Clang!
Clang!
Clang! Creak!!!
The sounds of metal hitting metal echoed on the field as Adrian and the mantis fought. However, a crisp sound of something breaking sounded. Adrian's sword having endured the onslaught of the mantis attacks couldn't take it anymore, it's already cracked blade broke into pieces.
It was this moment the mantis was waiting for and without hesitation, it disappeared and instantly appeared in front of Adrian slashing it's scythes ready to claim his head. However,
Clang!!!
It was surprised it's attack was blocked. Adrian already anticipated it to attack him the moment his sword broke and without hesitation summoned a longsword. The mantis was enraged it's attack was blocked, its attacks became more ferocious. And so another round of fighting started.
A few breaths later....
Clang! Creak!!!
... The longsword broke. The mantis again appeared in front of Adrian slashing it's scythes targeting his head, however, Adrian summoned another sword and block its attack.
The mantis: "..."
Anna and the survivors: "..."
And so another round of fighting began.
A few breaths later...
Clang! Creak!!!
The sword broke. The mantis attacked again. Another sword appeared in Adrian's hand blocking the attack.
The mantis: "..."
The survivors: "..."
And another round of fighting began.
For the next few times, the man and the insect engaged in a fierce battle, each trying their best to kill the other. Every time the man's weapon broke, the insect would attack and another weapon would appear in the man's hands and block the attack.
Clang! Creak!!!
A great sword broke.
The mantis: "..."
The survivors: "..."
They looked at Adrian and couldn't help themselves feeling speechless.
Every time Adrian's weapon broke he would stop and summon another one.
How many weapons... does this guy have?
They had watched him summon swords, spears and great sword.
At this point, the mantis had stopped attacking every time Adrian's weapon broke.
Whoosh!
Another great sword appeared in Adrian's hand, he held it with both hands and took a stance.
Silence.
The mantis: "..."
The survivors: "..."
They were again rendered speechless.
What the hell is with this guy... why am I even fighting him?
The mantis thought, it had been left speechless so many times it even forgot why it was fighting with him in the first place.
The mantis didn't make a move, Adrian also didn't move. They both stared at each other without moving.
The survivors looked at the mantis with sympathetic expressions.
Adrian's clothes were tattered, he had received a few cuts during the fight, small amounts of blood would occasionally leak out of the wounds.
The smell of blood on his body and the commotion drew the attention of a few zombies, and more and more were starting to gather around them at this point.
During the fight, Adrian was tense, he was at a stalemate with the mantis but he knew it would not last long, he didn't have an endless supply of weapons. The great sword he was now wielding was the last and the moment it broke would mark his end. He had to come up with a solution fast.
At this moment of crisis, his 151 points worth brain cells came up with a solution. Without wasting time he executed it.
He straightened his posture and dropped the sword. It looked as if he had given up.
The mantis: "..."
The survivors: "..."
Instead of attacking him, the mantis became more vigilant. It was a natural born hunter from birth, it's instincts told it that the human was planning something.
" What is senior brother Adrian doing?" Anna in the distance murmured to herself. She was stunned when she saw his arms turn pitch black.
Adrian remembered one of the skills he acquired when he absorbed the body of the professor.
[ Morph (unranked skill):
Spend Mana and convert it into dark miasma which you can shape and transform the miasma into different types weapons and armour. The result depends on your Mana, Intelligence and imagination.]
The result of using the skill depends on one's amount of Mana, Intelligence and imagination. He remembered the professor saying that he had a high aptitude of magic.
Magic relates to Mana, Adrian assumed his Mana was above average, he was confident with his 151 point worth of intelligence and as for imagination, as a reincarnated, he had watched too many animes and movies, his imagination could be rated as wild.
He used the skill without hesitation.
Dark miasma appeared on his arms wrapping around them like a layer of skin. His arms turned pitch black. From his elbow, it extended down forming sword-like blades, the tips of the blades touching the ground. The blades were smooth exuding a darkness that seem to absorb the light . They gave off dark smog that felt as if it could swallow everything.
The moment the blades appeared, alarm bells rang in the mantis head and it instantly disappeared.
Adrian crossed the blades in front, blocking the sudden attack of the mantis. His face was slightly pale, he had spent almost two thirds of his Mana. From its reaction, he deduced the blades posed some danger to it.
Dang!!!
This time the mantis felt like it hit a block of hard metal. Their figures disappeared, flickering occasionally, clashing while at the same time beheading zombies standing in their way.
During the many times they clashed, Adrian already mastered the attack pattern of the mantis. Its attacks were simple but at the same time fatal if any landed on him. It would always switch to a different target every time and all the parts it targeted were his vital parts.
They had been at a stalemate for long and he knew though he had high stamina it wasn't infinite and so he came up with a plan he felt was feasible.
During the next clash, Adrian blocked with his left and slashed down with his right. The mantis crossed it's scythes reflexively to protect its head.
The next moment it's body froze. It looked at Adrian who had a triumphant smirk.
His left blade had pierced its head from below, its tip almost extending on top of its head.
Zheeee!!!
It let out an unwilling cry and its body fell limp on the ground.
[ You have gained the soul essence of the Flash Mantis level 24. Agility +15, Vitality +10, Strength +10, Stamina +10, Intelligence +10.]
[ You have leveled up to level 11. You get 2 free stats points.]
[ You have leveled up to level 12...]
[ You have leveled up to level 13...]
[ You have leveled up to level 14...]
[ You have leveled up to level 15. You get 2 free stats points.]
A huge amount of power came from the Flash Mantis body and entered Adrian's body nourishing him and getting his power to higher levels. In addition, he directly gained five levels in one go.
Besides the power boost, a red orb entered his body. Fighting the Mantis, which level, was over twice as his, was really risky. One step mistake would mean an express VIP ticket to the underworld to greet the God of Death. If it wasn't for the Mantis attacking him, Adrian had opted on avoiding it.
_ It's high risk high reward! _ Adrian sighed and stored its body.
Without a moment of rest, he charged towards the zombies staggering in his direction.
A while later the zombies were purged. He turned to Anna and the other survivors, gesturing them to come over.
A group of more than a hundred zombies gathered in front of the building with no intention of leaving.
Adrian observed their behaviour from not far away, he noticed the ones in front were frantically banging on the metal door.
" There must be people in there." That would be the most reasonable reason they had gathered there.
Anna and the others had arrived behind him and also noticed the situation.
Adrian turned and saw them looking at him.
What a headache....
" Hmm?... Anna, what happened with the others?" Adrian asked with a frown as he looked at her. He clearly remembers there being more of them.
" About that... Senior brother... I'm afraid they ran away when things got ugly... As for where they went... I don't know." Anna replied with a bitter smile.
" I see." Adrian simply nodded and turned his gaze back to the zombies.
The sound of bangs from the metal door sounded in the distance.