Dragon's Vitality was a very important skill within the Azure Dragon Art. Its work was to excite the cells within one's body and increasing the process of cell division thereby improving their regenerative capabilities. At a strong level of execution, it could even regrow amputated organs. But Noah, who had just started training with his new body, couldn't achieve that kind of level yet. Right now, healing his wounds obtained from the flames was the best he could get. So the damage done to his body by using the higher level of the Azure Dragon skill that buffed him up was to be healed naturally and that was, of course, if he could take down the four enemies that stood before him on time or permanent damage would be done to his body.
Ashled's brows twitched a bit seeing Noah's transformation but he was quick to hide it. 'It doesn't matter if he can do that, we outnumber him and are all temporarily at the 6th level of the Intermediate Stage.'
With this thought, he wasted no time and charged forward, revealing his Battle Art for the first time. "Wind Roc Art: Roc's Claws." Essence converged to coat his daggers before he slashed out, sending two curved blades made up of wind. The three guards behind him followed up by releasing their respective Battle Arts, theirs were nowhere as efficient as the butler's, thus making them lose more Essence by attacking but the strength within their strikes were still a big deal.
Noah would have preferred to teleport behind them but he could sense them placing much attention on their backs and secretly charging more Essence in case of an emergency attack. No doubt, the butler had a hand in this since he was the only one there who had seen him fight before. So the transmigrator simply smiled and charged forward. Circulating his Blood Essence, he tilted his blade to the side, using Redirection on his weapon to push aside the two wind blades something only possible since Ashled had concentrated his Wind Essence enough to make it something almost solid. And sharp.
Unfortunately, the same couldn't be done to the butler's partners since their attacks were more focused on explosive power rather than sharpness. Parting his lips, Noah circulated his Blood Essence towards his throat, executing his Dragon's Roar and releasing a cone shaped shockwave that weakened the incoming wave of flames. He then proceeded to pierce at the weakened flames with his Battle skill, Drill Thrust, parting the attack into two and revealing a path.
Not wasting any time, the transmigrator Flickered to the back of one of the guards. On cue, the remaining three released their respective Battle Arts, expecting to catch Noah unprepared. Unfortunately for them, he was quick enough to perform a Gale Sword, separating the targeted guard's head from his body. Not done, he also held up the guard's now headless body to defend against the multiple attacks that were headed his way, long enough to Flicker back to his former position directly before the spectating Myron family.
"Phew." Executing Dragon's Vitality once more, the wounds that managed to pass through the dead guard's body closed up. "Three." Gripping his sword tightly, Noah swung out multiple times in the span of three seconds, sending out more than 20 sword projectiles that flew towards Ashled.
The latter harrumphed, raising his dagger to the sky as he executing a Battle skill to defend against the attack. "Claw Frenzy." A massive gust of wind converged around him, gathering around his raised dagger before he swung it down, releasing a massive wind blade that separated into tens of smaller ones that crashed against Noah's attack and successfully repelled them. Yet, a frown appeared on his face as he realized that the youngster wasn't in his sight and that frown deepened as he heard the scream of a minion of his.
Looking back, the butler grit his teeth as he saw Noah leaving behind another headless corpse and dashing towards the last of his minion, the poor man finally revealed a terrified expression as he attempted to run away. With a nudge of his Internal Sight, the multiple wondering wind blades that hadn't dispelled yet turned around and chased against the youngster.
Seeing the numerous attacks, Noah decided to no longer preserve his Essence. Executing his Pull, the guard lost his sense of gravity as he was pulled backwards and felt the blade of his chaser's sword deep pierce through his nape and come out his neck.
Holding onto the guard's body, the transmigrator threw it at the wind blades before teleporting away and appearing before Ashled, activating his Gravity Force skill and executing the Pull Battle skill once more at the same time.
The butler, feeling the force that forced him towards his enemy, knew that he had to attack with all his might now or he would die. "Kill Strike!" The wind gathered around his daggers once more, creating what seemed like a metal beak that coated it.
"Vertical Cleave." Noah felt his muscles scream bloody murder and his bones were probably moment away from breaking, perhaps even shattering to pieces as he executed the Martial skill, swinging downwards with all his strength.
The impact between the two created a loud explosion that blew apart the VIP room, threatening to throw the Myron family into the wind. Ashled, on the other hand, was filled with shock as he witnessed his daggers break, allowing his opponent's sword to dig into his shoulder and exit his waist, dividing the man into two.
Noah sighed as he landed hard on the ground, unable to lift even a finger. His body lost its muscle and height, reducing back to its original 5 feet height. His muscles though, seemed to have vanished leaving him with only a bit of skin on his bones. That transformation had sucked a lot out of him. "It seems Embodiment is still too powerful to be used lightly." After whispering this, the transmigrator could no longer prevent the temptation that sleep had over him.