章 168: A True Battle I

The Collector's pliomatter tendrils also swelled up in size as the blood flow and bonus magical energy reached them, and with these, it tested the fighter known as Kui's capacity to defend against ranged attacks.

The Collector swiveled to the side while extending forth one of its tendrils, sending out whipping forward in an arc meant to slice the fighter in a perfect forty-five-degree angle down from the shoulder to the waist.

This attack, too, far surpassed the speed of sound, and by observing at range, the Collector determined it had a higher chance of being able to glean what it was that this fighter was doing.

Kui reacted with complete ease as he raised his forearm up to block the pliomatter tendril. He stepped backwards, skidding across the snow so that the whip did not simply lash around his arm and hit his back.

Instead, the very tip of the whip struck his forearm, and green energy melded around it in the form of a [Guard].