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BZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!
The blood web crackled with bright yellow electricity, emitting a bright light while multiple shrieks erupted from the beasts.
SHRIEEEEK!!
The crackles and screams continued for a whole minute before finally ceasing slowly.
Amon opened his eyes after the bright light finally abated.
There in front of him, lay all 12 bodies of the ghoul beasts, electrified and scorched to death.
The blood web erupted into a fountain of blood once he stopped his supply of mana.
Walking to their bodies, he stood still for some moments, waiting if any other beasts to pop out.
Fortunately, none did.
Letting his guard down a little, he crouched down and sliced their bodies open using their pincers.
He stored every single mana core of the beast, before facing the sea.
Pointing his spatial ring at the sea, the object started to glow in a bright blue sheen.
Suddenly, small portions of the sea started to disappear in chunks, before the blood around it filled the space up.
Amon sat there for 2 whole hours, with his ring pointed toward the sea, which was now at a lower level than before.
Finally, the sheen died down and the sea stopped losing blood.
He quickly checked the description of the ring.
Artifact Capacity: [10000L/10000L]
Nodding with satisfaction, he stood up, ready to face the last 18 enemies of the wave.
With that thought, he headed inside the forest.
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[After 2 Hours]
Amon sat down on the ground with his back against a tree while looking at the new notification in front of him.
[Your [Blood] element has leveled up!]
This time, however, no new influx of information came. But he did feel his control and mastery over blood increase by a good amount.
His cape was pretty much fully covered in ghoul blood now.
During the past 2 hours, he had killed down every single ghoul beast of phase 4.
Due to such a high amount of blood storage now, it was relatively easier to kill them.
This, combined with the fact that ghoul beasts now ran and fought on two legs and had lost their element of stealth, made it no problem for him.
Rather than fighting them all in one big group, he had fought them in smaller groups this time to limit the injuries he got.
As he started to heal his wounds, the ground rumbled with sheer intensity, higher than any he had experienced before.
RUMBLING! RUMBLINGI
After the shaking ceased, he healed his minor injuries and recovered his mana completely.
Standing up, he headed towards the outer edge of the island again.
However, while on his way there, he found a dark wide staircase in the middle of the forest, heading down underground.
'It seems as if the entrance to the next phase is from here rather than the edge of the island now…..' He thought.
However, just for confirmation, he still headed to the edge of the island and looked around for an entrance.
Once he found that there was none other, he headed back to the staircase.
Taking a deep breath, he started walking down into the peering darkness.
As he reached the end of the stairs, he entered a pitch black tunnel, making him unable to see.
'Can you see what's around me?' He asked the goddess inside his head.
[Not fully clear but it's manageable. I'll keep an eye out for anything around us.] She explained.
Even though it was now going to be phase 5 and there was only the boss left, Amon still couldn't help but be on his guard.
Any mistake could lead to his death right now.
Fortunately, the walk through the tunnel was safe and without any dangers.
He finally saw a bright light at the far end of the tunnel and he quickly ran towards it.
Arriving at the spot, he saw an exact staircase as before heading up to the surface with the bright light of the crimson sky coming from the opening.
He started heading up the stairs but this time with his guard at full alert.
As soon as he reached up to the surface, he found himself at a large desolate piece of land with no sign of plant life.
But his attention was taken as he stared at the large gargantuan monster that stood in front of him.
It was the same monster as phase 4 ones however its size was multiple times of the previous monsters.
Standing at a height of 8 meters, the beast glared at Amon with its emerald glowing eyes.
He saw a flicker of hostility pass through its eyes as they both locked their gazes.
In the next moment, the large beast erupted with rage and raised its right arm, swinging its large blade at Amon.
But the latter was prepared and quickly ducked to the ground, letting the blade pass over harmlessly.
Following that, he stood up and ran towards the beast.
Multiple blobs of blood appeared next to him before transforming into sharp thick strings that launched toward the mantis-like beast.
The strings coiled around its upper arms, preventing them from moving.
With its movement of arms restricted, Amon dashed to its underside and launched a blood and lightning coated first at its chest.
A large thud resounded in the air.
THUD!
The mantis' body jolted with a shock and was forced back a couple of inches.
"SHRIEKKK!"
It cried out in pain and quickly flung its leg at Amon, attempting to drive him away.
Caught by surprise, he quickly created a small blood shield to save himself from the attack.
However, the shield was destroyed instantly and the leg cleanly connected with his arm, sending him flying backward.
His body crashed into the surf zone of the blood sea before he quickly stabilized himself and stood up.
His body ached from the immense pain but unfortunately it wasn't over just yet as he saw another blade nearly meters away from crashing into him.
Letting his instincts take over, he raised his hand and quickly manipulated the blood inside the arm.
And though it quickly failed because of how strong the beast was, it was enough to change the trajectory of the attack and let him dodge it.
Diving to the side, Amon stood up and glared at the beast.
He knew that if he used the normal methods of both elements again, he would undoubtedly die.
Which was why he had to take a risk and take this a step further.
'Guess we'll have to do it another way….' Amon thought and walked forwards.
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