madnovel Chapter 192: Dangerous Battle, Dead?
Chapter 192: Dangerous Battle, Dead?
Black trails, along with aura, slowly emerged from the 2nd level cave entrance as everyone finally saw the appearance of the monster that made people in the huge cavern.
It was a floating black energy robe with no legs or arms visible out of it. Instead, it was filled with a limbless humanoid black aura with a faint dark blue hue coming from it. Two red eyes were visible under the hood, but there was no face.
The powerful aura it exuded indicated that it was...a Royal-order being.
[Remnant of Shadow Antsa]
_Rank: Royal-order.
_Remnant Core: 100%/100%.
_Stats:
—> Strength: 0
—> Agility: 2000
—> Stamina: 2000
—> Health: 2000
—> Magic: 2350 / Prana: 10,000/10,000
"So it's a remnant," Lilith commented and smiled as she turned to Erix and the gang.
Erix grinned and said, "I want to challenge it solo."
"Good," Lilith snapped her finger and trapped the monster into a fifty-square-meter faint, almost transparent dark crimson barrier.
The monster conjured ten black orbs around it with a scream to attack, but its attack had no impact on Lilith's barrier.
"Go. You'll pass through the barrier," Lilith said.
"You can do it," Rin smiled and kissed Erix, activating Ignis Ed Intimacy as both of their auras increased, their overall stats boosted by 30%!
"What was that?" Reinala was startled.
Klelia was also shocked. 'A kiss and their power increased so much?'
"Special skill," Erix laughed and turned around as he walked towards the barrier while his body shone and transformed into a metallic humanoid body that was just a meter tall. He shrank himself in elemental form.
His arms, torso, legs, and head and all parts had different metallic properties, while his eyes became faint dark gold.
'Brawler Pathways Formation,' Erix focused as the internals of this metallic body started changing.
As he stood before the barrier, wisps of black aura also oozed out of him slightly as he formed ten Death Wisps around him to use in combat by consuming 1000 Mana. He could infuse a Death Wisp and give any of his attack Death-attribute.
*Scree!*
The Remnant of shadow Antsa turned to Erix and screamed as it started attacking, but Lilith's barrier still stood between them.
Rin and Lily felt a bit worried, even Lilith, but it was natural. After all, Erix was going to fight something way stronger than him.
The other adventurers in the cave already understood what was going to happen.
"Young man, I think you are overestimating yourself, haha. I bet you will be saved by that lady within ten seconds."
Lilith glanced at the Royal order powerhouse who had just spoken and was about to cut off his arm with her skill just because she didn't like his comment, but before that, Erix spoke and made her cancel her intention.
"If that happens, I'll become your servant by contract. However, what if I lasted more than ten seconds?"
"You want to bet, eh?" the middle-aged man laughed. "I am Balanor, and if you last more than thirty seconds against it, you can ask for anything from me, but If you fail to last thirty seconds, then you'll become my servant by contract."
Naturally, his opponent wasn't going to stop, but Erix hadn't reduced his focus on it and once again narrowly dodged the attack since he was already on the move before his enemy's attack formed. Erix was observing it through his Spiritual Mystic Eye, so whenever the Remnant's aura and energy circulated, he was ready to move or teleport.
Although this Remnant wasn't that intelligent and acted like a monster, one could clearly discern its frustration at not being able to hit Erix.
The Plaza Star Revolver that floated fifteen meters away from him released two more bullets and created a plasma field with purple tendrils of solidified heat on lightning around the monster, shaving away its HP and annoying it.
Meanwhile, Erix separated his fists as they were wrapped into a strange flowing dark gold energy with a death aura as Erix infused the rest of Death Wisps in them.
Strangely and interestingly, both fists had the same type of aura, and both of them also acted and flowed exactly the same.
After preparing his fists that cost him 2000 Mana and 2000 Spirit for the boost, Erix teleported to the corner of the barrier and stood in a simple horse stance while he separated his fists as they rested at the sides of his waist.
In the same second, his body shone, and vein patterns manifested all over his body as he channeled 500 Mana for the execution and final touch.
'Symphony Echo Punch.'
Erix released his right fist first as it released a dark gold punch projectile with a circulating aura around it, and immediately after that, Erix released his left fist as its projectile shot right behind his first punch.
But instead of crashing against each other, the second fist projectile entirely merged into the first one right before it entered the wormhole.
His first punch and second punch both had the exact same level of frequencies in execution structure and waves, which allowed them to merge together, producing a way more devastating punch than if both of them hit separately!
The brightly shining dark gold punch with strange waves oozing came out of the wormhole behind the Remnant and squarely struck its back.
*BOOOOM!*
With a deafening sound, the punch revoltingly distorted the Remnant's body, dealing devastating damage, making this Erix's latest, strongest attack.
-43%!
Every single person watching was dumbfounded at how much HP he shaved away with that punch. Of course, he also paid sufficient Mana and Stamina for this skill-technique, utilizing both to the maximum potential possible by his body.
This was his peak Punch skill-technique! Unironically, this skill's creation had a concept of simple modern physics: the same frequency of sound waves could create a significantly more powerful wave.
But Erix used this concept at a supernatural level using magic with his own bits into the fray to boost his punch, and since such a powerful punch got boosted by 50% due to the Punch concept and other factors, it resulted in devastating damage to this Royal-order opponent.
However, it was not dead.
Immediately after Erix's punch put it at the death's door, the Remnant's red eyes glowed brightly, and it issued a sharp scream before black miasma with faint dark blue exploding outwardly from its body.
Erix had just controlled his weapon to shoot the last two bullets, but both bullets dissipated in the maelstrom of miasma around the Remnant.
'What the fuck is going on?' Erix frowned.
'Be careful,' Lilith sent her thought to Erix.
If even a single attack hit Erix, he would be forced to sit at Death's door or even outright die, so his priority was dodging all the attacks.
However, the maelstrom of miasma suddenly burst forth towards Erix in a large area. Moreover, the Remnant actually dispersed into this attack, indicating that it was the final attack.
Rin and Lily opened their mouths, their eyes wide.
Lilith's index finger glowed, her expression somber. 'Erix!'
However, Erix, the closest to the attack, felt dread. If that hit him, he would 100% die unless some miracle happened, but he didn't even have time to think of anything except to act for his survival.
The maelstrom closed in while Erix's eyes burst out with a silver gleam. He had already instinctively put his arms into X form while creating a metal wall before him, but it was of no use.
The maelstrom entirely devoured him, even putting a slight crack in Lilith's barrier after coursing through Erix.
Everyone was shocked!
However, when the maelstrom dispersed and Lilith removed her barrier, everyone saw a strange scene.