Bang*..
And this was the last one of them that remained. Yang was back to his normal features now. There was no purple floating hair or fan that acted on its own and could fly. Just regular Yang that had a mix of emotion on his face. It was clear something was terribly wrong with him.
"How was I tricked by that sly spirit?" Yang said to himself as he looked around again.
"Using the power of illusion it was able to trick someone like myself. Is it because I have stopped my practice of CHI so I don't break out to the final form?. But even at that, that demon was able to do this level of illusion that's spread wide. And not only can I see it, but he has been able to conjure it into solid matter". Yang said and then stomped his foot once more.
This had become a routine for him. Each time he moved from one area to the other, he would stomp his feet. In a way, he had figured that brute force was the answer in this situation as it was the only thing that could disrupt the fake images created by the demon. But they were only fake to some extent. Sure the demon was able to create its space entirely different from the original. Making Yang go about in circles and think he was making progress.
But it's illusions were so real to the point that they are able to act on their own. And they could be touched and as well touch. The monkey beasts and pretty much everything the demon was associated with had all been an illusion. And this pained Yang as he was only able to notice the environment he was in lacked some intricate details while in the form he took where his hair would glow purple and float. As it turns out, though the demon was able to construct images into solid matter, it wasn't all too perfect at it.
And anyone with keen eyes would spot such mistakes in its illusions. As the demon couldn't exactly replicate an image of an object. But finding this out this late only made Yang more furious and disturbed as thoughts were wondering through his minds.
"He knew of my strength and wanted me out of the picture so it can pick out the weak ones that have come with me. I just hope I'm not too late" Yang said and began to run through the forest. This time he wasn't moving as fast as he did the first time.
"If he is this strong to pull this level of tricks off, then i must be prepared. I can't waste anymore energy than required. I just hope they haven't gotten wind of the little one wasted" Yang said and a frown appeared on his face for the last part.
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Meanwhile, back where Rodney and the two mixed beasts were battling the legion members who had somewhat lost it, the fight was still on. Right now they were on Blaze and just like the others, she was giving them quite the tough time.
"I get it, you want him. But trust me, there's more to this than you think. I can't allow you harm yourself by fighting that that guy over there" Rodney said looking at the demon who was going up against Corey. But surprisingly, Corey looked to have sustained less injury than the others who constantly had cuts on them that were slowly healing up. But just like zombies, they would get up over and over again and keep up the attack on the demon.
"It's not like she can hear you, you know right?" Gypson said.
*sigh* ( Gypson).
"If they are so crazy, why aren't they attacking me straight up or themselves?" Rodney questioned as he once again prevented Blaze from getting through.
"Look, I'm not allowed to say somethings. Just follow the plan and it should work" Gypson replied.
Rodney at this point had gotten tired. Blaze wasn't punishing them the way the others did. But she wouldn't let them get close enough to her. She was basically too hot for any of them to handle. But Rodney had come up with a plan to end it all.
"I never though I'd result to this but I'm running low on a time schedule i know nothing about so if you don't mind..."
*Swoosh*
And just like that Rodney was behind blaze. He had performed the ghost foot only that it had made some noise because of his wings and was done at far greater speeds making it look like he had disappeared. Then quickly without hesitation Rodney lifted himself in the air and spun like a drill coming down with the back of his heel encased in the shadow that hit Blaze right on the neck sending her staggering. But surprisingly it wasn't enough to knock her to the ground.
Fortunately that wasn't a problem as all that was needed was for her to be destabilized. The two mixed beasts came rushing and with their hands to the ground, they launched both of their feet at Blaze sending her straight back to Rodney who was toppled over by her weight. But very quickly Rodney had recovered and as he got up to make the best of the situation, he realized he wasn't the only one who was up.
Blaze with two fire whips in her hands began to swing it at Rodney. Rodney sidestepped the first hit and it landed on the ground letting out a loud sound and causing the place to be burnt. But then more whips came and they swung at Rodney. Bending backwards he managed to dodge one that came for his face. But unfortunately another one was right behind and connected with his chest which gave off a clang sound. Now Rodney was very thankful he had chosen to equip his gear. The two mixed beasts had also taken note of the change as they stared at the equipments on Rodney for a split second before flying into the air to avoid a fire whip.
