Chương 39: A Beast from Mist
The atmosphere around him became heavy all of a sudden. The beast approaching him stopped in its track as the ground below its feet began to crack. It dropped flat on its belly and started gushing blood. Its skull split in two in a moment, and it remained unmoving.
<Lightning Element beast Lightning Ceratop Hunted>
"What is this?; I feel so much power flowing through me. Both elements seem… how should I describe it… non-existent. This is like when I went to the crucible of Akrakus, but it is a bit different. I feel much more powerful." Lin felt power rush ceaselessly into him.
Somehow, he felt deep within him that something was wrong. Though his power grew, he realised he had encountered a great disaster. His body could not contain the power, and his skin began to crack. He suddenly gushed blood and dropped to the ground.
Dzifa, who was farther was also affected by him. The immense pressure was crushing her. However, Lin was in a worse condition. He felt like an enormous mountain was suppressing him; he could not lift a finger. He continued to gush blood from his nose, ears, skin and mouth.
"Why is this not stopping? Last time it happened in only a moment", he gritted his teeth and tried to raise himself off the ground, but each time he tried, he sank deeper into the ground and gushed more blood.
In the air over the mountain, a mysterious white mist appeared and covered the mountain peak. A woman in a white robe with a sickle sword strung across her back dropped out of the fog and hovered above the mountain. Noticing her presence, Lin lifted his head and saw a figure hanging above the mountain. "Is…that a person? Who is it?" he struggled to keep his head up and identify the person, but all he saw was a blur. "I wondered who was so bold to dig into the past…"
"That voice…a woman?" Lin struggled through his thoughts. "…who would have thought it would be you, little brother. You sure have grown a lot", she said in a low voice.
"What…? Little brother? Who is that?" Lin wondered as he saw the person perform several hand gestures. "Find me after the ranking bout. From now on, you won't have access to this power until the time is ripe. Do your best not to die."
<Cresent Moon Seal>
Several crescent moon-like halos attached themselves to the crown above Lin's head, and he returned to normal, but he was too exhausted and passed out.
She turned and disappeared into the mist. A while after she left, Dzifa woke up and saw the dead beast and a rank 11 lightning beast core near her with a note. Lin was nowhere to be found. She checked herself and was shocked to discover she had been healed. "How? Does that guy have three elemental abilities? This is simply unheard of." She picked up the note and, after reading it, pouted unhappily. "That inconsiderate monster", she murmured and stormed off after taking the beast's corpse into her space storage cube.
In the valley of the mountain, Lin had been on, thick black fog began to condense into a black puddle. The puddle took shape, creating a beast from the skeleton up. The created beast was the size of a tipper truck and had very sharp fangs that protruded from its mouth. It had a bladed tail with razor-sharp claws and webbed feet. One could easily mistake it for a wolf. A heavy aura emanated from the beast, one that could make you suffocate. The beast sniffed the ground and sped off in a direction after identifying a scent.
Beneath a large tree a few miles from the mountains, Lin sat cross-legged with his hand put together and his eyes closed, making him look like a Buddha. His trousers had become shorts while his hoodie was torn in several places. He remained there without moving for a long time as his wounds healed slowly.
Though his wounds were grave, his wounds healed by sunrise. As he sat there, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked west. In a moment, an enormous beast broke through the tree and appeared in his line of sight.
Its long-bladed tail immediately lashed at Lin. He took out his spear and blocked the attack but was hurled into a tree by the force of the attack, breaking it instantly. A deep wound was left on his chest, and blood flowed from it. He coughed up blood and dropped to the ground. He gritted his teeth and forced himself up as another strike was coming his way. Boom! He was barrelled away once again. He hit the ground twice before sliding to a stop leaving behind a 300-meter-long trail. Blood dribbled from his face, and his left eye had a large cut.
His vision blurred to red. "A rank 12 beasts? I do not know where you came from, but attacking me out of the blue was your first mistake. Your second was pissing me the hell off." His power exploded like an awakened dormant volcano. His joints were creaking under the intense outburst. A dark aura began to waft around him. His aura was becoming tangible. The beast, not wanting to give him a chance to catch his breath rushed at him again. Lin pulled his spear and threw it straight up into the air. "I did not get a chance to use all my current skills and techniques previously. This time, things are different."
<Flame and Lightning control skill: Sky Slashing Whip>
Whips manifested in his hands with a flame whip in the right and lightning in the left hand. He dashed at the beast while dragging the whip behind. "Rank 12s are fast, and I can not hope to keep up with them but to close that gap, I need to adjust my movement to their speed. Calculate the distance and how long it would take to reach me, then move away before it gets there. Once the timing is perfect, it would be easier to evade its attacks."
The beast slashed towards Lin with its claws, however, Lin sidestepped, allowing the claws to slash right past him. If he were an inch closer, he would have been slashed. Lin delivered an attack of his own in that instant, striking the beast with his whips. Slash! The whip landed on the beast and tore its flesh while black lightning and fire latched onto it and burned it fiercely.
The beast growled and thrashed its tail around while spinning it like a drill. The beast's tail hit Lin and sent him crashing to the ground while gushing blood. "Damn it, this rank 12 beasts do pack a punch". Lin exploded up from the ground sending several cracks into it. Using the whip, he battled the beast fiercely and slowly, he was getting used to the beast's movements and speed and adjusting to it. Before long, he had the edge over the beast.
"I have to find a way to stop this beast for a second", Lin's clothes were torn, leaving only his shorts. He had several cuts across the lengths of his body. The beast was in a better situation than Lin was. Blood dribbled down his arm and face as he held the whips. Huff! Huff! Huff! He panted heavily, and he struggled to remain on his feet. His legs were already wobbly; it looked like he would fall if he took a step.
The whips in his hands disappeared as he gathered elemental powers on his fists. "With a head-on attack, I might be able to stall that beast for at least a second, and that is all I need".
His power exploded as lightning and flames covered his hands, their colour becoming darker and darker. "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh", Lin yelled to the sky and shot off towards the beast that was coming for him in a frenzy. Every step Lin took sent cracks into the ground and imprinted his footsteps. The beast shot its tail at him as he closed in. Fist and tail collided.
Lin got hurled away by the impact. At that moment, a spear tore through the sky like lightning. It descended towards the beast at blinding speed as space around the spear distorted, and, in a flash, the spear pierced the beast's head and went cleanly through it.
It impacted the ground sending off a shockwave which broke the trees around. The beast exploded into black mist and flowed towards Lin, who got buried in the trunk of a large tree.
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