Yet Randidly still hesitated until it was basically too late to dodge and then raised the spear to block with a frown There was something he didn’t like about that Engraving But finding out sooner was better than waiting until he had to experience it a time that might cost him his life so
The weapon of ice met the weapon of obsidian and both screamed their displeasure as the materials clashed Luckily this didn’t last very long as Randidly was thrown backwards smashed away by the weight and force
Such was the power of the blow that the wind was knocked out of Randidly and he struggled to find his breath as he slid over the iced ground of the tower towards well what he thought was the edge The wind was still so thick with snow it was hard to be sure Luckily Randidly crashed into a group of mini yetis who were knocked aside like bowling pins
Randidly stood and rubbed his head The power had definitely gone up probably by a factor of 5x But there didn’t really seem to be any strange effects from the golden Engraving unless power was the effect
Rolling to the side Randidly lost his train of thought as the Yeti appeared behind him and smashed downward with a ice hammer After gaining his feet once more Randidly watched as the Yeti faded back into the blurry snow
This is my realm Here you cannot win And I will slowly strip from you your stolen gifts
Randidly twisted and slashed with his spear using Haste Empower Mana Strengthening and the Active of the Golden Roots of Yggdrasil Still the clash sent Randidly stumbling which was profoundly annoying Randidly much preferred when he possessed the superior strength in the fight
But that wasn’t how he had spent the last two years training
As the Yeti came to follow up with another attack with his other hammer Randidly used Spear Phantom’s Footwork and moved a meter to the left his spear Sweeping towards the Yeti’s leg It was annoying but the strange creature had more than enough time to see it based upon Randidly’s slow movements The cold and ice were very restrictive
Suddenly he regretted spending so much time on the Carnage path that netted him so little He probably would have put some PP into the Initiate of Ash Path Maybe there was an ability there that would help resist all this fucking frostbite
As it was the Yeti dropped both his hammers which crashed to the ground and knocked the Sweep upwards with one hand while striking Randidly’s chest with the other Again as he struck the Yeti’s hands glowed with that golden engraving So it wasn’t a thing on his weapon but a larger engraving on his person
Again the attack was strong and Randidly stumbled backwards his bones definitely fractured but he had experienced much worse in his time with Shal in even the lightest spars But the Yeti seemed very pleased
Perhaps you finally see it Each of my strikes severs one life you devoured to become a Heretic Do you feel your hope slipping away I will grind
Randidly lashed outward almost fully recovered through the Yeti’s strange monologue his balance regained Unfortunately although it penetrated deeply through the ice armor and scratched the Yeti the wound was a shallow one and this action seemed to incense it further
The Yeti bellowed and charged towards him unleashing a flurry of blows
Randidly’s eyes narrowed He had grown up a lot since his last fight with the Judgement He also didn’t really expect to be able to compete with it in strength but some stubborn part of him wanted to try However now that that bit of stupidity was out of the way and the Yeti was talking about a weird effect of its attacks Randidly didn’t plan on taking many more
He was trained to be a successor to the Spear Phantom So it was time that he began acting like one His steps quickened and more and more he shifted slightly to the side effortlessly leaning out of the way of attacks Ghastly Slash was his quickest attack and he used that time and time again to harass and wear down the ice armor
But this didn’t even seem to matter to the Yeti After all all of the wounds were only small surface cuts and his ice armor reformed very quickly in this swirling snow storm They were at a strange impasse albeit one where Randidly was slowly being pushed back
And that slowly was becoming increasingly quick as the coldness seeped into his bones His fingers were tired and numb and the Yeti’s implacable gaze remained locked on him
Chapter 166
That was the real change Randidly slowly realized as their fight continued The Yeti’s strength had increased by a factor of 5 but that could be explained by having access to a greater portion of his actual stats and skill levels After all the attacks were faster but its speed hadn’t increased as much as Randidly’s had Randidly was able to maintain his defensive posture to his training but it was slowly being chipped away even as the Aether pulsed in his chest
Because Randidly realized the Yeti was like him or perhaps not like him but an individual who practiced both physical and mana based skills And mana based skills were its forte
He hadn’t realized it until it was too late but whenever the Yeti swung its hammer a wave of cold was rushed forward And sure getting hit with it once or twice didn’t mean much But by the 20th time
They clashed again the Yeti smashing sideways with his hammer Randidly leaned back grimacing and the edge of the hammer knocked against his chest with its passage doing minimal physical damage but greatly strengthening the thin layer of frost across his body
Randidly growled and felt the Aether heat up within him He narrowed his eyes and pounded on his chest shattering the small bits of frost and getting some blood pumping through his body Shifting his stance Randidly wondered how his feet managed to survive this being bare He supposed it had to do with his high vitality but he definitely had no feeling in them right now But still the executed the Spear Phantom’s Footwork perfectly somehow pushing through
Then it struck him that it was perhaps those warm life giving tendrils of energy that wound up through the ground and into his feet spreading the energy he had drawn from the Earth beneath him into his limbs
But the Yeti interrupted his train of thought again as it pointed with its hammer of ice and a beautiful crystal clear flower bulb formed both to his left and right Grimacing Randidly leapt forward right into the Yeti’s arms as those bulbs bloomed and a deadly wave of cold blasted outwards from them freezing the ground solid for several meters
It really did seem like the Yeti was toying with him because it didn’t rely on those tricks too often only now and again to drive Randidly closer to it for a close quarters fight where it could use those weapons and its hands covered in a golden Engraving The surety and focus it had on those methods of attack was unnerving
Randidly still hadn’t figured out the effect but the Yeti kept emphasizing it so he remained wary When Randidly was forced to leap towards him the Yeti thrust his attack forward simply smashing the head of the hammer towards Randidly’s shoulder
Gritting his teeth Randidly galvanized the Aether in his body as best he could to resist the creeping cold that surrounded him Randidly hopped to the right He dodged the first attack but then the Yeti ripped horizontally with the hammer looking to knock Randidly’s head right off his body This was also dodged relatively simply but then the Yeti once more dropped his hammers and rushed forward arms raised in something like a boxing stance
Just as he was about to back up he noticed that more ice bulbs formed behind him slowly spreading their frozen petals and blooming creating an instantaneous cold snap that Randidly had no interest in being a part of So instead Randidly rushed forward lashing out with a Roundhouse Kick