many of his skills and capabilities, while he also didn't need to hide any of his abilities against him.

Since Kong's body seemed to be invincible, he always seemed to have the upper hand, but Damian realised that the more Kong was attacked during a battle, the longer he would have to rest for.

It was like an invincibility ability that used one's energy to sustain and he couldn't maintain it for long periods without rest.

Luckily for Kong, the academy was filled with food and resources that he could steal.

Damian could sense where Kong was and could also feel what he was doing, but as long as Kong didn't get caught, Damian didn't mind.

There had been complaints of thefts around the entire Outer Academy, but the culprit was yet to be caught and most times it was valuable plants, pills and food that was stolen.

Since Damian had begun understanding and wielding his copying ability more, he had also begun to temporarily copy students' Soul Spirits by observing their battles in the arena.

After doing so, he would quickly rush to the private training room to attempt to learn how to use it and also learn to use it against Kong.

Because of that, his body had grown much stronger while his versatility and capability had developed greatly.

He was confident that he would be able to instantly gain basic mastery over most abilities instantly and it was how he was able to master the Wind Blade Innate Ability so quickly.

His mastery far surpassed Larry and with time, would surpass that of Larry's father.

As for Larry's younger brother, he was a prodigy on par with Clay from what the rumours said and Damian was eager to face him and learn from how he fought.

Time was never wasted for Damian and he learnt from everything he observed, never repeating the same mistake and always improving as a fighter.

That was the true meaning of being the Copy Mage.

An all capable individual that specialised as a Mage, who also could copy anything instantly.

"Kong, are you ready?"

Damian stood on one side of the private training room, while Kong in his adult form stood on the other side.

Nodding its head, Damian counted down from three before they both launched themselves towards each other.

Damian already had the Wind Blade Innate Ability activated and started by flinging a wind blade from each arm towards either side of Kong.

Kong jumped into the air just like Damian had expected, and since Kong didn't see all of Damian's training using the Wind Blade ability and didn't know all of its capabilities, he wasn't able to predict Damian's next move.

Damian who was previously rushing towards Kong, jumped back and he had merely done so to draw out Kong.

While the two Wind Blades that he had flung towards him were also a part of his plan that he prepared to defeat Kong.

Pulling his arms back, the Wind Blades switched direction and Damian was directing them by controlling the air around them to guide them.

It was difficult to do so, but it was a very effective way to land an attack against an opponent who was skilled in blocking and hadn't faced such an attack.

Aiming them at the back of Kong who was mid-air, Damian was sure that it would be a sure hit, however, he never expected that Kong would be able to release such power from his body.

With a clap, Kong generated so much force and power from its large arms, that he was knocked towards the ground and the movement mid-air along with him reverting to his small form was enough to dodge the blades.

Seeing that, Damian was impressed, and it was Kong's way of replicating his movement using the Burst Skill.

"This is going to be fun," 

Kong landed on the ground and knew that keeping distance between himself and Damian was a bad idea, since Damian had become very skilled in ranged combat, so rushed towards him, wanting to close the gap.