*Null continues walking through the caves, looking at all the crystals around him (and stealing some because he wants to).*
Null: (grabbing a crystal) This could be worth a lot, he says, looking at the infernal crystal. I could buy a lot of food if there is any civilization in this world (he laughs). He hopes there is.
*Null begins to sense the spirit's presence nearby, which excites him, and he begins to quicken his pace, storing the crystals in the system's inventory.*
Null: Oh, hehehe, I can feel that this one is strong, very strong—with the wind element, he begins to move faster—this is going to be epic!
*Null begins to move at the speed of sound, dodging obstacles while smiling fiercely, his eyes shining with anticipation for the battle.*
Null: I hope this spirit gives me a real fight!
*Several minutes later, he sees a giant door made of volcanic rock and crystallized ice.*
Null: Do you think that will stop me!?/
*Null charges a powerful beam of fire, compressed enough to pierce through and cut the door in two*
Null: Tell me, tell me, where are you? —he says as he grabs his sword and prepares himself— I can feel your presence.
*Null closes his eyes, concentrating, but a second later he opens them and in the blink of an eye, Null is already flying several kilometers away from the mountain*
Null: Wow, wow, this is going to be epic!
*Null grabs the spirit's beak, preventing it from piercing him completely*
System: Identifying (begins to verify)... The spirit's name is Phoenix. It is a spirit that, no matter how many times it dies, will always be reborn. Now it can also use ice powers and is immune to ultra-low temperatures due to its thousands of years in the crimson crystal mountain. I will be verifying how to kill it. (verifying)
Null: I see, I'll have to resist, huh? (Laughs fiercely) Let's have some fun!
*The Phoenix uses more force and flies upward at immense speed above the clouds, and Null uses more force in his grip and begins to use his wind element on one side of his body to break free, but the Phoenix predicted this and opens its beak and shoots a powerful heat ray, but Null, with his speed, manages to activate his wind element in time, evading the attack.*
Null: That was close. I don't want to melt today (sighs).
*Null uses his wind power to start flying and thus begin the battle. The Phoenix launches a hellish breath, but Null evades it and kicks him, but the Phoenix blocks it and uses his lava and ice claws to grab Null's arm, but Null manages to evade him with a gust of wind*
Null: I admit you're hard to hit (laughs). I'll have to use everything I've got.
*The purple aura surrounds Null again, but this time it's more intense. Null moves at an imperceptible speed and manages to cut the Phoenix with his sword, but the Phoenix regenerates its wings and breathes out an icy breath that freezes even the wind and clouds, making it more difficult for Null to move.*
Null: Its breath is so powerful that it freezes something that can't even be seen (breathes with difficulty). The oxygen is cold, as if instead of air, he were breathing ice.
*Null's movements slow down due to the difficult environment. The Phoenix spreads its wings even further, and the entire climate begins to change.*
Null: Is this spirit that powerful? I see why there's such a big reward for completing this mission (laughs), but I won't give up—he begins to breathe even though his lungs are already frozen—I've endured worse things.
*Null remembers how the Void of Eternity made him suffer throughout his training, stabbing him with swords and boiling him in solar heat, among other things, literally. It gives him chills.*
Null: (Sighing) Compared to that, this is nothing!
*Null charges forward, the purple aura enveloping his body and his sword as he launches himself into attack at a speed that breaks the sound barrier. The Phoenix responds in kind, flapping its wings at high speed to face Null head-on.*
*The battle intensifies so much that the entire terrain cracks and the mountains shake like earthquakes, and the weather is stormy and frozen. The Phoenix launches hellish and glacial spheres at high speed, but Null cuts the spheres with his sword, causing them to explode in a huge blast. He then counterattacks with cutting wind attacks combined with his sword, but the Phoenix blocks his attacks by hardening its wings and then launches a cutting attack with one of its wings that splits the continent in two. Null manages to dodge it but loses an arm. He manages to regenerate it but begins to breathe with difficulty due to the effort.*
Null: You're a tough nut to crack, I have to admit (sighs), but I will win this battle. —A new element begins to envelop Null—. I haven't given it my all yet!.