Chapter 98
98 I am here now
Beelze jumped back and generated an ice shield in front of her just as a figure crashed into the place where she was a second ago. The impact was so strong that it generated shock waves that reached the ice shield, shattering it to pieces.
The shield saved Beelze from the shock waves, and as it shattered, she gained an un.o.bstructed view of the enemy. Of all the Dark Races’ warriors she could be facing, the one in front was the worst type.
The enemy was a large man, more than two meters tall, covered with blade armor. He was a member of the Atrox Immortus Race!
All sorts of deadly wounds covered the Atrox’s body. There were gaping holes in his legs and deep lacerations that reached the bones. The worst injury of all was the one in the center of his chest, resembling a burning fist imprint that had left a deep indentation, surely having provoked ma.s.sive internal damage.
A fraction of those wounds would have been enough to kill a Level 7 Wave Warrior, yet the Atrox could keep fighting. It was clear just how formidable he was.
Not all injuries in the Atrox’s body were old. A new one manifested in the form of an ice sheet that froze the muscles and bones in the left arm, incapacitating it.
That wound was left by Beelze when she utilized her trump card. As the scion of a powerful n.o.ble Family, she had artifacts and treasures that could save her life, but unless it was absolutely necessary, she never planned to use them. If she were to rely on external power, then that would defeat the purpose of her joining the military academy.
Of course, when faced with a monster like the Atrox in front of her, Beelze did not hesitate for a moment before activating her trump card, firing an extremely powerful frost missile.
Beelze had intended for the frost missile to land on the Atrox’s head, which could have killed this one, but while the spell was faster than the enemy, she was not.
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By the time Beelze had aimed and fired the spells, the Atrox had already moved, making the frost missile land on his left arm instead of his head.
The Atrox’s golden eyes showed a single intent as he stared at the woman in front of him.
Kill.
He was not using his Wave and simply relying on his physical might, yet that was enough to pressure Beelze to death’s door.
Just as the Atrox was about to dash toward Beelze, his eyes narrowed, and he noticed a young man jumping toward him with ma.s.sive explosive power gathered on the right fist.
Levi had several wounds all over his body, left due to his physical clashes with the Atrox. There was not a trace of fear in his eyes since he had already hardened his heart for this to be his final battlefield.
There was an immense amount of Astral Wave in his right fist, and he had also used his special ability, which allowed him to charge it with explosive power that would detonate on impact.
Due to his position, the Atrox could not dodge that fist. There was no worry in his eyes as he raised his right palm and slightly bent his knees.
“?BOOM!”
An explosion echoed through the forest when Levi’s fist collided with the Atrox’s palm, but before the flames could disperse, a kick landed on his stomach.
Levi felt that kick would make a hole in his stomach. It made him puke blood while sending him flying through the air.
The Atrox’s right hand trembled for a moment due to the explosion, but his expression remained the same as he focused ahead and used his arm and legs to shatter the barrage of ice spears coming his way.
Beelze clenched his teeth as he fired those projectiles with all her strength, but the Atrox was not only able to shatter them all with his right arm and legs, but he began to move forward slowly, narrowing the distance between them.
“AHHH!” Beelze shouted as she pushed her Essence Wave to the limit, increasing the power of her projectiles.
The enhanced strength of the projectiles hindered the Atrox’s advance, but that did not last for long. His golden eyes grew resolute as he conjured his Wave Cloak.
An expression of agony appeared on the Atrox’s face when he used that small amount of Astral Wave, but he endured it. His power reached the level where Beelze’s projectiles were like pieces of paper.
The Atrox easily shattered all the projectiles as he dashed forward, but before he could reach Beelze, Levi moved back into the fray.
An annoyed expression appeared on the Atrox’s face as he saw that human interfering with his plan again. He clenched his right fist and struck forward.
The Atrox was aware that the power in his right punch would be enough to shatter Levi’s fist, but just as they were about to collide, he saw the human open his hand.
Levi knew there was no way he could win a direct confrontation now that the Atrox activated a Wave Cloak, so instead of going for a clash of fists, he unleashed a sea of flames toward the Atrox.
Levi smiled as he saw the flames consuming the Atrox, but that did not last long as a fist emerged from the fire. He was barely able to raise his guard before the attack landed.
“AHHH!” He could not help but release a scream of pain as that punch almost broke his arms, sending him flying away, crashing against many trees on his path.
A sense of dizziness a.s.saulted Levi’s mind, but the threat of death drove him back to reality as he saw the Atrox coming down from the sky, about to crash on him.
With the momentum that the Atrox’s body carried, Levi knew that crash would be enough to kill him.
Luckily for Levi, before the Atrox could land, dozens of ice pillars rose from the ground and charged against this one.
The Atrox’s dash was able to shatter the pillars on his path, but it delayed this one long enough for Levi to unleash explosions from the sole of his feet, pushing him away from danger.
Beelze’s face was pale and bleeding from her eyes and mouth due to the immense pressure that such a powerful spell generated on her body.
‘We have only fought for a few minutes, and I already feel my body so heavy that I can barely move it.’
That thought just appeared on Beelze’s mind when she saw the Atrox focusing on her and how the small amount of Astral Wave on his body morphed into arcs of black lightning.
A feeling of doom a.s.saulted Beelze as she saw the Atrox using that black lightning, and she raised her hand, intending to use all her power in the next spell.
However, before Beelze could even charge her spell, the Atrox vanished from her sight.
Beelze’s eyes widened, and she immediately generated rows of ice shields around her. They should have been strong enough to stop the Atrox, but she only detected a shattering sound before a claw charged with black lightning flashed toward her heart.
There was nothing Beelze could do to stop that attack, and it had the power to kill her on the stop. As she felt death coming closer and closer, the image of a man appeared in her mind, making a small smile appear on her face.
Even in death, Beelze would face everything with her eyes wide open. That is how she saw a figure bathed covered in arcs of blue lightning clash against the Atrox, sending this one flying away and saving her life.
A sense of utter disbelief a.s.saulted Beelze’s mind as she stared at the one that managed to push that monster away and save her life.
“Cain.”
Beelze uttered that word, and her heartbeat began to rise as she saw that man standing between her and the Atrox as if telling her that he would protect her.
“I am sorry for taking so long, but I am here now.”
Cain showed a small smile as he spoke to Beelze, but his eyes never left the Atrox. A single lapse of attention against an enemy like that would mean death.
As he stared at the Atrox and focused on all the wounds, he commanded the Absolute Life Form System to scan this one.
If the Atrox were at full power, his Astral Wave alone would unleash radiation hindering the [Pseudo Cellular a.n.a.lysis] tool. Still, in his current state, he could not stop the Absolute Life Form System from scanning him.
It did not take long for the Absolute Life Form System to show the Atrox’s stats to Cain, and when this one saw them, he clenched his fist.
‘It is even worse than I imagined.’
Cain’s willpower had reached an impressive level after the rise to the First Realm of the Ego Eternal Path of Power, but the data that the virtual screen was enough reason for his solemn att.i.tude.
[Target scan successful
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Race: Atrox Immortus Race
Lineage: ???
Path of Power: Astral Rebirth (Early Wave Champion)
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Stats:
Strength: ?? (4.1)
Agility: ?? (2.9)
Vitality: ?? (1.1)
Astral Wave: ??
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Note: Target’s vitality is feeble, and there are severe internal wounds, making him only able to express a fraction of his power.]