When they heard the loud cry of the Blazing Tusk Mammoth, they were extremely surprised. The blood warriors were too focused on running, and they did not even see how it happened.
The arena crowd was also dumbfounded by what happened. It was just only a minute ago that the Mammoth was hunting the Blood Warriors. All of a sudden, it fell to its knees.
"LOOK! There is a person next to it!"
"GERAX!"
"It was Gerax who made the Blazing Tusk Mammoth fall to the ground."
When they saw that it was Gerax, many couldn't believe what had happened. Even Ash, who was sitting, couldn't help but get up from his seat.
"IMPOSSIBLE!"
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When the Blazing Tusk Mammoth fell, everyone was dumbfounded and couldn't be helped but be stunned.
Suddenly, the Blood Warriors heard two sharp whistling sounds followed by a wailing roar from the Blazing Tusk Mammoth.
When the crowd saw what happened, they saw two arrows piercing the beast's left eye.
They saw the culprit further away from the beast; it was Zane with his dark bow.
"FOOLS! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? ATTACK!" Gerax roared.
All of a sudden, everyone started running towards the beast. They brandish their swords and spear, stabbing and slicing at its skin.
However, they found out that all the wounds they inflicted were quickly regenerating. Only Gerax and a few selected warriors were able to penetrate and cause deeper wounds.
Meanwhile, Zane was about to shoot a few more arrows when he suddenly felt a painful sensation coming all over his body. He screamed and fell to the ground.
'Agghh. What the heck is happening to me?'
'Status'
Zane
Strength: 8 to 8.8
Agility: 9.7 to 10. 3 (Awakening)
Perception: 9.2 to 9.6
Constitution: 9.1 to 9.5
Mental Resistance: 0 to 0.4
When he saw his stats, he knew exactly what was happening to his body. He crossed the line between human and Awakened.
He found out the main culprit was his automatic mantra -- the Zen's Slaughter Mantra!
'But it has only been barely 30min? Have I completed two cycles already? If others found out about this, they would be shocked. Some couldn't even do one full cycle in a day or two. Overall it is excellent, but this is not the best time to break through!'
Suddenly, his body started convulsing on the ground, and steam started coming out of his body.
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While Zane was lost in his world, the whole arena wasn't paying attention to him. Their eyes and ears were set on the beast besieged by all kinds of weapons.
Ash, who stood up, couldn't help be angry with the beast, "What a useless Mammoth!" he spoke angrily.
"Young Master Ash, don't be too hasty with words. This Mammoth is much stronger than you think," said the mysterious black cape man.
Ash's eyes were red, and he felt that he was being ridiculed, "ARE YOU QUESTIONING MY JUDGEMENT!"
The black cape man was taken aback. It kneeled and said, "No sire, what I meant to say is that this mammoth..."
However, before he could finish his words, suddenly, the body of the Mammoth became extremely hot, and a fire started covering its body. Very quickly, all those close to it got burnt to a crisp.
Its remaining eye was blood red, making a long trumpet sound. It was very furious at those who hurt it. Suddenly, its two tusks started emitting red lights, then it opened its mouth and released a very fast projectile straight to the mass of Blood Warriors.
"BOOM!"
When the dust settled, not even the bones of the Blood Warriors were spared. All but remains were their ashes.
When the Blood Warriors thought it was over. It opened its mouth again and started releasing the red orbs one after the other.
"BOOM!" "BOOM!" "BOOM!" "BOOM!"
Gerax roared,"DISPERSE!"
The Blood Warriors started running in all directions again.
When Ash saw these happening, he was elated. "AHAHAHA" Look at them run!"
"Young Master's beast was really splendid."
"That is right! They couldn't compare at Young Master's intelligence."
"Congratulations, Young Master ash"
They saw Ash smiling, accepting the compliment. When others saw this, they also started congratulating him.
The black cape man with blonde hair was incredulous. He looked at the others and thought, 'Kiss ass.'
He suddenly stood up and cupped his hand facing Ash. With a full smile on his face, he spoke, "Congratulations, Young Master, none is wiser than you," trying to salvage his bad reputation with the Young Master.
When they saw him, they couldn't help but curse him in their mind.
'That is right, although I know you are strong. You can only bend your knee in front of me.'
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After a few minutes of seizure, he vomited a stinky, sticky putrid black substance.
When it came out, he felt better than better. He can breathe better, his mind can process faster, and best of all, he felt that his body was as light as a feather.
He can feel that his muscles are more flexible and agile being able to bend than the normal range.
When he got up, he saw the chaotic battlefield. The Blazing Tusk Mammoth is started launching flame blasts all over the place.
His original plan was to attack the Mammoth in its eyes with his coated paralyzing arrows. Then, it will be followed by his poison arrows. Unfortunately, because of the breakthrough, he wasn't able to follow it up.
Checking his inventory, he was only left with 2 Intermediate Paralyzing arrows and 3 Intermediate Poison Arrows. With the constitution of the beasts, other lesser effects won't be able to do a thing.
'Now, I just need to find an opportunity. The beast is still not able to walk due to its wounded limb, but it is only a matter of time before it slowly gets back on its knees. Time is of the essence.'
'I just need a distraction.'
Soon enough, he found who he is looking for -- Gerax.