Eodum sat in the void. Well shit. What now? Eodum had just escaped being crushed to death by Ksilisab; it entered the void and seemed to cut off a piece of Ksilisab in the process. Guess there's only one thing to do now, check if it was safe to come out. A portal swirled open to reveal the sky. Seemed to be safe.
Ksilisab wriggled and attempted to escape the [Gravity Null] area, but to no avail. While wriggling, Ksilisab left the area where Eodum's portal would open, so Eodum could exit with ease. Eodum crawled out and closed the portal behind it. It looked around and saw a wriggling Ksilisab, petrified ground, and crowds of curious people on the walls. It appears that the sight of a floating Ksilisab was an amazing attraction that outweighed people's fear.
Well, the [Gravity Null] was taking quite the toll on Eodum's Mp, so it would release Ksilisab from this torture. It shrunk the [Gravity Null] to only encompass Eodum, and watched as Ksilisab hit the ground. Eodum undid its own [Gravity Null] and started using [Gravity Down] to slowly fall towards the ground. Eodum looked at Ksilisab to see the mighty basilisk leaning over it, glaring.
'This damn RAT dares to humiliate me!? IT SHALL PAY!!!' Ksilisab thought to itself as it glared with hatred at Eodum. Eodum tensed up being glared at by a being as powerful and strong as Ksilisab. Ksilisab was stronger than Eodum, this was a fact. This was something that both Eodum and Ksilisab and literally everyone watching knew. A thin smile-like expression crawled over Ksilisab's lips, showing a few large fangs in the process.
Heh… this'll be tough. Eodum's own lips curled like the Ksilisab's, knowing that there was an uphill battle ahead. Eodum began boosting itself with all the [Support Magic] it could. Its body began to shift as most attributes of Eodum began to improve. Eodum quickly dashed to the side, trying to get out of Ksilisab's eye sight.
Ksilisab attempted to follow Eodum with its sight, but Eodum averted its attention with [Presence Erase]. Ksilisab found it difficult to focus on Eodum, which gave it enough time to get out of Ksilisab's line of sight. Eodum zigged and zagged, back and forth around Ksilisab, doing its best to make it hard to keep up with.
Eodum leapt into the air above Ksilisab, shifted so it had blades lining Eodum's back, and spun in the air. Eodum fell down at Ksilisab while spinning, attempting to saw into Ksilsiab's back. Eodum used [Weight Increase] and [Gravity Up] at the same time, so it came down with incredible force.
Ksilisab detected its attack, slithered out of the way, and slammed down with its tail onto Eodum. Eodum's blades did cut pretty deep into Ksilisab's tail, injuring it quite a bit, but not as much as the tail slam damaged Eodum. As Eodum felt this incredible power bashing into its back, it then was spiked into the ground and heard a message.
[You have suffered extreme blunt damage -90 Hp]
HOLY SHIT! That attack did almost half of Eodum's health! This snake meant business! Eodum dashed out of the small crater that Ksilisab left it in, right before Ksilisab petrified the area. Eodum dashed to the side and retracted its tail into its body. It then used the extra body mass to make a small pair of arms with claws. It lashed out at Ksilisab from a distance using [Distant Scratch].
The aura blades that came from each swipe of Eodum's claws soared through the air, clawing into Ksilisab's side. While this left damage, Eodum could see it clearly didn't do much. It needed to switch up its strategy again. It needed time to think, so it used [Accelerated Thoughts]. The world slowed down giving Eodum plenty of time to think.
Scratching was too shallow, tail stabbing had the same problem, biting was too difficult on an enemy of that size, it could only make Ksilisab fall with [Gravity Magic], digging into it was too dangerous… wait, go back to its tail stabbing. Maybe its tail was too weak now, but what about with the power of [Tail Elemental Synergy]. It offered a passive buff, but Eodum never tried actively focusing on it.
Running out of options, Eodum began focusing on the combination of the elements with its tail. There were three variables present: its tail, the shadows, and the void. Its body was naturally attuned with the void because of its species, and it could change its body into shadows. Time to focus on these factors.
First, Eodum focused on the shadow aspect. Normally, Eodum could only absorb a set amount of shadows, but because of [Tail Elemental Synergy] it could do more. The shadows around began rising and being sucked into Eodum's tail. It increased in power and mass; Eodum decided to focus on its tail's power. The extra mass began to be converted into muscle, length, and blade size. Its tail became a deadly weapon in an instant because of the increase in shadows.
Eodum then focused on the void. It felt a lack of anything in its body; this was proof of the void. The void was a lack of something. The moment in the world in which literally nothing is happening is a bit of the void leaking into the world. Eodum opened a portal to the void to become closer to the void. At that moment when focusing on the void, something started leaking out of the portal.
It started as the portal just rippled a little, but then started to increase in turbulence. Little tentacles reached out of the portal and were quickly sucked back into the void. Over and over, and eventually it reached out and wrapped around Eodum's tail. The void tentacles were absorbed into Eodum's tail. As soon as it started absorbing the void, Eodum had an intense migraine.
[Skills: Shadow Body have leveled up!]
[Skills: Shadow Body have leveled up!]
[Skills: Shadow Body have leveled up!]
[Skills: Shadow Body have leveled up!]
[Skills: Shadow Body have leveled up!]
[Skills: Shadow Body have leveled up!]
[Skills: Shadow Body have leveled up!]
[Skills: Shadow Body have leveled up!]
[Warning! Skills: Shadow Body have maxed out in level and can no longer level up! Solution: forcing skill evolution. Identifying evolution paths. Warning: unidentified element is entering user's body without SYSTEMS permission. Solution: forcing evolution path to open.]
[Shadow Body has evolved into legendary skill: Shadow Void Body!]
[Void Body]
[Your body becomes one with the void. All stats and skills will be boosted. You are able to manipulate your new form. You have become the embodiment of nothing. You are the void. You are infinite.]
While listening to these messages with a migraine, Eodum passed out from the pain.