Unfortunately for Rodney, two hits got in. One to his ribs and the other to his neck. But what had happened remained the same. As the hits got in, the shadow in that area opened up moving like clothes that are being blown by the wind. And the weird thing was his skin remained unseen. It was almost like beneath the shadow, there was more shadow. Yet he could feel the pain from the burn like it had made direct contact with his skin.
*clang*
Another whip hit again but this time Rodney paid more attention as he had learnt a painful lesson. The whip had hit the hand brace Rodney wore and immediately it gave off a white glow. And as this happened, the shadow around his hands began to move upwards on their own. Folding over and given space for the braces which tightened some the more around more shadow. Until the glow died down and the shadow unfolded from his shoulder.
At this point, Rodney realized something. His transformation had literally exchanged his actual body for the shadow. Unlike the others that had parts of them covered up by their elements, he was now completely made of shadows apart from his head area. But more whips hit him and this time also he blocked them all and when he did, the glow on his braces didn't die down this time.
*Bing*
[Gecko bull brace dormant skill activated]
[+5 free temporary stats available(status: active)]
"Add three stats to agility and 2 stats to durability" Rodney instructed the system.
*Bing*
[Agility- 10(+3)]
[Durability - 5(+2)]
Now with this small boost, Rodney could feel the pain from the stab almost gone. And with one swift move he performed another ghost foot. But the odd thing was Blaze never bothered to find him as all she did was attempt to fly away. But a shadow in form of a thick rope almost resembling the CHI slash flew towards her and latched on to her wings. Then it began to spread and eventually consumed her black wings.
Now with Rodney's hand held out, he pulled his hand back and mid air Blaze turned and flew towards him. He flew towards her as well then when he was just about to reach her he noticed she was drifting away and knowing the nature of the shadow drive, he knew the skill must have hit the time limit and so opted for option two.
[Equip]
And immediately his sword appeared in his hands and with no shyness, he slashed forward performing a CHI slash. Only this was black in colour and swirled around just like his shadows. The slash connected with Blaze's wings and cut through it to a little which was quite surprising to Rodney. But that was all he needed as he gathered enough CHI in his hands and punched Blaze in the face who had lost control of her flight. Then as she was falling to the ground, Rodney grabbed hold of her face and for a second there he strayed off in appreciation of her beauty which he personally had caused harm to as blood dripped from her nose due to his punch. But quickly snapping out of it, he did the needful.
[Shadow trance]
And Blaze flared up in flames yet again but slowly began to die down. Her red long hair changed back to its black colour and the changes began sequentially.
But Rodney had no time to waste as he could feel himself getting weaker by the second. He flew up only to see that the fight had gone to another area. And it was now different, it was a three way fight involving Corey, Mia and the demon.
"What?!!... We forgot her?. And why do the others keep attacking her? Rodney thought as he flew over. And wasting no time on the ground he could see the two beasts were already out to tackle Corey.
"No, don't touch that one!!" Rodney shouted out anxiously.
Fortunately, the two mixed beasts had heard and stopped right in front of Corey. Not letting him move and at the same time, not going any closer. Rodney changing direction and coming from behind not wanting to waste any time, grabbed onto Corey with his shadow hands and with his CHI encased hands slammed both fists down on top of his head. Then grabbing him by the face with the shadow hand, Rodney did the needful.
[Shadow trance]
And immediately Corey yelled out and began to hold his head. His wings slowly began to retract inside and the green veins on his body began to die down.
"You do all this for what?. Why take out your own..." The demon was going to say but got distracted by a punch from Mia which he dodged easily and grabbed Mia by the hand and drawing her close, he slammed her to the ground. Black hands lifted her up from the ground, he turned around and came spinning with a kick that caused her to tumble.
"Gypson are you sure this thing will work?" Rodney asked but got no reply which he took as the other one being angry.
"Fine, I wouldn't normally take this gamble. But I don't have time to deal with you two". Rodney thought to himself.
"Please take her far away" Rodney said and he was referring to Mia. The two mixed breeds wondered what he had in mind to do but seeing the seriousness on his face, they did as told and grabbed Mia by her hands dragging her off.
"I should have done this a while ago but it would have affected my friends as well. Now I don't have to worry as they are no longer in their demon form" Rodney said.
"How noble of the wicked wielder of the power of darkness" the demon replied with fierce red eyes.
"I have no idea what that means but I do know this..."...
[Knight's rage:Nether storm].. Rodney said as he activated his ultimate skill of level 3.