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" Alright [Fa- " (Gefald)
"[Diamond speed enhancement Ex- another 5 billion layers]"
He could control energy? It simply meant that this fight is now reduced to physical combat. Walking alone set explosions into the air, the chain of explosions wrecking down the walls of the prided white space room. Lifting my fingers, my body shot forward, driving my finger tips into his heart. A soft texture wrapped around my finger muscles, though soft, it still felt like punching rubber with normal strength. Unbreakable. Pulling my arm out of his large chest, I used my legs to hold the rest of his body away.
If his flesh could still feel as hard as rubber, didn't that mean his Vitality stat was extremely high? The Vitality stat did not only govern the health capacity, it also indicated the toughness of your body. At a certain point, the person's body becomes stronger than steel, and even more after. This was due to an increase in health points, yet the person still occupied the same amount of space instead of growing larger muscles.
This results in the conclusion that all the health points of a person are actually condensed into the same amount of space, the larger the health, the harder to deplete it, thus the body becomes tougher.
By going faster in speed, it multiplies onto your attack. So for every speed enhancement, your attack also drastically increases in damage. The only reason I couldn't kill him even with superior speed was his defense. Perhaps, he was catching up in stats? And in turn speed. Better quicken the pace.
This time I drove my left hand into his chest landing another impact onto his heart. Pulling my left hand out, I shot my right hand forward. Each and every moment I skewer his body with an arm, I casted [Diamond speed enhancement Ex- 5 billion layers]. He will never catch up in time. As I continue to cast it over,
And over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
Each passing time I casted the skill, time slowed even further in my perception. The surroundings reached a state similar to time stop, with how light had stopped moving and I no longer need to breath. The only constant variable that drove me away from the insanity inducing pressure around my body, was the the constant motion of my arms. Every inch, every cell, every atom, they were being decimated with my punches. Both my body and my arms were being crushed under the pressure of frozen atoms, it was basically suffocating in an ocean of stone... My consciousness is almost gone.. I have to finish this...
"I bet you think you've won. Too bad [Famine] can also edit my own stats to match yours. A simple 'become 5 times stronger than my opponent' command. How convenient. Well, such was the insight of my Lord in foretelling this Conquest. Die. [Famine]. Not even time can save yo-...
How... "(Gefald)
His skill couldn't be executed, in addition blood had started to drip down his lips. The impaling didn't reach him in time, something else had killed him.
" Are you stupid? I'm the master of [Demonic energy], did you think I can't alter its targeting properties?
All of it.. Was a feint.. [Demonic energy] can cause damage just by existing, what do you think happens?... When every nook and cranny of space is filled with it?
I wasn't just trying to pick apart your atoms with my bare hands... I filled the space inside you with [Demonic energy], even the space between your atoms... The moment you caught up to me in [Time], your brain would realise you're dead and stop any actions. It was rather impressive you could still... Talk. "
Wobbling unsteadily, I dropped roughly on the ground with a thud as my last memory of being conscious consisted of Gefald turning into dust. He seemed weirdly in amusement, as if he had just been released from his only purpose in life.
[Demonic energy]
it steals the energy of the enemy and multiplies, once it reaches the appropriate amount it detonates. Leaving behind not a single hp point. As long as my speed was faster than the enemy's, it'll be able to multiply in an instant and eradicate them. Truly a fitting skill to match with [Diamond speed enhancement Ex].
Though I coincidentally found such a skill in my fight with Iyori a year ago, I intended to save it as a trump card... Not spam it until I beat the opponent senseless with brute force... Now Cress will think I'm some sort of muscle brain. Well, I did technically become one in the process of fighting Gefald.
My disposition was frozen for a year... It felt incredibly suffocating to be afraid of fighting just from one defeat... In order to avoid such things, I merely used the reputation that I had previously built up... And ran it into the ground to dodge any opportunities for combat. I sat out of the sparring practices and no longer went out to level in my free time.
All along, I sat on the same corner of my dormitory bed. Everyday, I sat and sat and sat. Waiting for something to happen, if I could no longer wait, I executed some simple stretching exercises. In the end, what exactly would waiting achieve? After half a year, I decided to practice on my 2 passives, [Stealth] and [illusion].
They were easy to master and didn't require practical situations like monster attacks. No, I just sat on the same corner of the bed and turned them on and off. I experimented, shoved [Demonic energy] in to see if there was a reaction. They were at tier 4 from sheer practice after 4 months.
In the end, the best method of growth was to participate in a life or death battle. Cogs will link, ideas click together, the adrenaline pumping in the blood motivates the soul. For an obvious reason, it was better if such a thing didn't occur and I wouldn't risk dying.
However if the chance presented itself, I'll never be able to move forward again when I run from it. Spending the rest of my life in a sedentary manner... To some it will seem like heaven, to me it would be hell since I won't be able to be together with Cress. She'll lead a normal life as I laze around. That would be the worse outcome. This was something that would either shatter my soul or my body, it was fight to live or live to die.
No way in hell could I back down when such an attractive offer presented itself! Hmm... Maybe I did become a muscle head... Uwaaa~ that would be bad on my image.
Bright flashing light consumed my field of vision, a heavy pressure pressing down on my forehead to the point it felt like it would crack open.
"Kugh!!! Ouh!!!"
It seems like I was just waking up in some sort of hospital. The lights were different, but the patterns on the walls and the smell of antiseptic told me all I needed. I had most likely passed out after my fight with Gefald. I couldn't convert [Demonic energy] to mana fast enough, mana overuse... It was rather a miracle that I didn't die from that, my body could have just straight up get fried from it. Maybe it was my innate control over [Demonic energy]? It allowed me to control mana subconsciously, thus I didn't get fried by the mana and die in my sleep.